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On today's part of my take, week 14 picks and preview, we have a twofer for the people,

Rob Gronkowski, Bart Scott.

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We've got an all-time Patriot and an all-time Patriot hater.

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Pacino.

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Farther than my take.

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Farther than my take.

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Farther than my take.

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Farther than my take.

Welcome to Farther Than My Take.

Today is Friday, December 8th.

And the Patriots are back?

Fully.

Well, I'd say, I would actually say it's the Steelers have done.

So the Steelers have lost back-to-back games at home to the Cardinals and the Patriots.

Which, I just want to say, my guy Mitch, I know there's probably some Steeler fans that

are upset at him right now, but in his afterlife, he helps out the Bears because the Bears now

have a stranglehold on that first pick.

He lost to the Cardinals and the Patriots, like you said, in back-to-back weeks.

They're now second and third in the picks with three wins and the Panthers have one.

But Hank, the Patriots won a game.

Bailey Zappi looked good.

In the first half, he looked real good.

Really good.

Hank, you don't want to win that game.

No.

Yeah, that was a bad game to win because it's like, do the Panthers have two more wins than them?

I don't think so.

Probably not.

Hank is also just exhausted and delirious, which I don't blame him for at all.

You deserve to be every bit of exhausted and delirious.

But that game probably didn't do a whole lot to wake you up.

It was fun in the first half, scoring touchdowns.

Like, oh, this is a fun team to root for.

But I obviously am a big fan of Mitch.

I wanted the Patriots to lose, so I was all in on a second-half Steelers comeback.

Steelers lose, Patriots look good, but we still lose.

And so that was a worst-case scenario.

There was one moment at the end of the second half.

The Steelers were driving the ball.

I think it was fourth and three, right?

Fourth and three?

Yeah, it was fourth and three.

Fourth and three, and Mike Tomlin did the thing I hate the most.

No, that was actually a fourth and, like, one.

Yeah, that was fourth and one at that time.

It was fourth and one.

Tomlin did the thing I hate the most from a coach.

He took a think-it-over timeout.

I hate the think-it-over timeout.

You should have already thought it over.

That's what the week's for.

That's what preparing's for.

And then you take a timeout, talk it over, see what you like,

and then send your guys out there, run a play.

They got a first down, which was great, and then they had the fourth and three.

And on that fourth and three, they thought that they had an encroachment

against the defense.

Which they should have.

Which they should have.

Instead, they called a false start on the center for moving his head up slowly.

And it was such a, like, the encroachment was so obvious.

We said in the moment, we're like, that is the call down to the field to tank.

Yes.

Like, the Patriots realized, oh, we played well in the first half.

That was fun.

We gotta lose this game.

And for a second, Tomlin and Belichick had a standoff.

And you remember when Belichick and Vrabel had that standoff

where they deleted time in that playoff game?

It felt like that except the saddest version of that

where each coach was saying, no, no, we committed the penalty.

Yeah.

No, no, we committed, but then they end up getting the ball back.

Mitch didn't really do much with it.

I don't understand the go-route on fourth and two at the end of the game.

I mean, Will was sitting with us and he said that, you know,

that's just kind of a, if you can see one-on-one on the outside,

press coverage.

Yeah, I guess.

Go for it.

But yeah, the Steelers are bad and I'm, listen,

I don't think the Steelers are a playoff team.

They shouldn't be.

They are now officially outside of the playoffs,

which is good for football.

Like we love, we love Pittsburgh.

We love the people of Pittsburgh.

We love Steelers fans, but I think Steelers fans agree.

Like this isn't a playoff team and it's probably for the better.

Yeah.

They get a better draft pick and maybe reassess everything.

I was going to say it's good for the Steelers.

Right.

That they lost this game.

Right.

Because if you end up having a winning record getting into the playoffs

and then you go one and done with a team that never really had a chance

to do anything in the playoffs.

Correct.

Why?

Because you get one more week of being like we're still,

I guess if you're a loser franchise, like for me.

Oh, I would love one more week.

I would love to get my ass kicked in the wild card round.

Yeah.

That's like my dream.

But Steelers fans, that's beneath you to think that way.

They need a reset.

Jersey Jerry was talking that they should trade TJ Watt.

Try to get a lot for him.

Yeah.

He was talking like it was like a city dog that needs like,

you know, like when you get a cattle dog.

You're like, yeah, this dog should be out in the wilderness, out at a farm.

