Takes

The Lions culture change under Dan Campbell is the best in the history of football

I just think that Dan Campbell is just so unique... he authored the best culture change I've ever seen in football. Yeah. Ever. Like the Lions were a joke for 40 years. And he understood exactly what that franchise needed.

White cleats make you feel faster and smoother on the field than black cleats

When I put on white I feel so fast, so fast, so smooth. Like it's just something about it... I didn't choose Georgia because I don't like wearing black socks... Putting on black socks with black cleats is just so hideous. It's slow.

Saquon Barkley is currently the best running back in the NFL

We've got Saquon Barkley, the best running back in the league. And then we have our good friend Lane Johnson with Cam Jurgens talking a little o-line with the boys.

Jerry Jones is in a senile old phase of his ownership

Jerry Jones is he, he just keeps taking shots. Like I said, we, we, we talked about this like a month ago, that he is in that senile old phase where he's just saying shit and you're like, I really wish you wouldn't say that Thanksgiving table uncle shit.

Cowboys fans have every right to be angry with Jerry Jones' recent ownership behavior

Cowboys fans deserve to be mad at Jerry Jones because he is losing it. So if a star player sits out, these people are gonna up-rise against the owner.

Inside the NBA and NFL RedZone are the two most beloved products in sports media

Inside the NBA and RedZone are, I would say, two of the highest approval rating things that exist in the sports world. We don't like when you change a score bug by like one pixel.

MLB should stop doing experimental stadium games and just do Field of Dreams every year

Why not just do it at Field of Dreams every single year. ... This is such a situation where like baseball had a really cool thing that White Sox Yankees game was insane. And why not just go back there and do it?

Little Big League is a better movie than Rookie of the Year

Little Big League I think is a better movie than Rookie of the Year. Little Big League is legit a great movie. ... I like Little Big League better.

The Pollad family are jerks who don't care about the Minnesota Twins winning

The Twins just trading their entire team and just being shitty ownership that needs to change. ... The Pollad family. Fuck you guys. Jim Pollad, Jerk. Carl Pollad, Jerk. Jim's son Joe, Jerk. ... Putting out a team where all you're trying to do is get to the playoffs a little bit and never actually go for it, that's bullshit.

I would literally kill a man for Mike Vrabel

I'm there, [Mike] Vrabel. I'm already there. I would literally kill a man for Mike Vrabel.

Tom Brady wearing any Raiders logo makes him look cool instantly

It basically confirms that anyone who puts on any Raiders logos look cool all the time. The silver and black, he looks cool.

Quitting a job you hate is the best feeling in the world

Our last pick, we're gonna take quitting. No better feeling. Quitting is so satisfying. It's the best feeling. If you ever quit a job you don't like, best fucking feeling in the world.

Quiche is a superior breakfast food to frittata

I like quiche. I like quiche. I think [it] is superior. Superior to frittata. The pie crust, it's quiche. I like quiche.

No one should ever listen to Steven Che's sports advice again after his poor fantasy takes

No one should listen to Steven Che ever again. That's facts. In all seriousness, I think sometimes you see guys up there and they have to say stuff that's going to get clickbait.

The NFL Hall of Fame should have set statistical thresholds for each position to determine eligibility

I think to get in the Hall of Fame for NFL, they need to have something like that. It should be like a set requirement, a threshold of what you need for certain positions to get into the Hall of Fame.

Complaining while doing a difficult job is a form of grit

The more grit you have, sometimes you just have to complain your way through it. But you still do it, right? ... I think it'd be gritty going on vacation and just complaining and hating vacation. That is actually a very gritty thing to do.

Dexter Lawrence is the hardest player to block in the NFL

[The hardest guy to block last year was] Dexter Lawrence. Size, strength, and he plays with such good leverage. He's just so wide. Like a swat team door just hitting you.

Hot honey is one of the best inventions ever

When did Hot Honey become a thing? Because it's basically the best invention. ... What a great addition to everything. Hot honey. Fucking love it.

