PMTPMT DB

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Take Slip·May 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-0509-10769
Blake BortlesBlake Bortles

My alliterative name is a huge reason for my success

It's a huge part of my success and a big reason why I kind of am where I am today. [Matt Bortles or Ted Bortles] nowhere near it – no, not even close.

The impact of a name on athletic success is inherently subjective/unverifiable.
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Take Slip·May 6, 2016
#PMT-2016-0506-10277
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I want to see a linebacker demolish the special needs kid during feel-good football plays

Does it make me a bad person that when that happens I always want some kid to just like truck stick them? ... I always want the opposing linebacker to just demolish the special needs kid and be like, no free plays on my field.

This is a subjective preference for chaos in feel-good moments.
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Take Slip·May 4, 2016
#PMT-2016-0504-9633
Richie IncognitoRichie Incognito

Kickers and punters are not actual people

Kickers are not people. We can get Pat McAfee on here right now. Kickers are not people. I love kickers. Kickers are my boys, but they are not people. They are kickers. Punters... they're in the same boat.

This is a comedic/subjective take on positional value in football.
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#PMT-2016-0504-9641
Big CatBig Cat

Ryan Leaf and Johnny Manziel are bigger busts than a serial killer

I think Ryan Leaf and Johnny Manziel still are bigger [busts].

This is a subjective ranking of draft failures.
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Take Slip·May 2, 2016
#PMT-2016-0502-14572
AJ GreenAJ Green

Andy Dalton's new haircut is actually cool and the team likes it

No, he has a cool haircut now. Everybody likes his haircut. My wife loves his haircut now. ... It's definitely a cool haircut.

Subjective opinion on fashion.
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Take Slip·Apr 29, 2016
#PMT-2016-0429-8451
Big CatBig Cat

You cannot win with an NFL player who has never tried weed

Your draft pick being a weed guy i think that you don't want to have a draft pick who's who's never tried weed everyone has a friend who's never tried weed and he's a loser and like when you pass the joint around you're like fuck this guy's a narc you start thinking about it you can't win with a guy who's never tried weed

This is a subjective character judgment that cannot be factually proven or disproven.
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Take Slip·Apr 29, 2016
#PMT-2016-0429-8452
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Carson Wentz looks like a guy who has never tried weed before

I would say that, actually, Carson Wentz seems like a guy that's never tried weed before. ... I think if you look at his tweet history, the fact that he lives in North Dakota, weed, they don't have North Dakota weed. You can't get weed, yeah.

Subjective opinion on a player's personal life/vibe.
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Take Slip·Apr 29, 2016
#PMT-2016-0429-8453
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Bruce Arians is building a defensive cartel in the Arizona desert

I think Bruce Arians is building a cartel out in the desert. He's got Tyran Matthew, and now he's got Chandler Jones. Can you imagine those defensive meeting rooms? It's going to be like a Star Wars movie theater back in the 70s with all the smoke going up.

This is a hyperbolic metaphor for a team's roster construction.
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#PMT-2016-0427-14770
Big CatBig Cat

Sam Bradford hasn't earned the right to be a starting quarterback

I can't comprehend where Sam Bradford's coming from to think that he earned the right to be a starting quarterback in the NFL.

This is a subjective evaluation of a player's merit.
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#PMT-2016-0427-14773
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Robert Nkemdiche would be a Vine superstar if he landed on a beer pong table when he fell out of a window

If there was a beer pong table that [Robert Nkemdiche] landed on, he'd be a Vine superstar. If anything, he just did it a little too early.

This is a comedic hypothetical about social media trends in 2016.
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Take Slip·Apr 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0420-12293
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Rob Ryan sleeping at the Bills facility is a bigger 'Football Guy' move than Dan Mullen's marathon

Without a doubt, Rob Ryan's sleeping at the facility. And here's why. Rex Ryan, now that he's got his brother in town, they're doing nothing but hanging out at the Bills facility, drinking Fireball and just like sleeping on cots. And to them, that's like summer camp. So that is a football guy move. Dan Mullen running a long distance and like showing off about it. That's more of a basketball lifer move.

This is a subjective judgment based on the show's internal 'Football Guy' logic.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11413
Big CatBig Cat

The NHL first round is much better than the NBA first round

The major stories all come from the playoffs starting and the stark difference between how much fun the NHL first round is and how awful the NBA first round is. It's incredible to watch. If you are the eighth seed, if you're the seventh seed, what's even the point of being in the playoffs? Whereas the NHL seeds all across the board win playoff series.

Subjective comparison of entertainment value between two leagues.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0418-11438
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Johnny Manziel should buy a house instead of renting to avoid party damage headlines

My PR 101 advice to Johnny would be—this is basic stuff—buy a house, don't rent. Interest rates being what they are these days, you're getting some bad financial advice so just look to buy, don't look to rent.

