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NFL Divisional Round With Kyle Long, Electric Substations With Peter Cowan, Divisional Round Picks & Preview, Harbaugh To The Giants + Fyre Fest

Friday, January 16, 202611 takes

John Harbaugh is a New York Giant and we talk other coaching news and national sports podcast topics (-). NFL Divisional round picks and preview, is it Bo Nix’s time? Sam Darnold injured? PFT’s new stat for Hank and Bear Weather for the Rams (-). Kyle Long joins the show to talk Divisional weekend, matchups, mismatches and picks + bonus video game talk with Zac (-). Peter Cowan who went viral for his electrical substation tweet at the Niners Facility joins the show to explain his findings, talk In and Out and how much sunlight we should get (-). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week and a goodbye to Pug (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026
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Big CatBig Cat

Hiring John Harbaugh is a smart move for the Giants because they desperately need stability.

This was, I mean, this is a smart move. I I, I like this move for the Giants. It feels like they needed stability... you hiring him. You're not gonna fire him in three years, even if it takes a little bit of time to get things going.

The Giants have indeed had high turnover (McAdoo, Shurmur, Judge, Daboll), making the stability claim historically grounded.
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Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026
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Big CatBig Cat

The Steelers are entering a dark phase and fans will eventually realize Mike Tomlin was holding everything together.

I think that you, the Steelers might go into a dark phase here where they're gonna probably have to lose a little bit and they're gonna realize Yeah, actually Mike Tom was keeping this thing together better than we all thought.

This is a prediction about the Steelers' performance following Tomlin's 2026 resignation.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Using hard golf clubs like blades is 'bullshit' and offers no real advantage over cavity backs.

I've always wondered that. Like why not just use the Easy Clubs? Is it, do you get that much more touch with the, with the blade... my theory has always just been that they don't do anything. That they make it harder to play golf.

The value of blades vs cavity backs is a long-standing debate in golf equipment circles with no single factual answer.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The new Commanders stadium rendering is worth three wins a year alone.

This stadium, just looking at it, max, I think that this stadium is worth three wins a year. Yeah. The stadium alone.

Attributing 3 specific wins to a building's architecture is inherently subjective and unprovable.

Picks

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Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026·Picks
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFL Divisional Round is Bo Nix's time to have a defining rookie moment.

Is it Bo Nix's time. We've had all three of these guys have their splash moments. Is it Bo Nix's time to say, Hey, you forgot about Bo Nix... If we're gonna have this be the 2024 draft, be like an all time QB draft. It's bo Nicks' time.

This depends on the outcome of the Bills vs. Broncos Divisional Round game in Jan 2026.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026·Picks
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Drake May is the worst quarterback in the NFL when facing third-and-six.

Drake May is the worst quarterback in the NFL on third and sixth. And it's not close Since, since he got, where did you get this? Since he got into the league... He's 36th in the NFL... five for 18. 27%. The league average, I believe is 40.

PFT is citing a specific stat from 'Stat Hole'. Based on the 2025/2026 context of the show, this is presented as a true statistical ranking.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026·Picks
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Matt Stafford is unreliable when protecting a lead in the second half.

Matt Stafford, when he has a lead at halftime, his record against the spread in the second half. The second half spread 35% of the time, he covers only 35%. Pretty bad.

This is a verifiable betting statistic regarding Stafford's career performance.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026·Picks
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bears have a significant special teams advantage over the Rams in the Divisional Round.

I've meant to say that the one place that the Bears have a significant advantage is special teams. The, the Rams have been kind of like, they got a punt blocked. The kicker's been bad. The Bears, Cairo. Santos has been good.

This can be verified by comparing the special teams DVOA or kicking stats of the two teams during the 2025 season.

Interview

Open
Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026
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Kyle LongKyle Long

The Broncos' wide defensive line alignment gives Josh Allen a free pass to scramble up the middle.

They line up super, super wide and when you line up super wide... it gives Josh Allen free reign to look at the guards, look at the center, figure out where he is gonna go... Josh is a guy who can drop back in a non non scheme anything and just be like, oh, the ends are by me. I'm gonna take what's given to me.

This is a tactical observation. Its 'correctness' would be proven if Allen successfully scrambles through the middle during the game.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026
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Peter CowanPeter Cowan

The electrical substation next to the 49ers facility is causing player injuries by dehydrating their cells.

The wireless stuff, basically it dries you out on the inside. So have you ever taken a rubber band and like left it out in the sun and it goes from being nice and stretchy to being brittle and snaps? ... there's been a lot of research in the past 50 years... showing that it can cause cause harm at the cellular level by dehydrating yourselves among other things.

This is a fringe scientific claim that is generally not supported by mainstream sports medicine or physics.
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Take Slip·Jan 16, 2026
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Peter CowanPeter Cowan

Exposing your 'boys' to sunlight increases testosterone.

Never tried it, but there is evidence that if you get sun on your boys, that your testosterone will go up.

While Vitamin D (from sun) supports testosterone, the direct benefit of local 'sunning' is not clinically proven.