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Take Slip·Feb 13, 2026
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Big CatBig Cat

Society was better when people who performed mentalist tricks were treated like witches

We used to be a proper society. We used to drown those people, like witches burn them. Yeah. Like it's getting a little to the point where it's like, should we throw, should we throw some rocks at him at the town square?

This is a purely satirical and hyperbolic statement regarding societal norms.
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Take Slip·Feb 11, 2026
#PMT-2026-0211-19728
Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The Milwaukee Bucks should not play Giannis Antetokounmpo for the rest of the season

I don't even think Milwaukee would want Giannis to come back and play... They should want to do whatever they can with this pick 'cause they don't have many of 'em. And Giannis probably shouldn't even wanna play and risk health and risk this contract extension that he can get before next fall. So the tanking is gonna get egregious.

Depends on if Giannis plays and if the Bucks achieve a better long-term outcome by sitting him.
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HankHank

The Patriots would have won Super Bowl 60 if the Cooper Kupp bobble had been challenged and overturned.

I don't know why they didn't challenge that in real time. That was like, that's a bobble. And then it was clearly was a bobble. If he didn't, if they didn't, if they reviewed it and it gets overturned, they didn't even get a field goal... I think we win. [Sliding doors effect].

The Patriots lost 29-13; it is highly unlikely one overturned catch in the first half changes a three-possession game.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Super Bowl halftime show is for chicks

The Super Bowl halftime show is—is—is for chicks... I don't think the average NFL fan is like, man, I hope this Super Bowl halftime show is awesome. I don't give a fuck.

Halftime shows consistently draw huge ratings, often exceeding the game itself, indicating broad appeal beyond just 'chicks'.
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Take Slip·Jan 23, 2026·Picks
#PMT-2026-0123-5848
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jared Stidham might have a vestigial tail that acts as a biological gyroscope for his balance

J Stidham might have a tail. An actual tail. ... Everybody was thinking that J Stidham might have a tail. ... if you have a tail, it helps you balance. It acts like a stabilizer. When you're twisting, when you're throwing, it's a biological gyroscope.

Humans can be born with vestigial tails, but there is no verified evidence Jarrett Stidham has one.
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Take Slip·Jan 21, 2026
#PMT-2026-0121-6176
Big CatBig Cat

Nick Saban intentionally held back Curt Cignetti to protect his own coaching legacy

Did Nick Saban specifically not promote Curt Cignetti? Because he is like, 'Hey, if this guy gets a head coaching job, he's going to be known as the greatest head coach of all time. Not me.'... Nick Saban's been trying to keep the world from [Cignetti] for all these years.

Saban did hire Cignetti in 2007 but did not promote him; however, the motivation remains purely speculative.
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Take Slip·Jan 21, 2026
#PMT-2026-0121-6179
Big CatBig Cat

Caleb Williams is significantly better than CJ Stroud

I don't think there's even, I don't think there's a debate who you'd take Caleb or CJ Stroud. It's not even close to a debate. No. And that's, Caleb wouldn't, it's crazy to be in this spot... CJ Stroud after his first year, he's completely regressed.

This is a subjective comparison based on the specific events of the fictional/future 2025 season.
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Take Slip·Jan 21, 2026
#PMT-2026-0121-6186
HankHank

The NFL magnetized the goalposts to increase the number of 'doinks'

The goalposts are magnetized since the NFL put chips in the ball. Doinks are way up. I have zero data, but the timing is suspicious and the sound is too perfect.

Scientifically and logistically impossible without evidence.
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Take Slip·Jan 19, 2026
#PMT-2026-0119-13875
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bo Nix's injury was a 'soft benching' by Sean Payton

Is this the most high profile soft benching of all time?... Think about it. If, if, if Sean Payton benched Bo Nix, everyone would riot. Now he's got a fractured ankle and he's going to Alabama and it's Diddy [Stidham], his guy.

Nix literally broke his ankle and underwent surgery; the idea that it was faked for a 'soft benching' is a joke.
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Take Slip·Jan 12, 2026·Picks
#PMT-2026-0112-20116
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 49ers' high injury rate is caused by an electrical substation next to their practice field

Only one variable is unique and the players know it in their guts... Players have joked around about there being an electrical substation right next to the practice field and how that has led to the Niners injury problems... This guy went to the practice field with a gause meter. It read 8.5 plus milligauss.

