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Raiders HC Antonio Pierce, Eric Musselman, and the Jacksonville Jaguar Statue Kid
Grit Week Day 3 finds the bus parked at USC, and the energy is a mix of high-intensity basketball drills and sleep-deprived delirium. Big Cat, PFT, and Hank are running on fumes, but football being back is the ultimate caffeine. The show kicks off with a breakdown of the Hard Knocks premiere featuring the Chicago Bears. Big Cat admits his guard is all the way up regarding any potential Caleb Williams slander, while PFT and Max are more than happy to poke the bear.
Hard Knocks and Bears Slander
Watching the first episode of Hard Knocks, Big Cat was hyper-fixated on how HBO decided to edit Caleb Williams' first practice. While PFT noticed the rookie's physical presence, Big Cat was busy defending him from the "grinder" jokes and making sure everyone knew that any rookie struggles are just part of the narrative.
Big CatCaleb Williams having a fat ass is good for his power as a quarterback
Caleb Williams has aura. He's also got a fucking fat ass, which is good because that's the power to drive the football down the field. I want my quarterback to have a big ass drives the ball.
Max couldn't help but point out the irony of Nick Saban being brought in as the sage of quarterback development. While Saban is the GOAT, Max isn't convinced his track record with signal-callers in the NFL or even at Alabama is as flawless as the documentary suggests.
MaxNick Saban does not have a great track record for developing quarterbacks
Nick Saban not a great track record when developing quarterbacks. He's not a QB whisperer. They were just like showing Nick Saban as like this wise, like tell all Coach, which he is. But if you were to say one thing about Nick Saban it, that he is not like a quarterback whisperer.
PFT was also quick to call out the "Peyton Manning Logic" that Saban used to soothe the Bears' concerns about interceptions. It’s the ultimate security blanket for any struggling rookie, and PFT isn't buying it as a valid statistical trend.
PFT CommenterUsing Peyton Manning's bad rookie year to justify other rookie QBs struggling is dumb logic
To see Nick Saban use that same dumb logic was awesome. Every single person has been using that since Peyton Manning being like, if you a rookie sucks. You're like, well, Peyton Manning sucked.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne and Olympics
Hank’s Hot Seat is the New England Patriots, specifically the realization that the Brandon Aiyuk dream might be dead. The rumors of Aiyuk heading to the Steelers or Browns are heating up, and it seems the lure of Foxborough isn't what it used to be.
HankBrandon Aiyuk does not want to come to the Patriots
Brandon Aiyuk rumors were were hustling and bustling... a report came out today, which isn't official that it's gonna happen with the Steelers. I think it means he doesn't want to come [to the Patriots].
Over in the Olympic world, Noah Lyles is taking victory laps after his photo-finish gold medal. While some critics are arguing that winning by half a fingernail shouldn't count for much, Big Cat is firmly on the side of the fastest man in the world.
Big CatNoah Lyles has every right to brag about being the fastest man on Earth after winning Olympic gold
She had a take, can you really brag about being the fastest person on earth if you win a race by 0.005 seconds?... I think [Noah Lyles] can if you win the gold medal.
The guys also touched on Kyle Kuzma's early morning social media activity, with Big Cat questioning the timing of his digital wandering.
Big CatFollowing porn stars at 8 AM is way too early to be that horny
[Kyle Kuzma] waking up this morning... Kyle Kuzma is now following Ms. Thick Overload... that's a brutal one though... that's also way too early in the morning to be that horny... 8:00 AM to be following Ms. Thick Overload.
Antonio Pierce on Raiders DNA
Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce joined the show to discuss what it means to be "born a Raider." Pierce brings an old-school mentality to a franchise that desperately needs it, and he didn't blink when staring down the guys to see if they had the silver and black in their blood. He talked about the 2007 Giants, his transition to coaching, and why he still respects the undefeated Patriots team he helped take down.
Antonio PierceRaider DNA is genetic and cannot be converted to
It's genetic. So you have it. It's either you got it or you don't. You what I mean's no Raiders conversion... sometimes I know we're in California right now, so you can Very Hollywood around. I was waiting for your blink. I saw a little twitching in the eyebrow [at the hosts].
Antonio PierceThe Raiders are going to win a lot of games this season
We're win a lot of games. A lot of games. A lot of grit.
The Legend of the Jaguar Statue Kid
In a moment of pure PMT magic, the guys ran into the actual person from the iconic 1997 photo of a kid with his head stuck in the Jacksonville Jaguar statue. Andy, now a fully grown adult, explained the mechanics of how he ended up as a national news story and a recurring meme on the Barstool blog for over a decade. It turns out, getting out was a lot harder than getting in.
The Jaguar statue's fangs work like a crab trap, which is why my head got stuck in it
I explained it like a crab trap where like you can push your ears backwards... but then it gets caught. Can't go forward. And so that was like the simplicity of it. But everyone... was like, how is that even possible?
Mt. Rushmore of Tough Things and Eric Musselman
The episode wraps with a Mt. Rushmore of Tough Things, where Big Cat made a very personal selection regarding the difficulty of managing the show’s executive producer in the morning.
Big CatDealing with Hank in the morning is tougher than childbirth
Dealing with Hank when he wakes up in the morning. That's very tough. Yeah. Probably tougher than childbirth. If you actually have to do it. Like if childbirth verse, like if you're like, Hey, every day you have to just wake up Hank, I'd take childbirth.
Finally, USC HC Eric Musselman joined to answer grit questions from the listeners. After putting the guys through a grueling practice, Musselman broke down the ideal roster construction for a winning program, specifically the ratio of guys with "moxie" versus those who just have pure grit.
Eric MusselmanA basketball roster needs exactly three moxie guys and the rest grit guys to win
I don't think you can have a lot of moxie guys. Okay. So I would say moxie guys three. Okay. Right. And the rest grit. Yeah. And then you're gonna win. I think that's right because If you have too many moxie guys. Everyone, there's only one ball.
No matter how nice the weather is in SoCal, if you're on the bus, the grit is mandatory.
