A Numbers Game | July 23, 2026 | Hour 2

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**Jeff Erickson** (1:01)
The numbers told the story, they always do.

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Swando's idiots who believe in analytics. This is a numbers game with Gill Alexander on VSiN.

**Gill Alexander** (1:09)
Our number two of a numbers game at VSiN, eSports betting network, vsin.com Game Plus, iHeart Radio, YouTube TV, and of course, Sirius XM Channel 158, Gill Alexander in San Francisco. This week, Kelley Bydlon back at the mothership at Circa Resort Casino, the VSiN Studios, high atop the world's largest sports book. BetBash a couple weeks away. Kelley, you looking forward to that? Are you gonna be in town for BetBash this year for the first time?

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:34)
I will be. You and Danny will not. I'll be holding down the fort. Yes. It's opposite year.

**Gill Alexander** (1:41)
It's the first time, yeah, it's the first time I will not be in town during BetBash.
They're doing it a week earlier than normal, I think. I think that's why it got a little skewed. But I'll miss it, man. I'll miss seeing everybody over there. But your first BetBash. What a moment for you. What an experience it should be.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:59)
I just want to read like my this would be like my third. I just missed multiple in a row. That's why it became a thing.

**Gill Alexander** (2:04)
Oh, I was here last year.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:06)
Was your last year for it.

**Gill Alexander** (2:08)
Oh, you were. Why do I think you were going for that? OK.
All right. So you and I have discussed the NFC East earlier this week. We have discussed the NFC North. We did that yesterday in depth today.
The NFC South, the glorious NFC South. For those who forgot, the NFC South last year was won by the Carolina Panthers with an eight and nine record. The Bucks were also eight and nine. The Falcons were also eight and nine. And the Saints brought up the rear at five and excuse me, at six and 11 Pardon me. I forgot there was that.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:39)
That doesn't sound very good, Gil. One and two. Who won the division?

**Gill Alexander** (2:44)
Yeah. Panthers win it. And by the way, the Panthers, the Panthers who we should we should say this year, the teams are lined at eight and a half for the Bucks, seven and a half for the Saints, seven and a half for the Panthers, and six and a half for the Falcons. The Panthers actually comported themselves well in that playoff game versus the Rams. They put up 31 points and really gave the Rams a bit. I don't want to say a bit of a scare, but kind of right. Yeah.
So they played well. Let's start with who do you want to start with? Do you want to start at the top with the Bucs?

**Kelley Bydlon** (3:14)
Yeah, let's go top. Let's start with Bucs. We'll work our way down.

**Gill Alexander** (3:16)
All right. Buccaneers.
And this is going to be, so again, I'm reading Aaron Schatz's FTN Almanac, and these are all extensive sort of deep dives on all these teams. The theme for this division, though, is so very clear, which is all of this. And I know you can say this for a lot of NFL teams, but particular in this division, what the hell do we know about any of them unless you can wrap your arms around the quarterback? And with the Bucs, you think maybe this is the most secure of all of it because it's Baker Mayfield, but I don't know if that's the case. Last year, Baker Mayfield, 2025, it was his worst season as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. Now, if you're a Baker Mayfield guy, you immediately say, well, he was dinged up the entire time, right? He was playing through so many injuries.