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Take Slip·Dec 26, 2019
#PMT-2019-1226-7591
Big CatBig Cat

The Cowboys are an absolute joke and worse than a fraud

The Cowboys are a joke. They are an absolute joke... Worse than a fraud. Because a fraud would imply that they are good but fraudulent. A joke, I don't even want to fucking spend time with them.

The 2019 Cowboys finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs despite having the #1 offense in yards per game.
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Take Slip·Dec 26, 2019
#PMT-2019-1226-7598
Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

Golf takes too long and should be reduced to 14 or 15 holes

Nobody wants to spend five and a half hours out there... Literally, I would just make it like 15 holes, 14 holes. Because then you get to go in the 19th hole a little bit quicker.

This is a matter of opinion regarding the format of the sport.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 26, 2019
#PMT-2019-1226-7600
Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

No matter how smart you think you are at 20 years old, you are actually an idiot

No matter how smart you think you are, you're an idiot... This is why everyone older than you hates you, because they all went through the exact same thing where it's like I got everything figured out, and then you just realize you don't. And it doesn't mean you're not smart. It doesn't mean you're not creative... [but] you can't have any of this perspective that you're going to need.

This is a subjective take on personal growth and developmental maturity.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 26, 2019
#PMT-2019-1226-7603
Jon RothsteinJon Rothstein

A VCU home game is more life-altering than a 10-day trip to Europe

Yeah, but you haven't been to a home game at the Siegel Center [VCU]. And I was like, this was peak Shaka [Smart]. This was Travion Graham, Briante Weber. Like, you want to do push-ups on picket fences when they put the press on. So this was kind of my subtle way after we broke up to kind of, like, send, you know, a shot across the bow.

Completely subjective evaluation of life experiences.
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Take Slip·Dec 23, 2019
#PMT-2019-1223-20151
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Rams should trade Aaron Donald to recoup draft picks

The Rams... essentially the gist of it was nothing is off the table here and even possibly trading Aaron Donald would be... because they don't have picks. They don't have picks in the next two drafts. So now they might have to pay back some of that all in to get some draft capital... It'd be crazy if they did that, but they would also get a lot back for it.

The Rams did not trade Aaron Donald; he remained with the team until his retirement in 2024.
Win
#PMT-2019-1223-20157
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The movie Cats will release a new version next week to exploit its own failure

I'm a little bit woke because it is getting people talking about the movie Cats... what they're doing is they're taking the movie back. They're re-editing certain scenes and sending an entirely new version out next week. So now the people that already saw it are going to want to go back and see it again.

Universal did actually notify theaters that an updated version of the film with 'improved visual effects' was being sent out while it was already in release.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 20, 2019
#PMT-2019-1220-8829
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Blake Bortles was the glue that held the Jaguars together

One must ask was Blake Bortles the glue that held the Jaguars together? Oh for sure. I mean, that's that's why I ran. Wanted to go to LA.

The Jaguars' culture did indeed collapse after 2017, though attributing it solely to Bortles is a comedic exaggeration.
Void
#PMT-2019-1218-8168
Big CatBig Cat

Jim Boylen is the worst coach in the history of basketball

Yeah, he is the worst coach in the NBA. He might be the worst coach in the history of basketball... He called a timeout with 33 seconds left in the third quarter to stop the run... there is a timeout that's naturally [between quarters]... He's such a fucking idiot.

Boylen's .317 winning percentage with the Bulls is among the worst in franchise history for a non-interim coach, but 'worst in history' is subjective hyperbole.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 18, 2019·PR 101
#PMT-2019-1218-8173
Big CatBig Cat

I will fight anyone who is genuinely mad about John Rothstein's texts

If you have a problem with John Rothstein texting good luck and most of the time getting left just completely ignored by the coach, come fight us. I will actually punch somebody... open invite to anyone who is mad about this genuinely mad. If you have to actually be mad, we will fight you.

The outcome depends on if anyone actually took him up on the fight (they didn't).
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Take Slip·Dec 16, 2019
#PMT-2019-1216-6967
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers sucks now

I think Aaron Rodgers sucks. I think Aaron Rodgers sucks now. Aaron Rodgers looks like... a shell of himself... By Aaron Rodgers saying we're going to win ugly, he's getting out in front of the story so no one is drawing attention to the fact that he sucks now.

