Over/Unders with Nick Wright

28 Aug 2025 · 56 min · 21 chapters

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In short

Nick Wright and Greg Rosenthal run an “over/under win totals” draft for NFL teams, trading picks (no double-betting the same team) and debating which sides hit.

Guests/backgrounds

Guest is Nick Wright, host of “First Things First” (expanded to 3–6pm ET daily) and YouTube show “What’s Right, with Nick Wright.” Greg Rosenthal hosts “NFL Daily.” No other guests appear as interviewees.

Key claims (notable examples)

  • Chiefs over 11.5 wins: Wright calls Kansas City a consistent over team despite “boring” football; Rosenthal agrees, citing schedule and expecting a more entertaining offense.
  • Lions over 10.5: Wright argues NFC North competition is overrated; Rosenthal worries about schematics/coordinator losses (Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn) but still likes the over.
  • Buccaneers over 9.5: Wright expects a strong finish and improved defense (Hassan Redick, younger edge/line development); Rosenthal also likes the over.
  • Colts under 7.5: Wright targets a “super down year,” citing quarterback/roster process and “football karma.”
  • Raiders over (implied 7 wins): Wright likes Pete Carroll coaching up the secondary and Geno Smith’s impact; Rosenthal doubts the defense.
  • Vikings over 8.5: Wright says they’ll recover from Sam Darnold loss; Rosenthal flags turnover regression and JJ McCarthy inexperience.
  • Broncos under 9.5: Wright is skeptical of Bo Nix hype and Denver’s win path; Rosenthal agrees.
  • Jets over 5.5: Wright likes schedule winnability and Aaron Glenn culture/organization stability; Rosenthal agrees.
  • 49ers under 10.5: Wright cites defensive questions, receiver injuries, and Brock Purdy limitations; Rosenthal is unsure but leans under.
  • Cowboys over 7.5: Wright trusts Dak, coaching, and defensive edge talent (Micah Parsons). Rosenthal counters with Parsons injury/variance concerns and considers Commanders under 9.5.

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The Stakes of Over/Under Picks

0:29 to 0:55

Discussion on the rules and stakes of their over/under picks for the NFL season.

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The Stakes of Over/Under Picks

3:17 to 4:32

Discussion on the rules and stakes of their over/under picks for the NFL season.

“It is the best way for me to keep up with everything that's happening in the NFL during the offseason.”

Kansas City Chiefs Pick

4:32 to 7:25

Nick Wright chooses the Kansas City Chiefs to go over 11.5 wins.

“Now, that streak's probably ending today because we were talking and I agree.”

Detroit Lions Prediction

7:25 to 10:41

Greg Rosenthal picks the Detroit Lions to go over 10.5 wins and discusses their strengths.

“For a second, I did start thinking about my strategy because the Chiefs would have been, and I did write them down in order of confidence.”

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Forecast

10:41 to 14:00

Nick shares his predictions for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their schedule.

“The, I did 12 bets and then, but the other 20 teams, I still said which side I was leaning on, you know?”

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season Predictions

14:00 to 16:26

Discussion about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' potential performance this season.

“because I think that a team that I think is going to be mediocre is going to start strong.”

Indianapolis Colts Outlook

16:26 to 19:10

Analyzing the Indianapolis Colts' chances and potential struggles this season.

“because of the development of some of their younger guys, even even on the edge that people don't know, like a Chris Braswell.”

Las Vegas Raiders Expectations

19:10 to 23:07

Evaluating the Las Vegas Raiders' potential under new coaching.

“And I just feel like they deserve a super down year.”

Las Vegas Raiders Expectations

25:52 to 26:44

Evaluating the Las Vegas Raiders' potential under new coaching.

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Vikings Over/Under Discussion

28:50 to 31:36

Hosts discuss the Vikings' over/under betting odds and team potential.

“I'm going to go with one I know you're not taking.”
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Denver Broncos Under/Over Analysis

31:36 to 36:50

In-depth analysis of the Denver Broncos' chances and team evaluation.

“All right, this is one that I fear you might have tipped your hand a bit when you said, ah, the AFC West, is it that good?”

Jets Over/Under Expectations

36:50 to 42:00

Hosts evaluate the Jets' potential for the upcoming season based on their roster and schedule.

“I got to just stick with what I actually feel.”

Analyzing the 49ers' Season Prospects

42:00 to 44:38

The hosts discuss the 49ers' potential struggles and defensive questions for the upcoming season.

“and so I'm going to be strategic on which one I go with.”

Debating Cowboys' Over/Under Wins

44:38 to 46:56

The discussion shifts to the Cowboys, weighing their chances of winning more than seven and a half games.

“But it certainly wouldn't make my top 10.”

Concerns About Cowboys' Defense

46:56 to 50:02

The hosts express concerns about the Cowboys' defensive performance and Micah Parsons' health.

“Now, it sounds like you feel very differently than me about that.”

Commanders' Outlook and Surprising Picks

50:02 to 53:48

The hosts evaluate the Commanders' potential and share their surprise picks for the upcoming season's wins.

“I'm counting a lot on Matt Eberflus to, like, get that system and kind of put a top over it by, you know, I think it might be ugly early.”

Jaguars and Saints Predictions

53:48 to 56:00

The conversation covers the Jaguars' over/under win total and expresses skepticism about the Saints' season.

“this is the last year I can ride with this guy in this team.”

Saints' Struggles and Archie Manning

56:00 to 56:44

Discussion on the New Orleans Saints' potential struggles and the implications of drafting Archie Manning.

“I went to camp and I was actually like, man, their defense is kind of spicy and this and that.”

Bengals' 2023 Outlook

56:44 to 58:49

Deep dive into the Cincinnati Bengals' team dynamics and predictions for the season.

“which is probably wishful thinking and stupid.”

Over/Under Picks Discussion

58:49 to 1:01:01

Conversations about various NFL teams' over/under predictions and their chances for the upcoming season.

“The Giants over five and a half takes a little guts, but I do believe in it.”

Closing Thoughts with Nick Wright

1:01:01 to 1:01:34

Wrap-up of insights shared by Nick Wright and farewell remarks.

