00:00But let's start with New England and Denver.
00:01The one thing we do know is Jared Stidham will be the starting quarterback this week,
00:04not Bo Nix, a broken bone in Nix's ankle on the second-to-last play of the game in overtime,
00:10does his season in, and that is a shame.
00:12But now we see New England, Joe, a five-and-a-half-point favorite
00:15and an ultra-low total that sits at 40-and-a-half points.
00:19Yeah, and again, it's way early in the week,
00:23but five-and-a-half is usually, you know, no man's land when it comes to the books, Donnie,
00:28because there's no key numbers involved there.
00:32In fact, it's smack in the middle of three and seven,
00:35and that's basically the books waiting for the market to determine which way this goes.
00:40Now, I think, given what we know here and the news about Stidham,
00:46that I think the book is expecting the public to come in
00:49and automatically bet New England and New England a lot.
00:53I think the pros are sitting back here, Donnie, right now,
00:56waiting to see how high this number will go before they come back in,
01:01because the bottom line is we're still dealing with a very young quarterback here in Drake May.
01:06We're talking about a New England team, for better or for worse,
01:09who has completely overperformed this year.
01:12You know, and could this be the game, even with Jarrett Stidham, a quarterback on the road,
01:18with a trip to the Super Bowl, could this be where the cracks start to come in?
01:22Because, mind you, it wasn't like Drake May was perfect in that game at home against that defense.
01:29There is, you know, this number could get to a point, Donnie,
01:33where all the value is on backing Stidham in Denver.
