Takes

New Orleans is a better Super Bowl host city than Las Vegas because of its bar culture

I like cities better because Vegas is just club or casino... New Orleans is gonna be great because casino's an option if you want to. You can also just go to bars all night.

Ludacris should have a 'Lud Bowl' halftime show performing all his features

I think that they should do a Lud Bowl halftime show where it's Ludacris. It goes out and he performs like all of his features with all the other artists that have had him on their songs.

The Waste Management Phoenix Open should remain a drunken chaos event

This is what the Waste Management is and I always had the feeling that golfers begrudgingly said, like, we love it... don't try to change it. I want more. I want guys getting stronger, stealing golf clubs and shit.

Baker Mayfield should have won the 2023 Comeback Player of the Year award

I still think it should have been Baker [Mayfield]. I think Baker should have won that. He won a playoff game.

Patrick Mahomes needs to fully embrace his impending 'villain mode'

He's [Mahomes] flipping into villain mode, which he's not becoming a dick. But at some point you have to embrace [it].

I was right about Brittany Mahomes being attractive

I want to just all due respect, Patrick, you've won... your wife is hot. And I would say that his wife is very attractive. Good job. I got this one right.

Kyle Shanahan might not be a 'clutch' coach

I was like, can a coach be clutch? You don't normally hear about coaches being clutch. Maybe Kyle Shanahan's just not clutch.

The 49ers would have beaten the Eagles in the 2023 NFC Championship if Brock Purdy hadn't been injured

I was a huge fan of our game plan. ... I believe that we would've won with Brock. 'cause I think he's such a good player. ... At least it would've been a close game. 'cause that everyone's like, oh, we beat you by 24. I'm like, dude, come on. I didn't have a quarterback for two quarters.

A Christian McCaffrey touchdown is the surest bet in all of sports

I think the surest bet in all of sports is Christian McCaffrey touchdown. He just scores every time no matter what... in our offense, you can see that in the seven years that I've been here is when we get to the red zone, we're gonna run the ball and try to run the ball in. And then you throw Christian into it, and it's like, okay, well we're gonna design a play for Deebo to score. You could be the second read, George, you're gonna be here. And then fourth read one-on-one versus their Mike linebacker is gonna be Christian McCaffrey. Oh, that's an easy tolo it in there.

The key to defending Patrick Mahomes is keeping him in the pocket and hitting him all game

You have to be coordinated. You have to do your absolute best... everything in your power and energy, every fiber in your body to keep [Mahomes] in the pocket. If he keeps plays alive, that's where he is magical. He does all the crazy shit. Throws the left-handed and he just finds people. But if you keep 'em in the pocket, that's your best bet. And I'm not saying it's a hundred percent's gonna stop him, but that's your best chance... you have to hit him all game and make him uncomfortable.

The NFL is better when the Patriots are losing

I'm sorry to get right into it about the Patriots, but I do wanna say the NFL is better when the Patriots are losing. I'm not kidding. Think about this season and how exciting it's been. How many ups and downs... when the Patriots aren't in play, it's just more fun. It's wide open.

Mike McDaniel will become annoying if the Dolphins don't win soon

Is Coach McDaniel annoying? [Big Cat: Not annoying.] If they don't win next year. Yes. Annoying. Umm. You don't think the, the, the pants, the, the, the Kop pants are like a little... the sunglasses all the time is a little bit much for me.

The 49ers are the most boring team in the NFL

Why do the 49ers bore me? So why are they so boring? That no sense... it's just like, what do you want like 20 points from all your player starters every week? Is that what you want? I don't know. I'm so bored... there's a boredom that happens with the 49ers.

The Rams are one of the most fun teams to watch because Matthew Stafford is so volatile

Oh, I love the Rams. You know why? Because they don't score 20 points every week. They like sometimes score, like sometimes Stafford is like 40 points and then some weeks, nothing. It's so fun.

The 'Bang Bang Niner Gang' slogan is stupid and annoying

That's another annoying thing about Niners fans. My wife has like Niners gear and she wears it. And like, people on the street are always like, bang bang. It's so stupid. God.

MetLife Stadium is cursed

My Hot Seat is MetLife Stadium. It was recently announced that the very cursed stadium in the NFL world will be hosting the 2026 World Cup final... however, I believe they're switching it to grass. Correct? They are. But it's still cursed.

Mike Vrabel is too physically intimidating to get a head coaching job

She [Diana Russini] said that she had a GM at the Senior Bowl who mentioned to me Vrabel's physical build, that he's a very large human being and can be very intimidating to people in an organization... If you're a football owner, large human beings, you don't wanna be around them. You want a nerd. You want a tiny little nerd.

I am intensely attracted to Tiffany Gomas

I have such an intense attraction to Tiffany Gomas. It is, it's actually, I am, I'm obsessed with her... I follow her on Instagram. I even like leave comments like 'looking good girl'... I think the thing I'm most attracted to is that there's a real, a mental issue there... I'm really attracted to her.

The Chiefs' offensive line is the most underrated unit in the NFL playoffs

The Chiefs offensive line is maybe the most underrated unit in the playoffs. Even though [Joe] Thuney is out... they've been playing great. Patrick Mahomes, the first time he got sacked in the playoffs was second half against Baltimore. It's crazy. Like they, they really are very underrated.