“The only man who could just slide in an amazing joke about, you know, the 49ers aren't the type of team that could win with Sky more and MVS at wide receiver and just, just keep on going.”
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2:23Welcome to NFL Daily, where we've just been killing time since our last over, under, win totals draft. I'm Greg Rosenthal, and I am so excited to be joined this year by my number one pick for this show. It's Nick Wright. You know him. Hopefully you love him. They've expanded First Things First to an extra hour. It's three to six every day. Eastern, he also has a great show on YouTube, What's Right, with Nick Wright. Nick, you talk so much openly about your maybe irresponsible gambling that you just felt like the right man for this show. Yeah, listen, everyone should gamble responsibly, but that is a do as I say, not as I do edict.

3:07And yeah, this is the best time of year. And thank you for it is a true pleasure to be on my favorite daily podcast. That is not an exaggeration. That is true. It is the best way for me to keep up with everything that's happening in the NFL during the offseason. And if I may shout out Jordan Rodrigue, who I've never met, never spoken with, who I think just does an awesome job. I also feel like I know Nick Shook really well from the pods. And I know there's a whole cast of characters and everybody does a great job. But I really appreciate you having me on. And now I get is are there stakes on this?

3:47Like, how do we determine winners? Is there because there's not a lot for the NFL, which is saved me a lot of, you know, drama internally. But I think we can I think we can figure out something that could make it fun. That's that's something we could just be podcast related. like the winner like the the winner has to have the other guy's podcast logo in the background for an episode or something perfect I don't you know what I mean that feels because yeah because I feel confident um I've honked about it too much but I'm on a three-year heater with this show you know we did it back in the around the NFL days we've only done three to four picks every year so it's it's just 10 picks over the last three years so I'm 10 and 0 over the last three years doing this show.

4:33Wait, you're, hold on. You haven't missed one? You haven't missed one? I haven't missed a single one. 3-0, 4-0, 4-0. Now, that streak's probably ending today because we were talking and I agree. It's just the two of us. It's been three or four in the past. I think it'd be fun to get to more shows. And actually, if you check out What's Right with Nick Wright, he's going through each and every team. But I've avoided that. That's already up on his show. So I was worried about that. I was like, you're going to get to front You're going to get to know my process. Can I ask a rule here? Yes. All right.

5:07If you take a team. Yes. Is that team? Let's say you had the, I'm just going to pick a random one. Let's say you had the Eagles and you had them over 11 and a half. Do I have the ability to take the under on that team? Yes. Okay. So teams, the only thing that can't happen, I can't have the exact same bet, but teams are eligible. Yes. It's basically a way to have strategy. Yeah. To, to put your stake down and say, well, what are your favorite picks? And, and what we, we can't double up on them. So it's a draft back and forth. And yeah, we're, we're using the over, under win totals that are like the most common.

5:46I think we took this one off, off ESPNs. We don't, we don't, we don't have a sponsor right now for a picks, but Hey, ESPN just bought us. So why not? Nick, I, because. Because, you know, I do want it to just come to this fresh. I didn't look at your picks, although I held back giving away one of mine the other show, just in case you were listening out of strategy. But I will give you the first pick and I kind of have a feeling where you're going. So here's the thing. You you think you know where I'm going. You think that and your draft strategy has probably been based a bit around that you you really have the first pick because you know where I'm going to use my first pick.

6:27It's a little princess bride. He knows that I know that he knows that I know situation. So I'm going to throw you a curveball and not go with the team you think I'm going to go with. I'm going to go with a team. Very few people believe in this season. The team a lot of people think is not even going to win their own division, much less win their conference. And that is the nobody believes in us underdog Kansas City Chiefs to go over 11 and a half wins. Listen, I know. Listen, I know they were there. They're unwatchable these days. It's you know, they play a boring brand of football that there is, you know, the league can only help them with so many conspiracies.

7:08By the way, if we check back in on the Rasheed Rice isn't being suspended because God knows no one's going to watch Chiefs Eagles in week two if Rasheed Rice isn't there. That was a smart take, friends. I'll go with the Chiefs to hit their over like they do literally every single year. Yeah, you got me. For a second, I did start thinking about my strategy because the Chiefs would have been, and I did write them down in order of confidence. They would have either been my second or third pick overall. Like, I am totally with you on their over. They have been a pick in this exercise previously, I believe, two or three years ago, maybe both.

7:44A lot of times, like the easiest ones are the best teams being most consistent. Now I am at the point, though, I almost I don't think it's a zag, but we just did our award predictions with Jordan yesterday. And, you know, we both had Mahomes for MVP. I do just feel like, you know, we are going to get a much more entertaining, better Chiefs offense, better Mahomes season. and they're 11, 11 and a half. What is there over under this year? And yeah, I feel pretty good with their schedule right around 13. So I'm with you. Yeah, I mean, their schedule is hard every year because they're in the Super Bowl every year.

8:21And they still sound out. I mean, they're also in the AFC West, so let's calm down. It's fine. It's fine. What do you mean? It's like an average division. It's fine. It's nothing crazy. I agree with you on that, actually. but now but i don't know if you've heard about drew breeze 2.0 bo nicks i mean i i i'm not i'm not sure save it if okay sorry go ahead well no you never know i mean if maybe we could do a broncos under in this pod because yeah like we talked about i'm i'm giving up the the dream of being undefeated for a fourth three year because we're going to make so many picks although i swear to god i made a long list last year and it was it was freaking outrageous now i need to share it with people because people just think I was outrageous.

9:04I know. No, no. People don't listen. I'll be honest. There are people in the media that I think the audience looks at and they're like, yeah, that guy is a liar. You're not one of them. I don't think people think you're out here making things up. Here's what I would say, because I kind of pushed you for us to do more. Yeah. What if only the first five count for your historical record to give yourself a chance? And then the rest are bonus pick. That seems confusing to me. Okay, that's fine. All right, go ahead. Who's your first pick? I think it's actually a good thing. It's like Iga Sviantec. This year, she was defending the French Open for like the fourth or fifth time.

