Pardon My Take
Stanford Steve Talking Ball, NFL Week 14 Picks & Preview, Lions End The Cowboys, Lebron's Streak Ends, Fyre Fest And More
05 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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On today's part of my take, presented by DraftKings, we have our good friend, dude of the year, Stanford Steve. We're going to talk some college ball, some NFL ball with Stanford Steve. We have our week 14 picks in preview. We're calling it the slate of the year. It's an incredible one. We're going to talk about every game. We have Firefest.
We have the Lions feeling like a statement win against the Cowboys on Thursday night football. LeBron's streak ends today. Chris Paul out. Giannis injured and out maybe. He got wizard. A lot to talk about, and it's all brought to you by our friends at Twisted Tea.
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Chapter 2: What key NFL games are highlighted for Week 14?
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Welcome to part of my take presented by DraftKings. The crown is yours. Today is Friday, December 5th, and the Detroit Lions are back. Back, back. Amon Ra, his presence on the field made a big difference.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Lions' victory over the Cowboys?
Yeah. Also, well, he screwed anyone who believed in Tom Kennedy. Shout out Tom Kennedy, Farmingdale, New York. But yeah, I mean, Amon Ra opens everything up. Jameer Gibbs. Yeah. Jameer Gibbs was awesome.
He's the best.
In the passing game tonight, he was really, really good. And yeah, I think Amon Rodgers being on the field, Jamison, he's going to get open. He's going to get his. But the offense looked like it was much more in sync with him. Dallas kind of turned back into Dallas. Yeah. The defense sucked. Okay. George Pickens didn't have a great game. Let me ask this question. Something's going on with him.
He did some shit. There's going to be a report. Hank's convinced he went to the casino again. Was it Dallas turning back into Dallas? Their defense. Yeah, but I would actually argue it might have been Detroit turning back into Detroit in the fact that they were super efficient on offense, four for five touchdowns in the red zone.
It was like the Thanksgiving game we saw a week ago where they missed those fourth downs. Dan Campbell, I don't think they went for a fourth down today. They kind of played it straight up, but their offense was humming all night. It felt like every single time they got the ball, it was 10, 15 yards, chunk plays down the field.
Yeah, Dallas' defense was frustrating, but I feel like Detroit kind of got their mojo back a little bit and like, hey, we're not going out without a fight. Well, I thought the game plan from Detroit was great and how they used Jameer Gibbs in the passing game. He was essentially a wide receiver for the first half of the football game. And he's great at it.
He's actually really, really good at running routes. He's got great hands. And Montgomery had an awesome night running the football, too. So it was like everything was working. I do think that Dallas's defense was kind of back to old school Dallas. Yeah, and it really came down to the execution from the Cowboys. You had two interceptions. The last pick, they're playing desperate football down 14.
But they had the fumbled Jake Ferguson fumble, which Dak kind of little broed him by showing him how to hold the ball after. Yeah. and then the interception to start the second half, and that's it. Detroit didn't make those mistakes. Detroit didn't turn the ball over. You know how I know that I'm softening up on the Cowboys? I don't get the same joy that I used to get off Dak interceptions.
Dak interceptions used to give me life. They used to make me so happy. You remember Tony Romo interceptions? Yeah. I disagree so hard. You still get the same joy? Oh, yeah. He screamed.
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Chapter 4: What insights are shared about the performance of Marcus Mariota and Jaden Daniels?
Big Cat thought about this for, like, 15 minutes.
He was, like, trying to put together, like, a real answer. Dude, it's not that hard. And I was like, oh, shit.
It was like, what is the one thing that PFT is researching these days?
They all played in shit. All right, well, listen, if you watch Commander's football and you think that Marcus Mariota is a better quarterback than Jane Daniels, you should have your head examined. Well, that's not what Hank said. He just said the stats. Yeah, yeah. I just go by the numbers. Listen, I'm just going by the numbers. Which you do, too, with the 300-yard thing.
You just go by the numbers. Numbers never lie. Yeah. We got a stat off. Good stat off. Hank's not blinking on it. I'm not blinking on my stat, big boy. I like your stat because it's like you're going to have nothing else soon enough, and you know that. Don't be so sure. Yeah, he might. I think PMT will be able to find something else.
Yeah, listen, Drake Mays having ā It's also like when he does it in the playoffs, it's just going to be ā Yeah, so the other stack could be, like, how many playoff wins does your quarterback have? Right. Marcus Mariota definitely has a playoff win. He's got one. Yeah.
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Chapter 5: What are the key stats discussed regarding NFL quarterbacks?
Yeah. But, yes, when it comes down to it, I would rather see Jaden Daniels play, even though it makes no sense for, like, his health and where we're at in the season. I don't care. I like watching him play football. He's awesome. Do you have anything to say, though, for Marcus Mariota playing better than Jaden Daniels this year?
Yeah, if you've watched the tape, that's 0% chance that any NFL general manager would take Mariota over Jane Daniels. No, no, that's not what I said. I'm not saying you take Jane Daniels over. I'm not saying you take Marcus Mariota over Jane Daniels. Marcus Mariota has played better this year than Jane Daniels.
I think you could look at a couple games on there, one specifically against the Raiders, and say that if Jaden Daniels had played against the Raiders, he probably would have gone off against them. Because that's the one that's bringing Mariota's stats up. Oh, Mariota just lit up the Broncos. Best defense. Excuse me, Mariota. Mariota. Played well against the Broncos. 30 seconds, CPOE.
