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Wade Phillips on J.J. Watt, the Music City Miracle, and Jokic MVP
It is officially a 6/9 episode, and the stars have aligned because we are officially a regular season Nuggets podcast. Nikola Jokic just became the lowest drafted player to ever win the MVP, and the guys are celebrating the victory for fat boys everywhere. PFT is already looking toward the history books, noting that while the big man is a legend now, he might be a trick question for the casuals in a decade.
PFT CommenterIn the future, the 2021 MVP will be a difficult trivia question
He's going to be a trivia question down the line. I'm telling the audience right now, there will come a time in your life when you are asked who the 2020-2021 MVP was. And you're going to need to remember this moment when I'm telling you that it's Jokic because it will win you money.
The Suns are also provide an electric atmosphere in the desert, and Big Cat is fully embracing the energy. While some people hate on fans who show up late to the party, the guys think the influx of energy—led by America's mascot, Guy Fieri—is exactly what the playoffs need.
Big CatI have no problem with bandwagon fans
I know we don't like bandwagon fans. Actually, I have no problem with bandwagon fans. I always thought it was so stupid to be like, more people are buying this stuff and the city is more electric. It's actually awesome. It's like movies. Everyone's getting pumped about it.
PFT CommenterGuy Fieri should be America's mascot
[Guy Fieri] is everything that we thought the bald eagle would be. I just think if you're cheering against whatever team Guy Fieri's cheering for, then you're essentially rooting against Flavor. He's Drake's Wario. He's the good version of a bandwagon fan.
The Unstoppable Nets and the LeBron Slander
The conversation shifted to the Eastern Conference where the Brooklyn Nets are currently nuking the Milwaukee Bucks. Big Cat and PFT are starting to realize that the regular season didn't matter because this Nets team is a juggernaut. Even with James Harden sidelined, they look like they're playing a different sport, making Giannis look human in the process.
Big CatThe Nets are so much better than the Bucks that Giannis Antetokounmpo looks like a Robin at best
The hot takes now are... Giannis is no more than a 1B. He can't ascend to the next level... I tend to believe there's some truth in that, but it's more that the Nets are so much better than we're giving them credit for... he is really just a Robin at best.
Big CatThe Brooklyn Nets will be considered one of the greatest teams of all time within a month
I feel like we're going to be, in a month, the conversation is going to be like, are the Nets one of the greatest teams of all time? If they keep playing the way they have in these first two games, they deserve it because it really is like they just fucking jump on you.
PFT even proposed a hypothetical to illustrate just how deep this roster is. If the Nets had to play a game where every starter was required to score the exact same amount of points, he still thinks they would clear almost the entire league.
PFT CommenterThe Nets could beat almost any team if all five starters had to score the exact same amount of points
How many teams do you think that the Nets could beat in a seven-game series if... All five of their starters had to score the exact same amount of points... It's like everyone has to score exactly 14 points. [With Harden healthy], I think they could beat almost everyone.
Meanwhile, the Lakers are out, and LeBron James is back to his usual routine of posting cryptic Instagram workout clips and Gladiator quotes. Big Cat isn't buying the comeback narrative this time around.
Big CatI am officially counting LeBron James out
So, well, let's just do a quick straw poll. Are you counting [LeBron] out? ... I want to count him out. Yeah, I'm going to do it. I'm going to count him out.
Coach Wade Phillips Joins the Show
One of the true legends of the game, Coach Wade Phillips, joined the program to talk about his 40-plus years in the NFL. Wade is a premier storyteller, recounting how his dad, Bum Phillips, literally paid for Wade's birth by illegally racing a ringer quarter horse in Louisiana. He also touched on the greatest players he ever coached, highlighting Reggie White’s insane productivity and J.J. Watt’s unique football IQ.
Wade PhillipsReggie White's 21-sack season in 12 games is a record that will never be beaten
Reggie White... had the greatest year that I've ever coached in that he had 21 sacks, which was the record for a long time. But that was in a 12-game season because we had a strike... So in 12 games, he had 21 sacks. I mean, I don't think anybody's going to ever come close to that.
Wade PhillipsJ.J. Watt is the only defensive lineman I've ever coached who was allowed to call his own stunts based on offensive formations
One of the guys I coached in the last several years was J.J. Watt. And we let J.J., we let him determine where he was going to go by the formation... Normally, the linebacker plays off the defensive lineman, but we just did the opposite with him. He's one of the few guys I've ever had that... just decipher what the formation is and then go play.
Of course, they couldn't let Wade go without asking about the Music City Miracle. Standing right across from the play on the sideline, Wade still hasn't changed his mind about what he saw that day in 2000.
Wade PhillipsThe Titans' Music City Miracle was definitely a forward pass
I was standing there on the sideline, you know, right across from where they were making the play, where he was throwing the ball forward. So I still thought when they scored, I thought they, you know, they're going to call it back... threw it from behind the line and the guy caught it in front of a line. So I don't see how it couldn't have been forward.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne and Aaron Rodgers' Happiness
In Hot Seat/Cool Throne, the guys discussed Arch Manning’s viral ball flip, which has PFT ready to crown a new king of the Manning dynasty before the kid even finishes high school.
PFT CommenterArch Manning is already the best Manning to ever play football
That ball flip was sick, though, wasn't it? When he did the pump fake, and then he flipped it. I think he's already better. I think he's already the best Manning to ever play football.
PFT CommenterNFL teams should start tanking for Arch Manning right now
Teams should start tanking right now for Arch Manning. You need to have your shit together. You need to just be absolutely dog shit in the NFL for the next three years.
They also checked in on Aaron Rodgers, who skipped minicamp to find "happiness and love" in Hawaii. With Jordan Love reportedly struggling in Green Bay, the path is clearing for a certain friend of the program to take the reins.
PFT CommenterBlake Bortles could be the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers this year
I have a prediction, Big Cat. I'm in the prediction business. I think that Blake Bortles could be the starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers this year. Right now, Jordan Love, it seems like he's more valuable to the Packers as an asset.
Finally, the guys touched on Gerrit Cole’s disastrous press conference regarding Spider Tack. PFT offered some veteran PR advice for the Yankees ace that could have saved him a lot of trouble.
PFT CommenterGerrit Cole should have just lied about using Spider Tack
Garrett Cole, here's a little PR I want to run for you. It's called lying. You just have to lie. And if you just lie, what will happen is people will print your lie. And then people will read that and be like, oh, Garrett Cole doesn't use spider tack. And then the story's over.
If you need any more proof that the world is healing, a kid in Australia was caught on camera eating an entire watermelon—rind and all—at a cricket match. Nature is truly back.
