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Danny Woodhead, Quenton Nelson, Worst Smells + Deep Dive with Billy Football

Monday, April 6, 202016 takes

Another weekend in the books and we’re being positive today or at least trying to be ( - ). Who’s back of the week ( - ). Danny Woodhead joins the show to talk about how the NFL training camps will look this year, Tom Brady to the Bucs, and how the draft will work for some of the unheralded guys ( - ). Colts lineman Quenton Nelson joins the show to talk about being a beast, how he accidentally invented keto as a kid, and his love for the game of football ( - ). We talk a little sports, Mt Flushmore of smells and Billy Football teaches us about Vikings

Danny Woodhead and Quenton Nelson on Brady to the Chiefs, 17 Games, and Viking Mushrooms

Big Cat is manifestng positivity this Monday, which is a bold strategy considering the world is currently on a sports-less hiatus. While most of the country is trying to figure out how to cut their own hair, PFT Commenter found the silver lining in the lack of social interaction.

Void
Apr 6, 2020
#12649
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There has never been a better time to get a cold sore than during the quarantine

How about this for positivity? There's never been a better time to get a cold sore. I'm just saying that if you do get cold sores now is like you're hitting the lottery if you get one you don't have to go into work for a couple weeks, no one's ever going to know.

This is a subjective humorous claim about the benefits of working from home with a facial blemish.

They also addressed the looming dread of the NBA’s return plans. While everyone is desperate for hoops, Big Cat isn't ready to settle for the crumbs Adam Silver is throwing from the table.

Win
Apr 6, 2020
#12650
Big CatBig Cat

The NBA's proposed Horse tournament on Instagram Live is the most boring idea ever

Adam Silver is considering having the best players in League Play horse against each other live on Instagram, which is just sounds like the most boring idea of all... there's no way like horse is the fun game when you're like five years old... I would rather watch these players go through their regular work out.

The NBA Horse Challenge did happen on ESPN (not just IG) and was widely panned for poor production quality and being 'boring,' as Big Cat predicted.

Who's Back and Global Dimming

Hank is officially back on his video game grind after realizing that quarantine has actually ruined getting high for him since it's no longer a reward. PFT brought some terrifying science to the table regarding the environment. Apparently, the earth is getting a little too clean for its own good, and the short-term consequences are going to be sweaty.

Loss
Apr 6, 2020·Who's Back
#12651
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Global dimming will cause a short-term increase in global warming this summer

There's something called global dimming which is the effect that aerosol and all those little particles have... It actually protects us a little bit from the sun's rays and makes the earth a little bit cooler because we put so much shit into the atmosphere now that all that's dipping down. It's actually going to increase the short-term effect of global warming, so we're doubly fucked.

While aerosol reduction does reduce cooling, scientists found that the 2020 lockdowns had a negligible impact on overall global temperatures, making the 'doubly fucked' heatwave prediction somewhat inaccurate for that specific summer.

Big Cat is attempting to revive a simpler time on the internet. He's been hopping into random Periscopes to signal boost artists and lunch-eating New Zealanders, trying to replace the constant cynicism of the modern web with something more wholesome.

Loss
Apr 6, 2020·Who's Back
#12657
Big CatBig Cat

Internet 1.0 (less cynicism and sarcasm) is making a comeback

I'm bringing back internet 1.0... We're not trying to fuck with people were just being nice trying to signal boost all the artists out there... less sarcasm less cynicism in the internet and less like everything is the worst and we're all going to die.

The internet generally did not become less cynical; if anything, the polarized 2020s increased cynicism and sarcasm online.

Danny Woodhead on the Brady Pipeline

Recurring guest Danny Woodhead checked in to discuss the bizarre reality of Tom Brady in a Buccaneers uniform. Woodhead thinks there was a world where Brady stayed in the AFC, specifically to help a certain Super Bowl MVP reach his final form.

Loss
Apr 6, 2020
#12652
Danny WoodheadDanny Woodhead

The Kansas City Chiefs should sign Tom Brady to mentor Patrick Mahomes

I think the Chiefs have the upper hand right now... there's rumors that they're not happy with Mahomes and his leadership. They want Tom there for a year, have him grow... I think they pay Tom and just wait for a year for an extension with Patty. Give him a one-year deal.

Brady signed with the Buccaneers; the Chiefs did not pursue him to mentor Mahomes.

They also got into the nitty-gritty of what makes an elite back in the modern era. While everyone is falling in love with the Derrick Henry monster-truck style of running, Woodhead remains loyal to the "shredded small guy" archetype that he perfected during his career.

Void
Apr 6, 2020
#28268
Danny WoodheadDanny Woodhead

The ideal modern NFL running back is 5'10" or shorter and around 205 pounds

If I'm a head coach, even in the NFL, I want a back that's 5'10" or shorter. People are going to laugh, but I don't want a six-foot-two running back. I want a 5'10" or shorter, 210 to 200 pounds running back who's fast, can catch the ball, and then I'll go get a six-foot-two, 225-pounder that can run on the goal line.

This is a matter of coaching philosophy, though many successful modern backs (McCaffrey, Ekeler) fit this mold.

Big Cat agreed, noting that teams trying to find the next Henry are usually just finding guys who are too big to hit the hole before it closes.

