Takes

I'm going to play football as long as possible to avoid having to do sports media

Honestly, man, that's the last thing I want to do is be doing interviews to get myself behind a camera. So I'm gonna try to do this as long as possible and, and diminish those possibilities as much as I can.

The 'elite' label came from winning games without gaudy stats — people wear the sweatshirt both sincerely and as a joke, and either way it's fun

I was winning a bunch of games in Baltimore, but my stats were never gonna fly off the stat sheet. We were winning games because we had a formula with how we won games. ... The funny thing is, is now people could like, listen, I have buddies wearing the sweatshirt because they're like, yeah, damn right he's elite. And I have detractors that are out there probably using it as a joke. ... Either way it's a story and I have a lot of fun with it.

The Wildcat is stupid; if you're going to run it, just take the quarterback off the field

If you're gonna do it, just take me off the field. You know, like, like let's, let's get an actual football player here so that we can actually accomplish something For real... that's why when I, when I go out there, I, I, I stay like five yards off the ball so there's no chance of me looking like an idiot.

I am returning to a private lifestyle because the internet ruined the Tiffany Gomas content

I will definitely be going back to, to zero dark private life mode... because it's fun. I enjoy it and, and you know, 99% of the people are fun. They play along... But then there's the 1% of people, people that will DMM and, and, and, and just go way over the top.

Mike Vrabel is the perfect culture fit to be the next head coach of the Steelers

I think Vrabel obviously, he's the culture fit there. Be perfect, be perfect fit for Pittsburgh.

Safeties should be worth between three and five points

Safety should be worth more than two points. Safety should be worth between four, three and five points. ... Safeties are so hard to do. And they're so awesome when they happen. ... The fact that they're only worth two points is just, it doesn't make any sense.

The Eagles should fire everyone on the coaching staff except Big Dom

I want every one of them go ... Big dom stays. Big dom has stayed through multiple coaching generations. ... We need a leader of men on this team.

Jalen Hurts is still a top 10 quarterback despite the poor season ending

Jalen is still a good quarterback. ... I would say I, I, I, well a thousand percent say that. I think he's top 10. I think he was borderline top five going to this year. I think he's probably between five and 10.

I would take Mike Vrabel for sure to be the next head coach of the Eagles

I would take [Mike Vrabel] for sure. Leader of men. Leader of men. Leader of men.

Romantically, things are not going to happen with Tiffany Gomas

I would like to, you know, set the record straight that we're not [dating]. ... we just kind of said, let's, let's just, you know, call a spade a spade and go our separate ways. ... I just think romantically it's not, it's not not gonna happen.

I don't believe for a second that Lions fans actually booed Matthew Stafford's daughters

Kelly Stafford came out and said that Lions fans booed her four little daughters. She's since retracted. But that was a crazy lie... no one's like to say that your daughters got booed is insane. I stand with Lions fans. There's no way... unless you show me a video of a Lions fans pointing at the daughter and being like, 'see you little girl, boo.' No chance.

Liberty Football's 2.96 GPA is actually good for a team GPA

Liberty Football. They tweeted ... 2.96 cumulative GPA. ... It's actually not terrible for a team. It's really good. ... football team. It's the old, 'I didn't play school'.

College is a sham where you just have to find the hacks and tricks to get through

College is a sham. It's a big trick. You just gotta get through the tricks. You just find tricks and then you're like, alright, this class is easy... I hit 120 [credits] the last second. It's really, college is like, can you find the, the hacks?

Green Bay dominating Dallas was the biggest surprise of Wild Card weekend

I think the biggest surprise has to be Green Bay going in and winning the way they did. I thought they would hang around in the game, but to go in there and dominate the way they did, that was a bad look for Dallas.

CJ Stroud reminds me of Dan Marino in his heyday

He makes me think of Dan Marino in his heyday. ... He makes it look so easy with the quick release and the ability to throw out. ... The ability to decipher it and put it right on the numbers and make it makes it look easy. There, there are a few guys that walk into this league and make it look that easy. That's why he reminds me of Marino.

I have completely converted to being a wipes person for bathroom hygiene

I buy them at stores 'cause I'm just like, I I've completely converted to a wipes person. ... You have to finish [with them].

You got the full Joe Flacco experience — elite stretches where he can throw it a mile, then he just quits after the first quarter; that's Baldinger's cat

You got the full Joe Flacco experience because the old debate on whether or not he's elite goes back to Joe having games and stretches where he's just like, oh, this guy can throw the football a mile. And then he'll have a game like this where he just pretty much quits after the first quarter. And it's like, okay, it's not here today. I'm not elite today, but my eliteness will come back. It's Baldinger's cat — being elite and not elite at the same time.

C.J. Stroud has the best rookie season ever for a quarterback

I think the conversation might end with [Stroud] is the best rookie season in its totality in the NFL. ... led him to the Playoffs. This is, and who knows, I mean, they, they're probably, although I'm thinking back to it, like they played the Ravens, I think week one. ... and now winning a Playoff game as a rookie quarterback. I think [Stroud] might be it.

