Takes

A six-point lead is the worst lead to have in football

Six points is the worst lead in football... if you're up six, you're basically saying to the other team, you have to go score a touchdown. And that's exactly what the Vikings did.

The Jaguars should sit Trevor Lawrence for the rest of the 2024 season

Sit Trevor Lawrence for the rest of the year, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's no reason to play him... just basically the Jaguars are like, bury the tape for the entire season.

Justin Tucker is officially washed

Justin Tucker though, he's washed. He actually sucks. You actually need to cut him. I think if you were [the Ravens]. It went from a sure thing... to a very big issue.

Ohio State vs. Michigan 2024 was the most devastating loss of all time

I actually think that might've been the worst loss of all time in the history of losses... There were 20 point favorites. Ohio State is a loaded, Michigan doesn't have an offense. They don't have a quarterback. Michigan had a dog shit season and they still went in and bullied him in Columbus.

Ryan Day is only propped up as a coach because James Franklin exists to lose to him

Ryan Day should be when he goes to bed at night, he should just thank his lucky stars that James Franklin exists. 'cause James Franklin is basically propped up Ryan Day. James Franklin beats everyone but the big one, and Ryan Day always beats Penn State.

The Chargers are an elite wide receiver away from being a real Super Bowl threat

I feel like an elite wide receiver next year away from being a real, real threat. [Ladd McConkey] is awesome, but it is like when you throw it to Quentin Johnston in crunch time... it is a reminder that, oh man, if they had a T. Higgins or one of these guys, a DJ Moore or even a Jordan Addison, it would be nice.

The 12-team playoff has officially saved the college football regular season

The 12 team playoff is gonna be great. Anyone who says the regular season won't matter is not seeing the big picture... We saw on Saturday a chaotic, chaotic scene all across the country in games that would not have mattered if it weren't for the 12 team playoff.

The Bears should fire Matt Eberflus immediately after a Thanksgiving loss

They should fire him after we get embarrassed by the Lions. Because at this point I know the Bears have never fired a coach in a hundred years history in Midseason at this point. You should honestly tell Caleb like, Hey we fucked up with Shane Waldron and Matt Eberflus our bad. We're firing him right now.

The Lions are the best team in the NFL in every category

I think the Lions... I think they're the best at everything. I really do. I think that they're, they have maybe the best running attack in the NFC... the Lions are better than the Eagles at almost everything.

Cornerback is the hardest position to play in all of sports

I think cornerback is the hardest position to play in sports... we are taught to lie... we paid to steal. The more we steal, the more rich I am.

There are only two guarantees in life: you are a past baby and a future ghost

The only guarantees is you are a past baby and a future ghost. That's it. That's fact. That's it. Now in between that's up to you. But we know for a fact we don't remember stuff from being no baby... and we ain't gonna remember much about being a ghost.

Sean Taylor was on track to be the greatest safety to ever play

I just always wish I could have seen him play out the career... Ed Reed was like, yeah man. Like he is. So when you got a guy like Ed Reed agreeing with you... he had Ed Reed's ball skills... but he hit like Ronnie Lott. If God's building a safety. His name is Sean Taylor.

The Steelers are officially on 'fraud watch' if they lose to the Bengals

I think the Steelers are on fraud watch for me. I I do. I I mean I I, their defense is very, very good... but this is a game that I, if the Bengals get life back in this, I, I'm putting the Steelers on fraud watch.

The Commanders are not currently a good football team

Right now, if you were to look at the Commanders and say, are they a good football team? I think the answer is no. I, I don't think that they are at all.

If the Eagles beat the Ravens, they should be the favorites to win the Super Bowl

If they win this game, they're favorites to win the Super Bowl. I'm not gonna overreact one way or the other—actually, no, I will. Oh yes. If they win this game, they're favorites to win the Super Bowl.

Bijan Robinson is talented enough to play wide receiver in the NFL

He could legitimately play wide receiver here in the NFL because he can run routes. He has late hands, he tracks the ball well... I just think he's a big asset and you know, and I, I, I kind of wonder what his ceiling is.

I am the 'Sean Livingston' of pickup basketball

I'm the high school version of Sean Livingston. I'm a tall high school point guard who's not overly twitchy... I have a great floor vision. My ability to pass, I see it, I'm a pass ahead. Don't really look for my own shot... communicating well on defense. I'm like the Draymond for the Warriors... I'll just fill in where I can.