This is a pseudoscientific conspiracy theory with no medical backing.
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Take Slip·Jan 9, 2026·Picks
#PMT-2026-0109-13937
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 49ers' high injury rate is caused by an electrical substation next to their practice field

The 49ers are statistically the most injured team in the NFL over the past decade since moving to Levi's stadium... Only one variable is unique and the players know it in their guts. ... Players have joked around about there being an electrical substation right next to the practice field and how that has led to the Niners injury problems. ... This guy is saying that the Niners are just getting bombarded with electric waves all day, which is fucking up their bodies.

Highly unlikely scientifically and unproven.
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Take Slip·Dec 29, 2025
#PMT-2025-1229-9776
Big CatBig Cat

Bo Nix is 'dog phobic' because he is secretly a dog himself

He is afraid of dogs because he's worried that deep down inside... he's gonna have to tell his parents 'I'm a dog.' I think he's trying to suppress his inner dog because he knows if he becomes the dog that bit him, it's watch out world. He got bit by a dog as a child and became a dog.

Satirical claim about Nix's biology/identity that is obviously not factually true.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lamar Jackson has radiation poisoning from getting too many MRIs

Do you think Lamar Jackson has radiation poisoning? Mm. From all the MRIs. Too many MRIs and all the x-rays... It might be like Chernobyl.

MRIs do not use ionizing radiation, making radiation poisoning from them scientifically impossible.
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Take Slip·Dec 19, 2025
#PMT-2025-1219-3819
Mike FlorioMike Florio

Joe Burrow is using a 'Jedi mind trick' to get the Bengals to trade him without asking directly

I think what [Burrow] is trying to do is make the Bengals decide to trade him so that he doesn't have to say, I want to be traded and get them to recognize he's not happy... I think he's trying to do the Jedi mind trick to get them to trade him without him having to ask to be traded.

Joe Burrow remained with the Bengals for the following season and stated he intended to stay.
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Big CatBig Cat

Caleb Williams' throw to DJ Moore was better than 'The Catch'

Caleb's Throw was better than Joe Montana's. He threw it from the 30. Joe Montana threw it from the 18. ... I liked it so much. I thought it was the catch. I sent it to Chris Berman. ... maybe a better throw and maybe a better catch.

While physically a 'better' throw by some metrics, historical significance ('The Catch') is subjective and generally favors Montana.
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Take Slip·Dec 17, 2025·FAQ
#PMT-2025-1217-19842
MemesMemes

Jayden Daniels is the worst quarterback from the 2024 draft class

My preemptive take of the year was right. Commanders would miss a playoffs and Jayden Daniels be the worst out of all the quarterbacks in 2024. [Big Cat: 'Michael Penix?'] He looked pretty good before the injury.

By most statistical measures and eye tests, Daniels was far from the 'worst' of the class, having won OROY in many circles.
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Take Slip·Dec 12, 2025·Picks
#PMT-2025-1212-7216
HankHank

The 'torch' has been passed to Drake May and it cannot be passed back to Josh Allen

The torch has been passed and that's it. It's over... Drake may has the torch and then it will go until we pass it to someone else... It can't go back.

Allen remains a top-tier QB while May is a rookie; most analysts would disagree that the torch is permanently moved.
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ZacZac

The 'Blob' weather pattern could mean the end of the world

B-Big Cat, We are Earth could be finished. We could be done... There's a world, the blob never goes away... I do wanna say you're right. I was being dramatic there. Blob will go away, but it's sinking its toes right now.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The Earth is not literally ending due to a seasonal weather pattern, though 'The Blob' is a real meteorological phenomenon.
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Take Slip·Dec 1, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Kansas City Chiefs are officially eliminated from playoff contention

The Kansas City Chiefs have been eliminated from playoff contention... I just don't think that they can run the table because that's gonna be it. It's hard. These aren't the same chiefs.

