Takes

Jacoby Brissett is an eight-win quarterback guy under the radar

[Jacoby Brissett] is a good quarterback. He'll get you probably eight wins if he starts the entire season... I'm just saying Jacoby Brissett feels like an eight-win quarterback guy under the radar.

I won't get FOMO about Drake Maye sitting because the Patriots are in a rebuilding year

I'm not gonna get FOMO about Drake Maye not starting. Our offensive line's bad. I think our roster's not great. It's okay. It's a rebuilding year. I think you let's embrace it for what it is.

Patrick Mahomes would be worth over $100 million a year on a truly free market

If the NFL was truly free market capitalism, [Mahomes] might go to the Panthers. David Tepper... he might go for over a hundred million dollars.

The NFL should have a separate salary bucket for quarterbacks to keep rosters competitive

Separate salary bucket for quarterbacks. That makes sense. Basically let the quarterbacks get paid something completely separate so it doesn't, again, the cap is, doesn't make sense, but they're so out of control compared to everything else.

Eastern Michigan +2.5 is a lock because UMass should never be favorites

I saw the one that jumped out: Eastern Michigan plus 2.5. UMass football should never be favorites against anyone.

Georgia is going to beat the absolute f*** out of Clemson

I'm feeling fantastic. [Georgia is] gonna beat the absolute fuck outta Clemson.

The Chiefs will never win three Super Bowls in a row

Three in a row is really fucking hard to do... kind of the way you could also talk about it is there's 0% chance because it's never happened before. And if you know anything about gambling or life, if something's never happened, it will never happen.

The Chiefs will win at least 12 games this season

I like the Chiefs over this year. 11. I might ride. I might get in hard on that.

Lamar Jackson is a great bet for MVP at 18 to 1

I'll tell you what I'm thinking about betting on is Lamar Jackson to win MVP. 'Cause I think he's like 16 to 1 right now... 18 to 1. Same odds as Dak. Think about this with Lamar. Lamar at 18 to 1, you know that you're at least gonna be in the conversation in November. That's a fact.

Jalen Hurts will win NFL MVP at 14 to 1 odds

You know who I like for MVP? I like Jalen Hurts 14 to 1. That's pretty good. I like that a lot.

Matthew Stafford will be the MVP of the 2024 season

I like Matt Stafford 30 to 1 because it feels like he's due for the... everyone... you know, just picture yourself... and did you know he's never even received a vote for the MVP? I think this might be a narrative year with Matthew Stafford where it's like, you know, one of those, 'Hey, do we appreciate him enough?' 30 to 1 that when you watch that [late season] game, it's gonna be 5 to 1.

You don't have to draft a wide receiver until the fifth round

There are so many talented wide receivers in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth rounds that we don't have to draft wide receivers until the fifth round. Now if one comes up in like... if Garrett Wilson is there at the end of the second round, you've gotta take him. But I don't think we're gonna touch a wide receiver till the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth rounds.

Jaden Daniels will have a better rookie season than Caleb Williams

I just think it's gonna have, I think he's, I think of the two of them, I think Jaden Daniels is gonna light it up a little bit. And legs. He's got the legs.

Don't draft any Seattle Seahawks players

NFC West Seattle, no one. Wow. Okay. Yeah. I just, Jackson Smith is never going to leapfrog those two guys. DK and Tyler. It's just, just no one. Kenneth Walker's gonna get injured, I just can't deal with it.

Breece Hall should be drafted before everyone else

Jets, we're drafting Breece before everybody. Okay. Like, I'm sort of bummed out that we got the first pick in that draft because you have to take Christian McCaffrey in that piece. But I would love to take Breece, I just think he's gonna have a great year.

We should draft Stefon Diggs in the eighth round because he's a steal

Houston Texans, all of them. Every single one of them. This is their year... Stefan Diggs is being drafted in like the eighth round. Stefan fucking Diggs. Tank Dell is in the seventh round... I'm all in on the Texans.

Mike White could win a game for the Jets against anyone off the bench

Mike White could win you a game on the New York Jets. I don't care who he's playing against, I don't care. He could come off the bench in the first quarter and Mike White has that ability to just somehow throw for three touchdowns for the Jets.

I might bet the Chargers to win the Super Bowl because Jim Harbaugh makes players harder to break

I might put a little something on the Chargers just because not to win the AFC West, but to maybe just win the Super Bowl because Harbaugh, the guy just does things like this... Friday was a key step in the team getting good at making yourself harder to break.

If you are down 14 in the 4th, you must go for two after the first touchdown

Quick analytics question for you. You're down 14 and it's the fourth quarter and you score with three and a half minutes left. Are you going for two or are you kicking the extra point? ... It's a math thing... The book would tell you to go for two so if you don't get it, you have more time to try to do it again.

