The New York Jets are going to be sold to Gary Vaynerchuk in 2021

The Jets are the first 2-13 “Nobody Believes in us" team which is why…
The Jets are going to be sold by the Johnson Family to a new ownership group headed up by Gary Vee

0-3 - coming off 2 straight blowouts. Played Denver tough, lost by 9 to go 0-4

Then lose by 20 to Cardinals, by 24 to Dolphins, by only 8 to the Bills, and then lose by 26 to the Chiefs to go 0-8.

Something snapped in the Jets and the very average NE Patriots needed a miracle to beat the Jets by a field goal. 0-9

Game 10 - a below average by exciting Chargers team beats the Jets by 6. now they’re 0-10 and in game 11 the Dolphins stomp them by 17, now they’re 0-11

Game 12 - Gregg Williams send the house on a blitz against the Raiders. Jets essentially lose on a Hail Mary. Williams Fired (Williams was the Mole).

Williams gets Fired — but Adam Gase is definitely gonna get fired, and the Johnson’s likely give Williams some type of golden parachute and/or a wink/nod on coming back as DC next year with new HC

Game 13 - Jets get stomped by the Seahawks 40-3

Now 0-13 — something snaps again. Like that scene in “Pulp Fiction” between Butch and Marcellus Wallace. “PRIDE STARTS MESSING WITH THEM”.

Week 14 - Jets blow their number pick, but the players and the coaches avoid going 0-16 and kind of screw up the Rams season in the process (Rams had just smoked the very average Patriots)

Week 15 — Jets already essentially doomed to get the number 2 pick even if they lose the rest of their games due to a strength of schedule technicality — Jets go out and beat the Cleveland Browns — which basically ends the Browns chances at winning the AFC North — cuz the Steelers came back to beat the Colts.

Now they’re 2-13 and face the very average Patriots (whole they almost beat earlier this season). Win on lose in Game 16- the Jets get the number 2 pick.

If the Johnson’s can’t have #1 Pick and Trevor Lawrence… then they don’t want to own the team for the next decade plus any way — and now they guarantee that if Gary Vee does get the team - he won’t have Trevor Lawrence, either

Historical Fan-Fiction; laced with an Outlandish Projection for the future — but, when it comes to the Jets, no matter how far flung the theories are… they’ll likely find a way to do something even more inexplicable.

But, what about this for fan-fiction? The Jets get sold to Gary Vee… the Jaguars and Lawrence never quite make a Super Bowl… and Gary Vee’s positive thinking and outside the box thinking helps to reset the culture. Sam Darnold turns into the real deal. Jets win a Super Bowl, now that the Johnson’s aren’t around to mishandle the fortunes of the franchise.

Christmas List for the New England Patriots

The 2-5 Patriots would be 4-3 at best if they still had Brady -- so who cares, moving on was still the right decision for Tom and for the New England.

Bill is still rolling the dice that this season might not finish or that other teams will get caught with bad health luck and they could be in the mix at 8-8 or 9-7 for that 7 seed

Bill chould pull a FULL TANK and lose 9 more in a row, including 2 to the Jets — just to troll them in the most inexplicable way possible

Christmas List, what Christmas List? JJ from ManCookGood says “keep Cam for 2 years 40 million and see what happens”… don’t hate it!

NFL Playoffs teams as Game of Thrones Characters - 2020 edition

2020 NFL Playoff Teams as Game of Thrones Characters 

This year it’s funny - cuz we know how GOT ends (at least the HBO version) - so in the past - being Dany Targaryen was a great thing - this year not necessarily

