 What is going on? You guys live moods here. We are here to hang out and chat and talk about the NFL schedule release. I know that we are still in the heat of the NBA, but the NFL is it's probably going to come a lot quicker than you think it will. So we've got some exciting things to talk about until the schedule release. We're going to we're just going to hang and maybe take a look at some lines in the Fandall sports book. Look ahead at some week one lines that are officially out. I know it seems like a lifetime away, but like I said, it sneaks up on you. So let's just start talking about the NFL first and foremost. I want to ask you guys a few questions about your thoughts. I am a Denver girl born and raised. I am all things Denver, Colorado. So as you know, as you can probably imagine, I am a pretty excited Denver Broncos fan at the moment. We acquired Russell Wilson. I think a lot of people believe he's washed. And while, you know, you're entitled to your opinion, I think that this Broncos defense is extremely underrated. They will, you know, give him a little more protection than he had with the Seahawks. And I am feeling very optimistic as a Broncos fan, but I also want to talk about the AFC West in general. To me, this has now become the most difficult division in the NFL. You've obviously got Patrick Mahomes in there, but Patrick Mahomes lost Tyreek Hill. That's a huge loss for the Chiefs. The Broncos acquired Russell Wilson. Not sure how the Raiders will be. They may surprise some people. I mean, you never know. They had a very tough season last year. A lot of personal things going on, obviously. Gabe says NFL so much better than all leagues. You know, can't argue with that. You know, what's better than a Sunday full of NFL games? Betting wise, you know, depends on the Sunday, but I love it nonetheless. Either way, I think the AFC West has officially become the most difficult division. That is something that I wanted to kind of get your guys' thoughts on, because I just think it's gotten really tough. And I'm interested to see who comes out on top. Is there hope for the Chargers? Are the Raiders going to be a sneaky team? Are the Broncos? My Denver Broncos, are they going to get it done? I see Nocta Keuler. No, Nocta Keuler. No. Okay, I'm not going to try anymore. He says who dat? Saints. Who knows what's going on there? Healthy James Winston. Is that what we've got this season? You know, could be something. Either way, AFC West, I think is very tough. I want to know your guys' thoughts on the Packers. The Packers home schedule was released. Aaron Rodgers is going to go into this season without a star wide receiver. So I'm very interested to see what he does this season. Not having that. I mean, Aaron Rodgers is still Aaron Rodgers, but will he be a dud this year? Only time will tell. I'm not sure how I feel about the Packers at the moment. I will never forget. I took an insane parlay in week one last season. Mostly underdogs were in that, you know, in that parlay and the one leg of my parlay that was not an underdog and was in fact a favorite was the Green Bay Packers and they lost big time. So that was a super big blow to my ego because obviously I was, I was really, I was going to cash on a pretty, I think it was like plus 700 or something. Maybe it was even plus a thousand. Either way, it was all underdogs to cover except for the Green Bay Packers. They blew it against the Saints and it was pretty horrifying. So I'm not sure I've forgiven the, I'm not sure I've forgiven them quite yet, but either way, I think there are some teams that are starting to drop their schedules, you guys. This is, this is, this just in, I think that's happening. I want to take a look now. Well, look at this. We've got a little Broncos, the Broncos schedule. I think we got to do it. I think we got to do it. I, why don't I just, why don't I just share my screen with you guys? And we can take a look at this Broncos schedule from Twitter, September 12, first game at Seattle. Would you look at that? That might be something. That might be something, a little rivalry. Russell Wilson back in Seattle. Willie Choke, Willie Prevale. Only time will tell. I'm actually very excited for that game. I might need to take a trip to Seattle. Then we've got the Houston Texans. I don't feel optimistic about them at all. I think that's a dub for the Broncos. San Francisco 49ers. I'm going to say that's another dub because the Broncos defense is awesome at Las Vegas. Well, that's a division rivalry right there. So, hmm, that one might be tricky. The Colts, how do we feel about the Colts this season, you guys? That's the question. How do we feel about the Colts this season? Let's keep going here. Let's just see if there's anything that sticks out to us. London game. Uh-oh. That'll be interesting. I believe the Jacks last season won in London. Did they not? Bye weekend. Then they're Tennessee. That might be a tough one. You know, I'm looking at this schedule and I'm actually thinking this schedule is not all that difficult. I'm feeling optimistic. I think I might sprinkle on the Broncos win total over that Cardinals game. You know, that might be tough. Kansas City, oof. Ravens. I don't know what we're going to get from them. Hopefully they're healthy this season. You know, I think the tail end of their schedule, that's where we really start to see some stiff competition here. So, um, that should be interesting. I want to actually pull up another little, we're getting a lot of schedules coming in. The Pats, the Pats, let's take a look at the Pats. I think somebody might have requested the Patriots. Okay. Here is your 2022 Patriots schedule at Miami Dolphins. That should be a dub. Stealers. Interesting. Um, first home game for them is against the Ravens in week three. Okay. You know, the Ravens are a tough one because I love Lamar Jackson. I also love the Ravens, but they were so riddled with injuries last season. It's really hard for me to get a read on what we're going to see from them this year. So I think that's kind of a tough one. Patriots at Green Bay. You guys know the deal. It is hard to win in Green Bay. But like I said, Aaron Rodgers