Week 15 in the NFL playoff races are heating up this is upsides
I'm metaphor dear host join as always my faithful friends Alex
The emotionally stunted 49ers fan and will our sound guy we're friends yeah
You're not welcome to my home, but at work. We're friends sure work friends
That's because your wife works with children yeah. He serves League. Headings. Yeah, you have a daughter now. Yeah, it's 18 years
Thursday Night Football is a
Kind of a good one let's look at some storylines in Cardinals versus Rams
We've got a faltering vert, but still very good D. Versus a very good D
That's on the rise two consecutive shutouts for the Rams. Yeah, is that real well one of those that?
Doesn't count as the Raiders right? Well. You know what a shout outs a shutout in the NFL
They're all professionals and of course Jeff Fisher versus Bruce Arians of mediocre coach versus
Weirdly wizard like coach. He is he's a modern-day wizard. He looks like he's in melton though. He looks like a candle
That's been left in the Sun too long. Let's go to the injury report the Cardinals pretty banged up
Huh Tony oka, Mardis day-to-day, but I think there's a good chance. We'll play higher in math you'll be out with the thumb
Paul Fenech he's hurt and on the offensive lava who that's not a real person
That sounds like a fake plant so Andre Ellington to season-ending. IR they're starting Kerwin Williams. That's that's a paint
That's off-brand paint
Definitely has lead in it
But yeah, this is a Cardinals team is pretty beat up the offense does not look good. They're good for like one
Miracle long touchdown pass per week, but other than that. I don't press the offense to do anything
No
Especially the banged up line there on the other hand the Rams defense is rounding into health they got Chris long back a couple weeks
Ago Robert, Quinn looks like himself again 10 and a half sacks last eight games
Not in the first five so he's come around the NFC West
Feels like a mob of three teams that are like fighting over Black Friday
And then one team just kind of like creeping behind them all just like
Please don't notice me and then Colin Kaepernick gets trampled on the way to the snap back
section the line on this game the Rams despite being six and seven last place in the division are actually favored by three and a
Half points floor now for a moment all the actions going towards the Rams the Rams will win outright
But I think the Cardinals will cover Carruth Stanton for Shawn Hill's so uninspiring, but yeah
It really depends on which defense recovers more fumbles and returns them for
Touchdown the Cardinals have almost as many defensive touchdowns last few weeks as offensive
That's good. We've got some great AFC divisional matchups
Cleveland and Cincinnati are playing each other in the Johnny Manziel debut
We think we've got Houston and Indianapolis as the Texans make a late rush for the playoff spot
but we're gonna focus instead on the
AFC West where the Broncos at 10 and 3 travel to San Diego the 8 and 5 Chargers Julius Thomas is expected to play
Just in time for oh, not just in time my fantasy team is already knocked out of the playoffs
Speaking of fantasy disappointments in the first round of the playoffs Peyton Manning 0 touchdowns in week 14 bringing an end to his
51 consecutive game streak with the touchdown pass sorry Peyton, maybe just play 51 he's not 51 for games in him
That's like eight years something like that you're looking for hope for the Chargers Denver is only 3 and 3 on the road this year
Nearly a + 8 point differential so the Chargers of charge is good at home
Your fans actually show up when the 18 fans that are in the Sansa
Something to think about if you're the Chargers defensive coordinator whoever that is
Ganas baby, bro the last three Denver opponents
Casey who else Miami Buffalo, I've had fantastic pass rushes
I've only knocked Peyton Manning down twice zero sacks for real. Well. No they socked him
He's good been sacked twice in last three games, but he's only been hit place two so protect it excellent
Well you got a rush him you gotta put the heat on Peyton Manning rattles cage
I want to rattle the camera, but then we'd have to reset it Broncos are favored by three and a half here on the road
What do you say? I think the Chargers make the chargers outright?
Not that ballsy both taking with the 3 5 a narrow window whenever I pick what in any Broncos game
I just get it wrong automatically so
Gotta like it even matter, so I think Chargers why not I want some fish tacos late kick off Sunday. Oh boy
It's the upsides rivalry game
my Seahawks play host to Alex's 49ers ah
man Alex was it was like being around a ten-year-old whose dog had died on Monday morning after the
Niners lost in Oakland to the Raiders Alex. I'm gonna be gentle here
Be gentle after the Niners missed the playoffs should the 49ers get rid of Harbaugh or Kaepernick or both of them?
Kaepernick won't go any
Diem I do I don't like that the man has got a new stadium
Let me ask you a question Alex know if you could have
This Niners team they somehow make the playoffs go on a Super Bowl run
Harbaugh crowned coach of the year for turning it around
Would you accept that if your father had to go to state prison for five years?
Super will run, and what could be Justin Smith last year? There's nothing that I like there's nothing that could top that
It's your father not going to prison for five years ago there can it be like a nice Swedish prison state prison
Can you have his books you could have it? Yeah? Well some books dad. I sent you to prison so 49ers could win
If there were any other year it'd be easy, but in what could be just in Smith's last year that man needs a ring
I do like the Seahawks in this one. I do not like a ten and a half point line. I'm still a little gun-shy about
Getting too cocky take the Niners on the points just like alex is about to I've been cold the last couple weeks
So I'm gonna reverse jinx myself and take Seattle all right. We're both reversing
Our energies cancel out. That's why the tiebreaker
Yeah
We like your tie nice like the tire with the tie Sunday Night Football
even better than NBC executives could have possibly imagined before the season Cowboys at
Eagles both teams nine and four you're de-facto NFC East championship
Oh look at you festive. It kind of like I like the Hat. I mean the hair down - oh no it's a wig
That's like attached to the Hat
Lot on the wine not just for the NFC East title but the winner of this game is still in play for a first round
By white on this game according to our friends at odd. Shark is Philly by three and a half. I do think that
Ol Marky Mark Sanchez and Chip Kelly can solve that defense not that
It's like Stephen Hawking's like solving a child's puzzle. You know
Well unless it like unless it's a physical puzzle
great
I'm gonna lean Eagles. What do you say he goes? You're gonna go with the Cowboys I'll speak for him
He'll say ty I'm goin Cowboys don't put words in my mouth Monday Night Football is the Saints at the Bears?
Force the Saints are
Still in the still in play to win the division
It's guaranteed now that the winner of the NFC South won't be above 500
Yeah
This game's gonna lead a lot of people to drinking because so many people are gonna tune in for fantasy sake
And yeah neither of these teams can all ever perform. Fully. Well. They both have lousy defenses, so maybe they can
Chicago
Deliver me some snow make the conditions really terrible
Then I will tune in I will watch this game if and only if there is snow have
zero interest in it still got a root for the Bears to
Hope for as bad a record of the NFC South winner as possible. Yeah, let it burn I can get behind that listen
Yeah, just get the bulldozers and just run them through the entire NFC South what's the line on this game?
Saints by two five
I'm taking Saints all the way Jake a bears and Cutler's taking it on the field
It ran the NFL player that it would definitely be him those your week 15 picks from the up sides crew
Should be a fun slate of games. Sorry about the mediocre episode where we're working on that we're gonna make some changes next week
It's cold out join us next week for a very fun holiday themed upsides episode enjoy the games. We'll see you then