Takes

Sam Darnold will sign with the Las Vegas Raiders

I just, I love whenever a situation is fluid. I think he's gonna be a raider.

Travis Hunter playing both ways is more impressive than Shohei Ohtani pitching and hitting

Travis Hunter at the combine said that him playing offense defense, it's harder than Shohei playing offense defense... Being a professional cornerback and a professional wide receiver at the same time playing in the same game... I think there's a better chance of another Shohei coming around than another Travis Hunter.

Pete Rose should be reinstated to MLB and the Hall of Fame because his 'lifetime' ban is technically over

It was a lifetime ban. Right. The operative word being life. Right. He's no longer alive. Right. He's dead. So the ban should have already been lifted.

The HBO show 'Hard Knocks' canceled its North Carolina season because fans were calling it 'Tar Knocks'

Do we think that the hit show 'Tar Knocks'—the naming of it—has maybe ended Hard Knocks at UNC?... Somebody from HBO listened to the show and was like, everyone's gonna be calling it Tar Knocks. We can't have this.

An NFL offense must go for it on 4th and goal from the 8 when trailing by 8 late against a top QB

Gotta go for it. Yeah, you gotta go for it... You're down there, you're that close. We all know how hard it is to score in the red zone in this league. So when you're down there, you gotta have your opportunity. I think you gotta be aggressive there.

Liam Coen leaving the Buccaneers for the Jaguars makes him the biggest 'snake' in football

New Jaguar's head coach Liam Cohen is the biggest snake in football today... My feelings were hurt when you left... I was a card carrying member. I was a conehead.

The Four Nations Face-Off final was equivalent to an All-Star exhibition game for Team USA

That term meant a lot... [Big Cat: You agree right, that was just the All-Star break?] I don't know if I answer that... Give's a shit about that. That's exhibition.

I can definitely beat up my brother Matthew Tkachuk in a fight

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. [Big Cat: You could beat the fuck out of him?] I'll say and he'll see it and be like, yeah, he can. Oh, he knows. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Winning a Stanley Cup in Canada would make me 'Captain Canada'

I think about it all the time... [PFT: It'd be Captain Canada at that point.] Yeah. It's made me think about it too much. But I feel like I have my whole day planned when we win.

Matthew Stafford staying with the Rams makes the most sense because they still have a Super Bowl window

Matthew Stafford staying in Los Angeles with the Rams... I always, always thought made the most sense because the Rams were, you could make the argument like they, they played the Eagles the toughest in, in the playoffs. It feels like they still have a window with Matthew Stafford. I think it's a two-year deal.

Aaron Rodgers will try to bring Davante Adams with him to the Raiders

Aaron Rogers will go. Raiders. I've heard that he's trying to bring Davante [Adams] with him again. So he has a wishlist. And I feel like if I were Aaron, I would just wanna stay in New York and just go to the other locker room.

The Commanders fleeced the 49ers in the Deebo Samuel trade

I was pumped about the Deebo News. Because I love watching Deebo play football. I think he won our first ever award on part of my take for a guy who I like watching play football the most. Fifth round pick fleeced.

Drake deserves an at-large NCAA Tournament bid no matter what happens in their conference tournament

Texas does not to be deserved to be in. They're bad if like Drake gets kept out instead of Texas. If Drake doesn't win their conference, I'll be very upset. I'm gonna say it right now. Drake deserves to be in no matter what.

You must win a championship to be considered the face of the NBA

When has there ever been a face of a league that didn't win? Right. You have to win when it matters. You have to win a championship to be considered a face of this league. Agreed. It's not. And obviously if you win, that doesn't automatically mean you're the face of the league.

The Celtics' loss to the Cavaliers was a 'statement loss' that will motivate them for the playoffs

A fully healthy Celtics team is not loose to the Cavs. It was an absolute ref show, but it was, it was. I mean it's good. It's, it's a, Mazzulla loves those games. He loves having things that he can use to motivate the team and and losing to a team that's gonna have a better record than them going into the playoffs like that. That's good. That was a good statement loss.

Bill Belichick's Hard Knocks at UNC will be a massive recruiting commercial for the Tar Heels

I'm actually excited to watch this. Yeah. I wanna see it is gonna be a giant commercial for UNC. That's the reason why he's doing it. Obviously. Smart. It's smart. It's very smart. You get a lot of publicity. Guys wanna come play for you.

