Takes

The Bulls are the big losers of the trade deadline because they are the dumbest organization

The bulls are a big loser because they didn't do anything that they should have done besides trade Zach LaVine... they're just the dumbest organization in AKs. Dumbest. And they extended Lonzo Ball... it's just none of the moves stack up together.

The Chiefs might stomp the Eagles in the Super Bowl

I think the Chiefs might stomp them. Too much talent.

I am a better athlete than Hank at everything

I just have to come to the realization, I'm just a better athlete than [Hank] at everything... I'm mad at myself hand up accountability. I'm just better at than Hank at everything Hand up.

Myles Garrett will probably end up on the Eagles

Where do you think Miles Garrett's gonna end up? [Max]: I probably Eagle.

The 'Underground Talent Railroad' transfer strategy is a genius college football idea

Let's create a network where we're all transparent with each other every fifth year. Each one of us can take its turn having the A team... PIT gets to have the 22 best players between the five programs... I don't hate it. I love it. I actually don't hate it at all. I love it.

The Luka Doncic trade is one of the most shocking transactions in American sports history

It's one of the most shocking transactions in American sports history for the magnitude and the way it came out of the blue. I've never had my phone go crazy like this. I'm talking about players, head coaches, assistant coaches, executives, referees, agents, lawyers, workout guys, and they all had the exact same question: 'We don't understand what's going on.'

The Mavericks potentially made a catastrophic mistake trading Luka Doncic

I don't understand this, and I think this is potentially a catastrophic mistake. Nico Harrison has got some capital with the Mavs fans, but my God, if Luka turns into this... and the Lakers have another era and Luka has a statue outside Crypto.com and Luka puts up more banners, Nico Harrison will live in infamy.

The 2020 Lakers championship in the Orlando Bubble counts the most and was the hardest to win

If anything 2020 counts the most. Listen, you take out all the distractions and you just boil that game down to who's truly the best. Everyone plays on the same court... No traveling for the guy who's in his late thirties... it was just a testament.

I was '99 percent correct' about predicting a top-two pick Heisman winner making the Super Bowl

If I said in June of 2028 and asteroid is gonna hit Peru... And then in June of 2028 and asteroid hit Uruguay. Am I more right or than the people who said it would never happen? If in August I say for the first time in NFL history, a rookie's going to be playing to go to the Super Bowl and make the Super Bowl and that rookie is gonna be a Heisman Trophy winner. And that rookie's gonna be a top two pick. And that rookie's going to have a connection to Cliff Kingsbury. And then this all happens [with Jayden Daniels] and everyone's like, oh, you're an idiot. You said Caleb Williams was gonna make the Super Bowl. And I'm like, I basically called it.

NFL film dorks who watch the 'dots' don't actually like football

You can't use the dots... They use the overhead dots and the overhead. I don't know who likes watching the dots. It's all the like, film nerd people. You don't, you don't like football if you like watching the dots. Yeah. Or maybe, maybe you can, but I can't appreciate looking at the dots and understanding how awesome football is. Nobody's hitting each other. There's nothing cool that happens.

Jimmy Butler is an absolute locker room cancer

I mean he's old and he's proven himself time and time again to just be an absolute locker room cancer can't even win.

Aaron Rodgers will play for Tennessee or Cleveland next year

I do think Aaron Rodgers will go to, I think he'll go to Tennessee. I could see that happening. Maybe the Browns, maybe the Steelers. Maybe.

Bryce Young is going to have a really good year in 2025

And my final take, I think Bryce Young is gonna have a really good year next [year].

The fourth-down spot for Josh Allen in the AFC Championship was a first down and total bullshit.

The spot. I did not agree with the spot. That did suck though because if the Bills got that first down, it felt like they were gonna go down and score and be up nine. I thought the spot sucked. Fourth and one... they do Josh Allen sneak and the far line judge, I believe ruled it pretty much close to a first down. The closer line judge had a completely different interpretation... I thought it was a first down. I thought it was bullshit.

Travis Kelce will retire and propose to Taylor Swift in the off-season.

I think Travis is gonna retire after this year... The way he talked about that made me think that he's gonna retire. And I think he will propose in the off season.

Jerry Jones no longer wants an Alpha coach; he wants someone who will just do what he says.

Jerry Jones, the Jerry Jones from the nineties... that guy doesn't exist anymore. He just wants a coach that will just follow whatever he says and guess who's gonna follow whatever he says. The career assistant who is down the hall. He'll never. Thank you for the opportunity, sir. Ever since Bill Parcells, he's not gonna hire someone who is gonna have that Alpha Energy and be like, this is my show.

College basketball needs 'asshole' coaches like Dan Hurley to be interesting.

