Takes

You cannot pay Brock Purdy 60 million dollars per year

There's been talk about [Brock Purdy] getting an extension. I know a lot of guys are hurt, but how much can you pay Brock Purdy knowing that he's a good quarterback? He's not in the level of, make everyone better quarterback. 60 a year... That's insane. You can't pay Brock Purdy 60 a year.

Brock Purdy looked stupid and shitty against the Rams

I think he had a very bad game tonight. Like he looks, he looked stupid and shitty tonight. That's my analysis. That last throw was so bad. It was stupid and shitty in one throw. It was dumb to throw it and it was a bad pass.

The San Francisco 49ers are officially dead for the 2024 season

The Niners are dead. It's over reset everything. It's over... less than 1% chance [to make the playoffs].

The New York Jets will dominate the Jacksonville Jaguars

I think this is gonna be a shit kicking by the Jets... This is actually my game of the year. I think they're gonna take all the frustrations out of this dog shit season onto the Jaguars Sunday.

The Lions defense struggles against running quarterbacks

This is the week that the lions all their defensive injuries... This is an elite elite offense. And Aaron Glenn, I know this from experience because Justin Fields used to play well against Lions. Aaron Glenn's defenses don't do well against running quarterbacks. He refuses to do a spy.

Bills vs. Lions is a potential Super Bowl preview

Possible Super Bowl preview. This would be my dream Super Bowl matchup in terms of fans... in New Orleans. Holy shit. Would it rock just like partying with Lions and Bills fans all week.

Mike McCarthy needs to stop watching replays of his team's mistakes on the Jumbotron during games

I have a suggestion from Mike McCarthy... Something bad happens, you know, something bad has just happened in the game. As head coach, he forces himself to watch the replay of that bad thing over and over and just sit in that pain. Yeah, Mike, you gotta stop doing that. You gotta stop subjecting yourself to just trauma repeatedly over and over again.

The 'In the Hunt' graphics for the NFC are currently patronizing to bad teams

Everyone from the Saints on down, Saints, Cowboys, Bears, Panthers. Just just be like, Hey, I know technically not [eliminated], but dude, get a fucking grip. You're brain dead if you're actually thinking this.

The extreme delusional negativity of Philly fans is a sign the Eagles are ready for a Super Bowl run

I saw this video and I was like, this could not sum up the Philadelphia Eagles fan base more and I wouldn't have it any other way... I actually think that this might be a sign that the Eagles are ready to go on a Super Bowl run because they're what, 11 and two and they've won nine games in a row. Everything's going well. They now have players talking about players. Old players talking about old players.

AJ Brown will definitely score a touchdown this week to disprove the drama rumors

AJ Brown has to be in the touchdown score this week... You know that they're gonna find a way to feed him the ball.

Nepotism in football coaching is more acceptable than in playing because you work up through ranks

Coaching is a lot different than playing... Football is like the most, basketball is different. There's not a lot of examples of nepotism drafts. There's a million examples of nepotism coaching... He [Steve Belichick] worked his way up the ranks as any head coach that's ever head coached in the history of coaching has.

Aaron Rodgers should be dominating the league more because he learned in a more sophisticated era

The job that [Aaron Rodgers] had 15 years ago is so much harder than it is today. Today's game, as Tom Brady describes, the flats are open, the, the middle of the field's unpatrolled and no one can hit me... anyone that's hung around long enough to know in a sophisticated time should be dominating.

Sliding is dangerous for quarterbacks and should be removed from the game

Sliding the game, look, the game changed when they change the rules... it puts your head on a pedestal right at the level of people's knees. And, and, and, and, like you basically are saying and, and, and by sliding you're opening yourself up. Right? It's like, oh, hit me in the face... I think sliding to make it safe for quarterbacks is impossible. So get rid of it.

Jerry Rice's records are untouchable because he was driven by a constant fear of losing his job

Jerry Rice was driven by the same thing until he, the day he retired, he thought someone was gonna take his job. And so he, he lived in a state of... anxiety that, that I need to go to work... Jerry Rice, even today when the game is wide open, Jerry Rice is, all his records should be under duress. Right. They should be being lapped in today's game. And you can't get close to him.

The Vikings would be insane to let Sam Darnold leave even with JJ McCarthy returning

You're insane to not sign a guy that's doing that for you... If I was Sam, I am not going back to one of those places that doesn't take care of and doesn't understand the quarterback position. I refuse. So I will go compete to go to one of those places that does. Yeah.

Apathy and losing in the NFL is almost always an ownership accountability problem

I blame ownership. And unfortunately in this league you can't because it, equity ownership's not gonna change... you can't overcome apathy... how do we help ownership be accountable? Yeah. Because it would make the team, if they could feel that accountability and answer to it, it would help the team.