Win
Apr 6, 2020
#28269
Big CatBig Cat

NFL offensive coordinators will fail miserably trying to replicate the Derrick Henry model with big backs

There are going to be offensive coordinators that just try to plug any 6'3" 235-pound guy in at running back and it's going to fail miserably.

Henry remained a physical outlier; no team successfully created a 'Henry-lite' power rushing attack simply by using a large back.

Quenton Nelson: The Enforcer

Colts guard and future Hall of Famer Quenton Nelson joined the guys to talk about his legendary intensity. From discovering keto as a fifth-grader just to make weight for Pop Warner to being fined for hits that his own team's social media account glorified, Nelson lives for the grind. He also has some very strict rules about how you treat an opponent after you've physically dominated them.

Void
Apr 6, 2020
#28270
Quenton NelsonQuenton Nelson

You should never help an opposing player up after you pancake them

Don't fucking help him up. What the fuck are you doing? If you pancake a guy, don't fucking pick up a guy that I just pancaked. That's my bitch.

This is a personal code of conduct for Nelson.

When asked about the potential move to a 17-game season, Nelson didn't hold back. For a guy who plays in the trenches, more football isn't always better football when your body is already screaming for mercy after Week 16.

Void
Apr 6, 2020
#12654
Quenton NelsonQuenton Nelson

The 17-game NFL season is not worth it due to the physical toll on players

Absolutely not dude. I don't need another game. Like what about another... Nah, dude not worth it. Really our bodies are so fucking hurt after the season like 16 games and then you got the playoffs if you're lucky enough to make it that far and I don't know we just don't need another game.

This is a subjective opinion on the value versus the physical cost of the game.

Mount Flushmore of Smells

The guys took a break from football to rank the worst smells known to man. While rotten milk and hockey bags were top contenders, PFT threw a curveball by referencing the lack of smell associated with the current pandemic. Big Cat, ever the culinary enthusiast, had to mention the one smell that consistently makes life worth living.

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Big CatBig Cat

Sautéing onions with butter is the greatest smell ever

Sautéing onions is like the greatest smell ever. Yeah, some butter.

Purely subjective.

Deep Dive with Billy Football

Billy Football returned for a deep dive into the world of Vikings. Between debunking the myth of horned helmets and explaining how a guy in a barrel speared a giant in the taint, Billy managed to connect ancient Norse culture to the future of the NFL. His theory? Berserkers used mushrooms to handle the physical toll of battle, and maybe that's the key to the CTE crisis.

Void
Billy FootballBilly Football

Vikings used magic mushrooms to cure concussions and it could save modern football

Essentially Vikings might have caught cured concussions and save football. If they do the research and develop a drug where it's like, okay, this would actually speed up the process... these Berserkers definitely had CTE and like a lot of them lived to super old ages... we could save football.

While there is modern research into psilocybin for brain injuries, the claim that Vikings 'cured concussions' is historical conjecture.

Just remember, if you see a guy in a bear hood biting his shield on the sideline next year, Billy called it first.

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More Takes

Win
Apr 6, 2020·Null
#28266
Big CatBig Cat

Returning to normalcy after the pandemic will be a gradual process, not a sudden switch

We're also not going back to normal like a light switch. We're not gonna be like, 'Hey, there we go. Now everyone just go party and we're cool.' It's going to be such a weird gradual thing where everyone is scared of each other because of germs.

This proved extremely accurate as the return to normal 'life' took years of gradual easing and social hesitation.
Loss
Apr 6, 2020
#12648
Big CatBig Cat

The NBA is definitely going to cancel the rest of the 2019-2020 season

I saw it briefly and scrolled right by it. And then this is the first time thinking about the fact that [Adrian Wojnarowski] kind of hinted that and NBA is definitely going to cancel the rest of the season.

The NBA season was not cancelled; it resumed in the 'Bubble' in Orlando in July 2020 to crown a champion.
Win
Apr 6, 2020
#12653
Danny WoodheadDanny Woodhead

Brian Flores is an unbelievable coach and the Dolphins won't be as bad as they look

Brian Flores really good he was a quality control special teams dude when I was there in New England dude Rose the Rings unbelievable Coach and he's I mean I thought he did one of the best coaching job The NFL last year... Hopefully no Dolphins get offended like the trashiest football team... But [Flores] I thought did one of the best coaching jobs.

Flores went 10-6 in 2020 and 9-8 in 2021, proving Woodhead right that the coaching was high-level enough to make them competitive quickly.
Void
Apr 6, 2020
#28267
Danny WoodheadDanny Woodhead

The COVID-19 pandemic is the easiest time ever for athletes to get away with taking PEDs

It would be the easiest time ever to take PEDs, the absolute absolute easiest time, because you could get out of it. Like, what are they going to say, 'No, you don't have symptoms'? Yes, I do. And then you just maybe you just cough or something. You will not get tested.

While anecdotal evidence of increased usage is hard to verify, the logic regarding testing disruptions was sound.
Void
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Rick Pitino is definitely a guy who has nipple rings

I think the two of them probably have a lot in common as you like Cuomo Rick Pitino has probably a nipple ring guy. Yeah. Oh, yeah big time nipple ring guy if he doesn't have them he loves them.

This claim is unverified and likely meant as a joke.

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