What’s More Likely: Rich Talks Broncos-Chiefs, Ravens-Bills, Browns-Steelers & More

Chris showed up to What's More Likely dressed as a penguin. Rich showed up dressed as himself. Only one of them made sense for the next ten minutes, and Rich made sure everyone knew which one.

The first question came straight out of Thursday night: who is more likely to win their division, the Panthers or the Packers? Rich took Carolina, and Chris could not believe it, pointing to a 6-0 team sitting in Green Bay's division. Rich's case was all about the path. The Panthers are in first place, and he reminded everyone that this is a division that has been won with a sub-.500 record. "What's an easier division to win?" Rich asked. Then he added a jab for his costumed producer: "Just because you're wearing a penguin suit and I'm the one who's not dressed and I'm making sense shouldn't throw you off."

On the more likely championship game preview, Ravens-Bills or Bears-Seahawks, Rich went with Ravens-Bills. "You got two MVP quarterbacks going against each other. I'm looking forward to that," he said. He also believes the AFC is a lot more open than the NFC.

Raiders-Jets got the deep ball treatment. Asked whether Tre Tucker or Omar Cooper Jr. would have the longest catch on Sunday, Rich picked Cooper.

Then came the Pittsburgh-Cleveland question: is another Browns comeback win more likely, or Aaron Rodgers throwing three touchdowns for the fourth time? Rich took Rodgers. "Steelers are a better team at home than they are on the road," he said, noting Pittsburgh just won its first road game in Tampa and technically its second in Paris. He also loved that the Browns blasted "Renegade" at practice for a second straight day to get ready.

That led to a detour about Todd Monken's appearance on the show a week earlier. Rich joked that whoever works the ESPN Radio dump button "hasn't gotten sleep in seven days," since Monken apologized for cursing and then dropped an S-bomb within seconds. The room agreed Monken gave them exactly what they were hoping for.

Rich took the Colts over the Titans as the traded-this-week team most likely to win on the road, choosing a division game in Jacksonville. On the greater total, Chiefs red zone trips against the Broncos or touchdowns in Eagles-Commanders, Rich went with the touchdowns. "Everybody's crapping on that game. I think it's going to be fun," he said.

From there, the Halloween questions took over, and Rich's patience wore thin. A Viking or a lion as the mascot he would fear more in real life? "I'm afraid of a lion," Rich said, later explaining that "a lion is untamed." The patriot-or-dolphin costume question nearly broke the segment. "I'm not answering. I think this is stupid," came the reply from across the desk, while Chris insisted it was fun because it was Halloween.

The greatest Halloween candy was easier. Rich said a peanut butter cup is good, but this is Los Angeles and there could be a nut allergy issue. "Twix. Nothing beats a Twix. End of story."

Last up was which horror movie villain would have made the best NFL player: Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger. Freddy's claws drew a 15-yard penalty joke, and so did the idea of grabbing Michael Myers by the face mask. Jason Voorhees, big and strong, won the room. The penguin finished strong after all.