Washington's Playoff Chances & Upcoming NFL Games Analysis

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00:00are now commanders. Buccaneers, if you missed earlier in the show, I am going to take Washington

00:05and these three points. I think the commanders not only win this week, I think if they get Philly

00:10next week, I think they got a shot and I'll take them to win against Philadelphia next week too.

00:15To me, this is going to be the one story of the season, the biggest surprise playoff team,

00:20maybe Denver also in that category since the beginning of the season, but I don't think

00:24anybody looks at Denver as a threat to win. I think the commanders are a serious threat to win.

00:30Also, George, the commanders are a serious threat to lose because they play every game right down

00:35to the final play. So I think a kick in line is what wins this game. I think it's going to be

00:41very tight. I don't think as many points as the total are going to be scored here. I understand

00:46the defenses, you know, are not that good, but it is, you know, coaching does tend to tighten up

00:52this time of the year. And I actually think Vikings Rams has a chance to have more points

00:57than this commanders, Buccaneers game, but I am going to take Washington plus the points to

01:01move on. And when we're back on the show next week and it's Philadelphia, I'm going to take

01:06Washington to beat Philadelphia and play for the NFC championship as well.

01:13Certainly we don't agree with the next week thing, but I picked the Bucs to win this game, but

01:20would I be surprised if Washington does? No. And that's a good thing by the way,

01:23because I think that means I expect a close entertaining game tomorrow night, which I do.

01:26I think it's going to be a fun game. All right. I think it really is. I think they do go all over

01:29the total here. They played each other in week one and this doesn't matter. That was four months

01:34ago. No one cares, but they did play each other in week one and Tampa blew their doors off 37-20.

01:39But both teams have completely changed by then. Tampa's secondary is a mess. I went through that

01:44earlier in the show here. I certainly think Washington can throw the football against them.

01:47I think McLaurin is going to have a really good game here like Zach Gertz in this contest as well.

01:52I don't trust a running game for Washington at all. Baker Mayfield should also have success

01:56throwing the football. It may not be to Mike Evans, depending on what's going to go on with

02:00Lattimore. They're going to have Lattimore travel with Evans here, which I don't think they will,

02:05but maybe. History tells us that Evans has struggled against Lattimore in the past.

02:09He takes an unfortunate contact penalty or two against him as well. So I like McMillan a lot

02:14in this game also here. We all like Bucky Irving. No shock there. And I think we are going to get

02:19the over. I don't think it's going to massively over here, but I think we're going to get the

02:23over here somewhere. 31-24, this is what the score brings to me. I think points are coming

02:30in this game. It's going to be fun tomorrow night. All right, Sunday night football. And then the

02:34final game of the weekend, Monday night on a neutral site field, although it is a home game

02:39for the LA Rams as they play this game in Arizona. Vikings have been the darling of the NFL all

02:46season long. We've expected them to fall apart. It really did not happen until that game against

02:51the Lions this past week. George, for me, I think personally, maybe I'll be wrong here. I think the

02:59worst team going in the NFL playoffs are the Rams. That's my opinion here. I know that you said maybe

03:04you'd back them here. I watched them play all season long. I don't know what it is, the color

03:09of their jerseys or the names on the back, but they did not play well for the majority of this

03:14season. Yes, they've had two or three games where they looked like the Rams of three years ago,

03:19but I'm just not seeing it. I think that Minnesota's defense is going to stop them. I don't think the

03:24Vikings are a long-term playoff team this year. I don't think so. But I think this game comes out

03:30and it's 7-0 Vikings, and then it's 10-0 Vikings, and then it's 13-0 Vikings. You know, Rams come

03:35back, they get a touchdown, then it's like 16-7. The Rams' offense is great on paper, but in the

03:42games, it's not nearly as good. I'm taking the Vikings to win this game in a game that may have

03:48some points late. I don't think it's going to be particularly exciting. I'm taking Minnesota here.

03:56It's another game I don't feel great about taking the Rams. I am taking the Rams mainly because

04:00I think Sam Donnell has some issues in tight games and big games. He was awful, absolutely

04:05awful against Detroit on Sunday. I missed, what, three, four, five touchdowns. They look

04:09terrible all around. They're missing passes all over the place here. I don't think the Rams are

04:13all that great a team. I don't. All right, they did, once again, they did beat Minnesota earlier

04:17in the year, 30-20, what it's worth here. And I think we're going to get a similar score here,

04:21probably a little, maybe even a little higher than that. So I think points are coming here as well.

04:24They better be coming because if they're not coming, it means Donnell played like crap again,

04:28and that's not good because I don't think Aaron Jones is good enough at this point in his career

04:30to lead this team here. So I want to go with the Rams because I don't trust Sam Donnell here. If

04:35he played decent last week, I probably wouldn't be going the other way around here because I don't

04:38think the Rams are all that great either.

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