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Take Slip·Oct 5, 2020
#PMT-2020-1005-10066
Big CatBig Cat

Kliff Kingsbury is a fraud of a coach

Cliff... Definitely fraud. ... He's like the knockoff. Junkyard. Kyle Shanahan. ... Kliff Kingsbury is like to Jordan Belfort. Yeah, he's like comes up some penny stocks.

Kingsbury never won a playoff game and was eventually fired after a stagnant tenure in Arizona.
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#PMT-2020-1002-4565
Big CatBig Cat

The Lakers are actually Anthony Davis's team

All I got right now is it's Anthony Davis's team. I think we can all agree on that.

While Davis had a dominant Finals, LeBron won Finals MVP, making the claim that it's 'Davis's team' factually debatable but historically viewed as LeBron's team.
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Take Slip·Sep 30, 2020
#PMT-2020-0930-5260
Big CatBig Cat

The Baltimore Ravens are frauds until they can win from behind

The Baltimore Ravens are frauds. They are F-R-A-U-D-S frauds. They panic, they look terrible on Monday Night Football. The stat was 18 and 0 with a ten-point lead, 0 and 5 with a ten-point deficit. They can't come from behind. I don't trust that the Ravens offense can work when it gets in a hole or when it plays the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Ravens continued to struggle against elite AFC competition in the playoffs, losing to the Bills later this season in the Divisional round where they again failed to come from behind.
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Take Slip·Sep 30, 2020
#PMT-2020-0930-5262
Big CatBig Cat

Undecided voters deserve to be pushed off a building

If you're an undecided voter you deserve to be pushed off a building. If you don't know who you're going to vote for, do they exist? If you're an undecided voter tweet at us because I'm so interested in how you put on a hat in the morning without giving yourself a concussion.

This is a subjective, hyperbolic value judgment.
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Take Slip·Sep 28, 2020
#PMT-2020-0928-3132
Big CatBig Cat

Mitch Trubisky should be converted to a running back in a Wildcat-style role

Mitch led the team in rushing today... why not [be a running back] and he could every now and then throw it he could be taysom hill. Yes. Let us be a running back then I won't feel guilty about watching Mitch be on the sidelines. We could put him in the offense Matt Nagy you can have someone who can blame... have Mitch be a running back and Nick Foles would be the quarterback.

Mitch Trubisky remained a quarterback and never transitioned to a full-time running back or Taysom Hill role.
Void
#PMT-2020-0928-3137
HankHank

Erik Spoelstra is the only reason LeBron James won championships in Miami

Spoelstra's a very good coach. Honestly I'm a huge advocate of Spoelstra and he's the only reason that LeBron James ever won those championships in Miami in the first place.

While Spoelstra is a great coach, LeBron James won titles in Cleveland and LA without him, and the Big Three's talent was a primary factor in the Miami wins. The claim is subjective and highly biased.
Void
#PMT-2020-0928-3138
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jimmy Butler is a top-five player in the NBA right now

Jimmy Butler could be top-five player ever ever. I thought I'd play right now. Absolutely.

Butler had a legendary Finals performance in 2020, but most analysts would place him in the top 10-15 range rather than top 5 overall.
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Take Slip·Sep 23, 2020
#PMT-2020-0923-10694
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Saints should start Jameis Winston right now

Unleash Jameis Winston. I got a Meraki I I disagree with you on the Michael Thomas thing... the time is now it is Jameis a clock in New Orleans.

Winston did not start until the following year after Brees retired.
Void
Take Slip·Sep 23, 2020
#PMT-2020-0923-10695
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Las Vegas Raiders' new stadium is the most erotic stadium ever built

I want to fuck The Las Vegas Raiders new stadium... I want to fuck it is the most erotic stadium that I've ever seen almost it almost looks better with no fans... that thing is sexy as shit, and I want to fucking fuck it.

Inherently subjective and a joke.
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#PMT-2020-0923-10698
Big CatBig Cat

I am betting on the Jets because Adam Gase said they are in 'hyperdrive'

My hot seats is the Indianapolis Colts because we're playing the Jets this week and Adam Gase said quote 'it's time to put this thing in hyperdrive.' Okay. So watch out Colts and Jets might score 12 points hyperdrive... I'm gonna have to bet on the Jets this weekend.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
The Jets lost to the Colts 36-7 that Sunday.
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Take Slip·Sep 21, 2020
#PMT-2020-0921-5810
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Daniel Jones is not the second coming of Eli Manning

I think we can officially say that Daniel Jones is not Eli Manning... I think we've seen enough to know that he is not Eli Manning.

