Takes

I will eat 50 Dairy Queen blizzards as my New Year's resolution

My New Year's resolution is I'm gonna eat more blizzards, Dairy Queen blizzards... New Year's resolutions are, to me, less about changing yourself for the better and more about just doing the things you like more... I'm thinking like 50.

The Rams are officially a legitimate, good football team

I think we can say that the Rams are legit. Like they're, they're a good, they're a good team.

The Rams are officially a dangerous playoff team

I'm gonna say this, the Rams, I think they're officially dangerous. That's what they are. They're dangerous. Matt Stafford playing great ball.

Matt Stafford is a Hall of Famer

Matt Stafford is a hall of Famer and watching him play football is fun. Like his, the the throws he makes And, it, it's, it doesn't feel like it's gratuitous. It's like it's making some of these throws. 'cause he has to make these throws.

The Matthew Stafford for Jared Goff trade was a win for both the Rams and the Lions

No, [Stafford] is, I think he's always just had that same arm. That arm never goes away. It's just a matter of putting pieces around him and the, and the Rams have done, I'd say, you know what, I think both teams won that trade.

Chargers interim coach Giff Smith might be a rat for surviving three different head coaching regimes

He could be a rat. 'cause he survived three head coaches getting fired in Chargers now. Giff Smith was there under Mike McCoy. He was under there, there under Anthony Lynn. And now he was there for Brandon Staley getting fired. So I feel like three coaches, you gotta be like, wait, what's going on here?

The loser of the Cowboys-Dolphins game is officially a fraud, while the winner is a true Super Bowl contender

Whoever wins this game, the loser I'm going to think is just forget about it. ... winner's a super Bowl contender in my mind. This, this is the most important game of the, of the season in the entire NFL. ... They might as well just eliminate the loser from the playoffs and put the winner into their conference championship.

Philadelphia fans will end up rooting for 'Passing Paisan' Tommy DeVito on Christmas

Tommy is gonna go into Philly and that crowd's gonna be rooting so hard for my guy. And they're gonna say, Hey, this guy, he's a good guy. Standup guy. He's one of us. We can't root against our guy. The passing paisan. I love that. And that's what I love about the city. Philadelphia.

Jerod Mayo is one of the smartest football players I ever played with

Jerod, he, he's one of the smartest football players I played with. You know, he was the guy that was helping me get lined up when I was playing DB. I'd look at him, he's [saying] cover fucking five, get over there. You know, so Jerod knows football.

The 49ers are beatable if you run the ball effectively and keep their offense off the field

You gotta run the ball against them. ... You do not want to get on a hole against that defensive line that only has to rush four. And then you can get all that crazy scheme of the defense behind and they fly. ... You gotta keep that offense off the field. You know, and that's what the running game does as well.

The Ravens are the biggest threat to the 49ers in a Super Bowl matchup

Lamar Jackson is just a game plan killer. Right. You know, he can go take a game over, you know, and especially if he's, you know, Odell, when when the lights are bright, you know, odells gonna come out and he's gonna start bawling. ... I think they're a scary football team ... Lamar Jackson and the Ravens are 19 and 5 against the spread as an underdog.

Brock Purdy is the NFL MVP

How do we talk about Brock Purdy? Is he the MVP? I mean, right now he, he probably is. That's a, I mean that the MVP's always a quarterback, right. ... You have to give credit to what Brock Purdy's doing. You have to, you have to, you know, the, this whole game manager thing, people don't realize it's more like a game operator.

Shane Steichen should get Coach of the Year because of how bad the Eagles' offense looks without him

Shane Steichen actually should get coached of the year by virtue of how bad the Eagle's offense [is].

The coaching staff is ruining the Eagles' Super Bowl window

The window continued into this year, but the coaching has been fucking horrible. This was a window ruining year.

Jalen Hurts is no longer a top five quarterback in the NFL

He's [Jalen Hurts] outta my top five. No longer Elite. Top five is as as follows. Mahomes, Allen, Purdy, Lamar, Burrow.

Christian McCaffrey is the best player in the NFL right now

Christian McCaffrey is so good at football. Yes. That he could make an all white team beat an all black team. He's literally the best player in the NFL right now.

Trevor Lawrence is starting to feel the heat as the media narrative shifts against him

Trevor Lawrence is starting to feel the heat. He is starting to get blind resumed a lot... Once you see the blind resumes, it's like uhoh, here comes the narrative changing, shifting on you. It's like the first sign.

The NBA In-Season Tournament should have one traveling banner instead of permanent ones

There should just be one banner. And the team that wins it should get to have it in their arena for the remainder of that year into next year where they have to give it up and another team then gets to possess that banner because you can't have every NBA team eventually having an in season tournament banners.