The Chiefs were not mathematically eliminated at this time, but PFT is making a bold prediction that they won't run the table.
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Take Slip·Dec 1, 2025
#PMT-2025-1201-9366
MemesMemes

The New York Jets will acquire Lamar Jackson from the Ravens next season

I do go to bed and I just thinking who's the next quarterback will be next season. And right now we're on Lamar Jackson... Ravens don't make the playoffs. Raven's good organization. They've moved on from quarterbacks in the past... we got like three years of Lamar.

Lamar Jackson remained with the Ravens, making this a classic 'Jets fan fever dream'.
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Take Slip·Nov 14, 2025
#PMT-2025-1114-13238
MaxMax

The Lions are frauds who only score points against terrible teams

Every—this, it's a Lions suck fest because they score a lot of points against shitty fucking teams... This is just what the Lions do every fucking year. They score a lot of points against shitty fucking teams and everyone thinks that they're the best.

This is an aggressive opinion delivered with heavy bias and passion.
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ZacZac

A 'hot blob' and an 'earth tilt' will make the Chicago winter catastrophic and uninhabitable

Apocalyptic winter might be upon us. Why? I think it's inhabitable winter. We might just have to go out of country... High pressure, massive ocean heat wave up in North Pacific. The blob... They're saying 2013-2014 had nothing on this blob.

Weather predictions this extreme are usually internet hoaxes or hyperbole.
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Take Slip·Nov 12, 2025
#PMT-2025-1112-10759
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I can pass the bar exam without going to law school if I study for four months

I have irrational confidence in myself to be able to pass the bar exam. It doesn't make any sense. I just think that if I, if I tried for like four months... I think I can, I can be a lawyer.

Passing the bar is notoriously difficult even for law graduates; doing so with four months of self-study is nearly impossible in most states.
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Take Slip·Nov 10, 2025
#PMT-2025-1110-2937
MemesMemes

The Kansas City Chiefs will miss the playoffs

Memes, did you say that maybe the Chiefs won't make the playoffs? I did. You wanna stand on that? Sure. Okay. Chiefs won't make the playoffs. Oh, you're saying the Chiefs won't make the playoffs. Whoa.

Outcome depends on the 2025 NFL regular season results. Most people would consider this highly unlikely.
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Take Slip·Nov 7, 2025
#PMT-2025-1107-10851
Jersey JerryJersey Jerry

The Italian race is essentially finished because they are too attracted to Latinas

He told me today that Italians were done in this country... because a lot of them are attracted to Latinas. And so then they have kids with Latinas and then there's no more Italians. Jerry just looked at his own kids and was like, man, Italians are done.

An absurd satirical claim that cannot be literally verified as it's hyperbole.
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Take Slip·Oct 31, 2025·Picks
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Big CatBig Cat

The Colts are the best team in football right now

The Colts who are the best team in football... Their offense is absolutely electric. They are like, they're just well-rounded all the way through.

In the real world, the Colts aren't led by Daniel Jones nor the best team, but within the transcript's logic, it's a bold claim.
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Big CatBig Cat

Wisconsin Football is currently the worst program in Power Four football

Wisconsin football just because they're the worst team in college football, Power Four college football. It's an absolute joke what's happened to the program. They haven't scored a touchdown in two games. The culture's broken, the program's broken.

While Wisconsin is struggling, programs like Purdue or lower-tier ACC/SEC teams may statistically be 'worse'. This is mostly hyperbolic frustration.
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Take Slip·Oct 20, 2025
#PMT-2025-1020-2028
HankHank

The Patriots are unequivocally better than the Buccaneers and the Eagles right now.

[Big Cat]: Are the Patriots better than the Bucks and the Eagles right now? [Hank]: Yes. ... laughing at you when you mention the Patriots being the best team in this podcast. ... now I think it's, you know, the odds are a lot better.

This is a subjective power ranking comparison.
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Take Slip·Oct 10, 2025
#PMT-2025-1010-16598
MaxMax

Every Philadelphia sports team should be blown up and started from ground zero

Done. Everything's done. Blow it up. Blow up. Start every single team from ground zero. No, I, every single one of 'em, I'm done with the union.

