Takes

Jimmy Garoppolo will make mistakes trying to show up the Patriots in his revenge game

Garoppolo is probably going to try to play like the best game of his life to show Robert Kraft like, 'Hey, you could've had me.' And when he tries to do that, he's probably going to make some mistakes.

Bryce Harper embodies the city of Philadelphia more than any superstar

I'm so jealous of Philly fans because you got a player that is a superstar potential Hall of Famer someday. And he's such a dirtbag—like Phillies fans. He is one of them. When he signed his deal, he was like 13 years, I don't want any opt-outs, I want to die here. Bury me in Philly. He embodies everything that fan base is all about.

The Astros have proven they never needed to cheat to be successful

What they've proven to me—and should be to a lot of people—is that they never had to cheat in the first place. Whether or not they would've won in 2017, that remains to be seen... but as far as getting there seven straight [ALCSs], I don't think that they needed to cheat to do that. They were talented all along.

Winning in the MLB Playoffs is almost entirely about hitting home runs

The formula for Playoff success: good pitching, good defense, hit homers. And the D-backs are hitting homers. It's not about grinding out at-bats and wearing down the pitcher. It's: can you hit homers at a rate that you can out-homer the other team? The Playoffs is all about hitting home runs.

The MLB should move back to a one-game Wild Card and make the Division Series a best-of-seven

I want to mix up the Playoff format again. I want to go back to the one-game Playoff for the Wild Card, and then I want to make the Division Series best-of-seven. I think it rewards teams with more depth. Something specific to the Braves-Philly series... this deserves to be seven games.

Juan Soto could end up with the Red Sox

Juan Soto could end up in Boston. That's the scuttlebutt. He would just go yard all day in that [Fenway Park] short porch.

The Phillies will beat the Rangers in the World Series

World Series prediction: Phillies over the Rangers. It just feels like the Phillies won't be denied. They feel more inevitable this year.

Albus Dumbledore is a piece of shit for setting Harry Potter up to die

As I'm watching them [the Harry Potter movies], dude, Dumbledore's a piece of shit. He knew that Harry had to sacrifice himself. He set him up. The guy that you think is like the grandpa that's always there to help him... he's a bad sicko.

Books are always better than the movies

Michael Lewis books—always better than the movie. Big Short? Ever heard of it? Moneyball? Ever heard of it? Blindside? Books are always better than the movie.

I only enjoy watching baseball when my team is on offense

What I said was... I like when my team is on offense, and I don't like when my team is on defense. [It's because] in the short series, every [pitch] is so important. You lose one and you're just back that much.

You would always rather give up a solo home run than a walk in the 9th

Top of the ninth, up 3-1. First batter. Would you rather give up a walk or a solo shot? I'd rather give up a solo shot. [Because with a walk] all of a sudden the tying run is on base and it's just all the nerves. Tension. I texted Dan Haren and he said 'no question you'd rather give up a solo shot.'

Jordan Love might suck

Jordan love might suck. I was smiling... He looked pretty bad. Both teams look bad.

Jimmy Garoppolo's move to the Raiders was a 'dog move' just to fuck around in Vegas with zero expectations

My respect for Jimmy G went up thinking about the fact that he took the contract to go play in Las Vegas. 67.5 million dollars to go hang out in Las Vegas and just fuck around for a few years with probably zero expectation of winning. That's a dog move. He did not do that to win football games. He did that to fuck around and have a good time.

If Travis Kelce and Dr. Fauci don't accept Aaron Rodgers' debate challenge, they officially lose

Under debate laws, if Travis Kelce and Dr. Fauci do not accept the debate they have lost. That is how debates work online.

The Phillies losing Game 2 was a 'better way to lose' than a bad loss because they showed fight

I would much rather see go down like that than if they were to roll over. It's not a good loss. It was a bad loss... but the team showed enough fight to win that game. The Braves just played better in the ninth. I would rather see [that].

The MLB will change the rules to help the Dodgers if they get swept again

Only thing I fear is that if the Dodgers lose again, they're 100% gonna get the rules changed to make it so that the Dodgers can be like automatically in the NLCS. 'Cause this would be back to back years.

Miami's failure to take a knee against Georgia Tech might be the worst regular season loss ever

I think that Miami loss might've been the worst loss ever. Not taking a knee 35 seconds left in the game... The game is won. Game is over. I watched that clip so many times and I still couldn't comprehend what was going on.