is entering the season without his star receiver. So what is that going to look like? I'm very interested to find out. Also, we saw, um, we saw Mack Jones really struggle to throw the ball towards the end of the season. I mean, my goodness. So facing a guy like Rodgers, who's got an arm and can pretty much, you know, he's just very efficient with his passing that might be a tough one for the Patriots. Um, their five weekend is week 10. I'm trying to see if there's anything else interesting. Lions. I'm not interested in that. Uh, Cleveland, what do we think about the Browns this year? What do we think about the Browns this year? I'm trying to see if there's anything else in the chat here. Nothing else in the chat. Gabe, this one's for you. You said, please show my packs. This one is for you, Gabe. Um, Gabe, are there any games as a Patriots fan that you're super worried about looking at this, um, looking at this schedule? I think that week 18 versus the Bills, that'll be a fun one. Excited about that. Um, Bengals, that'll be a tough one as well. Bills again in week 13. I think the first chunk of their schedules looking pretty, pretty good, pretty easy. And then following that by week, I think that's when it starts to get a little crazy for the Patriots. Gabe, if you've got any thoughts, drop them in the chat. I want to hear your thoughts because you are the Patriots fan around here. Um, let's look at another, let's look at another team. They're just, they're coming in. They're coming in quick and I'm feeling, I'm feeling excited. Okay. Now we've got, you know, I'm not sure how excited I am to watch the Falcons, but nonetheless, we're going to talk about them. Uh, first game on the slate for them is the Saints. Okay. Healthy. James Winston could be something for the Saints. Um, Rams, that might be tough. Obviously the Rams won the Super Bowl. You guys know this. Um, at Seattle, you know, I think Seattle is a big question mark at the moment. The Broncos did steal their QB. So interesting to see how that works out for them in terms of the quarterback situation, the Cleveland Browns. I really just don't have any faith in the Cleveland Browns in general. And maybe that's just me being a hater. Um, I just, I think they might need a rebuilding year, you know, new QB. I feel like there's just this like big gray cloud called Baker Mayfield in Cleveland. You know, so they might need a year or two. But Bucks, that should be a good one. And didn't the Falcons actually, was it the Falcons that played really well against the Bucks this year? Or maybe I'm, or last season, maybe I'm lying. Um, 49ers, interesting Bengals. Okay. So here you go. I'm thinking the bi-week is probably week 14. That's why it's blank. And they're finishing the year off with a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. Ouch. I mean, I would say the Cardinals are a good one, but we watched them crumble towards the end of their season last year. So, you know, Gabe says, no, just want to head to Vegas for a fun weekend. You know what, Gabe? That, that is never ever a bad idea. Ever, ever, ever. Okay. Um, we have, we have schedules just flying in right now. 2022, does anyone interested in the Ravens? Let's take a look at the Ravens. Um, your 2022 Ravens schedule right here, they're at the Jets. Um, then they're at home versus the Dolphins, at Pats versus Bills. Ooh, Bills. Woof. You know what though, it's interesting because I want to touch on this a little bit too. This was something that I was, I was looking at earlier today before the schedule got released. And there's a very interesting, um, what's the word I'm looking for? There's a very interesting discrepancy in traveling for these teams. For example, the Steelers never leave the Eastern time zone once this season and they travel the fewest miles. To me, that's a huge advantage. I mean, I don't, I am not these players. I don't travel on the road and then have to suit up and play football, but I can't imagine it's easy. There is a thing called jet lag. Nobody is, um, above jet lag. And, uh, so I'm interested to see how, you know, travel schedules, I think play a huge role. Like, like I said, Steelers, very few miles, never least leave the Eastern time zone. And then you've got teams like the Seahawks, who I think are traveling to, they're changing time zones 34 different times in the season. So that's insane. Um, so traveling obviously makes a huge difference. The Ravens by week is week 10. They play the Broncos week 13. Finish off the season in Cincinnati. Won't be easy. Um, I got a lot of faith in the, in the Bengals this season, but I'm also a massive Joe Burrow fans. So there's that. Um, and I, yes, I'm a major bandwagon fan. It is what it is. Okay. Let me check on. We've got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Okay. Let's take a look at this one. Oh, I'm on their page. I don't want to be on their page. I just want to be, I just want to be on there. Um, I guess I can just scroll down right here. Right. Okay. Where is it? Here we go. It's just showing this little graphics just showing us through week six, but week one, the Cowboys. That is a tough draw for the Dallas Cowboys. Listen, if you don't know, now you know, I'm a big Dallas Cowboys hater. It's just, it is what it is. Um, I went to TCU for four years. I was a part of the dance team there. I was a TCU show girl. And I think while living in Texas for four years, I realized that the most obnoxious fan base to ever exist is the Dallas Cowboys. So do I have anything against the team itself? No, I do not, but I find the fan base to be extraordinarily obnoxious. So not a huge Cowboys girl. So that's a tough draw for them to face Tom Brady and the Bucks. Also, Tom Brady is going to be feeling himself. He just signed a huge contract to be an analyst for the NFL once he retires. So he is going to have a little bit of groove to him this season. And I just know it. Uh, Buccaneers, TJ smooth guy says Buccaneers versus Cowboys. I think the Buccaneers will win. I think you're right. Um, again, I don't have faith in the Dallas Cowboys. And that's just the cold hard truth about it. Week two, Saints. Again, they're that very