Pardon My Take
Houston Texans HC Demeco Ryans, Chargers Beat Eagles In Crazy MNF, Phil Rivers Back, Hot Seat/Cool Throne And Guys On Chicks
10 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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On today's part in my take presented by DraftKings, we have Houston Texans head coach, hottest team in football, D'Amico Ryan. And then we have Monday Night Football recap. The Eagles are in some deep, deep waters. Hell. Hell. Chargers, huge win. Maybe eliminates the Chiefs, and we're going to talk Philip Rivers to the Colts. Hot seat, cool throne, guys on chicks.
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Today is Wednesday, December 10th, and the Philadelphia Eagles lose to the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football. So, so close to doing an emergency pod, but we are here the next day recording, ready to break it all down. We have not talked to Max at all. We made a rule. We made a rule last night. He left the part of my take group chat.
He also left the group chat with myself, Big Cat, and Jerry. And he has been off the road. So we're just talking about what happens in part of my take group chats now? We're just releasing screenshots now? Of you leaving? That was funny.
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Chapter 2: How does the Chargers' victory affect playoff standings?
I thought that was... Okay. You didn't think that was funny? That's the angle you're going to come with? That's not your words. Just Max left the group chat? It didn't have any other words to it. Did you think we weren't going to bring that up on this show? I always thought screenshots of the group chat. It wasn't a screenshot of anything that was said. It was just Max has left the conversation.
This is a sad stretch to start with. Listen, Max. Was that your big move? I hadn't even thought about it until you brought it up again, but I was mad about it last night. Let's talk about the game, Max. Let's talk about the game. I don't think people don't want to listen to us bully you about the Eagles. They want to hear our analysis of the game.
Yeah, so Max, real quick question because there was a moment when you left. So you left the Pardon My Take group text. Then Jerry O'Connell left. PFT texted and said, did we win Fantasy? And then you left that group text. I was thinking about... starting to text every group text we were in together, would you have left them all?
Like, if I had texted in the Stella Blue group text, you would have left it? Yes. You just would have left everything. There's a button on your phone you can press, and it is do not disturb. I turned that into because Jerry kept adding me back, so I did end up doing that to the Jerry O'Connell one. Okay. You can do that for your whole phone, though.
There's also a do not disturb option for life, which is just going to sleep. Yeah. That's impossible. Close your eyes. Go to sleep. Okay, so yeah, let's talk about the game because it was the Chargers. It was a crazy game. A ton of credit. Justin Herbert, he just gets his ass kicked every time he plays. He was sacked seven times.
The Chargers defense played phenomenal, and the Chargers winning was enormous because I was looking at it this morning. It... This is all under the presumption that the Colts nosedive, which we'll talk about Phil Rivers in a second. But the Colts are in some tough, deep waters because they have a really tough schedule. And Daniel Jones has officially a torn Achilles.
So the Chargers winning means that if they just win one single game, which would be week 18 against the Broncos, where the Broncos might be sitting everyone, they would get in over the Chiefs. So the Chiefs have a path now that is very, very precarious, and the Chargers feel like they have a stranglehold on getting into the playoffs. And Justin Herbert, just an absolute gamer.
Cameron Dicker, who I didn't realize is the most accurate kicker of all time. Well, that's changed like... four times in the last five years.
Yeah.
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Chapter 3: What are the key takeaways from the Eagles vs. Chargers game?
What about in the playoffs last year? Justin Herbert threw for four picks. Yeah. So, like, yes, he had a big stupid pick game. Do you think it was a passing of the torch of the big stupid picks, though? Because you had a big stupid pick guy, Justin Herbert. Justin Herbert also threw a stupid pick. I understand, but was there a passing of the torch? You said stupid picks.
He threw a stupid pick last night. I said, I never said stupid picks. You said that Justin Herbert was a big stupid picks guy. You are misquoting me. How am I misquoting? It was always big stupid pick guy. It was never big stupid picks guy? How many times have you tweeted it? Who's right? Do you think, though, there was a passing of the torch on the big stupid pick guy? It was a bad game.
I mean, see, this is why you guys are pieces of shit. Why? Because how many fucking times do you guys do this bit of, oh, Jalen Hurts needs to throw more interceptions. He needs to go out there and throw more interceptions. It would actually be good for him. And then he goes and throws interceptions, and it's like, oh, no, maybe Jalen Hurts has got to stop throwing so many interceptions.
That's what you guys fucking do every fucking time. If you had waited for 15 minutes. Who is that? Is that just a combination? Yeah. If you had waited for five minutes, I was about to say that this was probably a great game for Jalen Hurts because he was throwing picks. Yeah. He was taking shots downfield. But you cut him off.
