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CM Punk and Paul Rabil on WWE Drama, PLL Expansion, and Week 8 Picks
Kirk Cousins is currently on a tear, but PFT isn't ready to buy into the hype just because the Vikings beat the Redskins on a Thursday night. Despite the Vikings sitting at 6-2, the looming threat of a primetime collapse is always on the horizon. Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals are busy taking it to the Astros in Houston, looking like they simply cannot be stopped.
PFT has been driving the Nats bandwagon in a full kit, noting that the team has accidentally discovered a revolutionary strategy for the postseason: just let your starters do everything.
PFT CommenterYou don't need a bullpen in baseball; you can just use starting pitchers
I also think it'd be hilarious if the Nationals somehow stumbled their way in ass backwards to figuring out that you don't actually need a bullpen in baseball. You can just put your starting pitchers in to be your bullpen the entire time. And you don't actually need three days rest or four days rest.
Week 8 Preview and the Can't Lose Parlay
Big Cat is feeling incredibly confident about the board this week. After some recent struggles, he’s refined the process by focusing on the heavy hitters. He's putting his reputation on the line with a three-team moneyline parlay that he insists is a lock.
Big CatA Rams, Colts, and Packers moneyline parlay cannot lose this week
Here's the can't lose parlay. The Rams, they're not going to lose to the Bengals... The Colts are at home against the Broncos. They're not going to lose... The Packers are not going to lose to Matt Moore.
Part of that confidence stems from the belief that the Packers are about to see a vintage performance from their quarterback. Big Cat can feel the shift in the atmosphere as Green Bay heads into a massive matchup against the Chiefs.
Big CatAaron Rodgers is about to return to being the best player in football
Aaron Rodgers is starting to do the Aaron Rodgers thing where he's going to be the best player in football for a while. I can feel it.
The status of Patrick Mahomes is the biggest story of the week. While Mahomes has been practicing, PFT thinks it would be a legacy-defining mistake for Andy Reid to rush his superstar back onto the field too early, especially against a non-conference opponent.
PFT CommenterPlaying Patrick Mahomes against the Packers would be Andy Reid's dumbest decision
If Andy Reid plays Patrick Mahomes, this will go down as the dumbest decision that he's ever made in a career that's been largely defined by singular dumb decisions that he's made during games.
CM Punk on WWE and the Stanley Cup
The legendary CM Punk joined Big Cat and PFT to discuss his new horror film, *Girl on the Third Floor*. While he's enjoying the "retired" life of grocery shopping and walking his dog, Larry, the conversation naturally shifted to his acrimonious exit from the WWE. Punk confirmed that receiving his termination papers on his wedding day was no coincidence.
CM PunkWWE intentionally fired me on my wedding day out of malice
It's impossible to think that it [firing] was anything but done maliciously and on purpose... they didn't ruin my day... I talk to Triple H two days before that and he was like, hey, let's talk. I was like, can I talk after my honeymoon? My wife worked there. She asked for the day off to get married. So the idea that they didn't know that that was the date and I was getting married is impossible.
Despite the drama, Punk is open to a return if the price is right, though he’s not holding his breath for a massive payday from Vince McMahon. He also reminisced about the legendary night he and Big Cat spent partying on the Blackhawks' bus with the Stanley Cup in 2013, noting he was the only sober person in the city that night.
CM PunkI would return to WWE for $20 to $25 million
I think the conversation would have to start at somewhere like, I don't know, 20, 25 [million].
The Birth of the Waterdogs
Paul Rabil returned to the show for a live brainstorming session to name the seventh expansion team for the PLL. After sifting through suggestions like the "Pipe Fitters," "Stinky Cheese," and "Grit," Big Cat finally landed on a winner that combined his love for dogs with the league's naming convention.
Big CatThe 7th PLL expansion team will be named the Waterdogs
The Waterdogs are going to be the name. I'm excited for it... Go Waterdogs.
Paul Rabil was genuinely surprised by how quickly the group rallied around the name. The vision involves a logo that stands out from the industrial look of the other teams—essentially a "cute ass puppy" that will dominate the merch game.
Trouble in Paradise
The episode wrapped up with some heavy speculation regarding Tom Brady’s future in New England. With reports swirling about Brady selling his home and his contract preventing a franchise tag, PFT is convinced the GOAT is heading West.
PFT CommenterTom Brady will be the starting quarterback for the Chargers in 2020
So you can see pretty easily by those three facts that Tom Brady is going to be the quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers next year.
Big Cat had a slightly more vindictive theory, suggesting Brady might return home just to reclaim his spot from the man who was supposed to replace him.
If the Waterdogs don't sell out of hats in the first ten minutes, we've failed as a community.
