The 'soft benching' of J.J. McCarthy in Minnesota has clearly worked
Do we think maybe it was still a soft benching and the soft— No, I think we should double down. Say the soft benching worked. It worked. Yeah. No, I'm a soft benching guy now. Listen, I'm gonna trust what [Kevin O'Connell] does. He's a quarterback whisperer. He's soft benched and he was right.
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View episodeThe Bears' culture has shifted under Ben Johnson; they finally win games they used to lose
The Bears never win that game. And they, something is different with Ben Johnson. ... more than anything it's Ben Johnson because that's a game The Bears would lose. The Bears would quit in a, in a dire situation. And they just kept on, they got, got off the mat. ... it really just comes down to like, the culture has shifted with Ben Johnson where the, the team looks like they're not gonna give up in situations where they would've given up in the past.
The Steelers are a dangerous team if Aaron Rodgers has a top-tier defense behind him
The Steelers offense is not fixed in any way. ... But if Aaron Rodgers, if he has a really good defense, that is a dangerous team. So you just gotta still be a really good defense.
I'm 'Falcons heavy' and taking the points (+6.5) against the Colts in Berlin
Gotta take the Falcons. Gotta take the Falcons. I'm Falcons heavy. Yeah. It's my play of the week actually. [The line is] Colts minus six and a half.
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I can't get it up for the schedule release because it's—if you explained what the schedule release was to Vince Lombardi, he'd call you a pussy and spit in your face.
The NFL should release one game schedule per day for the entire off-season
The NFL, they should do, they should draw it out even longer. It should be one game that Roger Goodell releases per day for the entire off-season. And then at the end of it, he's like, okay, let's play some ball.
The Preakness Stakes should move its date to three weeks before the Kentucky Derby
Why doesn't the Preakness just say, screw it to the Kentucky Derby and schedule their main race for like three weeks before the Kentucky Derby? You wanna play hardball? Yeah, you could play hardball. I feel like if you, if your horse wins the Preakness, if it was scheduled for before the Derby, you're not skipping the derby. No, you gotta run in the derby.