Subjective PR advice.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0418-11440
Big CatBig Cat

Johnny Manziel is actively trying to be a dickhead to stay in the news

He's actively trying to be a dickhead now. That's the thing that's shocking with Johnny Manziel... Now I think he's going out of his way to be like, I'm going to stay in the news. I'm moving in with Josh Gordon. I'm getting in a weird car accident. He's trying to do this.

Subjective interpretation of a person's motives.
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Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10445
Big CatBig Cat

Rams GM Les Snead keeps his job because he has great hair and a Hollywood look

Les Snead, the GM for the Rams. I have a theory that he just gets by on his hair. If you've seen his hair, he's got very nice hair... He's got like kind of a Hollywood look. He's got the name... I don't know if he's a good GM anymore. I think he's just getting by with the Les Snead kind of aura that's around him.

Snead actually remained GM for years, winning a Super Bowl in 2021, though the take is subjective and comedic.
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Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10447
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John Gruden would be a serial killer if football didn't exist

If football did not exist, I think that John Gruden would be a serial killer. I don't see any other outlet that he could possibly have besides football where he can be like this meticulous and this passionate and not end up killing at least like a half dozen people.

This is a hyperbolic character assessment and cannot be verified.
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Take Slip·Apr 4, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0404-18618
Big CatBig Cat

J.J. Watt is rattled because he tweeted at me out of nowhere

Here's why I think and I know that J.J. Watt is rattled. This was a totally unsolicited tweet from him... He just tweets me out of nowhere and he says, I thought we were friends now, man... You don't tell someone to have a great day unless you're, like, rattled.

Subjective interpretation of social media interaction, though Watt famously didn't get the joke for years.
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Take Slip·Mar 23, 2016
#PMT-2016-0323-3704
Big CatBig Cat

Vince Wilfork is just a fat blob who stands in place

All the strength that I have accumulated over the years, it's not going anywhere. I'm not going to lose it. That's what Vince Wilfork is. He's a fat blob now.

Wilfork was 34 and near the end of his career, though calling him a 'fat blob' is a subjective characterization of a professional athlete's size.
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Take Slip·Mar 16, 2016
#PMT-2016-0316-1140
Big CatBig Cat

We need a 'relegation league' Monday night football game to help people transition off the March Madness high

This is how you wean people off March Madness is if we just had like a Monday night football game on Monday night, like if it was just Titans Jaguars on Monday night, the relegation league... You need sports that your body is craving it. Boom. Football's back.

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Take Slip·Mar 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0315-2159
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Joey Bosa is just a working man's Chris Long

Joey Bosa, I think is like he's a working man's Chris Long is what I've been saying about him.

Both were high draft picks and very successful defensive ends, making the comparison relatively apt.
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Take Slip·Mar 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0315-2160
Chris LongChris Long

Joey Bosa is more gifted than I was as a prospect

I think he's [Joey Bosa] a little bit more gifted than me. But you got to stick to the rules.

Subjective comparison of talent, but Bosa was an elite prospect who lived up to the hype.
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Take Slip·Mar 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-0309-9745
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I have zero confidence that any running back free agent signing by any team is going to play out

I have zero confidence that any running back free agent signing by any team is going to play out. But the Jaguars keep going back to that.

This is a general philosophy rather than a single testable event, but looking at 2016 RB signings (Ivory, Lamar Miller, DeMarco Murray), few provided long-term value.
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Take Slip·Mar 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-0309-9747
Big CatBig Cat

Sam Bradford is basically Philly's Holocaust Museum

This is going to be called a hot take. But Sam Bradford is basically Philly's Holocaust Museum... They kept Sam Bradford as a living reminder to not go back to the Chip Kelly era. So every time they look at him, every time they see him walking to the facility, they're like, oh, boy, we can't go back to that place. That was a dark spot.

This is an extreme metaphorical opinion and cannot be verified as 'correct'.
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#PMT-2016-0309-9752
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Meth Johnny Manziel would be better than weed Johnny Manziel because you want him on edge

I would put meth Johnny Manziel over weed Johnny Manziel because weed would mellow him out too much... you want Johnny like on edge, right? You want him to be running around a little bit. The best plays that he had when he was in college were like, he was tweaking almost like he was just panicked.

This is a satirical ranking of drug effects on athletic performance and is not a verifiable claim.
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Take Slip·Mar 9, 2016
#PMT-2016-0309-9753
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The Washington Redskins are exactly like Nazi Germany because they win the offseason but get bent over once the actual war starts

I would compare the Redskins to Nazi Germany because the Redskins like to win the offseason every year. And Nazi Germany was also very good about taking over countries when there wasn't an actual war going on. And then once the war started, they got bent over by the Russians and the United States. So I would characterize the Washington Redskins as being very Hitler like in their approach to football.

This is a satirical comparison used for comedic effect.
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