Takes

Tom Wilson is unfairly targeted by NHL officials and the league

I would say Tom Wilson... I die on several hills for him every year. I do think that he is targeted by the NHL. I think he's targeted by refs.

Michigan players saying they were 'protecting the logo' after getting crushed is pathetic

If you're a Michigan fan, you have to be completely embarrassed that that was actually said afterwards... to come a to afterwards be like Yeah, we were making sure that they couldn't do anything with the m we're gonna protect the m... That's so pathetic.

Ole Miss fans have every right to be furious at Lane Kiffin for leaving during the playoffs

Ole Miss fans have every right to be upset... I think Ole Miss AD did the right thing and being like, no way are you going to coach this team in the playoffs like that. Lane was lane to the most lane he's ever been... I do stand with Ole Miss fans though. You have every right to be pissed off.

Dak Prescott deserves to win the award for being 'in the conversation' for MVP

Dak is my official pick for, he will not win the MVP, but a lot of people will say in the next month, he should be in the conversation for MVP. So he wins that award. He wins the award for being in the conversation for MVP.

The Ravens are broken and their season has fallen apart

I would put the Ravens in the broken, but it just fell apart category. And I've never seen players enjoy the post-game Thanksgiving meal... like I saw the Bengals enjoy [it].

The 2025 Bears win over the Eagles was their biggest victory since 2018

Bears Eagles... That was the biggest Bears win since Sunday night Football 2018 when the Rams came to town and they absolutely throttled that Rams offense. It was awesome. They absolutely man footballed, the Philadelphia Eagles.

Ryan Polls deserves an apology for building a Bears offensive line with a true identity

I do owe an apology to Ryan Polls. I've been critical of Ryan polls at times... What he did with this offensive line in the off season is insane because the Bears have a true identity... they have an identity they can fucking smash guys like through four quarters.

Ben Johnson is the true alpha in Detroit who built the culture of aggression, not Dan Campbell

Who is the alpha in Detroit? Was Ben Johnson or Dan Campbell? Ben Johnson can fucking run the football. Ben Johnson is jacked. Ben Johnson is a culture builder... the violence, the aggression, the way they, the offensive, like of violence that he, it imposes on other teams.

The Eagles run the simplest offense in the world and every team knows what they are going to do

Every team knows what the Eagles are going to run because we just run the simplest offense in the world. How are, is every other person in football recognizing what is going on to this offense except for Kevin Patullo and Nick Sirianni themselves to make a fucking change.

Lane Kiffin is the perfect guy for college football because he delivers results despite the chaos

Lane Kiffin is the monorail salesman from The Simpsons, if the monorail salesman delivered results. Yeah. You're gonna get some results from Lane Kiffin... He's the perfect guy for college football.

Michigan's obsession with 'protecting the logo' after a blowout loss is pathetic

If you're a Michigan fan, you have to be completely embarrassed that that was actually said afterwards... to come afterwards be like Yeah, we were making sure that they couldn't do anything with the m we're gonna protect the m... That's so pathetic.

JMU is the number one destination for any up-and-coming head coach

I think that that would cement JMU as being the number one destination for any up and coming coach. Yep. If they want to get paid, which is a good spot to be in.

Jamis Winston is the 'new Slash' because he is an elite athlete at multiple metrics.

Rob, my hot seat is Cordell Stewart, Denard Robinson. All these offensive weapons... because there's new sheriff in town who, Jamis. Yeah. Jamis... He is first in the NFL for yards per route run. He is third in the NFL for his percentage of carries going for 10 plus yards... he's the new slash.

The 'Players Era' tournament is ruining the tradition of Feast Week college basketball

The players era fucking sucks. There's not even a real tournament... They've taken away and no one's in the stands there. Feast Week used to mean something, man.

Jameson Williams is the X-factor for the Lions' offense

Jameson is, he's like the difference maker. 'Cause he's gonna stretch the field and if you hit him deep, then you just, you start hitting Amon-Ra on the underneath... They need to get him going.

Lamar Jackson is like Garfield; he hates Mondays and refuses to practice on them.

Lamar also is like Garfield. He hates Mondays. Yes. He just doesn't practice on Mondays. It's the third week in a row where he just hasn't, hasn't practiced... He just doesn't like showing up to work on Mondays. Which relatable?