interesting team. We could get a really great, healthy James Winston, or we could get the James Winston that throws a lot of interceptions. So again, not sure how I feel about that. Packers week three. That's a nice one. Um, I'm excited about that. Aaron Rogers, Tom Brady, two of the most experienced Cubies in the league facing off against one another. I'm actually really excited to see these older. I don't want to call them old. That's, you know, but you get it. Older Cubies in the league to kind of see how they do because I feel like there's a lot of young bucks, not Tampa Bay bucks. There's a lot of young bucks in the league that are really starting to make a name for themselves. Joe Burrow, um, Patrick Holmes has been that guy. We know, we know, uh, you know, there's a lot of, there's a lot. Who am I missing? Oh, Josh Allen. I love Josh Allen. Um, a lot of guys though, got a lot of young Cubies with a lot of talent that I think just needed a year or two to just like find their groove, find their rhythm. And so I'm interested to see how these older Cubies hang with the young guys. I'm sure Tom Brady will be just fine. And I'm sure Aaron Rogers, you know, actually, I don't have a great feeling about Aaron Rogers this season. Something's telling me it's just not his year. Either way, that's neither here nor there. Uh, the Kansas City Chiefs, week four. You know, the bucks have a pretty fun, exciting little schedule in the first six weeks. I mean, Steelers, but like I said, okay, let's, let's actually focus in on this a little bit. Um, is it's not really telling us home or away? Oh, yeah, yeah, the red ones are home just in case you guys missed that at the bottom. Um, first two weeks, they're traveling, they're going away against the Steelers. Remember what I said about the Steelers, they never change time zones and they travel the fewest miles. So maybe keep that in mind when you're betting the spread in that week six game Steelers versus bucks. The Steelers, the Steelers will likely be very, very rested. The bucks are coming off of three straight. Oh, no, they're at home. Either way, Steelers might be rested. Keep that in mind. Like I said, they have a huge advantage this season with their road games, something to consider. Um, let's, okay, you guys, I know you're sick of hearing me talk. So good thing I have a friend joining me. I'll get rid. I'll stop sharing my screen for now because I have a friend joining me. Clayton, what is up? Other than, uh, not my Wi-Fi. Oh, that's okay. Wi-Fi, it happens. It happens. Yeah, you're the best of us. Um, we were talking a little bit about some of the schedules that have already been released. I was telling them I am a huge Broncos fan, so I was gloating a little bit about Russell Wilson. Of course, I have to. Let me have my moment, you guys. I'm not saying we're going to win the Super Bowl, but just let me be excited. Yeah. But, um, yeah, we were taking a look at some of the schedules and, uh, we looked at the Ravens. We looked at the Broncos who also we looked at the Bucks have a pretty nice schedule. Unfortunately, the Cowboys drew the Bucks in week one. So pretty unfortunate for Cowboys fans everywhere. But have you had a chance to look at any of the schedules? What's your first impression so far? Did you say unfortunate that the Dallas Cowboys drew Tampa Bay? No, unfortunate. For event. I don't know. It's really unfortunate. Sure. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know about that. Tampa Tampa's not bulletproof. You're right. I wouldn't be so scared of Tampa. The one thing that does her doubt, the one thing that does her Dallas is that they do love them some Ezekiel Elliott. And that is always a recipe for disaster when Tony Pollard is clearly better. Losing them already Cooper is going to hurt. But you know, Dax, I have more faith in Dak Prescott than a lot of people do. I like Dak Prescott. I have a lot of faith in CD lamb. Yeah. I mean, that's the thing that the Cowboys have a very staff. The one thing that you need. Yeah. The one wild car is going to be Trayvon Diggs. I think had two interceptions in their last game against Tampa. And I don't know if you're going to get that. Right. You know, a year, you know, in the same year, like coming off a season where you have 11 interceptions, the most since like the 70s. I don't know if you're going to get that again out of Trayvon Diggs. But, you know, I faith in the Dallas Cowboys. I'm a Dallas Cowboys truther. I always think they're going to be better than they are. That's fine. We all have that team that we have way too much faith in and it is what it is. But any initial reactions you have, some of the teams have already started releasing their schedules. Do you have any initial reactions or thoughts or concerns or anything that you're seeing right up front when the schedules are coming out? You mentioned the Baltimore Ravens. I'm like the only Browns fan that does believe in the Baltimore Ravens clinically. I mean, they get the Jets Week one. Chef's kiss. You want everyone healthy and your debut game to be against the New York Jets. Come on. Get to beat the breaks off. You know, Robert Salah, Zach Wilson. That's going to be a cake walk for them. Absolutely. Oh, another beautiful game. Chef's kiss. No, I mean, to your point with this Ravens team, I mean, last season, they were very impressive considering the injuries that they were riddled with. Before you hopped on here, I talked about the fact that they were like, if it wasn't one thing, it was another. They had a lot of injuries that they had to face this past season and they were still able to put up a pretty good dog fight with some pretty legitimate teams. So I think a healthy Ravens team is very dangerous. And I think they are definitely a team that's worth a sprinkle because let's not forget. Yes, Lamar Jackson, you know, I don't think that he did what he wanted to do necessarily with the Ravens last season. But again, so injured, he wasn't even fully healthy himself. So you get a healthy Lamar Jackson and a healthy Ravens team. I think they might be worth a little bit of a futures bet because I think that, you know, like I said, they