The Commanders aren't a very good football team right now

The Commanders aren't a very good football team right now. The offense looks disjointed. It looks like chaos. They look nervous, panicky on offense. This might be the Kliff Kingsbury cliff that happens every season.

Bo Nicks should win Rookie of the Year

I was gonna say that I think as of right now, Bo Nicks should win Rookie of the Year. He's been better for a longer period of time than Jayden, even though [Jayden Daniels] got off to that electric start.

I don't think the Texans are a good football team

I really walk away from this game being like, are the Texans good? I don't think—I don't know if they are. I just—they're just not a very good team overall. Like they're—they're gonna win the AFC South, but I don't trust them at all.

Bryce Young is back

Chiefs 30, Panthers 27. Bryce Young. Is he back? Dude, Bryce Young—I think he might be back. He was awesome today. And, and I know awesome is relative... he looked composed, didn't make any big mistakes.

Gerard Mayo is probably not the guy for the Patriots

Is Gerard Mayo the guy? Probably not. The defense is bad. He is a defensive coach. Why not get an offensive coach to work with our phenom quarterback [Drake May]?

The Detroit Lions are the best team in football

Until further notice, they're my team. Until they have a stinker of a game, I'm just gonna blindly believe that the Detroit Lions are gonna steamroll everyone... they are the best team in football.

Deebo Samuel looks like a shell of his former self physically

That [prime] Deebo no longer exists. That Deebo, he looks like a shell of himself physically, while simultaneously looking like a much larger version of himself.

The 49ers are in a lot of trouble and this is a 'season from hell' for them

The Niners are in a lot, a lot of trouble... I don't know, like they have a tough schedule coming up. The Bills are next. I think this is just gonna be chalk it up to the season from hell.

I'm officially on nervous watch that the Packers are going to make a run

I'm officially on—I'm nervous watch. I'm nervous that they're [the Packers] going to make a run. I change my—Packers fans know me well enough that I start to change my tone when I start to get really nervous... knowing that they're better than [their record].

I'm officially nervous that the Packers are going to make a run

I'm officially on—I'm nervous watch. I'm nervous that they're [the Packers] going to make a run. I change my—Packers fans know me well enough that I start to change my tone when I start to get really nervous.

Cortland Sutton is one of the most underrated receivers in the NFL

Cortland Sutton is one of the most underrated receivers in the NFL. He's gotten healthy and he's been awesome. The last five games he had 36 catches, 467 yards and three TDs.

The Seahawks defense is getting to a point where they might be Geno proof

I think the Seahawks defense is getting to a point where they might be Geno proof where you can... Gino can still sling it and he has moments, but he also has moments where shit goes bad and now their defense could pick him up.

Saquon Barkley deserves to be in the MVP conversation

Saquon Barkley deserves to be in the MVP conversation. He's incredible. I mean that is abundantly clear at this point. They're just kicking the shit out of everybody.

The Lions are not clearly better than the Eagles

Everyone's been anointing the Lions the winners of the NFC. I would like to know why, what makes the Lions so much better than the Eagles at this point? What unit is better than the Eagles?

Eliminating NBA conferences and seeding the top 16 teams regardless of geography would suck

This would fucking suck... I want you winning your conference. I don't know, there's the teams that you play all year getting to play them in the playoffs, fighting through them. I like the idea of the finals [being] the West and the East.

Don't put any three-loss teams in the College Football Playoff

Don't put a team in that has that number three in the loss column. Don't... I don't want to see the dash three on a playoff team in college football.

Georgia is the exception to the three-loss rule because they played the hardest schedule in the country

Georgia is the exception to me. Georgia has actually what every SEC fan keeps saying... Georgia has played an incredibly difficult schedule. They have the hardest in the country.

Building a dome in Cleveland is wrong because it ruins snow football

The lake came to play tonight. The snow was, it was gorgeous. It was artistic out there. They're trying to take snow football away from you. They're trying to build a dome in Cleveland and that's not gonna look right at all. Seeing the Browns playing good weather, like indoor weather in late November, December, maybe January. That's not gonna look right to me.

