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Mike Florio on Jerry Jones vs. Goodell, Trubisky Time, and NFL Frauds
Week 2 is officially in the books, and the fastest two minutes had Big Cat and PFT hitting high notes usually reserved for Kevin Hulk Hogan and Bartender Bortles. Between Tashaun Kaiser Soze vanishing in Cleveland and Tom Brady getting some Rex Burkhead in New Orleans, the energy is at an all-time high. But while everyone is riding the Week 2 wave, PFT is already looking at the calendar for the inevitable reality check coming next Sunday.
PFT CommenterWeek 3 is the week we officially find out which NFL teams are frauds
There's a lot of frauds. And week three is who we find out. That's when we know who the frauds are.
The "Is Texas Back?" Paradox
Who’s Back of the Week featured a special tribute to the University of Texas. After a wild finish against USC, the sports world spent the entire night debating if the Longhorns were actually back. For Big Cat, the answer has nothing to do with the scoreboard and everything to do with the noise surrounding the program.
Big CatThe discussion of Texas being 'back' means the program is officially back
Texas football, just the discussion of it being back, means it's back. Because that's what Texas football has become. It's like Texas, Notre Dame, Michigan... certain programs where if they have one good game [we ask] is Florida back? Tennessee... Miami.
Speaking of that game, Matthew McConaughey was spotted on the sidelines looking like he was one surfer dude away from defecting to Malibu forever. PFT pointed out that while we associate him with Texas, his soul might actually belong to the Pacific Coast Highway.
PFT CommenterMatthew McConaughey was meant to be a Californian who happened to be born in Texas
The danger in bringing Matthew McConaughey to Los Angeles is at any given time you might lose him. He might just defect... his natural state is like a caliber [Californian]... He was meant to be caliber. He was just he happened to be born on like a lot of land.
Mike Florio and the Jerry Jones Filibuster
Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show to break down the increasingly messy situation between Jerry Jones and Roger Goodell. While the media paints Jerry as the puppet master of the league, Florio suggests that the other owners might just be tired of hearing him talk. He believes Jerry is trying to stall Goodell’s contract extension through pure exhaustion.
Mike FlorioJerry Jones is intentionally stalling Roger Goodell's contract to force him out by 2019
And there are some who think that what he's really trying to do is drive such a hard bargain with Roger Goodell that Goodell just eventually says, screw it, I'm out of here when my contract expires in 2019.
Mike FlorioJerry Jones is not as powerful among NFL owners as the media portrays
People think that Jerry Jones is very powerful, and I guess he is if you focus on different groups, like as it relates to the media... but as it relates to the other owners, I don't think he's as powerful as people think he is. And I think it's getting to a point where people just tune him out.
Moving to the field, the conversation shifted to the dumpster fire in Chicago. Big Cat is desperate for Mitch Trubisky to save his soul, and Florio didn't offer much defense for keeping Mike Glennon under center. If the ship is sinking, you might as well let the rookie captain it to see if he can find land.
Mike FlorioThe Bears should start Mitch Trubisky now because the season is already lost
At some point, you just kind of say, screw it. You know, this season is lost, so let's just treat it like an extended preseason for next season.
Florio also touched on the Patriots' dynamic, specifically the immortality of Tom Brady. While most people think Brady is just obsessed with TB12 pliability, Florio thinks there is a much more calculated reason why the GOAT keeps moving the retirement goalposts back.
Mike FlorioTom Brady says he'll play until 45 to avoid a public farewell tour
I think he never wants his last year to be known as his last year. I don't think he ever wants to have a Derek Jeter farewell tour... by keeping that stake as far out into the future as possible, he'll never be in a season that anyone would say this is his last year.
Segments and Stay Woke
During a heated debate on why college football feels more fun right now, Big Cat had to set the record straight for the Saturday-only fans. Just because there are more 50-yard bombs doesn't mean the product is actually superior to the professional game.
Big CatCollege football is more exciting than the NFL, but it isn't 'better than' the NFL
Saying something is better than is not exactly correct in this case because, yes, college football is more exciting, but it's not better than. I mean, the guys aren't playing defense half the time. People are wide open. The windows are wide open.
In a quick check of the injury tent, Sam Bradford's knee remains a mystery wrapped in an enigma. It's reached a point where the injury isn't an event anymore; it's just his baseline state of existence.
Big CatSam Bradford is the first player who isn't 'injured', he is just always hurt
He's [Bradford] not injured. He he's just, injured all the time. He's just always hurt. Yeah, so then you come home after a day of darting and you're like, I'm not drunk. I'm fine... That's what Sam Bradford's knee is. It's the new normal.
Finally, Big Cat went full conspiracy theorist on the MLB's latest technological push. After a StatCast representative failed to load a dashboard at a Cubs game, the verdict was reached: the whole thing is a Nate Silver-led operation from a basement in Arizona.
Big CatStatCast is a complete hoax and is likely just one guy making up numbers
StatCast is the fakest, fraudest thing ever... Every fucking time, it's just like a ball's hit hard. Oh, it was 119 exit velocity with an angle of 47... It's literally a guy—sitting somewhere probably in like Arizona it's Nate Silver... he's just watching games he's like okay that looked like a hard hit ball 108 miles an hour.
If the Giants win Monday Night by a score of 12-10, we'll know the simulation is truly broken.
