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Shawne Merriman on NFL Comebacks, LA Chargers, and Sacking Tom Brady
NFL midweek drama is at an all-time high with the Mike Tomlin and Antonio Brown Facebook Live fiasco taking center stage. While some fans are pearl-clutching about the Steelers calling the Patriots assholes, the bigger story is Bill Belichick’s continued war on technology. PFT isn't buying the "old man who can't find the power button" act for a second.
PFT CommenterBill Belichick intentionally messes up social media app names to mess with the media
This is the second time that Belichick has intentionally messed up two apps. I think that Belichick knows a lot more about social media than he's letting on... Belichick pretends to not know what Facebook is... he's just absolutely fucking with the media and just putting on this show like, oh, I don't know what any of this is. And meanwhile, he goes out behind the curtain. He's got five cell phones and he immediately checks all his players' accounts.
On the field, Aaron Rodgers is doing things that shouldn't be possible, specifically drawing up the game-winning play against Dallas in the dirt. Big Cat points out that while it’s incredible to watch, Rodgers is essentially stripping the final shred of identity away from a certain Packers legend.
Big CatAaron Rodgers is trying to 'cuck' Brett Favre's legacy
Uncoachable. He's now trying to cuck Brett Favre's legacy like a kid just running around back there. Brett Favre was the ultimate draw something up in the dirt. It's like the last thing that Brett Favre has. He was an old school gunslinger. Just go out there and I'll hit you. And now Aaron Rodgers is taking that from him.
The NBA Heating Up
LeBron James is currently in his "I don't have a rival" phase, pretending that the Golden State Warriors are just another team on the schedule. Big Cat notes that for a guy who claims to be unbothered, LeBron sure seems to spend a lot of time making sure everyone knows how unbothered he is.
Big CatLeBron James pretends he doesn't care about the Warriors, but he cares deeply
LeBron said, no, we're not rivals. He basically just said, I don't want to talk about that. I don't care about the Warriors. They can do their thing. Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure LeBron made them put up a big poster right outside their locker room when they went to Cleveland earlier in the year, like the block and all that stuff. So classic LeBron. He's just pretending like he doesn't care, even though he cares deeply.
The guys also touched on the Carmelo Anthony trade rumors. Whether it’s the Cavs or the Clippers, it feels like Melo is finally ready to accept his lot in life as a high-level passenger on a championship bus.
Big CatCarmelo Anthony's destiny is to be carried to a title by LeBron James
Melo's destiny is to have LeBron carry him to a title. That really is his destiny.
Speaking of LeBron, he recently claimed his lack of flopping comes from his background as a football player. It’s a bold claim for a man who often hits the deck like he’s been struck by a sniper when a smaller guard grazes his shoulder.
Big CatLeBron James knows he is a physical specimen but still flops to manipulate the game
It's so funny when LeBron has one of those flop moments, and it's almost like he thinks that we don't realize that he's 6'8 and 260 pounds of pure muscle. And this guy's like flopping. Draymond Green's smaller than him. And they collide. And LeBron basically can bulldoze over anyone in the NBA whenever he wants. But at this point, he's dead. And then he pops back up and he's okay.
Shawne Merriman Joins the Show
Former San Diego Charger and Buffalo Bill Shawne Merriman joined the show to discuss the devastating news of the Chargers moving to Los Angeles. Living in San Diego during the move, Merriman described a city in mourning, but he also dropped a massive bomb regarding his own career status.
Shawne MerrimanI am officially unretired and would return to the NFL if a contender offered $10 million
If I had a good opportunity I want to play I want to play with a team that I have an opportunity to go win a championship because that's the only part of my career that is missing you know I'm missing the ring so if I had an opportunity to get a ring of course I go back in a second.
Before he gets back on an NFL roster, he gave some advice to the Steelers on how to handle the hostile environment in Foxborough this Sunday. He’s lived that nightmare and knows that if you don't kill the vibe early, the Patriots will suffocate you.
Shawne MerrimanThe Steelers must start fast and take the Foxborough crowd out of the game to beat the Patriots
For one, it's going to be tough. It's one of the toughest environments I had a chance of playing throughout my career... they need to jump out fast. I mean, the first quarter or two, take the win out of the crowd. Once that happens, now they're on the playing field.
Shawne also spent some time in Buffalo, meaning he experienced the "Toronto Series" experiments. He was not a fan, describing a stadium that felt more like a library than a professional football game.
Shawne MerrimanToronto does not support the Bills like Buffalo does and is a boring environment
It felt like we were playing somewhere in Europe or somewhere in a foreign country. They didn't really support the team. I never saw a stadium so dead and so boring when a team played in Toronto. They just didn't support the Bills like they did when they played in Buffalo.
Ultimately, Merriman is skeptical of the NFL’s sudden obsession with the L.A. market. He doesn't think the city has the appetite or the attention span for two teams, especially when the fans are notorious for their late arrivals and early exits.
Shawne MerrimanLos Angeles is not ready to support two NFL teams
I don't think L.A. is ready for two football teams. They're still trying to get their feet on their own with the Rams, even though they didn't play well this last year... they don't show up until halftime.
Who’s Back and Hot Seat/Cool Throne
In honor of the outgoing President, the guys performed "Pardon My misTakes," granting full clemency to things they want removed from the show forever. While PFT pardoned Nyquist the horse (the big, slow dumbass), Big Cat used his power to overrule a long-standing Dave Portnoy mandate.
Big CatI am pardoning the banning of the word 'dude' and bringing it back to the show
I am pardoning the banning of the word dude. So we're bringing back dude. Mr. Portnoy, you're out with saying we can't use dude anymore. Dude is back. It has officially been pardoned. Welcome back, dudes. It's back in a huge way.
Hank put Pete Carroll on the Hot Seat for the "Seattle Cheahawks" lying about Richard Sherman’s injury report all season. Meanwhile, Tom Brady is under the microscope for his "Hmm" worthy improvement in combine-style testing at age 39. Big Cat thinks he sees a classic gym-rat strategy at play.
Big CatTom Brady gamed his initial Patriots combine tests to make his late-career improvement look better
The damnest thing is happening with Brady. In each of the past three years, he improved his test scores in every category... [Hmm]. I used to do that when I did CrossFit... you would just do really, really bad the first one. And then just kind of coast the rest. So maybe that's what Brady's doing.
To wrap up the show, the guys discussed Roger Goodell’s cowardice in skipping the Foxborough game to hide out in Atlanta, and they checked in on The Bachelor. Big Cat is calling out the fake tears from contestants who acted like the Backstreet Boys were the Beatles.
Big CatThe contestants on The Bachelor who cried over the Backstreet Boys were faking it
I'm calling bullshit on this. If there's some girls, maybe some girls, like, 1994, 1995 born, they were, like, five years old when Backstreet Boys were big... I feel like that was a try-hard move to start crying for that because they probably don't remember them, right?
If you see Shawne Merriman in a contender's jersey next week, just know it started right here.
