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SB Champion Willie Colon + Drunk Ideas

Monday, January 22, 201811 takes

Championship Sunday and Chris Berman is back doing Primetime ( - ). We break down both games including Patriots mental toughness, what was Doug Marrone thinking, Nick Foles coming out party, and Case Keenum's demise ( - ). Who's Back of the Week talking Duke's recruiting class and Super Bowl storylines you'll absolutely hate ( - ). Former Steeler and Super Bowl Champion Willie Colon joins the show to talk about his career in the NFL, fighting players in game, Rex Ryan the motivator, and Bruce Arians being on the funniest guys he played for ( - ). Segments include Peter King ate the trash again, a dramatic reading of Darren Rovell's Gronk tweet, Lebron Blames, Drunk Ideas, and Hank explains Tide Pods plus bonus drunk ideas.

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

The 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.

The Patriots returned to the Super Bowl for the 3rd straight year (and won the following year), supporting the claim of their sustained dominance and composure.

Who Is Back

Push
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018·Who's Back
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HankHank

Zion Williamson is basically LeBron Jr.

They landed Zion Williamson, who's basically LeBron Jr., has the craziest mixtapes of him ever.

While Zion became an All-Star and a physical force, comparing anyone to LeBron James in terms of career impact is a stretch, though Zion's hype was similarly massive.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Zion 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.

Zion's NBA career has been defined by his elite, historic explosiveness. Big Cat was definitively wrong.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Freddie Adu is back and American soccer is 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.

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Freddie Adu's comeback did not revitalize US Soccer; he played for the Las Vegas Lights in 2018 and then retired.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018
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Willie ColonWillie Colon

Vontae 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.

This is a subjective opinion from a former player, though Burfict's numerous suspensions for on-field conduct versus off-field reputation support the 'on-the-field' distinction.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018
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Willie ColonWillie Colon

Ben Roethlisberger is the grittiest player in the NFL

[Ben Roethlisberger] has that kind of moxie and grit about him. And he's probably the grittiest dude I've ever played with.

Roethlisberger's career was characterized by playing through significant injuries, though 'grittiest' is subjective.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018
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Willie ColonWillie Colon

Rex 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.

Rex Ryan never received another head coaching job after 2016, and the stagnation of his offensive schemes was a frequent criticism.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018
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Willie ColonWillie Colon

A 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.

General consensus in professional sports supports the idea that passion is a key driver of longevity due to the physical toll of the game.

Lebron Blames

Push
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018·LeBron Blames
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Big CatBig Cat

The 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.

The panic was real (they traded half the team at the deadline), but they still won the Eastern Conference and made the Finals, so they did 'recover' in a sense.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018·LeBron Blames
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 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.

The Cavs won the Eastern Conference and made the NBA Finals in 2018, making this prediction correct.

Fyre Fest

Void
Take Slip·Jan 22, 2018·Fyre Fest
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HankHank

Yolked: 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.

It's a satirical business idea, not a factual claim.