Former NFL OL Geoff Schwartz And CFB Expert Tom Fornelli
NFL Week 16 Recap and NFL Week 17 preview amidst our Christmas week food hangovers. Should America be allowed to kick the Titans out of the playoffs? Coach Firing season and we throw out the dark horse coaches to be fired(-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including an explanation of Cardi B and Offset breaking up then making up(-). Former NFL O-Lineman Geoff Schwartz joins the show to talk about his playing career in the NFL and our new segment "Flaw and Order" where we break down the flaws of all the Super Bowl Contenders.(-) CBS Sports College Football Expert Tom Fornelli joins the show to talk about the College Football Playoffs and why a motivated Nick Saban is the scariest thing in the entire world.(-) Perspective with Lebron James (-), NBA Torch passing update,(-) Mike Greenberg's Dumb Rules fixing NFL Replay(-) and Guys on Chicks(-).
Recap
Big CatThe NFL playing games on Christmas Day was bullshit
I think it was actually bullshit that the NFL played on Christmas Day. No, that's an NBA day. It felt so weird. The Steelers and Texans game, that felt like the first Saturday wild card game that no one really wanted to watch. I just felt like it was a little too much. They should have just kept it to Saturday and Sunday.
Big CatThe 49ers will be everyone's trendy playoff pick for next season
The 49ers are going to be our Regis Philbin team next year. The Regis Philbin Dark Horse of the Year, where Regis even picks a team as the Dark Horse, that means they're no longer a Dark Horse. Every single person in the world is going to pick the 49ers to go to the playoffs next year.
Big CatThe Titans should not be allowed to make the playoffs because they are boring
I think as a country we need to have a vote and make it so the Titans cannot make the playoffs. Fuck the Titans. I don't want to see the Titans in the playoffs. No one wants to see the Titans. Just think about this. Would you rather see the boring-ass, shitty-ass Titans losing the first round or Bills fans go crazy because they clinched their first playoff berth in like a billion years.
PFT CommenterThe Panthers' defense is good enough to win a championship
It's actually the Panthers that are my make some noise team out of the NFC. I think that the Panthers' defense is good enough to win a championship. I think that they're really fucking good right now.
Big CatIf the Colts don't hire Bruce Arians immediately, they are the dumbest organization ever
Bruce Arians, I think, is going to walk away. And if the Colts don't fucking hire him immediately, they're the dumbest organization ever. Because, like, why wouldn't you fire Chuck Pagano and bring in the guy who actually was a good coach for your team?
PFT CommenterBruce Arians will retire for a year and then come back to coaching
I think that Bruce is the kind of guy that he's in Arizona... He's going to walk away, he's going to play like a year of golf, and he's just going to be miserable the entire time... So I think Bruce is actually going to be away from the game for a year and then come back.
Big CatPete Carroll might walk away from the Seahawks if they miss the playoffs
If they don't make the playoffs, I can see Pete Carroll being like, we're just going to walk away from each other... basically everyone on the Seahawks hates each other, which is not new, but it feels like Earl Thomas is trying to go to the Cowboys.
Hot Seat Cool Throne
PFT CommenterJames Harrison is a double agent sent by the Steelers to infiltrate the Patriots
I almost think that he's a double agent, that the Steelers sent him in there... To give fake play calls... James Harrison was saying he was so pissed off at Mike Tomlin... It's like that episode of Homeland where Carrie testified that she hated the CIA and then she went to a mental institution.
PFT CommenterGiving Sean McVay credit for the Rams is like giving 311 credit for inventing reggae; it's Jeff Fisher's squad
Giving Sean McVay credit for this team is like giving 311 credit for inventing reggae. This is Jeff Fisher's squad. This is his team. He invented this team.
Big CatDebating whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie is the worst argument on Twitter
My other hot seat is people who want to debate Die Hard being a Christmas movie because I do not give a fuck. That actually might be the worst Twitter argument that goes on now. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? That was like five years ago and it wasn't interesting then and it's still even more uninteresting now.
Interview
Geoff SchwartzChip Kelly won't be as successful in his return to college because his system is no longer unique
Chip's going to... coaching in college football again. You think he's going to be just as good as he was the second time around? Probably not. Think about it. Everyone now runs what we ran in college. We were the first team to do this up-tempo, spread offense... Now everybody does it... So he is not going to be coming into a situation with a brand-new concept.
Geoff SchwartzThe Patriots' defense is a problem because they can't rush the passer consistently
I think their defense is still a problem. They're 31st in yards per play on defense. This is not good enough. And they're going to run into a game where they have to stop a team and can they do it? I just think it's not consistent pass rush. It's every now and then, and I think you need to have more of a consistent pass rush to contend in the playoffs.
Big CatCase Keenum is the next Kurt Warner and will eventually be a Hall of Famer
Case Keenum is like Kurt Warner in 1999 when everyone was like, come on, Kurt Warner, the backup, this guy, he's no one. Case Keenum is going to end up being a Hall of Famer. I'm squatting on that one. Because I've been saying all year, like, are we really doing this with Case Keenum? And we still are doing it. And he just keeps on rolling and rolling.
Tom FornelliJosh Rosen is too smart to play for the Cleveland Browns
Between him leaking out that he doesn't want to play for the Browns and between his answer about why he's sitting out and why some players do sit out, I feel like he's way too smart to end up in Cleveland.
Tom FornelliAlabama will win the National Championship
My heart wants to say Oklahoma, but my head says Alabama, just because, like I've said, I think Alabama's the best team in the country... I just don't think anybody's beating Alabama this year... I think they're going to finish as national title champions once again.
Torch Update
PFT CommenterKevin Durant has officially eclipsed LeBron James as the best player on the planet
He [Skip Bayless] says that Kevin Durant has now eclipsed LeBron as the best player on the planet, and Fox News tweeted out the torch has been passed... officially KD is the torchbearer, according to Skip Bayless.
Mike Greenbergs Dumb Rules
Big CatNFL replay should be fixed using a 'possession arrow' system from pickup basketball
I think they should just go to a straight pick up hoops thing where no one knows who hit the ball out, so it's like we get the next one. But any, like, controversial call, it's like, all right, you get it this time, we'll get it next time. That's good. I like that. Just keep trading it all year long.
PMT DB