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Brian Baumgartner and Kenny Pickett on The Office, Pitt, and Super Bowl Locks
Big Cat and PFT are coming off a Monday Night Football game that left them questioning everything they thought they knew about the NFC West. After watching the Rams get soundly beaten by the Niners, it’s time to face the music: Los Angeles might just be a collection of big names without a backbone. PFT didn't hold back on his assessment of their roster construction.
PFT CommenterThe Rams are a basketball team playing football
The Los Angeles Rams are like a basketball team playing football... They're soft. They're a basketball team playing football. We know all their names and they'll be... like it's fantasy football.
Big Cat is officially off the bandwagon, dropping them down his personal power rankings while looking at teams like the Cardinals and Cowboys with a lot more respect.
Big CatThe Rams are officially overrated and no longer a top-three NFC team
I'm officially moving the Rams off of a team that I feel strongly about... I am officially taking the Rams out of my [top three]. Cardinals are better...
Speaking of Dallas, Mike McCarthy’s "Red Ass Week" and his monkey butt motivational tactics actually worked. The guys are starting to think that as long as McCarthy stays away from the actual X’s and O’s, this team might be dangerous.
PFT CommenterI'm a full-on believer in the Cowboys now
I'm a full-on believer in the Cowboys now. When they're clicking, they have every piece that you need to play with the top team. This is a hundred percent what you need Mike McCarthy to be doing... keeping him away from all the actual play design.
College Football Chaos and Duke Drama
College football is heating up as we approach the final stretch of the regular season. Big Cat is already bracing for the inevitable Cincinnati snub, and he’s identified the most likely culprit to steal their spot in the playoff.
Big CatNotre Dame will sneak into the playoff over Cincinnati
Notre Dame [is] sneaky and over Cincinnati, which I would be the most wrong thing of all time, but also would be the funniest thing of all time.
Meanwhile, the Georgia defense continues to look like an immovable object. After watching them dismantle Tennessee, Big Cat is ready to crown them as a unit that simply cannot be scored upon.
Big CatI am officially done ever thinking that anyone can score on Georgia
I'm officially done ever thinking that anyone can score on Georgia. That first drive by Tennessee... and then they just destroying everyone. There's just no way that you can keep up with that defense.
In the world of college hoops, Coach K is facing a mess at Duke. With his grandson and star player Paolo Banchero involved in a DWI incident, Big Cat thinks the farewell tour should end immediately to maintain whatever integrity is left in Durham.
Big CatCoach K should retire immediately over his grandson's DWI
Coach K [should] retire right now if he had any backbone and stood for anything that he says that he stands for. You can't have this... Step down right now. Institutional chaos before someone gets hurt.
Brian Baumgartner on Dunder Mifflin and the Packers
Brian Baumgartner joined the show to discuss his new book, *Welcome to Dunder Mifflin*, and share some incredible behind-the-scenes secrets from *The Office*. One of the best tidbits was his confirmation of the long-running fan theory regarding Kevin Malone's intelligence.
Brian BaumgartnerThe character of Kevin Malone from 'The Office' is a secret genius savant
The basis for this... is that Kevin Malone is a secret genius. He's a gambler... he's an idiot savant. There's a written story that was shot [where] Kevin Malone goes into bars, everybody wants to buy him a drink... he has accumulated such a credit at that bar that he uses that as leverage to own the bar. That is through written story that was shot.
Of course, since he's in a room with Big Cat and PFT, the conversation eventually turned to his beloved Green Bay Packers. Despite Big Cat's best efforts to jinx them, Baumgartner is flying high on the Packers' Super Bowl chances this year.
Brian BaumgartnerThe Packers will win the Super Bowl this year
I'm worried, I think the Packers are actually going to win the Super Bowl this year... I'm saying that they have looked the best team in the NFL this year.
Big Cat, ever the gambler, decided to lean into the jinx by declaring the Packers a total lock to win it all, putting his legendary "Game of the Year" record on the line.
Big CatThe Packers are a lock to win the Super Bowl
The Packers are locked to win the Super Bowl. I win all my locks... I'm going to know better than one to know game of the year. It's a lock.
Kenny Pickett: The Two-Glove King
Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett stopped by to talk about his meteoric rise up the draft boards. He opened up about the advice he received from Peyton Manning and why he decided to come back for one more season to prove he was a top-tier talent.
Kenny PickettReturning to Pitt for a fifth year was a business decision to become a first-round pick
That was the reason I came back. The whole goal was to be able to win a championship and come back and go in that first round... Peyton Manning had give me some advice... everything I was hearing was four or five round.
Pickett also defended some of his more unique traits, from his use of two gloves to the supposed "advantage" of playing on the terrible turf at Heinz Field.
Kenny PickettPitt's bad home field turf is a competitive advantage
I think the field is an advantage. I think teams come in, I always watch them in warm ups, walk every inch of the field... it's just not a great surface and you just gotta play... I think it definitely gets in their heads.
When asked about the draft nerds obsessing over his hand size, Pickett laughed it off, noting that the tape should speak louder than a tape measure.
Kenny PickettHand size is a fake concern for NFL scouts; if you can throw ropes, the measurement doesn't matter
I know that's a huge concern for everyone... but [I] throw 45 yards on a rope. But it doesn't say like 'from a small hand.' It's the weirdest thing. The things I get tagged in... it is what it is.
A Special Wednesday Reading
The episode wrapped up with a very special reading of Dan Orlovsky’s recent blog post about avoiding temptation. The guys broke down Dan’s four-point plan for staying "on offense" against sin while on the road, leading to a hilariously honest discussion about what actually happens in hotel rooms.
PFT CommenterFalling asleep after masturbating in a hotel room is the best feeling ever
Falling asleep after jacking off in a hotel room is maybe the best feeling ever... Most middle-aged men would look at that as the best vacation.
Hopefully, Dan finds a way to work in some more All-22 film study so he doesn't have to spend so much time FaceTiming his family just to stay out of trouble.
