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Aaron Rodgers on the Bus, Grit Week 2022, and Fighting NFL Coaches
Grit Week 2022 has officially arrived, and Big Cat and PFT are coming to us live from high altitude in Colorado. The energy is high, the oxygen is low, and the stakes are even higher because they finally landed the white whale. After years of trolling, subtweeting, and a month of Big Cat "emasculating" himself via text to seal the deal, Aaron Rodgers is on the show.
Before getting to the MVP, the guys had to check in on the state of baseball. Big Cat is fully leaning into his pinstriped hat persona, declaring that the Yankees are dead in the water despite having 70 wins.
Meanwhile, PFT is feeling vindicated about his preseason Phillies pick, even suggesting that the team might actually be better off without their biggest star in the lineup.
PFT CommenterThe Phillies are a legitimate World Series contender now that Bryce Harper isn't playing
My preseason pick from the NL is coming on strong right now. The Phillies. Yes. The Phillies are fucking good. [It's] what happens when, when Bryce Harper stops playing for your team, you accomplish big things.
Aaron Rodgers: The Jail Visit
The interview with Aaron Rodgers lived up to every bit of the hype. Big Cat tried his best to maintain his "you belong in prison" stance, but it's hard when the guy is winning you over with kindness and asking about your weight loss. They covered everything from the "I own you" moment at Soldier Field to his near-retirement to become the host of Jeopardy. Rodgers was surprisingly open about his transition from the West Coast offense he loved to the modern scheme Matt LaFleur has brought to Green Bay.
Aaron RodgersMatt LaFleur's use of constant pre-snap motion is frustrating because it prevents shifting tempo
I tell Matt [LaFleur] the same thing. I'm not telling you guys anything I wouldn't tell him. I got after him a day because every freaking play there's goddamn motion. I'm like, can we run one play without a motion to pass so we can get some tempo going because I like to switch the tempo. It makes it a little extra, extra strenuous sometimes on the quarterback.
Rodgers also got nostalgic about his path to the NFL, revealing that he almost quit football entirely to become a lawyer after getting zero scholarship offers out of high school. It took a random invite to a baseball practice to reignite his competitive fire. While he's clearly still at the top of his game, he gave fans a glimpse into how much time he thinks he has left in the league.
Aaron RodgersI will probably retire in 3 or 4 more years
I do think deep down realize this chapter of my life's coming to a close soon. I'm trying to enjoy it a little bit more than when you're 21... [Retire] in three more years. Maybe four.
Of course, it wouldn't be a PMT interview without some friction. The guys tried to lean into the COVID jokes that have dominated the internet for a year, but Rodgers wasn't exactly playing ball when the topic turned to grandmothers.
Aaron RodgersThe COVID grandmother jokes are not funny
I mean, I know you guys are fucking around. I don't find that, that part funny. I really don't like--
He did, however, open up about the losses that still haunt him. For a guy who has tortured the Bears for nearly two decades, he admitted that the collapse in Seattle during the 2014 NFC Championship is the one he’ll never truly get over.
Aaron RodgersThe 2014 NFC Championship loss to the Seahawks is the worst of my career
[The worst loss was] the NFC championship against Seattle. If one play goes our way out of all these... there's like eight plays. If one of 'em goes our way... we win that. We played New England who we had beaten earlier that year at home... but yeah, that one hurts. Always gonna hurt.
Who's Back and Mount Rushmore
Following the interview, the guys jumped into Who's Back of the Week. Hank is convinced that the entire Choco Taco "discontinuation" was a false flag operation designed to boost sales before an inevitable return.
HankThe Choco Taco discontinuing was a genius marketing move and it's coming back
My other who's back is the Choco Taco. They said they're bringing it back. Stay woke. That was a genius movie. Choco Taco's going Morbin time. They just reminded everyone the Choco Taco rules and then everyone like pull it away.
PFT, on the other hand, is worried about the very fabric of our reality. Apparently, the Earth is spinning at a record pace, and he’s concerned about what that means for our iPhones and the general concept of time.
PFT CommenterEarth is spinning faster and it is going to break our technology
Earth is back. There was an article that came out last Friday that said that the earth is now spending faster than it has before. Specifically on June 29th, midnight arrived 1.59 milliseconds sooner than expected. It is gonna fuck up technology.
To wrap up the show, it was the Mount Rushmore of NFL Coaches you'd want on your side in a fight. Dan Campbell was the consensus 1.01, but the draft got heated when Hank tried to select a guy who hasn't coached in the league for years. He eventually recovered by pivoting to the defensive side of the ball with a sleeper pick based on amateur wrestling stats.
HankSean McDermott is a sleeper pick for a fight because of his wrestling background
This one I think is also pretty obvious, but might not be to the naked eye. It's Sean McDermott. He was a back to back national prep champion wrestler, like all time. Good wrestler had a 61 and oh record surrendering just one take down. You get in a fight, how many people that you fighting know how to wrestle?
Big Cat and PFT closed things out by looking for the strategic edge, drafting Bill Belichick not for his physical prowess, but for his ability to end a fight before it even begins using ancient techniques.
Big CatBill Belichick would be an elite fighter because he knows pressure points
Bill Belichick. He's a little older now, but Dalton and Roadhouse where he sees all the angles and he sees a guy with a knife in his boot before the knife comes out. I also feel like he's a big time pressure point guy. He could just walk up to you and you'd faceplant.
Hopefully the Bears can find a way to stop Rodgers this year so Big Cat doesn't have to spend the entire postseason listening to Wisconsin sports talk radio in his driveway.
