Takes

All Pro Edge Rushers should wear numbers in the 90s, not single digits

Fucking edge rushers need to be wearing nineties. Or if you're really fucking cool, maybe a 50... It's fucking weird. It looks like college football and I hate that.

Winter officially begins the day after Thanksgiving

Winner starts the day after Thanksgiving. [Big Cat: You don't think December's winter?] What? No, because you, it's festive... [PFT:] I think that Christmas is a winter holiday. It is. It's a winter wonderland. Yeah.

'Bad winter' starts on January 2nd and lasts until March Madness begins

I think winter starts the day after January 1st... Winter is like when it sucks... When I think winter, I think January 2nd to March Madness. That's like when it sucks.

Puka Nacua's diving catch against the Ravens is the catch of the year so far

That one diving catch that [Puka Nacua] had. I'm putting that, that's my catch of the year so far. Wow. When you take into account everything around it with the weather and the stage and who it was against.

The Ravens are currently the best team in the AFC

I believe in the Ravens. I think the Ravens are the best team in the AFC.

Sean McVay might be doing his best coaching job yet with the current Rams roster

It feels like we should do the conversation that this might be Sean McVay's best coaching job because it is a group that is not star-studded. It's not like the Super Bowl team. Their defense is a lot of young guys and Aaron Donald, and their offense—I mean, Puka [Nacua] is what, a fifth rounder? And just in Kyron Williams. Sean McVay just schemes everyone open and has an offense work that is incredible.

I don't want to see the Vikings or Seahawks in the playoffs because they lack a higher gear

I do wanna see the Rams in the playoffs... enjoyment of the playoffs. Like first round matchups. The Rams are a team that I wouldn't mind watching play more football. I don't really wanna see the Vikings or the Seahawks play more football because I feel like the Rams have just a different gear. [Matthew] Stafford could beat anyone if he's on his A+ game.

Joe Flacco is Baldinger's cat — both elite and not elite at the same time, and the debate always ends with 'but so did Trent Dilfer'

I call him Baldinger's cat because he's both elite and not elite at the same time. And he makes everybody furious depending on what your take on Joe Flacco is. And here's how the conversation always goes. Is Joe Flacco elite? Yes. Why? He won a Super Bowl. So did Trent Dilfer. And that's the end of that conversation.

The Jaguars are a smoke and mirrors team

The Jaguars feel like they're smoke and mirrors team. And it's starting to, we're starting to kind of get through the fog and we're like, 'Hey, wait a second. Why did we anoint the Jaguars?'

I'm officially done with watching Desmond Ridder play football

I'm so sick of watching Desmond Ridder play football. I know he played well in the fourth quarter... but the interception, the fumble in the end zone, the missed pass to Bijon [Robinson] where it was a walk-in touchdown and he missed him. I'm just kind of done with watching him play football. We've had enough.

I want the Bears to draft Caleb Williams and move on from Justin Fields

I think they're gonna take Caleb Williams, which I'm all for. ... I don't think I want Justin Fields back.

Zach Wilson is the perfect backup quarterback but can't play a full season

I think he's not good, but I think he's just the perfect backup quarterback where a guy goes down, he goes in, gives you a spark and that's it. ... Can't play a full season.

It might be over for Josh Dobbs as a viable NFL starter

Josh Dobbs, he's learned too much. He knows too much of the offense. He's back to being Josh Dobbs. I wish they had pulled the plug like a week earlier so that we could still have good memories. Because this was like when Nick Mullens has to come in and save the day. It might be over for Josh Dobbs.

The 49ers at their best are better than any team in football

I would say the 49ers at their best are better than any team in football. Yes. At their best. They can't be beat.

Trent Williams should be in the conversation for NFL MVP

Trent Williams should be in the conversation for MVP. When the 49ers have had Deebo Samuel and Trent Williams and everyone else, they have not lost. They are a juggernaut in every sense of the word.

The Chiefs are broken offensively

The Chiefs are broken offensively. Outside of Rashee Rice, they just drop balls and fumble balls and they just—the Chiefs are broken offensively.

The Chiefs are better off with Kadarius Tony not being on the field

I think you just need to realize that Kadarius Tony is maybe, probably definitely better off not being on the field. Although he did score the touchdown from Travis Kelce that's gonna be in the Hall of Fame.

Every MLB free agent contract is technically an overpay but it doesn't matter without a salary cap

If the roles were reversed, you would be so over the moon about this. And yes, every contract free agent contract in MLB history is an overpay because you're paying for past accomplishments and who cares? There's no salary cap. It's not your money.

Anthony Davis is a top 3 player in the NBA when he wants to be

Anthony Davis just being like, 'Oh tonight I'm gonna be the best player in the entire world.' He had 41, 20 and five... It was an insane performance. When he's at his peak, he is—yeah, Jokic and Giannis—but like he's up there. When he wants to be, he's one of the top three players in the NBA.