Rodgers won the NFL MVP award in both the 2020 and 2021 seasons immediately following this take.
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Take Slip·Dec 16, 2019
#PMT-2019-1216-6973
Big CatBig Cat

Zion Williamson is a Duke bust

Might be out for the whole year. Jesus Christ, dude. Bust. Fucking bust. Another Duke bust.

Zion Williamson became a multi-time All-Star. While injuries have hampered his career, calling him a 'bust' is factually incorrect based on performance.
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Take Slip·Dec 13, 2019
#PMT-2019-1213-17879
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lamar Jackson should sit out for three years to get a big contract

Should Lamar Jackson sit out the next three years of his career so he can get that big contract? No, we're going to NCAA if we're gonna bowl gamify. That's also NBA-ify three seasons of the NFL's Anthony Davis being like 'I want to be traded now' even though I still have [time] playing under contract.

Lamar Jackson did not sit out; he played through his rookie contract and eventually signed a massive extension in 2023.
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Take Slip·Dec 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-1211-16913
Big CatBig Cat

Bill Belichick intentionally created the Bengals filming controversy as a rallying cry

[Bill Belichick] thinks that this was specifically ordered by Bill Belichick to have it become a controversy so that he can then reverse it and use it as a rallying cry to fix the Patriots' problems. he thinks this was specifically ordered by Bill Belichick to have it become a controversy so that he can then reverse it and use it as a rallying cry to fix the Patriots' problems.

While a popular conspiracy theory among PMT fans, there is no evidence Belichick intentionally sabotaged the team's reputation for motivation. The Patriots did eventually lose in the Wild Card round.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 6, 2019
#PMT-2019-1206-16969
Tom FornelliTom Fornelli

ACC is the worst conference ever and Clemson will make the playoff even if they lose

The ACC is the worst conference ever and yeah, Clemson makes the playoff if they lose, for sure. Clemson's biggest opponent will be boredom because the rest of the ACC sucks.

Clemson won the ACC and made the playoff. The claim that they would make it even with a loss is a hypothetical but reflects their dominance.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 4, 2019
#PMT-2019-1204-14889
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The decline in high school bullying is making kickers mentally weak

I actually think that the decline in bullying is making high school kickers more mentally weak... They're not able to be bullied at a young age. Nature would say if you're a kicker, you should get bullied a little bit in high school. You should start to weather that storm that way when you get to the NFL where you're getting death threats by strangers online, it's not affecting you as much because you got shoved in a locker when you were in ninth grade.

This is a satirical sociological take that cannot be objectively verified.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 2, 2019
#PMT-2019-1202-613
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL should revoke the home playoff game for the winner of the NFC East.

Take away a playoff game. Take away the home playoff game from the team that wins the NFC East. They don't deserve it.

This is a policy recommendation based on an opinion; it did not happen.
Void
Take Slip·Dec 2, 2019
#PMT-2019-1202-616
Big CatBig Cat

Nick Foles is an average-to-below-average quarterback who stinks despite his Super Bowl win.

If you took out his 27 touchdown, two interception year, he's played 44 games. He's had 44 touchdowns and 32 interceptions. He stinks. ... He is completely average to below average at his profession, but he has reached moments where he has been exceptional.

Nick Foles' career has been famously inconsistent, with elite stretches followed by benchings.
Void
#PMT-2019-1202-619
Big CatBig Cat

Michigan football is a myth that is not on the same level as Ohio State or Alabama.

I'm actually kind of agree just because the Michigan myth is one of the greatest myths going in all of college sports. They have won half a national title in the last 60 years. And they make you think that they matter and that they're on the level of Alabama and USC and Ohio State and Clemson even now. ... realistic Michigan fans probably were like... We aren't going to get better.

Michigan eventually broke through and won a national championship in 2023, though they struggled significantly for the duration of 2015-2020.
Win
Take Slip·Nov 25, 2019
#PMT-2019-1125-3587
Big CatBig Cat

Pat Shurmur should be fired for making Mitch Trubisky look like an average quarterback

Pat Shurmur you should be fired if you make Mitch look competent... Pat Shurmur should lose his job for making Mitch look average.

Pat Shurmur was indeed fired by the Giants at the end of the 2019 season.
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Take Slip·Nov 25, 2019
#PMT-2019-1125-3594
Big CatBig Cat

Elon Musk is just a front for Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk is just a front for Jeff Bezos because his Cybertruck was one of the funniest things I've ever seen... when people talk about Elon Musk doing stupid shit, they forget about Jeff Bezos.