Philadelphia will figuratively or literally burn down if the Eagles lose to the Bears on Black Friday.

This is a must win. The city will burn down if they... I will just see it burn down. Yeah. When the city burns down bad, very, very much illegal.

The Patriots shouldn't be allowed to have a good quarterback like Drake Maye immediately after Bill Belichick.

It fucking kills me that the Patriots are good... the fact that these cocksuckers get a good core, I, it's like... they don't deserve a good quarterback immediately. If Drake Maye developed schizophrenia and he is only good half the time and you don't know which personality's playing, they deserve that.

Turkey is a 'peasant bird' and doesn't belong on the Thanksgiving table

I'm not fucking settling for peasant for the peasant bird. Thank you very much... Turkey is dog shit. You guys don't know how cook Turkey.

MLB is currently in the best place it's been in a decade

This is the best baseball it's been in 10 years. I think Rob Manfred has done an incredible job with the with the time clock, with the basis, I mean the pace of the game.

My relationship with Derek Jeter is as good as it’s been in over 20 years because I finally grew up.

Our relationship is great. It is as good as it's been in I would say over 20 years. And, and part of it is Dan is me growing up, right? Like, I mean, and when I look back now I'm like, man, I must have been a very difficult guy to deal with.

The Browns must continue starting Shedeur Sanders as the 'hot hand' at quarterback.

I mean, the Niners are coming off back to back wins... he tried to do the thing where he's like, I don't wanna name a starting quarterback. We all knew that it was gonna be Shedeur because you can't, you can't go away from the hot hand if you're the Browns.

Fans should respect my privacy and absolutely not watch the Commanders vs. Broncos game on Sunday Night Football.

Why is this game on Sunday night football? It sucks... Nobody should watch this game. Yeah. Like it, it honestly feels perverted that you would want to tune and watch this. This is a personal matter that I have that I'm dealing with... please respect my privacy.

Jahmyr Gibbs is the best running back in the NFL

I think I'm fine with just saying Jahmyr Gibbs is the best running back because when he gets into open field, there's just no—he looks like he's making other NFL players look slow.

Brian Daboll should be court-martialed for starting Russell Wilson over Jameis Winston

I keep saying this and every week I keep getting more vindicated for the fact that Brian Daboll should be [court-martialed] for starting Russell Wilson. It made no sense at the time. It makes even less sense now. Jameis Winston... is at 20.3 yards per completion.

Jameis Winston is a starting quarterback in this league

This should prove that Jameis Winston should be a starting quarterback in the NFL. There are so many bad games that we watch and bad quarterback play that we watch. Jameis Winston is not. Yes, sometimes he throws interceptions. Yes, sometimes he makes mistakes. He is so much fun.

The Bears can compete with anyone in the NFL right now

I also think the Bears can compete with anyone at this point. And they've got a belief that they are not gonna blink when those tough moments come.

The Raiders are the worst team in the NFL

I think the Raiders are the worst team in the NFL. Their two wins are against the Titans and the Patriots. They have lost—they won against the Patriots week one. They've had one win since.

The Rams are currently the best team in the NFL

The Rams are the best TEAM IN THE NFL. Does anyone disagree? I don't know who would make the case for any other team right now. They're just destroying people.

Wisconsin is the hottest team in college football right now

Wisconsin's hottest team in the country. Two back. They've won two home games against ranked opponents in November. Pretty cool.

The Vikings should cut and immediately re-sign J.J. McCarthy so he can be a reclamation project

What the Vikings really should do is cut JJ McCarthy. Yep. So he's a bust and then sign him back. So he is a reclamation project. Then it'll be good. Cut JJ McCarthy, officially declaring a bust, sign McCarthy former draft bust and have KOC fix him. Smart.

The Kelly Green jerseys will fix the Eagles' struggling offense

The Kelly Greens could fix the offense. There's no reason to think that it won't... Always a good idea. Kelly Greens fix the offense. Wow, great idea.

Ben Johnson's 'psychopath' leadership is exactly what the Bears needed to change their culture

Everything this guy [Ben Johnson] does is so insane that it's authentic... next door neighbors to insanity. But the good kind of neighbor to insanity... in order to get that stench out of the building... you need a psychopath dude. And they've got one.

