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Ryan Fitzpatrick on QB Play, Playoff Baseball, and College Football Chaos
Monday Night Football gave us a clash between the Raiders and the Packers that left Big Cat feeling a very specific type of joy. Watching Jordan Love struggle was like an early Christmas gift for a Bears fan who has spent decades under the thumb of Green Bay quarterbacks.
PFT noticed that Jimmy Garoppolo seems to have found the perfect retirement-adjacent lifestyle. He’s making a fortune to play for a team with minimal expectations in the gambling capital of the world.
PFT CommenterJimmy Garoppolo's move to the Raiders was a 'dog move' just to fuck around in Vegas with zero expectations
My respect for Jimmy G went up thinking about the fact that he took the contract to go play in Las Vegas. 67.5 million dollars to go hang out in Las Vegas and just fuck around for a few years with probably zero expectation of winning. That's a dog move. He did not do that to win football games. He did that to fuck around and have a good time.
The fallout from the Cowboys getting dismantled by the 49ers led to some podcast warfare between Micah Parsons and Deebo Samuel. Meanwhile, Aaron Rodgers is out here challenging Travis Kelce to a vaccine debate, and Big Cat thinks the rules of engagement are already set.
Big CatIf Travis Kelce and Dr. Fauci don't accept Aaron Rodgers' debate challenge, they officially lose
Under debate laws, if Travis Kelce and Dr. Fauci do not accept the debate they have lost. That is how debates work online.
Maximum Heartbreak at the Bank
Max is in a dark place after the Phillies dropped Game 2 in Atlanta in agonizing fashion. After Zach Wheeler took a no-hitter into the seventh, a series of questionable decisions and a legendary defensive play by Michael Harris II turned the game on its head. Max tried his best to spin the loss as something noble, much to the delight of everyone else in the room.
MaxThe Phillies losing Game 2 was a 'better way to lose' than a bad loss because they showed fight
I would much rather see go down like that than if they were to roll over. It's not a good loss. It was a bad loss... but the team showed enough fight to win that game. The Braves just played better in the ninth. I would rather see [that].
While Max worries about whistles in the stands and Navy Seals signaling pitches, Big Cat is looking at the bigger picture for the Dodgers. Los Angeles is staring down another early exit, and he suspects the league won't let their biggest brand keep failing for long.
Big CatThe MLB will change the rules to help the Dodgers if they get swept again
Only thing I fear is that if the Dodgers lose again, they're 100% gonna get the rules changed to make it so that the Dodgers can be like automatically in the NLCS. 'Cause this would be back to back years.
Mario Cristobal’s Clock Management Clinic
College Football Saturday was headlined by the Red River Rivalry, but the real story was in Miami. Mario Cristobal deciding not to take a knee against Georgia Tech is a mistake that will live in infamy.
Big CatMiami's failure to take a knee against Georgia Tech might be the worst regular season loss ever
I think that Miami loss might've been the worst loss ever. Not taking a knee 35 seconds left in the game... The game is won. Game is over. I watched that clip so many times and I still couldn't comprehend what was going on.
On a more serious note, Alabama seems to have found their identity again. They aren't the high-flying circus they were under Bryce Young, but Nick Saban is doing a masterful job of winning ugly with a defense-first mentality.
Big CatThis season might be Nick Saban's best coaching job ever
I'm actually gonna go, I'm gonna reverse everything we said a couple weeks ago after the USF game... Is this Nick Saban's best coaching job? He doesn't really have a quarterback... Jalen Milroe throws a great, great ball [but] neither quarterback can throw the intermediate stuff. But Alabama has found something like we are a defensive team... it could be Nick Saban's best coaching job.
Big Cat also pointed out that despite all the hand-wringing about NIL and the transfer portal, the sport is actually in a great place. Ratings are up, and for the first time, fans actually know who the players are before they hit the NFL draft.
Big CatNIL is actually good for college football because players stay longer and market themselves
Maybe the NIL isn't the death of college football. America's getting smarter and we're watching more football... players get to stay longer because now they can make money. Players get to market themselves... the fact that players can actually, we can put a face to their name now and they're out in front of it, it might be good for the sport. Who would've thought?
FitzMagic Joins the Show
Our good friend Ryan Fitzpatrick stopped by to talk about his transition to the media world and his take on the current crop of NFL signal callers. He didn't hold back on his former peers, specifically when it comes to the guy currently leading the Lions.
Ryan FitzpatrickJared Goff is a 'poor man's Matt Ryan'
He reminds me a lot of your former QB [Matt Ryan], maybe a poor man's Matt Ryan. It's not a slight on him. Matt's a great quarterback... Jared's great at the play action. He's great when you give him time. Get after him a little bit, speed up his clock. He's playing great right now. He's a guy that's resilient.
Fitzpatrick broke down why certain quarterbacks are succeeding while others flounder, giving a massive amount of credit to the processing power of Brock Purdy. He also gave us his definitive list of the top four teams in the NFC, leaving a few heavy hitters on the outside looking in.
Ryan FitzpatrickThe top four teams in the NFC are the 49ers, Eagles, Lions, and Seahawks
San Fran obviously. Philadelphia. My boy Jared Goff and his Lions... the fourth best team in the NFC? I'm gonna say Seattle.
Before he left, Fitzpatrick weighed in on the most controversial play in football: the Eagles' Brotherly Shove. While some people want it banned, Fitz thinks the solution is much more violent and straightforward.
Ryan FitzpatrickThe only way to stop the Eagles' 'tush push' is to legally or illegally blow up the center and quarterback to make them uncomfortable
How do you stop the tush push? Why are you not taking your biggest defender and having them try to time out the snap count and just blow up the center and the quarterback? Worst case scenario, that's a five yard penalty... next time they're like, 'oh my God, this is gonna happen again.' Jason Kelce's gonna be like, 'look, we gotta stop calling this play.' Make Jason Kelce uncomfortable.
The episode wrapped up with Jimbos and Hot Seat/Cool Throne, featuring Jerry Jones' bizarre desire to turn the Cowboys into a Big Ten West offense.
Big CatJerry Jones wants the Cowboys to run the Iowa offense with an all-tight end focus
Jerry Jones went on radio and said something ridiculous... They asked him about getting CeeDee Lamb more involved and Jerry Jones said, 'I don't know about that. I like seeing the ball go to tight ends.' Oh, your star wide receiver? That is a mismatch. Nope. Let's go tight ends. Jerry Jones, he wants to run the Iowa offense.
Max better hope Aaron Nola has his good stuff on Wednesday, or the local Philly population might not be the only thing Max is afraid of.
