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On today's part of my take, we have our good friend Julian Edelman back on the show, in

studio, came to visit us, just visit us, it's a great time, we're gonna do week 16 picks

in preview, the race to see who has to do an hour set in Vegas is getting tighter, we

got three picks for everyone, Fantasy Park Boys, yeah, and it's the holidays, and Firefest

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Now in the street there is violence, and there's lots of work to be done, no place to hang

out or wash in, and then again they call on the sun, oh no, we're gonna rock down to

Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher, oh we're gonna rock down to Electric Avenue.

It's part of my take, we're gonna buy Marshall Sports.

Welcome to part of my take, today is Friday, December 22nd, and PFT, I do not want to watch

Derek Carr play football anymore.

No, no I don't, they were fun last week against the Giants, I don't know if that was just

the Giant factor, or if that was just them finding something that they'll never regain

again, but yeah, they're bipolar.

They're depressing, and then they're fun for a little bit, and then they're back to being

depressing again, get the Saints off my TV.

On the other side though, I think we can say that the Rams are legit, they're a good team.

I told you, I believe it was right before they played the Cardinals, they had I think

three wins at the time, take the over on the Rams, season total is seven and a half, biggest

bet of the year for me, paid off tonight, very happy about that.

I'm gonna say this, the Rams, I think they're officially dangerous, that's what they are,

they're dangerous.

Matt Stafford playing great ball, I'm getting closer and closer, PFT, to also just going

down all the receipts of the Matt Stafford Hall of Fame, because remember, we discussed

it in 2018, I think, and I've been long saying, Matt Stafford's gonna have all the stats,

he's been in the league for so long, he's been really good for so long, he's got the

Superbowl, Matt Stafford is a Hall of Famer, and watching him play football is fun, like

the throws he makes, and it doesn't feel like it's gratuitous, it's like, he's making some

of these throws because he has to make these throws, and Pukunukuwa's awesome, Rams defense

playing well, they are, I'm putting it, tag them, maybe make a graphic for me, memes.

Rams, officially dangerous, like they, outside of maybe the 49ers, like, is there any other

team in the NFC you'd be shocked if the Rams beat in the playoffs?

No, not really.

Not shocked, it would obviously be an upset for some of these teams.

If they beat the Cowboys, I might be shocked, just because of what happened earlier this

season, where they were down like 33-3 after, it seemed like the first quarter, but besides

the Cowboys and the Niners, no, they could definitely beat any team in the playoffs.

Can I say something that's, that I think there's probably a certain sect of our fan base that

is listening right now, that has played this out in their head?

Matt Stafford, going to Detroit, Lions first home playoff game, man that would be brutal.

Would not want that.

That would not be fun, I don't want that.

That's not fun for anybody, but yeah, he is making crazy throws on a weekly basis, like

he threw one out to the numbers from like a standstill, it probably went 30 yards in

the air and just whipped it out there.

He's got like a whip attached to his shoulder, he's fun to watch.

And I don't know, I felt like Matt Stafford, the discussion around him was that he was

getting old when he was tailing off his career, his last two seasons with the Lions, and no,

I think he's always just had that same arm, that arm never goes away, it's just a matter

of putting pieces around him and the Rams have done it.

I'd say, you know what?

I think both teams won that trade.

Well, the discourse on Matt Stafford, like when he was, you know, last two, after the

Superbowl was fair because a back injury, like who the fuck knows, you know, that's,

wasn't that what he had back?

No, his arm, his arm got fucked, right?

I forget exactly.

I thought he had a, he, he did have a back at one point.

Yes.

He had a back and I'm pretty sure he had an arm, maybe even two arms.

Yeah.

He had a spinal contusion.

That's always a scary thing.

The discourse was, will Matt Stafford retire?

Right.

And he's going to walk away and he looks like he's having fun.

He's balling.

Rams are dangerous.

I would like to hear from Lions fans.

Um, you can just tweet us and just maybe say like, yeah, I've thought about it.

That's all you have to say.

We don't have to actually address it, but I'm looking at it right now and it's not an

unreasonable, like the Rams sneaking into the six spot.

They're tied right now with the Vikings.

They'll technically be in the sixth spot after this game goes final and the Lions are in

the three spot.

That's going to be a very weird spot for Matt Stafford to going back to Detroit and playing

against them in a playoff game.

It's going to be, it's going to be weird for everybody.

I'm going to feel just uncomfortable watching that.

I think that would be the meanest, meanest thing to happen to the Lions.

Like of all the things that would be the meanest thing.

I don't want that to happen.