The Chiefs will not win the AFC West and will enter the playoffs as a Wild Card

I think that division's [AFC West] gonna be scrappy, top to bottom... I think they make the playoffs as a wild card. I don't think they win the division. I'm telling you, I think it's just my—why do you hate the Chiefs? I don't hate the Chiefs. No, it feels personal.

The Eagles fleeced the Commanders in the Jahan Dotson trade

I like Jahan Dotson, a Penn State fan who's a beast at Penn State. Good wide receiver three. Give up a third, get back a fifth. Very happy. Fleeced. Fleeced.

I'm riding the Bears hype wave despite them playing against backups

I'm gonna ride the Hype wave. The way they edited [Hard Knocks], the way they ended it... I understand that it was the Bengals' second defense. I understand that. But I'm gonna ride the Hype wave.

The Matthew Judon trade is a loss for the Bears because he chose the Falcons over them

The Patriots gave Matthew Judon the option of which team he wanted to go to. And he chose the Falcons. New England believing the Bears and Falcons were in similar category... gave linebacker Judon his choice of being dealt to Atlanta or Chicago. And then Breer said Judon obviously picked Atlanta.

Robert Saleh is actually making football hard again for the Jets

My cool throne is for Aaron Rodgers because when we had Aaron Rodgers on for Chill Week, he told us 'make football hard again.' And he said that the Jets camp this year is much harder and maybe the hardest in the last seven or eight years of his career. And he said that Robert Saleh is like really cracking the whip.

Brian Flores is a 'terrible person' for how he treated Tua Tagovailoa

[Tua] went on Le Batard show and basically said that Brian Flores was doing mental torture on him. And he said, if you woke up every morning and I told you that you suck at what you did... Brian Flores actually came out and said like, 'I've evolved and yeah, I kind of fucked that up.' [PFT says Tua said he was a terrible person]... It sounds like Tua is to Brian Flores as Big Cat is to the chat.

I'm going to rewrite the Bears' history of poor quarterback play

I just know that there's never been a 4,000 yard and a 30 plus touchdown passer. [Big Cat says his job is to rewrite history] That is my job. They brought me here for reasons. If they had people like Aaron Rodgers... it wouldn't be the case. but it hasn't been the case. rewrite history. They obviously bring people in... to change history.

I would press a button to win 10 Super Bowls even if it killed one Bears fan

[PFT asks if he'd press a button where one fan dies but he wins 10 Super Bowls] I think I take it. 10 Super Bowls. That's a lot of Super Bowls. That's, that's great.

The Matthew Judon trade was the best outcome for both the Patriots and Judon

Matthew Judon, that happened the day after we recorded. He did get traded. I mean, he's a little bit older. He wasn't probably gonna resign. I think, but they realize it's probably best for both parties to trade them. So it was good. You know, everybody's happy.

Patrick Mahomes is so good at football that he is throwing behind-the-back passes out of boredom

I said that it should have been taunting running that play because Patrick Mahomes is now bored of football. He's so good at football that he he can't play like a normal quarterback because it's too easy for him. So he just ups the difficulty level. Now he's throwing behind the back passes.

Caleb Williams will be the Bears' quarterback for the next 15 years

I was in the car with my kids and I was just thinking like, what if Caleb Williams is awesome for like the next 15 years and my kids like, go to college and Caleb Williams is still the Bears quarterback. Yeah. It could be. What if they're like literally starting college and they're like, yeah, it's more just, I just grew up with Caleb Williams.

Jaden Daniels' floor is Josh Allen

My biggest fear now is that Jaden Daniels is gonna be so goddamn good and that Jaden Daniels is gonna be awesome. Like I'm talking Joe Burrow, I'm talking Josh Allen... I'd say minimum, minimum, Josh Allen.

The worst NFL team would win gold in Olympic flag football with only one hour of practice

I think if you took the worst NFL team and then made them the flag football team, they would probably win the gold. An hour. They'd probably pick it up an hour.

Sam Darnold might have a good year with the Vikings

Am I crazy for thinking Sam Darnold might have a good year? My whole thinking was he's gonna have the best receivers he is ever had. Seventh year bump. No mono. Kevin O'Connell. Good coach. Played quarterback... I kind of feel like Sam Darnold might surprise some people this year.

The Vikings are making the right call to give JJ McCarthy long-term meniscus surgery

I think they're doing the right thing... I think he's probably over Josh Dobbs. It's the right call I think to do the long-term meniscus surgery. A rookie quarterback, you don't wanna rush him back from this at all.

