NFL Week 8 TNF Preview: Vikings vs. Rams & Key Players' Return

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00:00All right, so we finally shift off of the World Series and start talking about Pain

00:08Day because we've got football tonight, believe it or not, in the NFL.

00:14Yeah, absolutely.

00:15Week eight in the NFL gets started tonight.

00:17Minnesota and the Rams.

00:19Big time for the Rams.

00:20Both Pukenukuwa and Cooper Cup are expected back for the Rams.

00:24Still, Minnesota a two and a half point favorite, 48 and a half is the total here.

00:29We have Vikings quarterback who's really been one of the surprises of the season, Sam

00:32Darnold.

00:33Talk about returning to his home area for Thursday night football.

00:36Challenging week for us.

00:37Obviously a great LA team.

00:38Sam just told me too, I'm excited to go home for the first time with fans in attendance.

00:45I went back in 2020, but yeah, just excited to play these guys.

00:50Another really great opportunity for us to go and play a really good defense, a really

00:54good team.

00:56And yeah, just very, very excited for this opportunity on a short week.

01:03Look, I thought they met their maker on Sunday in Minneapolis and the Lions, I think, are

01:09better than the Vikings and the Vikings could have easily won that game, but they didn't.

01:14The Lions found a way and I think that's why they're favored to win the NFC.

01:20And I know a lot of people think it's automatic.

01:22It's the Niners.

01:23Let's face facts.

01:24I'll give you the Niners beat them.

01:27I'll give it to you.

01:28Fair enough.

01:29But they had no business beating the Lions in that game last year.

01:31The Lions blew that as bad as the Falcons blew the Super Bowl to Brady, up 25 points

01:37at the half.

01:38You cannot lose a game like that.

01:39That is the most embarrassing game in the history of the NFL.

01:42And I got to tell you, I think the second worst game I've ever seen was the Lions blowing

01:45that game against the Niners.

01:47The Niners are not as good, and you've already seen it, as the Lions this year.

01:51The Lions are the cream and they went to Minnesota and they beat them.

01:56They were undefeated.

01:57Now we'll see tonight, Dane, if they're, you know, for real, like, are they going to like

02:01remember the Saints?

02:02The Saints won two big games, scored almost 50 points, and then they lost five in a row.

02:07Will Minnesota reel off of that loss and lose again on the road to a Rams team, in my opinion,

02:14that stinks.

02:15I think this Rams team is, is awful when they played terrible.

02:19They blew that cover against the Raiders.

02:21I had the Raiders in seven and I think the Raiders are one of the three worst teams in

02:25the league, frankly, and the Rams could barely beat them.

02:29But I'll give you this.

02:30If they have Puka shells and cutback, they're going to be effective because those guys can

02:35really run roots and Stafford's amazing with those two receivers.

02:38They'll look like a different team tonight against the Vikings with those two actives.

02:42Yeah, I agree with you, Nakua Matata.

02:45It means no worries, right?

02:47But I'm also with you that the Detroit Lions are the best team in the NFC.

02:52I think they have one of the best offenses in the NFL and don't look now, Jared Goff

02:56is completing 83% of his passes over the last four games.

03:00He's a, he's an MVP candidate if you want to know the truth at seven to one.

03:05And there's an interesting stat, Scotty, teams the week after they play the Detroit Lions,

03:11they defecate the mattress against the spread.

03:14So keep that in mind as well.

03:16Matthew Stafford talking about the challenge of facing those Minnesota Vikings and especially

03:21that top type defense.

03:22Um, you know, I think they're really physical unit, um, physical and fast, um, try to, uh,

03:30you know, force their hand on the offense and, and, uh, play with a lot of confidence

03:33when they do that.

03:34You know, they've got a bunch of smart, savvy players in the backend and some guys up front

03:38that rush the passer and stop the run at a high level.

03:41So, uh, that combination is, is what makes them good.

