Maye and Patriots vs. Rodgers and Steelers Who wins? Host of ybybsports Nick Kostos joins!

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Maye and Patriots vs. Rodgers and Steelers Who wins? Host of @ybybsports Nick Kostos joins! @thekostos has you covered on all #nfl weekend picks! Lock of the week!

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00:00Here's Nick Costos. Hey, Nick. What's going on, guys? I'm great. To be fair to Alex Cora,

00:06it's hard to focus on hitting when your primary focus is cheating. So I just wanted to...

00:12No, it's okay. I wanted to throw him a mulligan because when you're focused on cheating and

00:18figuring out what else, like stealing signals and garbage cans and things of that nature,

00:23you can't always focus on batting stances and swings and barrel rate and all this nonsense.

00:28So I wanted to just extend an olive branch to my guy, Alex Cora.

00:34Well, the Red Sox weren't the ones using the funky bats earlier this season.

00:40Which turned out to be like the non-story of all non-stories. Just saying.

00:44All right. Well, we got Pat Steelers on Sunday, Nick. Where are you leaning when it comes to

00:50wagering on this? Isn't it a fascinating game, right? Steelers defense has been so bad to start

00:56the year in both games. And it's pretty stunning because it's the most expensive defense in the

01:01league. And these players are all older and they've been in this scheme, many of them for

01:06many years. And it's stunning how bad that it's been for the Steelers defense. And they're also

01:10not healthy. Like the injury report yesterday was really bad. Like that Joey Porter might not play

01:14in this game. That's a huge loss at the cornerback position. Deshaun Elliott might be out.

01:18Alex Highsmith has a high ankle sprain. So he's going to be out like four to six weeks

01:22for the Steelers. But on the flip side for the Patriots, you know, like Christian Gonzalez,

01:26and maybe you guys have more info than me. I feel like it's 50-50 he plays.

01:31Yeah, 50-50.

01:32Carlton Davis popped up on the injury report also. This feels to me like I wouldn't be surprised

01:38if anything happened. And I know I said this last week with the Patriots. I leaned towards

01:41that. I did end up betting the Patriots last week against Miami. But I wouldn't be shocked

01:46if the Steelers won this game by 10 and the defense all of a sudden figures it out. I wouldn't

01:50be shocked if Drake May has a huge game. And I will say a prop that I do like right now

01:54at Price, we will go to Kayshawn, booty, booty, booty, booty, rocking everywhere. That's Georgia

02:01rapper Bubba Sparks, for those keeping score at home. His receiving yards prop is 35-and-a-half.

02:07I'll go over on Kayshawn, booty, rocking everywhere. I wouldn't be shocked if the Patriots have an

02:11offensive explosion in this game and really lay it on a Steelers defense again that has been

02:15massively disappointing to start the year. So what I can tell you guys is, out of all the

02:20people I talk to and respect that bet, whether on-air, on YouBetterYouBet, or off-air privately,

02:25pretty much everyone likes the Patriots and thinks this is a WTF game. Wrong team favorite.

02:32And the Patriots should be a small favorite. The Steelers are a small favorite. I will likely be

02:36on the sidelines here. I'll play some props. I wouldn't be shocked if anything happens.

02:39Nick, I don't think I'm going to bet that game because it makes me too nervous. But we did just

02:43pay our down payment for a house today. So I need to make some money this weekend.

02:47Sick humblebrag. Thank you. So I need to make some money. I need your lock. An absolute lock.

02:53Well, those don't exist. So I'll try to do my best here. This could be NFL or college football,

02:58right? I guess you guys want something. I just want NFL. Just want NFL. Or Highlight.

03:01All right. I lived in South Florida. Everyone loves Highlight. I don't even understand what it is.

03:07Okay. Best bet for this weekend. Courtney, you're in luck because my show sponsor and one of my

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03:18people's sportsbook. And you can make it legendary right now by betting a number that is wildly off

03:24market. Because at most sportsbooks, the Denver Broncos are a two and a half point road underdog

03:28at the LA Chargers this weekend. Bet MGM is going to allow you to bet a three. Now it's an expensive

03:33three minus 120. But I think that will prove to be very valuable. I think the Broncos are going to

03:38win on Sunday in Los Angeles against Justin Herbert and the Chargers. But if you want to play

03:42it safe, take plus three with Denver. This will be, and I know they played the Chiefs in week one in

03:48Brazil. The Chiefs defense is not good. It's not been, and like the Eagles' impotent offense made

03:54it look better last Sunday. This will be the best defense that Justin Herbert's faced. I think the

04:00Broncos are better than the Chargers. Broncos plus three would be my favorite bet of the week.

04:04And you did get, if I'm correct, I think you got a little bit of a little inside information on the

04:09Broncos from Tom Brady. Is that correct? Um, that, that, I don't know that Tom Brady would ever,

04:14whatever, talk to me. Where do you, uh, it would be pretty cool. Where do you stand on whether or not

04:21he should be allowed to continue with his television role? Well, I, I look at things. Um, yeah, I'm very

04:26honest about this, right? Greg, I don't know if you're honest about this, but I am. I'm a massive

04:32narcissist. I don't know about massive. Well, I mean, are there levels to narcissism? Like you

04:40are there a narcissist or you're not? I mean, I, I, I, I do like myself. I mean, yeah, I mean,

04:45yeah, yeah, yeah. You talk for a living and you're on camera for a show named after you.

