Takes

Matthew Stafford will eventually be a Hall of Famer based on his career passing stats

I'm not saying that. I think that Matt Safford is like an incredible hall of fame quarterback. I've my, my statement has simply been that he will, his career will be there by the end... mass, Sanford's going to end up like top six all time and passing. So, and he's also going to, no, one's saying that he's right now, if he retired, he would be a hall of Famer... My argument was always under the assumption that he plays until he's, I don't know, like 38, 39.

The Chicago Bulls are frauds because they cannot play defense without Alex Caruso

I think the bulls as a team are kind of pumpkin... they don't play defense since [Alex] Caruso has been out, but [Lonzo Ball] also has like one of those knee injuries that just keeps lingering where it's like seeing specialists and it just never feels good.

Sean McVay should retire and join ESPN's Monday Night Football for more money and fewer hours

I'm going with the ESPN Monday night crew on the hot seat because supposedly if McVay wants out, ESPN wants him in for Monday night football. Tony Romo makes 18 million... Why would he want to work? Like 100th of the amount of hours and time and stress for, for more money? Yeah. I, I think that's a pretty good deal.

Many NFL coaches keep coaching long after they need to just because they want to avoid spending time with their families

A lot of coaches, they keep coaching when they don't have to, just because they want to be away from their families all the time. But in [Sean] McVay's case he doesn't have a family, getting married this summer. Yeah. So now he's like, I'd love to spend all the time with my hot girlfriend and just with my boys chilling.

The Brooklyn Nets could win the NBA title if Ben Simmons plays alongside Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant

I might take a future on the next one. The title I, if Ben Simmons can play and be like decent—Kyrie and Kevin Durant—and I also would be, it would be awesome if Kyrie just got vaccinated tomorrow and James Harden's face... actually I'm all in.

Coach K blocked Tommy Amaker from the Duke head coaching job to protect Jon Scheyer's career

There's a report coming out a new book that Tommy Amaker was going to be named next head coach of duke... and coach K got on a zoom with them and essentially said, I can't have you taking this job because that would set John shier back in his career. So we want you to take your name out of consideration and out of respect for coach K Tommy Amaker realized that this job search thing was apparently he had been offered the job already until coach K stepped in.

Kyler Murray leads the league in nonsense

All of this nonsense is not what I'm about. Never has been, never will be... All that says it, all, all of this nonsense that I, that I directly caused is I'm not. And you can make the case that this is just more nonsense, correct? I think Kyler Murray leads the league in nonsense.

Novak Djokovic is the GOAT for opting out of Grand Slams to avoid vaccine mandates

Novak Djokovic... has decided that he is not going, he's going to opt out of future grand slams with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. And I just want to say I, I applaud him and he's brave. And I think that everyone should get their own choice. So good job Djokovic, you're my goat.

I was fined $10,000 for jokingly saying I checked my phone at halftime

I jokingly said I checked my phone at halftime of the Baltimore game and it NFL took it as a real saying and find me $10,000. Why aren't you allowed [to have a phone]? It's just one of those things where, yeah. I'm not allowed to have my phone on me at all 90 minutes before the game or during halftime.

I could last a two-minute shift in the NHL, but I'm not sure I'd actually score a goal

If we threw you out there, could you last a shift in the NHL? It's like two minutes, right? Yeah. I think I got that. I mean, for fighting for 30 seconds of this shift... I don't know if I get you a goal. I mean, some of the scores are 1-0, 0-0. So I don't know. I don't want to disrespect the NHL guys out there. Maybe just crash the net.

I could record two points and a rebound in an NBA game

That was the thing on the, on the team plane home one year or one flight, we said, I can get you two points in, in a rebound in NBA game. You could? Yeah, I think I could, but rebound, the rebound would be tough.

The Watt brothers could beat the Gronkowski brothers in a fight

Do you think that the Watt brothers could take the [Gronkowskis]? ... I don't know, man. Isn't there, isn't there like a new UFC where they have like five verse five? ... We need to get two extra Watts when you guys could join in. [Big Cat]: Yes. [TJ Watt]: You guys would kick our ass, correct? [Big Cat]: Yes.

Relationships built entirely on fitness and distance running are not built to last

Relationships built off fitness. I don't think are built to last because at some point, yeah, you're going to be out of shape. Well, and then you both have to be fitness freaks and then make tick talks together about like meal prep and shit.

Cooper Kupp just had one of the greatest wide receiver seasons of all time

I would say off the top of my head, [Cooper Kupp] is up there now with greatest wide receiver seasons of all time. In terms of his regular season and then what he did in the playoffs and what he did on that fourth quarter when it was pretty much they can't run the ball... the whole world knew it was going to Cooper Kupp and you still couldn't stop Cooper Kupp.

Eli Apple is the most disliked player in the NFL

Do you think that there's a more disliked player in the NFL than Eli Apple? Cause they picked on him and it was like every single player that was watching the game, current players, were just roasting the fuck out of him. Like he was getting just dragged by guys that are like the third wide out on some of the worst teams.

