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Oct 15, 2026 41 min

Hour 2 - Not Getting Any Better

from The Ben Maller Show Hosted by Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts

Ben Maller talks about Saints QB Tyler Shough and coach Kellen Moore agreeing with owner Gayle Benson that the Saints performance is unacceptable, coach DeMeco Ryans saying Marvin Harrison Jr. has made a seamless transition to the Texans, an upcoming documentary on the fake 49er, Benny vs. The Penny TNF Edition, and more!

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This is an iHeartPuckist, guaranteed human. Are you kidding me? It's our number two. You will not be shortchanged here in hour number two. We go to the NFL to the Bayou and a lot of drama, the owner of the fledgling franchise in Louisiana, publicly publicly calling out the coach and the GM and the GM.

And the quarterback has commented, so is the coach, how much credit do you give Tyler Schuck, the quarterback and coach Kellen Moore, for agreeing with Gail Benson that the Saints performance is unacceptable. We'll talk about that. Also, DeMico Ryan says Marvin Harris and Junior has made a seamless transition to the Texans. What stands out to you about this? He said one practice.

You're going to play him London. And be honest, how badly do you want to watch this documentary about the fake 49er player who allegedly was able to bamboozle a bunch of women to send him money? It's a really fascinating thing about how many women really want to be with a doc and are willing to throw away common sense. And this guy pulled it off. They're making the documentary on Netflix.

We'll talk about that. Who knows what else right now? Trying to hit all cylinders. We also have Benny versus a penny for the Thursday night game. Here it is, our number two.

Well, it's not getting any better. Welcome in the beginning of another hour of The Ben Mallor Show. We are in the air every where as we do the Yakity Yak. That's right. I know.

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Again, that's promo code mallor at DraftKings. The crown is yours. And don't forget, it is October. And that means playoff baseball. There's no time like October.

The NLCS is here. And it's streaming live on Fox One. You better catch it soon. It's going to be over the back to back World Series Champion Dodgers not playing like that. Taking on the top seeded Brewers who are dominating the NLCS rematch one series.

Now one win from the World Series. Stream the MLB postseason live on Fox One. Better watch it quick. I'm going to get that promo in because there's not a lot left. Not a lot left as the Milwaukee Brewers have the Dodgers on the doorstep of an embarrassing sweep for the greatest team in baseball history.

I read about that. It must be true. It's said that the greatest team in baseball history. Oh my god, they're so good. Good, good, good, good, good, good.

Yeah, not so much. So anyway, I leave this hour. We'll have Benny versus the penny coming up near the end of the hour. Benny versus the penny for the big primetime game on Thursday. But our lead from Norlin's a follow up, follow up to a conversation we had in a previous episode of the Ben Mallor Show and the follow up, commentating now on the Quagmire on the shores of the mighty Mississippi.

We've got Saints quarterback Tyler Schuck, who has backed owner Gail Benson, who came out swinging, criticizing the pathetic performance of the aunts, who are off to a miserable one and four star to this NFL season. So Tyler Schuck backing the owner, if you didn't see this, perhaps you missed it. So Schuck shared the frustration of the owner calling Gail Benson's public rebuke a demand for accountability, quote, fully expected. Benson blasting the embarrassing Saints franchise, the three game losing streak, declaring their performance unacceptable and insisting that the fans deserve better.

They deserve better. Now head coach Kellen Moore, who was called out by name by the owner, that doesn't happen very much. Kellen Moore also agreed. Agreed that he's apparently batted his job? He agreed with the billionaire owner who got the team because her husband had it.

He's dead now. Acknowledging the need for better preparation, coaching, and execution. So apparently everyone in Norlin's agrees the Saints stink. They all agree. What a revelation from football nation, the Saints stink.

All right, so that is a good jumping off point. Let us discuss the question. How much credit do you give Tyler Schuck and coach Kellen Moore? So the quarterback and the coach for agreeing with owner Gail Benson at the Saints performance is unacceptable. All right, so how much credit?

I've got big old spoonful, kindergarten teacher, and Leonardo DiCaprio. And we'll put all of these things together. And we're going to head to a halfway house, which is where these guys are going to be. If they don't start winning some games there, what a can of worms this is. So number one.