Jones has struggled with turnovers and inconsistency, failing to reach the heights of Eli Manning's career.
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Take Slip·Sep 21, 2020
#PMT-2020-0921-5814
Big CatBig Cat

Carson Wentz is officially bad at football

Eagles might just be bad and no offense Eagles fans, but Carson Wentz might just be bad... he just misses guys and throws interceptions and kind of just isn't good right now. He stunk today. It's time to push the panic button.

Wentz was eventually benched for Jalen Hurts later that season and traded to the Colts in the offseason.
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Take Slip·Sep 18, 2020·Picks
#PMT-2020-0918-18564
Big CatBig Cat

Bill O'Brien general manager should fire Bill O'Brien head coach

Bill O'Brien general manager of the Texans is firing Bill O'Brien head coach of the Texan. I would love to see it... It's the opposite of Bill Parcells when he was in Dallas and said if you're going to ask me cook dinner, then at least let me shop for the groceries.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Bill O'Brien was fired from both roles just a few weeks later in October 2020 after an 0-4 start.
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Take Slip·Sep 14, 2020
#PMT-2020-0914-8912
Big CatBig Cat

The Bears are all the way back

Bears, Lions, the Bears are all the way back kind of... I'm not going to go crazy. Well, fantasy stud Mitchell Trubisky... he was three touchdowns zero interceptions... next week I'm legitimately excited to watch the Bears again.

The Bears finished 8-8 and Trubisky was eventually benched and replaced. They were not 'back'.
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Take Slip·Sep 14, 2020
#PMT-2020-0914-8920
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady looks old and slow in the Buccaneers offense

How do you think your boy Tom Brady looked? He looks pretty old. It's the truth... he looked pretty old today. It actually proved that Tom's Drew Brees-ing it. I am officially [saying] Taysom Hill is the better quarterback there.

Brady threw 40 touchdowns and won the Super Bowl this season. This take was famously wrong.
Void
#PMT-2020-0914-8922
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tesla for Tables: A self-leveling table technology

Tesla for tables... the table itself feels the surface around it and then adjusts so that there's never any wobble... every restaurant I go to has a set of wobbly table. All those tables wobble.

While a funny idea, no such 'Tesla for Tables' product has revolutionized the restaurant industry.
Void
#PMT-2020-0911-19772
HankHank

The NBA rigged Game 6 for the Raptors over the Celtics to get a Game 7 for ratings

I'm feeling nervous. I'm not gonna lie. Game 6 was clearly like the NBA and I understand where the NBA is coming from where they need the best ratings we could possibly get. If we could tell the refs, just call everything against the Celtics so we can get a game 7 for ratings. I understand it. It was clearly the post-game report admitted everything that happened on the stretch that was supposed to get called against the Celtics didn't.

While the NBA admitted to officiating errors, there is no proof of a directive for ratings. The Celtics won Game 7 anyway.
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Take Slip·Sep 11, 2020·Picks
#PMT-2020-0911-19780
Big CatBig Cat

The Buccaneers and Patriots Week 1 results will be a referendum on Tom Brady's legacy

What has to happen is we need the Buccaneers to win and the Patriots to lose or the Patriots to win the Buccaneers to lose so we can really hammer into that story. Storylines cannot be taken back. This weekend is a referendum on the life-altering change of course that Tom Brady made.

The Patriots won their opener while the Bucs lost theirs, leading to a week of 'Brady was the problem' takes before the Bucs eventually won the Super Bowl.
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Take Slip·Sep 8, 2020
#PMT-2020-0908-14588
Big CatBig Cat

Mike Budenholzer should be fired on the spot

The quotes that Budenholzer had after they lost game three... I actually think he should be fired on the spot. He was saying that Giannis and Middleton, they're playing 33 to 36 minutes of game, and that's about their ceiling in the playoffs. He's saying about his MVP, right, 36? ... basically admitting his incompetence to the whole world.

Budenholzer won a championship the following season (2021) before eventually being fired in 2023. At the time of the take, he was widely criticized, but firing him 'on the spot' would have cost the Bucks their 2021 title.
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#PMT-2020-0908-14590
Billy FootballBilly Football

I'll gamble on Nathan Peterman winning a Super Bowl

There's a chance we see another Nathan Peterman. You want to get real fucking crazy with 2020? Get a Nathan Peterman tattoo. ... I'll gamble on Nathan Peterman winning a Super Bowl.