The Rams were definitively the best team in the NFL this season

I'm walking away from this season not being like, oh man, it feels like the best team didn't win. All the Rams were the best team. They kicked the shit out of the Cardinals, they slayed the dragon in Tampa Bay and made Tom Brady retire, they then beat the boogeyman and Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers, and then they beat the Bengals. The Rams are a very good team.

The NFL has a 'super team' problem because the last two winners were built this way

I want to get ahead of the take because someone's about to drop this one. Does the NFL have a super team problem? Cause the last two super bowls were ruined by super teams.

Matthew Stafford is now an automatic Hall of Famer

Matthew Stafford is going to be a hall of Famer. It's almost automatic now. Cause he has it... all the stats are there and then he's got the ring. That's it. If you put him now, if he plays three, four more years, pick a quarterback with one Superbowl, he's going to have a better resume overall.

A quarterback is a Hall of Famer if their wife becomes a staple of the TV broadcast

If a quarterback is going to win or if the quarterback is going to go to the hall of fame, it's actually very simple to tell. If he's played for 10 years and if his signature moments involve camera shots of their wife in the stands, jumping up and down. If their wife becomes like a person that they zoom in on, talk about, discuss, at that point it's like, this is a Hall of Famer.

The Bengals should have had Joe Mixon on the field for the final play of Super Bowl 56

Why was Joe Mixon not in the game there [on the final drive]? I just feel like you got to have your best players in the moment. Like they'll probably look back... having second and one in that situation, if you get 10 more yards, you have a pretty good chance.

The Bengals are not a fluke and will be good for a long time

The good news, if you're a Bengals fan, is I don't think that the Bengals are a fluke at all. I think that they're a well-built team and they're probably going to be pretty good for a while, hopefully, if they can stay healthy.

Andrew Whitworth is going to retire from the NFL

Our very own insider, Ben Mintz, has reported that Andrew Whitworth is going to retire. Incredible run, probably a hall of Famer... national championship [at LSU], last game in the NFL super bowl champion.

The BMW 'Electric Avenue' was one of the three best commercials of Super Bowl 56

For me, the cars dominated this year's broadcast. One of them, obviously I have to award it to the electric avenue, BMW commercial for Zeus and the other. I like the Austin Powers one.

The halftime show was specifically designed for people aged 30 to 45

They basically were like, let's do a halftime show where anyone between the age of like 30 and 45 is going to be like, this is the greatest halftime show ever. And it, it worked. Cause I was like, they played every hit from like every portion of our lives.

When a quarterback points at the defense, they are guaranteed to make a mistake on that play

Anytime a quarterback points, they're about to fuck something up real bad. [Matthew Stafford] did point [right before the interception].

The Waste Management Open is the best sporting event crowd scene in the world

Waste management opening was this weekend. One of the best, I think sporting event, crowd scenes, that I've never been to that looks so, so, so much fun... you know, I went to showers, beers, throw beers, have to delay and clean them all up. It looks unbelievable.

Adam Schefter's sentimental Matthew Stafford/OBJ photoshop made no sense

I have a whose back of the week is stupid tweets that try to be sentimental because Adam Schefter's tweet after super bowl makes no sense. He said to all those who said it couldn't be done, and it's a picture of Eli Manning, Calvin Johnson, Jarvis Landry, looking on as Matthew Stafford and OBJ celebrate the super bowl.

The Cincinnati Bengals will defeat the Los Angeles Rams 24-20

I still think it's going to be like 24-20 Cincinnati... I'm reverting back fully to what I felt on Monday morning and I'm going to stick with the Bengals.

If Aaron Donald wins Super Bowl MVP, he is in the discussion for best defensive player ever

Aaron Donald, if he wins a Super Bowl and a Super Bowl MVP, he now is absolutely in the discussion for best defensive player of all time. He's already a Hall of Famer... there's only been like two or three guys who've been All-Pro eight out of their first nine years.

Losing to a former assistant in the Super Bowl is a worse legacy stain than losing to Bill Belichick

Losing to your assistant in your second Super Bowl, when it's his first Super Bowl, that is way worse and that will be the reason why the narrative is there. It won't have anything to do with Belichick or the Patriots... if [Sean McVay] loses this game and loses to his former assistant, that's a much harder pill to swallow.

The Super Bowl score will be 32-26 Bengals for a Scorigami

The prop is obvious. It's Scorigami on the Barstool Sportsbook... got to be aligned and take 32-26 Bengals. That would be a Scorigami.

Joe Burrow will have over 36.5 pass attempts in the Super Bowl

My prop is Joe Burrow, over 36 and a half pass attempts... four out of the last five games he's hit over that number. I think it'll be a lot of quick passes... for the Bengals to win, Joe Burrow has to pass the ball 40 times.