The new 'Hawkeye' tracking technology in the NFL is just AI slop that doesn't solve anything.

The Hawkeye, they're putting tennis in our football. They mixed tennis in with football. And what they did was, on the first down, they showed the AI slop 3D cam that they hit a button and then they put a graphic on the screen and then the yellow line appears on the screen. The yellow line. That's, that's not new technology. The ball is still spotted by the refs. So it doesn't really have anything to do with anything.

The Chicago Cubs' 2025 trade deadline was a disaster with no clear plan.

Cubs Trade deadline recap... They got no plan. They got a bunch of rental arms. A super utility man. Which I like that. That's cool... But it feels like Kyle Tucker will not be resigned. The Cubs had, they, they traded a prospect, a really good pro prospect in Cam Smith for Kyle Tucker... And then they did nothing at the trade deadline. And they're holding onto prospects and then they're probably not gonna sign Kyle Tucker... it's a disaster.

The only way the Cubs can make their deadline right is by re-signing Kyle Schwarber in free agency.

The only way they can make it right is if they bring back Kyle Schwarber. I decided on that. I'm gonna start putting the pressure on that. 'cause he's a free agent.

I am officially back in on the San Diego Padres as World Series contenders.

I might be back in on the Padres. I feel like it's every time a year for me when I start thinking about the Padres and I was thinking about 'em today. Great bull[pen]. They had maybe the best bullpen last year and their bullpen's better.

You should never eat salad because salads are killers.

Don't eat salad. Salads are killers. [Dustin May] almost died. He choked on a salad, went down the wrong pipe... then he had Tommy John right after that. Happy he is with us. Don't eat salad.

The weekend of September 27th-28th, 2025, will be the greatest weekend of the fall.

I've already got my eyes set on the best weekend of the fall. September 27th. Saturday: Ryder Cup, Bama verse Georgia, LSU verse Ole Miss, Oregon versus Penn State White out. Sunday: Ryder Cup, Eagles verse bucks, Ravens verse Chiefs, Packers verse cowboys. It's coming.

Olive Garden is absolutely disgusting Italian food.

Olive Garden is absolutely fucking disgusting. If it's a true Italian... it's Italian, but it's a [disgrace]. But it's a good pick. It's a good for the [graphic].

Italian food in Italy is far superior to American-Italian food.

American food is meant to be had in a chain restaurant... Italian food in Italy is better than American food in America. Correct. I have never been to Italy, but I imagine.

True confidence only comes after putting in the work, which then allows you to say 'I wish a motherfucker would' on game day.

Preparation [is where] confidence comes from. Like long practices, putting extra training in your conditioning. 'Cause then it's like, I wish a motherfucker would right now. You know, like I am ready. And so you have to go through those tough training readiness to have like a mindset that's gritty.

I am currently in the best shape of my career.

[I am in the] best shape of my life right now. Was that partially because everyone called you fat online? No, don't care. Everybody Gotta have something to say. Something to talk about. That's just a life.

If only one person manages to tackle me on a play, it is officially a bad play.

Everything I do, especially out there on the field... if one guy tackled me, then it's not a good play. [My dad said] if he tackle you, then we gonna have a problem. So that always been like my mentality.

Ashton Jeanty's highlights look awesome

I did see an Ashton Jeanty highlight and he looked awesome.

Bryce Harper is right that players are willing to lose a whole season over a salary cap.

He's right-ish... [Manfred] is pitching the salary cap right to the players circumventing the MLBPA. And it's their job to hear from the owners and then take that to the rank and file players. And then Harper's like, 'If you're gonna say that, get the fuck out.' Bryce Harper is right. Bryce is right about this... He can afford to lose 162 games. The guys at the top can afford to lose 162 games.

Grit is the ability to not care what happens to you and just keep going.

