The West Coast Gamblers

The boys wrap up a wacky week of trades, the biggest of which was Dangles' Patriots sending backup quarterback/John Stamos body double Jimmy Garoppolo to San Francisco for a second round pick (3:05). Earlier this year, Dangles said he wanted to see the Pats keep Jimmy G. for the future. How does he feel about the trade? Then, Gravestones (13:57) sends yet another team to the overall dead pool, one which is sure not to sit well with a particular friend of the show. Then it's the Battle for L.A. (17:50), where the Chargers head into a bye after a loss at New England and the Rams go east to take on the New York Giants, did the Bolts win any of the boys back after coming up short against the Pats? Finally, Dangles finds himself atop the weekly Pick' Em Challenge (30:27) again, but can he hold the lead?

Approaching the midway point of the season, the boys are back to check in on how their preseason playoff predictions are shaping up (hint: not so great) and do a mid-season re-forecast (2:15). Plus, last week Tony vowed to kill the Packers in Gravestones (18:14) if they lost in week 7. Will he hold up his end of the promise? Then, in the Battle for L.A. (22:10), the NFC West-leading Los Angeles Rams are on a bye this week so our focus turns to the Chargers as they head east to Foxborough, Massachusetts to take on the defending champion New England Patriots. Will Dangles pick against his team for a second straight week? Finally, in our weekly Pick 'Em (36:50), defending champ Brian is back on top after an 11-4 record last week - a season best for a TLC host. Can he continue his streak this week?

Approaching the midway point of the season, the boys are back to check in on how their preseason playoff predictions are shaping up (hint: not so great) and do a mid-season re-forecast (2:15). Plus, last week Tony vowed to kill the Packers in Gravestones (18:14) if they lost in week 7. Will he hold up his end of the promise? Then, in the Battle for L.A. (22:10), the NFC West-leading Los Angeles Rams are on a bye this week so our focus turns to the Chargers as they head east to Foxborough, Massachusetts to take on the defending champion New England Patriots. Will Dangles pick against his team for a second straight week? Finally, in our weekly Pick 'Em (36:50), defending champ Brian is back on top after an 11-4 record last week - a season best for a TLC host. Can he continue his streak this week?

Big wins for the Rams and Chargers means you'd think all of the boys would be ecstatic this week, right? Well, unfortunately for one of them, the loss of a certain starting QB means we took some time to eulogize about Aaron Rodgers and the Packers (1:30) for Tony's sake and opine on whether we think his loss means no playoffs for the Pack. Plus, we've got all your weekly favorites like Gravestones (14:13), The Battle for L.A. (18:41,) where it appears to be all Rams all day right now for all three of the Left Coasters, and our weekly Pick 'Em Challenge (40:23), where Dangles retains his overall lead for at least one more week.

Big wins for the Rams and Chargers means you'd think all of the boys would be ecstatic this week, right? Well, unfortunately for one of them, the loss of a certain starting QB means we took some time to eulogize about Aaron Rodgers and the Packers (1:30) for Tony's sake and opine on whether we think his loss means no playoffs for the Pack. Plus, we've got all your weekly favorites like Gravestones (14:13), The Battle for L.A. (18:41,) where it appears to be all Rams all day right now for all three of the Left Coasters, and our weekly Pick 'Em Challenge (40:23), where Dangles retains his overall lead for at least one more week.

Featured guest and rising musical talent Davie stopped by to talk about his new Wild Turkey commercial starring him and Matthew McConaughey(5:32), his Madden 18 song Keep Running(11:09), and his feelings on the NFL coming back to the city of LA(24:45). Classy, insightful, and just plain cool are some of the words we would use to describe him and we are excited to bring him directly to you. Also, check out Davie on Spotify and iTunes and be ready to get your mind blown.

Featured guest and rising musical talent Davie stopped by to talk about his new Wild Turkey commercial starring him and Matthew McConaughey(5:32), his Madden 18 song Keep Running(11:09), and his feelings on the NFL coming back to the city of LA(24:45). Classy, insightful, and just plain cool are some of the words we would use to describe him and we are excited to bring him directly to you. Also, check out Davie on Spotify and iTunes and be ready to get your mind blown.

A MUST-LISTEN episode of The Left Coasters if ever there was one. After Brian explains 'What Had Happened Was' (2:50) to his Lions last week, the boys welcome special musical guest Davie (7:10), whose song 'Testify' you've heard in that Wild Turkey ad with Matthew McConaughey during Sunday NFL football. He's also featured on the Madden '18 soundtrack with his song 'Keep Runnin'. Davie and the boys talk about his new EP 'Black Gospel Vol. 1,' shooting a commercial with an acting legend, hearing your music in a video game, and the difficulties of growing facial hair. Then it's on to all your weekly favorites -- Gravestones (22:00), The Battle for LA (26:30) and our weekly Pick 'Em Challenge (44:35) where we have yet another new leader.

Come back Monday 10/16, when we'll post the full director's cut of our extended interview with Davie at our website, theleftcoasterspodcast.com.

Davie on Spotify (but you should really buy his EP on iTunes): https://open.spotify.com/artist/3LtkIxt8EHLpuXMOpFYZ06

Wild Turkey ad feat. Davie and Matthew McConaughey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNpfJNaRPGo

A MUST-LISTEN episode of The Left Coasters if ever there was one. After Brian explains 'What Had Happened Was' (2:50) to his Lions last week, the boys welcome special musical guest Davie (7:10), whose song 'Testify' you've heard in that Wild Turkey ad with Matthew McConaughey during Sunday NFL football. He's also featured on the Madden '18 soundtrack with his song 'Keep Runnin'. Davie and the boys talk about his new EP 'Black Gospel Vol. 1,' shooting a commercial with an acting legend, hearing your music in a video game, and the difficulties of growing facial hair. Then it's on to all your weekly favorites -- Gravestones (22:00), The Battle for LA (26:30) and our weekly Pick 'Em Challenge (44:35) where we have yet another new leader.

Come back Monday 10/16, when we'll post the full director's cut of our extended interview with Davie at our website, theleftcoasterspodcast.com.

Davie on Spotify (but you should really buy his EP on iTunes): https://open.spotify.com/artist/3LtkIxt8EHLpuXMOpFYZ06

Wild Turkey ad feat. Davie and Matthew McConaughey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNpfJNaRPGo

Wow, what a week! There couldn't be more parity in this league if we had planned it ourselves. Too bad we can't say the same for the Battle for LA. At the top of the list for the guys this week is a visit from longtime friend of the show, Professor Pat. He joins in on a spirited MFK of surprising division leaders(10:34), a discussion of which coach will get fired first (21:00), and What Grinds His Gears (25:05). Matt attempts to explain What Had Happened to his New England Patriots against TJ's Panthers(3:11). They breakdown The Battle for LA (30:41) with the extremely disappointing Chargers (31:09) and the high flying, pride of LA, division-leading Rams (37:34). The season long Gravestones (27:03) and Pick'em (49:28) challenges are becoming hotly contested as teams are finding it more difficult to separate and we address the increase in parity in our Questions From the Fans (45:39).