Lock of the Decade: The opening kickoff of Super Bowl 56 will result in a touchback

This is the lock prop of the century. I don't know how this was my decade literally. I can't comprehend it... opening kickoff to result in a touchback minus 112. I love it. The Bengals win the flip, kick fearsome is going to kick it like out of the stadium.

The Brooklyn Nets won the James Harden for Ben Simmons trade

I disagree. I think the Nets got the better end of the deal. Between Harden and Embiid, you basically get like a three-month period with James Harden where he can truly be happy in any environment before he starts to hate something about his life... Ben Simmons, I feel like the Nets could be the right place for Ben to be because he doesn't have to shoot.

Ben Simmons is still very talented and the 76ers had to trade him while his value existed

I still think [Ben Simmons] is talented... but yeah, I mean, if you put Ben Simmons with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, those guys are so fucking good... [The Sixers] just needed to do it. Ben Simmons was not playing. We needed to do something.

Joel Embiid and James Harden will play great together but Embiid will get injured in March

I think James Harden and Joel Embiid are going to be fucking insane together. And they're going to go on a tear. And then Joel Embiid is going to get injured at like the end of March.

The Brooklyn Nets lead the NBA in Australian guys who are afraid to take shots

I actually typed in the nets, lead the league and Australian guys who were afraid to take shots. And then I deleted it. I was like, no, I'll save that one for [the show].

The Lakers' disastrous season is entirely LeBron James' fault as the 'GM'

LeBron James made this group. He's the GM of the Lakers... We all saw this coming. I am keeping that same energy. [LeBron] said keep that same narrative energy when it begins. I am keeping that same energy.

Joe Burrow is a stone-cold killer and a robot in the huddle

There'll be times where he's just staring like into space... and he won't move for like two minutes and then he'll just snap out of it real quick... in the huddle he'll just be same thing... that stone cold killer. It's crazy.

My field goal range is up to 75 yards in practice

75 yards. [In college]. I don't know if [Zac Taylor] would let me try 70, but it would have to be the right conditions for sure. I don't know if 70 is the right number, maybe 67 to break the record.

Modern legalized weed is too high in THC and I miss the 'bad weed' from high school

Bad weed nowadays, it's hard to find out here, man. It sucks. It's gotten much too good... I want something like pretty casual. I don't smoke as much as I used to. I would like to have a life after this. And they're like, 'this is solid,' and I look at it and it's 38% THC. I'm like, how is this okay? When I go, I just ask for like bad. I just say, I want something like pretty bad.

The Rams will beat the Bengals 24-21 in the Super Bowl

I'm going to say Rams 24, Bengals 21. [I don't know the spread]. I'm not a bettor like you guys.

I could easily run a 5k in under 30 minutes if I actually trained

If I trained, which I won't, I could be under 30 easy. No problem. My pace was already 4:30... 34 minutes, I didn't stop. I just fucking powered through.

The Rams have a better roster in almost every spot, but Joe Burrow is good enough to win Super Bowl LVI

The Rams are probably better in pretty much every spot but Joe Burrow. And then I say, but Joe Burrow's worth the win. And that's where I'm like the Rams feel like if you did it on paper and you just did a guy off, like, all right, the Rams are easily better, but Joe burrow is Joe burrow.

Odell Beckham Jr. will score a touchdown in the Super Bowl if his child is born before the game

Odell Beckham Jr. looks like he's going to have his first kid in the next couple of days. If he does, you know what that means? He's scoring a touchdown, Odell Beckham to score a touchdown in the super bowl.

Seeing Matthew Stafford succeed is a slap in the face to the Lions organization

Everything that they, when they say something nice about Matthew Stafford, it's such a slap in the face to the Lions. And I know that like, look, bad organizations are bad organizations... but they're like, yeah, Matthew Stafford, this is moment. He was spent so many years just on that terrible team with that terrible organization. Yes. It's like, he got out of hell. It's like, he's the first man to ever escape the devil.

Mike McDaniel will save Tua Tagovailoa's career

Mike McDaniel is the coach of the Dolphins now... He's going to save [Tua]. He's the highest man in America. I love him though. He is the perfect Colorado bro.

Lovie Smith will provide stability for the Houston Texans

Lovie Smith's the Texans with the beard lovey. I, I mean, I love lovey... I think he will do a good job there. Lovie will provide stability. He's a very stable [guy for] the Texans team. That very simple guy, his beard looks incredible.

The Bears' offense will stink next season, but their special teams will effectively be their offense

If I was a special teams coach, I would absolutely 100% go to the Bears because historically you know that the offense is going to stink. It's more than that. You have like an above average special teams, that's your offense. It's our franchise franchise. We'll be like, well, at least we scored a couple touchdowns on kick return.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are failing because the NHL players aren't participating

The Olympics are a fucking fact that hockey, like the pros don't play. That's what draws everyone in. Like if team USA was playing Russia tomorrow morning, we would wake up and watch it. We'd wake up and watch it.