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Michael Rapaport and Boise State Head Basketball Coach Leon Rice

Wednesday, January 4, 201711 takes

NFL MVP Race anda bonus Mike Greenberg Dumb Rules ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne ( - ). Michael Rapaport joins the show to catch up with the guys, any recent cat murderers and his current sickness ( - ). Boise State Head Basketball Coach Leon Rice joins the show to talk about being a Football guy trapped in a Basketball Coach's body and why he literally ate fire before a game last week to pump up his team ( - ). Segments include PR 101, Bad Visual, Kings Stay Kings, Sorry not Sorry for Brent Musberger, Explain it to Hank, and Drunk Ideas.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017
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HankHank

Tom Brady should be the NFL MVP despite only playing 12 games

If Tom Brady isn't the MVP, it's just further showing [the system is corrupt]... He still had better stats than him. Tom Brady's stats are still better than the other quarterbacks in contention stats. That's the point.

Matt Ryan won the 2016 NFL MVP. Brady finished second.
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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady is a system quarterback because Jimmy Garoppolo played well in his absence

Well, [Brady] is also a system quarterback because Jimmy Garoppolo played pretty well. So, yeah. You can't give it to a system quarterback.

While Brady obviously flourished in Belichick's system, 'system quarterback' is a pejorative that the sports world generally rejects for Brady.
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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Belichick and Tom Brady will retire together in a 2019 suicide pact

They're going to retire simultaneously. They might do a Romeo and Juliet-like suicide pact. Here's my prediction, okay? 2019, they both kill themselves and retire at the same time.

Brady played until 2022 and Belichick coached until 2023. They did not retire in 2019, nor did they enter a suicide pact.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Mike Greenberg's take that the College Football Playoff is better than March Madness is ridiculous

Did anyone tell Greeny that he doesn't know about either of these playoffs because he didn't play sports? ... I mean, it's the most ridiculous statement.

This is subjective, but the general sports consensus overwhelmingly favors March Madness for its excitement and fairness in crowning a champion on the court.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Bears will win the Super Bowl next year

Alshon Jeffrey guaranteed a Super Bowl victory. So you get one year now, a little more than one year, 13 months. Go ahead and keep doubting. He guaranteed it. He guaranteed the Chicago Bears win the Super Bowl next year.

The Bears went 5-11 in 2017 and did not win the Super Bowl. Alshon Jeffrey actually won it that year—with the Eagles.
Push
Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Sam Bradford had the best season for a quarterback in NFL history

Sam Bradford... he won the completion percentage, the greatest completion percentage in NFL history. Had a pretty damn good year... Sam Bradford, best quarterback in NFL history, best season.

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Bradford did set the record for completion percentage (71.6%) in 2016, but he is objectively not the best QB in history, and the Vikings missed the playoffs.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017
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Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

The Starters on NBA TV are sports hipsters

I don't like to shit on other people's quality of their work. But they have a show, and it's actually good. It's very stat-oriented... but like the Starters on the NBA network. They are hipsters. They're sports hipsters.

This is a subjective label based on Rapaport's definition of 'hipster'.
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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017
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Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

You cannot be a serious basketball analyst if you never played the game

I just want to ask these fucking nerds. Like, did you ever play? ... If you are a basketball dude and you never played basketball, even in your heart of hearts, and you took it seriously, it's hard for me to take you seriously. Because anybody could play basketball, really, until any age.

This is a subjective gatekeeping opinion common in sports media.

Bad Visual

Win
Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017·Bad Visual
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Big CatBig Cat

Kirk Cousins will get a long-term contract because he looks the part of a quarterback

Do you know what Kirk has going for him? He looks the part. That's really what it is... That's why Matt Barkley is still in the league. That's why Jimmy Clausen is—throw them in a pair of shorts... they look good.

Kirk Cousins eventually received multiple massive guaranteed contracts, including a 3-year, $84M deal from the Vikings in 2018.
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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017·Bad Visual
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Michigan State quarterbacks are guaranteed to receive huge contracts

Well, he's a Michigan State quarterback. I feel like you have to give a Michigan State quarterback a huge guaranteed contract. That's how it works.

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While Cousins did get a huge deal, this is not a universal rule for Michigan State QBs (e.g., Connor Cook).

Drunk Ideas

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Take Slip·Jan 4, 2017·Drunk Ideas
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HankHank

Planes should have giant parachutes to prevent crash landings

I was watching the movie Sully... and I was just wondering, why don't planes just build parachutes so if that happens they can just parachute down and not have to worry about crash landing? Like inside the plane so it's like oh shit the engine's failed, pop parachute, safe.

While small private planes (Cirrus) have whole-plane parachutes, the physics of weight, speed, and drag make this unfeasible for commercial airliners like the A320 in Sully.