One, one, one, one. Here's they are chasing rainbows, and they're not getting what they want. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Now we give them absolutely zero credit for agreeing with the obvious. You don't get brownie points for admitting that the skunk smells bad.

We know it's bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. Now Schuck and Kellen Moore, they've got to swallow the medicine at this point. No sugar. No spoonful of sugar. No cherry flavor.

No, just a big old spoonful of saints flavored petto, bismol for all the heartburn. All the heartburn there. This is really meaningless corporate theater when you peel back the layers. Gail Benson did not ask for a debate. She delivered a verdict.

No debate. That's not some kind of debate show. She just said her verdict. So Tyler Schuck and Kellen Moore simply acknowledged they received the subpoena. And that's that.

What were they supposed to do? Tell the billionaire who signs their checks that she's wrong. No, they got to pretend like they're on the same wavelength. The saints are actually a well-oiled machine. Yeah, well-oiled machine.

This is the easiest layoff in the history of corporate America. These are big corporations, these NFL teams. The billionaire says that you stink, and you nod your head, and you say, yes, we're working on that nice rotten aroma that you smell. Yes, this is not accepting responsibility. That is not accountability.

You know what that is? That's a parrot. It's parrotting. Your parrotting is what you're doing. That's what you're doing.

All right, no, page two. We go to Houston, where Mr. Irrigation. Houston Texans. They are leaving the country.

They've got their passports, and they're going to play some football in London, jolly old London, Marvin Harrison Jr., wide receiver, Marvin Harrison Jr., a total bust with the Arizona football team will make his much ballyhooed, much ballyhooed, Texans debut against Jacksonville. It'll be a tea time in London, and head coach D'Amico Ryan's confirming the news. Ryan's praising, slobbering all over. Marvin Harrison Jr., after his first practice with Houston, saying that Harrison Jr. quickly adjusted to the new team's offense, the terminology, all that.

He credited Harrison's preparation, and here's my favorite part. Strong work ethic. Strong work ethic. Saying the receiver was able to jump into practice and fit in, quote, seamlessly. Seamlessly.

OK, close quote. Question. You got coach D'Amico Ryan saying that Marvin Harrison Jr. has made a seamless transition to the Texans. What stands out to you about that comment?

What stands out? I guess Harrison, in some ways, is a high, wide, and handsome. According to D'Amico Ryan's, the NFL is the only place where a player can be an abject failure with one employer for a couple of years, change laundry, and then complete one practice. And voila, suddenly, this is a great redemption story. Wow, way to go.

So the Texans, I'd like to let those of you in the back of the room know, and this is quite the revelation. The Texans did not acquire Marvin Harrison Sr. They did not. Unfortunately, they acquired the cheap rip off, the sequel, which is not the equal. They acquired Junior, a guy that the Arizona Cardinals could not wait to get rid of, practically putting him on the curb with a free, good to go sign that was taped on with scotch tape.

While Houston thinks it found some kind of buried treasure and all that, teams don't give away premium talent unless the aggravation outweighs the production, which is what happened. It's not good. Anyway, here is Marvin Harrison Jr. was asked, why did you suck so much with the Arizona Cardinals? Can you explain that?

Let me know. There's a lot of factors. And I think any situation I don't take accountability for yourself. So I'm welcome to accountability. You know, my part in my role that I played in things but I'm just looking forward to the future now and moving forward.

So you want to write to sportsglashay.com with that response. My favorite story about Marvin Harrison Jr. in Arizona was when he was caught with roughly 700 social media videos of him lolligagging around, not playing hard, and taking plays off. And then the coaching staff's like, oh, I don't know what you're talking about. And then they're like, I think the coach did get some kind of different acceleration or something like that, which is really funny.

It's so good. Anyway, here's Harrison talking about that part of it. They caught red-handed, not hustling multiple times while wearing a cardinal uniform. Here's what he had to say. Never has opinions on what they're going to gather from information, kind of the lion as a player and the lion as a person.

So no, I have people who know what to leave with me or I think of me. Like I said, they're opinions. It's not really an opinion. It's a fact. It's right there.

The tape doesn't lie. Even our friend Inka Terror, blind. Blind sea bass, they saw it. And Stephen Meepal even saw it. So despite that resume, a resume of failure, a resume of failure, one practice in, and DeMico Ryan's is already handing out gold stars and puffy stickers to his newest player.

