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00:00Let's take a look at the NFC South and how it played out.
00:08The Atlanta Falcons, if we look before the season started, they were the favorites in
00:11this division at a minus 145 price, followed by the Buccaneers, Saints, and the Panthers.
00:16If we look today, Dubsy, still in first place in the odds market, but not by a wider margin,
00:21is the Atlanta Falcons at a plus 155, followed by the Saints at a 2-1 price, the Buccaneers
00:26plus 210, and then there's the Carolina Panthers.
00:28After one game, a 20-1, not to win the World Championship, not to win the NFC, but just
00:33to win their division, it seems like they're already out of it.
00:36So let me ask you this question.
00:38You saw the Falcons, they lost.
00:39The Saints were impressive.
00:40The Bucs were impressive.
00:42The Panthers were terrible.
00:43Did your opinion change on any of those four teams after just week number one?
00:48Yeah, absolutely, Donnie.
00:50Am I going to change up the whole strategy?
00:52Not just yet.
00:53You know, I thought that the Falcons were very underwhelming.
00:55I was big on their chances coming through, but we saw signs of this going, you know,
01:00with a perfect losing record through the preseason.
01:03There hasn't been a lot of chemistry, not a lot of reps trying to get set for the regular
01:07season.
01:08So Kirk Cousins didn't look as sharp as expected.
01:10So that was a bit of a letdown spot for me for the Falcons.
01:13But again, buying into the long game and those odds tell us everything.
01:16It's big picture and the Falcons, I think they will find a bit of confidence the further
01:20we get into the season at plus 155.
01:23The Saints put up an absolute scorcher over the Panthers, but I'm not going to run away
01:26from this one saying, watch out, the Saints are back.
01:30You've got to look at the opposition and I'm not big on what I saw from the Panthers trying
01:34to put up a fight.
01:35So the Saints, it was what you wanted to see, but it's not everything for me.
01:38And I think the most polished performance at the NFC South there in week one was Baker
01:43Mayfield and the Bucs.
01:44Baker Mayfield just looks like he's playing with house money.
01:47You know, he's always got that dog in him, but he's playing with sort of a renewed confidence
01:51and he's found the perfect landing spot in Tampa Bay.
01:54He's got all the weapons around him.
01:56This is an offense that really looks to have cohesion from the jump there.
02:00So that was probably the most polished performance I thought from the division.
02:03The Bucs, Baker Mayfield, Big Bad, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, there's certainly plenty of
02:08weapons on that side of things.
02:10So they were probably the standout for me out of the South in week one.