This is a satirical conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
Win
Take Slip·Nov 22, 2019
#PMT-2019-1122-15717
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL is actually punishing the Steelers by not suspending Mason Rudolph

I actually think that the punishment for the Steelers is not punishing Mason... the league punished the Steelers by not suspending Mason Rudolph. Exactly. Yes. Duck [Hodges] [is] okay.

Mason Rudolph was benched for Duck Hodges in the middle of the very next game (Week 12 against the Bengals) after playing poorly, confirming the sentiment.
Win
Take Slip·Nov 22, 2019·Picks
#PMT-2019-1122-15721
Big CatBig Cat

The Packers are frauds and their defense is a fraud

I convinced myself the Packers are frauds every single week until they win the Super Bowl and then I cry in a puddle... I think their defense is a fraud.

The 49ers dominated the Packers 37-8 that weekend, supporting the 'fraud' narrative for that specific game.
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Take Slip·Nov 22, 2019·Picks
#PMT-2019-1122-15724
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Jets +3 against the Raiders is the start of a run to the playoffs

My Underdog is the Jets... Jets plus 3 the run the table. Yeah, they're good. We're in the middle the early stages the table runner. Yes, but I think that they could handle the business at home.

The Jets beat the Raiders 34-3, but they did not 'run the table.' They lost to the winless Bengals the following week and finished the season 7-9, missing the playoffs.
Void
Take Slip·Nov 22, 2019
#PMT-2019-1122-15723
Big CatBig Cat

Ben Simmons made his first career three-pointer too early

I actually think that he did it too early... Because it was such a big moment. He should have waited till like year 10 looks like your virginity you get it out of the way. Yeah over quickly than you do it a million more times.

This is an inherently subjective comedic take about the timing of a career milestone.
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#PMT-2019-1120-3504
Big CatBig Cat

Luka Doncic is the best player of all time

Is Luka Doncic the best player of all time? Yes. I think so. I think he's going to be—he's really good. Of all time. He's crazy. 42 point triple double.

Luka is a generational talent, but calling him the GOAT after one season is hyperbolic and currently incorrect.
Push
Take Slip·Nov 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-1111-5536
Big CatBig Cat

The Packers' defense is 'fraud city'

The Packers' defense stinks. That defense is fraud city... I don't think that team's getting a big stop when they need it at the end of — in a big, important game.

The Packers defense was ranked 15th in points allowed but got blown out 37-20 by the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
Void
Take Slip·Nov 6, 2019
#PMT-2019-1106-14114
Big CatBig Cat

Daniel Jones needs a vice like smoking or video poker to improve his play

I think Daniel Jones biggest problem is I don't think he has a vice. I think he needs to maybe be a smoker or I don't know like video poker or something a gamer. Because it just feels like he's a little too plain. His vice is literally just throwing interceptions. So you need to shift that vice to something else.

This is a humorous character analysis that cannot be proven or disproven, though Jones has remained notoriously 'plain' in his public persona.
Void
#PMT-2019-1106-14119
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Imagine Dragons music should be in the public domain

I think if it's Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons should just be in the public domain there should not be the other attack. They got to protect their art like what those guys make beautiful beautiful art Imagine Dragons The Beatles Mozart and happy birthday.

This is a satirical suggestion and not a legal reality.
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Take Slip·Nov 6, 2019
#PMT-2019-1106-14121
Big CatBig Cat

Coach K is not as good a head coach as Roy Williams

I think that Coach K is not as good a head coach as coach Williams has interesting. I think if you look at what Coach K's tenure at Duke... While Roy Williams has been at UNC by any measurement. You can say that Roy Williams has been more successful.

During the period from Roy Williams' arrival at UNC in 2003 until their retirements, Williams won 3 titles (2005, 2009, 2017) while Coach K won 2 (2010, 2015). This supports Big Cat's 'success' metric.
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Take Slip·Nov 6, 2019
#PMT-2019-1106-14122
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Izzo is overrated because he hasn't won a title since 2000

Tom Izzo is overrated. That's because he's other... He just hasn't won the big one. This is coasting. He's coasting.