Taylor Swift is absolutely good for football because she's bringing in new fans

Absolutely. And I'll tell you why... anything that makes somebody a pro football fan from nothing can't be all bad. Throw the game. I mean, you may not agree. What do you guys think?

Josh Allen would have made it to a Super Bowl by now if he played in the NFC

If Josh Allen was in the NFC, he'd probably have been in his Super Bowl by now. I would think so. [Chris Berman: Yeah.] And the [49ers] are. Yeah. They had one year. It's just a lot of circumstance of who you're in the conference with.

The 49ers' shaky playoff wins might have actually benefited them by humbling the team before the Super Bowl

It might actually work in their benefit... because it might be a situation where they got a little humbled and they know that like, 'Hey, we can get beat by anyone anytime.' So, you know, the Packers game, the Lions game... they might have a little bit more of a, 'Hey, we can come back from these. We don't have to be, you know, just killing the team right away.'

If you have a problem watching Patrick Mahomes, you have a problem watching football

If you have a problem watching [Mahomes] play quarterback, you have a problem watching football. That's true. I mean, you don't have to root for him. But don't, ah, appreciate greatness. No, stop it.

The Commanders have overplayed their hand in trying to get Caleb Williams

I would make the guess right now that the Commanders have already fucked this up because no one has overplayed their hand more than the Commanders have already overplayed their hand. ... You guys have overplayed your hand to the point where it's like obvious that you're lusting for this guy. And that's a bad spot to be in a negotiation three months out.

Paying extra for a top-tier franchise quarterback is actually an underpayment

I would say that a little, an overpayment [for a top-five quarterback] is actually an underpayment. If you're getting a top five quarterback, or a guy that would evolve into a top five quarterback in the NFL, it is worth it.

The Enhanced Games (steroid Olympics) will be better than the actual Olympics

I'm going to watch hard. ... That sounds way better than the regular Olympics. ... They're starting the Olympic games where every contestant's gonna be allowed to dope, which means we're gonna get all kinds of crazy records. We have a bunch of freaks running around out there.

I definitely would have made it to the major leagues in baseball

I miss baseball so much and, and I, I truly believe that me not playing baseball did not allow me to achieve certain athletic movements on the football field that I was when I was playing baseball every single day. ... I do believe that I would, I would've made it to the show. ... At the end of Florida State I was top nine at 98 [MPH].

Luck is not real; everything that happens is intentional and not a coincidence

I'm not really a big proponent of luck. I don't believe that anything's happened. I don't think there's no such thing as a coincidence. I believe it's intentional. Everything that we're doing is either enhancing where we are at right now... either we are being a person of increase or we really just failing today.

I am the attraction and the city; I bring joy, integrity, and increase to any location

I feel like I'm the attraction. I'm the thing, like I'm the city that is gonna bring joy, love, trust, peace, integrity to any location that I'm at because I'm a man of increase. Wherever it may be, that city is gonna be getting someone that is ready. A kingdom man that is prepared to grow everyone around them.

Mike Evans is the most underrated player in the NFL

I don't know who's more underrated [between Lavonte David and Demario Davis], but I know the caliber of men they both are and I know both of them should be and will be Hall of Famers. I feel like the most underrated player I play with, honestly, that people don't give enough respect to is Mike Evans. ... He don't complain about nothing. ... And you leave him off all pros, you leave him off pro bowls and stuff like that. I'm just like, man, like they, the world, the NFL culture don't know what they missing with Mike Evans.

People born around water function differently because water has no soul and doesn't discriminate

If you are born around water, you have a different way of life, you function differently. And I just feel like you function differently because water has no soul. It doesn't discriminate against anybody. You get in that water, it's gonna take you wherever it goes. So I feel like people that are around water, they're very strong-willed, they're one with water.

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle are the hottest couple ever

Braxton Berrios is one of our guys. He's a thirst strapper. Correct. His hair, by the way, has been looking incredible. Yeah. No, they're the hottest couple ever. ... I think that they enjoy having sex with each other. They're probably the only, only, they're probably each person is probably the first person that the others had sex with that's like, oh, now I get why sex is great.

The Dan Quinn hire is a win-win because the Commanders get better and the Cowboys defense gets worse

Max should be ecstatic about Dan Quinn because at the very least, the Cowboys defense is gonna get worse. Right? Yep. And so if [the Commanders] get better and the Cowboys defense gets worse, I think that's a win-win for both me and you. It's a Quinn, Quinn, Quinn Quinn all around.

NFL 'retreads' like Dan Quinn run the world and usually figure it out on their second stop

Retreads run the world. Retreads run the NFL. Gary Kubiak, John Gruden, Bill Parcells, Tony Dungy, Tom Coughlin, Pete Carroll, Andy Reid, Mike Shanahan, Don Shula. Bill Belichick was a retread when he was hired by the New England Patriots. Dan Quinn, second stop, he's gonna figure it out.