Forgot to assign the 49ers in the notes - but they’re Bronn perhaps  
*Apologies the spelling is going to be atrocious on these notes* Places Listening #1 France five weeks straight, USA #2, Australia #3, followed by UK, Egypt, Indonesia, Canada, Russia, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Sri Lanka Top Cities after the Number 1 City of Lights aka Paris, Mountain View, CA, Cornelius, NC, Miami, Barcelona, Brisbane, Cairo and Colombo Thoughts going out to Australia and also Puerto Rico Subscribe on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud or Google Play Music - follow us on twitter and instagram @filibusterfreestyle and we’re always available with episodes and show notes on filibusterfreestyle.com Pour some out for the 4 teams that are already gone. Buffalo Bills - The Dothraki at the beginning of the “Long Night Episode” - came out on the road - swords blazing - ready to roll. Looked unbeatable for a while - but their plan/tactics appeared to be one dimensional and after getting out to a long lead, they were snuffed out 1 by 1 or point by point until ultimately falling. It’s not a perfect analogy for several reasons - but hey — if you want better analysis, don’t lose in round 1 Buffalo Bills. Shout out to the Bills Mafia for buying all of the folding tables in Metro Houston area though. New Orleans Saints - This one hurts but - Oberyn Martell - the Red Viper of Dorne. Supreme Skill and Talent from the deep south. But in the end they were a bit too careless and when leaving things up to chance and/or the refs — their opponent did just enough to keep it close and then by the end - squish their head’s like a grape in excruciating fashion on the game’s final play in overtime. Philadelphia Eagles - Wun-Wun the giant at the end of the Battle of the bastards. They overcame everything to get to this point. They’ve got an A+ pedigree for getting the job done. But they were just too hurt to survive. There’s also an analogy in there for Ramsey Bolton’s cheap shot arrow to Wun-Wun’s eyes — as pertaining to the hit by Jadaveon Clowney on Carsen Wentz. And mad props to Josh McCown for coming off the bench into his first playoff game ever at 40 years old.  

New England Patriots - King Robert Baratheon. They’ve been sitting on the throne, ruling the realm for several years. In the end, they went down via a combination of sloppiness (roster management), Betrayal (trust the likes of Josh Gordon and Antonio Brown), and getting killed while over confident — the Dolphins loss was the wild boar in the forest and the inability to recover is the suspected inside job (Mike Vrabel) playing the role of Robert’s inner circle (Cersei, Littlefinger, Grandmaester Pycell, et al)

So who’s left: The 49ers vs. the Vikings // The Ravens vs. the Titans // The Chiefs vs. the Texans // The Packers vs. the Seahawks 

I legitimately think the Ravens are a lock for the AFC - but Obviously the Chiefs have a slim chance. 

in the NFC - I can’t see the Vikings winning 2 more road games, but the Packers, 49ers and Seahawks all have alligator blood and/or X-factors at QB which mean they can definitely string 2 are wins together to reach Miami 

Minnesota Vikings - Robb Stark — they are from the North. They’ve got a righteous cause (Never won the super bowl) like Robb was trying to avenge Ned Stark. In the end Rob Stark proved to be a little too naive and a little too trusting of being on the side of “good”. But the Game of Thrones is "a ladder filled with chaos” to paraphrase Little Finger. 

Prediction: I can’t see the Vikings getting by San Francisco - but if they do, they likely face “fellow northmen” in Green Bay - and just as Robb Stark couldn’t overcome a northern mutiny by the Bolton’s and Frey’s — Minnesota’s Super Bowl drought will continue 

Baltimore Ravens - Appear to be Drogon in season 8 going absolutely HAM on the entire population of King’s Landing. This is a team that prides itself on being built to beat the Steelers and the Patriots but they stumbled onto a power that is basically capable of destroying everything and everything just for "Esses and Gigs”. Nobody has an answer for them and the only ones who can truly stop them at least in the AFC are themselves. 

Tennessee Titans - Lots of ways to go here but I’m going to go with the Hound. Foulmouthed and smarter than they let on. They find a way to survive and honestly the more time you spend with them, the more you like them despite themselves. Much like the hound has an aversion to fire and an obsession with a family member (Vrabel is a Belichick mini-me and the Hound is the Mountain’s lil brosef).  The Hound is a battering ram like the Titans ground game. The only issue — they can’t defeat everybody they need to without sacrificing themselves in the process. The Ravens aren’t the Mountain — they are the fire that the Hound and Mountain plunge into from the top of the Red Keep. 

Prediction: Ravens by 10+ points and it’ll never be in doubt. 

