Week 12 DC Pick'Em With Colton St. Vincent

DOUBLE COVERAGE PODCAST

In Week 12 of the Double Coverage Podcast's DC Pick'Em segment, Colton St. Vincent and co-hosts dive into NFL game predictions with a mix of hum

Key takeaways

• The Patriots are heavily favored against a struggling Jets team, with predictions of a dominant win and low-scoring game.
• Eli Manning's inconsistent performance is a key factor in the Giants vs. Eagles matchup, with uncertainty about which version of him will show up.

Main topics

• NFL game predictions for Week 12
• Quarterback performance analysis (Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Carson Wentz, Lamar Jackson)

Notable quotes

'It's like Alabama and the Citadel.'

'I'm going to take Philly. Oakland at Baltimore. Baltimore minus ten and a half.'

Conclusion

The episode blends sharp football analysis with irreverent humor and passi

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:00) God, gambling's so stupid. It's the best, though. It really is the best. Speaker 3 (0:04) All right, New England at... I almost called them New Jersey. New England at the Jets. Jets plus 9.5. It's not enough. It's not enough. The Jets are bad. Tom Brady looks mediocre right now, but he's still Tom Brady. These are still the Jets. And the over-under is 46. I think that the Pats will score 31 by themselves, so that leaves the... the Jets to only score 17, and I don't think that'll be an issue. So I'm going Pats over. I Speaker 2 (0:37) will take, because the Pats already have their stinker for like every, because they have like five game increments where they have four dominants, one stinker. They already tossed their stinker to the Titans. I think they come out and win this game 38-0. So I'll take Pats and under, because the Jets will not score many points. Speaker 1 (0:59) Is there any way that this is another division game like the Bills versus Patriots was on Monday night a few weeks ago? Speaker 3 (1:09) That's a Speaker 1 (1:11) good point. Speaker 3 (1:12) That's a good point. The only problem, those are the Bills and these are the Jets. Yeah, Speaker 1 (1:18) it's just, you know, because that game at halftime was tied, I believe, or it was very close to being tied. And then the Patriots, you know, of course, came out after that. Kind of like Alabama and the Citadel. It's exactly like Alabama Speaker 3 (1:30) and Citadel. I was literally about to bring that up. I was like, it's like Alabama and Citadel last week. Speaker 1 (1:35) You know, I definitely tuned into that, though. When I saw that, when Bleacher Report hit me up with that at halftime, I watched the entire second half of that game. And I wonder how many people did that too when they saw that. I was just thinking about that. But, yeah, I know the Patriots are going to win this game. What did you say the line was on this game? Speaker 3 (1:58) 46. Speaker 1 (2:03) 46, and the Patriots are favored by how much? Speaker 3 (2:05) Nine and a half. Speaker 1 (2:10) Yeah, if I could get the Jets somewhere for ten and a half. Speaker 3 (2:16) Just go buy them half a point. Speaker 1 (2:19) No, I'm just saying but if I could like if I without having to buy it if I could just find it somewhere I would take it I'm gonna go Patriots and I'm gonna go I'm gonna go under I don't think yeah, I'm gonna go under Gotcha. Speaker 3 (2:34) All right Speaker 3 (2:37) Every time I see this game, I think of the Miracle in the Meadowlands or whatever the hell it's called. New Jersey. Damn it. New York Giants at the Philadelphia Eagles. Philly plus six and a half. This is a game that if you would have told me preseason that Philly would be underdogs by six points, I would have told you that Carson Wentz and Nick Foles were dead. Speaker 3 (3:03) And probably they would have had to re-sign Mark Sanchez from a couple years ago, and he'd be the starting quarterback. Speaker 2 (3:09) Sanchez, baby. Speaker 1 (3:10) Mark Sanchez got picked up by the Redskins. Speaker 3 (3:12) Yeah, now he's Colts' backup. What Speaker 2 (3:16) a duo. Speaker 3 (3:18) This is a weird game because we don't know which Eli Manning is going to show up. He has, like, four game spurts to where he looks like absolute ass, and then he comes back and