Takes

Every NFL team should claim they wanted a quarterback after the draft just in case they're good

If you're an NFL team and you can always just throw out there like, we wanted to take this guy on draft night, nobody will remember that if he ends up stinking in like three years. But in the chance that he is good, you can always point back and be like, we actually had him.

Dan Snyder should be arrested and put in jail for tampering with Andrew Luck

Just arrest Dan Snyder. And I think that would be fine. I think that would satisfy all parties. [regarding allegations the Commanders contacted Andrew Luck].

I am buying Blackhawks season tickets because of Connor Bedard

I watched a highlight video. There's like a 20 minute highlight video I was watching and I did buy season tickets. I hope everyone here likes to go to hockey games. Cause we're gonna go to a lot of hockey games. I got swept up. I mean he looks, I, I know there's a lot of pressure on him, but he does feel like a can't miss guy.

The NHL should rig the draft lottery for major markets

If you're the NHL, you should absolutely rig the draft. Duh. This is entertainment. Yes. Listen, you're a multi-billion dollar corporation. Do you want your best players to be playing for teams that nobody cares about? Yeah. No you don't. You want them in Chicago.

Connor Bedard has the best shot the NHL has ever seen

His shot is like the best they've ever seen. Like it's, it's, it's like insane how he's able, what he's able to do and how he's able to quickly elevate the puck and he's just, he has a lethal shot. So, so, so it's it's cool. He's a phenom.

The Black Hawks should sign Ryan Reaves to protect Connor Bedard

If the team's not that great, he's gonna get to play a little bit. If anyone goes, if anyone breathes on him, [Ryan Reaves] goes up and just... I would sign the two toughest guys... Just put a goon line on the fourth line. And nobody's gonna go near him.

Jayson Tatum is better than Joel Embiid in the playoffs

[Jayson Tatum] is the best player on the court. He's better than Joel Embiid. I'm sorry, like in playoffs, Joel Embiid, he had a very good game, but the fourth quarter he looked like the most gassed person in the world.

Erik Spoelstra is the best coach in the NBA

Spoelstra is the best coach left in the Eastern Conference. Probably in the NBA. I think in the NBA. It does feel like they have the edge there and a lot of these series do come down like to adjustments in game to game because you start to know your opponent so well.

If Nikola Jokic gets suspended for shoving Mat Ishbia, it's absolute bullshit

That was a crazy scene because if Nikola Jokic gets suspended, that will be absolutely bullshit because Mat Ishbia... he grabbed the ball, wouldn't give it up, and then he kind of like chested into Jokic and then Jokic gave him a little shove. If Adam Silver suspends Jokic for this game, it's bullshit.

Ken Jennings is the undisputed GOAT of Jeopardy

The host is Ken Jennings, who is the GOAT. He's the greatest Jeopardy player of all time. Won the most consecutive episodes... When they played a primetime event named GOAT to determine the greatest of all time, Ken Jennings won that against James [Holzhauer].

Sports and Jeopardy are the only things left worth watching on broadcast TV

The only show on television out-rates Jeopardy is the NFL. There's the NFL then Jeopardy, then every drama, every new show, every comedy, everything else. And Jeopardy still has those moments... all that's left is sports and Jeopardy really for me and TV. There's nothing else.

Sam Darnold is the most talented pure thrower in 49ers history

He said Sam Darnold might be the most talented thrower of football that the 49ers have ever had... I guess he's right. Most talented thrower of football.

Flightline was a better horse than American Pharoah

Secretariat was the best... The four best horses that I've seen... were Secretariat, Flightline, Spectacular Bid, and American Pharoah... I would put 'em in that order. And I know some people think it's heresy to say that Flightline was better than American Pharoah... but I just think that Flightline was better.

LeBron James might be better as a Robin than a Batman for the Lakers

I think what we're seeing is LeBron might be better as a Robin than he is as a Batman. They've got a true number one option finally on the Lakers in AD who looks healthier than we had predicted.

My fear of the Lakers making a championship run has reached a new level

My fear of LeBron and the Lakers making a championship run has elevated to another rung. So I do think this is gonna be a great series. I obviously, you know, like game one, especially the Warriors coming off of game seven, I don't know how they're gonna solve for the fact that the Lakers are just taller than them.

NBA playoff teams should only wear their classic home and road jerseys

When you're in the playoffs, you wear your jerseys, you wear your classic jerseys, you wear your home, you wear your road. Like don't fuck it up. ... I don't want your city connect. I don't want your 17th Nike jersey. ... I do sound like an old man right now, but I want your classic jersey playing in the playoffs.

Ryan Whitney was completely wrong for saying the Kraken would only win one playoff game

The Kraken are fucking... put the Kraken every time they're on the screen. It also, Ryan Whitney's full of shit for saying the Kraken were gonna win one game in the playoffs.

