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Bengals' Evan McPherson & CJ Uzomah, Jimmy Tatro, and SB 56 Picks
The final football Friday of the season is finally here, and Big Cat and PFT are coming to you live from Los Angeles to set the stage for Super Bowl 56. The vibe in the room is a mix of nerves and destiny as everyone tries to figure out if Joe Burrow can actually finish the job against a Rams team that looks like a literal All-Star squad. Big Cat is already thinking about the historical stakes for the guys in horns.
Big CatIf Aaron Donald wins Super Bowl MVP, he is in the discussion for best defensive player ever
Aaron Donald, if he wins a Super Bowl and a Super Bowl MVP, he now is absolutely in the discussion for best defensive player of all time. He's already a Hall of Famer... there's only been like two or three guys who've been All-Pro eight out of their first nine years.
While the Rams are the heavy favorites on paper, the guys aren't so sure about the coaching matchup. Hank points out that while Sean McVay is the wunderkind, losing this specific game would be a disaster for his legacy because of who is standing on the other sideline.
HankLosing to a former assistant in the Super Bowl is a worse legacy stain than losing to Bill Belichick
Losing to your assistant in your second Super Bowl, when it's his first Super Bowl, that is way worse and that will be the reason why the narrative is there. It won't have anything to do with Belichick or the Patriots... if [Sean McVay] loses this game and loses to his former assistant, that's a much harder pill to swallow.
The Super Bowl Picks and Props
It wouldn't be a PMT Super Bowl preview without some absolutely degenerate prop bets. The room is mostly leaning toward the Bengals and the points, but the specific predictions are where things get wild. Jake Marsh is hunting for history with a very specific final score in mind.
Jake MarshThe Super Bowl score will be 32-26 Bengals for a Scorigami
The prop is obvious. It's Scorigami on the Barstool Sportsbook... got to be aligned and take 32-26 Bengals. That would be a Scorigami.
Big Cat is looking at the Bengals' offensive line issues and coming to a counter-intuitive conclusion: Joe Burrow is going to have to throw the ball a hundred times just to survive the pass rush.
Big CatJoe Burrow will have over 36.5 pass attempts in the Super Bowl
My prop is Joe Burrow, over 36 and a half pass attempts... four out of the last five games he's hit over that number. I think it'll be a lot of quick passes... for the Bengals to win, Joe Burrow has to pass the ball 40 times.
However, the undisputed king of the prop board this year is Hank. He has identified what he considers the most sure-fire bet in the history of gambling, and he’s putting the entire reputation of the show on the line for the very first play of the game.
HankLock of the Decade: The opening kickoff of Super Bowl 56 will result in a touchback
This is the lock prop of the century. I don't know how this was my decade literally. I can't comprehend it... opening kickoff to result in a touchback minus 112. I love it. The Bengals win the flip, kick fearsome is going to kick it like out of the stadium.
NBA Trade Deadline Chaos
Because the NBA never sleeps, the James Harden for Ben Simmons trade dropped right in the middle of Super Bowl week. Big Cat and PFT are divided on who actually won the deal. PFT thinks the Nets got out from under a ticking time bomb, while Big Cat is worried about the long-term health of the new-look Sixers.
Big CatJoel Embiid and James Harden will play great together but Embiid will get injured in March
I think James Harden and Joel Embiid are going to be fucking insane together. And they're going to go on a tear. And then Joel Embiid is going to get injured at like the end of March.
Big Cat still maintains that Simmons is a world-class talent, but he acknowledges that the relationship in Philly was beyond repair. PFT, meanwhile, couldn't help but notice a very specific trend in the Nets' roster construction following the deal.
PFT CommenterThe Brooklyn Nets lead the NBA in Australian guys who are afraid to take shots
I actually typed in the nets, lead the league and Australian guys who were afraid to take shots. And then I deleted it. I was like, no, I'll save that one for [the show].
CJ Uzomah and Evan McPherson
Bengals stars CJ Uzomah and Evan "Money Mac" McPherson joined the show to talk about their improbable run to the title game. CJ gave some incredible insight into what makes Joe Burrow different, describing a guy who will literally stare into space for two minutes in the locker room before snapping back into reality to lead a game-winning drive.
Joe Burrow is a stone-cold killer and a robot in the huddle
There'll be times where he's just staring like into space... and he won't move for like two minutes and then he'll just snap out of it real quick... in the huddle he'll just be same thing... that stone cold killer. It's crazy.
McPherson, who has been the most confident kicker in NFL history this postseason, confirmed that his range isn't just "long"—it's historically absurd. He’s already hitting marks in practice that would shatter the NFL record if he ever got the chance in a game.
Evan McPhersonMy field goal range is up to 75 yards in practice
75 yards. [In college]. I don't know if [Zac Taylor] would let me try 70, but it would have to be the right conditions for sure. I don't know if 70 is the right number, maybe 67 to break the record.
Jimmy Tatro on the LA Scene
To round out the show, the guys brought in friend of the program Jimmy Tatro to represent the Rams since they couldn't get any actual players to show up. Jimmy talked about the reality of being an LA sports fan and the weirdness of the "fair-weather" reputation. He also shared a very relatable struggle regarding the current state of legalized weed in California.
Jimmy TatroModern legalized weed is too high in THC and I miss the 'bad weed' from high school
Bad weed nowadays, it's hard to find out here, man. It sucks. It's gotten much too good... I want something like pretty casual. I don't smoke as much as I used to. I would like to have a life after this. And they're like, 'this is solid,' and I look at it and it's 38% THC. I'm like, how is this okay? When I go, I just ask for like bad. I just say, I want something like pretty bad.
Despite being the token Ram fan for the episode, Jimmy didn't go as bold as the hosts with his prediction, keeping things very close to the vest for Sunday's matchup.
Jimmy TatroThe Rams will beat the Bengals 24-21 in the Super Bowl
I'm going to say Rams 24, Bengals 21. [I don't know the spread]. I'm not a bettor like you guys.
We'll see everyone on the other side of the big game after we find out if Hank's Kickoff Touchback Lock of the Decade holds up.