04:48Yes. You're, you're, you're all, you're all narcissists and a bunch of recipes. Greg's easy

04:54chicken. So I, I look at things purely from a selfish perspective. Um, I find the Brady stuff to be

05:00massively entertaining. Uh, it doesn't bother me at all. I just think like NFL head coaches

05:06have come out this week and have all said like, there's nothing he's really going to be able to

05:10clean. You think like, like Tom Brady's the greatest quarterback ever. Like you don't think

05:14he just turned on the film and immediately diagnosed what every team is doing. Like he

05:18needs someone to tell him what they're doing. Like, come on. So I, I, I think it's much,

05:22it was really like, let's be fair. It was awful optics on Monday night that he's in,

05:28that he's in the Raiders coaching booth with a headset on. Like if, if no one saw that happen,

05:32we wouldn't be talking about this right now. It was terrible optics. I think it's much ado about

05:37nothing. I think he's been much better this year in the booth than he was last year. I think he's

05:41going to continue to get better. I don't really care about the story at all. Just my opinion.

05:45And in your defense, some of the, the narcissism stuff may stem from the height issue.

05:51Well, well, well, where does yours come from then?

05:53His is the fat.

05:54Why? Nick, you short?

05:55Oh yeah. Is he a short King? Oh, he's a short King. Yeah. Oh yeah. I'm like 5'8".

05:59Oh damn. Courtney, I like you. That is not true. We've, we've, we've, you're not 5'8".

06:03We've met. Oh, you met him before? Literally. It's on my driver's license. It says it. You've

06:07never even seen me in person. I'm not saying I'm 12. So, so it's like 5'6". It's like 5'6".

06:13On a good day. Oh damn. He's got lifts. Do you wear lifts in the, in the shoes or no?

06:18I don't know. Are you on Ozempic?

06:19Because I got to tell you, I've done pretty well for myself with my height. You're, you're still

06:25kind of chubby, buddy. Well, Greg does say he's six feet tall. I don't know. I don't, I don't know

06:33what, what, what, what, what trainer Dan's charging you, but you might want to pay him a little bit

06:36more, Greg. Nick, you met Greg. He says he's six feet. Is that true? I've never, I've never met Greg.

06:42Yeah, we met one time. When did we meet? Early on when you first started here, we met. There was like a, a, a tremendous

06:49lie. Like I've never met you. I would say it. I don't care. I'm not, I'm not tall. That's,

06:55it's, that's fine. Yeah. We've got to do a big like family dinner, you know? Yeah, we should do that.

06:59Yeah. Sunday dinner. I want Nick, I want him to come up here and do a whole live show with us.

07:05Yeah, that'd be classic. That'd be great. I bet you would enjoy that. I would. Of course,

07:10of course I would. All right, Sean, are there any other games you're in? Yeah. Nick mentioned the

07:14impotent offensive. By the way, I'm, by the way, I'm not 5'8". That's true. I'm 5'7". Yeah. Okay.

07:19We're getting closer. Nick mentioned the impotent offense of the Eagles. I love the Rams this week

07:23getting 3.5. Nick, am I crazy to think that the Rams could even outright win this game? No. Are you

07:29crazy? No. I think the betting market, Sean, will move in the direction that you say it's going to

07:33move in. I think it'll probably close to maybe even, maybe even like a, like an expensive 2.5 for

07:38the Eagles or a cheap 2.5 for the Rams. I, I'm on the other side of this game, but not at this number.

07:44I think the number is going to come down and I'd like to bet the Eagles at either 3 or minus 2.5.

07:48We'll see where this ends up on Sunday. The Eagles are going to dominate the line of scrimmage on both

07:52sides of the ball, just like they did in both meetings against the Rams last year. Now,

07:56Shyam, I'm sure that your handicap probably revolves around Devontae Adams being a difference maker in

08:01this game. Whereas the Rams, like Cooper Cup, I think is washed. And even he had a pretty nice game

08:06in the playoff game in January in the snow. Devontae, I think should have a pretty good game for the

08:10Rams. But I think if you wanted to poke holes in the Rams offense, where you would go is the

08:15interior offensive line against Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis and company. So I, I, I think the

08:20Eagles interior pass rush will, will impact 37 year old bad back Matthew Stafford. And it's possible

08:27that Eagles offensive coordinator, Kevin Petullo is just like Italian Brian Johnson from a few years

08:32ago. We'll find out. I think the Eagles offense will play much better in this game. I like the Eagles,

08:37but I want to lay three or two and a half, not three and a half. So I do agree with you.

08:41If people out there are listening or watching and you agree with Shyam, uh, I would bet this game

08:46sooner rather than later to make sure you get plus three and a half with LA. All right, Nick, as

08:51always, it is a pleasure. Thank you. You're welcome. Uh, wishing everybody minimal sweats winning

08:56bet. That's it. Or what do you got? What do you do there? You have a catchphrase? Well, I was in the

09:01middle of doing it and you like, it rudely interrupted me. Raging, raging narcissist who has a

09:05catchphrase. Like if you're dictating what your own catchphrase, I'm a massive narcissist. But here's what's

09:10funny about this is you're saying that I'm the one that introduced the topic. Like you think it

09:14hurts my feelings. I I'm the one that said it. I am a narcissist. Are you one? Okay. All right,

09:19go ahead. Winning bets. What? No, no sweat. Okay. Listen now, now you're, now you're offending my

09:24ego by, by botching my catchphrase. And it's a massive one. Uh, wishing everyone minimal sweats

09:29winning bets the absolute very best of luck. All right, bud. We'll talk to you next week. See ya.

09:33Uh, that is the host of you better you bet Odyssey sports wagering insider.

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