Houston Texans — these Cats are the “trick or treat team remaining”. First half vs. Bills they got worked. Second Half Watson took over and they made just enough plays to win. These guys are like Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr — they’ve got nine lives and they can keep stuff interesting but in the end — they are bit characters who don’t have the juice to make it to Miami

Kansas City Chiefs — No disrespect, cuz I like these guys — but my take is, they are the Night’s King with the Ice Dragon. We thought at the end of last season, they were going to become dominate this season and beyond. But the emergence of the Ravens makes me think that they could be beatable like the Night Kings getting iced by a 12 year old assassin aka Arya the MVP Stark. But if the show runners had done a better job with season 8’s pacing — the battle between Drogon and Ice Viserion could’ve been way more epic — and that’s what we could get in the AFC title game. 

Prediction: Chiefs should find a way against Texans but also could stumble. 

Green Bay Packers — A lot of ways to go here - but let’s pay homage to the leading ladies of Westeros. Dany, Cersei, Sansa, maybe even Arya is the best. They’ve been the favorites, they’ve been also rans, they’ve been #1 and they’ve been left for dead. They’ve been injured, yada, yada, yada — but they’ve got a set of skills that keeps them on the field with any body and a home field in this round that could prove just treacherous enough to advance. 

Let’s put it this way — if they win the Super Bowl, they are a combination of the Stark sisters — Kill the Night’s king and rule the North alone. If the Packers lose at home to the Seahawks, they are Cersei getting crushed underneath the bricks of the Red Keep. if they lose at San Fran or if they make it to the Bowl and lose with the throne in their grasp, they are Dany T the mother of Dragons — they had it all but at the end just not enough to actually rule. 

Seattle Seahawks — Euron Greyjoy and the Iron Fleet. They’re better away from home (but can’t stray too far from their style of fight). They’ll fight a bit dirty, they’ll ambush you, and their costuming is unique for the world they inhabit. In the end, they’re a little too rowdy to string 3 wins together on the road and if Green bay turns into the frozen tundra, they’re ships won’t be able to move well enough to win.

Christmas comes to Baltimore Ravens early

Christmas comes to Baltimore early - The Ravens could be a juggernaut

Places listening

Australia, Philippines, UK, Angola, Germany, Spain, Tunisia and Fiji

Walpole, MA. Chicago, Waxhaw, NC Philly, NYC, Irving, TX, Rockaway Park, Miami, Zulpich Germany / Luanda Angola, Heatley Australia

How Badly have the Patriots WR corps fallen since the Antonio Brown experiment ended?

How much did the loss to the Ravens matter (relative to the rest of the season)?

Are the Baltimore Ravens peaking too early or are they simply a juggernaut?

How much do the Pats need the win against the Eagles?

Antonio Brown joins the Patriots and the Pats Fanboys let the other 31 teams have it

Antonio Brown signs with the Patriots — Pro Wrestling has come to the New England Patriots?

Places listening: Yakutsk Russia is #1 again, Cornelius, NC and Boston round out the top 3 - other cities include Calamba City Philippines, Mittagong Australia, and Dresden Germany

Countries listening: US #1, Russia #2, Philippines #3, followed by the UK, Germany, Ireland, Australia, Pakistan, France and Spain

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AB is a fantasy football legend, he’s a real football legend. He was having a Hall of Fame career in Pittsburgh.

He no-shows the regular season finale of 2018 for the Steelers.

He signs with the Raiders.

He shows up for camp in a hot air balloon.

His feet have frost bite from a Cryongenic Freeze chamber treatment thing in Europe.

He refuses to play with a league approved helmet for like 2 weeks.

Finally gets beyond the helmet thing… and then after all that … the weirdness goes into overdrive

He gets fined… he puts the fine on social media.

The then has an altercation with the team GM

He then says he’s sorry.

He then has some video montage paired with a phone call of Jon Gruden and AB as the audio and tweets out - Release me @Raiders

Raiders comply… and the jokes about the Patriots signing AB begin immediately.

Then like 2 hours later the Patriots actually sign Antonio Brown.

This is like the signings of Randy Moss + Corey Dillon + Chad Ocho Conco + Albert Haynesworth x 6pounds of crazy pills combined

On the spectrum of Patriots have lost their minds on one end and the Patriots are playing chess while the league plays checkers on the other end… where does this roster move rate for you right now?

With the Patriots playing the Steelers tonight - isn’t this timing and hoopla the exact type of thing they Patriots work so hard to avoid?

3 to 4 months from now — what’s the most likely result of this experiment

What does this mean for Josh Gordon? What does this mean for Jakobi Meyers?

