PMT DB
PMT DB
Billy Eichner on 'Bros', Frankie Lasagna, and the Bowling Punishment
The show starts on a somber note as Big Cat and PFT cover the brutal Tua Tagovailoa injury from Thursday Night Football. It was one of those moments where the game stops mattering and you're just hoping a guy is okay. PFT points out that the signs were there last Sunday, and the decision to let him suit up so quickly felt like a disaster waiting to happen.
PFT CommenterTua Tagovailoa should not have played against the Bengals on Thursday night
The bottom line is I think we talked about this on Sunday night, so it's not like news to us. [Tua] probably shouldn't have been playing tonight. It was scary, especially going into it. We knew that at least we had talked about it, that Tua should not have been in that game.
Billy Football, never one to let a tragedy go to waste without a tech-based solution, thinks the solution lies with the billionaire currently broadcasting the games.
Billy FootballJeff Bezos should invent an anti-concussion helmet for the NFL
Why hasn't Jeff Bezos tried to invent a machine that can definitively tell you if someone is concussed? Like a helmet that definitively makes it so you can't be concussed? He's invested in football now. He really has gotta put his money where his mouth is. Save football, Jeff Bezos.
Moving into the actual game, the Bengals got the win, but Big Cat isn't ready to crown them as the AFC powerhouse they were a year ago. Between Joe Burrow taking hits and the offense stalling out, they still look like a team trying to find their rhythm.
Big CatThe Bengals are still playing clunky and disorganized football
The Bengals, I don't wanna say they're like back because it does still feel like there's, they have drives where it's just very clunky and disorganized.
The Bowling Alley From Hell
After weeks of avoiding it, the guys finally settled on a season-long punishment for the NFL picks competition. The loser (and second-to-last place) will be locked in a bowling alley until they bowl a perfect game. The catch? Eating hot dogs subtracts pins from the required score. Hank immediately got defensive about the logistics, while Big Cat tried to normalize the amount of processed meat required to escape.
Big CatEating 14 hot dogs over 12 hours is not an insane amount of food
The second place person should have 10 hour days. Second place person can probably get out in one day. If they just need 14 hot dogs, they have to bowl 160. I don't think that 14 hot dogs over 12 hours is like an insane amount.
Despite the tension and the threat of a sodium-induced heart attack, Hank remains delusional about his picking abilities. Even though he's currently trailing, he’s confident he won't be the one huffing down franks in a rental pair of shoes.
HankI will win the season-long NFL picks competition
This is gonna be awesome. I mean, I'm gonna win so I'm not really worried about it.
Week 4 Picks and Previews
When it comes to the actual slate, PFT is looking for value in the weirdest places. He’s eying the London game, not because of the matchup, but because Kirk Cousins thrives when nobody is watching.
PFT CommenterKirk Cousins is a good bet for the London game because the early start time means low ratings
I've molded this over in my head for a few days right now to figure out where we're at within an early game in London. Cuz it's kind of like an inverse primetime game. I think it's just so early that the ratings will be so low that I kind of want to bet on Kirk [Cousins] in this game.
Big Cat, meanwhile, is trying to talk himself into a Nick Chubb legacy season. Chubb is currently leading the league in being a 1950s-style workhorse, and Big Cat thinks he has the legs to hit a historic milestone even with Kareem Hunt poaching touches.
Big CatNick Chubb could rush for 2,000 yards this season
Nick Chubb. Could he do 2,000 yards this year? I think Nick Chubb is probably, he might be my favorite running back in the NFL. He's maybe not the best overall, he's definitely top five, but I think he's my favorite to watch. It would be crazy if Nick Chubb did it while also sharing carries with Kareem Hunt.
Frankie Lasagna and Billy Eichner
We were joined by Frankie Lasagna—the man with the greatest name in history—who almost caught Aaron Judge's 61st home run. He gave us the play-by-play of the ball hitting the glove next to him and what it's like to walk around with a name that makes everyone hungry.
Then, Billy Eichner stopped by to talk about his new movie *Bros*. He discussed the pressure of making the first major studio gay rom-com and why he thinks the 'Jackass' comparison is the ultimate praise for a comedy.
Straight audiences will enjoy 'Bros' because it is a funny R-rated comedy, regardless of the gay lead characters
What you realize is one of the things straight people love about the movie is that in addition to it being really funny, I hope it is a peak behind the curtain at a culture that you think you know about... one of the straight guys in the audience, they asked him, 'What did you think of that?' And he said, 'I kind of felt like I was watching Jackass... it was so fucking funny I didn't care.' I actually thought that was amazing.
PFT also tried to pivot the conversation to the *Don't Worry Darling* drama, specifically the 'Spitgate' incident involving Harry Styles and Chris Pine. In PFT's eyes, the red carpet behavior was more provocative than anything Billy put on screen.
PFT CommenterThe 'Harry Styles spitting on Chris Pine' incident is more gay than the movie 'Bros'
I don't, people are spitting on each other. I'm like, Wow, you think Bros is gay? Harry Styles is spitting on Chris Pine. All right. That's just gay... I did watch the video. That movie [Don't Worry Darling] is just a lot of drama. I like the slap. The spit is the new slap.
Fyre Fest of the Week
To wrap things up, Big Cat confessed to a dark gambling habit that usually hits him this time of year. He’s fallen into the trap of the 'Under,' a place where joy goes to die and you find yourself rooting for punts and holding penalties.
Big CatI am officially in my annual 'betting unders' phase
I'm starting to like betting unders and it's a phase I don't like and I do it every year. I win one under and I'm like, that was easy. I'm deep in it right now. I only look at the board and I'm like, 'Oh, I love all these unders.' It's gross. I'll phase out of it and get back to betting on the over for games that I like the under.
Hank closed out the show by claiming he could survive three weeks on the streets as a stray, further proving that he might actually be the most indestructible member of the show.
Don't let the Under get its hooks into you.