Syracuse football is having the best off-season in all of college football

My Cool Throne is my alma mater. Syracuse football. They are having arguably the best off-season in all of college football. Almost... in my book.

Redshirting was the best thing that ever happened to me in college

The best thing that ever happened to me was I redshirted and was able to sit in the meetings and be at practice and run Scout team the year that we won the National Championship in '05 with Vince Young... I've told [Arch Manning], I said the best thing that ever happened to me was Redshirting. I know it's not that cool to do and it sucks, especially in this day and age, but like I'm just telling you, it was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Tommy DeVito hasn't even scratched the surface of what he will become

I don't even think he's scratched what he will become. 'cause he's got a boulder of cutlets on his shoulder... I think he's a phenomenal player. He's comfortable now. And he's won the locker room.

EJ Perry is an absolute baller who should be in the NFL

This EJ Perry is an absolute baller, hits a golf ball 360 yards, 360 dunks, and he'll go on the whiteboard and do some Matt Damon stuff from Goodwill Hunting. I'm telling you, I earned a little validation on my assessment of talent and he's phenomenal.

The Jaguars are currently allergic to the end zone

they had the debacle at the end of the half where the Jaguars are just allergic to the end zone until they, they hit that deep strike. But I have no idea what Doug Peterson was thinking at the end of that half. No, it was, it was all time.

The Bengals are a scary team of destiny with Jake Browning

Now I'm, I'm back to being like Bengals team of destiny. Nick Foles, Jake Browning... the Bengals are, I, I can't believe that the Bengals are like actually kind of a scary team.

Nick Mullens is the ultimate backup gunslinger because you always want to watch him

Nick Mullens... he's the ultimate like backup gunslinger. Right. Yeah. I don't think a team will ever commit to Nick Mullens as being like the guy ever. But he's fun. At least you'll say this about Nick when he plays, you wanna watch the game because he's gonna do some crazy shit.

The 2023 AFC playoffs are so wide open that no result would shock me

The a FC. There's no rhyme like the a FC playoffs. I will not be shocked pretty much with any team that gets to the super Bowl at this point. Yeah, you could, you could see.

The Mike Tomlin era in Pittsburgh might finally be over

Mike Tomlin... this actually the first time I've been like, it might be over, it might be over for Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh.

I am officially voting for Shane Steichen for Coach of the Year

I have officially decided I'm only gonna do one coach of the year vote and it's going to be for Shane Steichen. I've, I've decided that I usually split my votes. The Colts, the fact the Colts are eight and six... It's crazy.

I am officially adjusting Justin Fields' stats to remove drops and Hail Mary interceptions

I would like to say and get ahead of this before the end of the season when the Justin Fields debate happens... In my personal book for Justin Fields, at the end of the season, I will be adjusting his stats to include one more touchdown and two fewer interceptions.

The Bears cannot pass up Caleb Williams if he is as good as advertised

if you think that Caleb Williams is like as good as advertised you, you can't pass up drafting him. You can't. I'm just telling you, you're gonna regret that.

Flacco was a bum for the first three quarters and then elite — you have to Men in Black yourself to forget the boneheaded mistakes

Flacco was a bum for the first three quarters and then elite. That's what makes [Flacco] so confusing. You have to almost Men in Black yourself and take the device out and make you forget all the boneheaded mistakes that he made. Because he thinks he can make every throw.

The Buccaneers should just run it back with Baker Mayfield next year

If, if I'm, if I'm the Bucs, I think I might just run it back with Baker next year. Why not? Why not? You're probably gonna make the playoffs probably gonna win the division.

I hope the Chiefs keep Kadarius Toney around just to watch him blow a playoff game

I also just enjoy, I'm, I hope they keep Kadarius Toney around for the playoff run. 'cause watching him blow a playoff game would be just,

Vic Fangio is the reason I believe in the Dolphins

I stand by the fact... the whole reason that I have believed in the Dolphins in the last couple weeks is 'cause of Vic Fangio today. Their defense was awesome. Shut out. Hard to shut out a team in the NFL. It is, it is... That's why I believe in the Dolphins is Vic Fangio.

Ron Rivera is intentionally not trying to win anymore

I don't think he's trying to do anything. He's fired. But he already is fired. Like I think they probably were like, Hey dude, you're a nice guy. We're not gonna fire you during the season... So he just doesn't give a fuck. He's not trying to win this game. No, he can't. There's, it's impossible for somebody to mismanage the end of the game unless they're doing it intentionally.