The teams were not literally blown up, though the Phillies were eliminated and the Eagles continued a rough stretch.
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Take Slip·Oct 10, 2025
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MaxMax

Jalen Hurts looks like the worst quarterback in the NFL

Jalen Hurts looks like the worst fucking quarterback in the NFL. He's a bad quarterback right now.

Hurts finished the season with respectable stats, far from being the objective 'worst' in the NFL despite a mid-season slump.
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Take Slip·Oct 10, 2025
#PMT-2025-1010-16606
MaxMax

Saquon Barkley has been horrible all season for the Eagles

Saquon also all of a sudden sucks. Now that no one's talking about that. He's horrible. He's been horrible all year. The whole team sucks. Everyone sucks.

Barkley was actually one of the top rushing leaders in the 2024-25 timeframe, making this factually incorrect even as a heated opinion.
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Take Slip·Oct 10, 2025·Picks
#PMT-2025-1010-16608
HankHank

Patrick Mahomes is officially washed

Mahomes is washed. Washed. These two days under 500 he's washed.

Mahomes remained a top-tier quarterback and won the Super Bowl in the real-world 2024 season, and likely remained elite in the show's hypothetical 2025.
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Take Slip·Oct 6, 2025
#PMT-2025-1006-15089
MemesMemes

Justin Fields is a loser

Justin Fields is perfect for this team... he's a perfect quarterback to lose games and that's it. That's all he is. He is a loser.

Subjective characterization of a player.
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Take Slip·Oct 3, 2025·Picks
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2024 Eagles are the worst 20-1 team in NFL history

Is this Eagle's team the worst 20 and one team in their last 21 games of all time... every, literally every negative thing that I've said about the Eagles this year has come from a place of extreme jealousy and also trying to stir Max up... I think the Eagles, yeah, they're the worst.

Purely subjective hot take designed to frustrate an Eagles fan.
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Take Slip·Sep 29, 2025
#PMT-2025-0929-14707
HankHank

Drake Maye has signs of playing better in year two than Tom Brady did

We got a long ways to go, but [Drake Maye] has signs, he plays better in year two than Brady did. Year two was a Super Bowl win, but he wasn't lighting it up as the quarterback.

Directly comparing a young QB to the GOAT is almost always incorrect in the long run, though Maye's 2025 stats may be better than 2001 Brady's.
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Take Slip·Sep 22, 2025
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MemesMemes

Marcus Mariota might be the best quarterback on the Washington Commanders roster

I just said, I was just like, what if Marcus Mariota is the best quarterback on the Washington Commanders roster.

Daniels is the franchise cornerstone, but Mariota's performance in relief has sparked debate in this specific fictionalized timeline.
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Take Slip·Sep 19, 2025
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Fred SmootFred Smoot

Pumpkins are useless food that only hippos and squirrels actually enjoy

I got a vendetta against everything pumpkin... nobody likes pumpkins, we're just forced to do a lot of stuff that we just forced to do as human beings... The only animal [that eats it] is the hippopotamus and squirrels.

His claim that nobody likes them is hyperbole, making it subjective food commentary.
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Take Slip·Sep 17, 2025
#PMT-2025-0917-17244
Andy StaplesAndy Staples

Arch Manning stinks right now and is a fundamentally different quarterback than we expected

I don't know what the hell this is. It looks like he's throwing from a different arm slot... I thought maybe he could be average at worst. I don't know what the hell this is... it does feel like it's mental. It feels like the yips almost.

This claim is about a specific point in time (Sept 2025). Correctness depends on his performance throughout the remainder of the season.
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Take Slip·Sep 15, 2025
#PMT-2025-0915-14938
ZacZac

The Chiefs' Mahomes and Andy Reid dynasty is finished

I just think the dynasty's over. I think Andy Reid and Mahomes dynasty's finished... usually when they pan the camera to Andy Reid, he's got a certain amount of girth... but this time it almost looks a little hollow. It looks a little empty.

Predicting the end of a dynasty while the principals are still active is high-risk.
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Take Slip·Sep 12, 2025
#PMT-2025-0912-18521
Big CatBig Cat

The Green Bay Packers are a generational, once-in-a-lifetime team

Today is September 12th and the Green Bay Packers are a problem. Generational team. I listen credit to us. We said if they don't win the Super Bowl, it would be the greatest upset in the history of sports. And they are so good. They're guaranteed to win this Super Bowl and probably next year's Super Bowl.

