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Matt Schaub, John Kuhn And Browns Are Getting Screwed

Wednesday, January 6, 202113 takes

The greatest college football award was decided...the 2020-21 Lowman Trophy for the Nation's greatest Fullback, also the Heisman. (-)The Browns are getting absolutely fucked over and we have a solution. (-) Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Tua coming back and Justin Fields ribs. (-) NFL Legend and future Hall of Famer Matt Schaub joins the show to talk about retiring (sort of), his career in the league, the pick 6 record, losing an ear in a game and tons more. (-) Former Packers fullback John Kuhn joins the show to talk about the upcoming playoffs, fullbacks, and why the Packers are the team to beat.(-) We finish the show with guys on chicks. (-)

Matt Schaub, John Kuhn, and the Browns Getting Screwed

The episode kicks off with the heavy weight of the Lowman Trophy presentation, where Jacoby Buchanan was crowned the nation's premier fullback. While the rest of the world was obsessed with the Heisman, Big Cat was busy counting a moral victory on his Trevor Lawrence bet. The conversation quickly shifted to the actual Heisman winner, DeVonta Smith, and the unfortunate aesthetics of the other finalists. Big Cat had some particularly harsh scouting notes for Florida’s quarterback.

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Jan 6, 2021
#3105
Big CatBig Cat

Kyle Trask's facial hair makes him look like a mediocre 6th-inning reliever, not a franchise quarterback

If you were scouting this crop of quarterbacks, Kyle Trask's facial hair is a huge negative. That is not a franchise quarterback. That is a... like a 6th-inning reliever. Maybe a long reliever. Not a good reliever, I'm talking about a guy who comes in when someone gets shelled.

Trask was drafted in the 2nd round and never became a franchise starter, largely serving as a backup (the NFL equivalent of a long reliever).

The biggest tragedy in the league right now is the Cleveland Browns. With Kevin Stefanski and half the coaching staff sidelined by COVID protocols right before their playoff game against the Steelers, Big Cat offered a solution that would actually make the NFL must-watch television.

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Jan 6, 2021
#3106
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL should let Bill Belichick or Nick Saban coach the Browns for their playoff game

The real solution, and I'm being dead serious on this: they should just be like, 'Bill Belichick can coach the Browns this week.' Wouldn't that be the greatest entertainment to be like, 'Okay, let's see how great of a coach you are, Belichick.' You show up, five days to prep the team. Browns fans would absolutely take it.

This obviously never happened; Kevin Stefanski missed the game and special teams coordinator Mike Priefer served as acting head coach.

PFT isn't letting the coaching crisis dampen the mood in Cleveland, though. He’s looking at the spiritual side of things, specifically the calendar. Apparently, the stars are aligning for the Dawg Pound in a way that involves the afterlife of their former mascot.

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Jan 6, 2021
#3107
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Browns are a team of destiny because the Super Bowl is the anniversary of their mascot dog Swagger's death

I got a little sliver of hope for Browns fans. And that's that you are a team of destiny... the Super Bowl is being on the one-year anniversary of Swagger's death. Their dog died a year ago on the exact date of the Super Bowl... Swagger one laid the foundation for Swagger two to come in and turn the Browns into a winning team. One year later, I feel like they get that team of destiny vibe.

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The Browns won their wildcard game but lost in the Divisional round to the Chiefs, failing to reach the Super Bowl.

Hot Seat/Cool Throne

Hot Seat/Cool Throne covered everything from the potential return of the Seattle Sonics to the absurdity of corporate-sponsored NHL divisions. Hank led off by calling out the Texas-sized ego of JJ Watt. After a video surfaced of Watt apologizing to Deshaun Watson for "wasting a season," Hank wasn't buying the raw emotion.

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HankHank

JJ Watt's heartfelt apology to Deshaun Watson was staged for the cameras

My Hot Seat is the Texans camera crew... JJ Watt and Deshaun Watson were sharing a heartfelt moment of JJ Watt apologizing to Deshaun Watson and he said, 'I'm sorry we wasted a season for you.' And a fucking camera guy caught it... he's got to be pretty embarrassed about that because that's something that, you know, between teammates... or else everyone's going to know what a great dude you are.

While Watt's intent is subjective, it became a major talking point in sports media as many fans and analysts shared the suspicion that it was performative.

Big Cat took his Hot Seat to the college level, taking aim at the National Championship matchup. Instead of Alabama or Ohio State, he’s awarding the hardware to a team that didn't give up a single point all year.

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Big CatBig Cat

UConn is the real 2020 National Champion for opting out of the season

My Hot Seat is Alabama and Ohio State. They're playing in the national championship on Monday, but they aren't the national champions... the University of Connecticut, because they were the first football subdivision team to squarely face the coronavirus and decided against playing a single snap during a raging pandemic, should be our 2020-21 national champ. They are the real champions.

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Alabama won the actual National Championship. UConn did not play and received no official recognition as champions.

Speaking of that title game, the rumors of a potential postponement due to COVID issues at Ohio State had the guys suspicious. Big Cat thinks he knows exactly which "body part" the virus is targeting in Columbus.