What is that one again? Completion percentage over expected, meaning they're putting the ball on the money. I don't understand those. Yeah, what is completion percentage over expected, meaning that's a run after the catch? No, I think it's... That's a pass that's not expected to be completed, and he's making it. Okay, yeah.
Well defended. You need to put the ball on the money, and Jayden Daniels does not do that.
I would also imagine that has a lot to do with Terry not really playing with him. With who? With Jaden.
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Chapter 6: How do the hosts analyze the upcoming games and their implications?
He didn't play with Marcus either, right? No, Terry's played with Marcus, yeah. Just this last week? A few times. He had, well, those two catches against the Chiefs, I would imagine, helped out significantly with that. He had some great catches against the Broncos this week. He did have those catches against the Chiefs. Those were nice. Yeah. Okay, so are you worried about nine?
I'm very worried about nine. Nine's been hearing for the past two weeks how much he sucks. And I think this is a different mindset that we're going to get. This might be nine week. Yep. This might be nine week. Okay. The second to last early game. Dolphins, Jets, memes. I think you guys are going to win this game. Me too. It's going to be a fun game. I have one other stat about nine real quick.
Okay. All right. So this is what CBS put out. So if you put nine up against every first-round quarterback since 2016 that played in their first two seasons, McCarthy's first six starts have him 34th out of 35 quarterbacks in EPA per dropback, 32nd in completion percentage, 34th in turnover-worthy throws, and dead last with interceptions and passer rating. Okay. Okay.
So there's one quarterback that overall ranks worse on the list in EPA per dropback. Do you know who that would be? How many years? This is over their first two seasons. But how many years back does it go? Since 2016. I don't know. It's Jared Goff.
Oh.
So things can turn around. Things can turn around. So maybe we're just now might be a great time, like you said, to buy stock in the nine market. I mean, he can't be as bad as Brosmer. Can't be. You can't. That was probably the best thing to happen to him. Right. Right. That's got all the confidence in the world. Yep. Being like, hey, look, I can actually throw the ball. Okay. Dolphins to Jets.
Jets are two and a half point underdogs. Overrunners 40 and a half. I like the Jets this weekend, memes. I do. I really do.
I would like the Jets if it was colder.
How cold is it going to be? 40? 42 degrees. That's cold enough. Light wind. That's cold enough. Tua, I believe the stat is under 46 degrees. He's 0-7 lifetime. I think this is going to be a back-and-forth game. See, we predicted the Dolphins would obviously have this little run because they played absolutely nobody. And I do think the Jets are playing spirited football.
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Chapter 7: What insights do the hosts share about the Steelers' future with Mike Tomlin?
But they have the mojo going, and there's serious belief.
And we know the success rate of that place and that stadium when it comes to the playoffs.
So they are ā you know, we asked the question, Denver or New England? I feel like New England is more solidified, and I would lean towards them getting home field.
Hit him with the stat. Steve, I don't know if you're familiar with this. I don't know if you watched the postgame on Monday night after the Patriots won, but Lisa Salters asked Drake May this question. What's up with you not getting 300 yards yet?
Yeah.
What's up with that, Drake? So my question to you is what's up with that, Steve?
He doesn't care.
Yeah, I'd like my quarterback to care. Oh, all right. It's a great subplot on PMT because Drake May has been playing incredible in PFT.
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Chapter 8: What are the implications of Jalen Carter's injury for the Eagles?
He's been doing a good job with new stars every week. If you have a moment, I'd just like to read you some names of quarterbacks who have thrown for 300 yards in a game. Will Levis.
You have this saved? Or you're just off the top of your head?
It's off the top of his head. Off the top of my head. Will Levis. Dan Orlovsky. John Skelton, Johnny Football, Deshaun Kaiser, Desmond Ritter, J.P. Lossman, Christian Ponder, Tim Tebow. Okay. All 300. All in the 300 club. Just something to think about.
All right. I'll think about that.
That's a good point. Thank you. I want to talk real quick about the Steelers because I feel like now more than ever, and we've had it bubble up a couple times in the last season, people being like, is this now time for the mutual divorce? Everyone's predicting a mutual parting of ways with Mike Tomlin and the Steelers. This year it feels like there's actually some push behind it.
It feels like this might be the year, if it's going to happen, that they might break up. Number one, do you think that they ā It's time to move on from Mike Tomlin and Mike Tomlin from the Steelers. And then second part of that question, how quickly do you think Mike Tomlin would be hired by another team if the Steelers did let him go?
Well, Big Ben threw out Penn State, right? He'd be a great fit there or something. I wasn't sure of the wording. It's a fine line, I feel like, with Pittsburgh, knowing how passionate it is. But to hear and see that Sunday, that's something I've never seen in my life. I'm 48. That was eye-opening and pretty surprising to hear.
And I thought John Butchergrass, who works with us, had a tweet that I thought was really evident.
And he said, they're boring. They're not good and they're boring. But on the other side, they're playing for first place this week. Is it doable to go to the playoffs as a division winner and then get rid of your coach? I don't know. It feels like the Big Ben ending. They weren't in it and then crazy shit happened, right? And then they played a playoff game or was that the year before he retired?
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