Grant and Danny
Commanders-Browns Predictions, Confidence Points Picks
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Daris is coming up on his big date where he's got to go take some photos and his towel and his swim cap and his speedo and his goggles. I'm excited about that for his embarrassing photo shoot. Daris, are you ready? Have you been-- Are you feeling sexy? Like, overall. Have you been getting ready for your ESPN, the magazine body issue that you're going to be doing for us? Yeah, yeah. I'm working on my physique a little bit. Got to make sure I'm in shape for this. Yup. Well, we're excited for you. We can't wait to get the-- what do they call those? The prints? Yeah. Wait. I want a wallet size. I want a wallet size of Daris and his speedo just for me to laugh at every now and then. You know when you do the school photos, like for your kids or whatever, you have somebody-- like, what do you want? Two, three by sevens and one greeting card. We just got ours back. We got our kid pictures back and we got mugs with their faces on. I'm going to check every box for Daris. We're going to be able to hang some on the fridge We'll have the little Polaroid styles. Magnets. Everywhere. We'll just surprise people with them all over campus. Alright, so the current standings, Daris will be happy to know. He is not in the basement right now. Daris, give us the updated standings as we go into week five with our show predictions. Yes, indeed. So it looks like in first place is Grant leading the way with 38 points after four weeks. Ryan's in second place with 35 points, I am in third with 31 points. Danny, what's going on? You only got 23 points here in fourth place. I believe I have to check on this, but I think I've been mathematically eliminated here through four weeks. You've not been. You're still in great shape. I think I could get them all right for the rest of the season and it wouldn't matter. I think I'm eliminated. I have to check. Danny has finished last, has been head to head with Daris I think in a Super Bowl where he didn't finish last and is currently pulling up the rear. But there's a lot of football ahead. It's still going to work out for you. I know it will. That's nice to say it's not, but I appreciate it. So with that in mind, let's go ahead and give our plays. In the order of the standings, I will go first with my five point play this weekend. And my five pointer that I'm most confident in is a Seahawks cover over the New York Giants. No Malik neighbors. He's the entire Giants offense. No Devin Singletary. He has been the entire Giants running game. That means a lot on Daniel Jones against a pretty good Seattle team with a chance to get to four and one. I think they cover six and a half against the Giants. Seattle under Mike McDonald is going to be a four and one football team. My five point play. I have the Dallas Cowboys cover plus two and a half against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I do not trust Justin Fields up to this point in time. I know people have been. I think this is the week that he really falls off in production. I got the Cowboys plus two and a half. I'm in lockstep with UGP. I got Seattle covering that minus six and a half out there against the New York Giants. No chance New York Giants keep up with the Seattle Seahawks. Many times before we were led to believe it's different. Many times before we were told it was different. Many times before we were scolded by diehards and coaches and administrators. And everyone in between that it was different. It is different. Washington minus three at home beats Cleveland who is garbage. Worschington will be four and one. Give me the come. I'm not going to say Washington the local 53. Whoa. You almost did it. I almost did it. Four point play time. I'm going to go with the Ravens to cover two and a half here in their match up against the Bengals. I just haven't been sold on Cincinnati all year. This started before the Washington game seeing that defense get undressed and pantsed by Cliff Kingsbury. They gave up a lot of big plays to the Carolina Panthers. I think they can be had in the running game from Derek Henry and Lamar Jackson all the way down. They also by the way speaking of Baltimore need this game. Like we talk about it being a season definer season on the line game for Cincinnati. The Ravens would be two and three if they lost this game a third of the way through the season so Baltimore laying and covering two and a half points. I love what they've got going with Derek Henry. They by the way if they run for I think it's like 150 yards in this game as a team. They're the fifth club in the 2000s and 25 years of football to have a thousand yards rushing through five