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Nick Sirianni is the most under-respected head coach in the NFL and deserves more credit for his winning percentage.

You gotta respect Nick Sirianni as a head coach. You have to because right now did you know that Nick Sirianni has the highest winning percentage of any coach in the NFL? He's doing an awesome job. And I think it's high time that other podcasts start to recognize that besides just us.

The new Fox score bug for Super Bowl 59 was a war crime and shouldn't have been introduced during the championship game.

Fox bringing out that new score bug for the Super Bowl was a war crime. It was disgusting. It was just insane. Why do networks do that for the Super Bowl? This is something that you need like at least a full year to workshop... I don't know who came up with that, but that guy should be—I don't wanna say fired, but he should be because that was so bad.

Jalen Hurts has surpassed Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen in quarterback rankings.

Jalen Hurts has to be talked about in the same way as the top couple quarterbacks in this league. He surpasses Joe Burrow, he surpasses Lamar Jackson, he surpasses Josh Allen. Not only did he do it, the stats were there to back it up and the hardware is there in the form of an MVP and the Lombardi.

Jalen Hurts is currently the number one quarterback in the NFL.

I think right now [Jalen Hurts] is one. Yeah. Right now he's won. Yeah. Right now he's a Super Bowl MVP. He's won right now. He's number one. Number one right now.

AC/DC should be the next Super Bowl halftime show performer.

I'm gonna agree with our good friend Michael Greer. He has a great idea for the next halftime show. AC DC. AC DC at halftime would fucking rock... just banger after banger.

If the Bears had drafted Patrick Mahomes, he would look as bad as he did in Super Bowl 59 every single game.

I saw an insult tweet tonight that hurt me, but also was very accurate. It said, if you ever wondered what it would look like if the Bears had drafted Patrick Mahomes, [this is what it looks like]. So that was an insult tweet. I think he was just stating the fact that this is what it would look like.

The Mavericks are only making their internal situation worse following the 'worst trade ever' of the Luka and Kyrie era.

It's still crazy that they're somehow making it worse. The worst trade ever. They're making it worse. [Context: discussing Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont's statements about team culture and Luka's work ethic].

The Super Bowl is effectively over if the Eagles give up an early safety

If you start out getting safety and it's two nothing that's game over... Safety would be tough... Two, nothing is absolutely just stop the game Max.

I would want to live to 102 if I owned an NFL team

Unless I own an NFL team, then I do [want to be 102]... Owning an FL team would be sick though. Like, you don't want to die if you're owning an NFL team.

The Lakers are winners of the NBA trade deadline for landing Mark Williams and Luka Doncic

Winner Lakers. Luka also Mark Williams... they did need a big, that feels like a pretty good trade for them... they traded Dalton Knecht and a pick to the Charlotte Hornets, which that was basically a free roll. 'Cause they should have been in the Luka trade.

The Cavaliers are big winners of the trade deadline for acquiring De'Andre Hunter

Winner. I thought the Cavs getting De'Andre Hunter was big. Huge. Cavs are going for it. They needed that.

The Wizards' trade deadline moves are just a plan for active tanking

What the Wizards are doing. They're just, they're moving names around. They're doing stuff with the salary cap that I don't understand, but I know that what they're engaged in is just active tanking... now we've had a plan in place where it's like, get, you have to get really fucking bad.

The Bulls are the big losers of the trade deadline because they are the dumbest organization

The bulls are a big loser because they didn't do anything that they should have done besides trade Zach LaVine... they didn't trade [Nikola] Vucevic. They didn't trade Coby White who seven teams were interested. And it's like, they're just the dumbest organization in [Arturas Karnisovas's] dumbest.

The Knicks should sign Chris Middleton in the buyout market

I want Chris Middleton on the Knicks. Oh. I think he's a perfect wing backup.

The Eagles are the better overall team compared to the Chiefs

I think the Eagles are the better team. I'm so, so afraid of Patrick Mahomes and the history that they're going for. I do think though the Eagles defense is the best unit that he's gonna face in probably yeah. I mean in the playoffs.

Aaron Donald is the best player I ever played against

I think the best player I ever played against was Aaron Donald for sure. Luckily he chose to, you know, be a nightmare for the guard more than he was for the center... but he was a freak for me.

Jordan Mailata might have been the best tackle in the NFL this year

Jordan Mailata this year has been potentially, I mean I think it might have been the most, the best tackle in the NFL this year... both of those guys [Lane Johnson and Mailata] booking in that line have been unbelievable.

Patrick Mahomes is the best of all time in close games

They have a quarterback that is like the best of all time with the game that close. So it's, it's hard to like pick against that. And that's why they keep winning, right?

