Takes

Villanova head coach Kyle Neptune is a worse coach than Nick Sirianni

I will not say a bad word about Nick Sirianni for the rest of the year... You don't have to watch Kyle Neptune coach basketball. [He is worse than Sirianni] without question. They lose to everyone. He has more... seven [losses to teams above 100 on KenPom] to two for four times as many years.

I apologize to the Buccaneers; my previous hatred was 100% caused by 'Che Bias'

I've retracted my take. I've done some soul searching about the Buccaneers. I apologize for saying the Buccaneers aren't very good. It is a hundred percent Che bias. I sat with Che for an entire game watching him and it just, it sits with you and it really eats away at you.

The Packers' all-white 'Winter Warning' uniforms are a disgusting affront to football

The Packers going with the all-white uniforms and all-white helmets are a disgusting affront to football color rush. It's a disgusting front. The Green Bay Packers—and I hate them—their football jerseys and color scheme are football. They should never do any type of gimmicky alternate bullshit. If you're a Packers fan, you should be disgusted by this.

Justin Jefferson is the best wide receiver in the league and it's not close

Justin Jefferson is the best wide receiver in the league and it's not close. I agree. I know that not close is a stupid thing to say. He has scored in every single game this year. He's so goddamn good that it's, to me it's not close right now.

Antonio Pierce is overcorrecting with his 'hard-ass' first-year coach act

I just feel like he's, he might be doing the, the hard ass first year head coach thing. Like he might be overcorrecting where he is saying he might also bench Gardner Minshew... he's doing the, it's the classic hard noses first year head coach thing where he is like, 'I'm gonna fix everything immediately.'

The Eagles' coaching staff is currently talentless and should just consist of coordinators with no head coach

[The Eagles] are a player led team. It's true. Just coordinators. No head coach. [The coaches] are not talented right now... talent's not something you can just, like, it doesn't go up and down. No. Yeah, it's not a hot and cold thing.

You should never have a quarterback wearing number 19

Skylar Thompson wearing number 19 is terrible. That's a bad quarterback name number. It's Johnny Unitas and nothing else. You can't, yeah. Number 19... it's a just warning sign that this is a very backup quarterback.

Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick have beef

I think there might be beef there between Belichick and Kraft. Do you think so? I I mean I'm What would, listen, I wasn't able to make a, a definitive statement on it until I figured out who he followed. Yeah. [Belichick] follows 12 people... No Patriots, no craft.

Jalen Hurts is definitely a good NFL quarterback

Everyone knows that Jalen Hurts is good quarterback. Is he? Yeah. Jalen Hurts is the guy.

Deshaun Watson has the highest ratio of football talent to being a bad person of any player currently in the NFL.

In today's game, I would say that Deshaun Watson has the biggest football to good guy ratio. [He is a] way better football player than human being. Insanely a large gap.

There isn't a single team in the NFL right now that can be fully trusted

I don't think there's a team you can trust right now in the NFL. You go down the list... I don't think there's one team that you can, you could say like, put my life on the line. They win this game.

Kyron Williams deserves a $15 million per year contract solely for his elite pass blocking

Kyron Williams is one of those guys that like, he should just do a whole blocking highlight and that should get him $15 million a year alone. Because he saves Matthew Stafford's life multiple times a game.

Russell Wilson played himself out of a Hall of Fame career

We'll always have the danger witch. Yeah, he, he definitely played himself out of a hall of Fame career. Right. I don't know that, that's gonna be a tough one... Russell, Wilson is nowhere near top 10 now.

Chargers interim coach Giff Smith might be a rat for surviving three different head coaching regimes

He could be a rat. 'cause he survived three head coaches getting fired in Chargers now. Giff Smith was there under Mike McCoy. He was under there, there under Anthony Lynn. And now he was there for Brandon Staley getting fired. So I feel like three coaches, you gotta be like, wait, what's going on here?

Taysom Hill gives the Saints the best chance to win as the starting quarterback

I made the switch last week where I thought to myself like, Taysom [Hill] as a starting quarterback, I think he gives you the best chance to win right now if you have him. Yeah. But he's so hard to plan for.

The Eagles and Cowboys matchup will be a 'battle of fraud defenses'

I also, I think this is the battle of fraud defenses... In five games this year against [bad] teams, [the Cowboys have] given up eight points per game. And the other seven games are giving up 27 points... I love this over.