Does it worry you guys at all that the Pats felt the need to do this?

Also very interesting that Drew Rosenhaus is AB’s agent and he was Gronk’s agent.

To me this means Gronk ain’t coming back

To me this means Edleman might have a Wes Welker 2007 type season

Both the Raiders and the Steelers are now doing the “this group of guys in the locker room are more focused” - do you buy it?

Game of Thrones as 2019 NFL Playoff Teams PART 2 Podcast

Filibuster Freestyle’s 4th annual NFL Playoff teams as Game of Thrones Characters is here and these are the Part 2 podcast notes:

LA Chargers  - Daenerys Targaryen (while she was still in Meereen) - Essentially displaced/ homeless and they have to go east if they want to “go west” aka win the title. Her Dragons were young, the cards were stacked against her, she wasn’t even beloved in her home town, she had to leave her home town due to a lack of support. The chargers have had terrible luck with Kickers, people question their QB and coach a lot, but there is potential for greatness. They’ve won on the road despite  history of not doing so. Nobody is sure how much trust to put in the Chargers, but no one seems to want to face them, and no one seems to hate them.

Baltimore Ravens (House Stark after killing Little Finger) - The Ravens seemed to be left for dead with Joe Flacco at the helm. There was talk of John Harbaugh not coming back, enter Lamar Jackson at QB and everything has changed. The Ravens seem to find a way to win ugly and/or survive to fight another day. Jon Snow at Hardhome, John Snow when he was saved by Uncle Benjen stark after the Night’s Kings killed Viserion the Dragons.) Now House Stark has Bran reunited with Arya and Sansa, and their slitting little fingers’ throats, they killed Ramsay Bolton with his own Dogs, they are poised to recover from certain defeat. 

Philadelphia Eagles - Welp this is a story about the ability to hang on to power when all seems lost. Nick Foles is the “wildfire”. This is Cersei Lannister using Wildfire with Maester Qyburn and blowing up all of her enemies at once in the Sept. The eagles were having the classic super bowl hangover. Everybody was coming for them and coming for them hard. They seemed to have painted themselves into a corner with no plausible escape… and then the ineffective Carson Wentz is “injured” and they insert Nick Foles. Nick Foles is the Wildfire. He allows for an inexplicable change of momentum, just like Cersei’s stunt at Great Sept of Baelor.

Chicago Bears - Night’s King Army and Khalil Mack is the ice dragon, Viserion. They were going to be tough to defeat, but they were outgunned in terms of game changing dragons, and then Jon Gruden gifted the Bears an asset who takes them to another level. 

New England Patriots - The Patriots have always been featured as somebody like Tyrion Lannister or the Night’s King. But I think this year’s Patriots are Jamie Lannister at the battle in Season 6 or 7 with Sam Tarly’s dad and Dickon Tarly. When Dany had three Dragons, and only a heroic move by Bronn saved jamie from being burned alive. The patriots are a shadow of their former selves, as is the 1 handed Jamie, and they are out gunned. But, they are wiley, so there’s a small chance they survive, but not because they are the best team. 

Kansas City Chiefs - Missing Karim Hunt really changed things a bit for the Chiefs —so this was my toughest team to provide a game of thrones character. But here it is… This whole tale started after a young Robert Baratheon struck down Rhaegar Targaryen at the Trident (and then Jamie Lannister killed Aerys the 2nd (the Mad king). If the Chiefs win the super bowl, they are young Robert Baratheon and if they get knocked off, they are Rhaegar Targaryen. And the beauty of this comparison — Rhaegar is actually Jon Snow’s dad. And I’m convinced that Patrick Mahomes will lift the Lombardi Trophy one day, if not this year… just as Rhaegar lost the battle of the Trident, but “won the war” by conceiving Jon with Lyanna Stark. 

LA Rams - Oberyn Martell, the Red Viper of Dorne — The NFL Season is long and drought with peril — The Rams came out of the gates like Oberyn Martell against the mountain and seemed destined for the Super Bowl but, after the past month, I’m increasing concerned that one of these NFC defenses might squish their heads like a Giant Grape. (Fake band name of the week, “Giant Grape”)

New Orleans Saints - The Unsullied. The saints seem to have all the weapons and the home fortress to defend. They might be a little one dimensional, but at the end of the day, if they can play their game on their home turf in the style in which they’re accustomed, aka no gimmick football - they’ve got a it handled. 