We've talked about the Lions and how in the past they've invented new ways to lose, whether

that be like making a catch in the end zone, that's somehow not a catch or fumbling a ball

through the end zone or having the NFL record long field goal kicked against you, that bounces

off the crossbar and goes in.

And it felt like they've, they've checked all the boxes for the most heartbreaking ways

to lose.

This would be the final stone in the affinity gauntlet if it was Matt Stafford coming to

Detroit and beating them.

So that being said, it does feel like something that's probably going to happen.

Yeah.

We also need to talk about the fact that Dennis Allen might be the worst coach of all time.

And that's not being facetious.

That's not being like hyperbolic.

That is, if you look at the stats, I think he is somewhere around the seventh to 10th

worst coach record wise that end of half when he decided to go for it on the 42 with a minute

left and they're down 10 or no, they're down three, they were down three.

Like I, I know that, you know, analytics go for it more often.

You punt that ball and you stop like the Rams doing like a draw play or a screenplay.

The Rams most likely just go into halftime.

He just gave them seven points and it was just any punted on.

I know it was like a fourth and 13, but he punted on the Rams 37 yard line to start the

whole game.

Like this guy stinks.

He's saints fans deserve better.

He's officially a weird shithead in my book.

There are very few coaches that reached that level.

He is a weird shithead.

I have no idea what he was thinking.

He was fourth and five.

I think if I were to put myself in his shithead brain, I would say that on the third downplay,

they should have converted.

They had a good play drawn up and I believe it was a drop on that and it should have been

an easy, easy conversion.

And so in his head he thought, Oh, it's going to be easy again.

And then Derek Carr ends up throwing the ball like 10 yards further to the sideline than

his receiver was at.

That's what I think.

That wasn't a drop.

That was a car.

Derek Carr has a thing that he does where Chris Olave was, it was, I think he came from

out of the backfield and he was running like a slant and he was wide open and Derek Carr

decided, Hey, I'm going to throw this 3000 miles an hour at his back shoulder.

Like yes, Olave could have made it, but that was a bad throw.

And I actually was wondering this PFT because I was arguing with people on a X.com, which

is a very fun thing to do during a football game, especially when there's one football

game, we're all watching it.

How many burner accounts do you think the Carr brothers have?

Cause like I thought I was convinced I was talking to a Carr brother with the way he

was blaming Olave for a pass that was no, like it was not a good pat.

It was an easy pass and Derek Carr fucked it up.

Olave, yes, could have maybe caught it, but if you watch it a million times, you're like,

that's on the quarterback, not on the wide receiver.

The problem with that play is Olave had a couple other drops tonight too.

So when you take those, it wasn't all on him, but it, what I'm saying though, the point

still stands, which is that Dennis Allen saw that he's like, we had the right play drawn

up.

I'm confident that we can get five yards if we need it or seven or 10 yards.

And he thought he had a play.

So he drew it up and then you give the ball to the Rams and they've got like 20 yards

to go until they can kick a field goal or they can just take the ball down the field

and score.

That was a stupid decision, especially when you put to count the, uh, the, was it from

the 37 yard line where they punted in the first quarter?

Those on top of each other make zero sense whatsoever.

But to the point about the Carr brothers, if you're not blocked by David Carr on Twitter,

you're not using X.com correctly.

I'm pretty sure.

I'm pretty sure he does the name search for his brother and he, I, this was the part I

don't understand with David Carr.

It's one thing to be like, yeah, fuck you.

I'm going to stand up for my brother.

It's another thing to like search people with these takes and then proactively block people

that are being critical of your brother without even replying to them or addressing them or

just like get it in his mind.

I think he's wiping the internet clean of any Derek Carr slander.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think I was talking to a car brother.

I really do.

And by the way, he blocked.

I am blocked.

Derek Carr, a great garbage time drive there to make his numbers look a lot better than

they were.

So he just took the saints all the way down the field.

He's going to end up with like over 300 yards passing and you're going to say, Oh, he's

not the problem.

The whole saints are the problem.

That thing is just, it's tough watch.

It's a really tough watch.

You know what?

I don't like a new, a new feature that they're doing right now, which is in the Amazon advanced

stats.

I don't know if this is Sam Schwartzstein that's pushing this or not, Sam, if you're

listening, just so you know, I don't like this.

They're showing you playoff percentages based on each play.

Oh, I like that.

So like when Rashid Shaheed, well, I don't like it because somewhere there's a Falcons

fan that's going to be watching a game and the, the percentage of them getting the playoffs

is going to spike and then it's going to crash and they're going to be like, what the fuck

this, all these percentages feel like they're geared towards us getting bad beats.

But when Shaheed caught that touchdown to make it, what was that?

Seven 10 at the time.

Yep.

