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CFB With Cole Cubelic, Falcons And Kirk Cousins Silence Philadelphia, Max Gives An Eagles Report Card And Listener Takes

Wednesday, September 18, 202413 takes

Kirk Cousins is back after he silences Philadelphia on Monday Night. Max was in attendance and has a report card from the Linc on this year’s Eagles team. Max and Memes try to negotiate a trade (-). Bryce Young is out as QB1 in Carolina (-). CFB Wednesdays (-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Ben Simmons being back to all star caliber based on his offseason workouts (-). SEC Network and former Auburn Tiger Cole Cubelic joins the show to talk College Football, is Georgia in trouble, can anyone match up with Texas and tons more (-). We finish with listener submitted pardon your takes (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFC South is no longer the worst division in football

I believe that we officially have to end the narrative that the NFC South is the worst division in football because they have the two and Oh Saints, the one in one Falcons, the two and oh bucks. Yes. The Panthers. We will talk about Bryce Young in a minute, but they're, they're a good division now.

The NFC South finished the season with the Falcons (6-11), Panthers (2-15), Saints (9-8), and Buccaneers (9-8). While not the absolute best, they were statistically better than the AFC South and NFC East in several metrics during the middle of the season, though the Panthers were the worst team in the NFL.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Nick Sirianni should have been arrested for not kicking the field goal in the first half

The Eagles could have won if they had kicked that field goal in the first quarter. Which, and it's not, it's not hindsight to say it. I tweeted out at the time that Nick Sirianni should be arrested... I think that just the take that Nick Sirianni should be arrested is applicable to all sorts of different things that he does.

The Eagles lost by one point (22-21). If they had taken a field goal instead of failing on 4th down early in the game, the final score would literally have changed the outcome. The 'arrested' part is obviously metaphorical.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

The Eagles should have run the ball twice on their final offensive possession

Running the football there... I'll even get crazy here. Ready? Ready for this Max. I think you run it twice and you get a first down because you're the Philadelphia Eagles and no one can stop when you run it with your biggest offensive line in football.

While speculative, the Eagles are known for the 'Tush Push' and have a dominant run game. Running the ball would have burned at least 40 more seconds off the clock, making the Falcons' final drive much more difficult.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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MaxMax

The 2024 Philadelphia Eagles are most likely an average team

I revised the overall team maybe 18 times before I came to a final version... Not terrible, not great. A possibility to still be good, but most likely average. Like fighting like wild cards. Yeah. Seven seed. Yeah. Six seed.

The Eagles currently have an 11-6 record and are in the playoffs as a wild card, which matches Max's prediction of 'average/wild card' despite the talent.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

The era of Bryce Young in Carolina is officially over

We had the news that Andy Dalton is now the quarterback of the Carolina Panthers. And I feel like it is officially over for Bryce Young. Not really a hot take, but we were talking about it on Sunday. Yeah. When you threw that out there. I was like, the only problem is if you go to and Dalton, I don't know if you can ever go back unless there's an injury, because Andy Dalton is going to be better than Bryce Young.

Young was eventually benched, then started again later in the season due to Dalton's injury/performance. However, the general consensus remains that Young is no longer the long-term franchise answer for Carolina.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

David Tepper chose Bryce Young because C.J. Stroud was 'too close' to his wife

Apparently Mrs. Tepper loved C.J. Stroud. Oh no. Like loved him. He call, oh, he calls her Mama Tepp. Oh no. So that's why David Tepper and then David Tepper is like, wait, I could have C.J. Stroud built like a statue seems real close with Mama Tepp or the short guy. Mm. That's just a real good friend. Wow. He's got a great personality.

This is a comedic conspiracy theory and cannot be factually verified as a motivation for a billion-dollar NFL draft decision.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Diddy killed Biggie Smalls

Diddy's a bad guy. And my take, I don't, this isn't like an a wildly original one. I think Diddy killed Biggie. Think about it. Think about it... when Biggie died, you remember Diddy was like all over tv. He did that. The video. I'll be missing you. Yeah. Like that he made his entire career about Yeah. Biggie. That is something that a psychopath killer would do.

This is an unproven conspiracy theory that has never been legally substantiated.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Ben Simmons is officially back to playing at an All-Star level

Ben Simmons reportedly is in camp and or at least training. He says Ben Simmons is back to playing all star talent level basketball. Get ready for this boys big season loading... I think this is the year, this is the year for Ben.

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As of early 2024-25 season, Ben Simmons has continued to struggle with injuries and low production, far from All-Star level.

Interview

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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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Cole CubelicCole Cubelic

Georgia is still a playoff team, but they aren't as dominant in the trenches as years past

I think they're holding Carson Beck back a little bit... that offensive line's not what I thought they were gonna be. So they can't just push people around and mash people and they're really not that kind of a group on defense. Now what they do have are freak show monsters on defense that can get you off the edge... but it's just not gonna look as dominant or clean as it has in years past.

Georgia struggled in several SEC games and lost to Alabama and Ole Miss, confirming they were not the untouchable juggernaut of previous seasons.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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Cole CubelicCole Cubelic

Ole Miss vs. Georgia is the most important game for the Rebels' playoff path

I think the Ole Miss game [vs Georgia] probably the most important game there... I don't think 10 and two just guarantees that you're in the playoff with those schedules and if Georgia were to go down to say an Alabama or Texas not near as big of a deal. But I think you can go a little bit further in eliminating Ole Miss with maybe a 10 and two similar record if you're Georgia.

Ole Miss beat Georgia 28-10 on Nov 9, 2024. This win effectively solidified their playoff resume and proved to be their most significant victory of the year.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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Cole CubelicCole Cubelic

Urban Meyer's coaching style would not work in modern college football

I have a ton of respect for Urban, but I don't think his style of coaching is overly conducive with today's college football. He's a grinder. Yeah, absolutely... That's a small portion of why Saban walked away. Like he couldn't coach the guys the way that he wanted to anymore, the way the guys probably need to be coached. But you now you have an out... Rick Trickett... referenced me as the dumbest motherfucker... every single day. You can't do that anymore.

This is a subjective assessment of coaching culture, though Saban's retirement and the failure of other 'old school' coaches in the portal era lend it credibility.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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Cole CubelicCole Cubelic

Texas is a bigger matchup problem for the SEC than any SEC team is for Texas

I don't from a matchup perspective, PFT I don't really know if there's a ton that I look at and just say like from a matchup perspective, like that's, that's rough... I think they're more of a matchup problem for anybody else than anybody else is for them because of how versatile they are offensively the motions they use the formations.

Texas proved to be a dominant force, reaching the SEC Championship game and the CFP, with their only regular season loss coming to Georgia.

Outro

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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2024
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MaxMax

The feeling of hitting a home run like Barry Bonds is the best sports superpower

Hitting like Barry Bonds is the like, I mean throwing, throwing like Paul Skenes would be pretty sick. No, the feeling of hitting a home run, like if you just got that feeling 700 whatever times, that's the best. That's awesome.

Purely subjective preference of athletic feats.