College basketball needs asshole coaches. That's what it was built on... I need a coach K, I need a like as much as I hate Coach K, he has that that like, ah, I hate him. I wanna root against him. Dan Hurley is that if you hate him, that's good for college basketball. So I want him to do whatever he wants to do.

Jaden Daniels will struggle in the NFC Championship and throw three interceptions

Jaden Daniels is a rookie. The slipper's gonna come off. He's gonna turn back into a pumpkin. Three interceptions.

The Commanders will win the NFC Championship because history repeats in 33-year cycles

January 26th, 1992. The Redskins beat the Bills in the Super Bowl on that day. This game will be played on January 26th, 2025. That was 33 years ago. Same day they beat the Bills in the Super Bowl. Every 33 years a Commie gets a ring. And this is a ring game.

The Commanders are a Team of Destiny

I told you when I was visiting that this was biblical... everything's going like, you know, sometimes it takes the football gods for things to follow your way... We here because we supposed to be here. Alright, we are a team of destiny.

Hiring Ben Johnson changes everything for the Chicago Bears franchise

Hiring Ben Johnson literally changes everything about this franchise and it's all the way back. Ben Johnson was the hottest ticket in the last two coaching hiring cycles... He picked the Bears, which makes me think that he thinks Caleb Williams is special.

Jayden Daniels is the best quarterback in the NFC Championship game

What matters is that we have the best quarterback in this game who's capable of doing things that other quarterbacks aren't... He's the hottest quarterback in the league right now.

Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, and Brock Purdy are system-dependent quarterbacks

There's other guys that you could sprinkle around and put 'em in the right systems. And I think Tua is like that. I think Brock [Purdy] is like that. I think Jalen [Hurts] is probably like that, where if you get 'em in the right spot, then they can be as good as anybody. But you can't necessarily pick them up and drop them in any situation and have them be elite.

Dan Campbell is not a 'winner' until he wins a Super Bowl

I'm just not giving him the label of Dan Campbell winner... He's a good coach, but not a winner. [He needs to win a] Super Bowl. That's what I said the first time.

Patrick Mahomes purposely baits defenders into illegal hits for flags

[Mahomes'] thing where he lets up on purpose to try to get goat players into hitting him is bullshit. It's bullshit. Like you can't, it's so hard for defenders to hit a quarterback in today's NFL... he was scrambling and like almost stood still waiting for a guy to hit him illegally or hit him out of bounds.

Wooly Mammoths will be cloned and brought back from extinction

My who's back of the week is Wooly Mammoths... There's a company called Colossal Biosciences and they just raised $200 million... to bring back and clone wooly mammoths... Willie Mammoths might be back soon.

If you think Justin Herbert is a bad quarterback, I question whether or not you watch football

I mean, if you really think that Justin Herbert is a bad quarterback, I question whether or not you watch football. I do.

If the Commanders keep the Lions game within one score in the 4th quarter, they will win

If we can keep it within a score, Jaden Daniels can go out there and win the game. And the Lions' buttholes might get tight.

Kellen Moore and Dion Sanders are square in contention for the Cowboys job

Kellen Moore is a logical name because he fits there... Dion Sanders, if that's the way Jerry wants to go, square in contention. I would just say Kellen Moore square in contention, Dion Sanders, if that's the way Jerry wants to go, square in contention.

Jalen Hurts is like a burger with no cheese or condiments — he's missing the 'extra' factor

It's like having a a, a hamburger with no cheese on it and no condiments... it's a burger. Everybody loves burgers. But is the burger really that good without the condiments?... Unless you're five years old, nobody really eats a plain burger. I think that's Jalen Hurts. Like Jalen Hurts is like the burger, but we just continue to wait when we are gonna get the toppings... we haven't got the in and out double double animal style since the Super Bowl.

Jaden Daniels is already a top 10 quarterback in the NFL

To me Jaden Daniels is already top 10. He's already a top 10 quarterback.

Conor McGregor will return to the UFC in the fall of 2025

Hopefully Conor McGregor returns in the, in the fall Okay. Of this year.

The UFC is working on a major fight for the fall that nobody will see coming

What I was talking about in December... I would imagine it's probably gonna happen and it's gonna happen in the fall, a fight that I'm working on... [And we'll never see it coming] Nope.

The Chiefs aren't as good as their 15-win record suggests

The Chiefs could lose this game [against the Texans]. They're not as good... They're not as good as their record says they are... if you stacked 'em up against the other teams that had similar records over the course of history, like they would be the worst one.

