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Mike Florio on Tom Brady, NFL Week 8 Picks, and the Bucs Are Dead
Tom Brady should have stayed retired. The Thursday Night Football loss to the Ravens was a wake-up call for anyone still holding onto the idea that the Buccaneers are a contender. Big Cat and PFT Commenter didn't hold back, describing Brady as looking genuinely sad on the field. The offense is broken, the line is a disaster, and the guys are starting to think the greatest of all time has finally hit the wall.
Big CatTom Brady should retire right now
Today is Friday, October 28th and Tom Brady should retire. The Buccaneers are a pathetic, pathetic football team. Oh my God. Tom Brady should retire.
While Brady gets the headlines, Big Cat pointed the finger squarely at the coaching staff. Todd Bowles looks completely emotionless on the sideline while his team commits dumb penalties and executes a lackluster game plan. On the other side, the Ravens looked like they finally found their identity again by running for over 230 yards.
Big CatTodd Bowles is a bad head coach
Todd Bowles sucks as a coach. I'm sorry. He sucks. They get so many penalties. It's so many dumb things.
Big CatThe Ravens are back in the Super Bowl contender tier
The Ravens were phenomenal and the Ravens, like, they kind of got their their juice back in terms of of running the football. I have the Ravens back in my good tier. Maybe even, maybe even Super Bowl contender tier.
Mike Florio and the Pro Football Talk 21st Anniversary
Pro Football Talk creator Mike Florio joined the show to celebrate 21 years of the website and brought plenty of his signature informed speculation. The conversation quickly shifted to the crumbling Brady empire. Florio floated a theory that the tension in Brady’s personal life might be directly linked to the NFL's investigation into the Miami Dolphins tampering with him.
Mike FlorioTom Brady's marriage issues began because Gisele was unaware he was flirting with the Dolphins
There's a theory in league circles... that the issues with Tom Brady and his wife blew up when the league announced the punishment of the dolphins because of the flirtation with Brady. Cuz she had, as the theory goes, no idea he was talking to the dolphins about playing.
Florio also took aim at the situation in New England, suggesting that Bill Belichick’s reliance on nepotism has compromised his ability to run a tight ship. According to Florio, when your sons are your top assistants, you lose the ability to hold the rest of the staff accountable because everyone knows the kids aren't going anywhere.
Mike FlorioBill Belichick cannot hold his staff accountable because of nepotism with his sons
[Belichick] has got two kids working for him. And if one of those kids needs to be fired, he can't do it. And that makes it impossible for him to hold other people accountable. I think that's the root of where things kind of got wobbly... if you can't hold your kids accountable, you can't hold anybody accountable.
As a noted Vikings fan, Florio wasn't even buying into the hype of his own 5-1 team. He expects them to flame out predictably once the calendar turns to January.
Mike FlorioThe Vikings will lose in the divisional round this year
This is a team that's gonna go 11 and six, maybe 12 and five... And they're gonna win in the wild card round if they're lucky. And then they get the shit kicked out of them by the Eagles or the Cowboys or one of the elite teams in the nfc because cousins is limited.
Week 8 Picks and the Russell Wilson Saga
Before getting into the picks, the guys had to address the most Russell Wilson story of all time: the Broncos quarterback doing high-knees in the aisle of a plane to London for four hours while his teammates slept. It’s reached a level of "Russell Wilson-ness" that is starting to alienate anyone who isn't a fan of cringey leadership tactics. PFT Commenter thinks this desperation actually makes the Packers a scary team if they can just limp into the dance.
PFT CommenterThe Packers are more dangerous as a low seed than a one seed
I think it's better for [the Packers] to struggle and then get into the post-season as like a six or a seven seed... When they're the one seed, they seize up. They got, you know, they think too much. Aaron Rogers is too careful... I really do think they're more dangerous if they get in by the skin of their teeth than if they rebound and win the division.
When it came to the actual board, Big Cat is all-in on the interim coach bump in Carolina. He believes the locker room is genuinely rallying behind Steve Wilks, who has deep roots in Charlotte.
Big CatThe Panthers will play hard for Steve Wilks because the locker room wants him to keep the job
The locker room is talking about how [Steve Wilks] got screwed in Arizona and they want him to have the job and they're playing for him and they're like, he means a lot to this franchise to the city... I was like, what do they care? They're out of it. And then I was like, Wait, are they out of it? ... You can delude yourself in being like, we're not out of it because mathematically we would be in first place on Sunday afternoon.
PFT is looking at the AFC East, specifically targeting Zach Wilson's inability to read a Belichick defense. He expects the Patriots to create a "seeing ghosts" 2.0 situation for the Jets' young quarterback.
PFT CommenterZach Wilson will be befuddled by the Patriots defense this weekend
I wanna talk about the Patriot's defense because the Patriot's defense I think is going to befuddle. Zach Wilson. Zach Wilson's gonna be befuddled this weekend. And the Jacks, he's gonna be so confused. Belichick knows how to fuck with befuddled quarterbacks.
In the NFC West, Big Cat is sticking with the trend that has defined the division for years: Kyle Shanahan simply having Sean McVay’s number in the regular season.
Big CatKyle Shanahan owns Sean McVay
I assume that was who you're gonna be if you were basic. Yeah, no, I agree with you. But also at some point, I feel like every time this happens... we've known for a while that Shanahan owns McVay. He's eight and four against McVay overall. Straight up.
Fyre Fest of the Week
Hank's Fyre Fest involved a blackout encounter with internet star Druski at a casino in Baton Rouge. Hank woke up in his hotel room fully clothed, knees on the ground, with his sink running and no memory of the night. He later found out he was the "annoying drunk guy" to one of his favorite comedians. PFT dealt with the literal pain of fashion after wearing low-cut socks with new shoes, while Big Cat is facing the existential crisis of realizing his son is a lefty, and he has no idea how to teach him a jumper.
Hank also managed to lose the lottery ball challenge twice in one episode, extending his legendary streak of futility to over two years.
