Takes

James Harden has little regard for competition and has no problem tanking on his own to force a trade

Harden who has such little regard for competition at times, who had no problem completely tanking on his own. We talk about teams tanking, Harden tanked on his own for two different organizations in 13 months and is okay with it.

Victor Wembanyama is the best prospect I've ever seen, but LeBron James was a better prospect coming in due to his body type

When people say [Victor Wembanyama] is the best prospect they've ever seen, it's not bullshit, it's not hyperbole, but if somebody says he's a better prospect coming in than LeBron, they're full of shit, because LeBron had the perfect body type immediately you knew exactly how he was gonna fit into a game.

The NBA currently has the highest talent level in its history, making it hard to be impressed by individual stat lines

The talent level is that high. When I look at like the seventh, eighth, ninth guy and some teams, sometimes I just laugh going, this guy doesn't even play. It's the most talented time I've ever seen... But I hesitate to be as enamored with some of these crazy stat lines that we see because I'm like, this is kind of what we've seen the last five, six years with just teams selling out.

Lamar Jackson has long-haul COVID and it's affecting how the Ravens talk about him

I did hear a rumor though that Lamar has COVID, like long COVID... back like, I wanna say November of last year. I even said on the show, I wouldn't be surprised if the Ravens were going to try to move him this off season and everyone thought I was insane. But it was just based on feel that the organization has been very strange with Lamar.

The Denver Nuggets will win the NBA title

I'm gonna go nuggets. This is my third year in a row picking the nuggets. I'm staying on 'em nuggets.

The NBA Finals will be Boston over Memphis

Boston over Memphis. There it is. Okay. That'd be a fun series.

Brock Purdy is the future for the 49ers and will start over Trey Lance next year.

I don't know how Trey Lance is gonna come back and take that job from Brock Purdy. The way that Brock Purdy's playing, he's playing as good as you can possibly hope. I think Brock Purdy's the future for the 49ers.

I would like to see Geno Smith return to the Jets because he would be a great fit there.

Geno Smith is worth more to the Seahawks than he'd be worth for any other franchise out there. ... the only one that I would like to see Geno Smith go back to more, I would like to see him go back to the Jets. ... I actually think that he'd be a good fit on the Jets.

Brock Purdy is the best Mr. Irrelevant of all time

I'll say this and I have no idea who else is on this list. I'm gonna say right now. Brock Purdy Best Mr. Irrelevant of all time. He's one of one, the best Mr. Irrelevant.

Brandon Staley should be fired as a 'war criminal' for his coaching performance.

I think that Brandon Staley should be tried for war crimes as a war criminal. I think that it's a disgusting act. What I saw in the entire second half of that game and the fact that everybody saw it coming... the fact that Brandon Staley is so fucking stupid.

The Chargers should fire Brandon Staley if they have a chance to get Sean Payton.

I would personally fire Brandon Staley if you thought that you had a shot at getting Sean Payton. Cause I feel like Sean Payton could fix what's wrong with the [Chargers].

Doug Pederson will eventually return to coach the Philadelphia Eagles.

Doug Pederson has not coached his last game for the Philadelphia Eagles. You're gonna bring him back. I think they could bring it back.

Urban Meyer deserves credit for laying the roots of the current Jaguars' success.

Shout out Urban Meyer too. Urban Meyer laid the roots. Yes. He established a lot of the nucleus that we see down there in Jacksonville right now. We should give him credit.

The Bills will be in trouble if they turn the ball over against the Bengals or Chiefs

If you play like that against the Bengals or the Chiefs or the Jaguars, you're done. You're done. You're in trouble. They just can't turn the ball over like they do... they played like a B minus game. And to beat the Chiefs and the Bengals, you have to be B plus A minus or better.

Cole Beasley is a valuable addition who makes the Bills offense more dangerous as a possession receiver.

I actually think that [Cole Beasley] makes this offense... he does serve a very valuable role, which is turn the offense into like a possession offense. Because it does, you know what I'm saying? Like it doesn't, and it should be that they should be able to get stuff underneath a little bit easier.

Al Michaels' time as an elite NFL broadcaster has come to an end.

Al Michaels. It's done dude. ... [Tony Dungy] is [vibe] killer. ... hard to listen to a thrilling game ... Al Michaels is calling an unbelievable comeback. And it was just, I was falling asleep listening to it.

The Vikings were exactly the frauds we said they were all season.

I don't wanna say we told you so. I don't either but we told you so... I don't think that I've ever been as right about a take as I have about Kirk Cousins the entire season. ... I don't take pleasure in being this Right because it's almost like weird to be this Right.