Greg Olsen's Pop Warner team has a more complex offense than the Philadelphia Eagles

Greg Olson's got more routes in his offense with Luke Kuechly [on their Pop Warner team] than in that Pop Warner League... than the Eagles offense. I can promise you that. The route tree is primitive. People say it looks like a high school offense at times.

Sam Darnold will eventually revert to his old, mistake-prone self because 'you are what you are'

Usually this league you are what you are. You're gonna have moments where you're up here... and moments when you're down here... eventually you're in the middle and that's who you are... [Sam Darnold] looked frazzled [last week] and that can't happen. It just can't happen in the big games... there's a Sam Darnold problem at least in my mind.

Dan Campbell's fourth-down aggression is 'aggressive stupidity'

Dan Campbell goes for it all the time... I'm okay with aggression. I'm not okay with aggressive stupidity. That's the [difference]... if he had kicked field goals the other night, would he have won the game?

The CFP committee is intentionally suppressing JMU in favor of the AAC winner

I think that what is happening right now is they had their heart set on the American [AAC], on that conference. Whoever wins that conference is going to get just pigeonholed in. Doesn't matter what else happens.

Duke is a bad football team and I am done considering them in any ACC or playoff scenarios

Duke is not gonna win out. I'm done with Duke. ... Duke is bad. I'm done with Duke. I'm done with Duke in any scenarios. ... They're five and five. They're, they're not a good team.

It should be illegal for the NFL to put the Raiders in primetime

It should be against the law to put the Raiders on primetime television. ... There should be a blacklist of teams that at this point... the fans should be able to vote on which teams should no longer be considered for primetime.

NFL teams should be required to win at least four games to receive their first-round draft pick

Dumb rule: teams should have to win four games to get their first pick. So at the end of the season, a Raiders Monday Night Football game has actual consequences where it's like they need to desperately win this game to get their allotted first-round pick.

Billionaires who don't own a professional sports team are losers

I've said it a million times, I think it's a very strong take. If you are a billionaire and you don't own a professional sports team, you're a loser. ... The only reason you get that much money is to go buy a team.

The quarterbacks for Jacksonville, Miami, Philadelphia, and Arizona are the highest-paid players on their teams but are not the best players

Jacksonville, Miami, Philadelphia, Arizona—you know what those four teams have in common? The quarterback is the highest paid player on the team, but he's not the best player. ... when you have that dynamic... there's always something when the guy making the most money is not the best player.

College football coaches should never play more than 20 rounds of golf per year

You should not golf during the season whatsoever at all. August to January, no golf. Once the season is over... if your coach is playing more than 20 rounds a year, then you got the wrong coach.

The Bears could be a dangerous team if they get healthy and play a complete game in all three phases

They have won seven games already this year and they haven't really put together... a great game on all three phases. And if that happens, especially if we get some of our secondary healthy, like this team could be better than we think.

The best way to surprise a girl with a proposal is to do a fake one at a sports game first

The surprise is already over because you already are planning it. ... The only way he could truly surprise you is doing it at a sports game... center court at a mid-tier college basketball game. ... He does a fake proposal to you at a sports game and then he's like 'piss you off! Just kidding!'

I officially trust the Rams with my life.

I think the Rams, I think the Rams definitely [are] one of those teams now [that I trust with my life].

J.J. McCarthy is the new Tim Tebow.

J.J. McCarthy is the new Tebow. He just is. He's like, he'll throw an interception, go to the sidelines and like pat everybody on their shoulder be like, 'come on guys. Yeah. We all gotta step it up.' And then sometimes he'll pull like some magic out of his ass in the fourth quarter.

Raheem Morris is on the hot seat after five straight losses

I think that I've been hesitant to say Raheem Morris is on the hot seat. He's on the hot seat now. This is five in a row that the Falcons have lost.

The Titans should stop punting and go for it on every fourth down for the rest of the year.

They should just not punt. They should say fuck it. Let's just get reps in on offense... Nobody gives a shit what happens with your special teams. Correct. It's not gonna do anything.

The Texans have a Super Bowl caliber defense.

I think that the defense is, they, they have a Super Bowl caliber defense. Yeah, for sure.