Saquon Barkley is a better football player than he is a human being, despite being a top-tier person

What an unbelievable person. Like if you, if we just, if you said Saquon Barkley, go, the first thing that would come outta my mouth is, this guy's an unbelievable person. This guy's an unbelievable teammate. This guy's an unbelievable leader. [But] There's no chance [he's a better human than football player]. He's he's better at football than he's human.

Howie Roseman is the best General Manager in the world

Howie does a great job of that. Yeah. So it, it, it's, it's making my life easier and easier. Every move that he makes, it's awesome. I love it. Yeah. I love it. I love It's the best. It's the best. Yeah. It's, it's the absolute best. He's the, he's the best GM in the world. I have no doubt in my mind.

The Eagles will take a big swing to trade for Miles Garrett this off-season

I think Philly's gonna try to go hard here. I think Howie is going to make some decisions here in free agency and, and determine who he can live without. And, and I think some of these guys that are up, he's gonna be comfortable walking away from. But I think you make those kind of moves and you, you take a big swing for, for someone like Miles Garrett.

The New England Patriots will be Super Bowl contenders by 2026

New England right now... This is a gigantic off season for the New England Patriots for the future. Like, I, I don't, I don't think they're gonna be that great next year. But I think it's 2026. Right. Where I think that's, that's where it's gonna to They're gonna be, they're gonna be contenders. They're, they're gonna be guys that are going have giving Josh Allen a problem.

The New York Giants will be aggressive in trying to trade up with the Titans for a quarterback

I think the Giants are gonna try to get up. To trade out with the Titans. I think they're gonna be aggressive in this. They're obviously also keeping their eye on Stafford and, and Tennessee is open for business. Like, I, I think the approach that they are gonna have headed into this is we need to get some picks.

The NFL should never hold a Super Bowl abroad because it belongs to America

The NFL can't do a Super Bowl abroad. Can you make sure that doesn't happen? It sucks. It's our game. It would suck ass. Don't do that. No, it's our game. It's America's game. You can't give the game to another country.

The Matthew Stafford and Tom Brady ski trip was definitely not a coincidence

Jordan Schultz had [the report] that Matt Stafford and Tom Brady went on a nice little cozy ski vacation together... Ian Rapoport came over the top and said I'm told that this was just a coincidence... Can you imagine the coincidence level though of like, you and I happen to run into each other on vacation? I'm just not buying it.

If Tom Brady explicitly invited Matthew Stafford to his vacation, it is tampering

I think if you can prove that Tom Brady was like, 'Hey, I'm gonna be at Yellowstone Club, come out for the weekend,' then that's tampering. Otherwise, it's gonna be hard to prove.

NFL owners are cheap if they have bad locker rooms or bad food

I don't understand how anyone owns a team and gets anything worse than like a B on any of these things. If I had that much money and I owned a team, I'd be tricking out everything... I can't conceptualize an owner of a football team being like, 'Our players don't get to eat on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.'

Pat Riley is a bad guy for taking LeBron James's cookies on the team plane

LeBron stops playing cards when he finds out his cookies were taken... I would rather someone come and pat me on the head like patronizing words to take someone to take another man's cookies. You're basically saying they're a 4-year-old that didn't eat their vegetables... Pat Riley, bad guy. Real bad guy.

Fouling when up three points at the end of a game should be banned

I think we should ban fouling up three. I don't know how they could do it... I like the idea of maybe if you foul up three, they get three shots. There's nothing worse than in a game where a team is up three and it just becomes a foul fest.

I'm officially opting out of all Philadelphia 76ers news for the rest of the season

I don't care. I'm opting out of all Sixers news... I just wanna fast forward to the end of the season.

This phone in my hand is the one I used to tweet that Miles Garrett committed assault

I really believe that this is the assault phone. It would be my honor to give you this phone... You can hang it on the wall.

Miles Garrett will cost at least two first-round picks if the Browns trade him

If you go back and look at what the Bears gave up for Khalil Mack, it was two firsts. It was a third, a fifth... To me that's the most fair comp there is out there right now.

