00:00It's the market watch. We're going to look at who's going to win the AFC championship. We're going to look at who's going to win the NFC championship. You know what that means? Let's go to the Super Bowl. All right, here we go. Let's go from the AFC side. Denver at plus 280. New England at plus 460. Buffalo at plus 500. I'm going to stop right there, Joe. I'll say one thing and then give it to you.
00:19I think that Buffalo, when they get into the playoffs, are still dangerous. That's a nice number. If they can arrive and overcome New England and Denver, there's something to be said here. Take it away.
00:32You mean the Buffalo Josh Allens? Is that who you're referring to? The Buffalo Josh Allens?
00:37Yeah.
00:38Well, look, Josh Allen's capable of taking over a game. We know that. So that's where it becomes special.
00:44This is a really interesting spot here for the AFC because you could argue that the hottest teams coming into the playoffs might very well be the Jaguars and the Texans.
00:53Jaguars have played really good football. Maybe a little untested. Houston Texans, that defense is ferocious. Defense travels. Some suspect offensive line play. That's an issue.
01:04There's been moments here in the second half of the year where the Texans offense has played better football.
01:08But credit to Liam Cohn here, new head coach. Credit to Mike Vrabel, first year here with the New England Patriots.
01:15Obviously not a new head coach, but second time around the block, but first time here with the New England Patriots.
01:20Two teams in the playoffs, right, with new coaches, which is tough to do.
01:24And teams that were last place last year that ended up in first place this year in their division.
01:29So credit to those guys. It happens every year that a team goes from worst to first.
01:33So that'll be fascinating next year to kind of play this game as well and see what teams finish last that could completely turn things around in 2025.
01:41I mean, I think the Giants look like a great team that could possibly turn things around very quickly as well.
01:46That would be my early look into that because they have a franchise quarterback.
01:50They have like neighbors. They have Scataboo coming back.
01:52They got a lot of pieces and some good defensive personnel too.
01:55But the Denver Broncos are the favorite for a reason.
01:57My only concern with the Denver Broncos is that sometimes the offense allows, you know, teams to kind of hang around there a little bit.
02:06Defense always plays well, but the offense sometimes doesn't wake up to the fourth quarter.
02:10That's a little dangerous of a scenario.
02:13If you're the Denver Broncos, I don't think you want to see a Houston Texans at any point in the playoffs.
02:17I just don't want to see that defense, right?
02:19They are so ferocious. They're playing with house money.
02:21They continue to be the underdogs, despite the fact that they've been in the playoffs for two years in a row before.
02:26The New England Patriots, I think, are the best unit in terms of team, and nobody's playing the position better right now than Drake May.
02:34I think we can agree on that. He's likely to be the MVP.
02:37That's what the biggest odds are telling us after last week, too.
02:39And Matthew Stafford, you know, unlikely to contribute this week.
02:42So the New England Patriots at plus 460, I think, are, again, this is not a homer pick at all.
02:47This is a pick based on quarterback, defense, and the coach.
02:52And the coach was a guy that was getting to the playoffs and getting to championship games with the Tennessee Titans.
02:57And that roster is basically Derrick Henry and a bunch of guys, okay?
03:01So now that he's got the New England Patriots and he's got a guy like Drake May, it's going to be a really interesting thing to say.
03:07I do think it's top-heavy. I do think it's between Denver and New England to get there.
03:11And you're getting some good odds on both.
03:12So that would be my investment on those two.
03:14If I'm going to invest in a long shot, you're right, the Buffalo Bills, because of Josh Allen's ability to take over a game, very interesting.
03:21But I just don't see that defense holding anybody down, and they haven't been able to all year.
03:26So I'm going to go honest to those teams.
03:28But a fun playoff roster, nonetheless, for the AFC.
03:32All right, let's move on to the NFC.
03:34I think the Seahawks seem as the foregone conclusion at plus 250, but the Rams are there at plus 310.
03:39The Niners are at plus 440.
03:40And don't forget about the Eagles, plus 490.
03:42Joe?
03:43Yeah, the Eagles are tough because all year we've watched them struggle offensively to really find a rhythm.
03:49And I think they've just looked off all season.
03:52Do they flip the switch in the playoffs?
03:53Maybe.
03:54I think maybe the Eagles should get more respect.
03:55And if there's a team that I could see kind of upsetting through the way and just continuing to do what they've been doing,
04:01which is finding ways to just get Ws, maybe it is the Eagles at the end of the day.
04:05And if it is the Eagles at the end of the day, I do believe the Denver Broncos or the Patriots have a good chance of winning.
04:10Seattle Seahawks on the other side here, I think deserve a lot of credit.
04:15They're not getting enough of it, but I'd be buying back into the Rams.
04:18I think a healthy Rams with basically what they're going to have right now is a little bye week mini built in.
04:23I think it's going to be really interesting to buy back in on them.
04:25And I think that Matthew Stafford, one last hurrah, Sean McVay, that's going to be real tough to beat.
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