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Ryan Day definitely has a Michigan problem

He definitely has a Michigan problem... Ohio State lived in Michigan's head for a number of years... and Jim Harbaugh, to his credit... has completely turned this thing around. If I were Ryan Day... I would suggest maybe looking at finding more Ohio guys that qualified to be on the roster to make them appreciate what this game really means.

Jayden Daniels should win the Heisman Trophy

I have Jayden Daniels winning... He has been by far, when you think of a Heisman winner and you watch his plays, that's the guy you think of. In my opinion, it should go to the most dynamic playmaker and that player has been Jayden Daniels up to this point.

Removing divisions from the Big 10 is a mistake that will diminish the importance of its premier rivalries

What's bad specifically for me in the Big 10 as you lose the divisions... Imagine Ohio State, Michigan this Saturday playing in the Big 10 championship. I think that wrinkle to me is gonna be odd and gonna take some time to get used to. Michigan deserves credit. They just beat Ohio State. They shouldn't have to a week later now go have to play them again.

Dak Prescott is currently playing the best football of his entire career

You could argue that Dak's playing the best that he has in his career. And number two, Mike McCarthy calling plays. I think there's a rhythm right now. They have balance. They can run, they can throw. The defense with Dan Quinn right now... there's a lot there to like.

Justin Tucker might be washed

Justin Tucker just missed a easy kick. He might be, is he washed? Washed? He might be washed. Yeah. He's on washed watch. He might, he might be washed.

Jordan Love might actually be good

Jordan Love might actually be good. And it's starting to scare me. He might actually be good. And this is the difference between dysfunctional franchises and functional franchises like the Green Bay Packers... I know Packers fans can't use this against me. I think Jordan Love might be good.

Ron Rivera made a side deal to finish the season while Eric Bieniemy acts as the de facto head coach

My theory is Ron Rivera's gonna take over the defense. He's gonna retire at the end of the season. He made a side deal with Josh Harris being like, please don't fire me. I'm gonna stick around. I'm gonna let Eric Bieniemy run the show. He's gonna act like the head coach... He's gonna get a shot to prove himself and then clean house after the season's over.

The Cowboys could win the Super Bowl

I I think the Cowboys could win the Super Bowl. Yeah, definitely. Without a doubt... Cowboys could a hundred percent win the Super Bowl. I'm not downplaying that at all. I still think the 49ers are better. I think the Eagles are better. But depending how on how it all shakes out. The Cowboys are, they're in that conversation.

Brock Purdy is now a gunslinger

Is Brock Purdy now a gunslinger? Ooh. Has he transitioned from being a game manager? A guy that won't lose you a game to like, you know, then he was a system quarterback for a little bit and then he went and got so much moxie that I think he might be part gunslinger.

I am officially writing off Geno Smith

I will absolutely write Geno [Smith] off. I'm gonna take the Cowboys on Thursday night when they're at home against Seahawks. I think the Seahawks are in deep, deep trouble... Geno does not look right.

Aaron Rodgers held the Jets hostage by suggesting a return this season

I'm starting to just toss around the idea that [Aaron Rodgers] saying that he's going to come back this year might've hurt the Jets a little bit in the fact that they didn't go out and try to get another quarterback... Did Aaron Rodgers hold you guys hostage this year?

The AFC South is the future conference of quarterbacks

I'm willing to say that the AFC South, that is the Future Conference of quarterbacks. The Young Guns... Stroud and Lawrence. This game was awesome... I'm very excited to watch the Jags and the Texans play for the next 30 years.

Shane Steichen is the Coach of the Year

The Colts getting to nine, possibly 10 wins, which is crazy. This is Shane Steichen, coach of the year. Yeah. Him, coach of the year.

I don't want Caleb Williams on the Patriots

I don't want Caleb Williams. I'll say it right now. Really? Oh, oh, fingernails. Was it the crying? It's the crying thing. I, I have no problem with the fingernails, but I don't, I don't really have a problem with the crying. I just don't know. I feel like there's just a lot of character issues.

The Eagles are lucky, but they make their own luck

They're lucky, but they're lucky all the time. Right. Which means that they're doing things to make themselves lucky. And they, which is such a good trait to have for a team. Right?

Sean McDermott has the coaching yips

Sean McDermott, it's, he, he's, I honestly think he has like the coaching yips right now... [He's] making no sense. And then they go and they kneel it and they play chicken shit football for overtime.

Austin Ekeler is old and washed

Austin Ekeler's hurt, or at least he's running really slow. He's old washed. Justin Herbert leads the league in sick passes and runs that don't really amount to any any points on the board.

