The Cowboys must get Sean Payton even if they have to give up a draft pick to fix the team
I had to get Sean Payton. Even if I had to give up an asset of pick for to get 'em, I'd get 'em because I, Dak Prescott is my most important player. I have to maximize his potential. And because I have to maximize his potential, who better to do it?
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View episodeJoe Burrow is the best quarterback at 'quarterbacking' while Patrick Mahomes is just a great football player who plays quarterback
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, right? Patrick Mahomes is a great football player who just happens to play quarterback.
Brock Purdy will not be able to survive the environment at Lincoln Financial Field
Brock Purdy's top G in the NFL right now... but the man won't, won't be able to survive the Link [Lincoln Financial Field]. 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.
The Bears and Commanders would have eventually ruined Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow if they had drafted them
Our franchises are... they will never have nice things. Like if Patrick Mahomes was drafted by the Bears, the Bears would've ruined him. If the Commanders drafted Joe Burrow, they would've ruined him. We [Commanders] actually did our best to try to ruin Joe Burrow as an NFL quarterback [by hitting him].
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View profileThe 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.
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.
Mike Francesa and Mad Dog are responsible for the modern sports podcasting industry
What Talk radio became—what the podcast world ultimately morphed into—is by and large because of Mike and the Mad Dog. They set the standard and they opened the floodgates for advertisers and sponsors and networks to see this as an avenue of income to be created, which created jobs for a whole bunch of people.