Takes

Lamar Jackson will win a championship in the next three years

Lamar Jackson's gonna win the championship if he can still win between now and the next three years.

The Ravens will win the Super Bowl this year

The team that's gonna win the Super Bowl this year will probably be Baltimore Ravens.

The Washington Commanders secondary will surprise everyone this season

I think the Washington Commanders secondary is gonna surprise everyone.

I cannot run a 5K in under 33 minutes

I'm not gonna be able to run under 33 minutes. I'm not gonna be able to do that and I can't do that. Physically... I'm going to end up, I'm gonna get an injury. Like my back is gonna, is gonna come out.

Will McDonald will win NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

The Hard Knocks effect is in full swing on me for Will McDonald. Defensive Rookie of the Year. ... The defense is gonna be a problem.

Ezekiel Elliott will score two touchdowns against the Cowboys in Week 4

Jake, September 30th. Reminder bet. Ezekiel Elliott. ... Bet Ezekiel Elliott. Two touchdowns on that Sunday's game. It's the Patriots versus Cowboys. You know, Bill Belichick will do that for you. He absolutely will try to stick it to him.

The Chargers should be faded in Week 1 because they didn't play starters in the preseason

Please put a note in the file to fade the Chargers Week 1... They're playing the Dolphins. They're not playing any starters. They're not playing any offensive starters. When Julian Edelman taught us this lesson, it's you need to play offensive starters. At least a few snaps... They're out. They're getting faded. Hard.

USC is 100% back and will make the College Football Playoff

SCS back, so. ... A hundred percent. College football playoffs. That's the standard. ... We're in it right now.

The Bears are coming to get everyone in the NFL this year

My son, who's four ... keeps saying that the bears are coming to get him. I feel like that's a good thing for the bears season. ... The monsters of the midway are back.

Nathaniel Hackett is future NFL head coach material

I think he's future head coach material. Just the way that you, it's, it tells you a lot the way that you can get along with a star quarterback if you have that trust that guy's a rising star... Once he gets that under his Belt, I think he's gonna, he's gonna turn some heads.

I will bet the Eagles to win the Super Bowl for the rest of my life

I think I will probably have to bet the Eagles to win the Super Bowl for the rest of my life chasing that 22 to one. Because if they win it this year and I don't have a bet, I will be so, so upset. ... until the Eagles win their next Super Bowl, I have a future on them.

The Buccaneers' depth chart 'OR' listing is bad news for Baker Mayfield

My Hot Seat is the Bucks. ... At the quarterback position they have Baker Mayfield or Kyle Trask listed as QB One. ... I feel like this is bad news for Baker. 'cause most people assume that Bake was gonna be QB one, right? ... This is telling me that Baker, they want Baker to be the QB one, but he's stunk in training camp, so they're like, well we can't demote him yet, so we'll just make it an or.

Matt Olson is a future Hall of Famer

I now welcome on a very special guest in person. It is Atlanta Braves Allstar... I'll say this too. Future Hall of Famer Matt Olson.

Trevor Lawrence will win the NFL MVP this year

I think he's gonna, I'm gonna put a lot of money on him winning the MVP. God, yeah. 'cause the odds have gotta be insane. Right. And he's so good. And now having Calvin Ridley... The Jags might have across the board the best skill positions.

Jalen Phillips will be one of the top pass rushers in the NFL

I think Jalen Phillips for the Miami Dolphins is a really good pass rusher. It's just a matter of time before he blows up. He has all the tools... I think over time he'd become one of the top pass rushers in the league.

Buffalo is my last stop in the NFL

If I leave the Buffalo Bills, I'm done. If Brandon Beane trades me, I'm done. Wherever I get to, I'm done. I'm wrapping them up. This is my last stop... I love this place.

The Browns defense will lead the league in swag this season

A stat that we'll have to keep our eye on this upcoming season. Jim Schwartz from the Browns said that their defense may not lead the league in points against, but they will lead it in swag. Okay. So we're gonna have to keep a running tally on whether or not the Browns are actually leading the league in swag.