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Big CatBig Cat

The 'COVID issues' at Ohio State are just a cover for Justin Fields' bruised ribs

Stay woke: they have COVID issues [at Ohio State]. Does it happen to be somewhere around Justin Fields' ribs? ... An extra week would help those bruised ribs. So I would say in terms of a punctured lung, calling it a rib issue... I feel like it would help.

The game was not postponed and was played on schedule. Ohio State did have several players out due to COVID, but Fields played through the injury.

Billy Football rounded out the segment by warning the world that Dana White is coming for the streamers. According to Billy, the UFC president isn't just filing lawsuits; he’s playing digital psychological warfare.

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Billy FootballBilly Football

Dana White is going to honey-pot UFC streamers with virus-infected links

Dana White says he has a special surprise for anyone who pirates his UFC... I bet he is going to send out a bunch of troll links... all infected with viruses. So he makes people scared. It's like a landmine.

While Dana White continued to talk tough on piracy, there was no evidence of the UFC deploying 'virus-infected honey-pot' links.

Matt Schaub and John Kuhn

17-year NFL veteran Matt Schaub joined the show to discuss his retirement, which is apparently more of a "soft launch" than a hard exit. Schaub walked through his career, from backing up Michael Vick to his Pro Bowl MVP days in Houston. He even addressed the infamous stretch where the pick-six became his signature play.

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Jan 6, 2021
#3111
Matt SchaubMatt Schaub

I am retiring on my terms (sort of)

For me, unless a super enticing offer comes down the pipe... as far as me in my career and where my family's at, man, I couldn't be more happy and content and satisfied with my journey... and this is the end of the road. I wanted to just let it be known that I'm going to go out on my terms and call it a career... Well, the paperwork hasn't been final filed as of yet.

Schaub did indeed retire and has not played in the NFL since the 2020 season.

PFT took the opportunity to question the validity of NFL history, specifically the 1951 passing yardage record that Schaub nearly eclipsed. In PFT's world, the 50s were basically the Wild West for statistics.

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Jan 6, 2021
#22092
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 1951 NFL single-game passing record is fraudulent because of how yards were measured back then

I feel like yards were not the same distance back then. It was just some guy in the back of the end zone stepping off feet as best as he could. [The record] is bullshit.

This is a subjective opinion about historical accuracy and record-keeping quality.

Then, legendary Packers fullback John Kuhn stopped by to discuss Green Bay's dominant run. Kuhn has seen plenty of Packer teams, but he thinks Matt LaFleur has finally found the edge that previous squads lacked.

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Jan 6, 2021
#3112
John KuhnJohn Kuhn

This 2020 Packers squad is the best Green Bay team in a decade

One of the words that was brought up last year a lot with this Green Bay Packer team was 'soft.' ... but they have seemed to remove that the last six weeks of the regular season... To me, this is the best Green Bay Packer football team probably in a decade.

The 2020 Packers finished with the #1 offense and Aaron Rodgers won MVP. While they lost in the NFC Championship, they are widely considered one of their strongest rosters of the Rodgers era.

Kuhn also did some heavy lifting for the Bears' defense, explaining why Khalil Mack's dip in production might actually be someone else's fault.

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Jan 6, 2021
#22093
John KuhnJohn Kuhn

Akiem Hicks is the most important player on the Bears' defense

When Akiem Hicks isn't being absolutely dominant in his position, drawing all kinds of attention, Khalil Mack isn't the same guy. He's getting too much double teams, too much attention from offensive coordinators to really be impactful this year.

This is a common football analyst opinion, but inherently subjective regarding player value.

While Kuhn is confident in Aaron Rodgers, he’s keeping one eye on the AFC. He highlighted two teams that have the firepower to potentially ruin the party at Lambeau if the Packers make it to the Super Bowl.

Push
Jan 6, 2021
#3113
John KuhnJohn Kuhn

The Bills and Chiefs are the biggest threats to the Packers winning a title

I think the teams truly to worry for the Green Bay Packers are in the AFC. I think it's the Chiefs with their ability to score really fast. And I think it's the Buffalo Bills because Josh Allen somehow grew a hose in the last offseason and can throw the ball at any point in time.

The Chiefs did make the Super Bowl, but the Packers lost to the Buccaneers (an NFC team), so they never faced these AFC threats.

The show wrapped up with a wild Guys on Chicks that covered everything from pooping etiquette to Billy’s grim forecast for the future of political scandals.

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Billy FootballBilly Football

Snapchat will eventually be used to blackmail future politicians

I think Snapchat is going to have a huge blackmail on future politicians... You have a bunch of dumb 14-year-olds and teenagers and stuff, and then in the future they might be important people and there's a whole cloud of data... I think there will be a scandal that happens in the next 20 years where a Comcast or a major internet service provider just gets hacked or they release a bunch of documents and it's just everybody's search history and internet history.

This is a long-term prediction. While specific major hacks haven't unseated a president yet, digital footprints are increasingly part of political vetting.

At least we know a certain former Falcons quarterback is ready to step back in if a team gets desperate enough to call his agent.

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