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Mike Singletary and Lance Briggs

Wednesday, February 22, 201711 takes

Larry II has died ( - ). NBA trade talk, Boogie Cousins and Jimmy Butler ( - ). Bachelor talk for guys who don't watch the Bachelor ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne ( - ). Super Bowl Champion Mike Singletary joins the show to talk about football, Bear Weather, and Buddy Ryan ( - ). Lance Briggs joins the show to talk about driving Lambos, playing in the Super Bowl, and Marc Trestman ( - ). Segments include Magical Tweets for Magic Johnson, Kings Stay Kings for the fat Sutton United goalie, Spinzone for Cedric Benson, As a straight guy, and sorry not sorry.

Recap

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Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Larry II committed suicide because he couldn't face an NFL offseason without football

Possible suicide because Larry was a football guy. He loved gambling. He was really good at it. He liked the games. He got a little taste of what the offseason looked like... the week without football really crushed him, and he couldn't bear looking ahead to the next six months without any games.

The goldfish died of natural causes/poor care, not suicide.
Loss
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Warriors vs. Pelicans first-round series will be lame because Draymond Green will just punch Boogie Cousins in the dick

So what you're going end up seeing here is the Warriors taking on the Pelicans in the first round... I'm here to tell you that it's not [going to be awesome]. It's going to be lame. Draymond Green, all he does is punch people in the dick, and getting punched in the dick is real weakness in [Boogie Cousins'] game.

The Pelicans finished 10th in the West and missed the playoffs entirely in 2017.
Win
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Jimmy Butler is an incredible bargain because he signed his max contract before the salary cap spiked

I dropped Jimmy Butler contract truth, because Jimmy Butler is actually a great deal. He signed the max contract before the new salary cap, so he's going to be cheap for the next three years.

Butler signed a 5-year, $95M deal in 2015; by 2017 standards, this was considered high value relative to the new cap.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Loss
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

John Calipari will leave Kentucky for the Pelicans to escape looming NCAA sanctions

He needs to get out of town, needs to go to the NBA... The NCAA sanctions are about to hit Kentucky. That's a fact. I'm just calling that right now. So he needs to get out of town, needs to go to the NBA... Be a perfect fit for the Pelicans. You've got two of his best players from college that are playing there.

Calipari stayed at Kentucky until 2024 and no major NCAA sanctions hit the program during this period.
Loss
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

Sammy Sosa put Chicago on the map when nobody knew where it was

Sammy Sosa did an interview today... Sammy also said when nobody knew who Chicago was, I put Chicago on the map. So the third largest city right after Michael Jordan was the greatest player of all time. Sammy Sosa made people know, hey, Chicago's here. It's in Illinois.

Chicago was a world-famous city long before Sammy Sosa.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017
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Mike SingletaryMike Singletary

Bear Weather is a myth and is not worth a single point

Bear weather is not worth one point... Sabermetrics. It is not worth one point... How in the world is the cold weather or anything else going to be worth any points? Americans have to stand in the same weather.

This is subjective, though many believe home-field advantage in cold weather is real.
Win
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017
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Mike SingletaryMike Singletary

Jay Cutler and Matt Barkley are not franchise quarterbacks

Headline grab. Jay Cutler, not a franchise quarterback... Actually, no, I think you're actually talking about Matt Barkley, not a franchise quarterback. Breaking news.

Cutler was released shortly after and Barkley never became a long-term starter.
Void
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017
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Lance BriggsLance Briggs

Bear Weather is real and dome teams struggle to play in it

I disagree with [Singletary]. Now, when you say bear weather, when I think bear weather, I think, you know, one, two, zero degrees, wind chill... January, you get a team like the Atlanta Falcons... typically a dome team... It comes out there, and you can tell in a warm-up set. The wind's coming off the lake, and it just feels good.

Subjective opinion on home field advantage.
Win
Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017
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Lance BriggsLance Briggs

Marc Trestman was the worst Bears coach of all time

Mark Trestman was the worst of all time, and I'm still pissed at him. [Briggs]: I do not deny.

Trestman's tenure is statistically and culturally considered one of the worst in franchise history.

Magical Tweets

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Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017·Magical Tweets
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Big CatBig Cat

Magic Johnson will be a successful Lakers president as long as they win games

The Lakers magic is going to do a good job if the Lakers win basketball games... I think he's also going to do a good job if he gets good players on the Lakers.

OpinionBasketballMildSarcastic
Magic eventually resigned in 2019 after a tumultuous and largely unsuccessful tenure.

As A Straight Guy

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Take Slip·Feb 22, 2017·As A Straight Guy
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Big CatBig Cat

Clay Travis will definitely use WNBA sexuality statistics to argue straight people are being persecuted

I'm guaranteeing that Clay Travis—I'm going to call my shot here. Clay Travis is going to use these statistics for a future column talking about how straight people are persecuted. Because, hey, did you hear? 98% of the WNBA is gay.

Clay Travis and OutKick frequently covered the Candice Wiggins story and the broader culture of the WNBA in this vein.