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NFL Week 13, 49ers Pump the Eagles, and the FSU Playoff Snub
Week 13 started with the usual Fastest Two Minutes energy, but it quickly transitioned into some of the most heated debates of the season. Between the 49ers physically imposing their will on the Eagles and the College Football Playoff committee officially losing the plot, there was plenty to get through. Big Cat and PFT Commenter broke down the Sunday slate before diving into why Florida State fans have every right to burn it all down.
The Saints and the Taysom Hill Experience
The Lions jumped out to a 21-0 lead against New Orleans in what felt like six minutes, but the Saints somehow clawed back into it. The discussion inevitably turned to the nightmare that is the Saints' salary cap situation and their refusal to embrace a rebuild. While Derek Carr continues to be Derek Carr, PFT Commenter thinks the solution is actually sitting right on the bench.
PFT CommenterThe Saints should let their offense run through Taysom Hill all the time.
They should just let that offense run through Taysom Hill all the time. There's nobody like him in the NFL. He seems to be effective at moving the chains. The offense is something that like, you can't really prepare for that well.
Big Cat was even more blunt about the state of the franchise. He argued that the worst thing for the Saints right now is actually being competent enough to stay in the hunt for the NFC South title.
Big CatThe Saints need to blow everything up and reset their franchise
The Saints just have to admit that they suck and they have to start blowing everything up because the Saints have been doing this for, it started at the end of the Brees era and it's been going on ever since where they just continually kick the can down the road. The Saints are $71 million over the cap next year. I don't even know how that's possible. Why wouldn't they just start trading people? Start cutting, start trading, just reset everything. If you're a Saints fan, you have to want a fresh restart.
CJ Stroud and the Texans' Rise
CJ Stroud continues to look like a ten-year veteran, leading the Texans to a massive win over the Broncos. Despite those leaked pre-draft test scores that everyone obsessed over, Stroud’s ability to process the field in real-time is clearly among the league's elite.
PFT CommenterCJ Stroud clearly has elite processing speed despite the leaked S2 cognition test scores.
Whatever his processing speed is, whoever leaked the information about CJ Stroud not being able to pass that S2 cognition test—genius smokescreen because that guy processes things so quickly. Like [Big Cat] said last week, the game moves so slow for him.
While the Texans are surging, other AFC teams are falling into the "slog" of mediocrity. Big Cat highlighted the job Shane Steichen is doing with Gardner Minshew in Indy, specifically a perfectly timed fake rub route that iced their win against the Titans.
Big CatShane Steichen should be the NFL Coach of the Year
Shane Steichen is coach of the year. That touchdown play, the Michael Pittman touchdown where they ran a fake rub route was like so perfectly—I'd have to imagine they had run that rub route a bunch of times and then to save the fake for that exact moment was ran to perfection.
Tyreek Hill for MVP?
The Dolphins absolutely dismantled the Commanders, and Tyreek Hill is putting up numbers that are becoming impossible to ignore. The guys discussed whether a wide receiver can actually win the award in a year where no quarterback is truly running away with it. Big Cat thinks Tyreek has officially overtaken his own quarterback in the hierarchy of importance.
Big CatTyreek Hill should be in the MVP conversation and is currently better than Tua
Why isn't Tyreek Hill in the MVP conversation? I think he is. He's gonna get 2,000 yards. I think he should. If any wide receiver gets it, it should be Tyreek Hill. How about that? Tua is eliminated. All the fun Dolphins offense stats will now go to Tyreek Hill in terms of the MVP convo.
The Crown Jewel and the Dom Game
The 49ers went into Philly and "shit-pushed" the Eagles in a game that wasn't as close as the 42-19 score might even suggest. The highlight of the game wasn't even a play, but the ejection of "Big Dom" DiSandro, the Eagles' head of security, after a sideline scrap with Dre Greenlaw. Max was forced to admit that the better team won on Sunday, even if he wants to point to the rest advantage.
MaxThe 49ers are definitively the best team in the NFC right now
Obviously the Niners shit-pumped the Eagles. They're the better, they're the better team right now without question. But they had 10 days of rest. It's a fact. It's not just obvious to be like, 'oh yeah, we just saw what happened, that's what's gonna happen in the NFC Championship game.'
The College Football Playoff Injustice
The biggest news of the weekend happened off the field, as an undefeated Florida State team was left out of the final four-team playoff in favor of Alabama. Big Cat and PFT Commenter tried to balance the two conflicting truths: that FSU was robbed, but the actual games we're getting will be incredible. PFT suggested that FSU's medical staff could have been a bit more "creative" with Jordan Travis's injury status to put the committee in a corner.
PFT CommenterFlorida State should have lied about the extent of Jordan Travis's injury to force the Playoff committee's hand.
They would be better off if Florida State just lied about the extent to which Jordan Travis was injured and said he could come back in time for the playoffs. Because then at that point that would've put them up against the wall on the Playoff committee 'cause they'd be like, oh shit, how do we figure out exactly how injured this guy is?
Despite the snub, Big Cat noted that for the first time in the CFP era, there isn't a single team in the field that feels like a sacrificial lamb.
Big CatThis is the first CFP where all four teams can legitimately win the title
Florida State debacle aside, this is the first time I feel like we have a college football playoff where all four teams can win the title. And it's not like a leap of imagination. It is four teams that are so fucking good and they all kind of do stuff... it's gonna be a great matchup everywhere.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne and Who's Back
To wrap things up, the guys hit on the Dr. Pepper Halftime Challenge, which saw a triple-overtime thriller and a bit of controversy. Big Cat is officially leading the charge to modernize the rules for next year's office competition.
Big CatThe chest pass should be banned from the Dr. Pepper Halftime Challenge.
I'm a hundred percent in on that... they should just move it back. That would ban the chest pass.
On the NBA side, LeBron James found himself in a war of words with Ime Udoka. While LeBron usually laughs off trash talk from guys like Dylan Brooks, Udoka seemed to actually get under his skin.
Big CatIme Udoka mentally alpha'd LeBron James during their trash talk exchange.
The fact that Ime [Udoka] got in [LeBron James'] head about this tells me Ime is mentally alpha him... Dylan Brooks, you can say like 10 times worse things to LeBron... the fact that Ime got in his head about this tells me Ime is mentally alpha him.
Packers fans, enjoy your voodoo while it lasts, because the Week 18 banner-raising ceremony in Chicago is already being planned.