9:40The pressure was so immense at this point. She just had to lose to get it out of the way, and then she became Iga Sviantec again. I don't need that sort of pressure. I need a loss. I'm taking the Lions over 10 and a half as my first pick. And I know the DVOA and the advanced analytics site look at their schedule and look at some of last season, and there's a reason that number is so low, that in general, the NFC North is loaded. The out-of-division schedule is absolutely outrageous. Their road schedule is preposterous because they're playing all the best teams in the league on the road. The Chiefs, the Ravens, the Bengals, the Eagles, the Rams.

10:15I mean, that's crazy to play that many good teams on the road. I'm just not going to get too complicated here. To me, they are right there at the very top of the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Ravens and the Eagles as the best team. You give me 10 and a half. I think that division is a little overrated in terms of the competition. I still think they're easily the most talented and best coach team. And so I'm not going to think too hard. I'll go lines over 10 and a half. Okay. So that wouldn't have been one of my picks, but that is because I did all 30. I did on what's right with Nick, right?

10:48Get it wherever you get your podcast. The, I did 12 bets and then, but the other 20 teams, I still said which side I was leaning on, you know? So for the Lions, they weren't one of my bets, but I did lean over. Here is my only trepidation. You said they're going to be really well coached. We hope. We know that Dan Campbell is like the head. They're going to be really well coached, but are they going to have good schematics? And here is a take I've kind of been working on, which is culture setting is wildly important for a bad team that you're taking over. And once you graduate to contender, schematics are more important.

11:35Because it's easier to have a good culture when you're playing meaningful games, all those things. So I think Dan Campbell is the heartbeat of that team. But I also think they could miss Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn. And then my only, if we look up and the Lions went seven and 10, which again I do not think is they have too much talent I don't think it's going to happen but if they are the team that's like oh my god what happened to them I think the only way that happens is if the playoff game plus the loss of Ben Johnson rattled golf who you guys have talked about on quarterback island and you know about how consistent he is at this point I just think that that type of catastrophic postseason performance coming on the heels of not a catastrophic, but a devastating postseason loss.

12:26I would say there's a 10 % chance that, you know, golf is shaken because of it. Again, I like your pick. I mean, why would it be shaken now? He's had so many clunkers in big spots. It does happen. It's why, you know, I feel anxious about predicting them to win the Super Bowl, but 10 and a half games, the schematics take. I do like that one. Like, does he have a little Mike Tomlin in him who has not done a good job? The difference is, I think, man, Campbell was so good at picking his coaching staff and coaching up his coaching staff and developing them as a coaching staff that I have faith in his coordinator on defense, especially Calvin Shepard, who's been there.

13:04And I just think that defense is going to be so much better. And that gives him them a lot of wiggle room. I am a little worried because they're just talking about the playoffs only matter if we're a team that, you know, goes 11 and six or whatever. It's okay if we have less wins as long as the playoffs only matter. So I do worry I might have to sweat this a little bit, but not too much. I just took it as the one pick. All right, you're up. All right. This is a team that I think going into December will be alive to be the one seed in their conference. And that is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over nine and a half.

13:41So I have two very, and we'll get to the other one later, whether you pick it or I do, you know, kind of bullish or bearish predictions that I am preparing that, you know, midway through October on first things first, the topic bar is going to say, Nick, ready to admit you were wrong about dot, dot, dot. because I think that a team that I think is going to be mediocre is going to start strong. And the Bucs, I think, are going to be excellent. But I could see them starting average. But their final 10 games for Tampa Bay are at the Saints, home for the Patriots. That's not an easy one. At the Bills, obviously tough.

14:29At the Rams, then Cardinals, Saints, Falcons, all in Tampa. at the Panthers, at the Dolphins, which at that point might be being coached by interim head coach, and then home for the Panthers to end the year. I think they could finish super strong. I love Abuka. I thought it was somewhat shocking that Werfs and Godwin are on the active roster, even if it doesn't mean they're going to play week one. I like their opening three games as well, Falcons, Texans, Jets. And I think that Baker Mayfield knows I am one more awesome year away from being in the$55 million a year club. I know that hurts your feelings, Greg, which it shouldn't because he's part of the short King club alongside you.

15:17I love the six foot tall. If you're trying to put six foot tall people in a short King club, No, no, no. Where are we living? Amongst his peers. I get it. He is. He's not undersized for. Weirdly amongst my peers, like a nebbish, short looking Jewish guy is pretty average. So no, I was going to say, yeah, absolutely. Like you're like amongst your are you are taller compared to your peers than than Baker is compared to his oddly. But still not true. I will take the Bucks over nine and a half with an absolute bullet. Yeah, I love it. I'm already regretting not watching your shows on purpose because I did clock that because I could have strategized.

16:01That was pretty high up there on my list. Eric, our producer, and I kind of forgot we did a first look at over-unders. I didn't make any picks, but back in April when they came out, just like we just, you know, shot it around with Nick Shook. And I went and checked what I said on that. And the one thing I'd kind of forgotten, I said that then I was like, oh, yeah, that's right. I should trust my first instinct was that Bucs over nine and a half looked crazy to me because I'm with you. I think they have a legitimate chance to win the Super Bowl. I always look at line play like their defensive line, I think, is going to be a lot better this year because of Hassan Redick, because of the development of some of their younger guys, even even on the edge that people don't know, like a Chris Braswell.

16:36And I just think their defense is going to be better in general. And I love the consistency on offense. So, yeah, that's a little annoying. And the division. in the division and it's nine and a half i thought they'd be ten and a half there's two teams in that division that could have the number one pick of the draft yeah i don't you know what i mean i don't think the panthers will be quite that bad sorry the saints block party um the saints i do think will be that bad but um don't give away your takes you know yes go ahead give them away our producer eric by the way i think has had a journey that a lot of um your fans your listeners have gone through.

17:14He's a Bills fan, so I think he had complicated feelings about Nick Wright. But I think you've won him over, over time, you know, that you know ball, that he doesn't just hate you. Now he respects you and hates you. Two things have happened with me and Bills fans. One is I got a little credit with them because last year when everyone was way prematurely short selling them, I was like, oh, I think they're actually going to be really, really good. They were my number one overall pick in the over under draft last year, by the way, you and I were, we talked about it last year that people were, Oh, I thought that people had overrated the talent of the players on the previous bills teams who then left, which then made them underrate the bills because they thought they had lost more than they had lost.