The Chiefs will win the Super Bowl because Patrick Mahomes is like an 'electric eel' when he runs

I think the Chiefs win because the guy I call, he likes this, the electric eel, that's Mahomes. When he runs he slithers... no one looks at him as his running. 'Cause he's not Lamar... but he doesn't, Josh, he's not... but when the playoffs come, he makes those big plays.

I would watch an NFL player flag football tournament in the off-season

If they do it correctly, it would be like a perfect, like, I wanna say May — just do like a three day tournament with all the players. I would watch that for flag football. If it was the NFL players playing, I would watch that.

Myles Garrett is right to want out of Cleveland to win a Super Bowl

Myles Garrett has requested a trade. Cleveland Browns fans — sucks for them... but also Myles Garrett, he does probably have a few good years left and he wants to win a Super Bowl. He's 29. He's still really fucking good.

The MLB must fire any umpire who shares a gambling account

The MLB had to fire a ref because he was umpire sharing — sorry, umpire. He was sharing a gambling account with another gambler who was gambling on baseball... even if the MLB was like, we don't even care about the whole betting part or the baseball thing, we can't have people employed by us who think it's okay to share a gambling account.

Kendrick Lamar vs Drake is the biggest blowout in subjective art history

That the Kendrick Drake thing turned into — obviously art is entirely in the eye of the beholder... but in this one thing where people can interpret it either any way they see fit, like this is as big of a blowout as you'll ever see. Ever.

Defending the Tush Push: Opponents should stop complaining and just stop it on the field

If you don't like the Tush Push, don't let him get into Tush Push situations or stop it. Keep breaking the rules until the referees threaten you with a touchdown. That's what winners do.

I would root for Carson Wentz to win Super Bowl MVP because it would be the funniest sports story ever

I would root so hard just, and that's even say, but it would be so funny... because then I could be like, well it's not even Patrick Mahomes, he's a system quarterback. [Big Cat]: What if Patrick Mahomes goes out in the first quarter and then Carson Wentz comes in and sprains both his ankles again and still wins? [Hank]: Oh my God. That would get worse. [Max]: Biggest sports story ever.

The 'Underground Talent Railroad' transfer strategy is a genius college football idea

Let's create a network where we're all transparent with each other every fifth year. Each one of us can take its turn having the A team... PIT gets to have the 22 best players between the five programs... I don't hate it. I love it. I actually don't hate it at all. I love it.

Dennis Schroeder's comparison of the NBA trade deadline to modern slavery is absurd given guaranteed contracts

Dennis Schroeder from the Warriors said the trade deadline is like 'modern slavery'... I feel like Dennis Schroeder just figured out how sports work. Here's another thing—if you, I mean in the NBA, you have guaranteed contracts. So unlike a regular job where you can be fired and just not paid, the NBA, even if you get traded, you still get paid.

The 2017 Eagles are still the best team until this current team wins on Sunday

I feel like we may be more talented than last year's Super Bowl. I don't know if this as talented as '17. That's still the best team until, you know, if we win this one, prove otherwise.

Winning is the only statistic that truly matters for an NFL quarterback

Winning is the biggest thing. Like when you at quarterback, I think that's so important. Yeah, you have some turnovers here. Yeah, you have some ups and downs, but eliminating negative plays and winning takes you so far because... I had the best four weeks of my life just talking to more people just because you're winning. Not because you're having lights out games, but winning.

Shedeur Sanders deserved a trip to New York as a Heisman finalist because he 'never played a bad game'

I voted for Shedeur first... because of what he has encompassed with throughout his whole collegiate career. And it's similar like to Bo [Nix]... we all got to witness like Shedeur's maturation process. And he never played a bad game. All he did was ball. I just had to make sure that he got him a trip up there to New York.

Jalen Hurts possesses the most important quality of a quarterback: the ability to win

I've always admired Jalen Hurts and what he does from the quarterback position. Because I think a lot of people shortchange him. And what he does is he does the most important quality of a quarterback, and that is to win.

The Luka Doncic trade is the most shocking in NBA history

It's not hyperbole to say this is probably the most shocking trade in NBA history. Just because [Doncic] is 25 years old. He's one of the top five players in the NBA. He just took his team to the finals and he gets traded to the Lakers with no bidding whatsoever.

The Mystery Team in the Luka trade was likely invented just to make the Mavs GM feel better

There was a mystery team. I think it was added just to make [Nico Harrison] the Mavs GM feel a little better. But it seems like they did this deal... maybe you're in debt to the ownership of the Lakers. Maybe you need a favor from the Lakers at a later date.

Kentucky fans should absolutely boo Coach Calipari when he returns with Arkansas

Coach Cal going back to Kentucky... Drop his nuts on Kentucky. That sucked for Kentucky fans. You boo him. You can celebrate him when time has passed and he's not coaching in the SEC anymore. You boo him when he comes back right now.