games as a team. Is there a juggernaut running the football? Give me both. My four point play at the Bills plus one and a half going against the Texans this weekend. For one reason only that is Josh Allen shots. Touchdowns. This is the MVP season that we have been waiting for for Josh Allen. I think this is going to be a big breakout game. I've got the Bills winning bank. Four point play for me. This feels weird picking New England considering that they stink but guess who stinks more that Dolphins offense without to a tongue of a low. I'm going to take New England to win with that minus one and a half cover. Grant already covered the reasons why but give me the Seattle Seahawks who are about to be four and one with an easy schedule. It's a big number but I think they win by ten points this weekend against the Giants team that has guys like you, me and Dupree running routes for them. Let's go to the three pointers here. Corey Kispert eat your heart out. You handsome fellow. I just handsome. Did you see the pictures of him from media today? I did. He had just gotten a haircut. He had just groomed his beard. His eyes were just so green. Corey on three say hey girl one, two, three and a great, great shot. He just was looking at me in that way. You know what I mean? I just was like what do I do? You're a leper. You see a gazelle. You want to eat it. God, he's handsome. I'm going to go with my three-point play opposite Mr. Darris Dameron. The Miami Dolphins get a much needed win for Mike McDaniel. Another week in the offense for Tyler Huntley and some of their fill-ins. They still have Tyree kill. They're going to find a way to involve he and Jalen Waddle. The Patriots are very capable of hanging in this game. It's going to be a very low scoring game. The total in this game by the way is the lowest of the week. It's in the mid-30s. Last time I checked. That having been said, the Dolphins cover. They win. I'm going to say it's a 17 to 13 kind of gross fest. My three-point play. And the Patriots minus one and a half grand. I think it's the opposite for me at this point. I cannot trust Mike McDaniel. At this point without to a tag of Aloha. I think the Patriots have a really good defense. I think it's going to be very low scoring. I've got the Patriots winning by maybe three. Me against allans in this game, Danny. I have no idea what's going to happen. My three-point play. I've got Indianapolis covering that plus three out there in Jacksonville. It would be crazy if Jacksonville goes 0 for 5. But I think with Joe Flacco at the helm for the Colts offense, I think the Colts offense is going to be much better. So I got them winning in Jacksonville plus three. Joe Flacco said this week he is eight days older than the most than the mother of his fellow quarterback on the roster, Anthony Richards. Everything about it's so weird, man. We're just doing a Joe Flacco thing again. We'll be doing this in 2030. What happens first? Joe Flacco stops playing or Washington gets a new stadium. I'm going to say Joe Flacco stops playing. I'm not anymore. I would have said that last year, but he played and I was doing it again. My three-point play. The Northern Saints plus five and a half. I know they're on the road in Kansas City. But Kansas City has nothing and nobody. Their offense stinks, I don't think they can blow anybody out. So I think New Orleans loses but covers in that game. That brings us to our two-point plays. These are bunnies around the rim. I got the Vikings in the early morning breakfast football match that we should all be happy exists. Laying two and a half, I think they win by a field goal. They're taking on the Jets. They have a more explosive, better offense. Justin Jefferson is the best receiver in the NFL. Darnell throws caught. It's Justin Jefferson. 14 yards and another Vikings first down Minnesota. Jets does big things. Vikings go to London and come back five and oh, because of Justin Jefferson. My two-point play. There's fire up that music. I've got the commanders covering three points against the Cleveland Browns. And of course, I think Jane Nannles gets it done this weekend. This will be a fun one. I've got the commanders for the first time on record saying they will win and cover a three-point spread. Danny, it's all you now. Our dares are out. Your solo was going so well. I wanted to eat dares. I wanted to eat dares. That's really what it was. That's what it always comes down to. That reminds me of a sideline report where you crush it. You do everything great. And then you're like back to you, Frank. And then Tom's like actually it's me. But okay. Exactly. That's Tom, and it's good to meet you. My two-point play. I've got San Francisco covering minus seven and a