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Spice Adams In Studio, NFL Week 3 Picks And Preview, Shohei 50/50, Aaron Rodgers Is Back And Fyre Fest Of The Week

Friday, September 20, 202410 takes

Aaron Rodgers is back and the Patriots are dead. We talk Thursday Night Football and Memes wanted to fight Hank earlier(-). Shohei goes 50/50 then 51/51 (-). Woj retires (-). NFL Week 3 Picks and Preview including Arthur Blank night in Atlanta, Skylar Thompson having a shitty number and more deep analysis (-). Fantasy Ladboys. (-) Spice Adams joins the show to talk football, his career, becoming an internet meme, and Defense (-). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week (-).

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024
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HankHank

The Patriots' offensive line is currently worse than the Bears'

[The Patriots] looked horrible. Their offensive line like looked worse than the Bears. [Jacoby Brissett] never had more than one second to throw. They missed a ton of tackles on defense.

While both units were bottom-tier, the Patriots' line was statistically among the worst in terms of pressure rate allowed throughout the 2024 season.
Push
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

NFL offenses are struggling because they are taking the bait on two-high safety looks

Everyone's blaming the two high safeties. And I actually read an article... essentially deep passes still work, but offenses are taking the bait with the two high safeties and just they're running the ball into light boxes and it's just not, it's not as effective... stop taking the bait.

The 'two-high' shell was a dominant talking point in 2024. Offensive production did eventually tick up as teams adapted, though passing yards remained historically low for much of the year.
Loss
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024
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MaxMax

The Eagles' coaching staff is currently talentless

They are a player led team. It's, it's true... Just coordinators. No head coach. [The coaches] are not talented right now... talent's not something you can just, like, it doesn't go up and down. No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not a hot and cold thing.

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The Eagles struggled with identity but remained a playoff contender, making the claim that they have 'no talent' on the coaching staff hyperbolic.
Win
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024
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MaxMax

Bryce Huff is a terrible player

I have a guy that you guys can get, he was first in pressure rate in 2022 and third in rate in 2023. And you can have him, do you want him... Oh no, he sucks.

Huff struggled significantly in the first half of the 2024 season, validating early concerns, though 'sucks' is a harsh subjective term for a pro edge rusher.

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Void
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024·Null
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Shohei Ohtani is the best baseball player of all time

I'd say that this, he is the best baseball player of all time. Whether or not he'll have the best career of all time is kind of up for grabs. But we've never seen anybody that's doing what he's doing.

This is inherently subjective, though Ohtani's 2024 season and dual-threat history make him a consensus top-tier candidate for the 'best ever' title.

Picks

Loss
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024·Picks
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bears will beat the Colts because Caleb Williams will have a breakout game

I think this is the week [against the Colts]. I think the Bears are gonna run it down their throats... I think this is the week that the offense looks good. I think the Bears are gonna win... Caleb Williams is gonna go off against the Colts.

The Bears lost to the Colts 21-16. While Williams threw for 363 yards, the offense still struggled with turnovers and efficiency.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024·Picks
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Big CatBig Cat

You should never have a quarterback wearing number 19

Skylar Thompson wearing number 19 is terrible. That's a bad quarterback name number. It's Johnny Unitas and nothing else. You can't, yeah. Number 19... it's a just warning sign that this is a very backup quarterback.

This is a subjective aesthetic opinion about uniform numbers.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024
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Spice AdamsSpice Adams

A football team's true identity is revealed by the 'second quarter' of the season (Weeks 5-8)

I think by the second quarter you should know like, this is the first quarter, first four days... I think by the second quarter, man, you should know the type of team you got. You should know if you a running team, if you're a play action team, or if you're on defense and you, you, you are a defense that stopped the run.

This is a standard veteran football philosophy that is generally accepted in coaching circles.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024
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Spice AdamsSpice Adams

The hip-drop tackle ban is difficult to enforce because players just react in the heat of the moment

The whole thing is to get him down... You're not saying, oh let me do this illegal tackle so that I could tear his ACL or break his ankle... You don't have time to gauge like, oh, it's my helmet going to come in contact with his helmet... You just go and you just react. I think all of this stuff... nobody really thinking about what the defense gotta go through.

While the rule exists, enforcement has been sporadic and controversial, mirroring Spice's point about the difficulty of live-action compliance.

Fyre Fest

Void
Take Slip·Sep 20, 2024·Fyre Fest
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Big CatBig Cat

Early morning workout routines are never actually fun, no matter how much you do them

How do people do it? How do you get up... Everyone, everyone, everyone who talks about getting up early, they're like, you just gotta get through the first couple of days. No. And it becomes routine. No, there's no way that, that they're wrong... there's still no way that it's fun.

This is an opinion on personal preference and habit-forming.