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00:00The NFL's MVP market where Lamar made a huge move with the win against Pirro and the Bengals
00:10and Jaden Daniel having another monster game saw his number slice down and get inside of
00:16that top 5-6 range as well.
00:20Lee C. Jaden is your guy.
00:23The fact that he goes into this one against the reigning MVP, does that factor into how
00:27you bet this one?
00:28No, it's a gauge though to see how good Washington really is, right?
00:33Because I said even though they have two losses on the year, I thought Baltimore from an offensive
00:38perspective is playing as good as any team in the NFL and you can make the argument,
00:42Kev, that they're potentially maybe still are the best team in the NFL getting the victory
00:47over Buffalo, getting the victory over Dallas three weeks ago and then dominating in the
00:52fourth quarter.
00:53Joe Burrow after they trailed by double digits, him putting up 348, they're a complete football
00:58team from an offensive perspective now with Derrick Henry in the backfield.
01:01So this is a huge step up for Washington.
01:05You're talking about a team in Jaden Daniels, they lost their first game of the year, he's
01:09won four straight, the first two wins have been very close, right?
01:14Four and five points.
01:15Now they're starting to extend those.
01:17They get a dominant win on the road against Arizona.
01:20They're laying three points at home to Cleveland.
01:22A lot of people like Cleveland last week.
01:24They win it by 21 points.
01:26Now they're catching six and a half in a true test.
01:30This will tell, in my opinion, whether Washington is for real and legit as a wild card contender.
01:36I like them.
01:37I'm not going to buck the trend.
01:38I know Baltimore's a dominant home team, even though they didn't show it against the Raiders.
01:44I'm going to take the points they need, but I think they keep it close.
01:48Battle of the Beltway today and here's what I liked about coming into this game.
01:51You're looking at two electric quarterbacks and I always get a little bit of a peace of
01:55mind when I see a young quarterback step in.
01:57They go, hey, you're getting compared a lot to Lamar Jackson.
01:59They go, you know what?
02:02That's crazy.
02:03He's a two-time MVP, looked up to the guy, just being in the same sentence really makes
02:07that cool.
02:08You know what Jadon Daniels said?
02:09I don't really say it that much, basically, if I paraphrase.
02:12I'm my own guy at this point, which I know in the opposite locker room for Lamar Jackson,
02:16he's looking at this going like, okay, young kid versus the Sage veteran.
02:19Let me go out and show myself because even some of the national headlines, oh, Jadon
02:23Daniels is already a better pass than Lamar Jackson is.
02:25We tend to forget how dynamic Lamar Jackson is with his feet and through the air.
02:29So I say to myself, I'm saying, you know what?
02:32I don't know if we get a blowout, but I'm getting Lamar Jackson's best performance today
02:36on the ground and the air to show the young up and coming superstar here, I'm still the
02:41entire show in the NFL.
02:42It's a great look.
02:43I mean, maybe, you know, Lamar in regards to multiple touchdowns, if Baltimore is going
02:47to score, it's been Henry for the most part, Lamar did it through the air last week.
02:53My thing with this game, and when you look at this spread is, yes, the Ravens are expected
02:59to have a great offensive game.
03:00Again, I know the commanders have now held their last two opponents to 14 and 13.
03:05I think we still know this is a not very good defense that can be had, but if you are going
03:11to cover this number with Baltimore, your defense has to step up and answer the bell.
03:18They'll borrow through for five touchdowns and nearly 400 yards on the Ravens.
03:23That is what fascinates me about this football game here is, are these defenses in line to
03:29step up?
03:30Are we?
03:31This is again, this is a put it on the mantle game, right?
03:33This is where if you were allowed on a week to week basis to select Sunday night football
03:38again, they'd always take the cowboy game.
03:40This would probably be right behind it with Washington sat four and one and the Ravens
03:45starting to trend as they're a win and cover away from people saying the Ravens are the
03:51best team in the NFL where we'll circle back.
03:54We'll go likely a foot away from them being Casey.
03:58They should have never lost to the Raiders, which is true.
04:01The win against Dallas, the win against Buffalo, the win against Cincinnati, the Ravens are
04:06playing top teams now week in, week out, and they are continually answering the bell.
04:13So I want, but, and that's a lot to do with Lamar.
04:17I want to see what this Ravens defense is because if they are going to be the best team
04:21in football, which they were for large portions of last season, Joe, that defense was as much,
04:27I think more the story last year than Lamar.
04:30It's a great point.
04:31Are we going to get the Ravens defense that showed out on the primetime game against Josh
04:34Allen where they held them to 151 yards or are we going to get the defense that allowed
04:39Joe Burrow to slice and dice them, right?
04:41Or are we somewhere in the middle?
04:43I think that's the biggest thing.
04:44Think about from the spread perspective, Kev.
04:47What they laid against the Raiders, eight and a half, nine, was that home?
04:51So we're down to six and a half.
04:53Now that's based off the performance, in my opinion, of the last four weeks of Washington.
04:57They were sold short.
04:58All right.
04:59They get to win against the Giants.
05:00We sold them short on the Monday night against Joe Burrow.
05:03They win it.
05:04Okay.
05:05They're not for real.
05:06Now they're going on the road to Arizona.
05:07They win that.
05:08And then Deshaun Watson, right?
05:10So this is the best quarterback and multi-versatile quarterbacks that they have played against,
05:17right?
05:18Kyler to a degree, but he was out of that game plan before they could even blink.
05:23I mean, they were down double digits the whole game in regards to that matchup.
05:27So I want to see.
05:29I like Washington.
05:30I'm not going to step up and take a money line, but I do think Jaden Daniels makes some
05:35plays.
05:36Without Brian Robinson in there, I'm willing to back Austin Ackler.
05:39Yeah, me too.
05:41I'm willing to back, not Terry McClure.
05:42And I've been on him.
05:43I think if you're Baltimore, you're taking him away.
05:45Noah Brown, maybe a little McCaffrey's got a light number of 17 and a half.
05:50But to me, it's going to be a lot of checkdowns forcing Jaden Daniels to read coverage.
05:54And I think he could do it, but he's got to be patient in regards to this matchup.
05:58Yeah.
05:59Ackler plus 150 for an anytime touchdown.
06:00So I think it makes a lot of sense.
06:02Brian Robinson, that go-to back inside the red zone.
06:04He's not going to be there.
06:05Maybe even a touchdown catch out of Austin Ackler today.
06:07But if you do look at the past three games that Washington has played, it's impressive,
06:10man.
06:1138 points, 42 points, and 34 points.
06:14If they can beat the Ravens today, and that is a big if, because that's a quality opponent
06:17and you're catching points here.
06:19Could the sky be the limit for Washington?
06:21Because you look at the next schedule coming up, Joe, it's Panthers, Bears, and Giants
06:23in the next three games.