VSiN By The Books | September 10, 2026 | Hour 1

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

This is VSiN By The Books, on VSiN, the eSports betting network.

Dave Ross (0:12)

We are so back, America. Welcome to the Thursday edition of VSiN By The Books. Dave Ross right here at the mid-gaming hall. Frankly, Kentucky, there's our closer, Jensen Lewis, back home in Cleveland, Ohio.

If that's going to be the way the NFL season goes, if that's game one, Jensen Lewis buckle up because they're going to be right down to the wire and no sleep till Brooklyn. An amazing finish last night, 13 to 10 for Seattle, but the NFL is back in our lives.

Jensen Lewis (0:40)

We are one of 272 down and so much more to go. What a start we had. I know a lot to dive into. Oh, by the way, Dave, we get to do it all over again tonight on a continent halfway around the world. Thank goodness for that.

So much to talk with you about. We were exchanging texts last night. A quick shout out to everyone who tuned us in yesterday and was able to tail us on a lot of different fronts, a lot of different winning wagers we had, regardless of what side you were on. We're back, baby. We are so back. Let's rock and roll.

Dave Ross (1:14)

And we're going to have the maestro back with us a little bit later on today from Las Vegas. Of course, Mike Palma joined the program. Find out what is on his mind as well with Palms pressing three. You mentioned that game in Melbourne. Who better to talk about the Rams house than Tyler Fulgham? You know him on ESPN these days. It's going to be great to have Shrammy back here in the program to break down the Rams and the Niners today from Melbourne later on tonight. But wow, what a finish in the Pacific Northwest. That's where we must begin today's edition of our highlights and headlines.

SPEAKER_1 (1:45)

Help your bottom line with today's highlights and headlines.

Dave Ross (1:54)

Raining defendings on display didn't look good. Fifth play of the game. Sam Darnold limps over to the sideline and we go, oh no, Sam Darnold, are you going to be okay? No, he was not. He did not come back in the game. It was Drew Locke. That's right, Missouri Tigers stand up. It was Drew Locke that helped lead this comeback 10-0 down in the second half, three straight scoring drives. The last one, a field goal to put them over the top. And then the defense with three interceptions of Drake May in the fourth quarter alone.

And somehow, someway it's the Hawks that get the 13 to 10 comfort behind win. If you laid the three, you pushed. If you had the three and half of the Patriots earlier in the week, you win and a dead under the second Sam Darnold goes out of that game.

Jensen Lewis (2:40)

Yeah. I think if you tuned in maybe 10 minutes after that game started, you're like the hell is Drew Locke doing in this game? Oh boy. Your heart rate would have gone through the roof. If you're a Seahawk backer. And from most of that first half, Dave. Yeah. If you were a Seahawk backer, you're like, yeah, I cannot believe this is the way the season is going to start for me. Great exercise that we talked about yesterday. We'll break down much more of the game coming up here in a bit, but live betting finds way home in game number one, Dave. I know I was on the Patriots money line, felt very good about it at halftime. And with Sam Darnold going out, I did lock in a potential middle there and took the Seahawks plus seven and a half at halftime. I did not expect to need that the way that it was knowing where the Patriots were driving down with the final drive of the game.

But boy, Drake may look like he was in a tar heel Jersey last night, throwing up that ball. And what a pivotal third strike in your out interception that derails the Patriots comeback at least, at least got to throw that way out, Dave, to have the chance for the game tying field goal opportunity, but much more to break down in this one.

Exhale one of 272 down and what a finish that one was.

Dave Ross (3:57)

Yeah, that one, the last one was inexcusable. That that's one you cannot throw with the game on the line. You've got overtime in the bag. You've got to chip shot field goal to at least get it to overtime and you would think if you're the better team with the quote unquote better quarterback against the backup and Drew Locke, advantages would be yours in overtime. Remember, both teams touch the ball these days too, so it wouldn't come down to that coin toss necessarily and yet inexplicable interception for Drake May. Lots to talk about there and again, with Sam Darnold very quickly, he did leave with that hip injury. He will undergo an MRI today. I did hear reports earlier this morning that were encouraging from Seattle. We will find out what that means. The MRI is going to tell them everything they need to know. We will find out about AJ Brown because the complexion of their offense did change when he went out in that third quarter as well. Three catches up to that point. That didn't look good. We are not doctors. If you just watch the visuals of that, it did not look great and no update this morning yet from the Patriots side on their star receiver that they signed and went and got from Philadelphia in the off season. Okay, let's talk about what's going to happen tonight in Melbourne because we do believe the Rams are there. I saw the New York Post and they posted pictures of Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay and said they looked disgruntled and I'm like, we're reading into pictures now and body language. Are they tired, Jensen? We're going to talk a lot about the makeup of the Niners being there and the Rams is getting there. They're going to play the game finally today in Melbourne.