There is a 0% chance they successfully fly an orca in a cargo plane

I can't, there's, I I just, I know you guys are just fucking with me, but [there's] no way. 0%. 0% [chance this happens].

Amon-Ra St. Brown is going to have a huge year in 2023

I just got done throwing with St. Brown out in LA and seeing his progression this off-season. I'm like, that kid's gonna have a big year.

The Mets will be World Series Champions in 2026

The team is not going to be pursuing free agents this off season or assembled team that can compete for World Series next year... 24 is looking to be more of a kind of transitory year... Definitely Mets all in '26. Remember this Uncle Stevie on this, on this podcast with the first report, Mets World Series Champions 2026.

Steve Cohen will buy Shohei Ohtani this offseason

He's gonna buy some people. Let's get [Ohtani]. Even though He is not a free agent.

C.J. Stroud will have a better rookie year than Bryce Young

There were a lot of people out there who are in Bryce's that were coming at me and saying like, Bryce is not worse than [Stroud]. I think Stroud's gonna have a better rookie year. That's all I'm saying.

College football is headed for a Big Two conference structure

Geographics do not matter in college football anymore. We're headed for the big, big two. Maybe big three... I don't know why we don't just do, we should just do NFL model and just have divisions... The big, the big 10 and the s e c of the conferences.

Davante Adams will be traded to the Jets at the deadline

Aaron Rogers took a $35 million pay cut. Right. Davante Adams... I'm very happy with the contract. I feel great about it on his contract. So hypothetically at the trade deadline, something were to happen. Like we have super teams now.

Jonathan Taylor will eventually play for the Colts this season

Taylor demanded a trade afterwards and then the Colts now have him on a technicality basically saying, you better actually play for us. We're not gonna trade you ball's in your court right now. He will [Big Cat: play] Yes. I think he will come and play.

The Texans offense will be much better than people think this year

He's [John Metchie] back in training camp. He looks awesome. ... I'm just saying, I think, I think the Texans on offense this year are gonna be way better than we think. I like Stroud. How do you do that? I'm a Stroud boy.

The Ravens will win the Super Bowl

I see a play like that. I'm like, Raven Super Bowl. Yes I have. I have the Ravens for the Super Bowl. I've bought into the hype. It won't burn me at all.

Within the next 10 years there will be one massive college conference for top teams

What basically we're heading for right now is there's going to be one big conference at some point. And so we're readjusting the deck chairs on the Titanic... the reality is, within the next 10 years, I bet there's gonna be one conference that has the top teams in it.

The Jaguars are a sexy pick to win the AFC South and challenge the conference elite

Doug Peterson [is my pick]. I think he did a tremendous job in year one with the Jaguars. And I think they're gonna be a very sexy pick to maybe make some noise in the AFC. I think outside of the big three—the Bills, Chiefs, and Bengals—I think they're gonna be knocking out that door.

The massive Jalen Brown and Jayson Tatum contracts will look like great deals in five years

When [Jalen Brown] is making $68 million in four years, it still will be a lot of money. But if we have two or three rings, it's worth it. In five or 10 years, when Jalen Brown and Jayson Tatum are only 30, it's gonna look like two great deals because the cap is going up.

Georgia will lose one game this season but still win the National Championship

Kirby [Smart] will have 'em ready to play, but there's no telling. My prediction is, I think they'll drop one, but they'll end up carrying the torch at the end of the year.

I'm officially off the Rory McIlroy train

I'm off Rory officially. Okay. All right. Well it's, I'm officially off Rory now. It's gonna be 10 years going into the next season, right? Yeah. It's been 10 years. He'll never win a major Championship.

I will likely never broadcast national baseball again

The National Baseball stuff, I don't see how that ever comes around again. Like I said, it just, you're gone, you're done. You're, it's, it's beyond, I, I think doing, and I, I got, you know, this got headlines click bait crap in the New York Post... but I don't see it anytime soon.

