Takes

Christian McCaffrey is a future Hall of Famer

I think you're a future Hall of Famer. [McCaffrey] is 23 years old now... one of three guys to do 1,000 yards receiving, 1,000 yards rushing in a season. I think you're a future Hall of Famer.

I predict no human will ever break four seconds in the 40-yard dash

Dude, I don't know. Because, I mean, how low is the 40-yard dash record going to go? I don't know. Like there's no way anybody's ever going to break four seconds. I don't know. I guess maybe high 4-1.

NFL kicking will improve in 10 years because kids are giving up on American soccer

In 10 years kicking will be back because they all be like 'we suck at soccer, I'm not playing soccer anymore.' The giving up of soccer... any kid with a giant leg right now is 'fuck this, get this futebol shit off my television.'

Rob Gronkowski will make a 69 joke on his Fox Sports set before Week 9

Over under week nine, [Rob Gronkowski] makes a 69 joke on set. [I'll take the] under.

Arch Manning will be a quarterback in the NFL for 20 years

Arch Manning who's going to be a quarterback in the NFL for 20 years. Arch Manning is going to play in the NFL for 20 years isn't he? ... Some team, hopefully this is what Washington is doing, they're making dummies out of all of us and they're going to be tanking for the next five to six years just so that they can get Arch Manning.

Donovan McNabb should be a Hall of Famer

I think that Donovan McNabb should be a Hall of Famer. I mean going against him every single year. ... He found ways of run the ball found ways to throw to get the ball down the field. I think that he is a Hall of Fame.

A player will eventually use a hologram to make a training camp entrance

A hologram will arrive for the player, and then they'll show up later. That will be the greatest entrance. ... That will happen eventually in the next, like, 10 years.

Matthew Stafford is a Hall of Famer

Matt Stafford, by the way, still a Hall of Famer.

Russell Wilson is definitely a Hall of Famer

Russell Wilson will be a Hall of Famer. Yes, he's a Hall of Famer.

The Manning family will have a quarterback in the NFL until the day we die

We're all going to die here. We're going to die before Mannings are out of the NFL. Like there are going to be Mannings in the NFL till the day we die. They're just never, they're going to outlast us as human beings.

The Chargers will never win a Super Bowl in their Baby Blue jerseys

They're never going to win a Super Bowl in the Baby Blues, but it looks great. I'm done believing in the San Diego Chargers.

I will own an NFL team in the future

I'm a young guy. I think it's a great opportunity. It's something I'd like to do in the future.

The Houston Texans will never win a Super Bowl

The Texans will never win a Super Bowl.

I believe I can play 10 more years in the NFL

I probably got like 10 more. Yeah, I probably got like six or like seven real years in me than the last three I just steal. Just get in on third downs.

Patrick Mahomes' unorthodox fundamentals will eventually fail him as his athleticism dips

The league is going to catch up to Patrick Mahomes throwing sidearm. 20 years from now, when his athleticism starts to dip, you can't rely on bending, contorting your body and running sideways and throwing sidearm passes. You just can't. So I have my doubts.

Quenton Nelson is a future Hall of Famer

When I'm talking to you guys, and we're talking a decade from now, Quenton Nelson will have been in like nine Pro Bowls and All-Pro like eight times. Safe stick in this draft. You might as well put a damn mustard-colored jacket on his ass right now.

Bill O'Brien is a bad coach who will never win a Super Bowl

Bill O'Brien's a bad coach and no way he's going to win a Super Bowl. Yeah, exactly. No way he's going to win a Super Bowl.

The Browns will win a Super Bowl in the 21st century

This is the portion of the interview where we let you predict when the Browns will win the Super Bowl. 2020? In the 21st century, yeah. ... Okay, so you are saying that you will win a Super Bowl with the Browns. Just maybe not the statue.

A Colin Kaepernick primetime game for the 49ers would be the highest-rated game of the season

I actually think that if Colin Kaepernick started a game in prime time for the 49ers, it would be the highest-rated game of the entire season. Absolutely. And Twitter would melt down.

Lane Kiffin will eventually return to the Power 5 and the NFL

I would bet a good amount of money that Lane Kiffin will coach not only a Power 5 team at some point in the rest of his career, but also probably in the NFL. He'll probably go around again.

Saquon Barkley is a future Hall of Famer

Saquon Barkley, future Hall of Famer. His legs look even bigger in pads.

I will announce my NFL retirement on Pardon My Take

Lane Johnson will announce his retirement at some point on Pardon My Take. Okay. We want to shake hands on this? Yeah. Okay, let's shake hands. We will do this.

The Minnesota Vikings are never going to win a Super Bowl

The Vikings are never going to win a Super Bowl... It's just not the cards, though.

I have about 10 years left in the NFL

I probably got, like, 10 more [years]... I probably got, like, six or, like, seven, like, real years in me. Then the last three, I just steal. Just go to, like, just pass rush on third down.

The sport of football will be unrecognizable in 20 years due to CTE and lawsuits.

I think football's in big trouble. Like, I really do... It is more about the future of the sport. And I don't know how it's going to continue when you start seeing lawsuits come to fruition, when you start seeing guys hang it up earlier than ever. I would say within 20 years, you will not recognize the sport of football.

It will eventually become illegal to play tackle football before reaching high school.

I think it's going to become illegal to play tackle football before high school. And that's the problem I have. Because I think it should be up to every parent to decide on their own if they want their kid to play or not.

Football will be in danger of disappearing in 50 to 60 years due to safety and science

I would say like 50, 60 years down the road [football is in danger], because if you look at the science and getting more and more clear on it, that this is a, it's an extremely dangerous sport... And the reason why we fell in love with football was because it was very violent in nature. And you love those big hits. And the science keeps coming, and the rules keep digressing.

Jerry Jones will die without the Dallas Cowboys winning another Super Bowl

The Cowboys stink, by the way... Jerry Jones, I think Jerry Jones is slowly realizing he's going to die without another Super Bowl for the Cowboys.

I would take a catch challenge against any mortal because my hands are still elite

My hands are still very, very good. I'm willing to get in any type of catch challenge with any mortal.

The Seahawks will only get back to the Super Bowl if they can secure home-field advantage

That's the key, winning enough regular season games that people have to go to Seattle in the postseason. That's how they're going to get back to the Super Bowl if they ever do.

A second major cheating scandal would definitively impact Bill Belichick's Hall of Fame standing

If Bill Belichick were to get caught cheating, doing something like Spygate again, do you think that that would impact his Hall of Fame status down the line? [Peter King]: It'll impact his Hall of Fame status. I mean, he's already got the black mark from Spygate against him from 2007. ... you would have to judge the black marks against Belichick's career with the incredible career that he had.

The Jaguars winning a Super Bowl is a futuristic impossibility

If the Jaguars ever win a Super Bowl, that that's like futuristic stuff, like hoverboard back to the future kind of stuff. The Jaguar, just that sentence, like Jaguars winning Super Bowl. That's something that you can my brain can't even compute that.