Ready Set Bet | August 1, 2026 | Hour 3

**Matt Brown** (0:00)
This is Ready Set Bet with Matt Brown and Mike Somich on VSiN, the SportsBetting Network.

**Mike Somich** (0:12)
Pretty Set Bet here on VSiN, our number three, Matt Brown, Mike Somich, live in downtown Las Vegas, beautiful circuit resort and casino. Head on down here. You can, if you see Mike Somich, just give him a little wave, he'll buy you a drink. Like I just see, like see what I did there? Yeah, see you want to, you want to get into a battle here? We'll do this. Mike Somich is good for a good, for buying you a drink if you ever see him, just wave your hand at him.

**Brandon Kravitz** (0:34)
Got to put my hood up now.

**Mike Somich** (0:35)
Oh, this pick four prize pools, way lower than the pick five.

**Brandon Kravitz** (0:40)
Well, there's also 13 minutes to the race. Oh, okay. People bet right before the race.

**Mike Somich** (0:44)
All right. Oh, the automated betting. Yes, they will.

**Brandon Kravitz** (0:48)
But also like most people don't put pick fours until like the last five minutes. So that pool will quadruple probably.

**Mike Somich** (0:54)
Oh, okay.

**Brandon Kravitz** (0:55)
All right.

**Mike Somich** (0:56)
I'm in the pick four pool if anyone's wondering.

**Brandon Kravitz** (0:58)
Yeah, we're starting out with 268 here.

**Mike Somich** (0:59)
We're doing great.

**Brandon Kravitz** (1:00)
Eight in the next leg is a single. Very good workout reports. A lot of hype in the morning about the eight horse in the fifth race.

**Mike Somich** (1:07)
Okay. Hey, listen. I'm in on, look, I'm in on everything here. Like I just want to be able to walk in here and tomorrow with my new Ferrari that I won by winning the Ferrari's maybe, maybe like one of the Hot Wheels Ferraris.
Is there a, so it could I win the whole thing? Can I scoop?

**Brandon Kravitz** (1:32)
No, because you bet the same ticket as me.

**Mike Somich** (1:34)
No, I didn't. Oh, I added a couple of horses because you did the one, you did the one single bullet one.

**Brandon Kravitz** (1:39)
And I'm like, the short answer is no, you're not going to scoop a Saratoga pick. You could scoop a Saratoga pick five and you definitely could scoop a Saratoga pick six as there is a carryover today, meaning that no one hit it yesterday. So there's a bunch of money sitting in the pick six pool. Okay, so you have to pick six winners in a row. It's a one dollar base wager. You're usually going to spend most tickets that hit are going to spend a hundred bucks plus on the pick six.
But it also is going to pay thousands of dollars every single day, usually tens of thousands.

**Mike Somich** (2:09)
Green Bay Packers are the second shot here in the NFC North.

**Brandon Kravitz** (2:12)
They are.

**Mike Somich** (2:13)
If you go in Matt LaFleur, a guy that I think has taken a decent amount of criticism with how he's handled not only some in game decisions, but certainly play calling decisions and things like that for this team.
Jonathan Gannon in at defensive coordinator. And, you know, I think if you look at this, Green Bay didn't have a first rounder this year because of the Micah Parsons trade. And so did get a corner in round number two defensive tackle in round number three to kind of add on to that. It is worth of note that his own by his own admission, Micah Parsons is not going to be ready for the beginning of the season. So you are looking at a Packers team whose best player will have to join them at some point a little bit down the line.

**Brandon Kravitz** (3:01)
Yeah, you're hearing week six that generally is what you're hearing. May miss five to six weeks of the season here and then then be able to join the team and create a complete defense here for them. And this is one of those things where I think the handicap is pretty tough on the Packers.
I was very high on the Packers last year. They started out getting Buster's a terrible time, a terrible loss to Cleveland. And it will, by the way, loss of the 13 point favorite. There was survivor death last year, early in the season, especially 13 point favorite home to the Panthers. This defense should be good when Parsons is, I think this is probably your best, maybe second best defense in this division.
I've got some offensive questions, which is ironic because that's not what I was concerned about last year. I thought the offense was going to be very good, but you get rid of a couple of wide receiver pieces. Matthew Golden now needs to step up. Tucker Kraft should be back from injury. He rounds this out. I like Jordan Love. I've been a Jordan Love guy for years. If you look at his EPA, he's top five in EPA in the NFL last year.