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Willie Colon on Rex Ryan's Saturday Night Speeches and Super Bowl Recap
Championship Sunday left the sports world with one classic and one absolute dud, but the bigger story is that the Patriots are heading back to the Super Bowl for the eighth time in the Brady-Belichick era. Big Cat and PFT were riding high on the return of Chris Berman doing highlights, which felt like a warm blanket for anyone who grew up on 90s NFL Primetime. The Jaguars played a nearly perfect game, but as Big Cat pointed out, nearly perfect doesn't cut it in Foxborough when the dynasty refuses to blink.
Big CatThe Patriots' mental toughness is superior to every other team in the NFL
The Patriots, the mental toughness they have is just insane. They are a mentally tougher team than every other team they play. You just know that they're not going to get phased. They're down two scores at home... and they're just nothing's going to change. They're just going to keep doing what they're doing.
On the NFC side, the Vikings' magical run ended in a faceplant against a relentless Eagles team. PFT noted that Case Keenum finally turned back into Case Keenum at the worst possible moment. Meanwhile, Nick Foles looked like a world-beater, and the guys are already bracing for the influx of "Big Dick Nick" and Napoleon Dynamite comparisons that will dominate Minneapolis in two weeks.
Who's Back: Duke, Freddie Adu, and Bird Killers
Hank tried to pivot the conversation toward Duke basketball after they landed a massive recruiting class, including the viral sensation Zion Williamson. While Hank was ready to crown him the next king, Big Cat and PFT weren't quite ready to buy the hype without a little skepticism.
HankZion Williamson is basically LeBron Jr.
They landed Zion Williamson, who's basically LeBron Jr., has the craziest mixtapes of him ever.
Big CatZion Williamson has high school explosiveness, not NBA explosiveness
I'm going to squat on a Zion Williamson take. I'm going to say he doesn't have NBA explosiveness. Even though he has like a dunk video where he's just dunking. I'm going to say he has high school explosiveness, not NBA explosiveness.
PFT brought back a legend of the pitch, declaring that American soccer is officially saved because Freddie Adu is looking for a new club. It's a bold claim, but if anyone can resurrect the USMNT single-handedly through a tweet, it's the guy who was the "future of soccer" for about fifteen years straight.
PFT CommenterFreddie Adu is back and American soccer is officially saved
Freddie Adu is back, and therefore U.S. soccer is back... News soon. Oh. Yeah. So he's back. He's the future. He is the future of American soccer. Yeah. He is American soccer.
As for the Super Bowl itself, the storylines are already being manufactured. Big Cat highlighted the "homecoming" of Tom Brady's mother, while PFT pointed out a very specific psychological trend involving the Patriots' dominance over teams with wings.
Big CatTom Brady's mother being from Minnesota will be a massive Super Bowl storyline
Tom Brady's mother is from Minnesota. Wow. That's actually pretty good. Big storyline there. So coming home, kind of, I don't really know where we're going to go with that, but it's going to be good.
PFT CommenterThe Patriots have a psychological edge over 'bird' teams in Super Bowls
The Patriots have beaten a lot of bird teams in Super Bowls. The Falcons, the Eagles before... Seahawks. Yeah, you never know until you try.
Willie Colon: The Enforcer
Former Steeler and Super Bowl champion Willie Colon joined the show to provide some much-needed grit. He didn't hold back on his old AFC North rivals, specifically calling out Vontae Burfict for being a fake tough guy. Willie explained the difference between a real "football guy" and someone just playing a character for the cameras.
Willie ColonVontae Burfict is an 'on-the-field gangster' and not a real tough guy
I didn't like Vontae Burfict. I didn't like that motherfucker at all because I felt like he was one of those dudes that—I don't believe in on-the-field gangsters... sometimes when you play guys, you can tell it's like a WWE character. They're big bad. But once you get off the field, and we're in the parking lot... they're like, oh, I don't want to do that.
Willie shared incredible stories about Rex Ryan’s legendary Saturday night speeches, describing how Rex would get so emotional his lip would quiver before telling the team he’d "rip a mother's heart out" to win. Despite that passion, Willie offered a sober critique of why Rex’s tenure in New York and Buffalo eventually sputtered out.
Willie ColonRex Ryan's downfall as a coach was being too loyal to his staff
I think he's too loyal. And I think that's his biggest downfall... all his guys and his coaching staff, he's been with those guys for years... he should have left them on the side of the road and kind of recruited better coaches to, one, deal with young talent, two, guys who are better equipped for the role.
Willie ColonA player will not have a long NFL career if they don't love football
If you don't love football, you won't have a long career. You just won't. I remember when I was playing, I would watch, not only myself, but I would watch other linemen around the league... there was guys that were digesting what was going on around the league... and it pays off, man.
Drunk Ideas and LeBron Blames
The episode shifted into high gear with a segment dedicated to "Drunk Ideas." PFT pitched a revolutionary app that combines the interface of Tinder with the raw human desire for a fair fistfight. It’s essentially Fight Club for the digital age, minus the rules and plus a lot of location-based matchmaking.
PFT CommenterThere should be a Tinder-style app specifically for finding people to fistfight
It's Tinder, but for people that want to get into fistfights... I just want to have a gentlemanly... I just want to punch somebody and get punched... find somebody who is my approximate height and weight, so it would be a nice fair fight.
Big Cat and Hank weren't to be outdone, offering their own business models for the fitness industry. Hank wants to combine deadlifts with gourmet breakfast sandwiches, while Big Cat wants a gym where the workout actually produces something useful, like a place to drink a beer.
HankYolked: A gym that serves gourmet egg breakfast sandwiches
All in my notes, it just said, Yolked, and it's a gym and egg sandwich breakfast combo... Y-O-L-K-E-D... you can get yolked and then you get an egg sandwich.
Big CatThere should be a 'Hammered' gym where you build bars while drinking beer
What about a gym called Hammered and it's like kind of one of those obscure like CrossFit type of gyms where it's just all you do is hammer things in for your workout while you drink beer... build a bar so that you can drink at it.
Before heading out, the guys checked in on the absolute disaster that is the Cleveland Cavaliers' locker room. While Big Cat is ready to bury the LeBron era in Cleveland after they gave up nearly 150 points to the Thunder, PFT—the newest member of Team LeBron—is holding out hope for a May resurrection.
Big CatThe 2018 Cavaliers' panic is real and they won't recover this time
For the first time ever, I think the LeBron-like freakout that everyone goes through with every team LeBron's in... I think it's real this time because they gave up 148 points to the Thunder... I don't think he talks to Isaiah Thomas. I think it's like a cold shoulder situation.
PFT CommenterThe Cavaliers will be the best team in the East by May
Replay that for us in, like, May when the Cavaliers are by far and away the best team in the East.
Between the Super Bowl storylines and the potential for a Tinder-based street fight, the next two weeks in Minnesota are going to be absolutely electric.
Go get some Tide Pods, but maybe just look at them instead of eating them.