03:43Look, I think Flores has a good defense.

03:47I like O'Connell.

03:48I like their receivers.

03:50I think the Vikings are flat out better than the Rams, but I think it's a very dangerous

03:55game to bet.

03:56I've already said this week on C2C, I like the Vikings to get it done, but I won't do

04:02it without reservation.

04:03All right.

04:04Fair enough.

04:05Yeah.

04:06I'm, I'm a little bit nervous about this one as well.

04:08I agree with you.

04:09The Vikings are a better team, but all of a sudden with Cup and Nakua back, it could

04:13look a lot different and I don't make it a habit to bet on the road team on Thursday

04:17night football, Scotty.

04:18So what are we doing here?

04:21You see the board.

04:22It's a three point favorite.

04:2345 and a half is what it says here.

04:24No, 48 and a half is what I'm seeing now.

04:28Is there anything you like in this game that you haven't already given the people?

04:31Yeah, no.

04:32Uh, you know, I think it's, um, you know, Vikings, I'm laying it and what, what's the

04:39total?

04:40I don't know.

04:4148 and a half.

04:4248 and a half.

04:43Yeah.

04:44Listen, uh, I think they can go over that number.

04:48These both of these, there's a lot of these, they let it fly these teams.

04:53Let's face facts.

04:54Both of these teams throw the ball nonstop.

04:56The Vikings have great receivers.

04:58So do the Rams and both quarterbacks have great arms and they know how to get it on.

05:03So let's see if, you know, let's face it.

05:06No one saw this coming from Darnold.

05:08He's never been good.

05:10Now all of a sudden the guy's throwing it all over the place, slinging it.

05:12And I think that's because of the, the, the routes that he's got from these receivers

05:17that they're running for him are giving him time and wide open space to hit.

05:23So that's why they've been so effective.

05:24And then defensively, Flores has all kinds of great schemes and he certainly knows what

05:29he's doing, whether people like him or not, what he's done with his career.

05:32The guy can flat out coach defense.

05:34There's no doubt about it.

05:35So I'll look, I'm going to go high risk here with an over and the Vikings, it's just a

05:40high risk bet.

05:41That's all there is to it.

05:42All right.

05:43Fair enough.

05:44I might take the other side.

05:45I told you about teams after they played Detroit.

05:48I don't like the road team usually on Thursday night football.

05:51Let's get into some of the props.

05:52I'm in for Carver high, but we still have some of Carver's highs props for this game.

05:58We're going to put them up in a second.

05:59I'll tell you one that I like personally, Jordan Addison, not Justin Jefferson, Jordan

06:03Addison, who is the number two receiver for Minnesota.

06:07His receiving prop is only 40 and a half yards in this one.

06:10I think they go over Sam Darnold.

06:13You were talking about it.

06:14I think it's the play calling Scotty.

06:16I think it's O'Connell calling plays.

06:17That is really what's unlocked Sam Darnold here.

06:20If you want to know the truth, he has something like the most deep throws in the NFL, completing

06:2560% of his deep throws.

06:27I think some of them are going to go to Addison who plays the over the top role.

06:30I like Addison over 40 and a half receiving yards.

06:33We have some of Carver's as well.

06:34I think we have his touchdown props that we'll get up here.

06:37Look, Cooper cup, first touchdown at eight to one JJ getting in there and then two to

06:42at well getting in.

06:43Although I will say Carver probably put this one in before knowing that cup and the cool

06:47would be back.

06:48Yeah, I think you're right about that because two to was getting the burn before that he'll

06:53get way less this time, but this guy has been hitting it Evans on Monday night at nine to

06:58one for the first study.

07:00So I like his other two plays there without a doubt.

07:03I love your call on Addison.

07:05I think he'll have a big game.

07:06Not only that, I like him with an anytime Teddy as well.

07:09And I want to see Puka shells get back in the end zone.

07:13I want to see Stafford hit him for a tidy.

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