Takes

Darren Rovell is a net positive on society because of his unintentional comedy

I actually just like watching this all unfold. I think his, I think he actually is a net positive on society just because of how terribly out of touch and insanely hilarious his unintentional comedy is... He gets dunked on for sport at this time.

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.

NFL players should bring two sets of clothes to every game based on the outcome

I think more players should bring two sets of clothes to a game. Like one if you win, one if you lose... when you show up at the podium and you've got like a live, barely dead raccoon wrapped around your head and you're talking about how you went five for 22 with three interceptions, like that's not helping anybody.

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.

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.

Exercise is the key to mental well-being

Exercise is the key mental wellbeing. In all 23 years, that's probably my greatest [lesson].

The Over (49) is a good play for Raiders vs. Bengals

I think that the, the over is a good play in this game. I think we're going to see a shitload of points right now. It's at 49. Okay. Neither one of these teams is spectacular on defense and they both kind of just strike me as teams that they, they panic later on in games.

Tom Brady is 0-5 against the spread against the NFC East in the playoffs

The stat that I have that backs that up is Tom Brady has owned five against the spread against the NFC east in the playoffs. So his own five, he's got he's two and three straight up.

I thought my 4th quarter fumble against Alabama was an incomplete pass

Whenever I thought it was going to be like intentional grounding the whole time, because it didn't, it didn't go past the line of scrimmage. I didn't think it was a fumble until they said it was a fumble after they reviewed it. I guess it was one of those things. It was so close that whatever call was made on the field was going to stand.

Kirby Smart is sneaky athletic and could probably dunk a basketball

He probably has like a 30 inch vertical leap... I think Kirby sneaky athletic. I think he can get rim.

The Seahawks should bring back Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson because they are better than 80% of the league

The Seahawks will be so smart to just bring Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson back... You're better with these two guys than like 80% of the [NFL].

Andrew Luck looks extremely happy and appears to have zero interest in returning to football

Andrew luck shows up out of nowhere... and he looked like he's lost about 70 pounds. My God, I actually don't think that Andrew luck has picked up a football in the last three years. And he looks really happy.

James Gunn maintains a 'no asshole' rule on his film sets

[James Gunn] also has a no asshole [rule]. And he puts together teams of people who there's not a bad apple in the bunch... I knew I was going to be surrounded by good people.

Getting in shape requires a consistent lifestyle change rather than a temporary diet

The tips are easy. The application is hard. Make good choices and be consistent. And that's absolutely it. Don't make it a January diet, make it a lifestyle change, make good choices and be consistent.

The elevator technicians union is one of the best and most lucrative trades to join

In the union's, there is elevator union. Biggest money can make one of the best unions there is. Wow. They like this guy's first year he'll he'll easily make probably 120 125 first year. I mean, you're talking about guys that that make over 200, 250 a year.

This was the best Week 18 in the history of the NFL

I'm just going to say that was the best Week 18 in the history of the NFL. It came right down to the last game of the last week. Congratulations, Roger Goodell. You've done it again.

George Kittle is the lock for the Nickelodeon MVP (NVP)

It's gotta be Kittle. We gotta keep it in the family. Kittle would be nice. You have to keep it in the, I think that's the only answer. It's Kittle. It's Kittle no matter what... Congratulations to George Kittle. If there is a fan vote, he has won MVP.

Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson will both return to the Seahawks next year

I now think that both Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson will come back next year. Why not? I think they're going to, I think they're going to run it back... Getting a quarterback as good as Russell Wilson is very tough to do in this league. I would say it's very tough. Getting a coach like Pete Carroll is tough to do in this league. Why don't we just try to give it another shot?

Kyrie Irving is one of the most gifted basketball skill players of all time

When you really put all the talent parts of Kyrie together—his handle, his shot making, the difficult shot-making that is an acceptable shot for Kyrie... it's actually not crazy to talk about him being actually one of the most gifted basketball skill people that we've ever seen.

You can't give Baker Mayfield a record-breaking contract right now

He definitely falls in the camp of a guy that you can't be giving a record breaking contract to. That's not like something wild. That's not a hot take. I think we all agree with that. He's not an upper echelon quarterback right now.

The Titans are the one seed that can legitimately play the 'nobody believes in us' card

You are, this is the rarest thing you can have in all sports. You're literally the one seed in the AFC and you're disrespected. That's incredible to be able to play that card of like no one believes in us and truly no one believes in us.

John Madden is the number one football guy of all time

Today is Monday, December 29th, and we start with the passing of, we were saying this beforehand, probably the number one football guy of all time, John Madden.

The CFP is on a collision course for a Bama-Georgia rematch

I've wavered. There's been times where I've been like, ooh, maybe Cincinnati will give Bama a game. I think we're just on a collision course for Bama-Georgia again.

The Colts and Niners are the same team: great rosters, scary quarterbacks

I don't know who said it, but it was basically the Colts and the Niners are the same team. Their Spider-Man meme where it's like their roster is really good. They have a ton of really talented players. You just hold your breath that Carson Wentz or Jimmy G won't do something crazy.

Ian Book's MNF performance showed exactly how hard it is to play NFL quarterback

I'll say what Ian Book did, though. He gave us good perspective. How hard it is to play quarterback. Because Ian Book was a good college football quarterback, and it looked like he had never played quarterback. That's how hard it is to play in the NFL.