So what's next? A participation trophy for tying the cleats and getting on the field on time. So DeMico Ryan's, you know what he sounds like? He sounds like that proud kindergarten teacher. Let me tell you, Marvin, listen today.

He followed directions. He did not chew on the crayons. And he did not wander off during recess. Good job by Marvin Harrison Jr. Way to go.

What fascinates me isn't what DeMico Ryan's is saying. That doesn't fascinate. It's how desperately he seems to want everyone to believe it. And I know sports fans don't have the greatest reputation. A lot of them just meet heads, and they don't really have any objective thinking and skills.

It's amusing to me. All right, now final point to the stream. To the stream, to the stream, to the stream. So Netflix, that's a streaming service, they have an untold series, and they have announced plans for their next release. It's a sporty documentary.

It will be called Untold Wide Deceiver. Wide Deceiver. Say what? Yes, this is going to examine my favorite 49er wide receivers since the great Jerry Rice. DeJohn Love, 35 years old.

He was doing some cosplay. He will cosplay there as a 49er wide receiver, and he was able to expose a bunch of money-hungry women who were going for the jock, trying to score the jock. And they were so desperate to get that rich athlete that they overlooked common sense. They said, listen, this is my chance. I might end up having to be married to a plumber or something like that.

But here's my opportunity to get a jock. And I don't care if he's not really a jock. I want that money. Money, money, money. So federal prosecutors accusing DeJohn Love and a accomplice of stealing approximately $1.3 million from at least 26 women in four different states.

Now, the FBI says an additional 35 women, 35 other women, have come forward and said, yeah, yeah, I got some of that skull-duggery. Similar allegations. That means that if you do the matter of math, we're talking about over 60 women who fell for the rich jock. That's how desperate these women were. My god.

Now, the FBI says that with all the math and all this, the money, there's more money than just the $1.3 million. Now, love, if you remember the story, this is the guy so funny. He'd go around with his 49er helmet in his car and he'd go work out at the beach with his helmet. Because Brock Purdy, when he goes home, he brings his uniform with him when he's driving home. It's just the way you do it.

So this guy had all these videos working out on the beach, wearing the 49er helmet and all this stuff. He staged football workouts. I guess rented luxury vehicles to make it seem like he had a lot of money. And it's all been documented on social media from what I've read. And he was able to convince these women that he was a professional athlete when it literally takes five seconds to hop on the Google machine or the AI machine and figure out what's real and what's not.

All right, so the question on this one, be completely honest, how badly do you want to watch this documentary? Just to find out how a fake 49er player allegedly fooled so many women. So let me tell you something. We got to bring in Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. This is the football version of Catch Me If You Can, except instead of pretending to be an airline pilot and a doctor, this guy pretended to be a wide receiver.

Catching passes, the story has a little bit of everything. There's romance. There's deception. There's professional football, artificial intelligence, and a guy who allegedly made the 49er roster without ever stepping foot inside the 49er facility. Never had to go through training camp.

Never had to do a conditioning test. Just so impressive, so impressive that this guy was able to pull it off. There was this whole movie years ago called Fletch, which was a guy that didn't personations and pretended to be other people. If Hollywood still had its fastball, and they haven't had their fastball probably 20 years, but if they still had their fastball, this would be such a great movie, such a great movie. They won't make it, and if they do, it'll be a cheesy movie.

But it's got all the material. This is obviously a Netflix documentary, so this is going to be OK. I'm looking forward to it. But this guy was more successful to John Love at pretending to be an NFL player than actual players have playing football. This guy had more luck with women than the actual NFL players.

Think about that. He was able to convince all these women. Now some of them, I know the photos. I can't believe how many of these women are like, oh, yeah, I was sworn swag by this guy. You'd think you'd try to hide that.

They're out there trying to get some clout online. And the ones, some of the videos I've seen, and these are good looking people that you would think would knock fall for this kind of activity. But they did. And he pulled it off for a while until he got caught. And using that multi-billion dollar 49er brand for free.

And my favorite part is his defense is pointing directly at AI. And he's like, oh, don't blame me. I'll take it up with the robots and all that. He might fall. He showed them AI.