The Packers did not win the Super Bowl in the 2024-25 season (this transcript dates to the following season cycle).
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Take Slip·Sep 8, 2025
#PMT-2025-0908-11995
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If the Commanders beat the Packers, I am expecting a Super Bowl

If we beat the Packers, anything less than a Super Bowl championship this year will be a, a massive crushing disappointment to me. If we win against the Packers, I'm thinking soupy, soupy.

Conditional prediction; outcome of the Packers game and the season remains to be seen.
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Take Slip·Sep 5, 2025·Picks
#PMT-2025-0905-17182
Big CatBig Cat

The Packers are the best team in the NFL by far and will win the Super Bowl

I'm gonna take the Packers in this game. The Packers are the best team in the NFL. I don't even think it's close. Not close. They're gonna win the Super Bowl... If the Packers somehow don't win the Super Bowl, which it's would be pretty crazy. If they don't, I will be first in line saying I was wrong.

Depends on the outcome of Super Bowl 60.
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Take Slip·Sep 2, 2025
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Nico Iamaleava should transition to being a wide receiver

Nico, I'm a receiver. Yeah, that's, that's what I'm calling him... I think he's very fast. I think he's got great change of direction. I think he has no idea how to throw like an intermediate pass whatsoever.

Hot TakeCFBScorchingSarcastic
Iamaleava is a highly-touted starting quarterback and unlikely to switch positions.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Packers fleeced the Cowboys in the Micah Parsons trade

Packers fleeced... yes this is a cope and then I'm gonna mute the whole thing. This is crazy... will there be a player in the next two drafts in the, let's call it 15 to 25 range, where the packers will most likely be picking that will be better than Micah Parsons? The answer is no.

This trade never happened in reality; it was a satirical segment. The literal statement is incorrect based on actual NFL history.
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Take Slip·Aug 27, 2025
#PMT-2025-0827-9249
Big CatBig Cat

A Taylor Swift divorce album would result in incredible music

I want them to be happily married forever. A divorce album would rock... I'm saying if it happened, there would be incredible music. Right. Don't want it happen.

Subjective opinion on the quality of hypothetical music.
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Take Slip·Aug 22, 2025
#PMT-2025-0822-16463
Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

The Colts are intentionally tanking the season to draft Arch Manning

I think it was [Stephen A. Smith] that said that the Colts are purposely tanking for Arch Manning... makes me think the Colts are tanking for Arch Manning.

Tanking is hard to prove, but the Colts' draft position and performance will dictate the plausibility.
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Take Slip·Aug 22, 2025
#PMT-2025-0822-16468
Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

Christian McCaffrey should not be drafted in fantasy football this year

Not taking McCaffrey at all... We're still not drafting Christian McCaffrey... I can't do it guys. I'm sorry. I can't do it.

McCaffrey's 2025 fantasy production and health will determine if this was a smart fade.
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Take Slip·Aug 20, 2025
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HankHank

The Super Bowl should be played in London to make it a bigger global event

It's a football field. It's the same dimensions, it's the same place. Hey, people are, have it so twisted where it's like, if we want this to be the biggest event in the world, we should have it in [London]... It's better for the sport. It's better for the show. It's better for us. It's better for everyone.

The Super Bowl remains in American cities for the foreseeable future (venues booked through 2027).
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Take Slip·Aug 18, 2025
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Coach OCoach O

Arch Manning is as close to—or maybe even better than—Joe Burrow

Arch [Manning] is as close to or maybe as good as Joe [Burrow] as I've seen. Really. And I've never said that about anybody. I watched his practice, and I'll say this conservatively... Arch is the real deal.

Arch Manning's career is still in its early stages compared to Burrow's Heisman/NFL pedigree.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Mona Lisa is an ugly, shitty, overhyped painting

We don't understand the hype of the Mona Lisa whatsoever. It's a fucking chick. And she's ugly. I don't get it... It's a fucking painting. It's so dumb. It's so hyped... It's a shitty painting. If you put that up in my house, it'd be like, take it down. She's ugly.

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