00:00Well, I can tell you this, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot of sharp or professional money either
00:08way on a side in this game, Craig, because don't forget, this was three and a half since June, for
00:16the most part there.
00:16It opened up in May at two and a half. It's been three and a half since June.
00:21We're starting to see a little more Ram money today, so that's why we've seen, you know, even at Hard
00:28Rock here, I'm seeing four right now, and that's kind of where it's been.
00:32But the market is still split. There's still three and a halves available, and there's still some fours out there.
00:37So that tells me, for as long as this game has been on the market, and three being such a
00:43key number, if the pros were in love with the 49ers, this thing wouldn't be, there would be no hook
00:50of it.
00:50There'd be nothing. This thing would be back down to three, three and a half. It would be going the
00:54other way.
00:55But it's never gone that way. And conversely, the hook is available, and now we're seeing slightly four today, you
01:06know, not four and a half.
01:07So there doesn't appear to me to believe that there is any sort of competing professional, you know, syndicates or
01:16groups that move the lines.
01:17I don't think they're very interested in the side here, and I can't blame them, given the fact that what
01:23do we have any idea until we see it, what we're going to get from teams playing, you know, 23
01:29and a half hours away, because I still don't know, to tell you the truth.
01:34Yeah, I don't know either. And these international games can go either way. They're really generally from what we've seen
01:40in London and Berlin and these different places that they play.
01:43It doesn't seem like, Joe, there's middle ground. It's almost like there's one way or the other. Either the games
01:48are great or they're just slog fests.
01:50And I mean, I guess the one thing that we have going for us is that generally the NFL doesn't
01:55put back-to-back games on that. Just by luck, stink.
01:59And if last night's game was one of those, you probably would expect tonight's to be better.
02:04And plus, you know, generally, even though the defense in particular of the Rams is probably going to be very
02:09good, I still expect tonight that Brock Purdy will throw a couple touchdowns.
02:14I expect Christian McCaffrey to be very heavily involved. I'm very curious, the wide receiving situation for the 49ers.
02:21Look, this is three new wide receivers. Mike Evans, Debo Samuel's back, and then Stripling, the rookie, who I think
02:28is going to get a lot of playing time tonight, too.
02:30So I think that the 49ers are the more interesting watch. Stripling, for me, is the one that I am
02:37going to circle there, as far as some of the props are concerned, with receptions and maybe total yards tonight.
02:43He, I can't imagine a player that was so heavily targeted in all of those dual practices and preseason and
02:50went over every prop that's set tonight.
02:52It just doesn't, something seems off to me tonight. So that's the guy to me is Stripling that I think
02:58you're going to see a little bit of a breakout tonight.
03:00That would be my prediction in this game. And I probably would take, you know, look, I don't have a
03:04strong opinion on the game, but I probably would take the points in this one.
03:07Too early in the season to start laying big numbers, man. I mean, maybe as the season goes on, sure,
03:13but not for me in this opener.
03:15I think San Francisco probably wins the game. I mean, close or wins.
03:19I can tell you that this is at a cricket grounds stadium in Melbourne and the weather report that that
03:29I looked up here, weather is not going to be a factor at this cricket state.
03:34It's an outdoor stadium, but weather should be fine. Temperature in the high 50s, low 60s, which is basically apparently
03:42springtime there.
03:44Go figure. So we don't know what that is here in Florida, Craig and I, but we hear about people
03:50enjoying spring weather.
03:52Could be. It's just summer for us all night. But bottom line is weather is not playing a factor.
03:59This was as high. This total is 49, Craig, a little over a week ago.
04:04We saw 48 and a half. We saw 48. Now we're starting to see 47 and a half.
04:09What we know about the public is that when they get home on a Thursday night, put their feet up,
04:16they're looking for points and betting overs.
04:18But that's not what we're getting.
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