17:59So I think that helped. And the other thing that helped is it's hard to be mad at me for just being right every year. And so like, at some point they're like, you're a hater. but they're like okay um but uh so yeah and we had deon dawkins on the show and he seems to be he's a delightful fella i like him a lot i didn't love that he kept calling me nicky it felt like dismissive but i did enjoy the spot but go ahead he must be well like because he got ranked in the top 40 of the nfl network's players and i was just like man his his teammates and i mean he's a good player his teammates in the league but just like love that dude as a human too not saying uh okay let's go second pick so i i went back and tracked and by the way bill yeah bills overs were two on my picks the last couple years i've really gotten at the top of the league and the bottom of the league the last two years teams i think are going to stink and teams i think are going to be great this is a team i think is going to stink which is getting seven and a half games it is the indianapolis colt let's go under i thought about taking this first overall i go with my gut I try not to overthink these things to be honest and I just was like man this team could absolutely stink I you you agree oh I not only do I agree I now have major FOMO because I was debating whether or not to take them with my second pick yes I think they could have the number one pick of the draft I think yes I agree I think that uh part of that is just in my opinion the football karma of how they handled Anthony Richardson and the quarterback situation and Daniel Jones.

19:39And I just feel like they deserve a super down year. Another part of it is, is there a single player on that offense I love? Jonathan Taylor, theoretically, but if we were to rank running backs one through whatever, I think Jonathan Taylor probably shows up a little lower than you would initially think. And I just, I feel like they deserve some comeuppance for drafting a quarterback who never played in college, basically, and everyone being like, listen, the guy can leap tall buildings in a single bound and is faster than the speed of light. We don't know if he can throw, but hey, this unmolded clay and then 15 games in being like, screw it.

20:29Daniel Jones like I just hate the process of that so much um and so I agree I agree with you wholeheartedly and then division wise without again giving anything away I think the AFC South could be a little better than people expect this year so you're not like that's really a does Cam Ward you know make them viable adjacent uh question and so because of all those reasons And yeah, I love that pick for you. I'm jealous. It was partly like Shane Steichen's press conference. And he's clearly warring with his general manager. And I just was watching it all and thinking, oh man, these are the signs of a team that completely implodes.

21:18Everyone knows that they're about to get fired. They're not agreeing from the top. Like there's new ownership in theory with Jim Mercy's. It reminds me a lot of the Panthers a couple of years ago in Bryce Young's rookie year who were getting like six and a half or seven. People were kind of up on them. And just there's a lot here that I think is bigger than football that I'm worried about. And then you look at the football itself. You're replacing a couple of guys on the offensive line. You're hoping Lou Anarumo, you know, helps that defense. Shane Steichen has gotten this team to win and the schedule is not bad.

21:50So that that concerns me a little bit. But sometimes I think you got to look, you know, beyond just the X's and the O's and the guys on the team, because there are good weapons around Daniel Jones. I kind of like their skill position group overall. But to me, it's a more, you know, yeah, I think they have four wide receivers you like. I like Tyler Warren enough. Like Jonathan Taylor is a good. Like if you put a real quarterback and a better situation, like I would like this team fine. But we're not in that world. And I'm going under. And you know what I love in these exercises is like I had the Giants last year and the Bears.

22:22I love when, like, you know, you already won by week 13. They're stuck at two or three wins. Oh, yeah. To get to seven or eight. And I think they are the most likely team that is. Yeah, that's how that's most that most years with the Chiefs over. You have it clocked by just after Thanksgiving. And you're mentioning a Stike and Ballard potential, you know, power struggle. It's a shame neither one of those guys has spent a bunch of years cultivating friends in the media to have his back. If that happens. It's a good call. Yeah, Chris Ballard has lasted. He has the Jeff Fisher sort of memorial lasting a couple years extra just because he's well connected.

22:58All right, go ahead. All right. Well, you've shaken up my draft board. I had a very clear top three, and one of them's been taken now. So I am going to go with my third consecutive over. and it is a team in the same division as one of my other overs, which typically you don't want to do, but I feel that strongly about you went from a bottom three coach to maybe top 10, bottom three quarterback to top 12, and that is the Las Vegas Raiders, who I understand are going to have some trouble defensively. However, if we know anything about Pete Carroll, it is he will coach up your secondary. Max Crosby's awesome.

23:49And is it on the board that the defense will naturally be a bit better because they don't have the energy sapped that a team has by having awful quarterback play? You add to it that I love Jinty. Bowers is great. I don't have to preach the gospel of Gino to you. And listen, I on my show, I picked the Raiders to make the playoffs. Wow. I need seven wins for this. I think the Raiders over is a very, very healthy bet. Yeah, I think this is going to be your worst take of the show. Well, not the over. That's fine. Can they win seven games? I'm going to go against it if we do a long enough list. And now I don't need to take that pick anytime soon because I know where you're going.

24:42But making the playoffs seems crazy to me. I mean, I get it. Best defensive coach, all that. I also like to pick what I'm rooting for. And I am rooting for the Raiders this year because of Gino. So I'm conflicted. But Pete Carroll wasn't a good defensive coach for like the last eight years of his career in Seattle. And that roster stinks. I mean, I think it is the worst defensive roster in the NFL. I actually don't think it's close, even though it has Max Crosby. They are 32, 31, 30. So that just seems like a lot to overcome for me. Wow. That's disappointing. I thought you might be with me because you like Geno so much.

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28:13Sexist! You ever see Ocean's 8? Enough! Super Troopers 3 Only in theaters Friday Rated R Under 17 not admitted without Amazon Health AI presents painful thoughts I I can't stop scratching my downtown yeah but I'm not itching to go downtown and tell a receptionist I'm here to talk about my downtown some things you'd rather type than say out loud there's no question too embarrassing for Amazon Health AI chat your symptoms and get virtual care 24-7 healthcare just got less painful. I'm going to go with one I know you're not taking. Maybe I should be strategic then. Let's actually go one further down the list.

