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Dave Dameshek on The Man Show, Week 1 Overreactions, and Mustard Rankings
NFL Sunday is officially back, and the energy in the room is at a fever pitch after a slate of games that saw everything from ballsy two-point conversions to the Browns being exactly who we thought they were. Big Cat and PFT are already in mid-season form with the overreactions, and Larry the Goldfish is currently the greatest gambler on the planet after starting the year 3-0 against the spread. If you haven't bought a Larry shirt yet, you're basically allergic to money.
Week 1 Overreactions and Poise
The guys wasted no time crownining the next generation of legends. Big Cat is already planning the parade in Philadelphia after seeing Carson Wentz tear apart a Browns team that barely qualifies as a professional organization. It’s all about the poise, and Wentz apparently has it leaking out of his ears.
Big CatCarson Wentz is the real deal and will break the Philly Super Bowl curse
Carson Wentz, the real deal. No way is this going to backfire, Philly. He is one of the best quarterbacks I've ever seen. Poise out of his eyeball. Hey, Philly, your Super Bowl curse, you're Gucci. You're Gucci, bro. You're breaking that, buddy.
While the hype builds in Philly, PFT has a contrarian view on the situation in Minnesota. After watching Shaun Hill manage a win through grit and a lack of flashy mistakes, he's convinced the Vikings might have accidentally stumbled into an upgrade by losing their franchise guy.
PFT CommenterThe Vikings are actually better without Teddy Bridgewater
I think the Vikings are actually better without Teddy Bridgewater. They have a guy now that can get the job done. Sean Hill, he's a gamer... he's a guy that can win a game for you.
Then there’s the Matthew Stafford situation. With Calvin Johnson retired, PFT believes Stafford is finally free to be the quarterback he was always meant to be, spreading the ball around like a man who no longer has to force-feed a Hall of Famer every play.
PFT CommenterThe Lions are better without Calvin Johnson because Matthew Stafford can spread the ball around
Is this the year that Matt Stafford finally makes the leap? I'm going to say yes. Calvin Johnson was holding him back. Better without Calvin Johnson. He can spread the ball around.
Big Cat also began his long-term campaign to manifest a new quarterback for his Chicago Bears. Every time Jimmy Garoppolo made a play for the Patriots, the "Future Bears Quarterback" drumbeat grew louder. It's the Trump strategy: if you say it enough times, it becomes reality.
Big CatJimmy Garoppolo is the future quarterback of the Chicago Bears
Future Bear quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo. If you say it enough, people are going to start getting it in their head... Jimmy Garoppolo from Illinois, Eastern Illinois product. Bears.
Dave Dameshek Joins the Show
Friend of the program Dave Dameshek joined the show to discuss everything from his new NFL Network show *Fantasy and Friends* to his time writing for *The Man Show*. He shared a truly vivid story about Adam Carolla’s morning routine involving a coffee pot and a windowsill that will make you rethink your morning brew.
Before getting into football, Dameshek decided to twist the knife into Big Cat’s Chicago sports anxiety by declaring the 2016 World Series already over.
Dave DameshekThe Chicago Cubs will win the 2016 World Series
I'm happy for you that in about a month from now, you're going to be celebrating a world's championship on the north side... It's impossible to fathom you guys not getting to the World Series. And then from there, momentum will carry you through.
When it comes to the actual gridiron, Dameshek isn't buying the hype on certain AFC North staples. He thinks the Ravens are living on a reputation that their current roster can't back up, and he’s already putting a ceiling on the Blake Bortles experience in Jacksonville.
Dave DameshekThe Baltimore Ravens are not actually a good football team
The Ravens, people think the Ravens are going to be good because they're called the Baltimore Ravens, and so people assume that they're going to be good more often than not. But there's no reason to think that they're an actually good team.
Dave DameshekThe Jaguars will go 8-8 this year
Everybody declared that the book reader Blake Bortles was ready to turn the corner and so on. But the fact their offensive line is bad, and I think they go 8-8 this year.
As a certified Doctor of Mustard, Dameshek also took some time to educate the guys on condiment hierarchy. He has a deep-seated hatred for yellow mustard and a grim outlook for the future of honey mustard, comparing it to the rise and fall of the sun-dried tomato.
Dave DameshekDark mustard is superior to yellow mustard in every single situation
I don't think there is any situation that yellow mustard is better than dark mustard... Why, under what circumstance would you say? No, no, hold the dark. I'll take the yellow.
Dave DameshekHoney mustard will eventually go the way of the sun-dried tomato
Honey mustard... I feel that it likely is going to ultimately go the way of the sun-dried tomato... Sun-dried tomato had about half a dozen years at the top... then just vanished. Honey mustard, it's fine it's here now, but I won't miss it when it's gone tomorrow.
Thoughts, Prayers, and Asterisks
The segments were firing on all cylinders. Thoughts and Prayers were sent to the game of baseball after Rich Hill was pulled from a perfect game due to "heat on his finger." Big Cat is convinced this is the moment the sport officially lost its soul.
Big CatBaseball was officially neutered when Rich Hill was pulled from a perfect game
September 10th, 2016, the day baseball was officially neutered. RIP... He was pulled during a perfect game because he had 'heat on his finger,' which is a sign of blisters... the point of baseball is to pitch perfect games, not to keep people healthy.
In Uhhh Ya Think, the guys looked at the unfortunate return of the RG3 injury cycle. PFT pointed out that Griffin’s unique anatomy makes his trips to the blue tent more of a slapstick comedy routine than a tragedy.
PFT CommenterRobert Griffin III looks hilarious when he gets injured
I'm just going to say it... Robert Griffin looks hilarious when he gets injured. The dude is like, he's all arms and legs. He looks like Stretch Armstrong. Even when he's not getting injured, he looks like he's about to get injured. His body is shaped like an asterisk.
Finally, the show wrapped up with Respect the Biz for CM Punk’s disastrous UFC debut. Big Cat noted that for someone who trained for two years, getting treated like a little brother in a wrestling match isn't a great look for the brand.
Big CatCM Punk's MMA debut looked like a big brother beating up a little brother
He got beat so badly... He got tackled and then was just kind of flailing on the ground while the guy just punched him in the face. It was all of like a big brother jumping on a little brother and then hitting the little brother with his own fists. That's what it looked like.
If Larry the Goldfish goes 5-0 this week, we are all moving to Mexico and never looking back.