He used artificial intelligence to make it seem like he was on the Niners, even though these people could have done their own research. So the 49ers off, he could start out. But forget the 49ers on the weekend. I want to watch the guy who allegedly pretended to be a 49er. That's great.

So give me the Super Bowl of impersonation and deception. Now that's a story. That's a humdinger of a story. It is the Ben Mallor Show as we press on through the overnight hours. And if you would like to be part of the show, you can join us right now at 877-99 on Fox.

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He says at this point, the Dodgers should hire Dejan Love. Looks like he'll put more of an effort in the playing than the guys on the field. Not going to disagree on that. Looking forward, late night drug testers as looking forward to the 49ers documentary. Netflix should make it a trilogy with Kyle Shanahan's Car Rec and Jed York looking for love in the trailer park in the East Palestine, Ohio.

That'd be great. Really adversity, hurting the 49ers. Eileen says, I understand why you'd prefer not to watch the actual 49ers. We'll be winning again on Monday. You better enjoy this, Eileen.

The 49ers are peaking too soon. They're peaking too soon. So we know how that ends. It's not going to go very well. Chip in the Q's right since it's 8 plus on the Mallard Modilog sports teams need to understand that just because a ball player shares the same name as his Hall of Fame father, it does not automatically mean he will ever become a really good baseball player.

Yours truly Pete Rose Jr. Now these guys got people know he isn't more named Yogi Barra, who is of a loved baseball player back in the day. And his kids, he's kid was a baseball player. And I think he was most famous for cocaine, if I remember correctly. The 1980s cocaine trials back in the day.

That was quite the period there in baseball. And our friend Jerry in Rhode Island says, loving the fact that doctors can possibly be swept. Crazy, utter failure by them. There you go. That's from Jerry.

There you go. Nice job rubbing it in. And Dave Roberts, according to Supermarket Steve, Robert's talking about finding momentum. It's like when my bosses tell me I need to make time, I often will put out a piece of paper and a pen and tell them for the recipe for time. I'll give the recipe for time.

That's from Supermarket Steve. Chime in. All right, we'll go to the phones here. 877-99 on Fox. Let's go to Eni Minimow.

Let's say hello to Blind Scott. Oh, we have a Golden Ticket. So we'll hold off on that. Let's go to North Hollywood. And how did she get a Golden Ticket?

Do we know that? Do we know how this person got a Golden Ticket? I'm assuming it must have been one of the days that I wasn't here because I don't recognize her. She said she called in and talked about, I forgot already. But she said it was a week and a half ago.

And I think I was out sick. I do not recall, but it says the Golden Ticket. I got a Golden Ticket. My name is Marla. Her name is Marla.

She's here in SoCal in Noho in North Hollywood. Hello, Marla. Welcome. Big, big, big band. Listen, that's what I called you about Josh Allen and the Poison Spider.

Crawling across his chest, constant death. Do you remember that? I feel like this is a fraudulent Golden Ticket. Can you admit this is a fraudulent Golden Ticket? You admit that this is not a legitimate Golden Ticket.

I feel like this is not a legitimate Golden Ticket. No, you're going to quote a lot. In the quote a lot you said. No. What is the punishment coup for a false Golden Ticket?

Do you haven't even heard the case? No, no, he's not. Just admit it. It's a fake Golden Ticket. It's fraudulent.

I don't hear an admission. Did you not admit? Did you not confess? This is a fake Golden Ticket. You're using God.

God can take my life right now if I'm lying to you. Period. Right. The second you kill me. I would not be good for the show.

I would not be good for the show. I don't know. But tonight tonight then I was going to reminisce about Pete and Pittsburgh, Mark the phone in with Guy, the radio host, Bruce Jacob, and your friend Lee Klein and your ugly sort of party. Remember that? How could I forget?

The original Prince of Darkness Lee Klein. He's still out there doing his thing. Yeah. But I have to late breaking news at the same time on 5 sports radio. Remember the Mary with Children's Shout?

Long ago, yeah, back in the night. You know, Al Bundy, the guy threw footage under one game. Well, there's a lot more. High school. Yeah.

Yeah. OK. Well, during a coffee break, the girl known as Kelly was brushing Buck the dog fur just when that pushing next to a neighbor, you know, the lumberjack chick, she sits down close the Kelly and the dog on that stupid couch, you know, the one that Peg always watches over TV and spawns on the right. This is a very specific made with children's story. I like it.