Greg Popovich's move to stop fans from booing was great sportsmanship

My who's back is sportsmanship. Oh. Last week in San Antonio, Greg Popovich during Kawhi Leonard's free throws... he hopped on the mic and he told the fans to stop booing... It was sportsmanship at its finest.

Trading Tyreek Hill was a smart long-term move for the Chiefs

I also think the Chiefs made a calculated move to essentially say, we know that with Patrick Mahomes, he's gonna be the franchise quarterback for 15, maybe 20 years. We have to evolve and stay ahead of this like trading Tyreek Hill for a bunch of draft picks... I have no problem with like, people are complaining that they got rid of Tyreek Hill. Well, yeah, I think that was a smart move for the next five, 10 years instead of right now.

Turkey belongs on Thanksgiving and you shouldn't try to replace it with steak

Turkey on Thanksgiving is what you do. You have to keep doing it. If you start doing steak on Thanksgiving, it now diminishes steak... Let's not try to reinvent the wheel. That's When, you eat Turkey. There's no other time really to eat Turkey. Eat steak all year.

Stuffing is the best Thanksgiving side and should be eaten more often

I want to stand out on a soapbox and pound my chest for stuffing. Oh it's stuffing is the best... we should eat stuffing way more frequently than we do. It's the best.

Sam Howell is a better quarterback than Bryce Young, Zach Wilson, Mac Jones, and Daniel Jones

Sam Howell's better than all those quarterbacks... the Cowboys have killed the really bad teams... the Jets, the Patriots, the Giants twice, the Panthers. Sam Howell's better than all those quarterbacks.

USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter stinks and should be fired

My Hot Seat is Greg Berhalter. Ooh. The coach of the US men's national team out. He should be out. Yeah. Hot Seat Greg. He lost to Trinidad in Tobago. Can't do that... He stinks. We brought him back. He doesn't get along with any of the best players on the team. Fire Greg. Fire him.

Bill Belichick's poor GMing is a bigger problem for the Patriots than his coaching

I would say that it's Belichick, the GM, that has been the bigger problem than Belichick, the coach. So do you put guardrails on his personnel authority or do you let him just run everything like he has in New England?

The Cleveland Browns are for real

The Cleveland Browns are seven and three. The Cleveland Browns win with a, their third string quarterback in DTR. The Cleveland Browns are for real.

I am more confident in the Texans now because they proved they can win even when C.J. Stroud has a bad game

For this Texans game, they did not play their A-plus game. And weirdly I'm like more confident in the Texans going forward because they prove that they can win games when C.J. Stroud isn't perfect... When you can win when you're not great, that's a sign of a really good team.

The Commanders should keep building around Sam Howell

I'm, I still like Sam, I still think we focus on Sam, we build around Sam. I I have not changed. He's still the guy. Sam's the guy. He had a bad day.

Jalen Ramsey makes the Dolphins' defense elite

Jalen Ramsey changes everything for the Vic Fangio defense. He was awesome. Had two Picks and I, yeah. Like if the Dolphins can play the offense they played at the beginning of the year and the defense, like they're playing right now. They are a formidable team.

Mark Davis should hire Antonio Pierce as the full-time Raiders coach

Mark Davis, you probably don't have to pay him that much. You're already paying two coaches... It's clear that the team's responding to him. Like they're, they, they were in this game. Just give him the fucking give him the job.

Matt Eberflus is not the guy and should be fired by the Bears

Matt Eberflus is 100% not the coach and should be fired. He loses every game like this. He is a complete coward of a coach.

The Chargers aren't underachieving, they just aren't good

I don't think you can say that the Chargers are underachieving anymore. No, I think the Chargers are just the Chargers. Yeah. They're just the C words.

Brandon Aiyuk deserves to be considered an elite WR1

Brandon Aiyuk, he deserves more credit for being an incredible wide receiver. He doesn't get talked about in that wide receiver one conversation because there's so much talent around him, but he is awesome. Awesome.

Joe Flacco winning a Super Bowl with the Browns is the best potential outcome for the season.

What a story that would be, huh? Oh, if Joe Flacco came in, handed the ball off for 90% of the time, threw 12 passes a game and the Browns won the Super Bowl. Yes. I think that's what I'm rooting for now.

The NFL injury reporting system is a joke that may eventually lead to congressional hearings.