29:01And let's go Vikings over eight and a half now. That was one of the things that stuck with me all the way since April. You look surprised. Oh, I'm very surprised. I know they won. What did they win last year? 14. 14 games. The Bears won five, by the way, and they have the exact same over-under this year. I just think people are just like, oh, how could we possibly recover from losing Sam Darnold? Just think of all the teams that fell apart after they got rid of Sam Darnold. It's like, no, Sam Darnold was not that important to this team. The offensive scheme, the best wide receiver in the NFL, the coach, they were what's important.

29:39And oh, by the way, like the best defense in the NFL or maybe the most talented entering year three. I get the schedule is really tough and I'm betting on two NFC North teams here, which is like you mentioned, a little tricky to go over on both of them. But eight and a half just felt like an, I would be really surprised if this team had a losing record this year. I really would. I like them better than the Packers. I like them, you know, to win. I would put them, if it was at nine and a half, I'd go over that too. Here's my only question on the best defense in football part of it. so many turnovers last year.

30:16That is the one piece of that that is a little concerning. And the other piece is obviously J.J. McCarthy with the limited experience in college. You're right that we have seen Kevin O 'Connell win with Cousins and Darnold and get the best out of those guys. What we haven't seen Kevin O 'Connell do is win with inexperience. Like Darnold's experience was bad, but it was experience. Kirk Cousins had a bunch of experience, obviously, when Kevin O 'Connell got there. And so J.J. not playing a ton in college, being that young and then missing all of last year, that to me would be a concern. Plus, I'm probably higher on the Bears than you are, leads to where I would.

31:04It is hard to go from 14 wins to seven wins. Like that is relatively speaking pretty rare, but I wouldn't have gone with the over so that you could have taken this whenever you wanted it. Yeah. That's, that's the thing after doing these drafts, everyone, everyone has much different opinions. Anyways, it was surprising actually that we had so much in common, at least with the, the chiefs and the Colts up at the top. But I feel great about this. I, I Josh Mattel said, this is their master's level year on the defense year three. I think, I think they're going to be peaking. All right. You're up next.

31:38All right, this is one that I fear you might have tipped your hand a bit when you said, ah, the AFC West, is it that good? This is one of my, this goes hand in hand with my Raiders over. The Denver Broncos are not winning 10 games. Under nine and a half. I love this. It's pretty low on my list, so I'm fine with you taking it and taking more of the heat from the Broncos fans who are. They're just the vicious people out there. Yeah, well, listen, be happy you live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Be happy that you get to watch Nikola Jokic play basketball. There's a lot of things to be happy about that you live in Denver.

32:26But this, I could go quite some time about the lunacy of how overvalued I find this team to be. First of all, everyone sends me these just glowing dissertations Sean Payton gives on Bo Nix. And all I do is I just Google news timeline. This time seven years ago, six years ago, and five years ago when I was subjected to, in the same off-seasons, dissertations about how, hey, Steve Young, you know who he reminds me a lot of? Taysom Hill. Taysom, and again, I don't think Bo Nix is Taysom Hill, but I think he's closer to Taysom Hill than the guy Sean Payton's trying to convince me he's close to, which is Drew Brees.

33:20I also have never seen a team that went 0-7 against the other AFC good teams last year, unless we're including the Chiefs backups. And then you can't even say they were peaking at the end of the year. They played Buffalo and got curb stumped. So, Nick, how did they get to 10 wins? Well, let's go through it just quickly. And again, I think the Broncos defense should be really good. Am I nervous about the injury concerns for the two big pieces from San Francisco? Of course. But the quarterbacks that this Denver Broncos team beat last year after having a great game against Baker were the following.

34:04Aaron Rodgers. Aiden O 'Connell whoever the hell was starting for the Saints last year I don't remember, was it Carr? he's not in football anymore, right? was it the Panthers quarterback in week 8 Bryce Broncos was Rattler I think on a primetime game oh the Saints was Rattler that's right, it wasn't Carr that is correct Kirk Cousins right before they pulled the ripcord the Raiders again I assume O 'Connell the Brown starting quarterback in week 13 last year let's check and see who that stud was it was Jameis the Colts quarterback in week 15 is he a starter anymore? No I'm sorry that was Anthony Richardson and then Chad Henney so you beat two guys who are currently starters one of which is 42 now wait did you just say they played against Chad henny and everyone's like all right and i'm wrong chad henny's not the backup anymore is carson wince it was carson wince i apologize like it's that i would you know i was i was a lonely man once on chad henny island uh hey man he had one of the greatest i was like one of the greatest plays in chief's history anything is possible to scramble on third and 16 against the browns in the playoffs but and then i i just the only thing sean payton has enjoyed more than cultivating friends in the media and and and talking up Bo Nix is reminding people how close he was to drafting Patrick Mahomes and telling Seth Wickersham about his his proprietary algorithm of evaluating quarterbacks which is just completion percentage minus bad plays um and so I I color me skeptical that the Broncos are a true contender I will go under I love all that And they were very, you know, I made a pretty long list.

36:05Broncos under nine and a half was on it, though. It was towards the bottom, but it was on it. Yeah, part of it. Do I have the guts? Because I do like looking at offensive line plus defensive line. And just like that, that's where you find a lot of underrated teams. It's why I'm going to choose my next over. I might as well just say it's the Jets, which is going to be going high. But that's a reason to like the Broncos, by the way, is that, man, their lines really do look pretty darn good. And that is Sean Payton's secret sauce, I think, more than his algorithm. That's so funny. Yeah, I think he always has a good offensive line.

36:42He's hired good offensive line coaches. They've just found a way to maximize that unit in a way very few teams have. So that makes me worried, but I'm under on them too. I love that. All right, let's go to the Jets. I've been saying it all offseason. I got to just stick with what I actually feel. I thought the craziest thing when the totals still came, when they came out was the gap between the Dolphins, Patriots, and Jets. I just don't get it. And I just think these teams are all closer than you'd expect. I think the Jets have a very good offensive line. I think they could have a pretty good defensive line.