The Dolphins lack toughness and are officially 'soft'

I know that sounds very, we're like minimizing everything. But the Dolphins do lack toughness. Yeah. ... they're soft. ... The Dolphins are are pretty much predicated on like, you gotta hit those big shots. And on Saturday night there were, there were none.

Patrick Mahomes is the undisputed best quarterback in the NFL

The running disclaimer for Patrick Mahomes on this show is that like everything that we say... it could be prefaced by Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback in the NFL. But, and then I say whatever I'm gonna say anyway. ... it's understood. He's the best quarterback in the NFL.

Dak Prescott has the 'yips' and cannot throw the football

I have never seen in person witness someone have the yips like Dak had the yips. ... The first interception was a terrible throw. ... You could see he was telegraphing the pass. ... Dak Prescott, he had the yips. I, there was no other way to describe it. ... Dak Prescott's horrible, like literally is a quarterback that can't throw.

The Cowboys must get rid of Dak Prescott and hire Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels

I think you gotta get rid of Dak. Okay. You gotta, you can't pay Dak, CD and Parsons. ... You gotta get rid of Dak. You gotta get Bill Belichick in there, clean house. Let 'em, let 'em run the show. ... Belichick and McDaniels together again.

Sean McVay is an incredible coach but simply cannot figure out clock management or late-game decision making

I also think Sean McVay, just like Sean McVay is an incredible coach. One of the best coaches in the league. He can't figure out clock management. I don't know why they punted there with one timeout. I don't know how they got one timeout going to the last four minutes of the game. But punting there made no sense to me.

The Cowboys losing takes a lot of pressure off the Eagles locker room

The Cowboys losing has changed everything. It has changed everything. The entire vibe of Philadelphia. ... Nothing the Eagles can do tomorrow is worse than what the Cowboys did today. ... A lot of pressure has been taken, taken off out of that locker room. ... they're not going to say it out loud, but inside of their, inside of their head. Yes.

The Lions just won their Super Bowl by beating the Rams

The Lions just won their Super Bowl. ... Max will be all the way back in. If the Eagles had had to play the 49ers next week, Max would've been like, whatever... Now he is so close to being all the way back in.

Jerry Reinsdorf is a 'half-ass' owner who set the Bulls Ring of Honor up to fail

Jerry Reinsdorf being the absolute worst. ... He's a fucking half-ass owner. He's bullshit. ... he knew that [Jerry Krause] was gonna get booed. ... He set it up. ... I'm not like absolving the fans, but I think that the real blame should be Jerry Reinsdorf for putting together a half-ass thing.

Pete Carroll has an argument for being a top 10 football coach of all time

Pete Carroll has an argument for being a top 10 football coach of all time. He's 14th all time in NFL wins. He's got two national titles in college football. If you put it all together, Pete Carroll has an argument for being a top 10 football coach of all time.

I would rather the Patriots hire Mike Vrabel than Jerod Mayo to replace Bill Belichick

I would rather Vrabel... He's a recurring guest, friend of the program. He's proven it. Super Bowl champion. Obviously Mayo is too, but I would rather Vrabel just [because of his] proximity to the show.

Bill Belichick might have wanted to leave the Patriots to find a team with a roster ready to win now.

I think that there's a chance he did wanna leave. I think that he might be at a point where he doesn't want to do a rebuilding coaching team and he wants to go to a, a place that has guys. I think that like, if the Cowboys are on the table... he may be willing to go to a give that up for a team. A team that could win now.

I am no longer interested in the Commanders hiring Bill Belichick because he is now unemployed

I don't think I'm interested any longer at Bill Belichick because now that he doesn't have a team, it's like, do I really want to... he was way more attractive as a candidate when he had a job. Now it's like, oh, this unemployed guy wants to work for me... I don't want a retread like Belichick.

I still give Bill Belichick slightly more credit than Tom Brady for the Patriots' dynasty, roughly a 51 to 49 percent split.

I think it's 51-49 [Belichick over Brady]... it's not a one or the other. 2001 that was, that was Belichick. I know [Brady won a Super Bowl without him], I'm just saying it's not like... I think it's, if it's 51-49, whoever you want to call it. It's not a one or the other.

I will be the biggest Dallas Cowboys fan if they hire Bill Belichick

If he goes to Dallas, I'm gonna be the biggest Cowboys fan. Even bigger than I am now.

Deshaun Watson has the highest ratio of football talent to being a bad person of any player currently in the NFL.

In today's game, I would say that Deshaun Watson has the biggest football to good guy ratio. [He is a] way better football player than human being. Insanely a large gap.

NIL is the primary reason Nick Saban decided to retire.