Very European of you.

Yeah.

It spiked, it spiked their playoff possibilities by like 7% just based off that one play.

That to me feels like we're going too far.

Numbers, numbers are too far into this beautiful game that we love football.

Yeah.

I was watching the prime broadcast as well.

The was prime vision, Sam doing a great job.

It's fun to watch.

It feels like you're smarter because you just watch it and you're like, Oh, that guy's going

to blitz because he's like all lit up and I'm not doing anything because they're telling

me, but it is cool to just say, Oh yeah, I see that I'd go hot route here.

No problem.

I like, I like those parts where they make me think that I'm playing a video game when

I'm just watching football.

It's like, I'm doing two things at once.

One thing we need to write down and remember for future, uh, Sean McVay on the opposite

of a buy on a short week is great.

I think he's six in one.

This would make him maybe seven in one all time.

So he's like the opposite of Andy Reed in every, in every way possible.

But uh, in the off of off a short week stat, we got to remember to hammer McVay's teams.

Yes, I agree.

I agree.

Um, okay.

Other thing we got to briefly talk, talk about is the Pistons lost again.

Um, and that's not notable because they've now lost 27 or no, 25 in a row.

25.

I think the record is 26.

Yeah.

They were, they started the season two and one.

Um, but it's notable because they're playing the jazz at home.

I think they're only a two and a half point dog.

Lori Markin was out.

It was one of the more winnable games they'll have left.

And uh, yeah, we're on like, could the Pistons finish with like five wins territory?

I think, I think the record is the Bobcats that one year.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And that was, I think that was a shortened season.

So I think they won seven games, which wasn't as, as bad.

I'm gonna look for it right now, but yeah, the Pistons, it might be the worst team of

all time.

They're in deep, deep shit right now.

So, uh, they've got two games against the nets.

And then after that, I think they're going, uh, they're playing against the Raptors and

then at the Celtics and then at the, at the Rockets new year's day, there's a good possibility

they could, they might be able to win that game on new year's day.

If the Rockets get drunk enough, uh, on new year's Eve, I'm circling that one.

The, um, so the, yeah, the, the record is seven and 59.

So not a full season there.

They're gonna, I think they're going to beat it.

I would fuck, I don't want to bet it.

I wonder if you can, the Rockets aren't terrible.

Um, that was our NBA preview.

Yeah.

We'll, we'll do our real NBA preview in like two months after the Superbowl with Priscilla,

we'll get them on.

I have a much more pressing question to ask a big cat.

Yes.

How many eggs do you think you could eat in a day?

Oh, I saw this.

This is so I don't like this because, um, I was raised correctly and my father made

me watch cool hand Luke at a very young age.

So, uh, I've always for the, for my entire life thought I could eat 50 hard boiled eggs,

no problem.

Uh, and then lie there like Jesus.

So, um, yeah, my answer is 50.

Yeah.

I, so if they're deviled eggs, the answer is unlimited for me.

I could, I could eat infinity deviled eggs.

I've never gotten full eating deviled eggs.

If I'm at a wedding, they bring out the hors d'oeuvres, the deviled eggs come out.

And I just, I hawk that person that's going around with the eggs and I easily put like

10 of those, which I guess it's five full legs, 10 of those.

And I don't break a sweat at all.

I think I could, I could eat a hundred deviled eggs, which would actually be 50 deviled eggs.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It would, it'd be no problem.

So yeah, that was a fantasy punishment that this girl was like, this guy is so gross.

And I was just, the whole time I watched the video, I was like, dude's rock.

That's awesome.

Listen, she, she said that that was like the final straw that made her want to break up

with her boyfriend.

Listen, your, your body produces eggs.

Okay.

What's gross.

That's facts.

Um, everyone should go see cool hand Luke.

If you haven't seen it, it's one of the best movies of all time.

Wipe him a bra boss.

Sure.

Shaking it off here.

Boss.

Um, PFT, one last thing before we, uh, kick it to ourselves in studio, I bought you a

Christmas present.

Oh, did you?

Yeah.

We don't usually buy presents.

You, you Dick, this is a Dick move because we usually don't get each other Christmas

presents and then you spring on me that, okay.

Can I tell you why though?

I was, I got it.

I got a, uh, a targeted ad about a shoe and then I went and tried to buy the shoe and

I saw there was a couple other shoes.

Look at these.

They're Reebok pumps in commander's colorway.

Oh, I fucking love that.

I had to buy it.

I wasn't, I wasn't looking for a present for you.

I literally, I bought myself a different color pair, same shoe.

But when I saw him, I was like, well, I have to buy these.

I appreciate that.

I thank you for that.

