PMTPMT DB

Super Wild Card Weekend Recap, Fastest 2 Minutes & Mike McCarthy's Dumb Brain

Monday, January 17, 202212 takes

Super Wild Card Weekend is in the books and we start with Fastest 2 minutes. Recapping every game from the weekend. ( - ) Steelers/Chiefs ( - ) Raiders/Bengals ( - ) Bills/Patriots ( - ) Bucs/Eagles ( - ) Niners/Cowboys ( - ) Preview of Rams/Cardinals ( - ) We finish with who's back of the week.. ( - )

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15451
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL should keep the seventh playoff seed

To the people that are saying we should not have a seventh playoff seed: you're wrong. Fuck you. If we didn't have that last week, these matchups would have been better... speak as a team that's like, that's our ceiling really is this 7th seed. Just like you and the Bears last year, right? Like just getting to the playoffs, that's absolutely worth having that extra seat in there.

The 7th seed has remained in the NFL since this take, and in 2024, the 7th seed (Packers) defeated the 2nd seed (Cowboys).
Win
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15454
Big CatBig Cat

A seven-seed will eventually beat a two-seed in the NFL playoffs

Dummies, like you're just playing the results. One year a seven seed will get hot and they'll win. They'll beat the two seed and everyone will look like an idiot.

In the 2023-24 playoffs, the #7 Green Bay Packers defeated the #2 Dallas Cowboys 48-32.
Push
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15457
Big CatBig Cat

The Steelers aren't in a bad position as a franchise despite Big Ben's retirement

If you look at the entire NFL, the Steelers are not in a bad, like, no, it wasn't Big Ben with it. His last ride was with all his guys... they have pieces on offense. They just need a quarterback and an offensive line.

Since Big Ben retired, the Steelers have remained competitive but have struggled significantly at the quarterback position (Pickett, Trubisky), largely proving the 'just need a QB' part right but also highlighting how hard that is to find.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15461
Big CatBig Cat

Mitch Trubisky would have been awesome on the 2021 Steelers

If they had a mobile quarterback tonight... someone threw out the name Trubisky during this game, I was like, he personally would have fucking been awesome on the Steelers this year. Yeah, he would have.

Trubisky actually joined the Steelers in 2022 and was benched for Kenny Pickett after four games, suggesting he was not the solution Big Cat imagined.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15462
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Joe Burrow is officially an elite quarterback

It was Joe Burrow's coming out party. I think that's fair to say. He's officially now in my book, at least an elite quarterback. He is—the guy has ice water in his veins... he is fucking elite.

Burrow led the Bengals to the Super Bowl that season and established himself as a top-3 QB in the league.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15464
Big CatBig Cat

The Raiders should hire Rich Bisaccia as their permanent head coach

Rich Bisaccia should get the Raiders head coaching job. They should give him a two-year contract, three-year contract. I don't know what more you could do. Like with a team that went through all of that and had flaws... I would be excited if I were a Raiders fan. I'd be excited if they brought him back.

The Raiders did not follow this advice; they hired Josh McDaniels, which ended in a disaster for the franchise, potentially validating Big Cat's preference for stability.
Open
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15467
HankHank

The Bills will win the AFC East for the next 10 to 15 years

There's no reason why [the Bills] shouldn't be beating the Patriots for the next 10, 15 years... those days are over. The Bills, you know, they have the East for now.

The Bills have won the AFC East every year since this take (2022, 2023), but 10-15 years is still pending.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15468
Big CatBig Cat

The Eagles can get a franchise QB by trading their three 2022 first-round picks

They have three picks... you can go get a franchise quarterback with your three picks. You have three first-round picks. You could... that would be an incredible move because you're not mortgaging the future. You're mortgaging right now, right? For an incredible franchise quarterback.

The Eagles didn't trade for a QB; they stuck with Jalen Hurts, who led them to a Super Bowl the very next season. They did use one of those picks to trade for WR A.J. Brown.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
#PMT-2022-0117-15469
Big CatBig Cat

Mike McCarthy's brain processes information slowly because he is obese

I am this person myself... Mike McCarthy and so I am this person, myself... when they zoom in on his face, I'm like, he's so fat that he just thinks slower than everyone. Like, that's what I think. I'm like he's—he's not processing at the same speed. He's like an old, outdated computer.

This is a biological fallacy and a joke.

Who Is Back

Win
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022·Who's Back
#PMT-2022-0117-15470
Big CatBig Cat

Any head coach the Bears hire will fail because the organization is broken

I've come to a bad realization with it—with my wisdom in life—is that it's not the coach. It's the organization. Like whoever gets hired is going to fail because the organization will fail them... 90% chance will fail because the Bears are broken, terrible organization.

Matt Eberflus (hired shortly after this) has a losing record and the Bears have remained a bottom-tier team since.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022·Who's Back
#PMT-2022-0117-15471
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Adam Schefter is an information broker, not a journalist

I think that Schefter over the last couple of years has gotten—he's not a journalist anymore. Right? We can agree. Yes. He's—he's an information broker. He's essentially just like a guy that collects dirt and will play to whoever the highest bidder is... He should stop pretending that he has any sort of journalistic integrity at all.

This is a subjective critique of media roles, though many in the industry have echoed this sentiment regarding 'insiders'.
Win
Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022·Who's Back
#PMT-2022-0117-15472
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Duke basketball season is a failure if Coach K doesn't win the national title

I know we joke around about saying—like if Coach K doesn't lead them to a national championship, then it's an utter failure.

Duke reached the Final Four but lost to North Carolina in Coach K's final game. By the standard set here, it was a 'failure'.