Izzo is a Hall of Famer with 8 Final Fours, but his only title remains in 2000. Fans who prioritize championships might agree, but most analysts consider him elite.
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Take Slip·Nov 4, 2019
#PMT-2019-1104-10540
Big CatBig Cat

The Jets should draft Tua Tagovailoa and move on from Sam Darnold

If the Jets were somehow to get the first pick, do they take Tua? I think you would. I think you'd take Tua. Sam Darnold doesn't look like a quarterback anymore... You gotta get star power, you gotta get that name that pops in the Big Apple.

The Jets did eventually move on from Darnold, but not for Tua. They drafted Zach Wilson in 2021. Tua went to the Dolphins.
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Take Slip·Nov 4, 2019
#PMT-2019-1104-10543
Big CatBig Cat

Jameis Winston is a future Hall of Famer

I'm a Jameis believer now. I think Jameis is going to be a Hall of Fame quarterback. He has all the makings for it. He has a bunch of advanced statistics... Jameis Winston is the unluckiest quarterback of all time. He commits turnovers at the worst possible times just out of pure luck.

Jameis Winston's 30/30 season (30 TDs, 30 INTs) in 2019 led to him being a backup for years. He is nowhere near the Hall of Fame.
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#PMT-2019-1101-4791
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Washington Redskins are more likely to win a World Series than a Super Bowl in the next five years

I said earlier today that I think the Redskins are more likely to win a World Series than they are Super Bowl in the next five years. Yeah, I'd agree. I'd agree just just by like a random shit show of occurrences that somehow become a major league team.

As of 2024, the team (now the Commanders) has won zero Super Bowls and obviously zero World Series, making this a hilarious incorrect but satirical take.
Win
Take Slip·Oct 30, 2019
#PMT-2019-1030-12013
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Justin Verlander can't win a World Series game and isn't clutch

Verlander can't win a game of the World Series which is kind of bullshit narrative... but that's not going to get in between me and we're hot takes. We are a Jose Jose has his own sick. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Right. I'm a results-based gato and six that I'd actually keep metal Hall of Fame me too agreed not clutch.

Hot TakeBaseballHotSarcastic
At the time, Verlander was 0-6 in World Series starts. He didn't get his first WS win until 2022.
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Take Slip·Oct 30, 2019
#PMT-2019-1030-12017
Dog the Bounty HunterDog the Bounty Hunter

We should use truth serum to find out if Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey are guilty

You just look at the [Steven Avery] case... just give them truth serum and will fucking find out in two seconds if they were murder... There is sodium pentothal. Sodium Pentothal, yeah. Yes methamphetamine. Okay a combination. Yeah combination and a cigarette... and you can find out where the bodies are. Did they really do it?

Void
Take Slip·Oct 30, 2019
#PMT-2019-1030-12018
Dog the Bounty HunterDog the Bounty Hunter

I could fight my way out of this room right now and beat everyone up

[Big Cat]: Could you fight your way out of this room right now? [Dog]: Oh, yeah all of us on you - well you think David would be there too. [Big Cat]: So he take David out. He's he goes out of the room and he's like dog they're going to fight for their life to keep you in this room. [Dog]: Well you get out. When do you get an a gang like that? And you get somebody jumps you you take one of them and It could don't quit beatin him and you just because you're going to you're getting it from the side in the back of you is keep hitting the one right there.

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Take Slip·Oct 28, 2019
#PMT-2019-1028-4379
HankHank

The 2019 Patriots defense is the best of all time

The Patriots defense is going to be regarded as the best defense of all time. Not even '86 Bears defense... They're already forgotten about.

The 2019 Patriots are not widely considered the best ever, especially after losing in the Wild Card round.
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Take Slip·Oct 28, 2019
#PMT-2019-1028-4376
Big CatBig Cat

Matt Nagy is just an arrogant, cocky version of Marc Trestman

Matt Nagy is just an arrogant cocky Marc Trestman. That's what he is. He's a guy who thinks that he's smarter than he is and has over thought pretty much every big situation... the guy this year, he stinks.

While subjective, the consensus among Bears fans eventually mirrored this as Nagy was fired in 2021 after failing to evolve the offense.
Win
Take Slip·Oct 25, 2019
#PMT-2019-1025-2523
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You don't need a bullpen in baseball; you can just use starting pitchers

I also think it'd be hilarious if the Nationals somehow stumbled their way in ass backwards to figuring out that you don't actually need a bullpen in baseball. You can just put your starting pitchers in to be your bullpen the entire time. And you don't actually need three days rest or four days rest.

