Chris Simms on Bortles Hate and Championship Weekend Picks
Championship Sunday is looming, and while most of the sports world is focused on the actual games, Big Cat and PFT have decided to pivot the entire brand. Parallel thoughts on the train led to a massive revelation: the show is now officially a Josh Allen podcast. Despite some questionable completion percentages at Wyoming, the vision is clear.
Josh Allen is number one on my 2018 draft big board
I made my first big board today. Josh Allen's number one, and then I don't have anybody else until like six... Just remember he's tall. He's tall? That's all you've got to do. Hey, guess what? He's got a big arm... he looks good in shorts.
Big Cat was a little more skeptical initially based on the eyeball test, but the allure of a quarterback who looks that good in shorts was too much to ignore. Plus, the logic for Allen over guys like Baker Mayfield is basically bulletproof in the PMT universe.
No short quarterback has ever won a Super Bowl
If you are walking on the street and someone says, hey, I love Baker Mayfield, you say, hey, Josh Allen's tall. You've got to see over your offensive line. No short quarterback has ever won a Super Bowl.
Tom Brady’s Hand and the Jags Path
Transitioning to the games that actually matter this weekend, the talk of the town is Tom Brady’s mysterious hand injury. Hank is convinced it’s a psyop by the media to make the Jaguars seem like a viable opponent, but PFT has a much darker theory involving a certain former Steeler linebacker.
James Harrison is a Steelers sleeper agent activated to sabotage the Patriots
It's James Harrison. The sleeper agent has finally been activated. Tomlin sat in his office and pressed a button and Harrison came alive.
While the guys aren't quite ready to say the Patriots are in trouble, Big Cat sees a very specific path for a Jacksonville upset if the defense can get home early. If they can make Brady uncomfortable, we might actually have a game on our hands.
If the Jaguars get two sacks in the first quarter, it will be a three-point game
If the Jaguars get two sacks in the first quarter, I think it's going to be a three-point game... The Jaguars, they play a perfect game. They can win this game.
Chris Simms Still Hates Blake Bortles
Former NFL QB Chris Simms joined the show and immediately walked into a buzzsaw of Blake Bortles defense. Simms famously ranked Bortles as the 70th best quarterback in the league, a list that apparently includes several backups and possibly some guys currently selling insurance. He didn't back down an inch, even with the Jags one win away from a Super Bowl.
Blake Bortles is the 70th best quarterback in the NFL
Jacksonville is the best team in football... the problem is you've got to knock them down a few ranks because they have the 70th best quarterback... No, I'm not taking anything back from what I've said. Sorry. Negative.
Simms broke down the Patriots' coaching machine, describing the 11:00 PM coffee runs and the intense Excel spreadsheet breakdown of every play. He also offered a high-stakes career pivot for his former coach Jeff Fisher, noting that the current Rams roster is essentially a Fisher creation.
Jeff Fisher should be an NFL General Manager
Fisher's eye for talent. That's where I was going with this. To me, he should be a GM... He has built phenomenal – like the Rams team, you could see, has got talent... Aaron Donald, Quinn, Alec Ogletree... All those guys are Fisher guys.
We also got into the terrifying details of Simms' ruptured spleen during a game against the Panthers. It’s the ultimate "football guy" move to stay in and score a touchdown while literally dying, though PFT was more focused on the fact that the Redskins lost him money that same season.
NFC Championship and The Purge
The Vikings and Eagles matchup is a battle of defenses, but more importantly, it's a battle for the soul of Philadelphia. The guys are genuinely concerned about the city burning down regardless of the outcome. PFT is riding with the Vikings as a team of destiny, though he thinks the story ends in a very specific, heartbreaking way.
The Vikings will win the NFC Championship game easily
I think the ultimate Vikings is them losing the Super Bowl at home in front of their fans. I think the Vikings are going to win easily, actually... the only difference is the Vikings have a quarterback that can throw a straight ball.
Big Cat is fully on the Case Keenum bandwagon, ignoring the years of evidence to the contrary because Keenum simply makes plays when the chips are down.
Case Keenum has a Kurt Warner-style Hall of Fame career coming
I'm a Case Keenum believer, which means it'll probably burn me. But I've said that he's got the Kurt Warner Hall of Fame career coming.
To wrap things up, we had the Fake Sports News Awards to honor the best (worst) reporting of the year, including a few of the show's own legendary misses. Uncle Chaps stopped by to read some roasts from the listeners, which mostly consisted of everyone calling Big Cat fat and PFT short.
Just remember, if you see a Philadelphian in a dog mask on Sunday night, stay at least fifty feet away for your own safety.