Matthew Stafford still has it and is playing at an elite level

Matt Stafford. I don't, I I know I went on a little rant there about Rivera 'cause it was shocking. But Matt Stafford's still, he's still got it. Awesome. He's still got it. And he did the one throw that he does every game... The dude can still throw the fucking [football].

The 49ers are a freight train you should not bet against under any circumstances

49ers are a freight train right now and you should not get in front of them under any circumstances. Like if you're trying to bet against the 49ers right now, sit down and ask yourself like why am I doing this? They are really, really fucking good at football and every time they're healthy, they've killed everyone.

Aaron Rodgers' injury is the most human thing ever, not a superhuman recovery

Aaron Rogers is not even human. I'd actually say missing the entire season because you got injured is the most human thing ever. Well, was he injured scenes? That was, I mean, he's literally showing that he's human. The fact that he hasn't been playing.

The report that the Patriots have decided to fire Bill Belichick is 'fake news'

As a Patriots fan on this podcast, I'm just gonna say that that seems like fake news to me. Seems like a fake news media report from Tom Curran. You know, the media's been out to get us since 2000... Belichick didn't do anything wrong... there's no chance. 0% chance. I don't think Belichick would leave.

The NFL wants the Chiefs to play on Wild Card weekend to maximize ratings from Taylor Swift fans

I think if the NFL wanted anything, they should want the Chiefs not to get the bye. 'cause that's one extra game of ratings for the Swifties Super Wild Card weekend.

Dolphins fans are insufferable and it would be funny to see them lose the AFC East

Dolphins fans are annoyingly cocky and Bills fans... I feel more of a connection to... Dolphins fans are insufferable. Like they're super annoying. They're super cocky. They haven't won shit. And seeing them blow a season and somehow lose the AFC East would be funny.

It is more important for NFL teams to maintain rhythm by playing starters late in the season than it is to rest them

I think playing is the most important. I think what I learned throughout was timing and rhythm matter... so many times I thought we had the better team, but not playing up to those points, you got back out there, you kinda had to find the rhythm... I was much more about playing.

Derek Carr is hurting the Saints by playing at 80% while significantly injured

If you're not playing to the level that we need you to play to, you are hurting us... the game is played in the margins and there's too many good players, right? It's just too many dudes who are that good at 70, 80%. Man, you just ain't cutting it... When you're seeing guys at each other in repeated weeks, that's when you know something's really there.

Eric Bieniemy's absence is a major reason for the Chiefs' offensive struggles and lack of discipline

The enemy not being there, it matters. I'm not saying that Andy Reed and these guys aren't great coaches, but Bieniemy had some nastiness about him, right? He had some significant conversations with their players, whether that's Mahomes or other people. And with him not being there, it does get into a place where maybe some things have been allowed or tolerated to a different degree... I do think the enemy not being there hurts because those players in the room are ultimately the guys who have to execute it.

Deebo Samuel is the most valuable player on the 49ers

I think Deebo Samuel... I think he's an MVP, right? Because if you see the way he plays and like look at their team when he's not on the field, it's as, it's as reflective as Tyreek Hill. Like this dude is, he is a freaking grown man, bro. And he is about it in all phases.

Tyreek Hill is the most important player on the Dolphins and should be the NFL MVP

I do consider myself part of TuAnon, but saying Tyreek Hill is the MVP does not diminish Tua. I think Tua is a very good quarterback when Tyreek Hill is on the field... He looked to me like he's the most important player on the Dolphins and he probably should be considered MVP.

Patrick Mahomes is the greatest quarterback to ever play the game

I think [Mahomes] is the best quarterback to ever play the game. [Big Cat: Besides Tom Brady?] My beloved Tom Brady, the fucking goat. It's disgusting anybody ever mentions him in the same breath. It's Tom Brady... But Mahomes is the best quarterback in the NFL fact.

Reports that Bill Belichick will leave the Patriots after the season are fake news

Tom Curran... said that at the end of the year, the Patriots and Belichick are probably gonna part ways... I'm just gonna go with the fact that it's a report and it's not true. It might be fake news. I'm hoping it's fake. I'm in the denial stage right now.

The Baltimore Ravens are the best team in the AFC

I do think they're the best team in the AFC. I still believe in Lamar. I still think the defense, even though Stafford shredded us... objectively, I still feel good.

Only All-Pro players should be allowed to wear number zero in the NFL

To wear number zero, you have to be the best guy on your team. There's gotta be a rule where it's like to have a weird number, you have to be awesome. [Big Cat: Pro Bowl?] All-pro. Zero is All-pro.