I think that the NIL stuff would be number one outta that bunch. [The NIL part] was something that bothered him... Texas is coming into the SEC Oklahoma's coming into the SEC, they gotta deal with LSU. Tennessee's very well funded. Like you can't make more rich people in Alabama... You're not gonna have as many people as they care deeply about Texas and Texas A&M football 'cause they just have more people.

The Alabama job is still a top three job but harder than Georgia and Ohio State

I still think [Georgia's] the best job. I think it's easier to recruit to Georgia... Ohio State's probably a better job because the way you dominate that state... Alabama is a little bit harder than those jobs. And Nick Saban made it look easy.

Josh Allen is elite despite the interceptions because he has the lowest sack rate in the league and often throws 'punted' interceptions.

The interceptions that Allen throws are for the most part not as bad because they tend to be downfield or on fourth down. And we don't talk about the fact that he had the lowest sack rate of any quarterback this year. Right. Those are negative plays too. And he doesn't take a lot of sacks. So like he was in quarterback value, I think we had him third this year... Allen does so much more of it on his own.

Michigan was the best team in college football this year by a large margin

Washington fans, as much as it sucks right now, I just wanna say this, Michigan was always gonna win that game. That is what Michigan does... I really truly believe Michigan was the best team by a large margin in college football this year.

JJ McCarthy should stay at Michigan for another season instead of entering the NFL Draft

JJ McCarthy, there's some JJ McCarthy haters out there... he's not like gonna electrify you with his throws, but he is one of those guys that just makes the big plays when they have to be made... I think he probably should stay another year.

I'm out on Boeing airplanes until the safety issues are addressed

Boeing airplanes... had an explosive decompressor at 16,000 feet... So if it's, I don't know what kind of flights we have planned soon. But if it's Boeing, I ain't going. I'm out. I'm out on Boeing anytime soon.

Vacating a national title is the dumbest thing in sports

The vacated national title is the dumbest thing in sports. You have to take down the banner. Yeah. It's like, who cares? Every fan lived it. Every [Rick] Pitino's got a tattoo. Who cares?

Firing Mike Vrabel was a stupid move by the Titans

Mike Vrabel fired by the Titans. I don't know, I think that's a really stupid move by the Titans... Mike Vrabel has had insane amounts of success with Ryan Tannehill as quarterback. Find me another coach could get the, or Ryan Tannehill to the AFC championship game.

Jameis Winston has a job for life at Barstool Sports if he doesn't get another NFL contract

I'll say this right now, if Jameis Winston doesn't get another job in the NFL, he has a job for life at Barstool. I don't know how we're gonna financially make that work, but I'm gonna say it right now. Just to be a dude. Hang out. Just be a vibes guy.

The Flyers were right to trade Cutter Gauthier after he refused to meet with the front office

The team of the Flyers are in the right for trading him. He told Philly that he wanted to play for Philly and then change his mind two months later... He ghosted every phone call... The front office of the Flyers flew to Sweden to meet with him... He refused to meet with them.

NBA officiating in the Celtics-Pacers game was 'very questionable' after reversing a clear foul

Last night against the Pacers... Jalen Brown had a game tying shot attempt that they call the foul. They reviewed the tape, he clearly got hit in the head. They reversed it, gave the pacers the ball back... very questionable. Very, very questionable.

I hate watching playoff football on an app like Peacock

I hate the experience of watching a game on an app as opposed to watching on TV, where you can easily and elegantly and seamlessly flip back and forth and show off your skills going back to the game right as it's about to snap again... it's a playoff game and it stinks.

This might be Mike Tomlin's best coaching job ever

This might be Mike Tomlin's best coaching job ever. And it's crazy when they were 7-4, they were also like the most Mickey Mouse 7-4 of all time. But that's because Mike Tomlin is a pretty damn good coach. And so he was able to win all those games when they were getting outgained back to back to back.

The Jaguars' collapse was caused by the 'Curse of the Terrible Towel'

Since the Jaguars disrespected the towel [The Steelers' Terrible Towel], the Jaguars slid into oblivion. The Steelers end up taking the Jaguar's playoff spot right on the last day of the season. You can't argue otherwise.

The AFC is wide open and the Bills are as good as anyone when playing their best

If you think the Bills win that Chiefs game, bet 'em to win the Super Bowl at 35 to 1 because the AFC is so wide open and the Bill's best is just as good as anyone else. The bill's worst is really, really bad.

The Saints' mutiny against Dennis Allen shows he has lost the locker room

Dennis Allen losing the locker room. The whole team went rogue. It was a mutiny. The whole team was like, it was like in Rudy when they put their jerseys on the table and they said, we want this guy coach. That's what they did for Jamal Williams. So then Dennis Allen had to apologize after the game.

I would take Rome Odunze over Marvin Harrison Jr.

I would maybe take Rome Odunze over Marvin Harrison Jr. I think I'd do it. I have a take. [The Falcons] are gonna have the best collection of skill players [with Odunze].