It is time for the Steelers to move on from Mike Tomlin

I do think that it probably is time to move on to something different... There is a point though, where it feels like the message is getting lost and there isn't growth... Sometimes the message gets lost and you have to change something. You have to shake something up because it's actually almost like a curse to have Mike Tomlin as your coach still, because you're never bad enough to pick at the top of the draft to get a franchise quarterback.

Jaden Daniels is the best 'team' I've ever rooted for

I think Jaden Daniels is the best team I've ever rooted for in my life. He's a really good team... The moment's never too big for Jaden. Which is crazy to say as a rookie, but he is, he's going to be him.

Mike Vrabel is a fraud who relied on Prime Derrick Henry

Mike Vrabel is proof that one smart clock management moment in a nationally televised game buys you five to 10 years of NFL media thinking you're a great coach... Prime Derrick Henry is not walking through the Patriots door... He was a Derrick Henry merchant.

Denver over Buffalo is the most likely Wild Card upset

I really do think it's Buffalo Denver because one, I think it's the game that most makes me feel like a real upset could actually happen... I think Denver's got a guy that could be the defensive player of the year in Surtain... it would be a massive upset, but I, I honestly don't think I, I would be surprised.

Sam Darnold's playoff performance will result in a $100 million difference in his next contract

Sam Darnold was gonna be my next pick. Yeah. Because the, the difference in how much money he's going to make next year based on how he performs in the playoffs is there's probably a hundred million dollar difference. If he stinks, he could get franchise tagged... if he plays really, really well in the Playoffs now we're talking about like $150 million. Yes. 175, 200 million.

Lamar Jackson is under more pressure than Josh Allen this postseason

I do think Lamar is under more pressure than Josh Allen... Josh Allen has not been the reason why the bills have lost in the playoffs... Lamar Jackson's two and four in the playoffs... four out of six of the games, he has not gone over 200 yards... Josh's elevated his game in the playoffs. Lamar has not.

Anthony Richardson is not the answer for the Colts

Chris Ballard is getting his job, keeping his job... Anthony Richardson is not the answer. I've been saying that for a very long time. I think most Colts fans agree.

Mike Vrabel will be the next head coach of the Patriots

I do think it was a smart decision [to fire Jerod Mayo]. I also think that they wouldn't have done it as quickly as they did if they didn't know that they are getting the coach that they want. Which I believe is Mike Vrabel... I am of the belief that the answer to that question is yes.

Kyler Murray is not a 'confetti quarterback' who can win a Super Bowl

Kyler's not a confetti quarterback. Can you close your eyes and see confetti coming on, coming down on Kyler? No... because like, think about it like there's so much confetti then you're like, where'd Kyler go? Can't find him. Gets lost in it.

The Bears will hire Brian Flores and won't even interview Ben Johnson

The organization is not in a good place... Everything that I've read and heard, the Bears are going to hire Brian Flores. They're probably not even gonna interview Ben Johnson... Ryan Poles is gonna keep his job and that's gonna be an awkward [situation].

The SEC is dead following the College Football Playoff quarterfinals

The SEC is dead. So is buys. Buys are dead. Buys are dead. Buys are dead. The rest first rust has been settled. The SEC is dead. We have three big 10 teams in a big 12 team in the semifinals.

Aaron Rodgers wants the Jets to break up with him, not the other way around

I think Aaron Rodgers doesn't want to come back to the Jets, but he wants them to be the ones that break up with him. He's been needling Woody Johnson... I think he wants them to end it. And then he'll see if anyone out there really wants him.

Aaron Rodgers to the Steelers is a fascinating possibility

I'm fascinated by the possibility of him going to Pittsburgh. Remember that video of him and Mike Tomlin kinda making googly eyes at each other... I feel like that tracks with what the Steelers are currently doing at quarterback, which is, we don't know how to develop one. Let's just go find a veteran and plug him in.

Kirk Cousins might be done as a starting NFL quarterback

Look at Cousins. He's gotta like muster every ounce of energy in his body... his body eventually rebelled against him this year because he was compensating for the torn achilles tendon... I've talked to people who said, you know what? There's a chance it just never comes back for him. He could be done.

Jerod Mayo should be fired for how poorly the Patriots look

I feel like Jerod Mayo, like he's gotta be fired, right? They were... you're gonna make the same mistake the Bears just made where it's like keeping a bad head coach around for a young quarterback is not a good thing.

Joe Burrow is the NFL MVP regardless of whether the Bengals make the playoffs

I'm just gonna say it. Joe Burrow should be the MVP. I think regardless of if they make the Playoffs or not, Joe Burrow should be the MVP. He's been the best player. ... You can't get... how many wins do you think the Bengals would have if they had... Dak Prescott? They would not be playing for a playoff spot in week 18.