The Steelers are not a playoff team

The Steelers are bad. And I'm, listen, I don't think the Steelers are a playoff team. They shouldn't be. They're now officially outside of the playoffs, which is good for football.

The NBA In-Season Tournament is a win for Adam Silver

The in season Tournament has been very fun. It is a win for Adam Silver 'cause it's games that no one would care about. And now we care about him. Right. Like I, I watched him, I was like, this is fun.

You can't win a Super Bowl if you used the 9/11 hijackers for motivation

I'm gonna say you can't win a super Bowl if, if that happened. I'm gonna agree with that. I'm gonna go, you know what? So everything we said, we we're no more glazing. We have not glazed anymore. Pardon, My, Take. We're removing the glaze.

Fans will start to hate Bill Belichick as they realize the Patriots' era was more about Tom Brady than him

Pretty soon Bill Belichick is entering the sift Lord type of realm where I think that fans are gonna start to hate him. They realize that the Patriot wave was more about, you know, Tom Brady than it was him.

Mark Andrews is to the Ravens what Travis Kelce is to the Chiefs

I feel like Mark Andrews is to the Ravens, what Travis Kelce is to the Chiefs. Yeah. He's not as good as Travis Kelce. He's still very, very good. One of the best. He's baby Kelce.

Taysom Hill gives the Saints the best chance to win as the starting quarterback

I made the switch last week where I thought to myself like, Taysom [Hill] as a starting quarterback, I think he gives you the best chance to win right now if you have him. Yeah. But he's so hard to plan for.

Sam LaPorta is the player most similar to my style of play

I'm gonna go with the guy from Detroit right now. He's a rookie, Sam La Porta... He's fast, he's got great hands on the run. He breaks tackles as well... and he is willing to block as well. I won't say he brings it to the table like I do in the block game, but I would say he brings, he's the most similar guy that's up and coming.

The Bills are incapable of winning a Super Bowl under Sean McDermott after the 9/11 motivational speech revelation

Everything I said about the bills winning the super Bowl I'm throwing out... I'm gonna say you can't win a super Bowl if, if that happened. I'm gonna agree with that. I'm gonna go, you know what? So everything we said, we we're no more glazing... Glaze has been removed on this podcast.

Stopped calling Flacco 'Fucko' after watching him throw a perfect 15-yard out — his arm strength is one of the strongest in NFL history

I used to call [Flacco] Fucko, that was my nickname for him. But that's when I stopped calling him [Fucko] — when he threw a 15-yard out, which is the hardest throw to make. It's the farthest ball. And he threw it on point. I stopped calling him Fucko. [Flacco] has one of the strongest arms in the history of football, in my opinion.

The NFC is a more difficult conference than the AFC this year

Now it all switches to Is the NFC the real gauntlet? Is NFC really the actual conference this year? Because Yeah. I mean, if you had to do a power rankings of teams, the NFC would have what, three of the top five teams right now?

Jacksonville should have forced Trevor Lawrence to use a golf cart instead of letting him walk to the locker room

Jacksonville, Florida probably has the most golf carts. And they didn't use a single one on Trevor. He said he wanted to walk to the training room... At that point, you need to be like, no, we're gonna get you a cart. You've had, gimme your keys. You've had too much.

GTA VI is the point where video games became indistinguishable from reality

GTA six finally released their trailer yesterday. And yeah, it, that's we've, we've done it. We've gotten to the point where I can't tell if it's a video game or real life. Unfortunately. That clip of the, of the girls shaking her booty on the, on the car. I was like, is that real? I don't, it finally happened where my brain can't process video games. In reality.

Nikola Jokic is the best player in the world

Yoic. Did you know that He leads the NBA in points, rebounds, and assists right now. Jesus. It's fucking insane what Yoic is doing. He's so good. I think, I feel like we're in the trap of not appreciating how great Yoic is. Yeah. He's the best player in the world.

The NBA In-Season Tournament is a success

My Cool Throne is the NBA in season tournament because it kind of rocks... It was an awesome crowd. The crowd was awesome... I was critical at first. It didn't make sense in the beginning, but now that it's more organized... I'm a fan.

European basketball training makes players more effective at playing without the ball compared to American players

I think, I mean the, the biggest thing is you, you learned to play without the ball. I think it's not about, it's not about you When you learn to play in Europe... you learn how to play very organized at a very young age. And you see that in the NBA too, that European players like just know how to play with each other.

I don't give a rat's ass about your parlay

Don't dmm me about your betts. I do not. That's fair. I don't give a rat's ass about your bet. I understand that, but that's your fault for betting... It's getting outta hand. It's like 10, 15 people at a time like every game. And they going crazy too.