put up a dog fight a lot last season. And this season, if they can stay healthy, you might be on to something there, Blade. And you might be on to something. I already have them winning the AFC North, even before the official schedule release. I mean, they get so, you know, last season, the entire AFC North collectively had top 10 part of schedules in the NFL. So now you have Baltimore coming in who was already, like you said, competitive last year, despite being just totally destroyed. Basically every position, you know, even their defense, which is notorious for being good was beat up. Marlon Humphrey was having it off here. So I mean, your first three games to go, you know, Jets, Dolphins, Patriots, I think those are all wins. Then, you know, you have a tough game against the Bills, but you've got some momentum at your back at that point. You don't have to come, you know, come in first game and go against Josh Allen. Then you get Bangles, who the Bangles off in the line, I will give credit that it's improved. But the coming off of a Super Bowl loss curse, that's just real. Yeah. The Bangles are the team to watch out for the like slump a little bit. I agree. I agree with that. I'm not a big, now maybe that's also my Brown's bias. I've got a sassy Logan in the chat. It's all good, Logan. We're going to get those schedules for you. We already went over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers schedule, but because I'm feeling like sharing some good vibes with you, I will go ahead and pull up that Tampa Buccaneers schedule again just for you. So I'm going to share my screen. We're going to get this thing open. Logan's getting sassy in the chat. He wants to know the deal. Fair enough, Logan. So here you go. But then mirrors. Here we go. We got a preseason one, August 13th versus the Dolphins should be an easy dub. Preseason two, you've got the Titans. Ooh, might be a might be a little competition there. Preseason three, you know, we know. Oh, no, thanks. I don't want the latest news. Sorry. We know how preseason games are though. If there's one thing I learned last season, I don't, I don't really want the latest news today. But we know how preseason games are. They're so hard to predict. You're not getting the full team out there. You know, they're, I don't enjoy betting on preseason games. I'm just going to put that out there. But either way, then you're looking ahead week one, week two, just in case you guys can't see it at the bottom here. Red is home and gray is away. I had to like relook at that because I was like, I don't know. I couldn't tell what was home and what was away. So first game they are away. They're playing in Dallas. So Blade and maybe, maybe we see an upset from the Cowboys in week one. We could. It's possible. I'm rocking with, I'm rocking with Dallas. Give me, give me the Cowboys. Okay. I'm like the only, I'm the only non Cowboys fan that actually doesn't hate the Dallas Cowboys. See, I'm not. You know, Tampa, Tampa schedule. I'm a Cowboys hater. I am. Okay. Fair enough. I won't, I won't give you too much shit for that. But you know, Tampa, their preseason is going to be interesting. Because, you know, Tom Brady is like, is he going to retire? Is he not going to retire? Right. Because he signed that media deal now. So like literally he could just retire. You know, any given year at this point, we saw him retire and then I'm retired this season. So the preseason is going to be a really good opportunity to see what you have in Kyle Trask. Yeah. Because he's next man up. Now I don't think you should need, I don't think you should need the preseason to see what you have in him. I think he's awful. But you know, maybe Tampa sees something that I don't. The New Orleans Saints, they have Tampa's number. They always have their number. Getting them like really early in the season and then again really late in the season. I'm interested to see how that plays out. I'm not sure if they'll like just somehow, you know, start them off like real slow and just like, oh, let's say they start off 0-2. Now, all of a sudden you're like, oh, you know, are we going to go 0-4? Are we going to go, you know, 1-5? You know, how is that first stretch of the season going to look like? And then same thing, that back stretch of the season. You come out of your bye week. You play Cleveland now. Cleveland's interesting because they might end up losing to Sean Watson for, you know, at least half the season. We're not entirely sure how that looks yet. But, you know, they lose to Sean Watson. And when were they more likely to get him back, you know, fresh out of the bye week, right? So you get a new Cleveland team, or maybe not even fresh out of the bye week, but like a couple weeks before that, now coming out of the bye week, they have some rhythm with them. And then you go against a team that always has your number. Right. Like back stretch of the season, you're coming out of the bye week 0-2, 1-4. Like, I think that could really end up playing poorly to the Buccaneers. They never played the same 12. You know, coming out of the bye week gets them tough teams. And you have the 49ers. And I know I just gave the Bangles shit against like the Ravens. Bangles are still a good team. So I'm not going to. But then like your last three games. I don't, I don't, I think the Cardinals are criminally overrated. I agree with that. Under, you know, drastically underperform this year. That Christmas game. It, what's, what's the, what's the betting line for that game? Whatever it is, bet the over. Right. Buccaneers, Buccaneers are winning by a billion. All right. And then you got New Year's against Carolina. Carolina is awful. And then you got Atlanta. Carolina is awful. So like your last three games. For sure. Germany. Well, you, you mentioned, you mentioned the lines. And I think, you know, there's no harm in pulling up those lines really quick. We obviously don't have the Christmas lines yet, but we do have week one, however. And so why don't we just rattle off really quickly kind of our thought, our first initial thoughts on these week one lines. Obviously there is a lot that is subject to change between now and then