Baker Mayfield was the best thing to ever happen to the Cleveland Browns.

Do you think people are coming around to the take that Baker Mayfield was the best thing that's ever happened to the Browns and they should never have let him go?

Matt Eberflus doesn't deserve credit for 'overcoming adversity' when the adversity is his own bad coaching

Ryan Poles also credited Matt Eberflus for taking on adversity and overcoming adversity. I don't think you get credit when the adversity is being a bad coach. Like he's doing a great job coaching a bad coach team. Yeah, but he's the coach. Imagine having to coach a bad coach team that you made a bad coach team. That's adversity.

The Jaguars vs. Steelers game is the best matchup of the early Sunday slate

I think the best game is Jaguar Steelers in the noon slate. Jaguar's about to go on their buy, Steelers off a big win. Mike Tomlin is a home dog... it's a terrible towel statement game.

Tyrod Taylor is a better quarterback than Daniel Jones

Tyrod Taylor is better than Daniel Jones. It's so crazy how much the giants fuck that up. Like you had Daniel Jones for four years and he was, what the, somewhere between like the 15th and 20th best quarterback.

Trent Williams is the most important player on the 49ers offense

I think Trent Williams is [the most important player on the offense] for sure. Christian McCaffrey at 85% without Deebo Samuel and without Trent Williams... things look different.

The Bills' Week 6 win over the Giants was actually a 'loss win'

The bills that they had, the win that they had against the Giants on Sunday night... it might be a loss win. A loss win. It might be a loss win.

The NFL London games have lost their allure and are now a burden

I'm kind of sick of the London game. I like the early football. I'm sick of the fact that they have made something that was unique and different into just every week. This is the third week in a row. They're just changing the schedule on us. Now it doesn't feel cool and unique, it just feels like a burden.

Dante Scarnecchia was the actual GOAT coach of the Patriots dynasty

I think as a podcast we should actually change the debate and make it Dante Scarnecchia was the GOAT. Why not? Option three.

Defense wins championships

Defense wins championships. I'll go to my grave thinking that. The Bucs defense smothered Patrick Mahomes [in the Super Bowl]. That was completely a defensive effort. The Patriots' last Super Bowl was a defensive effort when they stopped the Rams.

The NFL is officially bigger than Taylor Swift

Travis Kelce went to a Taylor Swift concert, right? Taylor Swift has gone to two Travis Kelce's games after this week. Seems like I was right. The NFL's bigger than Taylor Swift.

You can't appreciate a lighthouse if you don't go out to sea

It's good to get away from the lighthouse. It makes it that much better when you see it on the way back. You know, as any sailor knows, you can't appreciate a lighthouse if you don't go out to sea.

The Patriots' lighthouse is not a 'real' lighthouse because it's not visible from a federal body of water

It's not a lighthouse if it's not visible from a federal body of water... It's a fucked up stupid lighthouse. They call it a non-traditional lighthouse. A.k.a. not a lighthouse.

Deshaun Watson is the perfect quarterback for the Browns because his off-field issues prevent the media from over-hyping the team

Deshaun Watson, everything off the field, I think he's the perfect quarterback for, for the Browns... because a lot of people don't wanna talk about the Browns 'cause of Deshaun Watson. So it tempers the Browns hype. And the Browns are one of those teams I put in the category of like never overhype the Browns.

John Harbaugh is a top-tier coach who would improve almost every team in the NFL immediately

John Harbaugh could step into any situation in the league except for maybe three and improve it. He's got a track record now... he's reinvented himself a couple times. And now he's really good at going with what his best players do best.

Fernando Tatis Jr. is a 'vibes guy' you want in your clubhouse despite the PED suspension

Tatis is a vibes guy. I mean, that's a guy you want. That's a guy. I wanted my clubhouse... Tatis is a vibes guy. I mean, that's a guy you want. That's a guy. I wanted my clubhouse. [PFT: He's always suspended] Nah, he's a great guy.

The New York media ruins Jets quarterbacks by sensationalizing negative news to gain clicks.

The New York media sensationalizes quarterbacks' performances to gain clicks and remain competitive in the big media market. Amplification of negative news and critiques elicits greater responses from the consumers, leading to a lack of confidence in the fan base, ultimately resulting in a destructive impact on the team and the quarterback's confidence.

