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Ryen Russillo on NBA Drama, Hard Knocks, and Olympic Everyday Activities
Detroit vs. Everybody is the vibe as the Hard Knocks cameras continue to make us all fall in love with the Lions. Dan Campbell is out there setting world records for the word "men" per minute while rocking a whistle spit stain that looks like a scene from Alien. Between the breakout stardom of John Brown—Amon-Ra St. Brown's Mr. Universe father who thinks Kevin Durant needs more calf raises—and the general grit of this roster, the Kool-Aid is being served in Honolulu Blue.
PFT CommenterHard Knocks has successfully made me believe in the Detroit Lions
I'm hopeful for Detroit. I think hard knocks has successfully made me believe in the Detroit lions. Now I I'm going to be probably very wrong about that as anyone who's ever rooted for Detroit lions knows, but I'm at that point where like, yeah, I can see, I can see the lines making some noise.
Big Cat was quick to point out that even the aesthetic of the team is underrated. While everyone glazes Carolina blue, the Detroit shade has a different level of energy when they're out there biting kneecaps.
Big CatHonolulu blue is an electric shade of blue that doesn't get enough credit
Just as an aside, watching the hard knocks with the lions, Honolulu blue doesn't get enough shoutouts for being a great shade of blue. Like it's always Carolina blue. Yeah. Honolulu blue is electric.
Beyond the Lions hype, the guys caught up on PFT’s impending UCL surgery. Apparently, he's so strong he basically ripped the ligament off the bone while practicing golf. He’s currently milking the "hurt, not injured" status for all it's worth while Billy tries to push research chemicals on him to avoid the Tommy John route.
Hot Seat and Cool Throne
Hot Seat/Cool Throne covered the absolute disaster that is the current state of the Yankees and the comedy of errors that is the Los Angeles Angels. Shohei Ohtani is out here throwing gems and hitting nukes while playing for a team that has zero cultural relevance in its own city.
Big CatShohei Ohtani is on one of the most irrelevant franchises in professional sports
Shohei Ohtani has been incredible... and he just completely lost by being on like one of the more irrelevant franchises in all professional sports. Like Anaheim, there's no reason that nobody cares about Anaheim, right?
On the flip side, the PGA Tour is scrambling as Tiger Woods flies in to rally the troops against LIV Golf. PFT thinks Commissioner Jay Monahan essentially nuked his own leverage by being too aggressive too early, leaving him with no choice but to let Tiger play the hero.
PFT CommenterPGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan overplayed his hand and had zero leverage against LIV Golf
He also overplayed his hand. Yeah, of course. And everyone's like, yeah. Okay. You know what? You know, what's better than, than winning. The fortnight challenge is getting a hundred million guaranteed. So Jay Monahan just needs to be like, listen, I fucked this one up. I'm firing myself... It's a classic case of really overplaying your hand and thinking that you had all the leverage in the world when you actually had zero.
We also got the news that NFL Blitz is returning to consoles, but with a massive catch: the NFL has removed the late hits. PFT was rightfully disgusted by this move toward "modern sensibilities."
PFT CommenterNFL Blitz without delayed hits is like porn without nipples
NFL blitz is back. There's they're selling it without delayed hits though. Which is stupid... It's basically selling porn with no nipples. I'm a big time like go woke, go broke guy. Yeah, no one's gonna buy NFL blitz minus late hits. That's the only reason.
Ryen Russillo In Studio
Ryen Russillo made his long-awaited return to the studio, fresh off a trip to France and Iceland where he apparently spent most of his time being judged by European waiters for eating alone. The conversation shifted quickly to the NBA, specifically the absolute circus surrounding the Brooklyn Nets and the future of the Golden State Warriors.
Ryen RussilloThe Golden State Warriors are going to be even better this season
I think the warriors are gonna be even better. Ooh.
Russillo hasn't lost his fastball when it comes to analyzing the dysfunction in Brooklyn. He’s completely out on the sympathy tour for guys who get everything they want and still refuse to play the games.
Ryen RussilloKevin Durant and Kyrie Irving deserve no sympathy because they don't play in enough games
I have no sympathy for any of those guys. Whenever I see anybody on TV being like, 'well, you know, they could have done a better job with their buy-level exception,' I'm like, stop talking. It's about one thing: the guys don't play in enough games and if they did, this team would actually be pretty good.
He also provided a fascinating comparison between Sam Hinkie’s tenure in Philly and modern politics, noting that being "too honest" about the process is actually what gets you fired in this business.
Ryen RussilloSam Hinkie was too unapologetic about tanking and didn't play the media game well enough
Because [Hinkie] didn't play the game with us, we got more mad at him. Yeah. Like he definitely could have done it and done it a different way. Been better with the media been more open pretended he wasn't really doing it even though everybody like teams are tanking, but we don't wanna be told it. It's fucking crazy. Right? And that's why like it to me is a, is a clear relation to how politicians talk to us.
Mount Rushmore of Everyday Activities that should be Olympic Sports
The episode wrapped with a massive snake draft of mundane tasks. We’re talking about the high-stakes pressure of parallel parking, the physical endurance of the one-trip grocery carry, and the psychological warfare of trying to wake up exactly one minute before your alarm goes off. Russillo entered the fray with picks like beach umbrella installation and gym towel tossing, proving he's still the king of over-analyzing the little things.
If we can get the world to care about speed walking, we can definitely get prime-time coverage for stopping a microwave at exactly one second.
