Playoff Performance Amplifies Inherent Team Weaknesses

Key Quotes

"Boy, Simon, if I could describe our first week in playoff betting as a team that we thought was doing well at the end of the season and then got their asses kicked in the playoffs, who would that be right now? I mean, it was ball-busting."

Chad Millman describes the podcast hosts' poor performance in playoff betting, likening it to a strong regular-season team that falters in the postseason. This highlights the unpredictable nature of playoff games and the hosts' personal struggles with their predictions.

"Yeah, if someone here's excited to tune in to hear me, just a beaten-down man, beaten down. This is going to be a big Chad show. Chad, do you want to talk about your wife and kids? Do it, bud. Spend 30 minutes, tell us as many stories as you want. This is a bad show. I'm a defeated man, so I'm excited to get this show over with and just move on to next week."

Simon Hunter expresses his dejection after a string of losing bets, indicating a significant emotional impact from their poor performance. He humorously suggests Chad Millman can take over the show due to his own defeat.

"It was so bad that despite the Bears, despite the Who-gers, I went to bed sad on Sunday night. It was so frustrating on Sunday afternoon. At one point, I was just staring into the depths of the TV as another touchdown was scored in the Eagles-Niners game, and even my wife couldn't make fun of me. That's how bad it was."

Chad Millman elaborates on the extent of their betting failures, noting that even the unexpected success of the Bears couldn't lift his spirits due to the overall poor performance. He emphasizes the depth of his disappointment, reaching a point where even his wife could not find humor in his situation.

"Yeah, good weekend though if you blindly bet the trends we talked about. Dogs four and one. Unders, what are they, three and two heading into tonight's game? So we overthink it like we always do, and yeah, just a brutal run. But yeah, again, we're going to dive into all these different games. I think it's a funny week where we talk all the time, playoffs, it's all chaos, it's a lot of toss-ups. It was definitely a weekend decided by special teams. I mean, we're going to go through these games. There's plenty of these games here that the kickers really decided a lot of these outcomes."

Simon Hunter acknowledges that betting on general trends, rather than their specific analysis, would have been more successful. He points out that special teams, particularly kickers, played a decisive role in many of the games, suggesting a simpler approach might have yielded better results.

"The gods gave us a chance to enjoy another bet on the Panthers, and I freaking blew it. I was checking Twitter because when you're in pain, that's the best thing to do. And someone tweeted, 'Chad, Simon tried to warn you a thousand different ways.' But I got to tell you, it started exactly like we hoped. You know, the Rams, the Rams scored early off of the two Panther missed cues. But this is what's going on. Like the disastrous last ninety seconds of the Rams, I think is indicative of something else, which is we saw a few times yesterday teams go for it on fourth down in their own, like in the five-yard line or left the opponent. And when they don't convert, it kills their momentum. And this is, that was the turning point for the game for the Rams."

Chad Millman expresses regret over a specific bet on the Panthers, admitting he ignored warnings from Simon Hunter. He identifies a critical moment in the Rams game where a failed fourth-down conversion by the Rams shifted the momentum, indicating a recurring theme of teams making critical errors.

"And, you know, the kicker for Green Bay, again, I'm not going to put too much on him, but at the end of the day, that's, yeah, you can blame the defense. They were exhausted at that point. The Green Bay defense had no legs left. It's all about the kicker. You missed two field goals, an extra point in a game in which, you know, you should have won a thousand times over. It just totally shifted everything. I think your guy's kicker was perfect. I think he went through field goals, didn't miss an extra point. And at the end of the day, that's what decided the game."

Simon Hunter analyzes the Packers-Bears game, attributing the outcome largely to the performance of the kickers. He highlights the Green Bay kicker's missed field goals and extra point as crucial errors that cost them the game, contrasting it with the perfect performance of the Bears' kicker.