NFL Picks Battle: Zach Gelb vs. Jersey Jerry

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Listen and subscribe to Your Weirdest Fears on the Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts from. It was always Zach Gelb and Jersey Jerry, but Zach just didn't know it. Jerry in New Jersey. What part of Jersey are you calling from? I'm from North Jersey.

I'm a blue collar union guy. And now they're friends. I'm the buddies for life, right? It was always Jersey Jerry. It was always Zach Gelb. This has never happened before and I'm man enough to share it.

I don't I'm man enough. And now it's time to respect their NFL picks only on the Zach Gelb show. I got a four game lead on Jersey Jerry, but I don't want to bury the lead because this guy was on fire Saturday night.

All he could do was pick winner after winner after winner at UFC 281. The great Jersey Jerry here with us. Jersey Jerry, how you been? I've been good. I've been good, Zach. You know, really hot, really hot Saturday game of the year was on Sunday with the Pittsburgh Steelers that cast. I mean, I'm hot. I'm hot.

I may not be hot on the show, but I'm starting to catch a groove right now. You save it for the right moments. That's what you do. But I'm telling you, Portnoy and Big Cat, I saw them. I was on the bridge and I saw they were going nuts.

And the next thing I know, it's, oh, wow. Jersey Jerry gave us a winner at UFC 281. And you started DMing me and I was like, all right, I'm going to ride Jersey Jerry that night. Yeah.

Yeah. It was a great night. You know, glad to get the respect from Dave and Dan. You know, as always, you know, when they ask for a pick, if I give them one, you know, and it wins, they usually show respect.

So I appreciate that. What happened to your eye, by the way? So that was a Drano incident.

That was, I think it was Wednesday. I was, my drain was clogged to sink. And, you know, I poured Drano down, but it wasn't going down. And I had a black medical gloves on. And, you know, I was trying to see what was in the sink with my gloves on. And then I must have got the fumes in my eye or a piece of lint or something. So I rubbed my eye and that was a catastrophe.

That was a bad day. Yeah. Yeah. Emergency room right away.

The doctor gave me some ointment and an eye patch and some drops. So, you know, we're healing up. We should be good by Sunday. Okay. So maybe the eye patch coming off Sunday and you'd be good to go for a Steelers game is what you're telling me? Yeah, exactly.

Exactly. Jersey Jerry here with us. All right. I'll let you start first.

What's your first pick? Yeah, I'm going to dog this week. And I think this is a very, very live dog. You got to know when to back a dog and you got to know when a dog could even win.

And I know we're just doing spread, but this money line is live to at plus one thirty five. I'm going with the Texans at plus three and a half. I think they get the job done. You know, the commanders was the best win they'll have all year last week. They won't get another win like that. I could see them overlooking the Texans. Texans could run the ball. Don't get it twisted. I know they're really hurt, but I'm going to go with the Texans this week.

I think this is a live dog at plus one thirty five. Plus one thirty five, but we're going to take the points plus three and a half. OK, that's actually a game I have circled, but I'm going the other way. I'm taking the commander, so maybe I'll expand my lead or you'll cut into the deficit. I'm just not betting against Taylor Ham Heineke right now. I can't trust Davis Mills, so I'm rolling with the commanders.

What do you got for game number two? I'm going to go with the Pittsburgh Steelers and here's why. When you're hot, you're hot with them.

Yeah, when you're hot, you're hot with them. And listen, the Steelers this year, undefeated with C.J. Watt on the field, 2-0, they get to the quarterback when C.J. Watt's on the field. He's just he's just a game wrecker.

That guy could take over any game he plays. He got the one game under his belt. Did he look amazing? No, he didn't look amazing, but, you know, he was getting pressure on the ball and that resulted in Alex Highsmith on the opposite side getting some sacks, which he did week one against Joe Burrow. This is a bad spot for the Bengals.

It really is. No Jamar Chase. Joe Burrow's averaging 3.9 yards per completion since Jamar Chase has been gone. That's not going to get it done.

This is Kenny Pickett's coming out show. Mark my word, Steelers plus four. All right. I'm taking a team to bounce back this week and I thought the Colts had a good chance last week to cover the spread. They ended up winning the game outright. I think Philly is going to win this game by 10 points or more. I see the spreads at six and a half. I'll take the Eagles lay in the six and a half this week and I think the Colts come back down to Earth and the Eagles start to get right. Awesome.

Awesome. My last play is going to be the San Francisco 49ers minus eight against the Cardinals. The Cardinals are they're lost. Kyler Murray's lost, DeAndre Hopkins is upset.

Kingsbury, he's just going through the motions at this point. This team is going to get blown out by 20. So give me the 49ers this week at minus eight.

Yeah, you just look at a spread like that and you see laying eight. You go, I know it's a big number, but I would definitely take that in a second. I'm in agreement with you there. My final pick, I don't know Jersey Jerry.

Maybe it's just because I like incompetence. I am probably a little bit too excited for Raiders and Broncos and I'm just going to take the points in this one. Give me the Raiders plus three. I don't trust either of these teams.

I think this is going to be a game that it ends by a field goal. I don't trust Russell Wilson. I don't really trust Derek Carr, but I trust him a little bit more than Russell Wilson these days. So I like the Raiders plus three. So Jersey Jerry's taking the Steelers plus four, the 49ers minus eight. I'm going with the, he's going with the Texans plus three and a half.

And for me, I'm taking the commanders minus three and a half, the Eagles minus six and a half and the Raiders plus three. By the way, that a Barstool Invitational looked pretty damn neat Jersey Jerry. And I didn't know you had the skills on the mop by the way, like you did. You were awesome cleaning up the court.

Yeah. You know, I thought it was a really, really good time if anybody missed it last week. Barstool Invitational in Philadelphia. I mean, it was really awesome. It was really awesome. You know, not the best teams in college basketball, but it was a really good time.

Good turnout. And you know, my number one girl goal was pretty much, I don't want nobody to get hurt. Nobody got hurt. My job was done. Did you get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia? You know, I didn't. I didn't actually. Why not? You don't like a cheesesteak?

I do. What's a good one to go to? You got to go to Della Sandros or Mama's. Probably my two favorite spots in that area. I'll tell you what, I've been to the one place you just mentioned.

Della Sandros. Yeah. I'll be honest. Just not enough. Just not enough. Just not enough cheese for me. I mean, just very cheap on the cheese. I don't know.

I know. Do I order extra cheese? Because it seemed like they just didn't throw any cheese on when I went there last year. You know what, Jersey Jerry? They are the friends.

The owners are actually a friend of mine. Next time you want to go, let me know. I'll make sure they make the cheesesteak exactly the way that Jersey Jerry wants it.

I'll tell you what. The meat was great. The bread was great.

But yeah, just a lack of cheese there. Okay. I will send that into their suggestion box at Della Sandros and tell them they got to pick up their cheese game. But Jersey Jerry, this is great as always. Thanks so much.

Do it again next week. Yep. See you later. So my biggest fear is there's going to be snakes in the toilet. We're all afraid of that one strange thing. I'm Larry Mullins, the host of a new short 10-minute podcast called Your Weirdest Fears. We unpack where these fears come from.

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