Brock Purdy's next contract might not reach Dak Prescott's numbers

Is it gonna be the Dak Prescott contract? It's not, I don't expect it to be. Is it gonna be a fair contract? I would think it would be. They have to pay him... But if Brock Purdy doesn't like that deal, I don't know how far the Niners can go. And then the Niners can just say, okay, guess what? We have your rights this year for 5 million. We could franchise tag you next year.

The NFL will eventually sell a 12 to 16-game international broadcast package

They get to an 18 game schedule and then the league can take a 12, 14, 16 game international package and sell that... I think that's where it's gonna go.

Matthew Stafford's next team will be either the Giants, Rams, or Raiders

I really don't know right now because it's kind of a coin flip kind of thing... [The Giants, Rams, and Raiders] those are the three scenarios that make sense.

Aaron Rodgers will definitely play in 2025 with a chip on his shoulder

I think he's gonna play, he's gonna play and I think he has something to prove in his own mind and think there's gonna be a chip on his shoulder.

The Browns will draft a quarterback with their first pick in the 2025 Draft

To me, they have to draft a quarterback with their first pick... I predict it'll be a quarterback period. I think they have to do a quarterback. They're that high, they're that financially strapped with Deshaun Watson, there's that much of a need.

I will be the governing owner of Jerry O'Connell's fantasy football team in name only

Governing owner in name only? That sounds fair to me... Blame me [if he is fired]. Everybody else does.

Daniel Jones will be a starting quarterback in the NFL in September

Yes [he will be a starter]. In fact, I've actually had his name come up with head coaches I've spoken to... I think there's a market for him.

The 49ers will trade Deebo Samuel rather than releasing him

I think the 49ers are gonna be able to trade him... I know that I've seen it out there that the Niners would have to release him... I don't agree with that. I think they're gonna be able to trade him.

The Rams will hope to trade Cooper Kupp this offseason

I think the Rams are gonna hope to trade him... He's gonna have a new home. Yeah. He's gonna have suitors, he's gonna have interest. The question is what is the price gonna be?

Jaden Daniels is a special player who will cover up the Commanders' organizational flaws

Jaden Daniels... gets it big time. He gets it. Like that guy is on it... This quarterback covers up a lot of the sins of the organization. Not everybody's at his level... the quarterback is exceptional.

Banning the tush push is a loser mentality

Loser mentality. They're all a bunch of pussies. The eagles are the best at it. They work on it a lot. They practice it a lot. They have the right guys to do it. I don't know why you would punish a team for just being better at one play than the rest of the league.

The NFL will likely ban the tush push this offseason

I'm firmly saying that I'm anti banning the tush push. But I'm also gonna be really, really happy when they do decide to ban it... I think they might [ban it].

Matthew Stafford will play for the Giants and Aaron Rodgers will play for the Rams

I'm thinking if we're doing quarterback musical chairs this off season, I think it's gonna be Stafford in New York. I think this could be Aaron Rodgers, Los Angeles.

Aaron Rodgers will sign with the Steelers or the Titans

Rogers probably the Steelers or the Titans.

Joel Embiid should retire from the NBA

He [Joel Embiid] should just retire.

Timothy Chalamet will be one of the greatest actors ever

He won a SAG award and then I, I just liked, I liked his speech... He kind of was just like, yeah, I wanna be one of the greats. I'm going hard.

Rob Gronkowski is considering an NFL comeback with the Denver Broncos

Rob Gronkowski is considering a return to the NFL and that he would like to potentially play for the Denver Broncos... I'm told he loves Denver and Quarterback Bo Nix... He's gonna be a Bronco. There's no other way for him to do this than be a Bronco.

Caleb Williams' best NFL trait is his ability to improvise when plays break down

I would say what stands out, which is different than where I came from, would be the ability to improvise the, the creation when things break down, extend plays, throw out, throw on the move outside of the pocket. He's a dynamic athlete. He's got, he's got all the intangibles.

You cannot get mad at your partner for what appears in their Instagram algorithm

You can't get mad at technology. Right. Max, what is yours? ... I curate it like if I see if I pass by tits because you gotta click on it that way you get more tits... It's technology. The phones are smarter than we are.

My Instagram algorithm is 80% golf and 20% tits

It's like 80% golf. No, there's some, there's some, there's some tits mixed in, but mostly golf.