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Julian Edelman, Lakers Catfish, The Super League Is Dead And A Billy Announcement

Wednesday, April 21, 202113 takes

The Super League is dead and we basically have only ourselves to thank for its death ( - ). Lakers twitter had a bizarre and hilarious catfish situation ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne ( - ). Future Hall of Famer? Julian Edelman joins the show to talk about his retirement, the Hall of Fame, his favorite memories and teammates and times he and Brady were in the zone together ( - ). We finish with a quick announcement about Billy Football's future and some great listener submitted FAQ's.

Recap

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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Premier League should rebrand as the English Super League to prevent future breakaways

If the Premier League is smart, they'll just rebrand as the English Super League. And then nobody can ever cuck them out of that again.

The Premier League did not rebrand, though they did implement new rules to prevent similar breakaway attempts.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

America deserves all the credit for killing the European Super League

In order to kill something so evil as the Super League, you have to create it. So shouldn't Americans get credit for creating something that the world can get behind and [kill]? We did this. We created and killed it, so we deserve all the credit. Specifically this show and generally America.

While American owners (Glazers, FSG, Kroenke) were central to the Super League creation, the 'credit' for killing it is subjective and satirical here.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

European billionaires will try to create a Super League again in two years

When this was all put to bed so quickly, they're going to try this again in two years. They're going to learn from what happened this time, and they're going to do it in the dead of night.

The Super League project remained in legal limbo with Real Madrid and Juventus continuing the push, but a full league relaunch did not occur within two years.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kevin Durant is the new official Mayor of Twitter

I'm removing the mayor of Twitter handle title from Chrissy Teigen, giving it to Kevin Durant... Kevin Durant actually engages with everybody online. And he engages with every single Twitter development... He is the official mayor of Twitter, as far as I'm concerned.

This is a subjective title, but KD remains one of the most active and legendary 'reply guys' among superstars.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steph Curry should be the 2021 NBA MVP

Steph for MVP. Do it. I think Steph Curry should be the most valuable player of the league. You cannot tell the story of the NBA in the year 2021 without mentioning Steph Curry.

Nikola Jokic won the 2021 NBA MVP. Curry finished 3rd in voting.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The Dodgers are significantly overvalued by bettors and oddsmakers

Dodgers have been favored in 96 straight games dating back to 2019 season finale versus the Nationals. They've been favored in 134 of the last 136 games. That's stupid. That actually is not respect the Dodgers. It means that people respect the Dodgers too much. Way too much. That tells me that they're overvalued.

The Dodgers were historically dominant but betting on them every night was notoriously a 'low ROI' strategy due to the juice, supporting the 'overvalued' claim.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will start watching the show 'Dave' by next Wednesday

By the time I speak to you on next Wednesday's show, within the next week, I will have started Dave. That's my resolution... I'm going to be able to fulfill on two out of those three [goals] already and three out of three by next week.

This is a personal goal that can't be externally verified, but it fits his pattern of setting and fulfilling small goals.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Criticizing the cartoon 'Bluey' for a lack of human diversity is stupid

Kids cartoon Bluey criticized for not having disabled, queer, poor, gender diverse or dogs of color. It's dogs. It's a show about cartoon dogs... none of us were [represented] because we're not dogs. It's a show about dogs. Cartoon fake dogs.

This is a subjective opinion on media criticism.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFL will change the 'one-shell' helmet rule in the next two years

I think the NFL in the next two years, I'm going to call my shot, is going to change the one-shell-only rule so that there can be multiple different helmets all year long, and it's going to be sick.

In June 2021 (just two months after this episode), the NFL approved a rule change allowing teams to use a second helmet shell starting in 2022.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I could break the underwater bench press record

The underwater bench press record was broken... repped it out 77 times, beating the previous record of 62 times. Only 110 pounds... it's more of just a holding your breath thing. So I'm kind of, you know, in the back of my head, I'm like, I could do that. I could break that record.

Billy Football never broke this record.

Interview

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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
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Julian EdelmanJulian Edelman

I can tell if a player can actually play just by looking them in the eyes in the huddle

Let me look a guy in the eyes and I'll tell you if he can play or not. That's what it is. It's in the huddle. When you're in a huddle, there's false eyes and there's not. You need to be able to look a dude in his eyes and really see if that guy, if he's ready for when it's going to come.

This is a subjective claim about personal intuition.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
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Julian EdelmanJulian Edelman

Belichick disciples fail as head coaches because they try to act like Bill without having his experience

It's hard to go in and and and try to be Bill Belichick without being Bill Belichick. You know you can't just go in and demand the respect and put like this crazy work schedule... you can't just go and try to copy what he does. It's not going to be you. A lot of these guys, they go in, they try to be a hard dick or they try to be this... I don't think you can just go and demand a team like you're Bill Belichick, unless you're Bill Belichick.

This is a subjective opinion based on professional experience, but highly supported by the poor records of many Belichick assistants as head coaches.

Faq

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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021·FAQ
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Big CatBig Cat

Podcast rankings are misleading; people should check episode rankings for true listener stats

How come some podcasts randomly go higher than you guys in the podcast ranking sometimes? Does that mean they get more listeners? No, it does not. So if you start a new podcast, your podcast is always going to be... It just goes to number one. That's just how it works. The way to realize the success of shows is episodes. So if you go to the episode page, you can see where shows are ranked. Just look at the episodes, bitch.

This is accurately reflecting how the Apple Podcast algorithm was widely understood to prioritize subscription velocity over raw numbers for the main chart.