Nathan Peterman has never won a Super Bowl and has barely played since this take was made.
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#PMT-2020-0908-14598
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tennis players should get a point for hitting a line judge

I think they should just make a new sport where the lines are always live and if you hit a line judge, you get an extra point. ... A dodgeball tennis hybrid. ... I'm saying you should get a point added on.

Hot TakeTennisScorchingSarcastic
This is a satirical suggestion for a rule change that obviously never happened.
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Take Slip·Sep 4, 2020
#PMT-2020-0904-16485
Big CatBig Cat

Leonard Fournette is the most frustrating goal-line back in NFL history.

I think Leonard Fournette might be the most frustrating goal line back in the history of the NFL proportion to his body type... and falling 6 inches short every single time.

Fournette went on to be a key part of the Buccaneers' Super Bowl run that season, earning the nickname 'Playoff Lenny'.
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Take Slip·Sep 4, 2020
#PMT-2020-0904-16486
Big CatBig Cat

Big Ben made his 'Bigger Than Ben' documentary specifically for the hosts of Pardon My Take.

I really think that he made this like there's two idiots who joke about how I'm like a dog who fakes injuries all the times. Let me make a documentary that just talking about my injury.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
The documentary was produced for Roethlisberger's personal brand and likely had nothing to do with PMT specifically.
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Take Slip·Sep 2, 2020
#PMT-2020-0902-7739
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chris Paul would easily be a top three or four US men's soccer player

Chris Paul's personality makes you forget how good a basketball he is because he's the worst anytime. Yeah. Well in the nuts anytime the guy shit, but he's awesome... I still think he would be Top three top for US men's soccer player. Yes easily.

While CP3 is an elite athlete, the claim that he could play for the national soccer team with zero training is purely satirical.
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#PMT-2020-0831-17617
HankHank

Bronny James joining FaZe Clan is a money-laundering scheme for Coach K

So we're gonna snitch on Bronny. What percentage of FaZe Clan does Coach K own? It's dark money that's going into no one knows who finances it.

This is a comedic conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
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#PMT-2020-0831-17619
Big CatBig Cat

Jimmy Graham and Cole Kmet will be a dynamic duo for the Bears

Everyone knows [Jimmy Graham] is an elite blocker... they got Cole Kmet and Jimmy Graham. Dynamic duo. If we just get half of their production from last year, we're going to be great.

Jimmy Graham had a mediocre season (8 TDs) and Cole Kmet was a rookie; they were not a dominant 'dynamic duo' in terms of league-wide impact.
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#PMT-2020-0828-8002
Big CatBig Cat

Ben Roethlisberger will gain 40 pounds by October

Can we make a documentary of me in a t-shirt right now so I can like memorialize this period in my life before I put on 40 more pounds in October? And he will be, like you said earlier, bigger than Ben now.

While Roethlisberger's weight fluctuated, there is no official evidence he gained exactly 40 pounds by October 2020.
Void
Take Slip·Aug 26, 2020
#PMT-2020-0826-6155
Big CatBig Cat

The Jazz and the Nuggets are the exact same team

I have to admit fully. I think the Jazz and the Nuggets are the exact same team. Both altitude, kind of similar colors. Like if you tell me Jazz nuggets, nuggets Jazz, I'm just like yeah, those are all the same guys. Like if you use lists the names and like you could tell me Donovan Mitchell's on the Nuggets. Neither of them are winning the championship, right? Correct.

While they are literally different teams, neither team made the Finals that year, and they share many regional and aesthetic similarities, fitting the spirit of the joke.
Void
#PMT-2020-0826-6162
Big CatBig Cat

Messi is better than Ronaldo because he is better at cheating on his taxes

Messi is probably got like a billion... He's better at shooting us, he got away with cheating on taxes for longer than Ronaldo did. Rinaldo you bitch. Messy has one, two, three, four, five, six golden boots. Count the booties.

While messy did have a high-profile tax case, using it as the metric for football greatness is entirely satirical.
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Take Slip·Aug 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0824-3170
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL will use false positive COVID tests as cover to let star players like Patrick Mahomes play on Sundays

The NFL has muddied the waters enough that we can now safely go into the NFL season just assuming every test that is positive is not actually positive until it's negative. Patrick Mahomes test positive on a Sunday morning... they'll be like, it's a false positive. He's going to play and then two days later be like, well the for positive reading footballs good job NFL

While there were false positive clusters (like the New Jersey lab mentioned), there is no public evidence the NFL systematically faked test results to keep stars on the field.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2020
#PMT-2020-0821-18462
Big CatBig Cat

The Rockets will win the NBA title because the bubble environment eliminates their weaknesses

I've had a thought bubble in my head that I just think the Rockets are going to win the title just so that we can all discount Daryl Morey and James Harden and be like, that's not real... there's no fans behind the back distract[ing]... no strip clubs inside the bubble. That's a bonus for Harden.

