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"I lean towards the Patriots here, to both win and cover" Host of You Better You Bet, Nick Kostos joins! The big question- Will Gonzo play?
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00:00wagering this weekend is the host of you better you bet national radio host nick costos good
00:06morning nick what's going on guys happy friday how we doing uh i will tell you this there were
00:10some costos uh stands who were very upset that we had jay leno on and not you last week so
00:16well i mean to to be fair jay leno pretty big name yes i guess zero offense taken by me
00:23that
00:23you guys chose jay leno over me in that spot well we're glad you're back and i want to get
00:28right into this patriots game and uh the win last week huge for this team huge for drake may
00:34where are you when it comes to the raiders at gillette on sunday well uh i'll ask a question
00:40to you greg and you guys that i asked chime off air is christian gonzalez playing like no i don't
00:46think
00:46so he hasn't practiced yeah he hasn't practiced wednesday there's a practice today right so
00:51generally you gotta if you are gonna play or at least you're gonna have practice on friday you
00:56practice on friday i like how greg said there like definitively there is a practice today yes
01:01yes yes generally generally game on sunday nfl team practices on friday absolutely
01:06yeah but wiggy wiggy will tell you it's really it's kind of a mail-in day it's like uh red
01:12zone red zone
01:13yep and then a little but you gotta be out there though like that's that but he's 100 right about
01:17that you don't practice on friday you can play but if you do practice on friday it means you probably
01:21are going to yeah there's a good chance so like wiggy i'm curious what you think about this i
01:26i think christian gonzalez is kind of like the key to this game for new england because
01:30he is one of the only players in football the corner or safety that could potentially man up and
01:37cover brock bowers like he can do that and my guess is that's how mike vrabel and company would
01:42deploy him like in that role um if he does play on sunday you know bowers this is a hyperbolic
01:48statement uh he's going to go to the hall of fame if he stays healthy he's and i know he's
01:52like
01:53early in his career he's just a different player like guy's absolutely unbelievable and if they have
01:58gonzalez not that he can fully stop brock bowers but i certainly think he can slow him down a little
02:02bit so i really kind of think the game comes down to that you know the patriots can win and
02:06i think
02:06they can kind of take from the playbook that the chiefs had last week which was explosives down the
02:11field you can beat these raiders corners and drake may obviously did that last week a couple times
02:15to the buffalo bills easier tasks going up against the raiders secondary so i lean towards the patriots
02:20here to both win and cover but i don't feel confident putting any money down on it until we
02:25know for sure if christian gonzalez is playing in the game or not yeah and i and and see i
02:30would if i
02:30had to bet i probably would bet that gonzalez won't play that would just be me personally um and then
02:37when
02:37you look at the brock bowers situation what you're gonna have to do and what they can do because
02:42and nick you could probably talk about this it's really brock bowers and i know they they go to
02:48the the meyer kid but their wide receiver group is not anything crazy they they throw to the tight
02:54ends and the running backs like it's a kind of a different offense right you so you could potentially
02:58double bauer or bowers or make it difficult for him make somebody beating him up at the line of
03:04scrimmage generally i know he lines up wide so walking but you could double a guy like that and say
03:08you beat me somewhere else and here's what i'll say about this game as opposed to last week's game
03:13where i really think and i was in support of the bills moving on from sean mcdermott i felt like
03:17that needed to happen curious if you guys agree with this i think if sean mcdermott were coaching
03:22the bills last week they would have won the game i think that joe brady desperately needed an editor
03:26last week like got way too far away from the run game with james cook who was doing whatever he
03:31wanted on the ground way too many passes with josh allen for my liking and i think it's fair to
03:36say
03:36like clint kubiak is probably a better play caller than joe brady is and i don't know if clint kubiak
03:41will make the same mistakes that joe brady did last week again like i'm telling you i like the
03:44patriots in the game i think drake may is going to be able to put points up on the board
03:47but just
03:48from a betting opinion i i can't do it until i know if gonzalez is playing in the game but
03:52i do think
03:53the patriots will win i feel like joe brady is there to blame himself uh post game when josh allen
04:00throws an interception like i feel like i feel like that's what he's there for listen this is what this
04:04is
04:04what josh like sometimes josh allen has games like this like they the bills could be one in three
04:09like this division is very winnable for the patriots which seems crazy to say after like what
04:13was happening early in the year but you know let's just go through buffalo and what they've done this
04:17year week one josh allen throws a yolo pass a ridiculous pass i can see brain dead kamari lassiter
04:22drops it the bills end up winning that game week three against the chargers the bills turn the ball over
04:27five times in the game but because the chargers were so bad the bills end up winning and then they