he's Super Bowl Eli Manning. So which one do you think we're going to get this week? Speaker 2 (3:32) I think we're getting awful, Eli. I think the Eagles know that their season's basically falling apart and they need to do something or else Philly's going to turn on them less than a year after winning it all. So Eagles at home, I think they're going to blow the doors off the Giants. It's going to be a boring game, 24-10 maybe. Give me the Eagles and the under. Speaker 1 (3:59) I'm taking six points with the Giants. Speaker 3 (4:03) Because Speaker 1 (4:04) I don't care. I don't care which Eli Manning shows up. Saquon Barkley is going to destroy that Eagles defense. And if you're going to give me six points, they're going to slow that game down. It's going to be a low-scoring game. Carson Wentz, without the offensive coordinator that he's comfortable with, They've only scored over 20 points once this year. Did you know that? Speaker 3 (4:33) That's insane. I did not know that. Speaker 1 (4:36) Yeah, so, I mean, there's a reason why their record is where they're at. At this point in the season, if your defense has had to do so much, I don't care that Saquon Barkley has been ran quite a bit. He's going to go out, and he's just going to wreck them. And like I said, it doesn't matter which Eli Manning shows up. They're going to keep this game. I mean, the Giants can score 16 points. And if you're telling me that, you know, right now, like, the Eagles' ceiling is, like, 24. So, I don't know what's wrong with Speaker 3 (5:09) Carson Wentz. Speaker 1 (5:10) I'm going to go, it's because his coordinator's gone. Speaker 3 (5:13) Oh, yeah, that's right. Where did his coordinator go? Oh, that's right. Speaker 1 (5:18) Yeah, so, I mean, you're seeing what he's doing over there with Andrew Luck. I mean. Speaker 1 (5:27) It's pretty nice. Speaker 3 (5:28) I heard an Eagles fan today call Carson Wentz a bust. I was like, I'm sorry? I don't think you've ever had a bust. Speaker 1 (5:36) They were booing in the stands last week against the Cowboys after they won a Super Bowl. Speaker 3 (5:41) These are the same people that threw snowballs at Michael Irvin and batteries at Santa Claus. Speaker 1 (5:47) Yeah, I'm... Speaker 1 (5:51) I'm confirmed. I've been affirmed the fact that I was rooting for the Patriots last year in the Super Bowl because it's like I hate Eagles fans. I can't stand them. Speaker 3 (6:01) Yeah, I'm going to take the home dog. It's hard for me not to take home dogs half the time unless you're basically a team in the city of New York. I hate Buffalo at home. I hate the Jets at home. The Giants are on the road this game. You should Speaker 1 (6:15) not hate Buffalo at home. I always take Buffalo at home. Speaker 3 (6:20) We're going to get to that game in a second because I want you to hear what the over-under is. All right. So I'm taking Philly. Oakland at Baltimore. Baltimore minus ten and a half. I honestly don't even know what I think about this game. Wait, Speaker 1 (6:33) wait, wait. Time out, time out. You said home dog. Speaker 3 (6:36) Philly's a home dog. Speaker 1 (6:38) No, they're not. They're favored by six. Speaker 3 (6:40) Well, maybe I put the wrong one in. Speaker 1 (6:42) Yeah, the Giants are getting six points. Speaker 3 (6:44) I'm still taking Philly. Okay. Every now and then it's wrong on the fucking chart, and that was one of those. Oakland at Baltimore, Baltimore minus 10.5. Like I said before, don't really know. Derek Carr is bad. Speaker 3 (7:02) Lamar Jackson, if he starts, I mean, what are we really going to get? Also kind of Speaker 2 (7:07) bad. Yeah, also kind of bad. Speaker 3 (7:10) What are we going to get? I mean, we're not going to get very good quarterback play unless they have flashbacks, you know, just like go full Madden Ultimate team on us and have their ratings buffed. But who's the best receiver in this football game? Speaker 2 (7:24) Best receiver in this game. Speaker 1 (7:26) Lamar Jackson. Speaker 2 (7:29) Willie Sneed. Willie Sneed's probably your answer. What a guy. That's the craziest thing that I've ever heard. Speaker 3 (7:37) Willie Sneed's been on that Saints Speaker 1 (7:39) team for a few years, and now he's in Ravens. He's like, look