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Arian Foster, Vikings’ Kevin McDermott (Who lost a finger) and Week 5 Preview
*Warning, this is a rare Skype episode. Audio is fine we just aren't in the same place* The Patriots are far from dead and Andrew Luck has the new best QB face in football ( - ). A huge weekend of sports coming up and Red Sox/Yankee's rivalry is back ( - ). Week 5 preview and picks + Fantasy F-bois ( - ). Arian Foster joins the show to talk about Leveon Bell, Earl Thomas, why Tennessee's coach can't stop crying and having his therapist on his own podcast ( - ). Vikings long snapper Kevin McDermott joins the show to talk about losing a finger during Thursday Night Football last week and to accept his Football Guy of the Week award ( - ). Segments include bad sports town Chargers, stay classy McGregor, Mike Greenberg's dumb rules Tom Wilson and Hank's Grab Bag.
Recap
Big CatAndrew Luck is the heir apparent to Eli Manning as the 'dumb quarterback face' of the NFL
Andrew Luck is going to be the new dumb quarterback face. Eli Manning retired after the 2016 season—we've had that hole in the entire NFL. Where is the Eli Manning face? Where is the dumb quarterback face? Andrew Luck, he is the dumb quarterback face. I think he's a very good quarterback... but he does have a dumb face and it shows up in the worst times when he plays football.
PFT CommenterJosh Gordon will be a 'cheat code' for Tom Brady and the Patriots
Josh Gordon, obviously, he's going to be a cheat code. He's going to be the guy that Brady throws it up to, and he's going to catch it nine times out of ten. I'm going to get sick of it. I'm going to be upset at myself for predicting it and ruining my life in advance.
Big CatThe Yankees will win their playoff series against the Red Sox
I actually think the Yankees will win this series because you need—the Yankees to be full Yankees. They need that guy who everyone's like, whether even like the Yankees fans would die for him and everyone else universally is like, that guy's the biggest scumbag in the world.
Big CatKhabib Nurmagomedov is going to 'work' Conor McGregor
I have a bad feeling that Khabib is going to work him. I'm just going to say I have a bad feeling, a bad premonition. Call it shakiness in my knees. I just feel something bad coming.
Picks
Big CatBen Roethlisberger is 'officially fully broken'
I don't know if we could say Ben [Roethlisberger] at home is a good quarterback right now. He's just, he's broken. He's broken. He is finally officially fully broken. It happened. Ben is broken.
Big CatThe Minnesota Vikings stink
I got Eagles minus three. I think the Vikings stink.
Interview
Arian FosterThe NFL has the weakest union and contracts because players don't view themselves as businessmen
I think the big issue with people in the NFL in general is that they don't view themselves and we don't view each other as businessmen. And the NFL doesn't view us like businessmen. I think this is why the NFL has the weakest union and the weakest contracts of all major sports is because of how we're viewed and how we view ourselves.
Arian FosterThursday Night Football is terrible for players in the trenches
I do not take that back, man. It might feel good in the moment, but that Friday, for the people in the trenches—I can't really talk about the corners and the receivers and the quarterbacks—but for the people in the trenches, everybody hurts the next day, man. 1,000% [advantage for the home team] because you don't get a chance to practice.
Grab Bag
Big Cat2019 will be the 'Year of the Core'
We've already decided 2019's year of the core... Year of the core is going to be so lit. 2019, we're going to be sitting on medicine balls and shit or whatever the physio balls. I got a core. I just have a lot of shit on top of the core.