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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Week 17 Picks, and Joe Flacco is Elite
The Cleveland Browns are officially in the playoffs, and it is all thanks to the elite arm of Joe Flacco. Big Cat and PFT are riding the high of Thursday Night Football, watching a 38-year-old coming off the couch to outplay every expectations. It’s reached the point where the guys are genuinely wondering if this run ends in Canton.
Big CatJoe Flacco is officially elite
Joe Flacco is elite. He is fucking elite. And the Cleveland Browns clincher playoff spot. Yes. And watching this game, the, the thought occurred to me, what if we had a Browns line, super Bowl?
Big CatIf Joe Flacco wins the Super Bowl with the Browns, he must be a Hall of Famer
What if Joe Flacco wins? If Joe Flacco wins the super Bowl with the Browns, he has to be a Hall of Famer, right? Has to a hundred percent.
Big Cat pointed out that the vibes in Cleveland are actually higher right now than they would be if their high-priced starter was still under center. The rollercoaster of the Browns season has led them to a place where they have a veteran who knows how to win in January, and honestly, the rest of the AFC should be terrified.
Big CatI have more confidence in the 2023 Browns with Joe Flacco than I would if Deshaun Watson were still healthy
I feel so much more confident about the Cleveland Browns in 2023 than if Deshaun Watson had played the whole season. I can't believe I'm saying that sentence, but I fully believe it. Like I think Joe [Flacco], with how he's playing right now, is the perfect guy for this.
Week 17 Picks and Preview
Because it’s a vacation week, Big Cat and PFT powered through the Week 17 slate from Arizona. The board is a mess with ten games in the early window, but the guys are locked in on the Lions visiting Dallas. While the Lions are coming off an emotional division clinch, the Cowboys are dominant at home, and both defenses have shown they can be shredded by a competent offense.
Big CatThe Lions and Cowboys will go over the point total because neither defense can stop the other
I'm gonna take this over because I don't know how either team stops the other. Like, it does feel like both teams are just gonna do whatever they want offensively.
In the AFC, the Ravens and Dolphins are fighting for the top seed, but PFT has a conspiracy theory involving a certain former Michigan staffer potentially helping out Mike McDonald’s defense in Baltimore.
PFT CommenterConnor Stallions has been working for the Baltimore Ravens since resigning from Michigan
Do you think that there's any chance at all that Connor Stallions has been working for the Ravens since he resigned from Michigan? I think it's not a 0% chance... I'm just gonna float it out there with absolutely no backing behind it. Besides the fact that McDonald's used to coach at Michigan. And Connor Stallions is a hardball guy for life.
As the playoff picture clarifies, the guys also took a look at the awards circuit. Big Cat is ready to be the bad guy and say that while DeMar Hamlin’s story is incredible, the actual on-field comeback belongs to someone else.
Big CatDeMar Hamlin should not win NFL Comeback Player of the Year
I'll be the brave one and say, this guy shouldn't win the award... It is just a fact. He shouldn't win the award.
Big CatBaker Mayfield should win NFL Comeback Player of the Year
He [Baker Mayfield] should win Comeback Player of the Year. Joe Flacco. I no disrespect to DeMar Hamlin, but why is he winning? He should not win Come...
The End of the Russ Era?
Sean Payton finally pulled the plug on Russell Wilson in Denver, and the guys aren't exactly surprised. Between the 12 toilets in his house and the 11 wins on the field, the math just wasn't mathing for Russ. Big Cat thinks the legacy hit might be permanent, while PFT is convinced some desperate team will still give him the keys next season.
Big CatRussell Wilson played himself out of a Hall of Fame career
We'll always have the danger witch. Yeah, he, he definitely played himself out of a hall of Fame career. Right. I don't know that, that's gonna be a tough one... Russell, Wilson is nowhere near top 10 now.
PFT CommenterRussell Wilson will be a starting quarterback in Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season
I think [Russell Wilson] is going to start week one next year and then I don't know if he's going to last the entire season and then there'll be one more team that's like, let's roll the dice.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
A true bucket-list guest joined the show as Arnold Schwarzenegger sat down to talk about his new book, *Be Useful*. For two kids who grew up in the nineties, this was the equivalent of meeting a god. Arnold reflected on his "Sell, Sell, Sell" mentality and how he used outrageous quotes—like the infamous "pumping iron" line—to turn bodybuilding into a global phenomenon.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerIn order to be successful, you must know how to sell yourself and your product by being quotable and outrageous
I always knew how to sell. That's why one of the chapters in my book... is Sell, sell, sell. Because it's all about how do you sell something... you had to be kind of like really way out there of the things that you say, so that it's quotable, and people would say, oh my God, I got to write a story on this guy.
Arnold also got into the mindset of his legendary rivalry with Sylvester Stallone. He admitted to watching Sly's movies just to tell his prop department to make his own guns and knives twice as large for the next project.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe rivalry with Sylvester Stallone made both of them more successful and drove them to improve
Stallone by being so good made me better. So he gets, it's kind of like a competition. If you go to the Olympics and you're the only one that is running the a hundred meter sprint, you know, you're not gonna get the performance out of it as if, if a bunch of guys are chasing you. And so it's always kind of the competition that creates performance.
He didn't shy away from the serious stuff either, discussing the importance of vision and the humility required to admit when you've "fucked up" in order to grow.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerHaving a clear vision is the most important tool for success in life
I put this number one in my book, be useful because I think that vision is the most important thing. If you don't have a very clear vision of what you want to accomplish in life, and if you don't have a very clear vision where you want to go, you don't have anything, you're just kind of like drifting around.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerAdmitting your mistakes is the only way to learn and improve
You learn, you know, sometimes even more from the failures than we do from the successes. And so we have to be very honest, when you fail, you have to be very, very honest... You've gotta go and just look in the mirror and say, you fucked up and here's what you did wrong. And then analyze it, and they take the blame for it.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
Hot Seat is Liberty, mostly because PFT sat next to some Oregon players on a flight and realized they are roughly the size of skyscrapers. He is convinced the Fiesta Bowl is going to be a bloodbath.
PFT CommenterOregon is going to destroy Liberty in the Fiesta Bowl
17 points is not nearly enough points. They're so strong... They're way bigger than Liberty. So I'm hammering Oregon this weekend.
Cool Throne is Bowl Season. Despite the opt-outs and the transfer portal, Big Cat is still a sicko for it. He’s betting on the grit of teams like Rutgers over warm-weather teams like Miami when the temperature drops.
Big CatBetting against the Miami Hurricanes in cold-weather bowl games is the easiest bet in sports
Miami just having to play in a cold weather city is like the easiest bet against every single year in Bowl season. Rutgers just wanted it way more.
Big Cat is also looking toward his 40th birthday with a mix of dread and motivation, vowing to finally get in shape, while PFT is happy to treat age 39 as the last year he’s allowed to be a total rascal.
Big CatI will be in the best shape of my life when I turn 40
I have the double whammy of our birthday month is coming up and it's our last birthday in our thirties. And I am trying to tell myself that when I turn 40, I have to turn 40 in good shape in the best shape of my life... I'm going to put in a very concerted effort starting on Tuesday.
Don't let the machines win, go buy Arnold's book.
