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Derek Jeter on Yankees Legacy, Daniel Jones' Internal Clock, and Dude Perfect's Empire
Daniel Jones and the Giants dropped another one in primetime to the Cowboys, and it was the full Danny Dimes experience. Big Cat couldn't get over the fact that Jones seems to exist in a different dimension when it comes to time management in the pocket. One second he's bolting from a clean pocket like the building is on fire, the next he’s standing perfectly still while a linebacker treats him like a target dummy.
Big CatDaniel Jones has the worst internal clock of any quarterback in NFL history
Being able to actually focus on one game, it reminded me that Daniel Jones has the worst internal clock of any quarterback I've ever seen in my life. He's like just like 10 minutes either ahead or 10 minutes behind. But he is never on schedule.
While the Giants are struggling to find an identity, the Cowboys are thriving with Cooper Rush. PFT is convinced that the real magic isn't just on the field, but in the owner's box, where Jerry Jones is likely vibrating with excitement over the possibility of a permanent quarterback controversy once Dak Prescott returns.
PFT CommenterJerry Jones actively seeks out and enjoys quarterback controversies for his team
Jerry fucking loves a quarterback controversy. Oh he loves it. That's what he gets out of. Hi, whatever hyperbaric chamber he sleeps to extend his life. That's how he gets out of that area in the morning. And he's like, I can't wait to stir up some controversy with my team and talk about the quarterback.
Big Cat is also already calling the career arc for Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. He’s too good at his current job to not get another shot at the big chair, even if we all know how that movie ends.
Big CatDan Quinn will be a head coach again, fail, and then return to being the best defensive coordinator in the league
Dan Quinn is a really fucking good defensive coach. He's gonna be a head coach again. I'm gonna call right out. Dan Quinn will be a head coach again and he's gonna go like eight and eight, then he's gonna go five and 11. Then he is gonna go five 11 again, get fired. Then he's gonna go somewhere, went to a Super Bowl and be the best coordinator in the league again.
The Captain and the Modern Game
Derek Jeter joined the show to discuss his new brand, Greatness Wins, and look back at a career that felt like a movie script. He opened up about the mindset required to stay at the top of the mountain in New York for two decades, noting that it's less about a destination and more about how you approach every single day.
Derek JeterGreatness is a mindset rather than an ultimate goal
You talk about the name Greatness Wins. I think a lot of times people look at greatness and they think it's an ultimate goal. I look at it as a mindset, you know, so I look at having that mindset and anything that you want to achieve.
Big Cat didn't miss the chance to ask the tough questions, specifically why Jeter moved the iconic home run sculpture at the Marlins' ballpark. Jeter defended the move as a need for "social spaces," but the real heat came when discussing how he'd fit into today's MLB. With the league obsessed with exit velocity and launch angles, Jeter wonders if some of the greatest contact hitters to ever live would even get a fair shake today.
Derek JeterWade Boggs and Tony Gwynn might not have had long careers in today's analytics-driven MLB
Man, you just go through the Hall of Fame and just think of how many players because of Launch Angle and exit velocity probably would've never had a long career. Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn... The job was to get a hit and get on base.
They also touched on what it actually means to be a Yankee. For Jeter, the regular season is just a 162-game preamble to the only thing that actually matters in the Bronx.
Derek JeterYankee fans only care about what players do in the postseason to earn their pinstripes
You gotta do it in the playoffs. At least now you have to do it in the playoffs. Because there's this level of expectations that come with playing for the Yankees... Yankee fans pay attention to what you do in the postseason. They can pretty much care less [about the regular season].
College Football and Space Olympics
Around the horn in college football, the guys are fed up with the "helmet rankings" keeping the Kansas Jayhawks out of the Top 25. PFT pointed out that if a blue blood had the same resume, they’d be in the top five. Meanwhile, Big Cat is bracing for the inevitable Sean Clifford experience at Penn State.
Big CatSean Clifford will eventually throw a backbreaking interception that ruins Penn State's season
Sean Clifford is the guy who Penn State will get to a point and I think they are very good, but he will throw just a backbreaking interception and every Penn State fan will be like, Why did I believe in Sean Clifford? Yeah, that will happen. They know it's gonna happen.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne featured a heavy dose of NASA talk after they crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. Billy Football, never one to let a good explosion go to waste, proposed that instead of just testing defense systems, we should turn planetary protection into a high-stakes competition.
Billy FootballWar should be replaced by a 'Space Olympics' where countries compete to blow up asteroids for mining rights
We drop so many bombs on Earth every day. Why don't we just throw all those bombs and blow something up and develop a point system and compete. Make it like a Space Olympics... and the winner gets like, I don't know, mining rights to certain natural resources. So your country is incentivized to get better at the Space Defenders game.
To wrap things up, Gardner Minshew stopped by for a quick check-in on the undefeated Eagles, and Guys on Chicks provided a stern warning about the logistics of wedding festivities. A listener asked about planning a joint bachelor/bachelorette party, and Big Cat shut it down immediately, citing the inevitable social friction of combining two very different groups of friends.
Big CatA joint bachelor party between the groom and bride is a terrible idea
Don't do this. This is a bad idea. One side is not happy about this. Deep down they don't really want to do it. The only way this can work is if you have about a 90% clearance rate on both sides of the groomsmen and the bridesmaids being single... otherwise don't do it. It's never fun.
It doesn't matter how much you like your future brother-in-law; nobody wants to split a giant group dinner tab with twenty strangers.
