Pardon My Take
Jon Gruden In Studio, Joe Flacco Wins TNF And The Hearts Of America, Week 7 Picks And Preview + Fyre Fest
17 Oct 2025
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On today's part of my take, presented by DraftKings, we've got a packed show. We've got week six, seven, sorry, week seven picks and preview. I'm trying to go back in time. Reminder, you do have to set your clocks back on Saturday. We have week seven picks and preview. We have Coach Gruden in studio talking ball with him. Nothing better.
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Chapter 2: What are the key highlights from Joe Flacco's performance?
I'm more trying to pump up Bengals fans because from where Bengals fans were two weeks ago. to where they are right now, they can at least enjoy football for another month, which is a big, big thing. Your football season ending before Halloween is a terrible feeling. I've been there. It sucks. Now they can at least be like, you never know with Joe Flacco. He did it with the Browns.
Why the fuck not? Just let Cincinnati daydream. That's all it is. Haven't they been through enough? It's a daydream, Hank. If you told me, do I have to bet it with my own money right now that they're going to make the playoffs? I probably would bet no. But I'm going to let them daydream a little bit. He threw for 342, three touchdowns. And if you add, what did he finish with last week?
Because last week, it's basically Joe Flacco in the last six quarters. He was bad in the first quarter against the Packers. And in the last six quarters, he's realized the offense. He's realized it's the Jamar Chase button that he has to keep hitting. And he's played well. Yeah, last week he ended with like, so he's probably in the last six quarters like 356 touchdowns or five touchdowns.
Just saying, something about Joe Flacco. Something about Joe Flacco, and if you watch the games, Flacco's gotten better every quarter. Something about Joe Flacco. He's improving on a 15-minute by 15-minute basis. Something about Joe Flacco. He was an elite quarterback tonight. He had elite speed, too. They put him on the naked bootleg, and Flacco, what did he get, like 11 yards rushing?
And that fan just being like, holy shit. Oh, shout out to the Bengals fan that was waving the towel over his head tonight like a helicopter to the point where I thought he was going to levitate off the ground. I thought that towel was whipping around fast enough where he was actually going to get airborne on that. Credit to Flacco, man. I bet Flacco's going to have a good night tonight.
I bet he's going to celebrate. I bet he's going to go home. I bet he's going to drink one and a half beers. I bet you he's going to fall asleep on the big chair after drinking one and a half beers. And I bet you his wife is going to wake him up at, like, 2 a.m. being like, Joe, you should come upstairs and go to bed. He'll be like, all right, yeah, that's enough partying for tonight.
I don't even think he lives with his wife. That's a great night. I think his whole family's in New Jersey. I think he's probably just hanging out. He's probably going to get in a robe and hang out in his hotel room. Well, I know that his wife got driven over from Cleveland to Cincinnati last night.
Because I know his kids are still in high school in New Jersey, and they're playing high school football and stuff. I feel like Mrs. Flacco's got to make the trip for Thursday night football.
For the game?
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Chapter 3: How do the Bengals and Steelers compare this season?
One of those was the blocked field goal by the Eagles that got returned and switched. If they just missed that field goal, they cover. They should be 12-2 at that point. And then there was the fumble at the goal line by Kyron Williams on that Thursday night. Mm-hmm.
That would not necessarily have made them cover, but it would have put them in a position where they could cover that game if he didn't fumble it. So the Rams are just knocking people out against the spread recently. Yes. The big story, though, of this game is are we taking the Jaguars because Travis Hunter already got baptized before the game last Sunday? Well, you can get born again. Yeah.
So I don't know.
Skip Bayless. That was a seeing Skip Bayless have a 28 minute video. On Travis Hunter being selfish for getting baptized before the game on Sunday. Yeah. Didn't expect that take.
Well, there it was.
I, yeah, I thought it'd be an hour. I thought it'd be more material than that. But yeah, just when you think skips, he doesn't have his fastball anymore. He comes out with Travis Hunter lost that game because he dedicated his life to the Lord on Sunday morning when he should have been thinking about football. Uh, I didn't think about that.
I kind of kicked myself for not having that take before Skip did. Yep. But I also have to just take my hat off to Skip Bayless because the man, he still has it. Still got it. He still has it. We also have the fun. Liam Cohn used to be Sean McVay's coffee guy. He was explaining when he first started with the Rams.
He actually was the one who was drawing up the plays for Sean McVay and learning how Sean McVay's brain works and said he got a ton of access to Sean McVay that most other coaches wouldn't get. So I think there is some fondness there. does Liam Cohen maybe know something about Sean McVay that he could take advantage of? Well, they both do the sign-stealing stuff. I don't know.
So who's going to be stealing signs from who in this game? Yeah. Also, we should mention, I said this last week, I'll say it again because it reigns true again, but the Rams have yet to give up a 20-plus yard run on the season. Yeah, that's crazy. That's pretty good.
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Chapter 4: What are the key insights from the gambling segment?
Yikes. All right, what do we got for theā¦ The Meow Mix Parlay, gambling for the children, taking the Panthers against the spread. Programming update, we definitely won't be returning if the Panthers continue to win, as we legitimately might be cursed. Yes. Update from Meow Mix about that one. Okay. Wait, what's the parlay? They're just taking Panthers against the spread. Yeah.
So, yeah, Panthers against the spread. That's it. Gambling for the kids. Shout out Meow Mix. My concern is that Dave Canales has not won a game this year in a state where they make you take a photo of your ID if you want to access porn online. And he is a porn addict, a self-described porn addict. He is. He is 3-0. in states where they do make you verify your identification.
