PMT DB
PMT DB
Will Compton on Week 7 Preview, Locker Room Stories, and Nebraska's Path
The Jaguars are officially on a heater after taking down the Saints on Thursday Night Football. While the Saints are a complete chore to watch with Derek Carr dinking and dunking his way to 300 yards on 55 attempts, Jacksonville is starting to look like the team everyone expected them to be in the preseason. PFT is ready to buy all the stock after their fourth straight win.
PFT CommenterThe Jacksonville Jaguars are Super Bowl contenders
Yeah. Super Bowl contenders. They Jaguars... They figured something out in the second half. They moved the ball well.
Max is in a dark place after the Phillies dropped Game 3 to the Diamondbacks on a walk-off. Big Cat and PFT are openly rooting for the Phillies to reach the World Series just so they can hedge and watch Max suffer in person during Game 7. Meanwhile, the Astros have evened things up against the Rangers, and Big Cat thinks the inevitable Houston juggernaut is back.
Big CatThe Houston Astros are going to win the ALCS against the Texas Rangers
The Astros are, I mean, they're gonna win the series, right?
Week 7 Picks and Preview
The board for Sunday is absolutely loaded with eight games featuring a spread of three points or less. The marquee matchup is Lions at Ravens, which feels like a legitimate measuring stick game for two of the best teams in football. Big Cat and PFT are officially leading the Jared Goff for MVP campaign, noting that the Lions secondary is the only thing that could hold them back from total dominance.
Big CatJared Goff is a top-five quarterback this season
I think Jared Goff has been playing... I think he's a top five quarterback in terms of this season.
PFT CommenterJared Goff is currently playing at an MVP level
And Jared [Goff] is playing, I'm gonna say he's playing at MVP level right now. Agreed. He's, he's in the MVP discussion. We just added him to the conversation right now.
Down in the NFC South, the Falcons are sticking with Desmond Ridder despite some serious growing pains. PFT points out that benching him now would be a signal to the rest of the league that Atlanta has packed it in for 2023.
PFT CommenterBenching Desmond Ridder would mean the Falcons are giving up on the season
I think if you benched Desmond Ridder right now, it's, you're done, you're done over him... You're giving up.
In the later window, we have a backup quarterback battle for the ages between Tyson Bagent and Aiden O'Connell. Big Cat is high on the Raiders' rookie, though he mostly seems fascinated by Bagent's father being a world-class arm wrestler named "Travis the Beast."
Big CatAiden O'Connell will be a future starting quarterback in the NFL
I have a take. I think Aiden O'Connell might be a future starting quarterback in the NFL... I saw him against the Chargers. He looked good.
Over in New England, the vibes couldn't be lower. Hank is skipping the game for a wedding, which is probably for the best because Big Cat is calling the Bills' narrow Week 6 win a "loss win" that has them practicing like they got beat by 40.
Big CatThe Bills' Week 6 win over the Giants was actually a 'loss win'
The bills that they had, the win that they had against the Giants on Sunday night... it might be a loss win. A loss win. It might be a loss win.
HankMac Jones will be benched during the Week 7 game against the Bills
[Big Cat]: Do you think Mac Jones makes it through this game? [Hank]: No.
Will Compton in Studio
The boy Will Compton joined the show for the final guest appearance in the temporary Chicago studio. He came in hot, admitting his "Chiefs will start 1-4" take was a disaster while sharing stories about what it's actually like to wear the green dot on defense. Will broke down the difference between being 2-4 and still having hope versus being 3-13 and just drawing the coach's face in your notebook during meetings.
Of course, the conversation turned to the Cornhuskers. Despite everyone else seeing a rebuilding year, Will has mapped out a path to Indianapolis that involves Nebraska winning out against a beatable Big 10 West.
Will ComptonNebraska will win their next three games and finish the season bowl eligible
Northwestern win, Purdue win, Michigan State a win. That's six and three... Maryland... Illinois just beat them like they're a beatable team. You win that you're seven and three, you're bowling.
Will ComptonNebraska has an opportunity to win the Big 10 West and go to Indianapolis
We can win the Big 10 West and go to Indy... The West goes through Lincoln. We are holding the gun.
Fyre Fest of the Week
To wrap things up, the crew discussed the move into the new permanent PMT studio. Big Cat is worried that it looks a little too professional, while PFT is just dreading dealing with the literal room full of junk that was shipped from the old New York office.
Big CatFans will initially complain that the new PMT studio looks 'too clean' and professional
I think people are gonna love it... but I think there will be a little adjustment where people will be like, oh, they're, they're, they looked. It looks too clean... Just wait.
Jake lost in the first round of his tennis playoffs after getting "no-hit" in the second set, and Hank’s Fyre Fest involved walking 40 minutes to an Apple store that was already closed because he refused to use wired headphones.
Good luck to Max this weekend, because if the Phillies lose, Monday's show is going to be a bloodbath.