The Rockets were eliminated in the second round by the Lakers.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2020
#PMT-2020-0821-18466
Big CatBig Cat

Evanston is the greatest home field advantage at 11:00 AM in sports

I have a long-standing belief that it is truly the greatest Home Advantage in all football... you bet Northwestern 11:00 a.m. because there's teams... who played in bigger crowds than the 11:00 a.m. Northwestern. You catch teams on sleepwalking.

Subjective take about the 'vibe' of Evanston morning games.
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Take Slip·Aug 14, 2020
#PMT-2020-0814-10969
Big CatBig Cat

The Blazers could beat the Lakers in the first round of the NBA playoffs

Although the Blazers. I mean they are I think they are a team that could beat the Lakers first round. No I said could yes.

The Lakers beat the Blazers 4-1 in the first round and went on to win the NBA championship.
Void
#PMT-2020-0812-3457
Billy FootballBilly Football

If you don't like Nickelback, you are a sheeple

Cool throne Nickelback. If you don't like Nickelback your sheeple.

Music preference is entirely subjective.
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Take Slip·Aug 12, 2020
#PMT-2020-0812-3460
Deion SandersDeion Sanders

The Patriots have a better chance of winning with Cam Newton than they did with Tom Brady

I think they have a better shot with Cam than Tom. Well, that's the thing. Holy shit. You think about that?

The Patriots went 7-9 with Cam Newton and missed the playoffs in 2020, while Tom Brady won the Super Bowl with the Buccaneers. This take was historically wrong.
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#PMT-2020-0810-4274
Billy FootballBilly Football

The seeds from China are 'murder gourds' designed to destroy American pumpkins and cancel Halloween

He planted him seeds and a gourd pops out. Personally I think that the gourd was... going to try to harm American gourds with some sort of disease or murder gourds. And guess what's a very American gourd? Pumpkin... trying to cancel Halloween exactly. Wow, and guess what? That's Because no pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. Oh my gosh trickle down. Christmas gets ruined.

The seeds were later identified by the USDA as mostly common garden plants like mint, rosemary, and hibiscus, part of a 'brushing' scam, not a biological war on pumpkins.
Void
#PMT-2020-0807-17892
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Wilson isn't a scumbag; he's just misunderstood and people are afraid to look him in the eye

My fire Fest of the week is I have to come up with new reasons and new ways to defend Tom Wilson. No, he's not scumbag... I need a workshop a few ways. People are saying that Tom Wilson's running into people's backs... I don't think that that's the case at all. The best I could come up with at this point is that people afraid of Tom Wilson they're afraid to make eye contact with him.

The take is satirical and about personal bias.
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Take Slip·Aug 5, 2020
#PMT-2020-0805-16794
Big CatBig Cat

The NCAA should run the March Madness tournament in a bubble right now

Why aren't we just doing the NCAA tournament right now? Like if someone... go, yeah. Hey, whoever wants to win the presidential election just pay for it. Like that would be pretty good. How about him in a bubble? And let's just do the NCAA tournament.

They never did this; college sports returned on a more traditional schedule later that fall.
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#PMT-2020-0805-16796
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Gardner Minshew is effectively the vaccine for COVID-19

My hot seat is the coronavirus. That's right. It's back on the hot seat because we've discovered a vaccine. And that's just being Gardner Minshew. Yeah. So Gardner Minshew tested positive and he said that the virus took one look at him and turn the other way.

Hot TakeLifeHotSarcastic
Literally incorrect, as Minshew is not a medical vaccine.
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#PMT-2020-0805-16797
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Rock buying the XFL is a staged WWE-style feud with Vince McMahon

I think that this is work. I think that I think that this is WWE. A situation where the rock but McMahon's baby from underneath them. And now it's going to be like a WWE style Feud which is what the XFL should be in the first place.

