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Greg Olsen & George Kittle, The Process Is Officially Dead, Nets/Bucks And Monday Reading

Monday, June 21, 202113 takes

The Process is officially dead. Ben Simmons is afraid to shoot a basketball ( - ). Nets/Bucks Game 7 was an all time great + the Suns keep rolling ( - ) . Hockey talk and US Open recap ( - ). Who's back of the week ( - ). Greg Olsen and George Kittle join the show to talk about Tight End University, respecting Tight Ends, Tebow as a Tight End, and Greg tells us about his son's heart transplant ( - ). Monday Reading and Hanks announcement and we finish with Billy's recap.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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Greg OlsenGreg Olsen

The hardest part about playing tight end is having to be an elite blocker and an elite receiver simultaneously.

You have to be an elite route runner. You can catch the ball really well... but then if you can't, like, hold your own in the run game and you can't, like, take in – hit in the face by a 300-pound defensive end, then, like, you kind of have – they kind of have to, like, call plays around you instead of, like, you being able to be the focal point.

This is a fundamental truth of NFL offensive scheme; the best TEs (Gronk, Kittle, Kelce) are valuable because they can do both.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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George KittleGeorge Kittle

Super Bowl winning teams always have a talented tight end, so the position should be paid more.

If you look at the last year, 10 Super Bowls, I think every team that's won has had a very, very talented tight end. So, like, it has to do with winning Super Bowls. So, I mean, I think that's the most important thing, so you might as well pay the tight ends.

The recent winners (Chiefs, Bucs, Eagles, Patriots) all featured elite TEs like Kelce, Gronkowski, and Ertz.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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Greg OlsenGreg Olsen

I am completely and utterly done with football and will not come out of retirement.

I am not going to be coming out of retirement. I'm completely and utterly done. I've set a record for how many times I've broken and ruptured my feet. So I'm full-time dad and part-time broadcaster.

Olsen has remained retired and has become a successful lead broadcaster for FOX.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The Process is officially dead.

Today is Monday, June 21st, and the process is dead. We had a good run. This was going to be the postseason where we judged whether or not processes actually work. Turns out they don't.

The core 'Process' era essentially ended here; the team subsequently traded Ben Simmons and failed to reach the ECF in the following years.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ben Simmons proves that you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I always thought that saying the Wayne Gretzky-Michael Scott quote didn't really make that much sense. [Ben Simmons] actually proves that you do, in fact, miss 100% of the shots that you don't take.

Simmons famously attempted zero fourth-quarter field goals in the final four games of the series.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Ben Simmons will still have trade value because a team will believe they can fix him.

I think [Ben Simmons] still will have trade value because someone will think, I can fix that. I can make him better because he still has elite levels to his game. It's just the whole point of shooting a basketball into a hoop is the game, and he just doesn't want to do that.

Correct; Simmons was eventually traded to the Nets in a blockbuster deal for James Harden in February 2022.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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HankHank

The 76ers will eventually make it to the Eastern Conference Finals.

I do believe, I truly believe, as much as I've said bad things about Philly, it's only been my honest opinion. And I do believe eventually they will make it to the Eastern Conference Finals.

As of the end of the 2023-24 season, the 76ers have still failed to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, consistently losing in the first or second round.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant gained respect and status from this playoff run despite losing.

Weirdly I think Kevin Durant like gained from this. Oh yeah. I mean the shot at the end of regulation was huge and just the way this... Harden going down, Kyrie going down... 48 points where he just was so incredible... I think people appreciate Kevin Durant more than they ever have, watching him play without other players and being as incredible as he is.

Durant's Game 7 performance (48 points) is widely regarded as one of the greatest individual playoff games in history, even in a loss.
Loss
Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

Suns in four.

All I'm saying is Suns in four. Suns in four.

The Suns actually beat the Clippers in 6 games, not 4.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryson DeChambeau is a mentally weak golfer and a quitter.

We call him a lot of stuff, but we've never called him a quitter until today. And he quit when his giant cleats didn't save him... At that point, Bryson was like, I don't want to be out here anymore. And he quit. He is a mentally weak golfer.

DeChambeau held the lead but spiraled to a T-26 finish, one of the most significant final-round collapses in recent major history.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

F1 cars are too soft and need to be louder.

I think the cars are too loud. [Wait, no] make them a little bit softer or make them just really fucking loud... the cars are too soft. They're basically racing toy cars. It's the pussification of America, of Europe.

The 'loudness' of modern F1 cars has been a major point of debate among traditional fans since the 2014 engine change.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Triple plays should replace no-hitters because they are cooler.

Triple plays should replace no-hitters because they're cooler than no-hitters.

Subjective ranking of highlight types.
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Take Slip·Jun 21, 2021·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Defensive teams should score a run if they turn a triple play.

Actually, I think you should be able to get a run for a triple play. On defense, you should be able to score a run if you get a triple play... give us what the fans want, and that's defensive runs.

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MLB rules do not currently allow defensive teams to score runs via putouts.