Jordan Love is going to stink

He's gonna stink. So I I gotta warn you, Joe, I have, I, I'm moving into a new house soon and I have a bigger tv, So I am going to make the greatest big head Joe Buck pictures I've ever made.

If a player has a baby during an NFL week, they are guaranteed a touchdown

If a player has a baby during the week, if they become a dad during the week, if they're an offensive skill position player, they always get a touchdown. If it's a backup tight end, if it's like a, a number three wide receiver, just know that going into Monday at football, if they become a father that week, they're getting a fucking touchdown.

The Vikings' current O'Connell and Flores regime is capable of winning a Super Bowl

I feel like O'Connell's got the goods, our head coach. Flores, I think, I feel like this is, this is the regime that could do it [win a Super Bowl].

Brooks Koepka at 18-to-1 is the best value to win the Open Championship

I like Brooks [Koepka] a lot this week. Whenever we go into these majors, he's right there with the top three or four guys... except he's whatever, 18 to one. And you've got Rory... at plus six 50. I'm taking Brooks Koepka, I watched his presser, he seemed incredibly confident.

Rory McIlroy will not win a major in a 10-year span

It's now 10 years since this guy won a major Championship... at some point he's gonna win one of these, he's gonna stumble. I am rooting against Rory McIlroy because if he loses this, that's now 10 years since this guy won a major Championship, which is wild.

Rory McIlroy will miss the cut at the Open Championship

I have a hot take. I think he's going to miss the cut. Yeah, I think everything, because the last time they played here [Royal Liverpool] was the last time he won a major... it's almost too much of a storybook ending and I think he's just going to come out and blow up.

There is a 25% chance Dan Snyder does not sell the Commanders

I'm realizing that there's probably like a 25% possibility that he does stick around for the rest of my life. Owns the team... and I'll probably die before he does.

Charlie Woods will start his own professional golf league

Tiger Woods' father Charlie is gonna start his own golf league. A professional golf league. Outside. That's why he has him a commenting.

Villanova will lose in the National Championship game this year

Villanova's gonna lose the national championship this year. I was going to say Final Four and then I knew what your joke was going to be. So I said it first.

The AWLs will tune into the PLL tonight

The AWLs will tune into the PLL tonight. ESPN Plus. Calling the Waterdogs game tonight.

The Ravens will win the Super Bowl

I had two [takes]. One is that the Ravens are gonna win the Super Bowl. I just feel it. I don't know why. I think Lamar Jackson's have a great year.

Dan Snyder will rebuy the Washington Commanders

My other one is Dan Snyder's gonna rebuy the Washington Commanders. Wouldn't that be the funniest thing ever? There's no chance that happens.

Mohammed bin Salman will buy the LPGA and ban drivers for women

I'm just gonna say that Mohammed bin Salman is gonna buy the LPGA and the women aren't gonna be allowed to use drivers anymore.

I am officially 'back in' on Sam Darnold

I'm back in on Sam Darnold. I think you're back. 100%. ... Sam Darnold's back. Put it, I I said it. Big Cat Big Cat said it.

Hank will likely catch a stray and be put in a dangerous situation before the D&D session ends.

I think somebody pro, if I, if I were to guess, because there's always gonna be a little bit of blood lust about somebody wanted to kill Hank very much... I think Hank might have caught a stray. Maybe we put Hank in a dangerous situation after I left.

One teenage hippo can successfully take on three or four ghouls in combat.

I think one hippo can take three GULs or four... I think that's a solid matchup.

James Harden will start the season on the Sixers and get traded around Christmas

I think it's gonna be a Kevin Durant kind of situation where he might get traded later in the season. But I don't think anyone's gonna offer what Daryl Morey wants for this year for the Sixers... I think eventually Morey's gonna get something out of it, but I think it's gonna probably be in like, by like around Christmas time.