It's not an apartment dog.

It's just going to sit around and gnaw its paws raw.

Right.

It's going to drive itself crazy.

Send it to a farm.

Yeah.

Give this dog some space.

But, yeah, Hank, congrats.

You won a game.

Thanks.

I'm very happy you won.

Thanks, one of us.

Yeah.

But Bailey looked good in the first half.

That first pick.

Yeah.

Oh, boy.

I swear Al Michaels was just trying his hardest to get Mitch to throw a pick six.

Yeah, he was saying.

You know, he's never done this.

He's never done a pick six, which it surprises me every time I hear it.

Wait, he hasn't?

Mitch Trubisky has never thrown a pick six, big cat.

Oh.

Fun fact.

I feel like I've definitely envisioned him throwing a lot of them.

But, no, he has not.

Also, Ryan Fitzpatrick went to Harvard.

Mm.

And the Kelsies are brothers.

I have to check that, because, PFT, no offense, but I don't know if you were trying to get

us, but the Jokic stat was just wrong.

No, he leads.

Are you talking about, like, per game?

Yeah.

I'm talking about, no, total.

Oh.

I said total rebound.

Oh.

I thought you meant he led the league average.

Yeah.

No, no.

I had a lot of people tweeting me.

No.

And I told someone that stat, and they're like, no.

And I was like, wait, what?

No, it's total.

Total.

Yeah.

Total.

Yeah, that's a weird way.

No one cares about total.

No one cares.

Well, I do.

That's a weird way to.

I care about total.

That's just a who's played the most game.

I'm not into this load management stuff.

Best ability is availability.

Ah, I got it.

Okay.

That's funny.

If you had asked me, like, life on the line, has Mitch thrown a pick six, I'd be like,

yeah, for sure.

But he just has not.

Never has.

Never has.

But yeah, that was a better game than we expected.

Yeah, it was.

It was fun.

Yeah.

It was fun.

Yeah.

It's a better game than we expected.

I was fully prepared.

I mean, over, hitting the first half.

Everyone was shitting on the game beforehand.

Yeah, a game that's so bad that it's good.

But instead, it was just so good that it was not bad.

Yeah.

Well, we can get to it with the 24-hour stream, but there was a portion where we were taking

callers that were part of the golden mug giveaway, and everyone was asking about the game, and

I was like, Patriots, over.

Patriots, over.

Patriots, over.

And then I just, like, the stream ended.

I didn't have time.

Didn't put it in.

But you made some people some money.

Everyone.

Yeah.

Everyone else.

That feels good.

That's almost better than winning.

Sure.

No, it's worse.

It's way worse.

It's so much worse.

Like, I was out of it, and I came over, and the Patriots scored, and they just marched

down, scored again.

I was like, oh, this is gonna go way over, and Patriots are gonna win.

Yeah.

Great.

Also, congrats to LeBron James.

Yeah.

You're in the finals of the in-season tournament.

I'll just give the floor to Skip Bayless on this take.

He said, I give LeBron this.

He did keep his team together long enough to outlast everyone and win a bubble championship.

That deserved a cubic zirconia ring.

And now he has won a cute little gimmicky November-December tournament in its first

year.

Impressive.

He hasn't won one yet.

Not over.

He hasn't won it yet.

He hasn't won one yet.

That was a semi-final.

It was Halberd.

Yeah, I mean, the in-season tournament has been very fun.

It is a win for Adam Silver, because it's games that no one would care about, and now

we care about them, right?

Mm-hmm.

Like, I watched them.

I was like, this is fun.

What do you think LeBron's gonna do with the money?

He hasn't won yet.

He hasn't won yet.

No, but I'm saying, if he won, if he gets, what, half a mil?

Yeah, here's the thing.

They get 100K each.

Two, three, four.

No, I think they get more than that.

Half a mil?

I think they get more than 100K, yeah.

They'll get 500K.

Yeah, it's enough to make you care about it.

The Pacers have seven guys that are making less than $6 million.

Yeah, so it means—

This money means something for them.

But it also means a lot to LeBron if he can win this and then make a big show about where

he gives the money.

Yeah.

Yeah, he'll definitely give the money away.

I did see one mean tweet that was like, LeBron's trying to do the one thing that MJ never did,

leave Las Vegas with $500,000.

Kind of funny.

I thought you were gonna say, yeah, MJ never won a midseason tournament.

Kareem never won one.

Oh, but yeah, that's been fun.