you guys know how betting works. We could give our opinions right now, but there's a lot that could change between now and week one of the NFL, of course. So based on what we've got right now in this moment, let's take a look at the week one NFL lines. First on the slate, the bills versus the Rams. Now, obviously we know the Rams just won the Super Bowl. I'm sure everybody knows this. And the bills to me were a team that I'm not saying that this is the reason that they didn't win, but I hate the coin toss. And yeah, I'm going to blame it on the coin toss because I love this bill team a lot. I'm mostly joking. I love this bill team a lot. I loved Josh Allen. I just think they were a really solid team. I think they're going to come back, fired up, ready to go. I think they're, they're frustrated. And yes, come here now. I'm not going to read that because I think it's meant to be probably not in a, not very appropriate. Either way, you make a great point. You said defense folded simple and you're right. It's easy. Of course you can imagine which side of the game I was on. I had bet on the bill. So naturally I'm just going to be annoyed. I'm just going to be annoyed. I'm going to find any excuse. I can to blame it on whoever I can. The coin toss was for sure frustrating. And I think that the coin toss has always shown a little bit of an advantage to one side or the other, but at the end of the day play defense and it is that simple. I mean, if they would have played better defense, then we wouldn't have had the issue that we had, which was they lost that game to the chief. So tough loss for them. I think they come back motivated, fired up, ready to go. So I'm actually leaning bills in this one. Bladen, you're back. What are you thinking about this first game? Bills versus Rams. I'm liking the Rams to be on a little bit of a Super Bowl hangover. Bills fired up, ready to go under Josh Allen. I think I'm going to rock with the bills in week one. What do you say? I want, I want to trust you. I really do. I look at the Rams. Okay. I'm a Stafford fan. All right. I'm a Stafford fan. So that's the one thing is I also love Josh Allen. Right. But like at the end of the day, the Rams won the Super Bowl. They didn't get significant. They, their team isn't significantly different than it was a year ago. I don't hate through. I'll ride with you. I'll take Buffalo. I like when they did the draft. Kyra Long was a really good pick. I, I, I, who was, who was the running back they got? I can't think of this name off the top of my head. But I think overall, like Buffalo, Buffalo had a really good draft. I think that's going to be enough to vault them over the top. Josh Allen is still that man. Yeah. He's, he's so good. Agreed. He's so good. And anytime the balls in his hands, they have a chance to, they have a chance to do. Actually, the one thing that I really am not going to like, and I'm interested to see how it plays out with the, with the Rams is how Bobby Wagner fits. Because I think like the, the move that they made from like veteran linebacker, edge rusher, Von Miller, who was actually really effective for them last year in the past rush to all, to now veteran linebacker, like run stopper coverage guy, Bobby Wagner, who I've like, I had a Seahawks, you know, analyst on my podcast and he was over here like, bro, like that dude has been cooked for two years. So I, I'm going to keep it real. I don't, I don't know if that plays well with what the Rams want to do. I think it's just a nice name. Yeah. I don't know if the Rams defense actually lives up to how good, how good people think it might actually be. Yeah. I'll take Buffalo. Could you imagine if Von Miller secured his third ring with the bills? You know, it could happen. I'm just thinking about that because, that's wild. Wow. Like Buffalo, Buffalo's got to be like preseason betting favorite to win the Super Bowl. It's got to be Buffalo. I think they're up there. Yeah. I would imagine. Yeah. Let's take a look. I can pull it off. It's got to be what them the Rams. Future Super Bowl. Yeah. They're the favorite at plus 650 right now. Yeah. Their roster is so good. They really just don't have any holes. Their office of line is good. They finally got James Cook. They drafted running back James Cook. And he's not going to be an every down to have a guy, but I think he offers a little bit of a different taste than like Zach Moss and Devin Santeri who aren't really all that. They're not very explosive. You see of Josh Allen, you have Stefan Diggs, Gabriel Davis came into his own last season. Your defense, you know, you're anticipating Greg Russo to kind of take a step. Von Miller coming off the edge. I think that can be really dangerous. Their linebackers, you know, might be the, I wouldn't say the weakest part of the team, but they're not awful. They're the number one defense last year, mostly because of the incredible safety duo and Hyde and Poyer. And then they add, you know, Kondakair along to the mix opposite of white. I mean, there's just really, there's nothing on that team. We are just like, oh, they had this, they have everything. Right. They even have a coach. Like what, what more do you want? Right. Absolutely. Okay. So let's take it back to those week one line. They're so nice. I think we're going to rock with the bills. I think we're going to rock with the bills. I think we're going to rock with the bills. You know, some of these games are not as exciting. Okay. Hot take. Obviously the Eagles, they lost. Oh, no, no, no, no. Sorry. I'm thinking of the Seahawks Eagles. I'm interested about the Eagles. I am a former horn frog. Okay. Jalen Rager did not. Did not do what I thought that he would do. Okay. TCU. He was an excellent, excellent player. And, you know, I'm going to say this in the nicest way possible. I can do it. Okay. That's, I'm going to leave it right there. What are your thoughts on the Eagles looking ahead to this? I'm going to be a little meaner than you. Jalen Rager sucks. I mean, I'm trying to sugarcoat it because he's a former frog, but. All right. All right. I'll let you have that moment a little bit. The Eagles are an interesting team. I think the