I can still make a 35-yard field goal consistently

I did try out for the XFL when three for five from 37 yards... I can still make a 35 yard field goal consistently. I think I haven't kicked in like a year. But you, you give me like three months to get into shape and to start working on it. I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be lights out from 40 in.

I'm ready to start putting more respect on the Steelers and Vikings' names

The Steelers and Vikings. I'm ready to start putting a lot more respect on their name... Vikings 42 Falcons 21. This was the Sam Darnold Show... Why aren't we talking about the Vikings like the Eagles and the Lions?

The Vikings should consider resigning Sam Darnold this offseason

Are we at the point where the Vikings should consider resigning Sam Darnold? Yes... You probably should. 'Cause JJ [McCarthy]'s probably good, but you don't know. But we know that Sam's good. Sam Darnold's also only 27 years old.

It might be Michael Penix time for the Atlanta Falcons

The Falcons are, it just feels like it's all falling apart at the end here. And Michael Penix, it might be Penix time, it might be Penix time. So you drafted him. Why wouldn't you get him a little like... if your season's over, you might as well get Michael Penix in.

Bryce Young is the quarterback of the future for the Carolina Panthers

I do think [Bryce Young] is the quarterback of the future now for the Panthers, which is awesome because it looked like one in seven. It looked like everything was lost. Now you not only have a quarterback, but you have a coach and Dave Canales who's, you know, coaching him up.

Saquon Barkley is going to reach 2,000 rushing yards this season

Saquon Barkley, he's now 94 yards a game. So four games left, 94 yards, a game away from 2,000. He also has the Eagles record in rushing yards in a season passing LeSean McCoy.

Scott Turner should win Coordinator of the Year for getting the Raiders to score with their roster

The Raiders are on their fourth, third and fourth running backs. Yeah. And trying to make the whole thing out of, and their third, now they're third quarterback. So Scott Turner, just even getting them to score a point... He should probably be coordinator of the year.

If the Jets draft a quarterback, they should keep Aaron Rodgers to provide a competitive spark

If we draft a quarterback, I, I say yes [to keeping Rodgers]. A lot of Jets fans don't want him, but he'll be good if you draft a quarterback. He needs a little bit of that spark, a little bit of that fire.

The Titans will set a record for losing to five different teams that fire their head coach in one season

The Titans will have lost to four teams that fired their coach this season. They lost to Matt Eberflus, they lost to Robert Saleh and they lost to Doug Pederson. And if by chance the Bengals fire Zac Taylor, they could potentially go 0 and 5 against teams that fire their head coach. That's pretty impressive.

The 49ers aren't actually good; the Bears are just that bad

I don't think the 49ers are good. I just think the Bears are that bad... [Niners 38, Bears 13] That game sucked. The Bears are a joke. They're so bad... just same garbage team, same garbage start.

I'm officially believing in the Seattle Seahawks after four wins in a row

I think I'm believing in the Seahawks. I mean, they're now on the top of the NFC West and the way they've been playing... Their defense looks completely different. They have weapons everywhere.

The 2024 NFL season is the most wide-open the league has ever been

Is this the most wide open the NFL's ever been? I can't... I'm thinking back to 2017 obviously. It was pretty wide open in 2017 too. [But this year] anything could happen.

The Chiefs aren't a good team, but they will find a way to win the Super Bowl

I think they're gonna get to the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, I still... they have black magic. They have curses, they have witches. Like they're not a good team... but they just win... They're gonna find a way to win somehow.

Dan Campbell is a psychopath who only feels alive when making high-risk coaching decisions

Dan Campbell has an addiction and his addiction is doing the craziest fucking shit at every turn. I don't think he fully feels alive unless he's doing something that everyone in the stadium's like, no. What are you doing? Stop. Please stop.

The Lions are the best team in football right now

The Lions are the best team in football right now. And Max, here's what I should say. The Lions are going to lose another game, but it doesn't matter. They're so good.

JJ McCarthy will end up being the best quarterback from the 2024 draft class

JJ McCarthy's gonna end up being the best quarterback from that draft class. Well, that's just what's gonna end up happening after all this discussion. And that JJ McCarthy's somehow gonna be like the best player of all time.

Mike Tomlin is the best coach in the NFL right now

I love Mike Tomlin more than anyone I think in the NFL right now. It's crazy how awesome he is. He is just, he gets in front of a room and I, you just get pumped up. He's the best.

Brock Bowers is the best tight end in the NFL and should win Rookie of the Year

Brock Bowers is first in receptions. He's fourth in yards. I know that it will go to a quarterback. But Brock Bowers the best tight end in the NFL. He should win Rookie of the Year.