2019 NFL Playoff Teams as Game of Thrones characters (Part 1)

2019 NFL Playoff teams as Game of Thrones Characters 

Congrats to Dan Ruttle on winning the Filibuster Freestyle Fantasy Football Championship - the aptly named “Valaryian Steelers” 

Places listening: Ashburn, VA Boston, MA Cembo Philippines  Tucson, AZ and more 

Philippines, France, Canada, UK, Egypt, Portugal, Indonesia 

Indianapolis Colts - Theon Greyjoy (at the end of season 7). They started 1-5, there were question marks if they’d ever get back their pride (deflate gate, Andrew Luck injuries, Owner having public substance abuse issues, Josh McDaniel big timing them at the alter). this is all like Theon’s run of bad decisions, spineless decisions and dishonorable decisions, but on Dragonstone, theon Head butted his way back to the respect of his men, and is now on the hunt for his sister Yara. IN essence he’s got his mojo back and the Colts do to. I don’t think they’ll have any shot at the throne, but they’re once again an interesting component of this narrative 

Houston Texans - Berric Dondarrion - they were 0-3 and seemed dead. Deshaun Watson had a catastrophic leg/knee injury - but he regained his form and the Texans regained their’s. I’m not sure that Bill O’Brien is Thoros of Myr - but either way, as reincarnations in GOT go, i’m not sure the Texans are ready to be Jon Snow or even the mountain in terms of rising up… but at the very least — they’ve got a new lease on life for sure. 

Seattle Seahawks - The Seahawks are Jorah Mormot. They rose up from disgrace back in the day to become major players under Pete Carroll. Then they were cast aside, and left for dead (gray scale), but somehow found a way to get cured, cleanse themselves and get back onto the right side of the narrative. I’m not sure that they’re road this year leads them all the way to glory, but they’ve got  mix of luck, skill and knowledge that could keep them alive. 

Dallas Cowboys - I’m going with Tywin Lannister (father to Jamie & Cersei and allegedly Tyrion) because I think Jerry Jones is more like Tywin Lannister than another NFL owner. Overbearing, always asserting himself into the narrative, seems to have the deepest pockets and eventually get his way. Some love him, more fear him, but most just can’t stand him.  

Can the Philadelphia Eagles repeat? Mid-term Mania. This Red Sox Parade was more than just Duck Boats!

Was 2018 the first “eff you parade” in Boston sports history? 

Seems like that attitude was pure jubilation and feeling bullet proof as a fanbase. 

Price has his eff you parade for towards then fans. 

The Boston sports fans had theirs towards the philly fans for stealing a super bowl.  

This title was a collective realization that even if Tom Brady is never gonna win another and even if the pats go back to being bad... Boston fans just realized - as long as the Sox have good ownership and tons of 💰- we have a franchise that’s won 4 titles in 15 seasons with 3 diff managers... dozens of different players. Hockey is super random. And Boston Celtics aren depended on outsmarting opponents because it’s tough for them  to get free agents. But the Sox - they can miss and take years off and hit bottom, but they’ll always get it right a couple times a decade

The Sox were our city’s first love and are now our best hope to keep the party going once the pats dynasty is no more 

places listening - Turkey, Ireland, UK, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Philippines, Slovakia, Germany, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory & More 

Philadelphia Eagles What’s the mood right now at 4-4? 

Is getting each team’s best shot week after week what you expected? 

What’s the feeling for the next 8 games? Home & Away vs Cowboys and Skins, at Saints, at Rams, Home Giants, Home Texans

What’s the city’s feelings on your QB situation? 

Can your guys go on the road and get Saints or Rams? What about winning on road in playoffs? 

How was the raising of the banner on the first game of the year? 

Are people still basking in that Super Bowl win or are fans finally more focused on this seasons results? I felt like after Pats first title - i dealt with their 9-7 season in a way of saying well we’re still the champs until the super bowl… i’ve since stopped feeling that way about title teams. 

