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00:02 - So with a 10 and a half point spread tonight, DRS,
00:06 and the over-understanding at 43 and a hook,
00:09 how do you think Thursday night football looks tonight
00:11 between San Francisco and New York?
00:13 - Yeah, I'm gonna keep it on the same wavelength
00:15 that I've had the entire show here.
00:16 I think the better football team by a wide margin
00:18 is the San Francisco 49ers.
00:20 Now you're gonna have to check here
00:21 and see who's actually gonna give it a go
00:22 because if Brandon Ayuk is down,
00:24 that is a major loss there,
00:26 part of that key passing game.
00:27 Now granted, you do have Deebo Samuels,
00:29 you have George Kittle,
00:30 you're gonna have Christian McCaffrey,
00:31 and that all makes some sense,
00:32 but also you're taking a look at a Thursday.
00:35 To me, Ben, when I use my handicap in acumen,
00:37 and it's funny, when the schedule comes out,
00:39 I don't go to the Philadelphia Eagles schedule
00:41 and go, "Oh, when do they play the Cowboys?
00:42 "How many prime time games do they have?"
00:44 The very first thing I look at
00:45 is the Thursday night football game
00:47 if you have that home or away.
00:48 For me, across all the major sports,
00:51 the biggest handicapping advantage you will have
00:54 is a home team on Thursday night football in the NFL
00:57 because of the disadvantage that you have.
00:59 And I know most people are giving the Giants credit,
01:01 and rightfully so.
01:02 Oh, they said on the West Coast,
01:03 there was a hotel for six days
01:05 playing two football games?
01:06 Come on now, that never adds up.
01:08 It's always nice to be the home team
01:10 because you have not the worry of,
01:11 "Oh, we gotta get on a plane and travel."
01:13 So basically, you're talking about the Giants
01:15 getting a walk-through win
01:16 between Arizona and San Francisco,
01:18 and are banged up and injured
01:20 without their best football player.
01:22 So for myself, I do look at that,
01:23 this should be a victory here
01:25 for the San Francisco 49ers.
01:27 However, let me put this out here.
01:28 About an hour ago, Ben and I were talking with Joe Ranieri
01:31 and going over some running back props in this game.
01:34 And here's why it pays to be on the early line.
01:36 We get some of those numbers that are just released
01:38 that we can put out to the public.
01:40 And the thing I always love to do is,
01:41 I'll tell you about a play, and if I like it,
01:43 I go right to Twitter and hit the hashtags
01:45 so the people can see it.
01:46 Reason I'm talking about that,
01:47 Eli Mitchell, 26 and a half rushing yards
01:50 was his prop when I put it out,
01:52 and we talked about it here.
01:53 What is it sitting out?
01:54 The Fandul Sportsbook at 30 and a half.
01:56 So those numbers are always on the move,
01:58 and it pays to be the early guy,
01:59 you know, the early bird does get the worm.
02:01 So just something that's on the move,
02:02 but getting back to your original point,
02:04 I like the 49ers.
02:05 Am I in love with laying 10 and a half?
02:06 No, I'm not, but there's no way I'm building a process here
02:09 to take the 49ers.
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