The 49ers are just not a good team this year

Are the Niners just bad? Yeah, they're bad. I think they might be just bad. They're just bad this year. Like we just gotta accept the fact that they're just not good.

Caleb Williams should have used his leverage to force the Bears to decide on Matt Eberflus before the draft

If you're a quarterback like Caleb, like Shadur coming out, and you have the power to tell a team, I need you to make a decision on your coach. All I was suggesting he do is say, I need to know what you're doing with the coach. So I don't come into a situation where the structure is bad. And now he's gonna be sitting there second head coach. Third offensive coordinator.

The Bears will not hire Mike Vrabel because they are a 'meek' organization afraid of alpha personalities

Mike Vrabel would be a personality that they have not wanted in that building for a very long time, where they don't want an alpha who is like, this is my system. George McCaskey is a meek man who does not like football. So he's like, he you can't have, and Kevin Warren is the same. So I think Mike Vrabel wouldn't fit, they wouldn't want Mike Vrabel in the building.

The Commanders could win the Super Bowl this year

I could see Washington winning the Super Bowl... I could see them winning the Super Bowl because it's so up in the air right now. Especially with the Lions... being so beat up on defense... Anything can happen once you get in the dance.

The Mike Silver story about Dan Snyder ignoring Kirk Cousins is 'fucking bullshit'

Mike Silver came on the show... and he told you this story about the Cleveland game. And it was a great game... and he told you a story about how Dan Snyder walked in the locker room and like damn near trucked Kirk to get to me and asked me if I was okay. That reminded me... it was a fucking over exaggeration of the story. Dan Snyder walked in the locker room... he didn't brush past Kirk Cousins. He walked to me... then he turned around and he congratulated Kirk Cousins on the job that he did.

Jameis Winston is the best athlete to root for of all time as long as he's not on your team

He is the best athlete to root for of all time on not your team. What we saw on Monday night was 460 yards... He's a drug. Jameis Winston is a drug that I want to be addicted to forever.

Bo Nix is the real deal

Bow Nicks is the real deal. But this was the Jamis show. Like I, I feel bad because, you know, it was gonna be bonuses coming out party. Unfortunately he had to play against Jamus Winston, who good and bad. He steals the show.

Jameis Winston will be the next quarterback of the New York Jets

James Winston is the next QB of the New York Jets.

The Bears fired Matt Eberflus because Jalen Johnson told him to shut up

Jalen Johnson basically told Eberflus to fuck off in front of the whole team after the Lions game. And that was the moment where they're like, oh, we should maybe fire this guy.

The Dolphins' struggles in cold weather are more about their opponents being good than the elements

Green Bay isn't a cakewalk. Buffalo bills aren't a cakewalk. To blame everything on the cold weather to say the cold weather has these guys not playing, man, miss tackles happen in the heat... Sometimes the end result gets you get distracted because of the way someone articulates it that you disregard the actual content.

Super Bowl Pick: Lions vs. Chiefs or Eagles vs. Bills

Let's go with Detroit-Kansas City. Or Philly and Buffalo.

If Lamar Jackson wins the Super Bowl this year, he begins to unseat Patrick Mahomes as the best QB in the league

If Lamar wins the Super Bowl this year, he'll begin to unseat Mahomes as the best QB in the league. Absolutely some merit [to that]. If Josh Allen wins the MVP in a Super Bowl, he's in that conversation too.

The Bengals are officially dead for the playoffs

Cincinnati's playoff, chances are officially DEAD, dead... I think the Bengals officially are done. They gotta take the ping pong table out now.

There has never been a worse coach in close games than Matt Eberflus

It was obvious that it had to happen because there's never been a worse coach in close games than Matt Eberflus. Like I think that statistically actually is proven true. The timeout is, so obviously Caleb [Williams] deserves some blame for it, but... the second there's any hesitation, it's like 80/20, Matt Eberflus's.

Caleb Williams is a very good quarterback despite poor coaching

Caleb Williams is very, very good. And I know that people will, there's a lot of people who box score watch or they've only seen him in primetime games. Caleb Williams is very, very good. He's on pace for 3,700 yards, 20 plus touchdowns and less than 10 interceptions. The only other rookies to do it, I would assume Jayden Daniels is gonna do it. Maybe Bo Nix. But the only other two rookies to do those numbers are Justin Herbert and CJ Stroud.

Bill Belichick should and could fix the New York Giants

I feel like I have one guy to fix the Giants. It's Bill Belichick. I mean he's got, he loves history. He loves NFL history where, you know, he started everything and... defensive coordinator for Lawrence Taylor and everything a founding organization. He goes in and he just runs the whole show. I feel like, I feel like that could happen.