And then Juan Soto, Yankee.

Yankees are gonna just try to—I like this.

The Yankees just keep trying to be like, we're gonna hit the most home runs.

Well, Juan Soto, in that short porch environment, he's gonna hit some fucking ding-dongs.

Yeah, he is.

But pitching still matters.

Yeah.

We'll just out-hit everybody.

Yeah, and then Jon Rahm to the live, which—

Okay.

Who do you think's gonna get more money, Jon Rahm to the live or Shohei Ohtani?

Who's apparently commanding like $600 million.

I know, I know.

Which is insane.

But Jon Rahm, $450 million?

I still don't understand.

Like, they merged, but they're not.

Yeah, I guess you can still jump leagues.

Okay, then smart for Jon Rahm because he gets to play in everything, right?

He gets to play fewer rounds of golf, make like 10 times—

$450 million guaranteed.

Make like 10 times or more, more money.

And then, yeah, just show up when he wants to.

And he gets to wear shorts. He doesn't have the swamp ass.

Shorts is great.

That might have been the big sticking point.

Shorts, yeah.

Hey, can you explain the shorts thing to me one more time?

Why is it—why do they have to wear pants in golf?

Yeah, I don't know.

I don't get that either.

Gentleman's game.

But yeah, Jon Rahm just sitting at the negotiating table like, listen, the 450, I don't care.

$450 million, but just tell me, walk me through this shorts thing.

Yeah.

Just explain it like I'm five years old. I can wear shorts?

There's going to be another golf league.

Maybe Qatar can get in on this, have the Emir get some money out there.

Just as much money as live, you get to wear shorts also, and you get a cart.

And you can wear tank tops.

And, yeah.

Just gun show.

I like that.

Yeah.

I just thought of something, guys.

Uh-oh.

What are you talking about?

Jake's thought of the week.

Yeah.

Earlier this week, didn't LeBron—

Max is asleep.

Didn't LeBron say, didn't he tell his teammates he's going to miss a game if it's on the same date?

Oh, for his son, for Bronny.

Bronny, I think, is playing on Saturday against Long Beach State.

The NBA in-season tournament championship in Las Vegas is Saturday.

Oh.

This is a dilemma.

Well, he could probably fly.

I think he'll probably get a private flight.

But they're both Saturday.

I don't know what the timing—

LeBron will get the game time change.

Uh-oh.

Uh-oh.

What?

It says it's Sunday.

Oh.

Long Beach State.

But it's an interesting thought experiment.

I just Googled it.

It says Sunday.

Let's just—

I say Saturday.

Let's just berate LeBron for the fact that he would have missed that game.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's why he's not a champion.

Is it Sunday?

Or Saturday?

I'm looking.

I see one tweet that says Saturday, but it's not—

Oh, I'm looking at Google, not tweets.

Sunday.

It says Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.

So, no problem for Bronny.

He probably got it moved.

He probably was just like—

Yeah.

I had it, but I didn't.

No, you didn't?

No, you did not have it.

I did exactly what they told me not to do in journalism school.

Read a tweet.

Be first.

Yeah.

Read a tweet.

Instead of be right.

Don't ever read a tweet.

Yeah.

That's always a bad thing.

That's on me.

You should actually never write a tweet either.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Like across the board for everyone.

Yeah.

All right.

So, yeah.

I'm rooting for the Pacers, obviously.

I mean, 500,000.

What did I say?

Seven guys?

Under six?

Live like a king in Indiana.

Also, winning $500,000 in Vegas has got to rule.

Yeah.

I would not leave.

I'd leave with less money than what I won.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

I'd put it all on red.

Charles Barkley definitely would.

Yeah.

For sure.

I mean, you could just be like, well, we would've—

It doesn't matter.

It's not real.

I'm rich.

Yeah.

Well, except I'm not because I make, you know, if a player makes like $2 million a year.

Buddy Heald should have to do it.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's fair.

Buddy Heald should have to do it.

I think they also—I think Bruce Brown got paid a lot.

Bruce Brown, yeah, makes $22 million a year.

So, yeah.

The three top guys—Buddy Heald, Miles Turner, and Bruce Brown—all make over $19 million

a year.

They all should have to put it all on red for the team.

Yeah.

If it hits, you split it up.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Or maybe they put it on double zero, and then they split.

That'd be huge.

That would be awesome.

Okay.

Let's kick it to ourselves.

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then we have Gronk and Bart Scott.

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