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Jay Gruden, Viral Sensation Thomas "Snacks" Lee And We Have An Idea

Wednesday, March 4, 202015 takes

We have an idea, a dumb one, but it's an idea ( - ). DC Defenders trying to make cup snake history ( - ). Coach K is getting to the fun old stage of his career and Tom Brady Update ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Coronavirus and handshake lines ( - ). Jaguars OC and former Redskins coach Jay Gruden joins the show to talk about his last days in DC, being in a football family, and whether or not Sean McVay stole he and his brothers lingo ( - ). Viral Sensation Thomas "Snacks' Lee joins the show to talk about hitting his big three for Jackson State on Monday night and taking the internet by storm. Segments include bachelor talk for guys that don't watch the bachelor, PR 101 for the Knicks, Respect the Biz and Guys on Chicks.

Jay Gruden on the Jaguars, Redskins Drama, and Viral Star Snacks Lee

Big Cat and PFT Commenter are back with a plan that might be their most devious yet. After seeing the media obsess over various athlete health trends, Big Cat wants to find a recurring guest to plant a completely fake, disgusting 'training' smoothie into the mainstream cycle just to see how many people actually try it. We're talking Skyline Chili, fire ants, and stinky cheese blended into one horrific concoction. While that's brewing, PFT is focused on his DC Defenders and their upcoming home game, where he has high hopes for the fans in the stands.

Win
Mar 4, 2020
#27416
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

DC Defenders fans will break the world record for the longest cup snake at Audi Field this weekend

I'm challenging DC Defenders fans to get a cup snake that goes around the entire Stadium... they can break the world record which as most as I can tell is a hundred yards... it's going to happen. We're going to get the cup snake going around.

The DC Defenders fans did indeed create a massive cup snake that broke records and became a staple of the 2020 XFL season.

Speaking of legendary figures in sports, Coach K is starting to show a side of himself that is providing endless entertainment for everyone except the people he's actually talking to. After he told the media to look at the banners in the rafters before criticizing him, Big Cat officially declared a new era for the Duke legend.

Void
Mar 4, 2020
#14453
Big CatBig Cat

Coach K is entering his 'senile' phase where he has no filter and is constantly angry at the media

I think we're going to get into very soon, if we're not there already like the ornery like super angry at the media, just mad all the time [Coach K senile]. We're entering... the Twilight phase of Coach K having no filter and finally saying shit that he really is wanted to say for a very long time.

This is a subjective characterization of a coach's career phase.

The Tom Brady Update

It wouldn't be a March episode of PMT without checking the temperature on Tom Brady’s free agency. The rumors are flying from every direction, with some people linking him to the 49ers and others suggesting he’s headed south. Hank is currently in a state of deep denial, refusing to accept any reality where the GOAT is wearing a different uniform.

Loss
Mar 4, 2020
#14454
HankHank

I refuse to consider the possibility of Tom Brady leaving the Patriots until it actually happens

I don't want to think about living in a world where Tom Brady isn't on the Patriots. I'm not going to consider it a possibility until it becomes a reality. So that is my official stance.

Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just weeks later on March 20, 2020, making Hank's refusal to consider it a 'reality' a failed strategy of denial.

However, the guys are looking at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a very real destination. Between the weapons they have and the location of the next Super Bowl, the fit makes a lot of sense, especially given Bruce Arians' history with veteran signal-callers.

Win
Mar 4, 2020
#14457
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bruce Arians is a 'Rhino Hunter' who loves signing old, veteran quarterbacks

Bruce Arians did say he prescribes to analytics... and he does like older quarterbacks. So he's kind of like a cougar hunter... Bruce Arians is definitely a rhino Hunter. Yes, because he liked Carson Palmer, loved Peyton Manning. He likes these old guys.

Arians did indeed sign Tom Brady shortly after this, and previously had success with Carson Palmer in Arizona, supporting the 'Rhino Hunter' theory.
Win
Mar 4, 2020
#27417
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady will sign with the Buccaneers so he can play a 'home' Super Bowl next year

Tom Brady in a bucks uniform would look stupid itself, which is why I kind of hope that it happens... but he probably is like I want to play a home Super Bowl. [Tampa's] got the Super Bowl next year... That's a great storyline.

Tom Brady signed with the Buccaneers and became the first quarterback to win a Super Bowl in his home stadium that same season.

Jay Gruden and Viral Star Snacks Lee

New Jaguars offensive coordinator and former Redskins head coach Jay Gruden joined the show to talk about his time in DC and his transition to Florida. He's embracing the 'normal' life he had for a few months before taking the Jacksonville job, though he admitted he's not one to go searching for what people are saying about him online.

Void
Mar 4, 2020
#27418
Jay GrudenJay Gruden

If you ever want to be humbled, you should read the comment section of an article about yourself

What I have done before is really bad. Now some of the Articles I've scrolled down and read the comments... Unbelievable the comments... Sometimes you want to be humbled read a comment. Yes right through that's a great quote... it'll be comment underneath [this interview]... probably Mass murderers.

This is a subjective observation about the nature of internet comments.