The Saints should let their offense run through Taysom Hill all the time.

They should just let that offense run through Taysom Hill all the time. There's nobody like him in the NFL. He seems to be effective at moving the chains. The offense is something that like, you can't really prepare for that well.

The Saints need to blow everything up and reset their franchise

The Saints just have to admit that they suck and they have to start blowing everything up because the Saints have been doing this for, it started at the end of the Brees era and it's been going on ever since where they just continually kick the can down the road. The Saints are $71 million over the cap next year. I don't even know how that's possible. Why wouldn't they just start trading people? Start cutting, start trading, just reset everything. If you're a Saints fan, you have to want a fresh restart.

Making the playoffs as the NFC South representative would be the worst thing for the Saints long-term.

The worst thing that could happen to the Saints is they somehow get into the playoffs as the NFC South representative, lose a game and then they can tell themselves, oh we were, we were pretty close. We were a playoff team. Like, you just gotta hit reset on everything.

Tyreek Hill should be in the MVP conversation and is currently better than Tua

Why isn't Tyreek Hill in the MVP conversation? I think he is. He's gonna get 2,000 yards. I think he should. If any wide receiver gets it, it should be Tyreek Hill. How about that? Tua is eliminated. All the fun Dolphins offense stats will now go to Tyreek Hill in terms of the MVP convo.

The 49ers are definitively the best team in the NFC right now

Obviously the Niners shit-pumped the Eagles. They're the better, they're the better team right now without question. But they had 10 days of rest. It's a fact. It's not just obvious to be like, 'oh yeah, we just saw what happened, that's what's gonna happen in the NFC Championship game.'

Florida State deserved to be in the Playoff, but Alabama makes for better TV

Two things can be true at the same time. Florida State deserved to be in the college football playoff. The college football Playoff is better off with Alabama in it. If you asked literally any division one coach, who would you rather play? Florida State or Alabama? I think they would all say they would rather play Florida State.

If Florida State beats Georgia in the Orange Bowl, they should claim a National Championship

If Florida State goes and beats Georgia in their bowl game, claim that National Championship. Just claim it. Just say it. Pull the UCF and no, there's no rule of saying that you can't declare yourself National champion if you're undefeated. That's what I would do.

This is the first CFP where all four teams can legitimately win the title

Florida State debacle aside, this is the first time I feel like we have a college football playoff where all four teams can win the title. And it's not like a leap of imagination. It is four teams that are so fucking good and they all kind of do stuff... it's gonna be a great matchup everywhere.

Ime Udoka mentally alpha'd LeBron James during their trash talk exchange.

The fact that Ime [Udoka] got in [LeBron James'] head about this tells me Ime is mentally alpha him... Dylan Brooks, you can say like 10 times worse things to LeBron... the fact that Ime got in his head about this tells me Ime is mentally alpha him.

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti shouldn't have claimed the Hoosiers would be in the Big Ten title game next year.

He went to the Indiana basketball game and he said Purdue sucks, so does Michigan and Ohio State... He said 'I'd figure I should make this trip up here since we'll be playing in this game next year.' ... He should not have said that. That's stupid.

Dak Prescott is a legitimate NFL MVP candidate because he's taking better care of the football than last year

Dak Prescott's playing way better than last year. He is playing out of his mind. ... Last year he finished the season 23 touchdowns, 15 interceptions. This season through week 13, he's 23 touchdowns, six interceptions. He's having an awesome, awesome year. And he's up there for MVP.

The Lions are at a crossroads after two bad games and need to prove they are a real NFC contender against the Saints

This, this is gonna be a true test to the Lions. They're, I feel like they're at a crossroads. 'cause they've had two bad games... Are they a real team in the NFC? Can they go down and beat the saints who are very injured?

I've staked my entire reputation on Joe Flacco possibly being elite — and the Browns OC says he still has an elite arm

Per the offensive coordinator of the Browns, Alex Van Pelt, he said Flacco still has an elite arm. Listen, I've staked my entire reputation on Joe Flacco possibly being elite.

The Bears should put Justin Fields in a high-gear, uptempo offense

I would have that fucker in high gear. High gear... I think a beneficiary who would benefit off of a uptempo offense is Justin Fields. Because a tired lineman... does not want to run around trying to chase a quarterback. When they do uptempo and they let him like be himself, he looks great.

The Broncos' 2023 turnaround is 100% because Russell Wilson never folded as a leader

This season turned around. It starts with leadership and it starts with one guy, Russell Wilson... he doesn't change, he doesn't fold even when it fucking hurts... he stayed the same... my theory is that the turnaround happened because Russell Wilson and his unwavering faith, he never folded even when it hurt.