Takes

Tom Brady has one more year of football left in him

I think he's got one more year. Cause it's like looking at the Bucs roster. It's family. Yeah. That's the family's tough. It's going to have to be really good for him... This is the most I've ever felt like he could probably hang them up, but you know what I mean? It wouldn't surprise me either way.

The 49ers will beat the Rams in the NFC Championship Game

I'm going Moneyline... San Francisco 49ers. They're going to win. Jimmy G is going to have a good game. I do. Kyle Shanahan is probably preaching to this guy... Hey Jimmy, just take care of the ball... I think he's going to have his best game this week. He's going to go out there. He's due for a good game.

The Bengals are a 'team of destiny' and will beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game

I'm going with the Bengals. Cause they're I think they're a team of destiny. Joe, Joe Burrow. This is the first number one pick to ever go to the AFC championship or a championship game into his third or second year.

I am betting on the Bengals with my heart this weekend

I think my heart is telling me to bet on the Bengals and I'm going to listen to my heart this weekend. I know it could be like my head. My head is out the door already... My heart is pulling me so hard to the Bengals. I want this for Joe Burrow.

If Aaron Rodgers goes to the Broncos and beats Mahomes twice a year, he's the GOAT

If Aaron Rodgers goes to the Broncos... he does get to have these primetime duels with Patrick Mahomes twice a year. It would be like if he starts beating Patrick Mahomes' brains in kind of re-figures his legacy. He has to be regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time.

Mike McCarthy will be fired as Cowboys head coach exactly one year from today

Mike McCarthy is the lamest of ducks right now because he knows that Sean, this is Sean Payton's job. I'm first reporting it right now. Mike McCarthy has been fired as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys exactly a year from today, minus two weeks.

The Ravens might move on from Lamar Jackson

What if the Ravens moved on from Lamar Jackson? Why? He got hurt. They got rid of his offensive coordinator... I just said, keep an eye on it. This is complete and utter reckless speculation.

Tom Brady is going to retire after this season

Tom Brady, Tom vs. Time... for my personal takeaway, it seems like he's gone. She [Gisele] deserves what she needs from me as a husband and my kids deserve what they need from me as a dad... from right now where I stand, I feel like he's gonna walk.

Defense no longer wins championships in the modern NFL

I did, did you guys see that, that one tweet where someone was like, this must be what it feels like for kids to find out Santa Claus isn't real. And it was a text someone shared from their dad saying defense no longer wins championships.

SEC stadiums are louder than NFL stadiums

Joe Burrow, mid controversial statement of saying SEC stadiums louder than NFL stadium... which was now brought up by an NFL veteran who thought that it was quite good.

Using an 'all-star' officiating crew for the Super Bowl is a bad idea due to lack of chemistry

Penalty flags... they announced a Super Bowl crew, Ron Torbert—they are collabing. It's not a crew he's worked with... chemistry is more important than—you want a crew that's been solid together. They're greater than the sum of their parts.

Antonio Brown has only a 10% chance of ever playing in the NFL again

I would say a 10% chance. I love Antonio because we shared a locker room... but at the end of the day, he put himself in this situation. Look at the market for him last off-season.

Patrick Mahomes is the clear #1 young quarterback with no debate

If I had to rank these guys, Patrick Mahomes, number one, easy, easy. It's not even a debate. Patrick Mahomes... you gotta go win the Super Bowl and you gotta go do what he's done consistently year after year.

If a wide receiver touches the ball, he is responsible for catching it

Anytime it barely grazes wide receivers' fingers, Hank will be like, well, I thought it was, if you touch it, you can catch it... just because he touches it doesn't mean you can catch it... [Hank]: Millions of dollars. He gets paid millions of dollars to make that catch.

The Bills' loss to the Chiefs equals two Super Bowl losses for Buffalo fans

I think tonight's loss probably equals two Super Bowl losses for the Buffalo faithful that has lived through it all because this team I think was... they were definitely going to be favored next week. Probably would have been favored in the Super Bowl against either one of those.

The only way to stop Patrick Mahomes is to install Kliff Kingsbury as his head coach

The only thing you can do to stop Patrick Mahomes is install Kliff Kingsbury as his head coach. He's the only person that's been able to bottle them up.

The NFL should change overtime rules for the playoffs to mirror college overtime

The NFL just doesn't do it. Just make that the overtime rule for playoffs. No one gives a fuck if in week three, the Steelers and like that Tim Boyle didn't get the ball. You know what I mean? Like they care about these type of games when Josh Allen doesn't get the ball.

