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NFL Week 5 Recap, Fastest 2 Minutes, and Big Ben’s Apple Watch
Week 5 is in the books, and we are officially at the point of the season where everyone starts panicking. Big Cat and PFT Commenter open the show with a legendary Fastest 2 Minutes that covers everything from Kirk Cousins' apology tour in the Meadowlands to the Raiders eating high off the hog-warts in London. The energy is high, even if the Bears are currently making Big Cat want to stare into the sun like Philip Rivers.
The Mahomes Blueprint and the Aggressive Colts
Sunday Night Football saw the Colts go into Arrowhead and completely shut down the Chiefs' high-flying offense. It turns out that having an offensive line full of road graders like Quinton Nelson is a pretty good strategy. PFT is already looking ahead to how this affects the Chiefs in January.
PFT CommenterThe Chiefs are a regular season team that will get bullied in the playoffs
It's kind of like the old Peyton Manning Colts teams who would put up, you know, insane stats in the regular season and then get bullied in the in the postseason.
Big Cat was quick to credit Frank Reich for keeping the ship steady after the Andrew Luck retirement. While most teams would have folded, the Colts have an identity and they stick to it.
Big CatFrank Reich is on my list of coaches I love to bet on because he is always aggressive
Frank Reich is on my list of coaches I love to bet on because he's aggressive throughout the game... I honestly don't think there are more than a handful of franchises in the NFL that had their quarterback retired three weeks before the season would have been able to put together what the Colts were able to put [together].
The Saints' Ugly Winning Streak
Teddy Bridgewater is doing more than just treading water; he's actually winning games. Big Cat has a theory that the Drew Brees injury might actually be the secret sauce that saved the Saints' season by resetting their expectations.
Big CatThe Drew Brees injury was the best thing to happen to the Saints because it removed the pressure
Drew Brees' injury was the best thing to happen to the Saints because it took all the pressure off this season... The Saints were the snake-bitten team with all the pressure in the world... He gets hurt and now it's like the old nobody believes in us theory.
Speaking of quarterbacks, Daniel Jones had a rough day against the Vikings. Big Cat isn't out on him yet, but he has some very specific constructive criticism regarding the rookie's sideline demeanor. If you're going to replace Eli Manning, you have to look the part.
Big CatDaniel Jones needs a dumber face if he wants to be the Giants quarterback
Daniel Jones if he's going to be the heir apparent to Eli Manning, he's got to work on his dumb face. He he kept his mouth closed. That's sad open that mouth dude... We need you to walk around with your mouth wide open looking dumb, if you want to be the New York Giants quarterback.
Panic in Chicago and the Done Chain
It was a dark day for the Bears in London. Chase Daniel looked like a muggle, and the defense couldn't stop a fake punt. Big Cat is hitting the panic button as hard as possible, realizing that the schedule isn't getting any easier.
Big CatThe Chicago Bears are officially fucked
The Bears are fucked. I don't feel like the future. I don't think they're fuck for we've gone all in and we have no offense and the schedule is going to be insanely hard coming up and they are not a well-balanced team... the Bears are officially fucked.
On the other side of the emotional spectrum, the Chargers have officially been placed on the "Done Chain." After another classic Philip Rivers late-game heartbreak, the guys are finally ready to admit that the Chargers will never be what we want them to be.
Big CatI am officially done with the Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers are done. I'm done with the Chargers, they're my done chain of the week. I used to buy into the Chargers hype... I'm done with them. They'll never be what they think they are.
Referees and Terrible Rule Changes
The officiating this week was particularly brutal, specifically the pass interference reviews. Big Cat thinks the NFL is playing a long con on the coaches with this new rule.
Big CatPass interference flags are the dumbest rule the NFL has ever implemented
Can we talk about the fact that PI flags are the dumbest rule the NFL has ever done. I think it was put out there as a trick on coaches to see which coaches have the least amount of respect for the officiating crews... It slows the game down. There's never ever going to be an overturned.
He also wants a logic check on how penalties are enforced after a play is blown dead. If a play doesn't count because of a flag, the celebration shouldn't result in a fifteen-yard walk-off.
Big CatPenalties occurring after a negated interception should not count
The rule that if you have like a excessive celebration or a, you know, Block in the back or something on an interception that gets negated. It shouldn't count. if the interception is negated everything after that should be allocated.
This League and Postseason Baseball
Things got heavy in the "This League" segment as Daryl Morey’s tweet about Hong Kong sparked a massive standoff between the NBA and China. It’s a classic case of corporate activism meeting its match in the bottom line.
Big CatYour morals are only morals until it fucks with your wallet
It's a good life lesson: Your morals are only morals until it fucks with your wallet... The NBA is just showing them like, hey, we go against Trump because it doesn't cost us anything... but if we're talking about people wanting to be free, just kidding, we've got to sell the League Pass to [China].
Meanwhile, in October baseball, the Yankees are destroying the Twins, which Big Cat predicted would lead to a bloodbath in the next round. He is already looking at the Astros as the inevitable champions after seeing Gerrit Cole's dominance.
Big CatThe Houston Astros are going to kill the New York Yankees in the ALCS
The Astros are going to kill the Yankees. the Twins should stop I feel bad for the twin if that's what's gonna kill the Yankees. Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole... he's insane. he's on a different level... the Astros are going to win the World Series.
Between Big Ben getting fined for wearing an Apple Watch he probably doesn't know how to turn on and a Monday Reading about a guy obsessed with a very specific porn star, it was a quintessential PMT Monday.
Just remember, if you see someone with the new iPhone this week, they’re definitely bragging.