The NFC South will be full of 9-8 and 10-7 teams

I think it's just gonna be a lot of teams in the NFC South that are gonna be nine and eight, 10 and seven and then the Panthers. And it's gonna go exactly like last year where it's gonna be the three way between the Falcons, the Saints, and the Bucks.

CJ Stroud will lead the NFL in passing touchdowns

I'm gonna go passing touchdowns. I know that some people might say sophomore slump. CJ Stroud plus nine 50. I mean, Stefon Diggs, Nico Collins, Tank Dell... that offense is gonna be explosive.

Breece Hall will lead the NFL in rushing touchdowns

I'm going to go with rushing touchdown leader Breece Hall. Plus 1800, plus 1900... Aaron Rogers should play more than five snaps this year... I feel like Nathaniel Hackett's gonna get him the ball inside the five.

Garrett Wilson will lead the NFL in receiving yards

I'm going Garrett Wilson. Oh, at 14 to one. Garrett Wilson has had a really good, he hasn't been a big touchdown guy, but he is never really had a big a quarterback like Aaron Rogers. I think that that's good value.

Aaron Rodgers will lead the NFL in passing touchdowns

I'll change mine to Aaron Rogers. 16 to one... He's gonna feast against the Patriots. And he's, they're gonna do the perfect amount of handing the ball off in the goal line. Jets might score a billion touchdowns.

JJ McCarthy will be back in two months from his meniscus injury but it will linger

[JJ McCarthy] could be back. He'll probably be back in like two months and then it'll linger for a little bit longer... And it'll come back like within the next couple years. Like there'll always be the worry of, you know, the meniscus to, it could tear again. It probably will tear again.

Brandon Aiyuk and John Lynch's personal friendship will lead to a deal with the Niners

His agent's a guy named Ryan Williams... Ryan Williams and John Lynch are like lifelong buddies... John Lynch was at the wedding... at the end of the day, if those are the two people who are running the business operation in this situation, like they'll find a way to get Aiyuk dressed and with the Niners.

Jayden Daniels is the real deal and Commanders staff are obsessed with him

I talk to Cliff [Kingsbury] all the time... Everyone's happy... holy shit bro, like, they're talking like this guy is the real deal in Washington and Jayden Daniels has been everything they were hoping for and more in training camp.

Russell Wilson will be the Week 1 starter for the Steelers

I think Russell Wilson. ...I just know that when they brought him in it was like they put tunnel vision on. They're like, Russell's our guy... I think the plan is Russell Wilson week one.

Watching Caleb Williams play made me realize Mitch Trubisky and Justin Fields were never the guys

Watching Caleb Williams play quarterback made me feel like the dumbest person in the entire world forever thinking that Mitch Trubisky and Justin Fields were the guys. 'Cause it looks so different. I know it's preseason. I know it was only a few plays, but it just looks different. He's confident, poised, reading the defense.

Jayden Daniels reminds me of rookie RG3

My own experience watching Jayden [Daniels] on Saturday... that one throw he had oh, so sick... He reminds me of RG3 in the RG3 good times. It's been 30 years since I've had a quarterback that for longer than like 10 weeks I could really root for and really think this is the guy.

Joe Milton should have been a top 10 pick and is a sixth-round steal

Number one I had Joe Milton. 'Cause Joe Milton is fucking awesome... History repeats itself. That guy, how did that guy last until the sixth round? That guy should have been top 10. Patriots get a six round steal.

The 2024 Rams won't predict their record but aim to win more than they lose

We're gonna try to win a whole lot more than we do lose... As far as predicting the record, I got no idea for you. Every year is a brand new brand new year. If you would've told me last year we're gonna be three and six at the bye, I would've told you you're crazy... then we went seven and one after that.

It makes no sense to punish someone at a new job for something they did at their old job

It makes no sense though, to punish somebody at a new job for something they did at their old job. [The NFL shouldn't punish Jim Harbaugh for NCAA violations].

Guardian caps are doing more harm than good and encouraging players to swing helmets in fights

I think the Guardian scrum caps are actually doing more harm than good. Yeah. I think they're, their players are ripping them off and they're like, oh, it's not that hard of a helmet. I can swing it at a guy's head now. It's like a pillow fight. It's encouraging bad behavior.

Punting on 4th and 14 against the Lions in the 2023 playoffs was a mistake

I look at it and I'm being dead ass serious about this too. Some of the red zone sequencing... But that stings and and I'll tell you why. And I'm not afraid to admit I would do that differently. I would've called probably the sequence leading up to that differently. Whether it works out or goes down the way we want, I don't know. But I think to take the ball outta Matthew [Stafford's] hands and to then sit there... shame on me for that.