SI's Doug Farrar Talks About Mike Pettine, Russell Wilson, and His Own Career
This week’s Pigsplosion podcast guest is Sports Illustrated NFL writer Doug Farrar. We opened up asking him about Mike Pettine’s recent comments that Russell Wilson is not a top-tier quarterback. Given that Farrar interviewed Pettine and Johnny Manziel this week, he had a unique perspective into their respective filters, or lack thereof. From there we discussed the Raiders-Packers matchup. Could this be a trap game for Green Bay with Arizona on the horizon next week?
Finally, we talked with Farrar about his own career, and how he wound up moving from Football Outsiders to Yahoo to SI.
After Farrar got off the line, the two of us went through the matchups, with various tangents about how the Jets have assembled a roster with other teams’ castoffs, who in the league is the worst at converting on third down, AFC playoff implications, and comparisons of which receivers in NFL history are as freakishly athletic as Odell Beckham Jr.
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Tampa Bay @ St. Louis (-2.5)
Ryan: Rams
Jason: Rams
NY Jets (-3) @ Dallas
Ryan: Jets
Jason: Jets
Chicago @ Minnesota (-5.5)
Ryan: Bears
Jason: Bears
Atlanta @ Jacksonville (-3.5)
Ryan: Jags
Jason: Jags
Houston (-1.5) @ Indianapolis [no line at press time, so we are using this projected score from Oddsshark]
Ryan: Texans
Jason: Texans
Kansas City (-7.5) @ Baltimore
Ryan: Ravens
Jason: Chiefs
Buffalo (-1) @ Washington
Ryan: Washington
Jason: Bills
Tennessee @ New England (-14)
Ryan: Titans
Jason: Titans
Arizona (-3.5) @ Philadelphia
Ryan: Cardinals
Jason: Cardinals
Carolina (-5) @ NY Giants
Ryan: Panthers
Jason: Giants
Cleveland @ Seattle (-14.5)
Ryan: Seahawks
Jason: Browns
Green Bay (-3) @ Oakland
Ryan: Packers
Jason: Raiders
Miami @ San Diego (-1.5)
Ryan: Chargers
Jason: Chargers
Denver @ Pittsburgh (-6.5)
Ryan: Steelers
Jason: Broncos
Cincinnati (-4.5) @ San Francisco
Ryan: 49ers
Jason: Bengals
Detroit @ New Orleans (-3)
Ryan: Lions
Jason: Lions
Top Five
Ryan: Bears, Cardinals, Jets, Washington, Panthers
Jason: Bears, Cardinals, Titans, Lions, Rams
Last week: Ryan (8-8, 3-2 Top 5), Jason (8-8, 2-3 Top 5)
Season to date: Ryan (105-96-6, 34-33-3 Top 5), Jason (111-90-6, 38-30-2 Top 5)