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CFB w/ Andy Staples, NFL with SB Champion Mitch Schwartz + Hot Seat/Cool Throne

Wednesday, December 1, 202112 takes

MNF recap and the WFT has been upgraded to goodish while Russell Wilson continues to get a pass for not being good this year. CFB craziness and playoff rankings(-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne(-). Andy Staples joins the show to talk about the wild last 48 hours with Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly, plus what dominoes will fall next and picks for CFB Championship Saturday(-). Super Bowl Champ Mitch Schwartz joins the show to talk about his career with the Chiefs and Browns, offensive line play in the NFL, what teams are playing well, letdown games, and tons more(-)

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Russell Wilson is no longer a top five NFL quarterback

It's just very bizarre to me that like Russell Wilson, he's not a top five quarterback right now. ... If you're talking about like the guys that are difference makers weekend and week out, he's not that. He hasn't been that for a little bit right now.

Russell Wilson's performance continued to fluctuate and eventually led to a disastrous trade to Denver, confirming he had fallen from the elite top-5 tier.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I would rather have Taylor Heinicke on my team moving forward than Russell Wilson

I would rather have Taylor Heinicke on my team right now, moving forward than Russell Wilson, which it sounds insane to say, especially thinking back like four or five weeks ago when he looked so bad, but he's, he's legitimately fun to watch.

Heinicke had a decent run but never became a franchise starter, whereas Wilson, despite his Denver struggles, remains a much more accomplished and generally more valuable asset, making this a classic PMT 'of-the-moment' hot take.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Loss
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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HankHank

John Wall to the New York Knicks would be 'fucking sick'

John Wall was injured. He's now healthy. He's trying to play. And the rockets are just saying, no. ... So John Wall to New York would, would be fucking sick.

John Wall did not go to the Knicks; he eventually went to the Clippers and then back to the Rockets before being waived.
Win
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bears vs. Packers Sunday Night Football game in Week 14 will be 'fucking terrible'

They put out the schedule for week 14 and they're not flexing bears, Packers Sunday night football. So that's going to be fucking terrible. ... It's going to be so miserable.

The Packers beat the Bears 45-30. While it had points, it was a typical Bears loss to Rodgers, fulfilling Big Cat's dread.
Push
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Robots can now reproduce

Cool throne is robots. They lost their virginity. Not much more that we need to explain there. Robots can reproduce now. They just released it. There was a scientific research experiment. There was a scientific green robots that created. It's a thing.

The claim refers to Xenobots (biological robots made of frog cells) which can 'reproduce' by gathering loose cells, but it's far from the sci-fi implication Billy suggests.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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Andy StaplesAndy Staples

Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly moved because it's easier to win a national title at USC and LSU

I really do think both of these moves were about finding a place where it's easier to win the national title than where you're at. ... This is more about winning the playoff than getting in the playoff because you have two guys who could get in the playoff, but couldn't win it.

The take is subjective analysis of coaching intent, but the results (rebuilding USC and winning early at LSU) support the idea that these programs have higher 'ceilings'.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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Andy StaplesAndy Staples

Will Anderson is the best player in the country and should win the Heisman

If a player isn't the best player in his own county, he cannot possibly be the best player in the country. So Bryce Young, not the best player in Tuscaloosa county, that person's name is Will Anderson. Will Anderson has 30 and a half tackles for loss. He has saved the Alabama defense this season. He's the best player in the country. It's not close.

Will Anderson did not win the Heisman; Bryce Young did. However, the take that he was 'better' is a subjective football opinion.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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Andy StaplesAndy Staples

Oklahoma State will beat Baylor and make the college football playoff

I think Oklahoma State just has played so well. The last few weeks they've really hit their groove. So I think they're gonna win. And I think they're gonna make the playoff.

Baylor defeated Oklahoma State 21-16, and Oklahoma State missed the playoff.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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Mitch SchwartzMitch Schwartz

The New England Patriots are playing the best football in the NFL right now

The team right now that's playing probably the best football overall is New England. I don't think they're going to... I mean, the Chiefs have one of the easier schedules for the last five or six weeks... but yeah, New England definitely lives up to it.

The Patriots' streak ended shortly after, and they lost badly in the first round of the playoffs to the Bills.
Loss
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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Mitch SchwartzMitch Schwartz

Sean McVay does not adjust as well as other teams do in the second half of the season

There's some interesting stats on like McVay teams after week nine, just like completely taking a nosedive. I guess the prevailing theory is that like he's awesome in the off season and figuring out what to do for the upcoming season. ... And he doesn't adjust as much as teams adjust to him.

This specific season, McVay and the Rams adjusted significantly and won the Super Bowl, arguably disproving the take for the 2021 season.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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Mitch SchwartzMitch Schwartz

You must use a meat thermometer to cook a steak correctly

The biggest one for steak is just to use a thermometer. I think people think that like, oh, I'm a cool guy. I can like poke at my steak and I'll know when it's done. It's like, nah, just use a thermometer. Like you're not that good at cooking a steak, all the good places do that anyway.

While subjective, this is standard culinary advice for consistency.

Other

Loss
Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Notre Dame winning a national title without Brian Kelly would be the greatest sports story ever

If you're a fan of just objectively funny things, you should be a fan of Notre Dame winning the national title this year because Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame being like 'I can't ever win a national title here. I got to go to LSU' and then watching his team and his coaching staff, winning national title without them would be one of the greatest sports stories of all time.

Notre Dame did not win the national title; Georgia won it that year.