Which would be Carolina. Which would be North Carolina. Yeah. So he might be up all night beforehand. So there have been 17 head coaches since 1980 who have started their career head coaching 0-6. Memes. Positive note, four of them eventually took their teams to the playoffs. Yes. How many lasted the next season?
I don't know how many lasted the next season, but 13 of them did not take their team to the playoff and got fired. But let's focus on the positive. Dan Campbell started 0-6. Zach Taylor started 0-6. Kyle Shanahan started 0-6. Jimmy Johnson started 0-6. That's a good group. That's a good group. It's a great group. Yeah.
The other ones that started 0-6, like Frank Wright, Brian Flores, Hugh Jackson, Gus Bradley, Chan Gailey, Steve Spagnuolo, Raheem Morris when he was with the Bucs, Cam Cameron. Remember that? Mm-hmm.
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Chapter 5: How do injuries impact the upcoming games?
Where are we at, memes? You can win this game. Oh, we found Rasheed Rice. He's got 41 subscribers. Be the 42nd subscriber, Max. Bang. Look at that. That's pretty 41, right? His only video is the hype video. It's a good hype video. It tells me big things coming from Rishi Rice. Memes, where are we at? Let's talk it through.
I don't look forward to Sundays anymore, but the players are playing with pride right now.
Are they?
The players are. It's not necessarily coaching. It's not coaching at all. They're playing with pride. They're just playing with pride, and that's why they played decent on the defensive side of the ball last week. Okay. Okay. Yeah, we can work with that. We can absolutely work with that. What do you expect out of the team this week? More pride. More pride.
It's pride month for the Jets.
A lot of pride. I'm like slightly rooting for them to go on 17. Oh. Okay, so once the ball gets kicked off, are you rooting for them to lose or are you still rooting for them to win? Still rooting for them to win, but in the back of my mind, it's just 0-17 is the only way to put a blemish on Woody Johnson to be like, you're the worst owner in professional sports. I, I, I see what you're saying.
And I, I kind of agree where you need it to be. You're at the point where it's like, I've been there before where it's like, you need it to get even worse than it, than it is right now. And it is as bad as it could possibly be.
And you're like, we got to go lower in that, in that scenario. It probably means you're also like the giants being good is better for you. Yeah.
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Chapter 6: What predictions are made for the NFL Week 7 games?
It's like the city, you need the pressure. The city is like, well, the giants are making a run new quarterback, you know,
You need Woody Johnson to see videos of elementary school kids being like, I wanted to be a Jets fan, but I love Jackson Dart and Cam Scadabo. Like that type of stuff, where he's losing fans. Yeah, and then the other side of that, there was a video from England last week of how they became fans of the Jets, and it was the saddest thing ever.
What would they say?
Which is like pain. Yeah. They're just like, became a fan of the Jets. They never won since, but maybe next year, probably not. Which is trying me hardest. Trying me hardest. Did you know that the Panthers now are the second team in NFL history to have 400 total yards, 200 rushing yards, and 25 first downs in three consecutive games? I did not.
Say it again.
Well, the Panthers have done it two straight weeks. One other team did that for three straight weeks. Okay. And so the Panthers could join the 1983 Steelers to be the only team that have ever done that. Okay. So that's more just showing like the Panthers have been really good for two weeks. Right. But we don't know. It's been a hot two weeks.
It's been a really hot two weeks, but we still don't know if the Panthers are good. They're three and three. That's great for the Panthers. Yeah. But we still don't know how good of a three and three team are they. Right. What's the offense? No Garrett Wilson. Who's getting the ball? Josh Reynolds. Okay. Are they going to free 20? Is there going to be a Tyrod Taylor appearance?
I think if Justin Fields doesn't throw the ball, then there will be. There has to be. Yeah.
Yeah.
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Chapter 7: What are the key takeaways from Coach Gruden's insights?
Over 37 and a half. 36 and a half. Oh, I'm looking right to go back up. Oh, did it change? I'm seeing 37 and a half. Oh, 37 and a half. That's a key number. Plus 100. It was 36 and a half 20 minutes ago. Let's give him 37. Okay. That's fair. Yeah. Let's give you 37. Okay. All right. We also got to make sure everybody remembers their number when Shane sends a graphic. Three. Okay. Mean.
Chapter 8: How does the discussion shift to the NFL Week 7 picks?
Yeah.
I'm going to go with the over in Carolina Panthers and New York Jets, 42 and a half. Oh, okay. What was that? Those are the two grossest games that we just went over on both of them. I'm getting ugly. I like it. You got to get comfortable being uncomfortable. Yep. No, the Panthers are over a team. On the road? Get Jets? Yeah, I guess. Jets variable. I am going to go Browns minus two and a half.
Fuck.
You jerk. That was a jerk move. All right. You guys kept talking about how you liked it, so I had to pick it before you guys got it. I would like to take in the Colts-Chargers game, the Chargers minus one and a half. God damn it. There's only two bets I love. All right. Got to find something else. That's fine. Hey, that's fine. I just got to find something else.
That's how the cookie crumbles.
That's how the cookie crumbles. Wasn't my day. I'm going to go with the Rams minus three against the Jaguars. Okay. I guess I'll go Giants plus seven, and I will go with the under in Jets Panthers. 42 and a half. It's a bad pick. Okay. We'll see. Head to head. I'll give you 76 and Sonny. All right. I thought you were going to take mine. Oh. I'm going to take the under in the Browns Dolphins.
Can I get 37 and a half?
Yes.
It stands at 37 and a half on the screen. Yes, definitely. So Hank only gets the pity half.
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