I would rather watch the playoffs fan-free than have the Patriots make it just to get smoked

Honestly, I know I have to watch these games anyway. I would rather just watch the playoffs completely fan free because I know it's get my hopes up and be like, oh, you know, I have to worry about and like, kind of put myself up for them winning. Even though if they won the first game, they're getting smoked the second game. They're probably getting smoked the first game.

Mac Jones is a dirty player

I think that was a, a cheap shock going at his Eli Apple's ankles for sure. He's had some dirty plays.

Nathaniel Hackett is the worst coach of all time

Nathaniel Hackett officially fired... worst coach of all time.

JJ Watt is a better football player than he is a person

He was a much better player? Yes. He was like one of the top three all-time players... He has three defensive player of the year awards Only one man of the year award. So I'd say he's a better, the stats don't lie. He's a better player than he is a person.

Russell Wilson has gotten fat this season

Is Russell Wilson fat? ... I think he's gotten fat. ... I think he's thick. He's fatter this year than he was last year. ... I think he's gotten chubby now.

Kyler Murray's biggest problem is that he is fundamentally a baseball player

Not to be Colin Coward here, but I feel like Kyle and Murray's biggest problem is he's a baseball player. Baseball players, they care about themselves. They have individual accolades. Football is a team sport. Kyle Murray's a baseball player.

I would rather have Tom Brady's career than Patrick Mahomes' career

I'd rather personally have Tom Brady's career than Patrick Mahomes' career.

Never bet on Tom Brady in a night game

The Tom Brady day verse night thing is very real and he is old. And so since he's gone to the Bucs, he's 22 and 12 against the spread at daytime and he's two and 11 against the spread at nighttime. So we gotta just make sure we never bet on Tom Brady at night again.

Pete Carroll is not a good in-game coach

I feel like D'Amico is a very good endgame coach. And Pete Carroll, I don't think is a very good in game coach. I think Pete Carroll is, he has got a lot of strengths, but in terms of adjustments and being strategic with things like challenges, time out, stuff like that. He's not even in my top 10.

Eating 14 hot dogs over 12 hours is not an insane amount of food

The second place person should have 10 hour days. Second place person can probably get out in one day. If they just need 14 hot dogs, they have to bowl 160. I don't think that 14 hot dogs over 12 hours is like an insane amount.

Adrian Peterson ruined the 2,000-yard rushing benchmark for everyone else

Adrian Peterson ruined the 2,000 yards because he did it right after he was coming off an ACL surgery. So everybody else from that point, if you got an ACL injury, it's like it's not that bad.

The NFL and Nickelodeon rigged the Week 3 MVP award against Trevor Lawrence

Lamar Jackson had a great week. They put the vote out. Trevor Lawrence had 90% of the vote. Nickelodeon deleted the tweet and then just gave the award to Lamar Jackson. It's a scandal. It's a scandal going on. That's all I'm saying is stop the steal.

Kyler Murray looks like a toddler running around with a stolen phone

The greatest description I saw of Kyler Murray is that he looks like a toddler running around with a stolen phone.

The Ravens defense is absolute garbage

My over is the Patriots Ravens over 44. The Ravens defense is absolute garbage. It sucks. It stinks. It's trash.

Tom Brady would have stayed retired if Adam Schefter hadn't leaked the news early

I am—I know it sounds crazy, but I do think [Gisele] should not be mad at Tom Brady. She should be mad at Adam Schefter. Because I think if Tom Brady was allowed to announce his own retirement, he might have stayed retired. Schefter ruined everything.

Sean Payton is still the 'shadow coach' of the New Orleans Saints

I stand by my take that Sean Payton is like a shadow coach of this team because he didn't expect to not be coaching this year. I think you saw the Taysom Hill touchdown run that had Sean Payton's fingerprints all over it.

Malik Willis has the most fuckable spiral in the 2022 draft

Number one. Malik Willis. God damn moon bomb. And the thing is, I love how the ball turns over on his long balls. It points up when it's going up and when it's going down, it points down and it looks like an absolute cruise missile.

Intentional losing is a valid strategy for the PMT road trip competition

I want to miss all these picks. So feel free to fade me. I'm taking the over though. Colts Jags 44 points... I don't know why you're upset that I want to go on a road trip.