half against Arizona. Arizona is coming in reeling. And after giving up 42 to Washington, I don't see how they don't give up 42 more to San Francisco. Oh, yeah, that's real nice. Giving him Ravens here on opening line in this game. The opening line was one and a half for the Ravens. It's now up to two and a half. I think they cover because the Bengals' bombs. Give me them Ravens, go in the road. We're going to go in the road. It's going to be Lamar. Andrew's gets going. Likely Derek Henry, dude. He's going to go downhill. Em Ravens are going to win. They're going to be three and two. What's the name of this guy? Dale from Timonium. Well, Dale is rick. The Orioles just got run out of the playoffs. You know, it's a bit of a bomber up there. You know, the fact that we don't lost, what is it now? 10 straight up there. 10 in the playoffs. You know, in the postseason. Swept in four by the Royals and the ALCS. Yeah. Lost to the Blue Jays in a wild card playing. Yeah, that was tough one here. Lost three in the road. Because that was about a piece to when he threw that bat. Right? Is that him? Britain didn't get the pitch. That was not one of those. So why the fuck not throw Britain in that game? We should have thrown him. Three in a row last year. Yeah. To the Rangers and the DS. Yeah. And then this year, the two losses. Yeah, it's one of the things it's frustrating. You know, but you know the Oreos, what they're going to do is go ahead and spend a bunch of money. You know what I mean? You got, you got, even if the new owners could take after the old owner, they're going to go make a lot of adjustments. They're going to go get a lot better when it, you know, it's time to go start playing again. You know, they're going to have 15 injuries. Bunch of guys down from Singley going to come up. You know, they're going to flounder the end of the season and they'll lose again. But right? This is nasty. All right. Let's hit our free throws here. One point plays. Confidence points picks on Grant and Danny. I've got a game that I hate. This is a hold your nose prediction. I don't like lines of three. I'd love a hook here in one way or the other. But the Green Bay Packers minus three against the Rams. The Rams are just so bad up. Green Bay can run the ball. They lost to the Vikings last week, but they completely decimated Minnesota after halftime. Outscored them by double digits. They look better than their record to me. So I like Green Bay to handle the Rams in a match up of Matt O'Flore and Sean McVay. Couple of guys I covered for years in D.C. My one point play. I have the Panthers going against the Bears. I've got the Panthers plus three and a half this weekend. I think the big headline on Monday will be, why did they not take Jaden Daniels? How could you have not seen this guy as a generational talent? I've got the Panthers covering the spread. I'm not really buying this turnaround. The Bears offense. The Andre Swift had a huge game last week. He's shown in years past. He cannot be trusted on back to back weeks. I've got the Panthers covering three and a half in Chicago. They're already shoveling dirt on Caleb Williams. Not yet. I like Caleb Williams, but at this point it's not working out. I've got Sam Donald in the Sam Donald revenge game. The Minnesota Vikings covering that minus two and a half. Grant, we need you to do more Paul Allen stuff on the air. I love your Paul Allen guy. Sam Donald SD to J.J. Justin Jefferson. Bills score on the road and they beat the Texans. The Bills are good. I think the Texans are just okay. I think they'll end up with nine or ten wins. But I think the Bills are nasty and I think Rhonda already covered. This is the MVP season for one Yosh Allen. That is how we do it. The confidence points picks. Danny pulling up the rear needs a big week sitting at 23 points through four weeks of football collectively eight and twelve against the spread in 20 predictions this year. This is the week Danny that you get it going. We are confident in you as a show. We are behind you. Oh, no, I'm behind you quite frankly. I am way way way behind you guys. Again, if I have a perfect week I will still not overtake you. So it's a reminder that I stink at this. And that's it actually, that's all. There's actually no follow up to that. I'm terrible at this. By the way, even though I have one at once, I have one this thing when you're clearing. Look at what Danny's got. He's got his bag in his hand. He's already packed everything up. The only thing not in his bag is his laptop which is plugged in still as it is in front of him to finish the radio program. This is the literal look of a man who's got one foot out the door. The door is open. Next goes by the way. I'm going to skip