Daniel Jones was the best quarterback of Wild Card weekend and is the Giants' future.

Daniel Jones was the best quarterback this weekend. I don't think it's actually close. He was so fucking good. ... He now should be the quarterback of the future for the Giants. I don't even think it's up for debate anymore.

The Cowboys are actually a good team despite everyone's hate

I have serious question... I have serious question. I put one future in for one team in the playoffs and it was not the Vikings. It's the Cowboys. They're going against Tom Brady, we'll see.

The Vikings will be much better next season once they fix their defensive issues.

I actually think that next year's Vikings team is gonna be way better than this year's because their offense is fine. They just have to fix their defense. They fix their defense, which they'll take some steps towards doing and then I'll think they're fine.

Kirk Cousins will forever be a top 10 to 15 quarterback in the NFL.

Kirk Cousins will forever be a top, you know, a 10 to 15 quarterback in the NFL. Which is, you can win a lot of games with that.

The Giants feel like a 'team of destiny' following their Wild Card win.

The giants will see the Giants Saturday night. ... and they, they feel a little team of destiny. I'm a little nervous. They're fully bought in.

The media will turn on Joe Burrow if he doesn't win a Super Bowl in the next few years

If the Bengals go deep in the playoffs, like let's say the next two to three seasons and they don't win a Super Bowl... they're gonna attack 'em. It's gonna be like, 'don't you know cigars are bad for you?'... Peyton Manning and A-Rod were the biggest chokers of all time until they won.

I can hit 8 out of 10 free throws easily.

Someone said, how many free throws would you make out of 10? I was like, in my day, I was a prolific free throw shooter... I can easily hit 8 outta 10. Might have been a little ambitious. [I went] four out 10 the first time.

If the Dallas Cowboys win the Super Bowl, I will get a cat

I am here right now on Friday the 13th, ready to declare that if the Dallas Cowboys win the Super Bowl, I will get a cat.

Tony Romo has become annoying and fans will officially turn against him during these playoffs

Tony Romo has gotten so much more annoying and his noises and his stepping on Jim Nance. I actually think Jim Nance doesn't really like him anymore. And I think it's gonna prove true in these playoffs. I guarantee you that people are gonna start shifting to our side in these 2022-2023 playoffs.

The Bills will blow out the Dolphins because Miami cannot score more than 13 points with Skylar Thompson

I would take the Bills even if they were like minus 17 at this point. Skylar Thompson is playing... I don't know how they score more than, let's say 13 points. It's gonna be an ass kicking. It's gonna be a whomping. The Dolphins with Tua scored 25 and a half points a game; without, they've scored 16.3. The Bills get to 30, we cover the spread.

The NFL is rigged against the Cincinnati Bengals

If you wanna point fingers at the NFL being rigged against Cincinnati, this is probably their most legitimate complaint... they were kind of forced to play their starters last week to a certain extent so that they could guarantee themselves a home playoff game. The fact that they played their starters, they got some of them hurt last week, that's kind of fucked up.

The Giants (+3) will beat the Vikings because the Vikings are frauds

Giants plus three NFC Beast baby. ... I think their defense is gonna fail them and Brian Daboll and... the Wink Martindale defensive scheme is gonna fluster Kirk Cousins. ... Wild card hosts that missed the playoffs last year are 12 and 28 against the spread.

The Buccaneers will cover +2.5 against the Cowboys because Tom Brady doesn't lose to Dak Prescott in the playoffs

Bucks plus two and a half. ... It's Tom Brady v Dak Prescott. I've said this before, but when you have moments like this, there's, you can make a bet and if you're wrong you can live with it. ... But if you bet the Cowboys... and you're wrong then you say, I bet Dak Prescott versus Tom Brady in a playoff game. You feel like the biggest idiot of all time.

Tom Brady has won the Super Bowl every other year since 2013

Tom Brady's won the Super Bowl every other year since 2013. [2014, 2016, 2018, 2020].

The Cowboys win-loss pattern suggests they will win four in a row and become Super Bowl champions

Cowboys win loss pattern. They've lost the game one four in a row. Lost the game one, two in a row, lost the game, won four in a row, lost the game one, two in a row, they just lost to the commanders. ... that would imply that they're gonna win four in a row, which would make them Super Bowl champions.

In the 'rest vs. rust' debate, I will always choose rest because professional players don't forget how to play in seven days

I'm always gonna be rest, man. I think we're professional. Like these dudes are not 12 years old where you gotta get them motivated. We're grown men. Taking a week off when I've been playing football and practicing football from mid-July until January, taking a week off is not really gonna do anything to hurt me. I don't feel people that come up with this rest versus rust debate obviously have never played.