I mean, Justin Herbert still has... Justin Herbert has 11 picks on the year Jalen Hurts has six after he just threw four in a game. But head-to-head. Head-to-head matters. I've been told that winning and losing does not matter for a quarterback. I've been told that for years. That doesn't... I've been told that for years that winning and losing is not a quarterback stat.
Are you down on Jalen Hurts? Of course. You have to be down on Jalen Hurts. But I'm not... Jalen Hurts, it's insane that the way that people talk about Eagles fans, it's like, spoiled Eagles fans, spoiled Eagles fans. Oh, you're going to boo your Super Bowl champion team? Oh, what a ridiculous fan base you are.
And then as soon as your quarterback, your Super Bowl MVP has one bad game, it's like, how can Eagles fans defend this guy? He's always fucking sucked. Well, are we the spoiled fans or are we the delusional fans? Because he can't have it both ways. Hold on. I've never said you're spoiled fans. No, but you know that's a narrative.
Yes, but I always back Philly in the fact that I like that they boo and they're smart football fans and they knew this offense was broken before it became a big storyline. Yeah. Yes. But you know that's a storyline. And the offense is broken.
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Chapter 4: How do the hosts react to Max's feelings about the Eagles?
They have scored the only team that has scored less touchdowns than the Eagles over the past five weeks. I don't want to guess. The Commies? Nope. Raiders, and they play on Sunday. Raiders. I have a stat here from last night. Oh, no. Jalen Hurts' quarterback rating was 31.3 last night. Oh, what, that he could have spiked it every time and had a higher quarterback rating?
That's not what I was going to say. Next. That's not what I was going to say. He nexted you. It's not what I was going to say. He nexted you. But he can't next me. All right, next. Want me to go? No, I have to finish my stat. Okay, so he had a 31.3 quarterback rating against the Chargers.
If they had snapped the ball to Jalen Hurts on every single play and he had puked all over himself and shit on the ball and ate the ball and then pooped the ball out onto the ground... and then throwing the ball forward after he recovered his poop shit puke ball. So you're just saying what I'm saying. They would have had a 39.6 QBR. So you're just saying the stat that I just said.
My stat was completely different. He said a puke and poop. All right, Hank, go. Blind resume. QB1, 17 games, 2,700 passing yards, 16 touchdowns, 13 interceptions, 78.2 passer rating. Okay. QB2, 13. 15 games, 2,200 yards, 17 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 85.2 passer rating. Oh, I think I'd take QB2. QB2 sounds, but he's only played 15, how many games? 15, two less games.
15 games, one more interception, two less interceptions. One more touchdown, two less interceptions. I think I'd take QB2. QB2. I wasn't listening. Continue. uh qb1 is jalen hertz without lane johnson qb2 is justin fields in 2022 oh whoa that's crazy that is crazy that's a wild stat cool you want to do the super bowl stats you got some Blind resume, Max. Blind resume and back.
I don't come to this fucking program with bullshit, biased stats. I was told that wins don't matter, Max. Now you want to talk about the Super Bowl. If the resumes weren't blind. Those are just stats. We don't have to go into wins. We don't have to go into stats. Hank is right, though. Blind resume is not biased by definition. You also picked specifically without his best offensive lineman.
Right. System quarterback. He needs Lane Johnson. He's the Lane Johnson merchant. He needs his Johnson merchant. Mm-hmm. Max, I have a question for you. What are you looking up, Max? I'm not looking up anything. This is Zach. I have a question for you, Max. Did the Eagles play with joy last night? That was a bullshit quote. Nick Sirianni, you said, needs to... Yeah, what do you mean by that?
Nick Sirianni said that, I guess it was at halftime. Yeah. He said that he liked that the team was playing with confidence and joy in the first half and that they need to continue that in the second half. Do you think they continued playing with joy? What was bullshit about that quote? Yeah. They were not playing with joy. In the first half? No. No? What up, Max? Jake Elliott also fucking sucks.
Every fucking week, he fucks us on... You have eight wins. He was hitting bombs. It doesn't. This team is dead. Nick Sirianni should shave his head? Nothing will save this team. The only good thing about this team is that Kevin Matula will get fired, we'll hire a new offensive coordinator and make the Super Bowl next year because it's just a cycle for the Eagles right now.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of the ACC's decisions on Notre Dame's relationship?
Pavacqua.
bavacqua has been doing a bunch of interviews he's been talking about the acc and saying that the acc absolutely fucked them over that they did i think this is direct quote irreparable harm to the relationship with notre dame now notre dame is not in the acc for football right but they have in bavacqua's terms a business relationship together that business relationship might be done because the acc seem to have been advocating for miami to get in yeah
Over Notre Dame. So this is like more Notre Dame. A lot of sour grapes coming out of South Bend right now. And I get it. They're a good football team. And are they one of the best 12 teams in the country? Yes. Without a doubt, they are one of the best. Will you apologize? I'm not going to apologize for getting in. Never.