OK. Well, Buck the dog became jealous of the lumberjack chick the next time ever. And he learns toward her. And a jealous attempt, the buyer only security on the sit and also buck to the ground. Everyone sued each other or sick about the whole thing.

I guess your question I've done. If I'm making this story up, can I go to jail? I'm confused. I feel like I have a headache. I don't know why.

Why do I have a headache? Can you explain why I have a headache? Can you explain my headache, my sudden headache here? Yeah, I can explain it. All right.

What is your name, by the way? What is your name? Marla. I am Marla in North Hollywood. M.A.R.A.

M.A.R.A. OK. All right. I'm going to call in 15 years ago. I know, but I understand.

But 15 years is a very long time. That's about the golden ticket. How long is it going to take a last? Like a month? I feel like it's going to take a last of months.

Yeah, but the golden ticket you said you better call in soon can be limited. Wow. Wow. All right. I got you.

All right. You told the married with children's story. And I feel like you will end up in radio jail for that. You will end up here. One more thing, turning the sports.

You know the game about what you're going to have noted income to BYU, probably Utah, right? OK. What do you want? What? It just keeps paying off your bed.

I'm just I'm stunned that you were able to use a 15-year-old golden ticket that blows me away. The golden ticket was from a week ago. It was not from a week and a half ago, Coop. It was not play. We did not talk a week and a half ago.

There was no conversation that we had a week and a half ago where there was a goal. I do not remember that. Men, would you like to talk about an other day in the bear box mire that's game coming up this weekend? Not really. I mean, if you want to, you can, but not really.

I mean, if you want to hit the don't put, bring that you can. It's up to you, my friend. No, I don't want you to talk about that. OK. OK.

Because we're going to have noted days. Then you probably were talking to play BYU, Coogers. And the quarterback is known for the nickname Bear Boxmire. And the person at home, the Bear Claw. And I understand that when he goes to the drive and gets the check on the back seat, he becomes the Claw.

Don't ask. All right. All right. Thank you. All right.

That's wonderful. We are so happy that we had that conversation. So 15 years from now, oh my god. 15 years from now will be 2041. Holy crap.

I guess that's the next time we'll talk to Marla. Is that? I think I'm right on that, right? That's a long time. OK.

On that note, let's say a little blind Scott. Hello, blind Scott. Welcome. You're on the Ben Mallor show on Fox. Yeah.

So that was pretty good. Maybe I should just come on in another segment. But I'm going to give the world first. But the Golden Ticket, because this should really be known. They're only 30 days.

They only last for 30 days. And it's always been like that on the show. I want to call on it a different segment. So I'm vulnerable. And I feel unwell in that call was good.

And I could keep talking about you. I'm going to call next hour. And I'll go on in the third of the fourth hour. All right. You could have let go.

All right. All right. I'll put you back on hold. All right. Go back.

It's a blind Scott. Let's say hello to Andy, who's on the Oregon Trail. Hello, Andy. Welcome. You're on the Ben Mallor show on Fox.

What's going on, Andy? I'm going pretty good, Ben. How are you doing? If I was any better, I'd be a snail, but not Blake's now, because he choked for the Dodgers. Oh, he is a choked master.

Man, it was pretty hilarious to see that happened back to back. I'm risking my life, bro. But the funny thing is, I've still got these Dodger fanboys who are messaging me. They have no critical thinking. The last four playoff starts in Dodger Blue for Blake Snell.

He's the team is 0 and 4, and he's got an ERA of over 6. And these idiots are still defending him. I would trade his ass. I would I don't even know there might be a no trick. But I would get rid of him.

I would see like, bye, get out of here. You're a bum. Go picture some other loser team. Him and show a hotani. You're an amazing work.

How many injuries are they going to claim? Oh, Tani's got it. They're going to wait. I cannot wait when the Dodgers finally get eliminated here. The amount of injury bull crap they're going to come up with for Otani is next level.

Next can happen with a gambling probably. That went away real fast. They made that go away. That's for sure. They made it to vanish.

I went to ask who about Bo Nick's? Because you know, I'm an organ duck span. I don't have a football team. I would ask him how he thinks he's going to finish this year out. He's going to finish this year out like he's finished every other year out.