The 2019 Nationals effectively used Corbin and Scherzer in relief to win the World Series.
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#PMT-2019-1025-2534
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady could return to the 49ers just to 'cuck' Jimmy Garoppolo again

I was going to say how funny it would be if he just went to San Francisco and was like, I want to finish my hometown team. Jimmy, you're out. Just cucks Jimmy again.

Brady never signed with the 49ers.
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Take Slip·Oct 21, 2019
#PMT-2019-1021-4455
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Falcons are the worst team in the NFL

Are the Falcons maybe the worst team in the NFL? See they still have that lingering sense of they were winning in the Super Bowl a couple years ago... but they are really, really bad. Their defense is one of the worst I've ever seen.

The Falcons finished 7-9. While they were bad early, the Bengals (2-14) and Dolphins (5-11) were statistically worse.
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#PMT-2019-1018-19063
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Judge is too tall to be a consistent hitter

My hot take [is] that Aaron Judge is too tall... Altuve would be basically at his tits and [Judge] can't like get his body down that low... the strike zone is much bigger. It's a fact that the strike zone is bigger.

While Judge has a massive strike zone, he won MVP in 2022 and has been one of the best hitters in baseball, making 'too tall' factually debatable as a liability.
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Take Slip·Oct 16, 2019
#PMT-2019-1016-741
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryce Harper should get a World Series ring if the Nationals win one

Bryce Harper should get a World Series ring if we win one. He got this whole thing started. He said, 'I'm here to bring a title back to D.C.' Bryce Harper, we're doing it for you.

Hot TakeBaseballHotSarcastic
Harper did not receive a ring, nor would he realistically be eligible, as he was on a different team.
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Take Slip·Oct 14, 2019
#PMT-2019-1014-17742
Big CatBig Cat

The Kansas City Chiefs are a soft football team

I'm going to say it again. I did say it last week that the S word, I'll say it. They're soft... When you can just go into a team's home environment... and run the ball like the Colts did and like the Texans did, you get the soft tag for me.

The Chiefs went on to win Super Bowl LIV that same season, proving their defense was good enough to complement their elite offense.
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Take Slip·Oct 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-1011-2978
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Clayton Kershaw should embrace Satan to fix his playoff struggles

There's only one more thing for [Clayton Kershaw] to do to try to turn this around and that's go completely satanic. Flip the script. Embrace Satan. Become goth Clayton Kershaw. Cornrows... mascara... black lipstick. Just like flip the script on God entirely. See if Satan will give you a hand.

Kershaw did not, in fact, become a goth or embrace Satanism to improve his pitching.
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#PMT-2019-1009-12929
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Zion Williamson won't be an explosive dunker anymore because he measured at 6'6"

Zion's on the hot seat because I don't think he's going to be able to be an explosive dunker anymore now that he measured in at 6'6".

Zion Williamson remained one of the most explosive dunkers in NBA history despite being 6'6".
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Take Slip·Oct 9, 2019
#PMT-2019-1009-12935
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I don't trust anyone who marries someone they went to college with

First of all, right off the bat, I don't really trust anybody that gets married to somebody that they went to college with.

This is a subjective character judgment.
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Take Slip·Oct 7, 2019
#PMT-2019-1007-10458
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Chiefs are a regular season team that will get bullied in the playoffs

It's kind of like the old Peyton Manning Colts teams who would put up, you know, insane stats in the regular season and then get bullied in the in the postseason.

The Chiefs won the Super Bowl later this season, proving they were not just a regular-season finesse team.
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Take Slip·Oct 7, 2019
#PMT-2019-1007-10459
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lamar Jackson is poised for a big drop-off in the second half of the season

Lamar Jackson stinks talk about him. He stinks again... I think that this is a team that is poised to take a big drop-off in the second half of season. Lamar Jackson to notice. I notice this take he he looked a step slower than he has the first few weeks.

Lamar Jackson won the 2019 MVP unanimously and the Ravens went 14-2.
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Take Slip·Oct 7, 2019
#PMT-2019-1007-10461
Big CatBig Cat

I would trade a first-round pick for Justin Tucker

Honestly the way the Titans are built where its defense and you don't know which Marcus Mariota you're going to get I would trade a first-round pick for Justin Tucker.

This is a valuation claim that hasn't happened, but most GMs would not trade a first-round pick for a kicker.
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