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Mike Pereira on NFL Replay and Marshall Newhouse's Helicopter Fumble
Week 9 in the NFL was a total dumpster fire, but Big Cat and PFT are here to sift through the wreckage. After a truly bizarre weekend where Brock Osweiler and Tom Savage played a game of "who can be worse" on the Red Zone channel, the hierarchy of the league is starting to look very top-heavy. While the rest of the league descends into chaos, the cream is rising to the top in a way that feels very familiar.
Big CatThe only consistent teams you can trust in the NFL are the Eagles and the Patriots
The only two consistents are the Patriots and the Eagles. So the only two teams at this point in the season where you can confidently say I would trust those teams.
Big Cat also gave some flowers to New Orleans, even if he did bury them about a month ago.
Big CatThe Saints are a really good football team
The Saints are really, really good. And I think it helped that they were playing against Jameis Winston today... the only two teams at this point in the season where you can confidently say I would trust those teams [Eagles and Patriots] and maybe the Saints.
While some teams are ascending, others are embracing the darkness. The Falcons are still wearing their Super Bowl shame like a heavy coat, and the situation in New York is even bleaker. Big Cat didn't hold back on the Giants after their latest pathetic showing.
Big CatThe Giants have officially quit on the season
The Giants have officially quit. That team does not give a fuck. No. And they're doing the old, like, no one wants to tackle anyone. They're basically playing, the rest of the season for the Giants is basically the Pro Bowl for them.
Mike Pereira and the Replay Nightmare
Former VP of Officiating Mike Pereira joined the show to discuss why everyone is mad at the refs. He didn't hold back on the NFL's refusal to admit they blew the Zach Miller catch in New Orleans, calling the league's defense of the call "laughable." The guys discussed the dangerous trend of getting too technical with high-speed video, leading PFT to suggest a very specific limit on how officials use technology.
PFT CommenterNFL officials should be limited to 30 seconds of slow-motion replay per game
In the course of any game, the officials should only get like 30 seconds worth of slow-mo that they can use. And so you got to use it smart. It's like Turbo and NBA Jam.
Pereira confirmed that the technicality of the catch rule is ruining the fan experience, noting that even internally, people in New York know they messed up the Miller play. He even dropped a bombshell about how the review process should have actually worked if the call on the field had been different.
Mike PereiraIf the Zach Miller catch had been ruled incomplete on the field, replay would have reversed it to a touchdown
I'll say it one more time, and here it is. If they had ruled that on the field as incomplete, both Dean Blandino and myself would have reversed it to a touchdown.
Beyond just catches, the conversation shifted to the college game, where Pereira noted that targeting calls are skyrocketing. He believes the current system is actually hurting the product by dragging out games and resulting in questionable ejections that officials are too scared to overturn.
Mike PereiraTargeting fouls in college football are up 40% this year and it is hurting the game
The rule makers have to be concerned when they look at the fact that the number of fouls for targeting are up 40% this year. I mean, that's a big number. That's a big number that leads to longer games and really more questionable decisions.
Marshall Newhouse: The Flying Raider
In one of the most electric moments in show history, Oakland Raiders offensive lineman Marshall Newhouse called in just hours after his legendary "helicopter" fumble on Sunday Night Football. Watching a man of that size take flight is the reason we watch football, and Marshall was a great sport about the whole thing, admitting that things go south very quickly when you're a fat guy who doesn't regularly handle the ball.
Who’s Back and Pizza Wars
Who's Back featured a heated debate on whether snow football is officially back (it is) and Hank declaring that the U has regained its swagger. Between the black jerseys and the turnover chain, Miami is finally embracing their inner villain again.
HankThe Miami Hurricanes are officially back
The U is back. They had the black jerseys, which was just unreal. Dominated Virginia Tech. And the fans... there was multiple incidents of fans fighting police, fans fighting each other. Police fighting fans. That's back. The U's got all their swagger back.
The guys also connected some very greasy dots regarding the NFL's ongoing drama with Papa John. PFT is convinced that Jerry Jones is using his power as a major franchise owner to leverage the pizza mogul against Roger Goodell.
PFT CommenterPapa John and Jerry Jones are conspiring to get Roger Goodell fired
Papa John is running the NFL... He wants to get Roger Goodell fired... Jerry Jones is the leading franchise owner of Papa John's Pizzas... he's teaming up with Papa John to go after Goodell... trying to convince other sponsors to take money away from the NFL, therefore sinking Roger Goodell as commissioner.
To wrap things up, the crew checked in on the drama in Cleveland. Between Dwyane Wade calling out starters and the ever-present shadow of the Kardashian curse, the Cavs are providing plenty of entertainment despite their early-season struggles. Big Cat has a theory that LeBron is simply using his best friend as a proxy for his own frustrations.
Big CatLeBron James is using Dwyane Wade as a mouthpiece for his callouts of teammates
I like what Dwyane Wade's doing because now we see AI, the evolution of technology. LeBron no longer has to subtweet. He can just use Dwyane Wade as a little ventriloquist.
At the end of the day, at least Dwyane Wade gets to go home to Gabrielle Union and whatever specific activities he definitely didn't want to talk about on Twitter.