Uh, that's a very nice gift.

When I was a kid in first grade, I asked my parents for a pair of pumps and they said

no.

And I asked them again, they said, okay, we'll get you a pair of pumps.

And they came home and I had a pair of Voight pumps that they got at Kenny shoes for like

$19.

And I was like, I can't, these aren't pumps.

So it's always been my dream to have a real pair of Reebok pumps.

So there you go.

I actually did get you a present.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The, the Chicago bears, Guy Fieri collaboration sweatshirt.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So yeah, you're going to have these sick Reebok pumps, commander's colorway, size eight.

Perfect.

Size.

What?

What size was that?

That was just me.

Like what?

Like if you get your boys a present, like it's, it's kind of lame.

So like you have to like be like, I didn't really want to get you a present.

I'll make fun of your shoe size.

No, I got them 10 and a half.

Don't worry.

Okay.

Thank you.

Yeah.

That's, that's very true though.

If you get, if you get your friend a present, it, it has to be like Merry Christmas, but

also fuck you.

God.

Fuck you bitch.

Yeah.

Like I felt really lame just saying I got you a present.

So I had to throw in a desk.

That's just how guys talk.

Yeah.

That's what we do.

All right.

Let's kick it to ourselves.

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Okay, week 16.

Hoo boy.

I don't like hearing week 16 because it just reminds me of the 16 game schedule that we

had forever and it feels like the season's over.

We just have to remind ourselves, there's still January, there's still parts of February.

I have a take.

I'm ready for playoffs.

I'm ready for the playoffs.

I'm not yet.

I'm ready for the playoffs.

There's enough, there's enough games now that are like, who cares?

I'm ready for the playoff.

I'd be ready.

That's not like saying I'm going to miss or like I want to speed past the regular season.

I'm just ready for playoff football.

I'm ready to figure out who's winning the Superbowl this year.

I'd be ready for the playoffs if it was like in my mind, which teams I personally feel

are ready for the playoffs right now.

I'm there.

I'm ready for the playoffs.

There's one, there's one game in particular this weekend.

We have a Loser Leaves Town game for sure.

We have a Fraud Bowl.

We have a Fraud Bowl and we've got maybe a Loser Moves to the Suburbs Bowl.

Yeah.

But I'm ready for the playoffs.

I'm ready.

I'm ready to get it on.

I want to see these fucking teams.

I want to see some playoff football.

But yeah, week 16, quick note, we obviously won't be streaming on Sunday or the following

Sunday because it's Christmas Eve and then New Year's Eve.

We will be back though streaming the college football playoffs on January 1st.

And as a reminder, the show schedule this week, there'll be a new show on Tuesday recapping

the whole weekend.

There'll be a new show Friday, getting you ready for the weekend.

And also a really very famous guest, big guest, very massive guest, strongest guest we've

ever had.

He's very strong.

Very strong.

Schwarzenegger.

So get excited.

And then we will have another episode.

The next one will be the Tuesday after college football playoff and week 17.

So two shows a week for the next two weeks.

Yes.

Tuesday and Friday for the next two weeks because this fucking whole Christmas, New

Year's on a Monday blows.

They should change that.

It fucking sucks.

Next year will be good.

Next year will be on a Wednesday.

Beautiful.

All right.

Let's get into it.

Let's get into the week 16 schedule.

Every team obviously playing.

It's a powerful slate.

So we've got two Saturday games.

We'll start with the Bengals and Steelers on Saturday afternoon.

By the way, we are doing three picks this week, right?

Yep.

Picks.

Actually, we were going to do four or two picks depending on how much I beat Hank buying

golf today and I beat him.

So the original plan was to reduce it to two games.

But then, you know what I said?

Let's do three.

It's the holidays.

That's not true, but that's, it's the holidays.

Three's up.

Three's up.

One, two, three.

Three picks.

Okay.

Bengals.

Wait, does one of them have to be a Christmas pick like we did for Thanksgiving?

I think one should be.

I think one should be a Christmas pick.

Okay.

It's the holiday.

Okay.

Yeah.

Right.

Okay.

It's a holiday.

Three.

All right.

Bengals, Steelers, Mason Rudolph time.

I don't know if you guys saw, but our colleague Jersey Jerry has been on the beat.

George Pickens has slowly unfollowed every quarterback this year.

So he unfollowed Kenny.

He unfollowed Mitch.

He only follows Mason Rudolph.

Well, again, just to defend George Pickens for a second, he didn't unfollow them because

he doesn't like being their teammate.

He said he was just cleaning up his timeline.

Their content wasn't good enough for him to follow on Twitter or on Instagram, on all

social media, I think.

On all social media.