Bali. Bali. Bali. No, yes, it's going to be great. He won't care at this time.

And then it'll go all the way. Yeah, just keep telling yourself that. And then if you say it like. I like you tell myself then much like Beetlejuice. If you say it three times it'll happen.

Just hoping I'm going to have a golden ticket in about 30 days. Just kind of. You're going to have no way 15 years to cash the golden ticket. Yeah. I'm going to go.

Yeah. I'm going to go. I'm going to go and I'm going to go and I'm in the bathroom. You have fun. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, definitely that's where you have momentum on the toilet downward momentum. You definitely have that. All right. Thank you.

It is the Ben Mallor show. What an amazing couple of calls those were my god. How lucky are we to take those calls? Are we not lucky? Yeah.

OK, that's good. Moving on. Moving on. We have Benny versus the penny. That's coming up in a little bit.

Benny versus the penny. Yes. I mentioned there was a quarterback claiming injury. And that would be Jalen Hertz, who has confirmed he suffered a calf injury way back in week four. I guess the LA Rios.

So Jalen Hertz claiming that Eagles were in position to win against Jacksonville last week, maturing his weekly chit chat with reporters. Hertz did reveal he suffered a calf injury. Jalen saying that he was late coming out after the team came out because he was having issues with the calf, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. He was able to play and all that stuff. So he gave a long-winded quote, says it was very unique experience.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And there we go. So Jalen Hertz, a calf injury. Do with that what you want. We have Benny versus the penny.

Here's the Insta Trivia. Here it is. Which NFL wide receiver ran 111 routes or routes through week five of the season, but managed just nine receiving yards, posting the worst yards per route average at 0.08. That is among roughly 850 qualified receivers going all the way back to last decade. This guy is the worst wide receiver over the first five weeks of an NFL season in the last decade.

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All right, back to it. Welcome in militia. Speaking of winners. Here's the payoff on the Insta Trivia, which NFL wide receiver ran 111 routes or routes through week five of the season, but managed just nine receiving yards. That's the worst yards per route or route average among 850 qualified receivers in the last 10 years.

The worst wide receiver performance in the last 10 years, that is the question. What is the answer? We don't have a lot of time because we've got Benny versus the penny. In fact, let's just get to it. I'll give you the answer.

The correct answer from your Minnesota Vikings. None other than Joanne Jennings. This guy was a stud for the 49ers, but not for Minnesota. He's been terrible this year. Here we go.

That's why I hope back up to it. All right, now we'll be here. Welcome in militia. Speaking of winners, can you handle more Mallor, may have ladies and gentlemen? It's time now for the second.

That is the first of the penny. All right, let's do it Thursday night. Kicks off on the Amazon in Denver. Sam Darnell versus Boneyx, the Seahawks and the Broncos. And all Western match up here.

And the line on DraftKings is at 2 and 1-2 in favor of the road team Seattle. Now with some great trends on this. Sean Payton, 33, 13 and 2 against the spread in October. The last 15 years, of course, a lot of that was with Drew Brees. The Seahawks are 7 and 0 against the spread.

But week after facing the 49ers, the last four years, they've been great. They're also 8 and 0 against the spread on the road after a home game since the start of last season. I tried to find a reason to take the Broncos. I couldn't find one. I'm going to take Seattle in this game.

The only thing I'm worried about is Sam Darnell turning the football over, which is a legitimate concern. A legitimate concern, Sam Darnell, his bugaboo there. Seattle's committed 8 turnovers of the last three games. They've been sloppy. You play like that.

You lose. But the Broncos are beaten and broken. Their secondary is completely depleted. Two of their top guys are out. Patrick's are staying.

They're staying out. And there's also some guys questionable there. Jackson Smith and Jigba should slice up that Denver secondary there. And Boneyx sucks. It's not that hard to defend.

Boneyx, you just crowd the short passing. That's all he does. It's throw the ball short. He can't throw the ball deep. And the receivers can't seemingly get open.

It's a disaster for the Broncos on offense. He's getting people fired there. So as long as Seattle wins the turnover battle, they'll take it. I'll take Seattle. The penny picks go blue.

The penny is going with the Seahawks. All right, so we agree. Seattle is the pickets. Benny versus the penny. Every game against the spread.

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