Erik Spoelstra is the best coach in the NBA

Spoelstra is the best coach in the league I think. I think he might take over the title. I think he might be—Pop has not been in the playoffs for a few years. I think Spo is the best coach. Like the fact that he had that team almost winning at the garden, missing three guys and having the refs go against you.

Phil Jackson's greatest skill was managing the massive egos of his superstar players

Management of egos is also equally as important. Kerr does that a great job with that. Phil Jackson was managing Michael Jordan, Scotty Pippen, Shaq, Kobe, Dennis Rodman. And he was also banging the owner of the team too. I think he's pretty good at managing egos.

Jayson Tatum is clearly the best player on the court in the Celtics-Sixers series

Jayson Tatum... he is an exceptional, he's gonna be first team all-NBA. He's an exceptional except exceptional player. It feels like that last thing is that killer instinct of like, this is my game I'm taking over. I'm the best, he is the best player on that court.

Bill Belichick trading back in the draft just to spite the Jets was a brilliant move

The Patriots traded that draft pick to the Steelers because they knew that the Jets wanted to take Broderick Jones... They even got less than they should have gotten from the Steelers because they wanted to move that pick so badly... specifically so they could fuck the New York Jets. That's brilliant.

Dillon Brooks has talked himself out of the NBA

I really do think [Dillon Brooks] might've played himself. Like he talked himself out of the NBA. Well and also the lack of play... he talked himself out of the [league].

Five straight days of playoff football in January is the best schedule ever

College football playoff announced today 2024 and 2025... Semi-finals would be played on Thursday and Friday of super wild card weekend... Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Five straight days of playoff football.

To survive in the NHL when you aren't a superstar, you must focus on being an elite teammate

I knew for me, sticking around, obviously when you're not the best player in the world, you gotta have some other intangibles. And I knew for me as being a good teammate, being a guy that people can trust, you know, just being there for guys no matter what.

The Florida Panthers' upset over the Bruins wasn't as shocking as people think

I don't think it was a choke as much as people are saying... You look at Florida's team, they're loaded, they got superstar players... They had been playing playoff hockey for the last month trying to get into the playoffs.

Jake Oettinger is the best goalie in the NHL

I think Dallas now... I think Dallas has the best goalie with Jake Oettinger. He's a stud young kid. He, he was unbelievable in the playoffs last year.

NHL starting goalies are the weirdest people on the planet

Starting goalie is just outta control. Like, you don't talk to 'em, don't go near 'em on game day... I think it's from a young age on where you're in the crease, you got no one to talk to.

Once you break up, you no longer have the right to feel disrespected by your ex's dating life

You don't get to make those rules. You're broken up. You're broken up. You're broken up. If it was before then yeah, you could be upset. But if you're broken up, you're broken up.

The 2022-23 Boston Bruins are the biggest chokers in the history of the NHL

How do you feel about your Boston Bruins being the biggest chokers in the history of the NHL? After being the President's Cup trophy winner, they had the most wins in NHL history this year... You lost in the first round to Jake [Marsh]'s Florida Panthers.

The Bruins' historic season was an abject failure

I don't know how he [Giannis] could say that that was a complete abject failure. It just hurt a lot... most points of all time, most wins of all time... it's a complete failure.

Game 7 playoff hockey is the cruelest thing in all of sports.

Game seven playoff hockey, there's nothing like it in sports. Game seven playoff hockey overtime. It is the cruelest thing in all sports... you sit there and be like, how is it over? Like, keep this game going. This is not fair.

The Bruins' collapse sets a bad tone for the Celtics' playoff run and puts unnecessary pressure on the city.

This is bad for the Celtics. This is like, as a city as a whole. You're both, you know, top seeds... the fact that the Bruins lost it almost kind of like sets the tone of like, anything can happen and that's not where you wanna be.

The 18-1 Patriots Super Bowl loss is worse than the Bruins' first-round collapse

It's definitely the Super Bowl. What are you thinking right now? No, it's obviously the Super Bowl... I'm not trying to make Hank feel better. This is not on the same level as a Milwaukee Bucks. This is not on the same level as a one seed losing at 16. This happens every few years [in hockey].

Steph Curry is a top 10 player of all-time

I mean, people are saying top 10 all time now. I, I wouldn't disagree with that... and I know I might be in the minority here because I think there's a lot of warriors fatigue... I still love watching the Warriors play basketball and I still love watching Steph Curry.

Every MLB team should be required to play a series in Mexico City

Every team should have to play like a series in Mexico City because it was awesome... The Giants and Padres played in Mexico City, which is 2000 feet higher than Denver. And on Saturday it was like a softball game. There were 11 home runs.