The Spurs trading for De'Aaron Fox is a massive win that allows Victor Wembanyama to play serious playoff basketball

Sacramento is finalizing a trade to send De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs... That's great for the Spurs. I wanna see [Wembanyama] in some actual serious playoff time this year.

If an NFL quarterback cannot effectively operate and manage the run game, their team has a limited ceiling

I felt very fortunate I was taught how to play quarterback while I was there... if you can't operate a run game in the NFL, there's only so far your team's gonna go. I truly believe that.

A successful NFL quarterback must believe they are 'God's gift' to the game

When you go on the field as a quarterback, you cannot leave any room for doubt. I think one way of doing that is... you have to go out there thinking that you are God's gift to this thing. It's an intense level of confidence. I knew that I was aware also of how good I was at football... I was probably the best player.

The decision to play quarterback at an NFL level is binary: 100% in or out

To go back to playing quarterback, you're either like all in or you're not. It's a, to me, in my mind, the schema of how you emotionally, physically, psychologically, spiritually invested in quarterback is binary. You either aren't or you are 100% in. And I had a point in my life where I was like, I am unwilling to hop to the 100% in so I can't do it.

The current USMNT roster is the most talented the United States has ever had heading into a World Cup

The roster that we have right now... going into this World Cup, that is the best roster that the US will have ever had at that point. Just looking at the players that play competitively overseas, that's as talented as we've ever been.

I would decline an offer to play in the Super Bowl as a last-minute emergency replacement

[If asked to play in the Super Bowl without practicing for a whole season] No, thank you. Appreciate it. And I'll tell you why: that's cheap. You gotta go all season. You gotta practice. You gotta earn that. I'd be hyped for the Colts though, if they're there.

Frank Gore is the 'teach tape' for how to be a pass-protecting running back

I got to play with Frank Gore, who's awesome by the way. No one knew pass protection better than Frank Gore. The dude got football... he is the teach tape on how to be a pass-protecting running back. And he is also the teach tape on how to be a gap scheme running back. The dude was unbelievable.

The Luka Doncic trade is one of the most shocking transactions in American sports history

It's one of the most shocking transactions in American sports history for the magnitude and the way it came out of the blue. I've never had my phone go crazy like this. I'm talking about players, head coaches, assistant coaches, executives, referees, agents, lawyers, workout guys, and they all had the exact same question: 'We don't understand what's going on.'

The Mavericks potentially made a catastrophic mistake trading Luka Doncic

I don't understand this, and I think this is potentially a catastrophic mistake. Nico Harrison has got some capital with the Mavs fans, but my God, if Luka turns into this... and the Lakers have another era and Luka has a statue outside Crypto.com and Luka puts up more banners, Nico Harrison will live in infamy.

Skiing is a fitness vacation

[You're going on a diet a week before vacation?] Skiing is basically a fitness vacation. Yes.

10-minute quarters in the NBA would be bad for bench players and league parity.

I think it would be bad for bench players. There would be less parity in the league and there would just be, you know, all the stars could play more minutes. We do have a lot of stars, but I think for League parity it'd be bad.

I am officially anti-biopic; the industry needs to let stories finish before buying the rights.

I've taken a bit of a stance against Biopics. I'm somewhat antibio pic. I just think enough. We've done 'em all and people are starting to get the rights to stories before they're even done happening. Like the Luigi Mangione thing happens... and then it's like someone gets the rights the next day. Let the story at least end before you buy the rights to it and start casting someone.

Lamar Jackson is the 'Aaron Judge' of the NFL

Lamar, everybody gets so mad at me Lamar's Aaron Judge... which is on a day in, day out basis in the regular season, you're like, is this the best player in the sport or certainly in the very, you know, top two or three and then come the playoffs. It's like, man, every time... every regular season it's Lamar's the best player in the league. And every Playoffs it's like, you know why they lost, they put the ball in Lamar's hands too much.

The Lakers have become a 'novelty situation' because of the Bronny James drafting.

The second we drafted [Bronny], I knew, I was like, damnit, we've just signed up for like a novelty situation. Which I'm happy for 'em, but like, they got the photos already. They're on the court doing the dad son hug some passes. I think maybe they just are waiting to get an oop, and then that'll be it.

The Patriots were once a proud franchise, but now they are not so proud.

Once proud would be like the Patriots. You know, the Patriots were once proud. Now they're not so proud.

If Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen swapped teams, Mahomes would have four Super Bowl appearances and two rings while Allen would have two appearances and one ring.

If it were flipped, I think Josh would've been to two and won one. And I think Mahomes would've been to four and won two. iHomes, because those Bills teams in 2022 with Mahomes instead of Josh... that team was awesome. I think 2021, it probably would've gone Josh's way in Kansas City last year with Tyreek. But I think the early Josh Allen Bills teams... you drop Mahomes on there, it's to me a similar situation as when you dropped him on Kansas City.