Eagles are like literally boomer busts. They are like, they have a chance to either win their division or be like six in 11. Like they could be so freaking good. A lot of it does hinge on Jalen Hertz. I think they've surrounded him with the right tools. You look in AJ Brown to bante Smith coming into a second year. Dallas Goddard. I think that, you know, they had the number one Russian offense last year. The offensive line is spectacular. line this season. So if all that holds up, like you're looking at a team that should on paper, like that should be the best offense in the NFL, right? On paper. And a lot of that hinges on Hertz. And I think if Hertz, the trend that I've seen with Jalen Hertz since he was a freshman in college is he always gets better, right? Every single year he always gets better. I'm a big Jalen Hertz fan. But if Jalen Hertz steps into, if Jalen Hertz steps into what he could be, like he could win MVP, they could go, they could go to the NFC championship. Like that's how good they can be. If he doesn't, well, that that's why they, you know, acquired some draft capital for next year so that they can get a replacement if need be. For sure. I pulled up the Eagle schedule for you. Any initial reactions? I know you kind of said boom or bust. Does this schedule to you reflect booming or busting for the Philadelphia Eagles? Oh, Detroit week one. Detroit, Detroit is a team that I like a lot. I think I was going to say I kind of like, I kind of like the Lions to cover the spread in that first game. I really do. Something's telling me to do it. I like, yeah, the Lions are like, the Lions are the team where like, like the Eagles, they need just something to click. The difference with the Eagles is the one thing they need to click is Jalen Hertz. Everything else is kind of already there. The thing with the Lions is they need, you know, the two corners that they've drafted the past couple of years to click. They need, you know, they need, you know, Hutchinson to click in. There's the reports that he actually didn't want to play in Detroit, which is like, Oh, how do you deal with that? Right. So you need Jameson to come in and be immediately game changing, right? Because that's why you drafted him, right? You don't really, you're not really stretching the field super well right now. And you need Geragoff to say like manageable. The offensive line is good. The defensive line is good. Right. I think those are two things you don't really have to worry about. But there's a lot of things on that team. We are like, well, this needs fun, please. And this needs fun, please. But I think they could come out the game, just be like, I think they could start off like two, three, four and now Detroit could. Like that's very reasonable. But like as far as just like better, like better team, better team, like Eagles are the better team. It's just like, it's just going to be about like pace and like how fast they start. Like even if the Lions start off four and up, they're going to slow down and recently they finished the season with like seven wins. Like I don't see a world in which they're just like drastically awesome. But yeah, go look at the Eagles schedule. I will give the Lions will give them for fun. We'll give the Lions. I'll let you have that one. Minnesota, they're they're wiping, they are wiping the floor with the Minnesota Vikings man. Okay, Minnesota, I don't know what it is with them. I did Minnesota is another team like Dallas is every year, but it can be a little bit better than they're actually supposed to be. And they always disappoint me. So this year, I'm just saying, you're going to be the most middle of the pack media yogurt average team of all time. And anyone who has any sort of, you know, high projections is going to demolish you. Well, there you have it. There you have it. Washington, you're, yeah, you're wiping the floor. We have James L in the chat. Yeah, Washington is. James L said Vikings defense will be worthy this year. He said. Put some money on that list. And he said put some money on that Minnesota game. Let's pull up. Okay. Let's pull up the Minnesota line for week one who I don't even know who they're playing. Who's their first? Ah, the Packers. I don't love that for them. I do not love that. Yeah. Aaron Rogers is a bad man. He's a bad, but he's not wrong about Minnesota's defense, right? They're going to have to Neil Hunter this year. You know, Anthony Barrett full strength. Like they were missing a lot of guys last year, defensively. So I'll give them the benefit of the doubt there where I'm not going to give you the benefit of the doubt is Kirk Cousins. Oh, no. The benefit of the doubt is the fact that you're playing Aaron Rodgers week one. So. Minnesota just loves to disappoint and always. Well, my, so my question for you is my question for you is Aaron Rogers is entering the season without, you know, he's starting the season without a star receiver. Now that's not to say he won't have one. But he's entering the season kind of without what we've seen him have for a while. Do you have any sort of concerns with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in that regard? Or do you think that because he is a bad man that he will do just fine without it? Aaron Rodgers is kind of notorious for creating star wide receivers. I think that out of like, you know, middle round guys, you think about like, you know, Jordy Nelson was kind of in that mold. You think about like Randall Cobb, you know, Prime Randall Cobb was kind of, I think in that mold. Davante was kind of in that mold. Davante didn't come on until like year. Now that's the thing is usually a lot of these guys don't come on right away. Right. Right. Davante didn't come on until like, it was I think year four. So, but the difference there is like, well, they had guys to transition in and, you know, they've never really had like a dry period as far as receivers go. So it'll be interesting to see. I, I, I don't think it's going to be, you know, I, I don't think that Rogers being, you know, having a lack luster receiving group or hurt him that much. Okay. Like, yes, would you rather have, would you rather have, would you