Grit is, I would say, you know it when you see it. It's the ability basically to not care what happens to you and just keep going... What doesn't kill me doesn't bother me. Like think about it—I'm not dead. You can't bother me. You can't get to me. I think that's the definition of grit.

Lamar Jackson is getting better in every way and is still only 28

He's getting better in every way. I like to think we all do throughout the course of our life. But as an athlete, at some point in time you do hit that point and starts going the other direction... Lamar is still getting better. He's only 28 years old.

The Ravens are invincible when they wear all-black uniforms at night.

Do you have like on the sheet like, 'Hey, we're wearing our all-black uniform, so that's probably worth like a point or two.' Because that's what I think. When I see you guys come out a night game all blacks, it's like yeah, the Ravens are gonna win tonight. It feels like there's an invincibility of you guys when you come out and [wear] that.

The Baltimore Orioles have the best color scheme and logo in all of baseball

Orioles sneaky have like the best color scheme in baseball... and logo.

Shara Magomedov is the greatest looking UFC fighter of all time

Shara Magomedov is the greatest UFC looking fighter of all time. He looks like an angry leprechaun.

Happy Gilmore 1 is the funniest movie of all time

I'm just gonna get mad. I wanna just enjoy a movie and Happy Gilmore 1 is the funniest movie of all time.

Nikola Jokic cares more about his horses winning than winning NBA championships

It was abundantly clear that [Jokic] cares more about his horse winning races than he does about winning NBA championships.

TJ McConnell is the literal definition of grit

When I see grit, I think about TJ McConnell, like, just like that dude gives you everything he's got. And that's all you can ask for any player.

Bill Belichick and the media had a business relationship he only liked when he was winning

You can treat the media how you want to when you win. But you got to understand when you're a loser, they gonna come for you... If you don't understand the business relationship, you need to get another real job.

Moses Malone is the most important person in my career

Moses Malone's the most important person in my career. 'cause he made me lose 50 pounds. I didn't realize I was fat and lazy until he told me... if it wasn't for him constructively criticizing me... I wouldn't have had the career I had.

Toronto is the best city in the world

Toronto's the best city in the world easily. Chicago summers are the second best. Those are my two favorite places in the world.

Happy Gilmore 2 was just a nostalgia blast rather than a good movie

I thought it was exactly what I expected going in and that it wasn't the best movie. It was nostalgia. There was a shitload of cameos. I laughed a few times and I went away being like, okay, that was fun.

Happy Gilmore 2 would be the worst movie ever if you hadn't seen the first one

Now if you haven't seen Happy Gilmore and you just watch Happy Gilmore 2, it's probably the worst movie of all time. If you've never seen the first one... they didn't try to make a brand new movie. They were just like, we're gonna make a funny, silly movie that is basically all head nods to the first one.

Bad Bunny was incredible and the funniest part of Happy Gilmore 2

I laughed out loud multiple times at Bad Bunny's parts [in Happy Gilmore 2]. He was really good. Very funny. Very funny.

Darren Rovell makes every celebrity death about himself

I do think our eSports correspondent Darren Rovell is starting to maybe learn from his mistakes because Hulk Hogan passed and he actually had a couple funny, fun tidbits on his Twitter. Unlike when Ozzy Osborne passed... everyone was like, so you just made his death about you. I think he deleted it. Hulk Hogan... you know, he has a lot of Hulk Hogan memorabilia.

Hulk Hogan is one of the top American exports of all time

Maybe Top American export. The world knew who Hulk Hogan was.

It is crazy that Time Magazine left Joe Rogan off their list of the 100 most influential podcasts

Joe Rogan not on the List, kind of crazy. Like Joe Rogan is the biggest podcast in the world. And he's like, he's in the news all the time... think about how many careers he started. It's fucking nuts.

The 'AWL's are the best podcast listeners of all time

If you were to make a list of the 100 best podcast listeners of all time, the AWL is number one easy.

Reading is dumb

I think that this book we're dumb and books are dumb reading's. Dumb.