Will Levis is untrustworthy because he puts mayonnaise in his coffee.

Where I go from that means that you're an individual and you put mayonnaise in your coffee. You just, you can't be a trustworthy individual. And I hope the Titans don't take [him].

BPC-157 should be allowed in the NFL for injury recovery.

BPC-157... is now illegal in the NFL. But dude, I mean... I got fired up when I saw it was illegal. I was fired up. I was like, oh hell yeah... I think it should be something that's allowed. Yeah. It's like that was the equivalent... It fixes injuries right away.

Draft Day would be one of the worst movies ever if it didn't have real NFL logos

Draft Day would be maybe one of the worst movies of all time if it didn't have the rights to the exact NFL logos and team names. If they had to make up like a fake NFL league, that movie would suck. Turns out that it rocks because it's like, oh, I recognize the Browns logo.

Will Levis cannot be considered a bust because he was not selected in the top 10 of the NFL Draft.

I actually think it's in a weird way, you can't be a bust if you go, if you don't go in the top 10. So now people won't judge [Will Levis] the same. Now he has time to flourish to be a multi-Super Bowl winner.

The Arizona Cardinals and the Houston Texans won the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

The Cardinals and the Texans might have just won the first round draft. I'm gonna give the Texans an A plus because they picked second and third and they got good players.

Drafting a quarterback in the first round gives a fan base a one-year pass to ignore all negatives

Drafting a quarterback in the first round really does give you a new pep in your step lease on life where you're like, we have at least a year to just only look at the positive and ignore all the negatives. Even if he sucks for half of those games, you could still be like, well, you saw how good he was in that one game.

NFL Draft grades and predictions are meaningless; the only thing that matters is getting a player with fun highlights.

I'm a big believer of draft day means nothing. And it's fun to get excited and watch highlights—draft day's about watching highlights. That's the only thing that matters is getting a guy who has fun highlights that you can go to bed tonight watching them and get you excited for the future. But it means nothing.

Drafting Jalen Carter was a genius move for the Eagles, but he would not have worked for the Bears because they lack veteran defensive leadership.

I actually think that it was genius for the Eagles to take [Jalen Carter]. And the Bears did not take him because everything we've heard about him, he needs veteran leadership around him. The Bears do not have that. The Eagles have the opposite. They have a lot of great defensive players, a lot of older Fletcher Cox, like a lot of guys that will help him.

Emmanuel Forbes is effectively a wide receiver who will score touchdowns for the Commanders on defense.

I love Emmanuel Forbes. He's a ball hawk. He's got six interceptions returned for a touchdown. Huge. So basically we got a wide receiver that's gonna score touchdowns for us on defense.

The Rangers are pathetic for blowing a 2-0 lead to the Devils

The Rangers are pathetic. The Rangers are pathetic. They are like, that is a pathetic to be up two-oh with two games at home. And then they obviously lost in New Jersey tonight, but they're pathetic. Four nothing shutout.

The Bucks' season was a categorical failure

It's okay to say the Bucks season was a failure. Giannis isn't a failure. None of the players are a failure. Their season was a failure. They were the one seed they had the most wins in the regular season. They were odds on favorites and they got bounced in five games. Right. That's a failure.

Quarterbacks should take less on-field money to play for the Cowboys because the off-field marketing revenue is massive.

If you play for the Dallas Cowboys, whatever you don't make on the field, you can make up off the field on the mattress company that Dak [Prescott] is promoting. I think it's worth it to take a little less money on the field, have better players on the field, and open up even more doors if you win a Super Bowl off the field to making money marketing-wise in Dallas.

Bryce Young has the lowest ceiling among the top 2023 QB prospects because he is a 'finished product' coming out of Alabama.

I think at the end of the day, if you're Carolina, you want a guy that's gonna play week one. And the guy that's most ready to play in week one is Bryce. But he is also got the lowest ceiling because he's been coached by the best of the best at Alabama... you're getting a finished product. He doesn't need to be coached a ton. He doesn't need to be taught a ton... there's not a ton of upside like there was with Josh Allen five years ago.

If a quarterback has not learned how to fall correctly by the time they reach the NFL, they will continue to get injured.

If you're trying to figure out how to fall correctly at 24 in year three in the NFL, that's a problem. You learn how to absorb hits in junior high and high school. If you are trying to figure it out and trying to perfect that part of the game in year 2, 3, 4 in the NFL, you're probably gonna be getting hurt a lot.

Troy Polamalu and Ed Reed are the two most fearsome defenders in NFL history.

It's not one guy. It's two guys. It's Troy [Polamalu] and Ed Reed. They both played the same position, but you had to prepare for them totally differently... I had weeks where we were playing the Steelers, if Troy was on the right and the play was called to the right, I had at the line of scrimmage to change it to the left.