what the Saints are doing now, man. What the hell. Speaker 3 (7:45) I was just thinking, it might be Hayden Hurst for all we know. Let's be real here. Speaker 3 (7:51) I mean, how does this game get to 43? Speaker 2 (7:55) I don't know. I really couldn't tell you. I'm Speaker 3 (7:59) taking Oakland just because of Speaker 2 (8:00) the Speaker 3 (8:00) fact that 10.5 is too much, in my opinion. And I don't see any way that any of these teams win by 10 points. Speaker 1 (8:08) So, RG3 plays in this game. Speaker 3 (8:11) You think so? Speaker 1 (8:12) Because I don't think Flacco's going to play again. I mean, have y'all heard anything more on Flacco? Is Lamar Jackson still projected the starter? I Speaker 3 (8:22) mean, he won last week, so I would project that they – Yeah, Speaker 1 (8:26) do you know how many times he ran last week? Speaker 2 (8:27) No. Speaker 1 (8:29) 27 times. Speaker 2 (8:31) He had like 120 yards, right? Yeah, yeah, Speaker 1 (8:34) yeah. He ran 27 times. John Harbaugh, yeah, he's sitting there and he's like, you know what? I'm done with the Ravens after this year, so let's just go ahead and run this guy into the dirt. Whatever we have to do to win, he's not going to be my quarterback next year because I'm going to be gone. So, ah. I mean, I don't care how much this guy – this isn't, you know, Louisville. These guys hit way harder, you know. So, if he goes in that – if Lamar Jackson starts, he's going to run again. And Harbaugh's going to have all these designed runs for him, and he's going to get hurt. There's no way he does it two games in a row. I don't care if he has 120 yards. He's going to get hurt. RG3's going to come in. And I like RG3. to also die and get hurt. So they're going to be an emergency quarterback. A Speaker 2 (9:24) whole lot of deaths. Speaker 1 (9:25) Yeah. I'm going ahead and I'm going to pick the Raiders because why not? And 10 and Speaker 3 (9:31) a Speaker 1 (9:31) half is a lot of points. Speaker 3 (9:32) Shout out to Redskins fans, by the way, that thought they got the best quarterback in 2012. Shout Speaker 1 (9:39) out to Redskins fans and their quarterbacks always getting their legs destroyed. Like Speaker 2 (9:46) snapped. Speaker 2 (9:48) Yeah, that's – oh, man. I didn't even think about that. That's brutal. Joe Speaker 1 (9:51) Theismann, RJ3, Alex Smith. It happened on like the same Speaker 2 (9:54) day. Same day, same yard line. Same Speaker 1 (9:57) yard line, Speaker 2 (9:58) same point Speaker 1 (9:59) total, same side of the field, and Joe Theismann was in the booth. Speaker 3 (10:05) Yeah. All right. What? This is the worst game of the week. It's one of the worst games that I've ever seen in my life. We have – I Speaker 1 (10:14) feel like we say that every week. Speaker 3 (10:16) No, I feel like I do too, but I feel like there's one, like I've never seen a total at 37. Colton, when was the last time you saw a total this low? Speaker 2 (10:26) When the Bears played the Cardinals earlier this year. I think they were at 38. Jesus. Like Jacksonville at Speaker 3 (10:35) Buffalo. That Speaker 2 (10:35) ain't Speaker 3 (10:35) 37. Speaker 2 (10:37) Jacksonville Speaker 3 (10:37) at Buffalo, Buffalo plus three. What? Thank the Lord. Yo. This is going to Speaker 1 (10:44) be a repeat of Speaker 3 (10:47) last Speaker 1 (10:47) year's playoff game. Speaker 3 (10:51) Oh, my God. Speaker 1 (10:54) Yep. Speaker 2 (10:55) This makes me nauseous just looking at it. Yeah, like Speaker 3 (10:57) I'm literally looking at it, and my stomach got queasy for a second. Speaker 1 (11:02) Nah, actually, scratch that. I'm going with a whole different game script right here. Blake Bortles is a throw-in for 350 yards. Speaker 3 (11:10) On what planet, though? It's Speaker 1 (11:12) happening. Speaker 3 (11:13) That Speaker 1 (11:13) Buffalo D is going to be trying to feast on Blake Bortles. And they're going to be aggressive. And Blake Bortles is going to kill him this week. It's going to happen. Loving Speaker 3 (11:25) part of my take, I've tried to love Blake Bortles, and it's just not possible. He doesn't want to be loved. Speaker 2 (11:32) I'm a huge Blake Bortles guy. I love him. He helped me in my fantasy team for like two weeks, like two years