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Jeff Fisher on NFL Returns and Bears, Plus Drew Brees' Record Night
Drew Brees is back to breaking records on Monday Night Football, which feels like a weekly tradition at this point. While the sports world was ready to crown him the GOAT after he surpassed Peyton Manning, Big Cat and PFT weren't quite ready to hand over the keys to the kingdom. Between the 158.3 passer rating being a total enigma and the lack of a definitive "Brees Year," the legacy talk got complicated quickly.
Big CatPasser rating is the dumbest statistic of all time
Drew Brees was 29 for 30, 307 yards, four touchdowns, zero interceptions, and he was still 10 points shy of a perfect passer rating. Not good enough for me. It's the dumbest statistic of all time. Not only that, because it's dumb, but it's also someone can explain to me why it's still graded out of 158.3.
Big Cat pointed out that Brees is the ultimate victim of bad timing, constantly being overshadowed by peak Aaron Rodgers, MVP Peyton Manning, or the longevity of Tom Brady.
Big CatDrew Brees gets lost in the GOAT conversation because he never had a year where he was clearly the best
Drew Brees, though, is a classic case of a guy who just played in an era where there were one or two guys that were always just a little bit better than him. He's never won an MVP... Aaron Rodgers threw 45 touchdowns and six interceptions in 2011... 2013, Peyton Manning threw 55 touchdowns... there was never a specific moment in time where you were like, this guy was the best quarterback in the NFL because he also played against Tom Brady, too.
Speaking of Brady, PFT was quick to remind everyone that regular-season records are just paper achievements if you aren't counting the rings and the January stats.
PFT CommenterTom Brady has the only records that matter because of the postseason
If I may step in and do your pod form and say that Tom Brady actually has all the meaningful records when you take into account the postseason as well. So really, this is just on paper.
The Lions Are Staying Put
In news that surprised absolutely no one but saddened everyone in Michigan, the Detroit Lions announced they are keeping Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn for another year. The guys discussed how the franchise is essentially a glitch in the NFL matrix where losing is the only constant. Big Cat suggested that instead of fighting it, the Lions should just embrace their destiny of being the league's punching bag for the officiating crew.
Big CatThe Lions should just factor in getting screwed by the refs as a guaranteed loss every year
Being fucked by the refs as the Lions, you have to write that in. In your statistical analysis of how the Lions are going to go, their season is going to go, you have to put at least one loss of we're going to get fucked by the refs.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
Hank brought a terrifying piece of news to the table regarding downward-tilting toilets designed to make employees stop scrolling on their phones and get back to work. For Hank, this is a direct attack on the sanctity of the American workday.
HankShitting is an essential mental break during the work day
I feel like the art of going to the back, even in high school before I had a cell phone, I was still just like, let me get out of the class and go take a shit for 30 minutes. It's a mental break. So I don't even know that the cell phone thing would work as much. Like, people back in the day, before cell phones existed, were still taking long shit breaks.
Meanwhile, Big Cat put Chicago Bulls coach Jim Boylen on the Hot Seat. After watching Boylen call a timeout with 33 seconds left in the third quarter—right before a mandatory break—Big Cat is convinced he's witnessing the lowest point in coaching history.
Big CatJim Boylen is the worst coach in the history of basketball
Yeah, he is the worst coach in the NBA. He might be the worst coach in the history of basketball... He called a timeout with 33 seconds left in the third quarter to stop a run. For people who don't understand, they stop the game in between quarters. So there is a timeout that's naturally there... He's such a fucking idiot.
Coach Jeff Fisher in Studio
Recurring guest and friend of the program Coach Jeff Fisher joined the show looking refreshed after a fall spent in the mountains of Montana. Between stalking elk at 11,000 feet and literally scaring a grizzly bear off a river, Coach Fisher is living the dream. He even weighed in on the "Hank vs. a Salmon" debate, giving Hank a puncher's chance if he uses his feet to scoop it onto the shore.
When the talk shifted back to the gridiron, Fisher was fascinated by the evolution of the game, specifically the Lamar Jackson experience. He noted that the Ravens' quarterback has completely broken the geometry of NFL defenses.
Jeff FisherThere is no athlete on defense equivalent to Lamar Jackson
There's never been one like Lamar and you know you can just you can tell I mean the defenses are outnumbered and that's the that's the idea... now you can't even, with Lamar, you can't even spy the dude because there's no athlete on your defense that's equivalent to him.
Fisher didn't hold back on the "new school" approach to the front office either. He argued that the reliance on numbers over film study is exactly what led to the downfall of certain franchises.
Jeff FisherAnalytics ruined the Cleveland Browns
You know, the analytic thing is obviously it's trending right now. We saw what it did for the Browns a few years ago. It ruined the organization because that's what they stood behind. But everybody's interested in that. And basically, analytics are all based on past, based on history.
He also expressed a surprising interest in the college game, noting that the ability to mentor young men before they hit the pros is a major draw, and he dismissed the idea that NFL coaches can't recruit.
Jeff FisherNFL coaches are better suited for college recruiting than people think
Someone that says something along those lines with respect to a – directed towards an NFL guy that's looking at college I think is pretty simple-minded because as NFL guys, we're on college campuses all the time during the spring... the attraction to me with respect to the college game is to be able to go get a young man as he enters the university – before he makes some decisions that affect him later in life.
Closing the Show
PR 101 returned to defend the honor of college basketball insider John Rothstein. Apparently, the internet is upset that Rothstein texts "Good Luck" to every coach before a game. Big Cat and PFT are standing firmly in Rothstein's corner, even if the coaches usually leave him on read.
Big CatI will fight anyone who is genuinely mad about John Rothstein wishing coaches good luck
If you have a problem with John Rothstein texting good luck and most of the time getting left just completely ignored by the coach, come fight us. If he's wishing good luck to both sides... he just wants everyone to play well. It's just so petty. People are coming after our guy.
Finally, the show wrapped up with Guys on Chicks, featuring a husband who calls his newborn son his "Eskimo Bro" during breastfeeding and a recap of the time Hank accidentally ate a bowl of cereal using his aunt's breast milk.
Always remember to check the labels in the fridge before you pour the Cheerios.