He touched on his family dynamics with his brother John, his storied Arena Football League career, and why he’s a massive fan of the horse racing scene in upstate New York.

Void
Mar 4, 2020
#27420
Jay GrudenJay Gruden

Saratoga is the best horse racing track in America and it's not even close

Saratoga for me is not even close [to other tracks]... I go to Saratoga and I used to go for the opening weekend... getting up early and watching those horses work out. It's beautiful there. The whole set up in the old school feel the town. Yes. It's so much history. There is such a beautiful place.

Best track is a subjective opinion.

We also talked to Thomas "Snacks" Lee, the Jackson State student manager who became an overnight sensation after checking into a game and draining a deep three-pointer. Snacks has the ultimate confidence of a shooter and isn't afraid of any matchup, even if it's against his favorite player and fellow number 35 wearer, Kevin Durant.

Loss
Mar 4, 2020
#14463
Thomas "Snacks" LeeThomas "Snacks" Lee

I believe I could give Kevin Durant a run for his money in a one-on-one basketball game

I'll most definitely... I actually like to make that happen. I actually think I give [Durant] a run for his money.

While Lee hit a great shot, he is a student manager and Kevin Durant is an all-time NBA great. Literaly, this is incorrect.

Hot Seat/Cool Throne

Hot Seat/Cool Throne featured a wide range of topics, from Randy Orton RKO-ing people’s wives on live TV to the growing concerns over the Coronavirus. After weeks of jokes, Big Cat is finally ready to admit that the situation has his attention.

Win
Big CatBig Cat

I am officially done disrespecting the Coronavirus and now respect it

I actually I am standing up right now and saying I respect coronavirus. I'm done disrespecting. I'm not I'm putting a respectful thing to her fraud... I am respecting coronavirus.

Within a week of this episode, the NBA suspended its season and the pandemic became the dominant global reality, validating Big Cat's shift from sarcasm to 'respect'.

Meanwhile, PFT is doing 'Sober October' in March to give his liver a break, and the guys looked at the Knicks' latest PR disaster involving Spike Lee. It wouldn't be a Knicks story without James Dolan finding a way to make himself the villain of the week through what appears to be some calculated photography.

Void
Mar 4, 2020·PR 101
#14467
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

James Dolan staged the handshake with Spike Lee to create propaganda for the Knicks

I wouldn't put it past James Dolan. I would not at all this happens at all the time in spy movies and TV shows where you send somebody up to get long-distance snapshot of right looking like something inappropriate is happening and boom. You've got the propaganda right there.

While never proven as a 'staged spy operation', Spike Lee himself claimed the photo was a misleading attempt by Dolan to save face, making PFT's analysis of the PR tactic quite accurate to the situation's optics.

If the Knicks keep this up, Spike Lee might actually find himself with enough free time to finally direct that movie PFT has been dreaming about.

Void
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There should be a reality show called 'The Home Wrecker' where a hot woman tries to destroy marriages in a giant mansion

That's actually a good idea for a show just called the home wrecker. And have a giant mansion filled with happily married couples and then one just crazy hot chick. It's just comes in and just fucks everyone and also they destroy the house by the end of it... with like a wrecking ball.

This is a satirical show idea.

Just remember, if you can't finish your wings, you definitely can't play four quarters.

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Void
Mar 4, 2020
#27419
Jay GrudenJay Gruden

I should have been ranked at least number three on the all-time Arena Football League player list

I was ranked number four AFL player of all time. I'm not very happy. I should have been at least three. [Eddie Brown] is number one. [Barry Wagner] is number two and I think [George LaFrance] is three and I'm four. That's bullshit.

This is a subjective matter of ranking AFL historical greatness.
Win
Mar 4, 2020
#14460
Jay GrudenJay Gruden

Joe Burrow should have to play for the Bengals because that is why the NFL draft exists

Personally, I believe you're drafted there. We have a draft for reason and their number one for a reason they should have the their chance at the best player in the draft... Cincinnati is a great place. I coached there for three years. Mike Brown's heck of an owner. He's Fair he's loyal.

Burrow did play for the Bengals, and despite Gruden's claim of them being 'great', the team's historic reputation for frugality remained a debate point, though Burrow's success later changed the narrative.
Loss
Big CatBig Cat

Madison will win The Bachelor because she has the heart of a winner

I said Madison episode 1 of this... I watched the first episode and she said that she won four state championships in a row in high school. And I was like that is a heart of a champion. Even if she doesn't like this guy she's going to compete to win it's a winner and that's what she's gonna do.

Madison Prewett did not win; Peter Weber chose Hannah Ann Sluss in the finale. Peter and Madison briefly dated after the show but broke up days later.
Void
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I stand in solidarity with Princeton students who oppose Marshawn Lynch speaking at graduation because of his history of disrespecting the media

I stand in solidarity with the Princeton students... Lynch's reticence with the media and its terse responses at press conferences... 2015 Super Bowl media day Lynch famously responded to multiple questions with variants of I'm just here so I won't get fined... thank you for taking a stand on behalf of all the capital Js out there.

This is a satirical take on media relations.

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