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00:02 Another strange one a little bit for me is the Saints at the Texans.
00:06 I would love to fade the Saints this week, Jacob, because again, I like to bet against
00:11 the highs and bet on the lows, and that's the best the Saints are gonna play all season
00:14 long.
00:15 You can mark that down against New England.
00:18 But Houston has sort of been playing a little, you know, they're playing well with a little
00:21 bit of house money.
00:22 I mean, C.J.
00:23 Stroud has been incredible.
00:26 I mean, I don't think a rookie quarterback's gonna go an entire season without throwing
00:29 a pick or two.
00:30 That's kind of where we're at.
00:32 I think this is gonna end up being more or less a pick 'em game by the time this goes
00:35 off.
00:36 Some backing on Houston.
00:37 Saints were a little bit of a bigger favorite.
00:38 It's now down to one and a half.
00:40 Total of 42 and a half.
00:41 What do you like in this one?
00:43 Yeah, I like the Texans for some of the reasons that you've outlined.
00:46 I think the Saints are a little overrated right now.
00:49 They have a good defense.
00:50 There's no doubt about that.
00:51 And their offense can be effective because Chris Alave and Michael Thomas give Derek
00:56 Carr a couple of weapons that he can get the ball to.
00:59 The problem is Derek Carr at various points will throw untimely interceptions.
01:04 And that doesn't come back to bite the Saints just yet.
01:07 But I think this is probably gonna end up being a close game.
01:10 And C.J.
01:11 Stroud, like you mentioned, has been great so far.
01:13 I thought he was probably the safest pick among the quarterbacks in the last year's
01:17 draft class.
01:18 But I didn't think he'd come out of the gate like this.
01:20 I thought he'd need some time to develop.
01:22 So this is gonna be a good test for him.
01:24 But I think if he can move the ball on the Saints' defense, I think the Texans can win.
01:29 They almost beat the Falcons last week in kind of a very close back-and-forth game.
01:33 I think the Falcons are just about as good as the Saints.
01:36 They just don't have nearly as good of a quarterback.
01:38 As strange as that is to say, I think Desmond Ritter is well below Derek Carr at this point.
01:43 So I think the Texans can give the Saints a run for their money and maybe pull the upset.
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