04:31lose
04:31to the patriots last week they only have really one authentic win thursday night football week two
04:36against the detroit lions and the lions were coming off an overtime performance that sunday
04:40and like you you look at how that's gone in the past teams that play on thursday night after
04:45overtime game generally don't play well so i'm not saying the bills are bad like josh allen's
04:50unbelievable they'll be in the playoffs but i think this division race obviously far from over
04:55costos um shyme has been struggling a bit when it comes to his pick talk he gave us a little
05:00teaser
05:00for today within the bears packers can i ask courtney can i ask you something yes so i've seen
05:06the the pick talk before yeah what is like what's the game i'm really sorry i know and i've i've
05:12talked
05:12to him about this costos because it doesn't even sound like him i'm not i'm not even saying it i'm
05:17not
05:18saying it's bad i'm just saying like what's like what's the you're not saying it's good though
05:21that's fine we're all in search of the gimmick we don't really get it we just sort of
05:26i just wild guy doing pics yeah but i want it i want it to feel more shy me you
05:30know what does
05:31that mean like he listens to bad 90s rock while he gives the pics no i just want to hear
05:35it doesn't
05:36even sound like his voice and i need to hear his voice why is it i have a question why
05:40is it called
05:41pick talk because originally it was going to go up on tick tock and pick pick talk just rhymes
05:47kind of sort of there you go it's the the ck is it a slant rhyme is that what that's
05:51called yeah
05:51all right tick tock tick tock i get it it's just a schlant rhyme yeah i just like like what's
05:56so
05:57you just like you're like wild and crazy in it right yeah the point is so the point is is
06:01in a way
06:02it's kind of a parody of nick as you know many people in the gambling space are a little over
06:07the top yes well well it's what's a parent it's a parody of me and stuff i have done in
06:10the past i
06:10would say it's probably correct and that's okay right okay i'm just like i'm just the bigger stew
06:15finer that's basically what he's saying no i really didn't want to pile on chime i was just asking for
06:20your no no no yeah i just wanted to pick pick your mind on the bears packers game because that
06:25was the teaser he gave us today i just think like i just think it like it needs a little
06:29something
06:29the pick talk it's close okay it's just like like what's the gimmick like it's just like you doing
06:35picks and it's called pick talk yep like why not just do picks and not call it pick talk i
06:38don't i
06:39don't get it are there rivalries when it comes to the betting experts are there rivalries like are
06:48like do you have an arch enemy when it comes to those who are betting experts betting you may
06:53you may not believe this i i think there's more than enough room for all of us to make money
06:58and
06:59win yeah i want everybody i mean i mean it courtney i mean this on my father's grave as long
07:05as i'm
07:05making money i hope everybody else makes money also but now if i'm not making money then i hope
07:10everybody else is in the poor house but as long as i'm doing well why can't everybody else do well
07:13too
07:14you have to have an enemy in the space though like somebody must have to fuel you like who do
07:18you see that says i i have to be honest and like i don't i hate that this is the
07:23truth i have i have
07:25a kid i have a mortgage i have multiple jobs i don't have time to be worrying about this brag
07:30bro
07:30what other people are doing it's not a brag i i wish i had more free time to worry about
07:34i mean that
07:35i i don't know i about this i okay i'm gonna do something a little gross right now so i
07:40have these
07:41these i i take my shoes off in the office i have these hokas right that i wear they are
07:45you can't
07:46see they are all beat up to hell my wife has been telling me for like their their white sneakers
07:50they
07:51look like they're like black i don't know if you can see it here my wife's been telling me for
07:54like
07:54three months order a new pair of sneakers i don't even i can't even order a new pair of sneakers
07:58here
07:58you want me to have an enemy in the space i i i don't know i hope everybody does great
08:02i i have no
08:02enemies uh bro you can't afford sneakers can i ask you a question can i ask you a question maybe
08:07i can't
08:08uh let me ask you a question about the hokas because i have uh because i'm a runner uh i
08:13was
08:14sick yeah sick brag i've had several shows had several several pairs of them and i have maybe
08:20maybe maybe get a better pair i have the same problem do you are you are they wearing out where
08:25your big toe is so my problem with the hokas is that i don't run i just think that they
08:30like a
08:31good-looking like workout like dad shoe good-looking old man shoe yeah now i i do like now i'm
08:36bragging
08:37no they're good for your knees i have not bragged previously i will brag now no i cross train okay
08:42sick brag bro okay you're one of those i just i just want to be clear on that that i
08:47cross the best
08:49that track the best thing about them is you don't have to tie them so if you are having trouble
08:54getting
08:54down oh and well yeah i'm four years old in that regard where i i i tie my shoes once
09:00when i first get
09:00them and then i never tie them me too they got the velcro straps on no no no no you
09:06were asking
09:06laces you're asking packers bear yes that was my original question yes so anyway the uh the hokas