This season might be Nick Saban's best coaching job ever

I'm actually gonna go, I'm gonna reverse everything we said a couple weeks ago after the USF game... Is this Nick Saban's best coaching job? He doesn't really have a quarterback... Jalen Milroe throws a great, great ball [but] neither quarterback can throw the intermediate stuff. But Alabama has found something like we are a defensive team... it could be Nick Saban's best coaching job.

NIL is actually good for college football because players stay longer and market themselves

Maybe the NIL isn't the death of college football. America's getting smarter and we're watching more football... players get to stay longer because now they can make money. Players get to market themselves... the fact that players can actually, we can put a face to their name now and they're out in front of it, it might be good for the sport. Who would've thought?

The Official World Golf Ranking's decision to ignore LIV Golf is absolute bullshit

The official golf world ranking has chosen to just ignore LIV golf as a real sport or league. Shit. So LIV golf players are not gonna be able to qualify for majors and things like that... it's a problem for them when you have LIV golf players that are winning majors to then say that the tour that they play on doesn't produce players that are good enough.

Mark Davis invented the 'muff' style hand warmer

Mark Davis invented the hand warmer. The owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. Mark Davis developed the Muff in 1986... for use by professional football teams. And that year, Davis began to market them for the fans. It's the muff style hand warmer.

LeBron James being left off the NBA executive poll for clutch shooters is a personal insult

Which player would you want taking a shot with the game on the line? Number one was Steph Curry... LeBron James wasn't there. LeBron getting left off that list, that seems personal. He's gonna have to use that. He's gonna go to Zero Dark 30.

Jerry Jones wants the Cowboys to run the Iowa offense with an all-tight end focus

Jerry Jones went on radio and said something ridiculous... They asked him about getting CeeDee Lamb more involved and Jerry Jones said, 'I don't know about that. I like seeing the ball go to tight ends.' Oh, your star wide receiver? That is a mismatch. Nope. Let's go tight ends. Jerry Jones, he wants to run the Iowa offense.

The future of the Green Bay Packers looks bleak

I'm actually gonna go with the Green Bay Packers. Oh, I like it. Just strictly based on what we saw on Monday night.

Jared Goff is a 'poor man's Matt Ryan'

He reminds me a lot of your former QB [Matt Ryan], maybe a poor man's Matt Ryan. It's not a slight on him. Matt's a great quarterback... Jared's great at the play action. He's great when you give him time. Get after him a little bit, speed up his clock. He's playing great right now. He's a guy that's resilient.

The top four teams in the NFC are the 49ers, Eagles, Lions, and Seahawks

San Fran obviously. Philadelphia. My boy Jared Goff and his Lions... the fourth best team in the NFC? I'm gonna say Seattle.

The top four quarterbacks in the NFL right now are Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Tua Tagovailoa, and Brock Purdy

Patrick Mahomes. Josh Allen. I've got two more I'm gonna go with—people are gonna be furious—Tua and Brock Purdy. [Leaving off Jalen Hurts] Brock knows his weaknesses, he knows his strengths... he's on a different level than most other quarterbacks in the league.

Brock Purdy's processing ability is on a different level than most NFL quarterbacks

The processing ability of [Brock Purdy] read one, read two, read three, every time he makes a decision to scramble outside the pocket, like the guy is almost perfect in the way that he thinks about the game and his mind just computes what's happening. So it's an amazing thing. This guy, he's throwing the ball down the field. It's not Checkdown Fest... Him up here [in the head], he's on a different level than most other quarterbacks in the league.

Sam Howell has already shown enough to be a franchise quarterback

Sam Howell has impressed me as being a tough motherfucker too. And he is making some good throws. There's no doubt and I think, I think he's already there [being a franchise QB].

The Ravens will be a dangerous team at the end of the year and very difficult to beat in the postseason

What I said all along about the Ravens is they're gonna be really difficult in the postseason. And the reason why is they're just going to continue to get better on offense... Todd Monken and Lamar [Jackson] are still figuring things out in his system... they're gonna be a really dangerous team at the end of the year.

Russell Wilson is playing himself out of Hall of Fame consideration with his performance in Denver

If that was a Hall of Fame career, those first 10 years and winning the Super Bowl and all those wins, it does feel like he's playing himself outta consideration the last few years. You look at his relationship with Sean Payton and how already you're getting the eye rolls.