right behind you. Even by your standards, this is unbelievable. Yeah, this has just been prepared. It's just easy within reach. It'll be time to go soon. You're holding your bag. Yeah. Basically, it's already thrown over your shoulder. Yeah. Get a picture of him, Clary. Unbelievable. When did you pack it? When did you clean up and do all that? I didn't even know. I was my power cord that I just put away. Easily accessible. Yeah. I don't have all my other accoutrements that I normally do because we were fed here by the great folks at Atlas Brew Works. I've got my water bottle right behind me. That's a scoop and score. I'm going to pick it up and take it to the house. Have you considered the difference between doing that after the show? It's like 47 seconds. Of course. Yeah. I need to get the car. Are you headed to Chantilly to pick up my kid from soccer? I will happily do that for you. By all means, by the way, I'll go home and relax. My feet is up. If you want to go do that, you can do it. This guy. I mean, this is unbelievable. People always think it's a bit. That's my favorite thing. No, it's not a bit at all. When they're out and about when we're doing the show on location somewhere, people will always come up and they'll say, "Wow. Danny really is out of here really quickly." When it's time to leave, it's time to leave. Almost that time. All right. Let's make our predictions, Danny. Commanders, you've already kind of tipped your hat here with your confidence points picks, hosting the Browns on Sunday. What do you got? Washington 24, Cleveland 16, Washington is better. They will play better. This defense will give some things up. They'll give up some running totals, some rushing yards here and there. But that doesn't matter because points come through the passing game. They're going to win this game against a bad team. I'm sorry. A lot of people were encouraging me not to pick them because I picked against them each the last three weeks. I've been wrong each of the last three weeks. So hopefully that trend changes this week. They're going to beat a bad team. They're not going to trouble, but they're going to beat them. You can add us to the pile with the rest of America, with all of the sports betters, the number one bet on team in sports books this week, the Washington Commanders. Number one, for the third straight week, I will also be backing the locals. I think the commanders get a win. They're better than the Browns. They're four and one. And on Monday, we've got a victory Monday show when we're talking about not only a pretty good football team, but a team that has a chance to be outstanding and win a division. That's where I think we're headed. That's lofty. That's not just a there. They're four and one, and that's nice. We got to open the door to other conversations. I think that's pretty cool. But by the way, again, we talked about this all so long. All week long, frankly. If you are four and one, those are reasonable conversations. It's not because you're two and all coming back home from beating the Broncos who were terrible last year. It's not reasonable when you're three and one with Rex Grossman with other teams. What is reasonable is a four and one group when everyone else is heading in the wrong direction. Thinking about Dallas, I'll beat up there. I think about Philadelphia hasn't gotten going yet. The Giants are still the Giants. If things are trending a certain way, it's a reasonable question to ask, will they continue to trend this way? No guarantees. Nobody's ever been awarded anything in October other than like a weekly award or a player of a month in October. No divisions have ever been decided. But when you start in that way, you give yourself the opportunity to have those conversations and to play meaningful football. And that's what's happening. Danny, there's a young fellow in Ontario, McLaren. He's right here. Chris Jersey. Ooh. He does not care that much. He's young. He's fun. He's got a metabolism and everything. He does. He's going to drink a beer on a Friday night. Yeah. He's not going to jiggle for a week. That need a nap. Look at that guy. For Danny Huhe. I'm Grant Paulson saying so long. Big thanks to Tobes. Darrus for working hard in the studio. Back on half street for Ryan out here with our engineer Chris as well. And for everyone who came by, stop through and said hello. Thank you to all of you for listening. Been a lot of fun today. Let's go win a football game and let's go have a season, shall we? Well, now comes your way next with overtime. Have a great weekend everybody. We are back on Monday with Jay Gruden at five. Austin Echler Tuesday at five. This is Grant and Danny. Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.