Tom Brady's poor record in night games is because he's 45 and his body isn't used to functioning past his bedtime

Tom Brady going to bed at eight-thirty after he's had some avocado ice cream... We don't kick off Monday night football until like 8:17. By the time we get to the fourth quarter, it's almost like 10:15, 10:30. So yeah, I guarantee you your body is not used to functioning at optimal level when you are used to going to bed for 359 days a year at eight-thirty... there may be something to that [Big Cat].

To beat a young quarterback like Brock Purdy, you have to hit him in the balls to make him flustered

You try to get them in a situation where they're flustered, they're nervous, things are not normal. ... maybe you hit him in the balls a couple times, he hadn't been hit there. ... if you hit him and when you hit him, you twist the face mask, you pinch him on the neck, you, you, you grab him in the balls. Like you, you do something to make him think about anything except football.

The Bills' emotional purpose following the Damar Hamlin incident will help them, but they still have to execute on the field to win it all

Emotion will last about the first five to eight minutes of every game. And emotion can get you to a point where when you're in a tough situation, it gives you purpose. So the bills will have purpose, the bills will have emotion to start every game. Is that gonna be the reason they win? No, they're gonna have to execute... Josh Allen has gotta put the S on his chest. He's gotta be Superman.

I trust Justin Herbert more than Trevor Lawrence and the Chargers will beat the Jaguars

That's an intriguing game because the Jaguars didn't look good against Josh Dobbs last weekend. ... Who do you trust most? Justin Herbert or Trevor Lawrence right now? Justin Herbert more. ... my pick would be the Chargers.

The NBA Western Conference is trash while the Eastern Conference is stacked

I watched the Nuggets, absolutely smoked the Clippers... damn, the Nuggets are good. The Western conference isn't that great this year. ... The Western conference is trash. The Eastern conference is stacked. Stacked.

Surviving COVID-19 three times makes my body a dynasty against the virus

I'm a back-to-back two-time Covid survivor. I'm about to make it a dynasty. This would be my third covid survival in two years, which I believe puts my body in a dynasty against the Coronavirus.

Kirby Smart is the new standard of college football

Kirby Smart is the new standard. It was actually a great moment where David Pollack told Nick Saban to his face that everyone's trying to catch up to Georgia... Kirby Smart looks like the new Nick Saban. I know, I know. That might sound ridiculous, but it, I mean he just won back to back national titles.

Stetson Bennett should work out as a slot receiver and holder for NFL teams

If I were, if I were an NFL GM right now, I would ask [Stetson Bennett] to work out for me at like slot wide receiver and holder. He's fast. He's like, forget about like sneaky fast or deceptively athletic. He's just fast, fast.

Denver is one of the best comedy towns in the United States

Denver's a very liberal city. Right. That's, most people know it as a liberal, but Colorado isn't all liberal. Yeah. There's a lot of conservative out there. It's kind of a purple place... It's unbelievable. It's one of the best comedy towns in the country in my opinion.

Nathanial Vakos will be the number one kicker in the nation next year

The kicker from Ohio [University] just committed to Wisconsin... Nathanial Vakos. I'm ranking him as the number one kicker in the nation going into the next year.

I trust Kirk Cousins more than Dak Prescott right now

I like cousins over Dak. I trust Kirk Cousins more than Dak right now... [Dak] has been so bad this last like month and a half so bad. Led the league in interception rate.

I would trust Trevor Lawrence more than Kirk Cousins in a win-or-go-home game

If you had a game that you had to win, I think I would trust [Trevor Lawrence] more than Kirk Cousins.

Justin Herbert is more dynamic and fun to watch than Jalen Hurts

I still think that [Justin Herbert] is like more dynamic and fun to watch with his arm talent than [Jalen Hurts] is.

Tom Brady should be the #1 ranked quarterback if playing a one-game playoff scenario right now

All I'm saying also if this is one game scenario, Brady should be at the top... You would take Brady over Mahomes? Yes.

Justin Fields is a phenomenal talent but his running style is scary for injuries

I love the kid. I think he's fucking phenomenal. I think he's a great talent. I do, I do definitely get scared when he does run. Because in the same way that like Derek Rose comparison... at some point he's gonna get clobbered. Right. So he will get clobbered at some point he's gonna get hit.

Two college football championships in a row constitutes a dynasty

I actually think in college football, two championships in a row is a dynasty. Every other sport it's three in five years.

A first-overall-pick bowl for the two worst NFL teams would be highly watched

It should be the teams are the two worst records playing for the first pick... Who wouldn't watch that game? You could just play all the games for playoff seating.