Chapter 6: How does JMU's playoff entry affect college football rules?
You will never hear me say I'm sorry that JMU is in the college football playoff. And guess what? We probably broke it. They should be thanking us. Notre Dame should be kissing my ass. Because JMU getting into this playoff, they will rewrite the rules for the playoff so this never happens again. Yeah. And you'll be fine. You've got your little memorandum of understanding.
You'll be okay in the long run. But they're very upset that the ACC did not advocate strongly for Notre Dame, despite the fact that they're not in the ACC for football. Got it. Yeah. I mean, it's the super conferences. Super conferences have screwed. This is how we've led all the way down here.
And ESPN having a big hand in this and having a super conference where you have two teams that didn't play each other. They played two common opponents. Yeah. the dumbest tiebreakers, and they also set this up because they never thought that an ACC, a power four conference champion, would be ranked lower than a group of five team.
Chapter 7: What is the significance of the Texans' defensive performance?
Yeah, I mean, they set this up when the Big 12 and the ACC, that was what everybody was looking at. Yeah. It's so stupid. Um, but yeah, you shouldn't apologize. Yeah. I like, I would as a full, as a neutral observer, I would rather see Notre Dame and, and Texas or Vanderbilt Vanderbilt, by the way, like they just got forgotten in all of this. Yeah.
But Notre Dame, Texas, Vanderbilt, yeah, I would rather see those games. Respect to Vandy, though, for trying to schedule another game. Yes. But at the end of the day, one, because I'm happy for you, and two, it's like a reap what you sow situation. I'm like, all right, yeah, you guys fucked this up. Deal with it now. Yeah, listen, there's a very good chance that –
I have a very bad time watching the JMU-Oregon game, and it becomes, see, I told you this is why we don't let JMU into the playoffs. Yeah. There's a very distinct possibility that happens. So I'm just on a mission to cover. That's all I'm looking at. Let's cover the spread. Let's cover the spread. Physically, Oregon is a much bigger team. I'm not confident at all.
I'm not saying JMU is one of the best 12 teams in the country. I think that that would be an insane take to have. I'm just pumped that we're in it. And I'm glad that the CFP was so short-sighted with everything that it put the entire sport in this situation. But football is going to be fine. College football will be fine. They're going to change the rules.
Chapter 8: How does Coach D'Amico Ryans view the team's journey after an 0-3 start?
Notre Dame, you're going to get in next time this happens to you. We'll all forget this ever happened. But what if Jamie won, though? I'm eating duck every day for the next 12 days. We're doing it. Is that your cool throne? No, your cool throne. Yeah, my cool throne is winning the breakups. Yes. Yeah. You should eat duck every single day. I did. I had duck last night.
I'm going to have duck gumbo for lunch today. We're going to do duck every day. It's healthy, right? Yeah. Duck is very healthy. I'm Carson Wentz. I'm out here just fucking assassinating ducks. Duck has to be healthy.
my hot seat is so the one thing we didn't talk about with the uh philip rivers thing and obviously it's the colts i want philip rivers to play my hot seat is chris ballard i'm gonna put him back on the hot seat the gm for the colts i have to remind everyone has been the gm for the colts since 2017 nine years he has never won the afc south yeah he's never won the afc south
They looked like they were in a good spot when Daniel Jones was healthy. But were they? Yeah. Yes, they were. But they also were also like Daniel Jones getting hurt.
gives you a nice excuse i don't know if they were going to they were already falling down a little bit before that well he had a broken leg but when did he break his leg it was like three weeks before two weeks before he reported it okay so it was but what game was it do we know what game it was i don't know daniel jones three weeks ago i called them frauds and it was before all the fibula stuff yeah when did he bring and i was ridiculed
Yeah, I'm wrong. I apologize. In terms of being frauds, I wasn't saying, like, Super Bowl, I don't think. But they were a good team. They were by far the favorite to win that division at the time. But they also had a really, really hard schedule coming up. Yeah. What week? Do we know when he actually broke his or first hurt his leg? Was it the Chiefs game?
I think it might have been the Chiefs game. I think it was four weeks ago, and it came out three. I think it might have been the Chiefs game. It came out two weeks ago. Either way, Chris Ballard hot seat because not winning the AFC South nine straight times is pretty crazy. I also feel like if you're Chris Ballard, you have to call some other quarterback too, right? Yeah.
You can't pin the rest of your season on Phillip Rivers. Yeah. Zach, are you looking it up for me? No. You are. You're trying to find it. When did he first get hurt? I would like to find out when he – I think it was the Chiefs game, I believe, because if it was maybe the Steelers game, I don't know. They had lost to the Steelers. That was obviously when he went – when Seth went savage. Yep.
Either way, their schedule has been very – is very difficult going down the stretch, and it was always going to be very difficult going down the stretch. Not to say they weren't –
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