College football needs a CBA to govern NIL and the transfer portal

I think college football needs a CBA to kind of govern this because it's clear that the federal government is not gonna step in... right now you got a fall transfer portal period, you got a spring transfer portal period... name, image and likeness was put in place just for that. What it has turned into now is free agency.

Greg Sankey should be named the 'Czar' or Commissioner of College Football

The NCAA is useless... Greg Sankey is the most powerful person in college football. So if we want to deem a czar or a commissioner of college football, I'm gonna nominate Greg Sankey because whatever the SEC does... everybody else will follow.

I love the Dan Quinn hire for the Commanders because his players love him and it makes the Cowboys worse

I have no choice but to support Dan Quinn. And you do hear his players talk about him. His players love him. And it's also an added bonus of making the Cowboys worse.

I would take Dan Quinn over Dan Campbell going forward

If I gave you a choice right now, going forward, Dan Campbell or Dan Quinn, which one are you taking? [PFT says Dan Quinn]. Easy choice. I would take Dan Quinn.

Caleb Williams' ceiling is significantly higher than Justin Fields'

I think if you're the Bears, because where Caleb Williams is, I think his ceiling is so much higher than Justin Fields. Justin Fields can develop into a really, really good quarterback... But Caleb Williams has enough of Mahomes stuff in him that you gotta invest in that. Caleb Williams as a passer coming into the National Football League is further along than Justin Fields.

The night before the Super Bowl is the most nervous you will ever be in your life

I'll never forget down in being down in Miami when we played the Bears, I woke up at like 3:00 AM Sunday morning... I literally went out on the balcony and it's three 30 in the morning and I'm just staring out thinking of the possibilities... the nervous energy doesn't go away until the ball is kicked off and until you get hit in the mouth.

The Washington Commanders head coaching job is actually a very good job

The mess is gone. We don't have the mess... You've got Josh Harris, good owner, he'll spend money, we're gonna get a new stadium... I think about the Washington job as still being a good job because you've got a new owner, new stadium coming, possible new team name. You have the most salary cap room in the NFL, and you have the number two overall pick. It's pretty good.

I was wrong: Brock Purdy is much better than Jimmy Garoppolo

I would like to correct myself at the end of the show. We, we were talking about Jimmy G and Brock Purdy. I did. I was like, oh, was Jimmy G's be, you know, is he that much worse than Brock Purdy? That was wrong. Brock Purdy's much better than Jimmy G... Brock Purdy is better both with his legs with taking shots.

The Ravens' AFC Championship loss is much worse than the Lions' NFC Championship loss

I think that Ravens loss is so much worse than the Lions... I think it's so much worse because the Lions, and it sounds cliche, they, they died on their sword. They did what they do and it didn't work... The Ravens squandered a incredible opportunity as a favorite at home to beat Patrick Mahomes that they may never get again... Your game plan stunk.

Three championships in five years officially makes the Chiefs a dynasty

I think you can even zoom out and just say about the Chiefs if they win this game of Dynasty. Yeah. Because that's a rule, right? Dynasty talk. Three championships in five years. That's Dynasty. This is crowning them being the new dynasty.

Super Bowl LVIII is the worst possible matchup for Las Vegas Raiders fans

This is the worst possible matchup for Las Vegas Raiders fans because they have the Niners who they used to share a city with kind of... and they have an AFC West rival. It would be like if they did the Super Bowl in Philadelphia and it was Cowboys-Patriots.

I'm rooting for Travis Kelce to propose to Taylor Swift on the jumbotron to watch the internet break

The one thing I am rooting for is I hope Travis Kelce proposes Taylor Swift. That would be awesome on the field after... I root for it because all the swifties would have to do mental gymnastics to be like, that's so cute... I want it like to be on the jumbotron and then Swifties have to be like, that's so beautiful.

Caleb Williams is 'popping' because he already has dedicated haters before the draft

If you ain't got no haters, you ain't popping... So Caleb Williams is popping... The anonymous scouts are going off about Caleb Williams... saying things like, you remember he paints his nails? ... These are all big red flags. Nah... if there's Caleb Williams, I would be more concerned about the guy who doesn't get any negative press.

Panthers HC Dave Canales made a mistake writing a book about his infidelity and porn addiction

This is kind of a lesson in like, maybe don't ever get that big job. 'cause then people will start looking at your life. Dave Canales co-wrote a book with his wife about marriage... Canales admits to having had multiple affairs earlier in his life... also described in the book the addictions he once had to both pornography and alcohol. It sounds like his wife made him write a book. If you're co-authoring a book with your wife talking about your porn addiction, it's like a self-flagellation.

The Miami Heat season is at a crossroads after a seven-game losing streak

I have to be accountable here and say the Heat have lost seven games in a row. They've lost every game since they extended Erik Spoelstra. And this is really a crossroads for your season. This is where the documentary starts or this is where everything lights up and is a disaster.

Tom Brady should not over-prepare and should just be himself in the broadcasting booth

If I am telling Tom Brady anything... I would just say be yourself. I, I don't get into this trying to sound like what you've heard over the years... You know the game. Don't over prepare and see what you see and react with your gut on what you see. I, I think so many times people like that's, they, they overdo it to the point where they're just paralyzed by so much information.