ago. So now I am all on board. You're Speaker 3 (11:41) grandfathered in Speaker 2 (11:42) now. I really am. You know what? I was going to take the Bills, but never mind. I've talked myself into it. I'm all pumped up right now. Three points is nothing. Jaguars come in. They score 30 points themselves. It's going to be 30-14, taking the over. Taken the three points. Yeah, this is easy money. Oh, here we go. Speaker 3 (12:05) Oh, Speaker 2 (12:05) free money. I'm so pumped up right now. Speaker 3 (12:10) Like, oh, what was the most exciting part of the entire stream? It was definitely when we talked about Jags Bills. Jags Bills, Speaker 2 (12:18) baby, portals. I think Josh Allen's starting this week, so. Let's go. Yeah. I think it's the part of my take bowl, so. It is. Huge game. Speaker 2 (12:28) Just offense, offense, offense. There's going to be hurdles. Josh Allen's going to hurdle some defenders. Blake Bortles is going to scramble. He's the best mobile quarterback ever. Second best behind Mitch. Great offensive game, 37. Yeah, that's nothing. Easy one. Speaker 3 (12:43) I love Josh Allen. Like, I'm Speaker 1 (12:45) a Speaker 3 (12:45) big Josh Allen guy. Like, I actually have a Josh Allen Wyoming jersey sitting in my closet because I was all in on Josh Allen during the draft. Oh, yes. Speaker 2 (12:54) Great choice. I'm actually going to take the Bills. Speaker 3 (12:58) Okay. Oh, cool, cool. So the good news is if they lose, then they just lose. There's no other way to put it. It's not that big of Speaker 2 (13:07) a Speaker 3 (13:07) deal. It's Speaker 2 (13:08) Jacksonville Buffalo. Speaker 3 (13:09) Nobody really gives a fuck. But I'm going to take Josh Allen here. I'm actually fairly confident now, and I don't know why. And we're just going to go with that one. Do they get to the 37? Easy. Speaker 1 (13:23) Easy. Jacksonville's scoring 50. Speaker 3 (13:27) Yeah, I think you're right. A lot of confidence. Thank you. I Speaker 1 (13:30) don't know. I just like, you know, just they're so bad. And, you know, bad teams. It's like two negatives Speaker 3 (13:36) make a positive, Speaker 1 (13:37) right? Well, you know, I just, you know, Blake Bores is that guy who, I mean, yes, he beat the Patriots this year. But throw that out. Every year he has a game where he just, you know, just kind of like yanks on the other team. Speaker 3 (13:48) Right. Speaker 1 (13:49) And, you know, all year, you know, I've been a fan of Buffalo's D. I've been big on them. But, dude, I don't know, man. You were big on them Speaker 3 (13:57) because they shut you down for an entire half. And then they got their doors blown off the next week. They Speaker 1 (14:02) had 12 quarterback hits and seven sacks. That says Speaker 3 (14:07) something about your offensive line more than anything else. Listen, Speaker 1 (14:09) listen. After that game, Deshaun Watson went from 38 pass attempts a game. To 24 a game after that. That was his before that game. This is after. Speaker 3 (14:21) You think he went to OB and was like, help? Speaker 1 (14:24) No, OB went to him and said, listen here, bitch. You are not, you are not, we're not exposing you to Jack after this. And he's only been hit 14 times since then. So, I mean. What game Speaker 3 (14:36) was Speaker 1 (14:36) that? Speaker 3 (14:36) What Speaker 1 (14:37) week was that? What? That was the week after we played the Cowboys. Because we went Colts. Cole, that was week six. Speaker 3 (14:48) Week six. That was the last time that Andrew got hit. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. All right, next game. Huh? Speaker 1 (14:57) Next game. Speaker 3 (14:58) Seattle at Carolina. Battle of quarterbacks that I hate. Battle of quarterbacks Speaker 1 (15:04) that the podcast hates. Speaker 3 (15:06) Yeah. We're. Carolina minus five and a half. We're not racist. We just don't think that either one of these quarterbacks is very good at their jobs. Speaker 2 (15:17) I like Cam. I've always liked him. Speaker 3 (15:20) You know what Cam is? Cam is like Cam is Yasiel Puig of football. Speaker 1 (15:28) I agree. That's spot on. Speaker 2 (15:32) If Puig had like one monster year. Speaker 3 (15:35) Yeah. And Puig if Puig could put all these like little stretches that