Florio said, meanwhile, the NFL injury reporting system is a joke as evidenced by Burrow's wrist injury being hidden. The joke will be on the NFL when Congress calls a hearing or a prosecutor convenes a grand jury. I would love to see that... if you want to get people behind you just bring Roger Goodell up and make him testify under oath.

Deshaun Watson's $230 million guaranteed contract is going to be one of the worst in NFL history.

Deshaun Watson is gonna be in the running for worse contracts of all time. $200 million guaranteed has not been able to stay on the field. The Browns have a roster that is Super Bowl worthy, and now he's missing the rest of the year. And they're going to be having to fend off the AFC north with DTR, PJ Walker.

Baker Mayfield was the best thing to ever happen to the Cleveland Browns.

Do you think people are coming around to the take that Baker Mayfield was the best thing that's ever happened to the Browns and they should never have let him go?

Josh Dobbs is the ultimate 'fix-it' quarterback for struggling NFL teams.

There are so many teams right now being like Josh Dobbs could fix all of our problems. If the Jets had Josh Dobbs, they would be a playoff team... he basically is the guy that everyone looks to and is like, he could solve everything.

The Miami Dolphins are officially off the NFL 'Fraud List'.

I think I'm ready to take Miami off the fraud list. They won't do it this week, but I'm gearing up for them to be off the fraud list because I'm thinking that their defense is gonna start playing really well... I'm ready to push the button and say no longer fraud.

The Chargers should not be favored on the road against any NFL team right now.

I hate this game so much because the Packers are bad, but the Chargers shouldn't be favored on the road against anyone. I know the Chargers are better than the Packers, but if you tell me you have to put your life on the line for the Chargers to be able to like maneuver a road game and win by exactly three or more, I couldn't do that. Something weird is gonna happen.

The Bears are no longer one of the 'truly terrible' teams in the NFL.

The bears are not as bad as people think they are. They are. They're [not] the worst teams in the league... which are the Panthers, the giants, maybe the Patriots, the Cardinals... I think the Bears are a step above that. They get lumped in there. They've actually been playing really good defense.

Every remaining game for the Bills this season is officially a must-win.

I'm going to declare that every game for the rest of the season is a must win for the bills. I would say so. I think they might be able to get one more loss. I'm gonna say it's a must win though. You can't, the the margin error is too small. It's a must win.

LSU is a more difficult school to graduate from in four years than Harvard.

LSU, four years would be Tough. Man's a lot. I mean, you got two years of being incoherent... you're not worried about Fred's and Bogey and Tiger Land [at Harvard]... LSU [is harder].

Sam Howell is the poor man's version of Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Sam Howell is a poor man's Ryan Fitzpatrick. I didn't know that. If you look at his bank account, come on baby.

The Buffalo Bills' championship window is officially closed

You gotta talk window. That's closed. I think they're about to jump out of the window.

Josh Allen must have a 'come to Jesus' moment regarding his turnovers

Josh needs to have like a come to Jesus moment of like, Hey, I can't be a superhero in on every single play. I have to take care of the football better because you're putting your defense in a bad spot. You're putting your team in a bad spot when you throw those type of interceptions.

Russell Wilson looks like a winning quarterback again under Sean Payton

Russell Wilson actually does look good... he is playing, winning football and making plays with his feet and making nice passes and not making the mistakes.

Benching a starting running back for a single fumble makes no sense in the modern NFL

Why would you bench your guy [James Cook]? He basically sat one of your key parts of your team because he fumbled the ball in the first play. It makes no sense. Coaches have doghouses for running backs... maybe if it was a recurring thing, but James Cook is a good player. It didn't really make a lot of sense.

Any offensive coordinator who calls a shotgun play on 4th and 1 should be fired immediately

The fourth and one shotgun... why? Any team that's in fourth and one and goes shotgun should the OC should be fired right away. I hate that. You have to get one yard and you're like, 'now let's get seven yards.' It's crazy. It's crazy.

The Big 10 is incompetent for suspending Jim Harbaugh before a national title run

The Big 10 was wrong for what they did... if you think that Michigan did something wrong, I'm gonna most likely agree with you... but due process still does matter. It was such a half measure, half-ass thing by the Big 10 that it leaves me with no other conclusion than the Big 10 has no idea what they're doing and they're just trying to save face.

James Franklin is a soft coach who will never win big games at Penn State

James Franklin... he's never gonna win the big one... he's not going anywhere [because of his contract]... but it's just gonna be the same thing. You'll get to the 12 team playoff and then you'll just see what happens against Ohio State and Michigan... He plays so soft. He coaches so soft.