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Stephen A. Smith, NFL Conference Championship, Hot Seat/Cool Throne & Guys On Chicks

Wednesday, January 25, 20238 takes

We start with some NFL Conference Championship talk, Mahomes injury and ranking the best rosters of the Final 4 (-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne (-). Stephen A Smith joins the show in studio to talk about his new book, his career in sports media, First Take, Skip Bayless, the Cowboys, and tons more (-). We finish with guys on chicks (-).

Recap

Loss
Take Slip·Jan 25, 2023
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joe Burrow is the best quarterback at 'quarterbacking' in the NFL right now

I think Joe Burrow is the best quarterback at quarterbacking in the NFL right now. [Patrick Mahomes] is a very good quarterback who happens to be a football player. Joe Burrow is a great quarterback who just happens to play football.

While Burrow is elite, Mahomes won the Super Bowl and MVP shortly after this take, and has since solidified himself as the undisputed best at all facets of the position.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 25, 2023
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will go on an Ayahuasca trip if Aaron Rodgers becomes the quarterback of the Commanders

Let me be very clear. I will go on an Ayahuasca trip if Aaron Rodgers becomes the quarterback of the Commanders. I'll match. We'll match boys trip to Ecuador, no chicks allowed. I would change my entire mindset. I would do it.

PredictionFootballHotSarcastic
Aaron Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets, not the Commanders.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 25, 2023
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HankHank

No rookie quarterback is going to win in the Linc against the number one seed Eagles

I just can't wrap my head around any world where a rookie quarterback goes in the Link and beats the number one seed Eagles. It's a philosophy. It's a life philosophy. It doesn't change year over year. Rookie quarterbacks in the playoffs, young quarterbacks are gonna struggle.

The Eagles defeated the 49ers 31-7 in the NFC Championship. Brock Purdy was injured early in the game, but the take held true regarding the outcome.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

Void
Take Slip·Jan 25, 2023·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

The Baseball Hall of Fame is a joke because Barry Bonds is not in it

And Barry [Bonds] is not on there? This whole thing is a joke. The best player of all time is not in the fucking Hall of Fame. It's just funny that baseball writers take themselves so seriously. We just need all these guys to die and then maybe we can get the real players in the Hall of Fame.

This is a subjective opinion on the validity of the Hall of Fame based on Bonds' exclusion.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·Jan 25, 2023
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Stephen A. SmithStephen A. Smith

The Dallas Cowboys are the most delusional, disgusting fan base in American history

I'm not bullshitting when I talk about Cowboy fans. I mean what I say about them. They are the most delusional, disgusting fan base in American history. It doesn't matter what happens to them. Give it 15 minutes. 'All right, we'll do it next year. We're going to win Super Bowl next year.' It's just nauseating. They don't take any time to smell their stench, which is why it's so enjoyable when they lose over and over and over again.

This is a subjective opinion about a fan base, though the Cowboys' lack of postseason success since 1995 provides plenty of fuel for the argument.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 25, 2023
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Stephen A. SmithStephen A. Smith

The NBA gave LeBron James a 'stimulus package' in the 2016 Finals by suspending Draymond Green

Game four, LeBron and them is about to lose the game. LeBron gets frustrated, he takes Draymond Green, throws him to the floor... Somehow some way revisionist history comes in and the NBA decides to give LeBron James and Cleveland a stimulus package. They suspend Draymond for game five... That is the one final that I will never accept being wrong about because the NBA suspended Draymond Green.

While Draymond Green was indeed suspended for Game 5 after a flagrant foul point accumulation, calling it a 'stimulus package' is a subjective interpretation of the league's disciplinary rules.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 25, 2023
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Stephen A. SmithStephen A. Smith

I would easily have the #1 sports podcast if it was my only outlet

If I did a sports podcast and I didn't have any other outlets—all you, the only way you could find me was to come to my podcast—oh please, I would, I mean, I'd easily be number one then.

The claim is hypothetical and untestable unless Stephen A. Smith leaves ESPN and goes independent.

Guys On Chicks

Loss
Take Slip·Jan 25, 2023·Guys on Chicks
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I looked at the evidence and it might have been a DeMar Hamlin body double at the Bills game

I don't think he's dead. But [it] was very snowy. That shot conveniently... why was he wearing goggles? He had a sheisty... I'm just saying like it was just, there was just like, I looked at the evidence. I'm just raising it so we could have the conversation.

There is no evidence to support the body double theory; DeMar Hamlin has made numerous public appearances since then confirming his identity and recovery.