Josh Allen is defying statistics by winning 13 out of 16 coin tosses

My hot seat is statistics and probability because Josh Allen has won 13 out of 16 coin tosses this season. That's wild... The probability of hitting nine straight is .1953. So Josh Allen is defying all the stats nerds.

Madden: 2004 was the best video game of all time

Madden 2004 was probably the best video game of all time.

I'm going to get jacked and start dressing like an adult in 2022

I'm getting jacked again and starting to dress more like an adult... Look what I got for Christmas... It's a satchel. It's not a backpack. Adult steps.

Expectations for a rookie QB to go deep in the playoffs are delusional

I don't think anyone that expected a rookie quarterback to take your team deep in the playoffs is delusional... If we're having this conversation in four years, like I do compare it to Josh Allen... It takes time. It's a progression. If Mack Jones is still where he's at today in four years, then we can have this conversation.

Wide receivers are transitioning from college to the NFL at a higher rate than ever before

I think that receivers are actually transitioning at a higher rate in these last five, six years than they have ever before... a lot of these guys, there's so much more information now for younger players on how to train, what kind of drills to train.

JNCO jeans are officially back in style

My cool throne is JNCOs. Yeah. And JNCOs are also back... there was a, a trend piece in the Wall Street Journal, you know, something's real cool when it's written about in the Wall Street Journal.

Bill Belichick controls the game by keeping it low scoring when he 'needs' to win

My favorite under is Bills, Patriots 43 and a half. I think it's going to be another under game. Belichick likes to keep it low scoring when he really needs to win. And I think this is a need to win for the Patriots.

The Cardinals will take out all their anger from last week and blow out the Lions

I'm going to take Arizona Cardinals minus 13 at Detroit get right game. I just don't. I know Deandre Hopkins out for the rest of the season. I just don't know how the lions secondary can hold up on Kyler. I feel like this will be like the Cardinals will take out all their anger from last week to this week.

Kyler Murray's height helps him duck under sacks

He's able to duck under sacks more easily because he's five, ten or five nine or whatever... sometimes its height works to his advantage in a weird way.

The ACC is a bad basketball conference this year

My hot seat is the ACC... they're the only team [Duke] that's even decent in the ACC... they've lost six buy games.

Steph Curry will break the all-time three-point record tonight at Madison Square Garden

Steph Curry is going to, by the time you're listening to this, Steph Curry has already broken the record... I'm actually going to go to the game. I'm excited for it.

NCAA Football is the greatest video game ever made

That college football game was the greatest game in the history of video games... maybe Tecmo Super Bowl [is close]... but it's up there.

The Ravens are the most injured team of 2021

With Marlin Humphreys getting hurt last week and Lamar Jackson getting hurt this week, we don't know how long he's going to be out. You officially are the champions of most injured team of 2021. Like I said, you probably already had that crown, but this was like, this was the final piece of having Lamar Jackson getting hurt.

The AFC North title will be decided by a flexed Sunday Night Football game in Week 18

It feels like the AFC north will probably have that game [Sunday night football week 18] for the division, which will be fun. Like that will be fun. I think the, I think the Browns play the Bengals. Maybe it'd be that.

The Chargers vs. Chiefs game on Thursday will go over 49.5 points

Take the chargers and take the over according. Cause I'm not going to bet on it. [Big Cat]: you have six points in your model. [PFT]: Yeah, so my, yeah, the deep numbers are telling me, take the chargers. Take the over on that. Yeah.

The Super Bowl will likely be a rematch between the Buccaneers and the Chiefs

Wouldn't it be funny after this entire year that like has chaos and everyone? No, one's good. It's just going to be Buck's chiefs again. Probably like it could, it could very well be bucks chiefs again.

The Super Bowl should always be on President's Day weekend

We have the Super Bowl on President's Day weekend. So the Monday after Super Bowl is a national holiday. And then it's only two more weeks of winter till March Madness. That is the perfect schedule.

The Cowboys -4.5 at Washington is a 'rat line' and the Cowboys will cover

This week is a lot of rats. Therefore it's week routine Ratatouille and I'm just going to take them all... My favorite is the Cowboys minus four and a half versus the Washington Football Team.

The AC Slater character in Saved By The Bell was likely a safety

I don't think it was ever established [what position he played]... I really don't. I mean, I don't know. I guess he'd probably be like a safety... AC Slater's an awesome safety.

If you're going to have bad weather, it's better to have extreme weather than halfway bad weather

If you're going to have bad weather, I think it's better to have really, really bad weather than halfway bad weather. Yeah. It's your you're right? Like the wind, the problem with the wind is the wind got tired out. We needed more wind to keep it crazier.

The Chiefs are playing sustainable, renewable football that will carry through the playoffs

You know what I think the [Chiefs] are doing right now, they're playing sustainable football, Big Cat. Yeah. This type of football can play football. Yeah. It's green. It's renewable football. This shit can be carried through throughout the playoffs. When it gets cold outside, they don't have to score 45 points a game to win all the time.

The Cardinals are a legitimate Super Bowl contending team

The Cardinals are good. The Cardinals are legitimate Superbowl contending team. I'll say that.

Taysom Hill is probably not the Saints' quarterback of the future

Yeah, Taysom Hill probably not, probably not the quarterback of the future, but he's still, I still like Taysom.

The Saints' season is officially over

I think [the Saints'] season is officially over just because we've... they've kind of kept in a lot of these games, even though they haven't... but man, they like that Taysom Hill is just the whole entire offense, Kamara not being there, Michael Thomas just retiring early, which sucks, the whole thing just feels like it's falling apart.