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Nick Foles on Super Bowl 52, Andy Reid, and the Bears Cycle
The show kicked off with a recap of the absolute slog that was the Rams-Niners Thursday Night Football game. Big Cat and PFT were in agreement that watching a game with ten punts and one field goal to start is like making a deposit into the future football bank. While the Rams found a way to grind out a win, the real story was the continued collapse of the 49ers and the impending financial headache regarding their quarterback.
Big CatPaying Brock Purdy $60 million per year would be insane
The projections that I'm reading right now... a report 60 a year. That's insane. You can't pay Brock Purdy 60 a year... he's a good quarterback, he's not in the level of make everyone better quarterback.
PFT was even harsher on the performance under the lights, specifically targeting a certain throw that basically sealed the Niners' fate for the season.
PFT CommenterBrock Purdy looked stupid and shitty against the Rams
I think he had a very bad game tonight. Like he looks, he looked stupid and shitty tonight. That's my analysis. That last throw was so bad. It was stupid and shitty in one throw. It was dumb to throw it and it was a bad pass.
With the Niners effectively eliminated, the focus shifted to a massive Week 15 slate. The early games are a bit of a graveyard, but the afternoon window is looking like one of the best of the year, headlined by a potential preview of the Big Game in February.
Big CatBills vs. Lions is a potential Super Bowl preview
Possible Super Bowl preview. This would be my dream Super Bowl matchup in terms of fans... in New Orleans. Holy shit. Would it rock just like partying with Lions and Bills fans all week.
Before the picks, the room spiraled into a "Conspiracy Corner" session that would make a tinfoil hat manufacturer blush. Hank had some very specific thoughts on the capture of Luigi Mangione, suggesting the government might be playing some fast and loose games with the evidence.
HankThe government used illegal tracking technology to find Luigi Mangione and then planted evidence to cover it up
The government has technology that's illegal to use to track and find someone like Luigi [Mangione]... which they used illegally to find him. And then planted all the evidence. The McDonald's worker, the written manifesto to cover their tracks about the fact that they illegally... surveyed people. The McDonald's worker was a plant and that's why they're not gonna get paid.
Not to be outdone, President Pug joined the fray with a report on the mysterious New Jersey drones. Apparently, we don't need to worry about an invasion because the "good" aliens have our backs from their underwater bases.
PugThe New Jersey drones are good aliens protecting humans from bad aliens
It's probably alien. I've heard it's aliens protecting from other aliens is what I've heard... Apparently they've been here the whole time, but just in the water. And then when the bad aliens, I guess, are threatening now. So they came out to protect us.
When it finally came time for the Week 15 Preview, Big Cat weighed in on the seismic news of Bill Belichick taking the UNC job. While some wonder how the greatest NFL coach will handle NIL and the transfer portal, Big Cat thinks the recruiting pitch is actually quite simple.
Big CatBill Belichick's main recruiting pitch at UNC will be a direct, simplified path to the NFL
There is a compelling case for Bill Belichick shows up to your living room and says, Hey, I can get you in the NFL... I'm not gonna sit here and pretend that you need an education... I'm just gonna get you to the NFL.
Hank is even more bullish on the hire, predicting immediate hardware and a trip to the newly expanded postseason for the Tar Heels.
HankUNC will make the College Football Playoff in Bill Belichick's first year
[Bill Belichick will be successful] first year... College football playoff. We should win the ACC.
Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles then joined the show in-studio for a phenomenal look back at his career. He discussed the "Philly Special," the statue outside the Linc, and the time he almost retired before Andy Reid called him back to Kansas City. Foles offered some great insight into why some organizations succeed while others, like the Bears, seem stuck in the mud.
The Chicago Bears are stuck in an unhealthy cycle of hiring coaches on their 'last leg' who then draft and ruin rookie quarterbacks
They're sort of in this cycle that it is just not a healthy cycle... their coaching staff at the end of their like their prove-it year, they draft a quarterback in the first round... The rookie quarterback gets one year with the coaching staff and then they've just been fired. And then that rookie quarterback... has to deal with that again. It's not a great cycle.
Foles also spoke glowingly about the coaches who helped him reach his peak, particularly Big Red. He noted that the best coaches are the ones who can tune out the noise and focus on the locker room.
Andy Reid is the greatest coach because he knows the pulse of his team and refuses to listen to outside input
I always go to the example of Andy Reid. I think Andy Reid's the greatest... Big Red's gonna make the best decision. Like you might think like you have said something that's really gonna impact and change the way he thought. He knows what's best for the pulse of his team and he's gonna take you that direction.
To wrap up the week, Fyre Fest turned into a high-stakes negotiation regarding Hank's dunk bet. Since the dunk is looking unlikely, a new challenge emerged: a three-point contest. After realizing he had zero chance of hitting 20 shots in a row, Hank agreed to a heads-up match against PFT with some very personal stakes on the line.
HankI will get a cat and shave my face if PFT Commenter beats me in a three-point contest
I don't want to own a cat, but I also you also know I'm gonna beat PFT... [If PFT beats me] I'll do it. I accept. [A cat and shave my face].
PFT’s own Fyre Fest involved his foray into the metaverse, where he has decided that Mark Zuckerberg has officially defeated Tim Cook in the hardware wars.
PFT CommenterThe Meta Quest 3 is significantly better than the Apple Vision Pro
I got the Apple Vision Pro like seven months ago. What a waste of fucking money that was. That was probably the the biggest waste of money I've ever had in my entire life... picked up the Meta Quest 3. That thing rocks... this kicks the shit out of the Apple Vision Pro.
Good luck to everyone this weekend, except for the person who has to live with Hank's new cat.