Josh Allen is an even better version of 2015 Cam Newton

It felt like an even better version of 2015 Cam Newton where like he will pass it over everyone. He will throw a bomb to Gabriel Davis. Oh. And then when he wants to run the ball, he literally hurt their defensive players. He ran over one of their defensive players.

Ryan Tannehill is a mediocre quarterback who will never be great

I'm so happy that I never gave up on the Ryan Tannehill is a mediocre quarterback take... your take is not wrong until you admit that it's wrong because Tannehill did me the gift of showing me that he was still capable at times of being old Ryan Tannehill. And that's just, it's who he is. He's never going to be a great, great quarterback.

Evan McPherson is already the second-best kicker in the NFL

I think we can say Evan McPherson already the second best kicker in the NFL... People are like, why would you ever draft a kicker? You draft a kicker because he's Evan McPherson and he's Zack like right now, in retrospect, if you were to say, how, what would you spend on Justin Tucker right now? Would you use a first round pick on him? Yeah, you probably would.

The Bengals have no chance of beating the Chiefs in the AFC Championship

I don't think that the Bengals have a chance in hell of beating the Chiefs with these two teams. Bengals are two years away from even being able to compete against the Chiefs. There's no chance that a team like the Bengals could go up against the Chiefs and outscore them clubs. 0% clip chance.

Aaron Rodgers played hero ball and choked against the 49ers

Aaron Rodgers choked... you the block kick happen like stunned everyone. 10, 10, crazy. How did the special teams let us down again? Aaron Rodgers has the ball with four minutes left to win the game at home... On Saturday night, he choked and I don't. I think I actually think most packer fans will agree that he was bad. And he all he was doing all night it's hero ball. He was trying to force it to Davante Adams.

Aaron Rodgers has become the reincarnation of late-career Brett Favre

Aaron Rodgers has become what he replaced in old. Brett Favre was the same guy. He was that guy at the end of his career. He'd only trust Donald Driver... We saw Brett Favre reincarnated in Aaron Rodgers. It's crazy. And I loved every second.

No team in the NFC matches up well against the 49ers' physical style

I don't think any team in the NFC matches up well against the 49ers. Actually... You can say that all three of those teams [Rams, Packers, Bucs] are better than the Niners, but somehow the Niners are actually the matchup that no, neither one of those teams wants to have to play against.

Aaron Rodgers and the Packers had a 'wink-wink' agreement to trade him after the 2021 season

I think the deal was come back for this year, and then we'll find a place to trade you. And like almost a wink, wink agreement. We'll find a place to trade you in the off season.

Tom Brady has as many NFC playoff wins as Aaron Rodgers

Tom Brady... has just as many NFC playoff wins [as Aaron Rodgers].

Matt Stafford will be a Hall of Famer if he reaches the Super Bowl this year

I have the tape that I've been squatting on for like four years. Now that he's a hall of Famer. I remember I got to go find that tweaks people thought I was crazy, but I said, if he can get you an FC championship game or later you will probably have enough... this will be his deep playoff run.

The Rams are the first team ever to play a Super Bowl in their own home stadium

This could be the first Superbowl ever slayed by a team in its own home stadium. It's the Rams. Make it to the Superbowl. It's never been done before.

The Tennessee Titans will win and prove why they are the one seed

I think the Titans are the one seed because they beat the Chiefs, they beat the Bills, they beat all the good teams. They killed the Rams... I think we're going to walk away from this game being like, oh yeah. That's why they were the one seed. I'm respecting the Titans.

If the 49ers win, they will have a 50-yard touchdown pass similar to the Flacco-Denver game

If the 49ers win, I think it's gonna be a similar game script to the Joe Flacco at Denver game, double overtime. He's gonna have a 50 yard touchdown pass if they win.

The 49ers will beat the Packers outright

I am full-blown rooting for terrible things happen in the Packers. I think the Niners win. I think they win outright. Oh God. I hope so.

Matt Stafford is more likely than Tom Brady to make a backbreaking error in a playoff game

It comes down to a simple Tom Brady vs. Matt Stafford, and I don't feel comfortable betting Matt Stafford in a playoff game when the other quarterback is Tom Brady. Who's more likely to make a backbreaking error that shifts the entire tenor of the game? I'm going to put it on Matt.

The Bills vs. Chiefs Over 54.5 is my Game of the Year

I've released my game of the year, the third game of the year, over 54 and a half in [Bills vs. Chiefs]... I haven't lost the game of the year yet... when I say game of the year, I put the chips in the middle. I'm putting, I'm putting the chips in the middle. It's going to be a responsibly large wager for me.