rather have Davante than Christian wants? Yeah. You won't. No question about it. But I, like you look at it, I think that I think I have enough diversity in terms of like skill set in that receiving room that maybe it doesn't hurt them too bad. Okay. Fair enough. I have to ask you because I just, I feel like that's the very, I've got to know your thoughts on this final game here. The Denver Broncos in Seattle. Now listen, not just because I'm a Broncos fan, do I want to know your take on this, but this is Russell Wilson going back home to Seattle, a place where he has played for a long time with his new team, the Denver Broncos. What are your initial thoughts on this? The Broncos on the road are favored by four and a half. What are your first, first thoughts here? Let me ask, what are your thoughts? You're a Broncos. I didn't get to hear your thoughts on this game. You know, I think, yeah, you're like, oh, okay. You look, you look nervous. You look nervous. I think that my first thoughts on this game are what I saw in the Broncos last season. To me, the problems were very, very fixable. I mean, I think every person can say that as a fan of their team, they can go, oh, this is a very fixable issue. The Broncos defense to me is one of the most underrated defenses in the league. I absolutely love this defense and that is not me being biased. That is me just looking at this team and who they are coached by. He's a very defensive minded guy. And their defense has been their strong suit for a while. I think Russell, I think the biggest issue as a Broncos fan watching the Broncos was this QB situation makes me want to gouge my eyes out. Like anything could have been better than what we had. And that is not a knock on Teddy Bridgewater. It is not a knock on Drew Lock. I think the reality was we didn't have consistency in the QB position and that's the first problem. It is a knock. It's a little bit of a knock, but more than anything, I think the lack of consistency is what hurt the Broncos because, you know, Drew Lock, he was in, he was out. They kind of gave him a chance. It was like, no, you're done. Teddy Bridgewater, he had some injuries. He was battling throughout the season and that made it really difficult for them to kind of build that chemistry. I just think the Broncos defensively very strong. They have offensive weapons as well. And I think that we weren't able to see those offensive weapons in full form because of our QB situation. Now, do I think that there were some coaching errors last season? Yes, I do. But I'm not a coach, so I'm going to keep those to myself because what do I know? I'm just a psycho fan from the couch. So I will keep those to myself. But I do, I do think this defense is very underrated. I think a strong defense going against a QB that's in a new position with a new team, you know, relatively new compared to Russell Wilson just left. And now we've got a new, a new quarterback situation facing a tough defense. I'm going to rock with my home team. I'm going to rock with the Broncos on the road to cover that four and a half point spread. I am. And the under. I like the under. You're, you're, you're justified. Okay. Okay. I think you're just, I think you're justified. Okay. You think about like, not even that's just the fact that like Denver, I do think has like talent on both sides of the ball, like a lot of it. I mean, the defense really is, it's pretty incredible. I mean, I think about, you know, drafting pass or tan was one of, was my favorite pick. Like one of my favorite picks of the draft last year. So like, I do think like defensively, you're there. I wouldn't worry too much about your defense. Safety is strong. I mean that people talk about like, safeties aren't a super valuable position. Defensively, I disagree. And having good safeties fucking matters. Yeah. I mean, you, again, the bill's defense, right? They have the best defense in the NFL last year. They have the best safe to do own football. There's a reason for that. All right. Seattle on the flip side has, you know, very little talent. Yeah. Often the line. They're, they're one saving grace is DK McAfin, Tyler Lockett. You know, why, why they didn't demand trades. Lord knows why they're choosing to stay and play with, you know, Drew Lock, you know, beats me. But they're going to, and it's going to probably be kind of tragic. But return, but Russell Wilson returning home week one. That's either, either it's going to be a blowout in one way, right? Either Denver is going to come in and, you know, Russell Wilson is going to be throwing it all over the yard. Javante Williams is going to rush like crazy. Javante Williams, another guy. I love Javante Williams. He's awesome. College. That dude. He can, he's a baller. He's so good that like every once in a while you, you watch a guy and it's like, man, there are certain guys who are just like, you don't need to look at stats. You just, you just like, you don't need to get too into that. You watch like 10 plays of a guy, right? And it's either he has that boy, nice syndrome or he doesn't. Javante Williams has that boy, nice syndrome. He's just like that. All right. He's just got it going on. So you let him cook. He's just got it. Yeah. I, I think realistically Denver probably runs away with this. It's a cool story and like in theory, Russell Wilson could come in, get cold feet back home and just totally choke this game away. Right. That could happen. I drew like a throw for three touchdowns. Right. But that would be like picking for an anomaly. I'm not going to do that. Denver is going to run away with this. It's going to be a very convincing win. Seattle is not the team they once were. Like it's, it's, it's wraps. It's wraps in that it's wraps there. Seattle won't be that bad. I don't think like overall this season, but like this game, it's, it's toast. Yeah. No, I agree with that. I'm, I'm, you know, it's really tough. This is like the head versus heart battle where you're like, this is my team. Of course I want them to win, but you don't want to be thinking with your heart when you're betting, you know how that goes. It can just, it's a recipe for disaster. But before we wrap