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Pete Prisco and Dalvin Cook on NFL Predictions, Jags Hype, and Jet Life
The vibes are at an all-time high as NFL kickoff finally approaches, but the guys aren't letting the Kansas City Chiefs off the hook just yet. With Chris Jones holding out and Travis Kelce dealing with a knee hyperextension right before the opener against Detroit, Big Cat smells a rat. He’s convinced the Chiefs are just playing mind games to fuel their own underdog narrative.
Big CatThe Kansas City Chiefs are testing the public with the Travis Kelce and Chris Jones news to invite doubt before the season
They are testing us with the Kansas City Chiefs. First Chris Jones sits out, is maybe not gonna play week one. Now Travis unfortunately has a hyperextension in his knee... They're basically at the buzzer... saying, 'Hey, let's invite all the doubters... let's have this doubt creep in so that we can have that rat poison in the locker room.'
Naturally, the reaction to these injuries is to hammer the Lions money line. PFT is strictly following the "anyone but the Chargers" rule this season, refusing to be hurt by the Bolts again.
PFT CommenterI will never bet on the Los Angeles Chargers again
So here's one thing that I will trust. Pass me on. Do not believe the c words. Do not believe their lies. Right. I am not going, if I'm gonna move off the Chiefs, I'm not going to the team in Los Angeles. I'm not gonna do that.
Dabo in the Hot Seat
Hot Seat/Cool Throne featured a funeral for Clemson football after their embarrassing loss to Duke. Hank and Big Cat are officially burying Dabo Swinney, pointing out that his stubbornness regarding the modern era of college football is his undoing. While Nick Saban adjusted to the new reality, Dabo chose to stand on a hill and yell about the way things used to be.
Big CatDabo Swinney's refusal to adapt to NIL and the transfer portal is his downfall
He's so resistant to change when college football has so drastically changed in the last five years. It's kind of great to be like, dude, all you had to do was embrace it and realize that everything is changing around you. You gotta change. Like Nick Saban has always changed.
HankDabo Swinney is cooked because he refuses to embrace the transfer portal and NIL
Clemson though, done. Dabo. It's so bury—so great. Burying Dabo. Bury him... Dabo is not a likable guy. You had your run. And it does—it is kind of nice. If Dabo didn't say all the stuff about NIL and transfer portal, I, I would feel a little bit worse. But he's so resistant to change when college football has so drastically changed in the last five years.
Pete Prisco’s Burning Takes
Friend of the program Pete Prisco joined the show to deliver his annual NFL preview, and he didn't hold back. While most of the world is focused on the Bengals or Chiefs, Pete is fully "jagging off" this year. He’s projecting a massive season for Trevor Lawrence and a deep run for Jacksonville, thanks in part to a schedule that looks like a cakewalk.
Pete PriscoThe Jacksonville Jaguars will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl
Jacksonville's a slam dunk in their division... But here's why. They're, they're a really good team this year to keep an eye on to go to the Super Bowl, which I think they're going to by the way... If they don't win 13 games it's a disaster by the way. They're gonna score 500 points.
Pete PriscoTrevor Lawrence will win the NFL MVP award
Trevor Lawrence for MVP too... Their offense is what Calvin Ridley will mean to that offense is going to change the way they play.
On the flip side, Pete isn't buying the Russell Wilson redemption arc in Denver, claiming the former Seahawk was always a product of a great defense rather than elite individual play. He also had some choice words for the state of the roster in New England, which he thinks is bottom-of-the-barrel material.
Pete PriscoRussell Wilson was never the elite quarterback people thought he was and is now unfixable
Is Russell Wilson unfixable? Yeah. To ever be the quarterback that everybody thought he was. Yes. He's never gonna be that. He never was. That he was a good functional quarterback who had the top ranked scoring defense four straight years in the league... they made it easy on him.
Pete PriscoThe New England Patriots have one of the worst rosters and offensive lines in the NFL
You look at that roster, ugh. It's bad. The offensive line isn't good. The questions about Mac Jones, the receivers... they're the worst quarterback team in the division... New England's one of [the worst O-lines]. Their line stinks.
Despite the hype in Detroit, Pete is playing the role of the wet blanket, suggesting the Lions need to actually win a big game before they can be considered true contenders. He's much higher on Jordan Love and the Packers taking back the North, and he’s keeping a very close eye on Sam Howell in DC.
Pete PriscoThe Green Bay Packers will win the NFC North in 2023
Division winners. Eagles Packers. Yes. The Packers are winning that division, the 49ers and the Saints... Jordan Love is gonna surprise everybody... I think sitting for three years has helped him and going there and watching him practice this summer... he's got a different feel to him.
Pete PriscoSam Howell will surprise people and lead the Commanders to a Wild Card spot
I think Sam Howell's gonna surprise everybody. I do... he's gonna have a good year for them. It can't be any worse than they were at quarterback the last couple years... Wild Card. Dallas, Washington.
Dalvin Cook Joins the Jets
New Jets running back Dalvin Cook called in to discuss his move to New York and the current state of the running back market. He was candid about the "vulnerable" position running backs are in and had some specific thoughts on how the league handles their contracts.
Dalvin CookRunning backs should not be subject to the franchise tag
I think we're one of the positions that I think should not be on a tag. I think, you know, the beat, the beat that we take, the, the overload. You know, if you're one of those great and one of those special players, you get the overload. You get 400 touches a year damn near. So it's like, no, I think we shouldn't, we shouldn't be able to get a tag.
Big Cat managed to secure a massive win for the occult community by converting Dalvin into a ghost believer. After hearing about the "gambling ghost" that predicted a Jets Super Bowl, Dalvin decided he's all in on the supernatural if it means a ring.
Dalvin CookI believe in ghosts now because Big Cat's gambling ghost said the Jets are winning the Super Bowl
I'm starting to see the trend, man. Everything lead right up to it. Everybody's selling the Jets in the Super Bowl... I believe in ghosts now. Yes.
The Pancake Draft
To wrap things up, the guys held the inaugural Pancakes Only Fantasy Draft. In an effort to learn more about the trenches, everyone drafted five offensive linemen based on their ability to put defenders on the ground. Hank took Trent Williams first overall, while Max desperately tried (and failed) to secure an all-Eagles line. The stakes are high: the loser has to sit in a diner for 24 hours, with every pancake eaten removing one hour from the sentence.
If you find yourself in a 24-hour diner with a grown man crying over a stack of buttermilk rounds, now you know why.