Joe Burrow is the smartest football player I have ever been around

Joe was the smartest guy in the room. He was the smartest football player I haven't been around. He studies, he's consistent. He has one goal in mind, and that's to be great.

Derek Stingley Jr. is as talented as Patrick Peterson

Derek's the most talented corner I've seen in a long time... [Corey Raymond] said he was as good as Patrick Peterson. And those guys that have been around Patrick, I love Patrick... we all believe that Derek could be a great all-pro player.

The Arizona Cardinals are frauds

The Arizona Cardinals are frauds, absolute frauds. I've been... this podcast has been forefront in the Arizona Cardinals are frauds for the better half of two months now. Kliff Kingsbury fades down the stretch. Kyler Murray... they just don't, they're just not an upper echelon football team.

Kyler Murray has gotten slower, softer, and shorter

Kyler Murray has gotten slower, softer, and shorter... he was getting chased down from behind by guys that were about 150 pounds heavier than him on a regular basis.

The Cardinals were so bad that Matthew Stafford couldn't screw the game up

The Cardinals are so bad tonight, not even Matthew Stafford can fuck this up... It got so like, I'm not even saying when it was whatever it was, the score was a, what? 21 was the 28. Nothing yet. I'm not even saying then I'm saying when it was 14, nothing. I was like, the Cardinals are so bad that Matthew Stafford cannot screw this up.

The Cardinals should hire a defensive mastermind like Dan Quinn or Vic Fangio

I think that this is the type of team that you do the thing where you hire a Vic Fangio where you go with a defensive coordinator has been great. Yeah. You hire a defensive guy. You Zig while everybody else zags... I think as long as you have an average offensive coordinator, if you have like a defensive mastermind leading that team, I think that's the way that you got to go. You hire somebody that maybe you hire Dan Quinn.

Modern science and HGH allowed Cam Akers to return from an Achilles tear in five months

Dude, I don't know what these guys are doing nowadays, but modern science has down to a T. HGH... So you think Cam Akers is today HGH? Got it. Okay. But it was really impressive watching him be able to, he had that burst.

Andy Reid's food metaphors mean the entire NFL is in trouble

Andy Reed really put cake on the hot seat... He just thinks of everything his life as it's related to food. Once he starts thinking about food, he physically gets hungry and then he's going to mentally get hungry. And then the entire NFL, next thing he knows in trouble.

Punt returns are scarier than kickoff returns in the NFL

I will wholeheartedly say punt return is scarier than kickoff return, but you will get hit hard on kickoff return because they're running from 60 yards... it's a full-on head-on collision.

Planned downfield laterals like the 'Cocaine' play only work if they aren't used in desperation

It's great when teams run it when it's not a desperation situation, because if it's desperation, the other team sees it coming a mile away. Absolutely. And they're able to defend it... We had that one in the playbook actually for a few weeks and... it worked phenomenally.

No state income tax is the most important factor in NFL free agency

No state income tax. Okay. All right. Then I would say beach and then brutally cold... I'm indifferent to the division, but no state income tax [is most important].

The NFL should keep the seventh playoff seed

To the people that are saying we should not have a seventh playoff seed: you're wrong. Fuck you. If we didn't have that last week, these matchups would have been better... speak as a team that's like, that's our ceiling really is this 7th seed. Just like you and the Bears last year, right? Like just getting to the playoffs, that's absolutely worth having that extra seat in there.

A seven-seed will eventually beat a two-seed in the NFL playoffs

Dummies, like you're just playing the results. One year a seven seed will get hot and they'll win. They'll beat the two seed and everyone will look like an idiot.

The Steelers aren't in a bad position as a franchise despite Big Ben's retirement

If you look at the entire NFL, the Steelers are not in a bad, like, no, it wasn't Big Ben with it. His last ride was with all his guys... they have pieces on offense. They just need a quarterback and an offensive line.

Mitch Trubisky would have been awesome on the 2021 Steelers

If they had a mobile quarterback tonight... someone threw out the name Trubisky during this game, I was like, he personally would have fucking been awesome on the Steelers this year. Yeah, he would have.

Joe Burrow is officially an elite quarterback

It was Joe Burrow's coming out party. I think that's fair to say. He's officially now in my book, at least an elite quarterback. He is—the guy has ice water in his veins... he is fucking elite.

The Raiders should hire Rich Bisaccia as their permanent head coach

Rich Bisaccia should get the Raiders head coaching job. They should give him a two-year contract, three-year contract. I don't know what more you could do. Like with a team that went through all of that and had flaws... I would be excited if I were a Raiders fan. I'd be excited if they brought him back.