this stream up, are there any other week one lines that you are like, guys hammer this, this team is a sleeper. Do you have any sleeper teams? Do you have any futures bets for the NFL? Again, I know that there's so much that can change between now and then, but now that we kind of know the schedules a little bit, we kind of know the different difficulty of schedules. Is there anything you see that you like or any sleepers that you have this year? Sleepers? I don't know about sleepers. I don't, I don't want to pick the browns yet until I, until I know who our quarterback is going to be week one. If it's Jacobi Berset, I think I might just like avoid watching them for a few weeks. Let's see. I gotta think about, I gotta think about like Kansas City, I feel like, I feel like Kansas City might have like, like that, that game is really tight. It's like, that's like the expectation. Right. But like Hopkins isn't playing week one. Right. That's it. That makes a difference. If there was any game where I'm like, right, I expected, I'm, and not even that, like, I feel like Kyler, you know, this is on the second year in a row where he's gotten injured at the end of the season and he's not performing well after coming back. Right. So, you know, we're getting, we're getting to the point where we have to wonder like how, like I don't want to be the guy that's like, well Kyler's not actually that good. Like he is good. Right. He is. But at what point is that injury, are these injuries going to catch up to him early on in the season? Right. Right. That's when we have to start being like, okay, he doesn't have his best receiver. He doesn't have his best receiver. And like, how, how healthy is this guy? Right. How consistent is he going to be right out the gate? You know, I do, I do not, I do not love, I do not love Arizona. Cool. Like just like overall this year, I think they're, they're like a dumpster fire waiting to happen. Like if you were to, you know, I think the description that I saw of Arizona, I can't remember where I was. It was, it might have been on Instagram. They are basically, I have what, it was like a third, like a third world football team, but they have like some diamond earrings. It's like, they have Kyler is like, oh, that's cool. But like, they haven't been able to, they have these expectations every year to, to really fold themselves into a contender and they just don't. So I'm, I'm not going to keep, you know, believing in the Arizona Cardinals until they actually prove that they can compete. And this is a good opportunity right out the gate. You have Kansas City Chiefs. All right. You want to be a contender and go play with, go play with the Chiefs, go play with Mahalms. Right. I don't think they can. I think they get blown out. Hot take. I love it. So just to kind of close this out, you guys, we went through and we looked at some of the schedules that have been released. We, we took a look that they're on the screen, the week one spreads. Obviously, as I have said a million times, a lot can change between now and then, but it's always fun to do a little bit of futures betting, sprinkle here and there. The bills right now are the favorite to win the Super Bowl. Will Vaughn Miller get a third ring with a third team? That is the never ending question of the 20, 22, 2023 season. It could be, it could be a thing, you guys. And it would be pretty sninking insane. But either way, um, I think some of the, uh, bullet points I can rattle off from here is Denver Broncos in week one. We're writing it. The storyline is great. Wilson back in Seattle, we're rocking with the Broncos. Uh, Cleveland Browns. A lot of that is TVD. Obviously we need to know who is in that QB spot. That is a huge difference maker. Um, the Detroit Lions might be a sleeper. And the Arizona Cardinals are overrated. So that's kind of what we discussed a little bit in terms of those week one spreads. Um, you know, again, a lot can change, but we're excited. The schedules are being released. Obviously the NFL seems like it's a far ways away, but I feel like we're going to blink our eyes and we're going to be watching the NFL on Sundays again. So it's coming up. Uh, don't, don't ever hesitate to get into the Mandel sports book and place your futures bets. Cause that's where the good value is. If you look early enough, that's where you get that really killer value. Also, you can head to NFL. I think it's NFL slash tickets. Um, in order to get your own NFL tickets and watch games in the stadium. I myself will be going to a lot of Broncos games as many as possible. Yes. It is NFL.com slash tickets. So you can head there. Um, get tickets for games. You guys know the NFL is just a blast. Someone mentioned earlier. It's the best league out of all the leagues. Um, I kind of agree with that. So I'm definitely going to get some tickets this season. Watch, watch Russell Wilson. Watch the Broncos team finally with a QB. That's what I'm going to go watch. So I'm excited for it. Um, any final thoughts Bladen before we wrap this up? The only, the only thing I have to say. Oh, actually I'll give, I'll give you one more hot take. I'll give you one more hot take. Chargers are in our, like a championship level team. I'll give you that. Chargers are a championship level team to watch out for. Okay. Other than that, other than that, I'm good. Other than that, I'm good. There you go. So like I mentioned, we've got a lot. Right. Right. I love it. Like, like I mentioned, we've got lots of future. We've got a lot of bets that you can make in the futures market on the Fandle sports book. So, uh, you know, take whatever we said with a grain of salt if you want, but if you want to head to the Fandle sports book and tell us, please do that. I love bets all NFL season long. So make sure that you are heading to the Fandle sports book. Make sure you are purchasing tickets for the NFL on NFL.com slash tickets. Thank you for joining us for this NFL schedule release little hangout session. We'll do a whole lot more of these during the NFL season. So until then, good luck. Happy betting. Blayden, it was great to have you on here with me and I'll hopefully see you very soon.