09:11are not great for cross training which i do and uh and i and i'm in good shape i just
09:15wanted now i'm
09:15bragging um i like the bears a little bit um i will say that a lot of sharp so like
09:21all my enemies
09:22courtney in the space like the green bay packers everyone likes green bay that does betting content
09:25and it can definitely be green bay you know the bears are starting backup quarterback tyson bajans
09:29i think like the mind games between these two coaches fascinating ben johnson keeps tweaking
09:34matt lafleur lafleur is publicly downplaying it and the reason why he's downplaying it is because
09:39like ben johnson has a gun and he has a knife like the bears are better than the packers and
09:43the
09:43packers are really injured lost their best linebacker to a torn achilles edger and cooper for the season
09:48my best guess is that the bears will win but it is worth noting that a lot of people that
09:53i really
09:53respect in the betting space some of whom are my mortal blood enemies do like the green bay packers to
09:57win
09:58nick this to me this is uh i think this is the game of the week 49ers at seattle uh
10:02i know the
10:0349ers look like they've been for real seattle seahawks defending super bowl champs where you going
10:08what do you like uh i like the niners a little bit um i again just to provide the the
10:14other side of it
10:14i think a lot of people that i respect do like seattle in the game with the thought process that
10:19brock purdy and this magical run he's been on to start the year and he's the mvp of the league
10:23through
10:23four weeks that the bubble might burst a little bit going up against the seattle defense but what
10:28i will offer here you know seattle tried to sign joe mixon a couple days ago the former texans and
10:33bangles running back mixon hasn't played in a season and a half he's like a debilitating foot injury
10:37that's probably going to end his career they and i don't say that with glee just like a statement of
10:41fact um they failed him on the physical and just does anyone think it's bad that they're trying to
10:46sign this guy because you know jadarian price their first round rookies on ir zach charbonnet is not
10:50ready to return it's emmanuel wilson and george helani like they're kind of a one dimension and
10:55they were able to run it against the chargers the chargers are dead team walking i think the
10:59niners are going to be able to make them one dimensional and can sam darnold out duel brock
11:03purdy i'm not so sure just from a betting perspective my sense is this point spread might
11:07go up to seattle minus three and a half so if you like seattle i would actually suggest betting them
11:12now while the point spread still three and if you do like san fran maybe wait to see if you
11:16can get a
11:17three and a half in between now and kickoff nick we don't talk a ton of futures here but the
11:20one i'm
11:21looking at right now is the houston texans to make the playoffs is like plus 250 the the schedule
11:26lightens up for them a little bit here and the opposite uh of what you thought would happen this
11:30season is happening where cj stroud has been really good and the defense is kind of crumbled in big spots
11:35if the defense just kind of finds its level is there any way that this houston texans team makes a
11:40push for the playoffs you know i in my uh can i promote my column for the athletic in his
11:43first year
11:44so i i put a joke in there and i wasn't sure they were going to let it go and
11:48they did and i was
11:48very happy about it that the texans defense is like the 2016 hillary clinton presidential campaign
11:54lofty names big expectations inability to hold a late lead we like that or not
12:00at the time the times approved i was like wow that's unbelievable i couldn't believe it
12:05i felt like they well i i let the editor know i was like hey just so you know like
12:09this is in there
12:10let's just see how this goes here um so let's look like houston is going to win this weekend
12:14so they'll be one and four so seven teams make the playoffs right can they the buffalo has the
12:20head-to-head tiebreaker like probably can't get past buffalo patriots have one are up two games on
12:25them right baltimore is up is up three games on them pittsburgh's two and two since he's two and two
12:31jacksonville's three and one the colts are two and two the chiefs are four and oh the raiders are three
12:35and one i i don't think i can get there with this bet which is worth noting tomiko ryans did
12:40take the
12:40head coach took the defensive play calling back from coordinator matt burke my sense is you'll get
12:45a way better texans effort on defense this sunday it just feels like they did this last year they
12:50started oh and three and went 12 and two down the stretch to make the playoffs we have not seen
12:55since
12:55the bobby ross stan humphreys chargers in 1992 a team that started oh and four make the playoffs
13:00that's a 16 game regular season so better chance it can happen now i would probably not make that bet
13:06chime and it kills me to say that because very stupidly i took the houston uh the texans to win
13:11the afc before the season started wow okay at least we know he leans right all right nick as always
13:17an
13:17absolute pleasure having you on the show we appreciate it yeah i mean i was gonna make
13:22thinking like can i make a conan o'brien jay lennon like i just don't know enough about about late
13:27night
13:27talk um just just uh just to reiterate one more time before i leave for people watching on video
13:32yes i do work out and i cross train wishing everyone minimal sweats when he bets the absolute
13:38very best of luck there he is that's a great costos