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Ryan Leaf on Life After the NFL + Masters Recap
The Masters are over and the golf world is officially dealing with the fact that Patrick Reed is the one wearing the Green Jacket. While the rest of the media is busy clutching their pearls over his past, Big Cat and PFT are embracing the chaos. Golf has a lot of polite guys in khakis, and maybe a villain who listens to Imagine Dragons and tells himself to go hang after a bad shot is exactly what the sport needed to stay interesting.
PFT CommenterGolf needs an asshole like Patrick Reed
I love Patrick Reed. I do love this man. He is a basic bitch. He's a man baby. On the golf course. He's a man baby. He's amazing. Yes, he's an asshole, but golf needs an asshole.
Beyond the Man Baby winning it all, the guys were skeptical about the conditions at Augusta. PFT noticed some suspicious green spray paint on the root systems, leading to a massive investigation into whether the course itself was cheating to look better on TV. Between the soft greens and the artificial aesthetics, it felt like the course just didn't have the stones to play real defense this year.
PFT CommenterThe Masters course was 'on PEDs' because of painted roots and soft conditions
You could see the green spray paint on the bottom of the tree on the root system. So it looks like we were a little bit woke on that. The course is on PEDs. The course didn't show up this weekend... The course choked.
Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler made incredible runs on Sunday, but Big Cat pointed out a glaring issue with Rickie's late-round collapse. You can't show up to the back nine of a major looking like a giant creamsicle and expect to intimidate the field. There is a hierarchy to golf fashion, and Rickie is currently stuck in the "all-star game" tier until he actually closes one out.
Big CatRicky Fowler cannot win a major wearing a 'candy-ass' uniform on Sunday
I also feel bad for Sergio... I mean, we've long stood, you know, the Miami Dolphins, the Oregon Ducks. Teams that wear candy-ass uniforms in big-time moments, they just aren't as intimidating. And Ricky went with the creamsicle today, and I like Ricky. But I'm thinking maybe on Sundays in the majors, he needs to tone it down a little. You can wear the candy-ass uniforms after you bring home a title.
Tiger Woods finished the weekend healthy, which is apparently the new trophy for Tiger fans. The guys debated his place in the modern game, wondering if he just dominated an era of "shitty golfers" who let him walk all over them before the new generation of athletic freaks took over.
PFT CommenterTiger Woods played in an era with shitty golfers who didn't play defense
I think it's almost time to have the conversation of, like, did Tiger Woods just play in an era with shitty golfers? And now the new generation is way better than Tiger Woods ever was. Like you put Jordan Spieth back in the 2009 Masters... When the course didn't play defense at all. He played in the dead ball era.
Ryan Leaf joined the show for an incredibly candid conversation about his life during and after the NFL. He didn't shy away from the "bust" label, though he noted that only media and fans use it. Leaf opened up about the isolation of his playing days, the "yes men" who enabled his worst instincts, and his journey through addiction and prison. He offered some serious perspective for the next generation of quarterbacks like Baker Mayfield and Josh Rosen, noting that they have to realize they aren't just "normal dudes" anymore.
Ryan LeafNFL Draft prospects must understand they are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies
You've got to understand for the next, you know, four or five months, this is locked in time... You are going to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, essentially. I never looked at it that way. Of course, I see it completely different now, and that's the way you have to look at it. You are the head of a foundation, of an organization, and you can be for a long period of time.
Leaf also reflected on the draft process and whether a change in scenery would have saved his career. While people love the "what if" of him going to Indianapolis instead of San Diego, Leaf was honest about the fact that his issues were internal and would have followed him anywhere. It wasn't about the playbook or the city; it was about the man under the helmet.
Ryan LeafI would have been a bust even if I was drafted by the Colts instead of the Chargers
Do you think anything's different in your career if you go to the Colts instead of the Chargers? No, most likely not. It was me, right? It was my issue. So it really didn't matter geographically where I went.
In a classic edition of Who's Back, Big Cat shared a personal victory from the streets of New York. While most people fear being catcalled, Big Cat has developed a scale for homeless commentary that serves as a makeshift fitness tracker. Getting demoted from "big guy" to a certain canine moniker is basically the same as losing ten pounds in his book.
Big CatGetting called 'Big Dog' by a homeless person means you are losing weight
When we get catcalled by homeless people, usually it's 'big guy.' That's usually when you're at your fattest. 'Big dog' is a step below. And then when you get to it, it's just 'tall guy.' So I'm doing okay.
Finally, the show wrapped up with a mind-melting newest segment called "Whoa." After Peter King ate the trash on Twitter regarding Conor McGregor's bus attack, the guys decided to dive into some deep philosophical queries that would make even a physics professor's head spin.
Big CatRocks are squishy until someone touches them
What if rocks are squishy until someone touches it? ... Whoa. It took you a second but now whoa that's crazy that's like they're all just a bunch of squishy starfish and then you touch it and it's hard. It gets real hard.
If you see Big Cat at the Cubs home opener this week, please do not touch him to see if he's squishy.