The Rock did buy the league, but it wasn't a scripted WWE feud; it was a standard bankruptcy auction purchase, and the league later merged with the USFL.
Void
#PMT-2020-0805-16801
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Reading a Twitter fight between Clay Travis and Darren Rovell is worse than a 20-year prison sentence

If you're like, hey, you have to go to prison for the next 20 years or you have to spend the next two days reading their [Clay Travis and Darren Rovell] back and forth. I choose prison. Yeah, it's like the most popular nerd verse the least popular not nerd.

Clearly hyperbolic and subjective.
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#PMT-2020-0803-3023
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers would rather play for Mike McCarthy in Dallas right now

Aaron Rodgers right now... he would rather I think play for Mike McCarthy right now than Matt LaFleur. Yes who can say what you want about Mike McCarthy, but he never acquired a good quarterback to play behind them... Rodgers always good in Jerry world. So maybe he goes down to Dallas.

Rodgers never played for McCarthy in Dallas; he eventually went to the Jets to play for Robert Saleh and Nathaniel Hackett.
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Take Slip·Jul 31, 2020
#PMT-2020-0731-8105
Big CatBig Cat

The 2020 NBA season only counts if LeBron James wins it

I think the Pelicans are going to win. I think the Clippers are going to win lock it up noted does the season count? Yeah, not as LeBron wins, correct good answer.

LeBron James and the Lakers did win the 2020 NBA Championship, which by Big Cat's sarcastic logic, made it count.
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Take Slip·Jul 29, 2020
#PMT-2020-0729-7447
Big CatBig Cat

Bill Belichick is stashing impact players on a shadow team via COVID opt-outs

I think that the patrons might be putting together like a shadow team. Just getting through camp and he's got all these guys that he knows wants to be impact starters. He's like, they're gonna be my shadow team. They're going to stay healthy and then I'm going to bring him in before the season starts.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
The Patriots had the most opt-outs in the NFL in 2020 (8 players), but there was no evidence of a 'shadow team' strategy; the team finished 7-9.
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Take Slip·Jul 29, 2020·Picks
#PMT-2020-0729-7457
Billy FootballBilly Football

Viagra is an effective pre-workout supplement for getting a pump

And sildenafil is for a pump. It just gets your veins... sildenafil is the active ingredient Viagra, but it's sick for pump.

Sildenafil is a vasodilator, and some bodybuilders do use it to increase blood flow (a 'pump'), though it is not a standard or medically recommended pre-workout.
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Take Slip·Jul 29, 2020·Picks
#PMT-2020-0729-7458
Billy FootballBilly Football

Aliens come from the center of the Earth, not outer space

Honestly, there's aliens of courting the government but I don't think the aliens come from outer space. I actually think that they come from within the center of the Earth... they are beings at the center of the earth that are coming to the surface.

This is a non-verifiable conspiracy theory.
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Take Slip·Jul 27, 2020
#PMT-2020-0727-12628
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Adam Silver should put a strip club inside the NBA bubble

I blame Adam Silver because Adam Silver should have a strip club inside the bubble. There should be a strip club. Yes. These are these are NBA players with needs and that among these are casual lap dances and Delicious lemon pepper barbecue wings.

Hot TakeBasketballHotSarcastic
Adam Silver obviously did not do this. It's a satirical suggestion.
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#PMT-2020-0727-12631
Big CatBig Cat

I'm unloading on Mitchell Trubisky whenever the game temperature is exactly 66 degrees

Mr. Trubisky has by far the highest quarterback rating in the NFL when it's exactly 66 degrees... I'm absolutely going to open up my weather app every single Sunday morning. And if it's 66, I'm unloading on Mitchell Trubisky.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Trubisky was benched for Nick Foles early in the 2020 season, and 'Mitch Weather' did not save his Bears career.
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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0724-8730
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I would be more concerned about the COVID-19 response if Dr. Fauci threw a 90mph strike

It would actually be concerning to me if Dr. Fauci went out there and grooved one like 90 miles an hour right down the pipe. That would be like, I don't know if I want this guy leading my response to infectious disease.

The take is satirical and connects baseball skills to medical expertise.
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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0724-8737
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Christian Pulisic is wasting his talent overseas and should play in the MLS to grow the game

I'm squatting on a take right now and that is getting mad at Christian Pulisic for not playing in the MLS. If he truly cared about American soccer, he would be over here... more people are becoming Chelsea fans than they are Charlotte FC.

Hot TakeSoccerScorchingSarcastic
Pulisic continued to play in Europe (Chelsea, then AC Milan) to maintain a high level of competition, which is widely considered the better path for his development.
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