The only way to stop the Eagles' 'tush push' is to legally or illegally blow up the center and quarterback to make them uncomfortable

How do you stop the tush push? Why are you not taking your biggest defender and having them try to time out the snap count and just blow up the center and the quarterback? Worst case scenario, that's a five yard penalty... next time they're like, 'oh my God, this is gonna happen again.' Jason Kelce's gonna be like, 'look, we gotta stop calling this play.' Make Jason Kelce uncomfortable.

You cannot tank in the NFL because everyone is playing for their next contract

It's a great point that we forget... The tank—you can't tank in the NFL, it's impossible to tank. Because everyone's trying, playing for a job. So even when a team looks terrible, they're still gonna go out... you can't tank on a full season.

You cannot tell the story of football without Ryan Fitzpatrick

So we thank you. Wow. So you, we just made your case for the Hall of Fame. You cannot tell the story of football without Ryan Fitzpatrick.

The Super Bowl will be 49ers vs. Dolphins

I think, you know, this is not a hot take that, I think San Francisco's the best team in the NFC. So let's go San Francisco. Miami.

Aaron Nola's upcoming Game 3 start defines everything for his Phillies legacy

This is the everything Aaron Nola game. This defines everything because I'm kind of an Aaron Nola hater, but if he pitches well, I'll love him forever. If he pitches poorly, I never wanna see his face again... Mentally he will be dead in my brain.

The 49ers would win the Super Bowl if it were played today

The 49ers. Congratulations. The 49ers. They won the Week five Super Bowl. If the Super Bowl were played today, I say that the 49ers would win easily.

Brock Purdy is 100% a top 10 quarterback

Brock Purdy is 100% a top 10 quarterback. If you disagree, you aren't watching the games. Brock Purdy is just good. He's just very good.

The Eagles, 49ers, and Lions are the only three really good teams in the NFC

I feel like today was a day that we found out there are three really, really good teams in the NFC and then there's everyone else. I'm referring to the Philadelphia Eagles, the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions.

The Cowboys will get smoked if they make it past the divisional round of the playoffs

This team [Cowboys] might make it to the divisional round of the playoffs. They're gonna get smoked if they make it any, anywhere past that. And you can't feel any differently.

The Bills threw away the Jaguars game because of their terrible travel schedule to London.

The Bill's schedule to go to London... made no sense. ... They actually looked like they were sleepwalking in the first half. ... The Bills basically threw this game away with how they travel.

NFL teams should fly to London earlier and use medically induced comas to acclimate

What should happen is the moment you get a chance, like maybe that Monday... you put your guys in medically induced coma, knocked them out, put them onto London time, get their body naturally acclimated, fly them over while they're all knocked out. And then you get there, you practice through the week. You use a copious amount of drugs to put them asleep at night and wake them up in the morning.

Jalen Warren should be getting Najee Harris's touches for the Steelers

Jalen Warren should get Najee Harris' touches. He's so good. So much better than Najee Harris. Anybody with eyes can see Jalen Warren carry the ball and be like, this guy has 10 times the burst Najee has.

Gardner Minshew is the best backup quarterback in the NFL.

Gardner Minshew is the best backup in the league. ... He has now had to come in what, three times this year. And the Colts are three and two.

The Panthers will get their first win of the season at home against the Falcons.

They might win that one [against the Falcons]. I think they might win that one. Yeah. ... There's gonna be, they're gonna beat the Falcons at home.

The Lions have one of the best rosters in the NFL and are almost a 'great' team.

If you look objectively at their roster right now, they're one of the best rosters in the NFL. ... Lions are almost a great team.

I still believe Bryce Young is going to be a good NFL quarterback despite his early struggles.

I still think Bryce Young's gonna be good... I just watched him so much in college and I'm like, he can't be that bad and he's playing on a bad team, so I'm just gonna keep holding out hope.

The Patriots should rebuild around the lighthouse and fire Bill Belichick and Mac Jones

The lighthouse is all we got. That's really the only, like, I think you rebuild around the lighthouse. Get rid of Belichick, get rid of Mac Jones and just build around the lighthouse. Build an entire team around the lighthouse.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bill Belichick wants to leave the Patriots.

I think Belichick, whatever he wants to do... I wouldn't be surprised if he is like, 'I need to get the fuck outta here.'

Bill Belichick is ruining the Patriots on purpose to make them easier to beat when he joins a new team

I think he's ruining the Patriots because he's gonna go somewhere else and then he'll make the Patriots easier to beat when he's at the next location. Vrabel to the Patriots Belichick to the Titans... Vanderbilt is where my dad coached Nashville is where I was born... It's coming home.