The Steelers are just 'pretty good plus sometimes'

I'll make a deal with your, you here. I think I'm comfortable saying the Steelers are pretty good. Plus pretty good plus pretty good plus I could do pretty good. Plus I can meet you a pretty good plus about really pretty good plus kind of sometimes. Really pretty good. Plus sometimes.

The Lions are my 'until further notice' team and I'm assuming they'll beat anybody

The Lions are my until further notice team. I'm going to assume that the Lions will beat anybody. [The Texans game] was like a historically bad game from Jared Goff too. They still won.

The Patriots are the team nobody wants to play in the AFC East

I think so. Usually the, you know, with the Patriots, it's like all the trends reversing the Dolphins have always been like the boogeyman even when the, when Brady was there and the Patriots are good. This is the trend weekend reverse in our favor.

The Giants are starting Tommy DeVito because they are trying to tank

I think they're trying to lose. I think they're trying to lose and try to tank for a quarterback. Yeah. Which would make sense.

I only feel bad for Drew Locke in the Giants' quarterback debacle

Daniel Jones made a ton of money and has been bad for six years and he should just be happy. He's gonna have hundreds of millions of dollars to just hang out. Drew Locke, like, he doesn't have a lot of chances. If he's not gonna get a chance here, where's his next chance?

The Cardinals are for real

I'm ready to fully believe in the Cardinals. I might crown their asses. I just know the Cardinals feel like a very sound football team through and through off the bye week. Their eyes are there. They have the NFC West. If they could string together some more wins, especially in the division, they're undefeated in the division right now.

The pinnacle of pitching is winning a World Series ring

I just wanna win. I think the best thing in sports is winning. It cures everything. Individually, Triple Crown, Cy Young, obviously you wanna do that again. But it all wouldn't mean as much if I don't have a ring. If not multiple. That's why you play. At least that's why I play the game is to win World Series rings and go perform on that stage.

To get college hitters out, throw slow fastballs (45 mph) down the middle

My advice would be to throw it very slow. Once you get to like 65, 70 miles an hour, that's when guys are gonna start unleashing on it. So my advice would be to hone in a really slow pitch over the zone. Throw it right down the middle and it'll cut sometimes and it'll sink sometimes. Dial in a 45 mile an hour fastball and throw it on the two seams, don't throw it on the four seams.

The Eagles have the most talent in the NFL

Philadelphia. To me, talent wise, it has the most talent in the National Football League. And [Nick] Sirianni now he has the formula: run the ball more than you throw it, heavy up the protections for Jalen Hurts and let him use his legs too. That team right there is playing really well.

Caleb Williams is a generational talent

This is a generational talent. He really is. When he throws the ball on time, inside of three seconds he's in the top three in the league in QBR... I think the kid is gonna be a phenomenal kid... with the skillset he has, man, I'm telling you like I think he's gonna be a superstar in the league. I really do.

The Dallas Cowboys are deader than dead and shouldn't be on primetime television

The Dallas Cowboys are deader than dead. It was already dead, but now it's really, really dead. And they're pathetic and they shouldn't be on tv, but, oh wait, we still have them on Monday Night Football that they can't flex because there's a Simpsons broadcast.

The Dallas Cowboys should start Trey Lance for the rest of the season

Why don't they start Trey Lance? It's, he's not Cooper Rush. Right. But he's probably not good, but why not at this point? I think you, I think you gotta be at least like there's a level of competency that maybe he hasn't achieved, I guess. But I mean, you traded a draft pick for him.

The Houston Texans are in the second tier of the AFC and aren't good enough to beat the top teams

I think the Texans are still in that second tier in the AFC where they could maybe win a playoff game. I just don't know. I feel like they just don't have enough against a Bills, Ravens, Steelers, Chiefs.

Aaron Rodgers failed with the Jets because his injury took away his 'chip on his shoulder' season

The biggest reason that Aaron Rodgers didn't work in the Jets is because the Achilles took away his chip on his shoulder year. Yeah. The guy is great when he has a chip on his shoulder. He had it from Green Bay. He got hurt, couldn't play the chip on the shoulder goes away.

The Jets should hire Mike Vrabel as head coach and Kevin Stefanski as offensive coordinator

The best scenario was Mike Vrabel [as] coach. Kevin Stefanski gets fired from the Browns, he becomes the OC. Okay. You bring in Jameis [Winston] as the bridge... And then Super Bowl.