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Ryan Dempster, Army Coach Mike Viti, Ravens Frauds, and MLB/NBA Playoffs
We have reached that glorious time on the sports calendar where the MLB playoffs, NBA Finals, and NFL season all collide into one beautiful, chaotic mess. Big Cat and PFT kicked things off by addressing the elephant in the room: the Baltimore Ravens getting handled by the Chiefs on Monday Night Football. While Lamar Jackson is undeniably special, the guys are starting to see some cracks in the foundation when the lights are brightest.
Big CatThe Baltimore Ravens are frauds until they can win from behind
The Baltimore Ravens are frauds. They are F-R-A-U-D-S frauds. They panic, they look terrible on Monday Night Football. The stat was 18 and 0 with a ten-point lead, 0 and 5 with a ten-point deficit. They can't come from behind. They're very good team, but kind of like Oregon back in the day with Chip Kelly... until I see it, I don't trust that the Ravens offense can work when it gets in a hole.
PFT took it a step further, comparing the Baltimore model to a specific NBA team known for regular-season dominance and postseason disappearing acts.
PFT CommenterThe Baltimore Ravens are the Houston Rockets of the NFL
Are the Baltimore Ravens the Houston Rockets of the NFL? Their analytics are Mickey Mouse-ish. By any objective measurement the Baltimore Ravens are awesome... and then in the playoffs the Chiefs are going to beat them by 40. They shit pump all the bad teams, but when the chips are down... they fall short.
Despite the "fraud" talk, Big Cat is realistic about the schedule. The Ravens are about to embark on a get-right tour against the bottom feeders of the league, and he expects them to put up video game numbers just to make us all look like idiots in a few weeks.
Big CatThe Ravens will score 45 points a game over their next three games against the Washington Football Team, Bengals, and Eagles
They're going to kill the Washington football team. They're going to kill the Bengals. They're going to kill the Eagles the next three weeks... They're going to pop off with 45 points a game. They should beat the [Washington] football team by 30 points.
Speaking of frauds, Big Cat wasn't about to let his own team off the hook. Even at 3-0, he’s watching the Bears with the same skepticism a rational person has while entering a condemned building.
Big CatI agree that the 3-0 Bears are frauds and not an exceptional team
I have a lot of Ravens fans be like, 'dude, the Bears are frauds.' I agree that they [the Bears] kind of are. I don't think the Bears are like an exceptional team. I won't apologize for three and oh, while also thinking like, 'yeah, this might not end so well.'
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
The Hot Seat/Cool Throne segment touched on the Tampa Bay Lightning winning the Stanley Cup and the absolute disaster that is the New York Jets. Between Adam Gase's incompetence and the general aura of failure, Big Cat is convinced that the Jets head coaching gig is officially the least desirable employment opportunity in the country.
Big CatThe New York Jets head coaching job is the worst job in America
I think it's probably the worst job in America right now, coaching the New York Jets. I'm taking my name out of the hat unless I could just do it but not do it... I'll do it under the condition that I get to coach from the booth and I'm not showing up to work.
Hank put Lavar Ball on the Hot Seat as LaMelo prepares for the NBA Draft, suggesting a maritime solution to keep the Big Baller Brand from tanking his son's draft stock.
HankLavar Ball needs to be put on a boat and pushed out to sea so he doesn't ruin LaMelo's career
Lavar Ball is on the hot seat. LaMelo basically has to convince teams to just drown him out. They just have to put him on a medium-sized yacht, push him out to sea, no Wi-Fi, and just send him out until it's an appropriate time where he can't ruin your career.
Meanwhile, Billy Football is already looking ahead to the inevitable backlash Odell Beckham Jr. will face for his new off-field hobby the second he drops a pass or misses a block.
Billy FootballOdell Beckham Jr. will be criticized for video game streaming as soon as he misses a route
Odell, he started a video game stream. He isn't in the hot seat yet, but as soon as he does anything, you know, mess up on the field, everyone is going to be like: 'you should have been in your playbook and not playing video games.'
Ryan Dempster on the MLB Postseason
World Series champion Ryan Dempster joined the show to break down the expanded MLB playoffs. He gave us the perspective of a 16-year veteran on how the lack of fans might actually help younger pitchers who haven't developed the mental calluses needed for a hostile October environment. When it comes to pure stuff, Dempster highlighted one arm in particular that fans should be watching.
Tyler Glasnow is the nastiest pitcher in the MLB
I think Tyler Glasnow might be the nastiest pitcher in the league. Like on two pitches too, like way above average fastball, way above average breaking ball. He throws a 93 mile an hour cutter that nobody can hit. That dude is filth.
The conversation also touched on the "unwritten rules" of the mound after Amir Garrett's recent antics. Dempster explained that if you're going to talk that talk, you better be throwing the heater to back it up.
If a pitcher calls themselves a 'bad motherfucker' on the mound, they have to follow it up with a fastball, not a slider
[Amir Garrett] mouthed 'I'm a bad motherfucker' and then he threw a slider. If you say that, you got to bring the fastball, right? If you say 'I'm filthy,' then you can throw the slider, because then you're implementing the filth. But if you drop like a 'nasty' or something, you're going heater.
Naturally, the conversation turned to the Cubs. After Big Cat spent several minutes on the ledge regarding the Chicago offense, Dempster talked him down with a bold prediction for how the North Siders will finish the year.
The Cubs will beat the Athletics in six games to win the World Series
The World Series coming from the National is gonna be the Chicago Cubs and coming from the American is going to be the Oakland A's. And I'm going to go with the Cubs in six.
Mike Viti: Football Guy of the Week
Army fullbacks coach Mike Viti joined the program to officially accept his Football Guy of the Week award. For those who missed it, Viti took a massive head-butt from one of his players on the sideline and barely flinched, even though he admitted to being momentarily "knocked out on his feet." Viti is the real deal—a combat veteran who walked across America to support gold star families. He perfectly summarized the Army football philosophy when discussing why the triple option remains the most violent and efficient way to play the game.
Passing the football is a bad idea because two of the three possible outcomes are negative
When you call a pass play... three things can happen and two of them are bad. I mean, you can pass an interception or [an incompletion]. Why is that? It's that simple.
He also gave us some insight into the Army-Navy rivalry, reminding everyone that while there is mutual respect for the service, the "Brotherhood" doesn't actually start until the pads are off and the service time is over.
Army and Navy players are not on the same team until their military service is completely finished
Everyone wants to tell the very nice warm and fuzzy story that we're on the same [team]. We're not. We're not until it's over. Until the service side is done. After you play Army football, after you serve your country, that's when you [and Navy players] become on the same team.
We wrapped up the show with some Guys on Chicks, including a debate on whether Billy Football is "bangable" and a very specific 1990s gas station reference during an intimate moment.
Just remember: if the ball goes over the upright, it should count.