37:16I like the changes in terms of Aaron Glenn becoming their head coach. I think Robert Sala was a little overrated. I know the defense played pretty well for him there, but the talent on defense is still there. And five and a half is so low in that division. You look at their schedule, the AFC schedules out of the division is ideal. And you get four games against the Dolphins and the Patriots, which I think are winnable, at least to split those games for the Jets. I feel good about five and a half. I think it's one of the dumbest things in sports is nothing harder to do than win a game in the NFL.

37:51It's actually not that hard to win about six games in the NFL. You don't have to be that good. You just need to get a good schedule and have some good vibes in the building and some talent. And they definitely have that. So I like the Jets to go like 7 and 10. I feel good about over 5 and a half. So, Liz, here's what I like about the Jets' chances of just having a normal, fine, below average year, which is what you're describing. This is the first season that players and coaches on the Jets have been able to operate day to day with the media and then week to week without every single thing being a referendum on.

38:35what about the quarterback? Because going from Darnold to Zach to Aaron, everybody was just an NPC in the development of that guy's movie. And so I thought it was really smart of Aaron Glenn to go like not only move off Aaron, but to also pick as banal a quarterback as you could find in fields like listen nobody's really going nobody's like oh man is he the answer he's it's not about Nate Tice is still there Nate oh really no I don't I don't really know that but there are fields fans out there there are yes but still but but it's not everyone else can just go about their business and it's like he's building the team and then they'll address the quarterback which is not a good way to win a championship but it might be a good way to get things going So I'm fine with that.

39:33I don't even remember where I had them. I also think that it doesn't matter. So I do think, though, my only concern is I do think that they're probably the last place team in that division. But now some would say the Dolphins, the floor could fall out, which is fair. But yeah, I don't mind. I don't mind over five and a half. I can't do actual bets like you, but whatever their playoff odds are, I would like the value on that. I don't think it's that crazy to imagine them as the seven team. You just talked about culture change. I think they're going to be a little more like you think the Raiders are going to be.

40:15We're just culture, which is really important. They have a clear person in charge. Usually it's ownership. It gets messy. Douglas and Salah were kind of feckless. This is Aaron Glenn's organization. I mean, have you heard a word out of their GM? Do you even know who it is? Darren Mugi, who has no presence whatsoever either. And like, it's clearly just a Glenn hire. And it's all about Aaron Glenn. And I'm kind of buying into Aaron Glenn. At least to just make them fun. Can I do a, can we have a quick sidebar conversation? I want to get through these picks, but yes. Just very quick. If the Jets do make the playoffs, I think that would probably mean the Patriots don't.

40:54And if the Jets make the playoffs and the Patriots don't, I just would like your great producer, Eric, to just cut together a few of your kind of almost just throw in asides over the summer about how obviously great Drake May is. Like it's not even worth discussing. Like I have, you know, I'll be like the, the, and whether it was in your tears list, when you argued with Sando, it's like, it's just, I think in, in, in a courtroom, if I were the other attorney, I would say objection, your honor facts, not yet in evidence. I like, I, and I like Drake me. I think that's fair. I had regrets, not regrets, but second thoughts went after we did that QB tears was like, am I putting the cart before the horse a little bit on Drake me?

41:45I, Well, I mean, if they finish third in the division this year, then I'm just saying we need to look at the cart and the horse together. All right. My next one. I'm going to go with another under. There's two I'm looking at, and so I'm going to be strategic on which one I go with. I'm going to go with one that I think you could take. The Niners under 10 and a half. So I, this will be from a talent perspective, the worst defense they've had there since Shanahan first got there. Now, I think Salah will do a nice job with, you know, taking over the coordinator spot. I don't doubt that in the least.

42:32However, aside from Bosa and Warner, it's a bunch of real question marks on the defensive side of the ball. The injuries at wide receiver at this point are almost cartoonish. And now some quarterbacks can take a receiving core of Sky Moore and Marquez Valdez-Scantling and win multiple Super Bowls. But Brock Purdy is not one of them. And so that worries me. Christian McCaffrey when he's out there is a top three back in the league, but the, when he's out there part is a concern and like Trent Williams, they can't win without Trent Williams and Trent Williams backup signed with Kansas city. So like that's, you know, and he's the oldest tackle in the league, all of that.

43:24Plus Kyle, not so subtly lowering the expectations for everyone and all of that. The fact I couldn't, I'm stunned at this number that it's 10 and a half. And what, what, right. What everybody argues is the schedule. And my counter to that is simply what if the Niners are the, a soft spot in some other team's schedule. And, and so I just, the fact that this team in theory could win the division, make the playoffs and the under still hit, I'll take the under 10 and a half. Yeah, this is one. I don't know what happens for you because you're on three hours a day now and you got your YouTube show. So, I mean, first of all, you're doing the nicest thing possible.

44:14We're not we've never even met in real life. This is only the second time. But the nicest thing you can do for a friend is you're giving me more airtime in a day that you're doing hours and hours. But what happens when you just don't know you don't have a take? That's where I'm at with this entire division. With the 49ers, I've gone back and forth in my mind all division. If I had to make one right now, I probably would go with you and under. But it certainly wouldn't make my top 10. And I won't pat myself on the back or feel bad about anything that happens in this division. Because I don't have a take.

44:48I really don't. I don't know. I don't have a strong take on anything that could happen here. You could tell me anything. I wouldn't be surprised. yeah I that's how I kind of feel about the Cardinals and Seahawks yes I do I do feel strongly about the Rams that if Stafford's healthy they're going to be excellent yes if Stafford's healthy part is such a you know huge you know dark cloud hanging over all right I will I will go next got your Niners you did not take one from me I'm going to go Cowboys over seven and a half. You're, you're, you, you're reacting like I took it from you or that you think it's a dumb pick.

45:28I love this pick. I could have taken it even higher. They're, they're in a division where I think the commanders are overrated. That that's one where I've seen enough of your social clips where I know we're, we're on different sides of things there. And so I think the commanders are overrated giants. We'll see. I mean, they're fine. man they have Dak Prescott on their team a quarterback that I absolutely trust a lot of talent on that offensive line that's young I am buying the propaganda that Brian Schottenheimer will be a better head coach than he was a coordinator got a little bit of his dad I think he's got that organization in terms of his coaching staff and the players kind of to any out the noise as well as he, as anyone possibly could.

