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Cowboys Legend Daryl "Moose" Johnston, Greg Maddux, Preseason Week 2 Hot Takes And The Mt Rushmore Of "Wait That Guy Played For That Team?"

Monday, August 21, 202311 takes

Week 2 of preseason and we have some hot takes based on twitter clips we saw. The Ryder Cup team has some automatic entries and Hovland had a round of a lifetime (-). Who's back of the week including the Yankees being absolute trash and more (-). Daryl "Moose" Johnston joins the show to talk football, cowboys, the fullback position and what he expects in the upcoming season (-). Greg Maddux joins the show to talk baseball, Shohei Ohtani and crazy Greg Maddux stats (-). We finish the show with the Mt Rushmore of "Wait he played on that team?" (-).

Intro

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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

The Steelers are my surprise team for the 2023 season

Kenny Pickett. Yes. Two touchdown drives. Diced them up. Diced him up. ... Steelers Look ready to go. Steelers are my surprise team. Yeah. No one's talking about the Steelers. We are.

The Steelers finished 10-7 and made the playoffs as a Wild Card, but they weren't a major 'surprise' contender in the AFC.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

Trey Lance sucks and doesn't know how to play football

Trey Lance sucks. Yeah. Well that's, doesn't even know how to play football. ... The one clip of him throwing, just standing there with no pressure while guys were open, feeling pressure that wasn't there, and then mis-throwing it. That was a bad look.

Lance was traded to the Cowboys and remained a backup; his career trajectory currently supports the 'not an NFL-caliber starter' view.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

Bijan Robinson is the best running back of all time

Bijan Robinson is the best running back of all time. That was a great, great performance by him. That's, he's a clip monster.

Hyperbolic claim; Bijan is a top-tier talent but nowhere near the GOAT running back after his rookie season.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Yankees should extend both Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman

I think they should extend Aaron Boone. Yeah. I think he's the steady hand and Cashman. I think Aaron Boone is a steady hand that the Yankees need to control their franchise. ... We official vote of confidence as they should extend both of them. Yes.

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Cashman remains employed and Boone's contract was eventually extended through 2024 (with a 2025 option), so technically PFT's mock-wish came true.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Signing Aaron Judge to a mega-deal was a mistake

Build around Aaron Judge. ... I don't know if you wanna build around Aaron Judge. He's like 32 isn't he? They just signed him to a mega deal. I know that was a mistake. ... He's gonna be 32 before next season. Okay. Whew. And he's got like 14 years left on his contract.

Judge won the 2024 AL MVP and had an all-time great season, making the 'mistake' label look very early.

Interview

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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023
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Daryl "Moose" JohnstonDaryl "Moose" Johnston

Charles Haley was the final piece that shifted the NFC power from San Francisco to Dallas

That was the final missing piece to those teams. And it shifted the power in the N F C from San Francisco to Dallas for a number of years once we got Charles.

The Cowboys won 3 Super Bowls shortly after acquiring Haley from their chief rival, the 49ers.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023
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Daryl "Moose" JohnstonDaryl "Moose" Johnston

The New York Jets are legitimately a quarterback away from being a contender

Obviously everybody's looking at the Jets. ... It's hard to say that a team is one player away, but I tell you what, you watch the Jets last year, they had a great defense. ... They legitimately are like a quarterback away. I mean, that was the thing that held them back last year. And, how much does Aaron Rodgers elevate that team?

Rodgers got injured 4 plays in, and the 2023 Jets finished 7-10, suggesting they were more than 'one player' away given their O-line issues and coaching.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023
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Daryl "Moose" JohnstonDaryl "Moose" Johnston

The Patriots will struggle to keep up in the increasingly difficult AFC East

I just think that that's a tough division, you know, with the Jets potentially being who they are, what Mike McDaniel did with the Dolphins and how good he made them. And then you still got Buffalo. So, you know, for a number of years the Patriots were able to feast on a very, very weak division. And now they've got a very, very challenging division.

The Patriots finished last in the AFC East with a 4-13 record.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023
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Greg MadduxGreg Maddux

The MLB pitch clock is more of a hitter's clock than a pitcher's clock

I kind of think it's more of a hitter's clock personally. It speeds them up. You know, it seemed like we were always waiting on the hitter. You know, they had their walkup song and they were stepping out and calling timeout all the time. So I think as a pitcher, for me personally, it'd be great because I think it speeds the hitter up and kind of keeps the game moving.

Subjective analysis from a legend, though statistical data from the 2023 season showed pitchers generally adjusted faster than hitters.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023
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Greg MadduxGreg Maddux

My sleeper pick to win the World Series is the Texas Rangers

My sleeper this year is Texas. You know, I'm staying with, I'm, I think I'd love the odds on Texas this year, you know, if I had money to bet, I'd go down and at least make sure I put something on them.

The Texas Rangers won the 2023 World Series.

Mount Rushmore

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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2023·Mt. Rushmore
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Big CatBig Cat

I bet Hank $20,000 that the Patriots won't make a Super Bowl in the next five years

Hank and I have a five year Super Bowl bet. If the Patriots don't get back to the Super Bowl in the next five years... If they do get there in the next five years, I owe Hank $50,000. If they don't, he owes me 20 grand.

Pending. The Patriots have not made the Super Bowl since the bet was made in 2023.