46:13And ultimately, I think they still have the bones of a team that won 12 games, you know, three years in a row with a pretty mediocre head coach. I love their defensive line. I mean, I think it could be the best edge group in the league, assuming Micah Parsons is going to be on the team. And I am assuming that. I know you talk about it every day and stuff, but it just history tells us he will be on that team. It would, it would be a blow to my pick if he's not on the team, but it's not eight and a half it's at seven and a half and i feel great i think they're going to win 10 games i have them in the playoffs i i like the cowboys this year wow i probably should have taken them earlier to be honest no you didn't need to because i was going to go under go for it you should have a challenge you could tell well here's the problem we we are we're i'm working off can i say the sports book that i got my numbers say anything you want yes okay we haven't um i don't know the and the i'm working off the draft kings numbers and so the draft kings total was at eight and a half with a lot of juice on the under so you know what i mean so that's why you sort of in between yes the real back in the day some win totals landed on even numbers you know what i mean it would so the real cowboys total if it was 10 years ago would have been set at eight but if you want to if you want to step up here make it eight and we go on different sides it's just a fun little challenge here i'm i'm good with that yeah sure deal that's fine right yeah so the it's so no action if they go eight and nine i kind of screwed you if they go eight and nine because you had already land grabbed the seven and a half no i think this could be a year from hell for them.

47:52I respect your football opinion so much that your opinion of their D-line is making me reconsider my opinion of their D-line because I look at the Cowboys as a team that with Micah Parsons should have an okay defense and without Micah Parsons might be one of the worst defenses in football. Now, it sounds like you feel very differently than me about that. And I also think the... I think Micah going to get this second opinion on his back is not so subtle shot across the bow of, we will miss games. Yeah, it's a little worrisome. I agree. And so there's that. I also... I just don't see how they...

48:45Dak's going to have to have a phenomenal season for them to win. And I don't know, like George Hickens is to me, I put him in the kind of the bucket of player, which is in leads my, he's one of the reasons that in professional football, more than any other sport, I believe talent can be wildly overrated. Like I hear so much. The guy's got so much talent. Like football is too hard and too brutal and too many other things that if talent's the only thing you can lead with that, I don't necessarily trust you. And so I, the Schottenheimer piece concerns me. I just never like the, Hey, if you didn't get that job, who else was going to give it to you?

49:39And the answer is shoot. Nobody. Like, I got to tell you that I had that always, It's the Cowboys, though. They're just different. But what they're not in general is consistently bad. I mean, certainly in the Dak or Tony Romo era. Like, give me the back-to-back lousy years out of the Cowboys. I hear all that. I think they are among the highest variance defenses in the league. I'm counting a lot on Matt Eberflus to, like, get that system and kind of put a top over it by, you know, I think it might be ugly early. They have a couple really talented cornerbacks in Siobhan Diggs and Siobhan Revell that we just don't know injury-wise.

50:14They will be run on in the interior. It does not look good. But that edge group, if you just go through it, Sam Williams is really talented coming off an ACL. Marshawn Nealon, Dante Fowler, Micah Parsons, Donovan Azaraku. Five deep, that's as good as that. He was good last year. He was literally the commander's probably second best passer. I'm just saying he's like a rotational guy. I don't know if that counts as one of your expectations. you did Cowboys over. I did Cowboys. So then I'm back. The one thing I'm rooting for now, more than anything is the Cowboys not to land on eight. That'll just bother me so much.

50:49If you win because of that, no, I won't win because of that. It'd be a push. Sure. But I mean like the overall competition between the two of us. If somehow that push makes a difference, I'll go commanders under nine and a half. I'm not being strategic. Also, we only have like 10 minutes left, so I should get the ones out that I want. Cause I know you like the commanders a lot this year. I think there's a lot of ways that this could go really wrong. Obviously, it's tough to bet against such a, or pick, because I don't bet, against a quarterback this good in Jaden Daniels. But it is going to be his second year in the league, so it's not the longest track record of success.

51:25A unique offense, and I just think the defense could be really poor. The skill position, depth, very poor. And I think there's just a lot of ways it could go wrong, and they could be a losing team. So I'm probably not quite as high on the commanders as you think. I'm sure what you saw was I saw you had them ahead of the Eagles. Well, so, yeah. So I had the commanders and the Eagles, both 11 and six. And if the, in my make-believe standings, in my predictions, am I going to actually figure out who would win the make-believe tiebreaker? Or does tie go to more interesting? It went to more. If I haven't both 11 and six and Eagles fans hate me already, might as well be like, and you know what?

52:02When I've crunched the numbers, the commanders based on strength of schedule tiebreaker, they're going to win the division. um and so my i have a bias against skinny football players particularly the quarterback position and because of that i was a jayden skeptic and he was like very wrong on lamar you know the i i mean i've been the most right person in sports media about lamar jackson and one day people will admit it um and there's nothing wrong with being aaron judge man all time great get a statue one day there's nothing wrong with it uh and the man lamar's not skinny you've seen lamar's neck it goes past his ears uh i was worried about jayden's ability to stay healthy and last year i got to admit when he got what obviously injuries the the worst thing you can do in sports takery is be like i think the guy's super talented but i'm worried he won't stay healthy because it's it's a bummer of a take and if you are correct you don't get to like be like told you like there's never like a moment just keep it in your pocket keep it in your head um and but he did get hit last year he did get the bruised ribs and it didn't matter like he had the brief moment where his play dipped a bit he is super talented and I love how they added to the offensive line and i think that they're patchworking the defense um so i i do like the commanders i'm not a commanders going to the super bowl guy but i wouldn't have gone under all right i'm gonna go it's my turn now i know i'm actually surprised i went with that so high that was a spiteful just to get a saucy pick in there no let's let's go fast here we'll do we'll get this is my uh this is the last year I can ride with this guy in this team.

53:58If they don't, if he doesn't come through for me and I'm going with the Prince that was promised and the Jaguars over seven and a half. This kills me. This, this shows I shouldn't have taken Cowboys or commander because in my heart, I believe that more than the picks I've already done. I don't know why it was lower on my list. I'm looking at my stupid list. I'm with you. That's a terrible move by you. Listen, man, I still believe in Trevor Lawrence, but, man, he's got to validate it. And I don't like when people say he never has, like it's all based on college. Year two for him, he was good. The following year, they started eight and three, and then he got maimed in that Monday night football game.

54:45They didn't have a cart to take him off the field, and poor guy hasn't been the same ever since. Hopefully he is this year. You are, I think, correctly super high on Travis Hunter. I think for Trevor's case, it's really nice that he seems to be, they're going to lean more offense than defense with him. Brian Thomas Jr. is excellent, and it seemed like they were just done with the Doug Peterson experience. And so I think that we talked about how the Colts and the weakness there, I think in that division, could they win it? Sure. would I be, I'd be devastated if they don't get to eight wins. I think they can get to 10.

55:28So I will go over Jacksonville. Uh, I love that. Sometimes you don't really know what your heart truly feels until you're just like doing these shows. And truly, I think I would have the Jaguars in my top five or so. I'm, I'm in on that. So I got one of your best bets and you got one of mine. Yeah. Cause you got Colts under and I got Jack. And with that in mind, I'm going against what I had written down. and I'm taking Saints under five and a half before anyone else does, just in case. I just feel like, man, if they got to five wins, I would say bravo, Kellen Moore. I just, good job. I just think this team stinks.

56:03I think they could be two and 15. Wow. I went to camp and I was actually like, man, their defense is kind of spicy and this and that. You're so surprised by that? No. Well, I just, you have a soft spot in your heart for Louisiana and for New Orleans. Here's the thing, though. Saints fans, they don't want this, but they kind of want this. So I think if they get along the journey, I won't even feel bad rooting against them because hashtag ArchMyBack. They want the scenario where they're just getting in position for Archie Manning, who they believe will only come out in the draft if the Saints have the one pick, which is probably wishful thinking and stupid.

56:46but uh yeah i would say i would say is it not on the board that the opposite's true the only way he doesn't come out um i'm gonna go bangles under nine and a half bold on my very long list i agree but wouldn't have been something i would have picked i just i don't understand why it's going to be different than last year and the answer can be well the defense won't be quite as bad and the offense probably won't be quite as good I think the Bengals offensive line is one of the more under discussed big question marks of the season I think that uh the defense is I I listen as a Chiefs fan I'm glad they got rid of Lou Anarumo like he I understand that he struggled there last year he sure seemed in the playoffs to give Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen trouble, which if I'm the Bengals, that's actually all I want from my D coordinator.

57:44You can do what the Bills do, which is have defensive coordinators that are unbelievable throughout the regular season and then can't stop a good quarterback in the playoffs, or what the Bengals had, which is the opposite. And so I also fundamentally disagree with how they have decided to build this team, And I think that they are, I think that we are staring at a, again, I understand he's arguably the greatest coach of all time, but so not to disrespect Sean Payton's tenure with the Saints, but a similar run of when they, Breeze had three consecutive years where he averaged 5 ,000 yards passing and they went seven and nine every single year.

58:31and I think that unlike Sean I don't think Zach Taylor survives it I think they missed the playoffs again and I think Zach Taylor's fired yeah I'm torn on this one but ultimately I agree it's not that different than my Colts pick it's larger than just the players involved it's the organization it's the structure of it all that just that's gonna sink them ultimately I agree all right I want to have an odd number we can't we can't be tying so let's go I'll do two more you got one more and then that'll put us at nine each can i just ask a quick question yeah i know that math is not a strong suit of this show how on earth does whether we each have eight nine or ten impact whether or not we tie well because if we each that's not how it's gonna work i'm an idiot well you know

59:26why don't we both i was thinking we're going against each other yeah but we're we got a lot of shows you know i get a lot of shows listen man why don't you do an eighth and then we will have done 16 that's half the league no that's perfect man this is tough and i'll just give some freebies to the people out there the ones i'm considering the dolphins under eight and a half feels like it's too obvious for everyone and yet I do like it. The Giants over five and a half takes a little guts, but I do believe in it. I think they're going to be better than people think. The Ravens over 11 and a half doesn't take a lot of guts, but I do think they'll get there.

1:00:08But I think just for consistency, all three years on these over-unders, I have taken the Bears under. And this is only going, we only had three or four picks each year, and they were my first pick, I think, or like last year last year you were correct i nobody was more every year i've been correct they've been under every year nobody was more wrong about the bears in the national media than me last year and you were about as right as anybody so ty ty and you said in your case ty goes to what's the sauce of your pick to me the bear just consistency for the sake of the show going bears under for the fourth straight year even though i do think they will be better eight and a half in that division where I like the Vikings and the Lions quite a bit.

1:00:53I think he'll have done a fine job, Ben Johnson, if they win seven or eight games. They're not as talented, I don't think, as people think, certainly on defense. And so I'll go under Bears. OK, that's perfect. I would have gone over. So that's perfect. We did it. The only man who could just slide in an amazing joke about, you know, the 49ers aren't the type of team that could win with Sky more and MVS at wide receiver and just, just keep on going. Like, I hope that was off the dome. One of the most talented guys in the business, Nick, right. Appreciate you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Love the show.

1:01:28The only thing I don't like about coming on it is it takes now tomorrow. I got nothing to listen to. See you later, Greg. Thanks. All right. We will see a Nick, right. And saying goodbye as we hit the music and tell you a little bit about what's coming up later this week, 40s and free agents on Friday will be in your feed. Patrick, Jordan and I will be over the weekend our reasons for joy in 2025 and then a couple season preview episodes with Daniel Jeremiah. Then we are on to our week one schedule. The over-unders are out. Football is back.

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Gregg Rosenthal is joined by FS1's Nick Wright for NFL Daily's annual Over/Unders Draft. Find out what side Gregg and Nick are on for the 2025 win totals of the Chiefs (03:52), Lions (07:30), Buccaneers (11:00), Colts (16:20), Raiders (20:40), Vikings (23:00), Broncos (25:50), Jets (31:00), 49ers (36:00), Cowboys (39:30), Commanders (45:10), Jaguars (48:00), Saints (50:00), Bengals (51:10), and Bears (54:00).

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