MID-TERMS!?!?!!? Any hot takes 

Philadelphia Eagles in for a bumpy ride? Just askin' Dude

Places listening: Phillippines, India, Senegal, Canada, UK, Germany, Peru, South Africa, Nigeria (first time), UAE, Japan, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia,

Rant of the month - girl on the Mobike asking me for money while i was running

US Open - Djoker is back, Nadal is back, Federer is he wins tonight is essentially back. Del Potro has been very dangerous at US Open lately. Who’s winning this thing? 

Labor day is for the laborers — any fun work related stories you’d like to share with us. 

Do the eagles have a potential QB controversy on their hands? 

Ben Stiller's Best Character, Movie spin-off ideas &more March Madness

Do goths dress up like goths when they do mundane chores? Like are they goth when they go to the gym? Are they goth when they mow the lawn? Feels like physical exertion is very un-goth

Urge Overkill followed us on twitter

Fake Band name of the week “Solid Acronym” 

Epic rants (bracket) iverson, jim mora, Dennis Greene. 

NFL coaches division 

All other athletes division 

(You have to imitate the rant to present it)

Special Tournament Hot Takes Part 2

Rosco P have you ever seen anything like this NCAA tournament - UMBC destroys UVA. Nevada two huge comebacks including like 20 points over Cincinnati. Loyola Chicago  won 2 games by a combined 3 points - Beat Tennessee and they’ve got a 96 years old nun as the team chaplain

Who’s left standing:

1 Villanova, 2 Duke, 1 Kansas, 2 Purdue, 3 Texas Tech, 4 Gonzaga, 3 Michigan, 5 West Virginia, 11 Loyola, 7 Nevada, 4 Kentucky, 7 Texas A&M, Clemson, 9 Florida St 9 Kansas St, 11 Syracuse  

Have 2 #11 seeds ever looked so different

Any cool alumni we can chat about that we missed during our lost episode? 

Ben Stiller Characters: Can any Ben Stiller character hold a candle to White Goodman - He’s the ultimate comedic heel (need some quotes)

We should do this with Paul Rudd Characters some time - Peter Clavin from I love you man and Brian Fontana from Anchor Man alone are worthy of a pod

Ted Stroehmann - Something about Mary

Reuben Feffer - Along Came Polly

Greg Gaylord Faulker - Meet the parents

Arturo Mendez - Anchor Man  (not enough material, would love to see a spin off movie about this character though) 

David Starsky - Starsky and Hutch — Famous Quotes Needed - Owen Wilson Carries a lot of this movie, as does Vince Vaughn (and really the whole cast). Snoop! 

Derek Zoolander - Zoolander  - Famous Quotes needed - Owen Wilson, Will Farrell, Billy Zane  the list goes on

Tugg Speedman - Tropic Thunder - Great Cast — but he’s an absolute standout in this film - Famous quotes needed. Tom Cruise steals the film, so i’m not sure what to do here. 

Hal L from Happy Gilmore - Not enough material, again would be curious in a spin-off

Chas Tenebaum - Royal Tenenbaum’s

 Fast Eddie Fletcher in a 1987 episode of Miami Vice 

Lipscomb, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, Peyton Manning and Izmir Turkey - Freestyle Mashup

What’s w people saying you’re fine when you say “excuse me”.  I think Fine is an weird word. 

Izmir Turkey most listens this week - love it. Izmir seems fantastic btw (like as a place in the world)

Ashburn, VA creeping back into listening charts 

Turkey as a nation wins the week, Brighton, Australia is the 3rd place city- it’s on the outskirts of Melbourne / UK is the 3rd place country and Redcar England up by Newcastle has emerged with some serious listeners as well

Props to Norway, Chile, India, Romania, Kazakhstan and Sweden for listening

Litter pick up on exit 28 at 8:45am on a Friday. you can’t wait til 9:30 for that crap ?!?

Best thing about papa johns ditching the nfl is the dramatic lessening of Peyton Manning appearing with papa johns founder John Schnatter 

Also, Pizza Hut slicing into the official pizza of the nfl within about 15 minutes of papa johns vacating it - shows you how strong the nfl brand is

Stock market has taken a dive recently and tariffs on aluminum and steel are a major factor thus far. 

This is where being a populist America first leader veers wildly from many republicans- you mess with their money- that’s a problem. Greed is a much stronger factor than xenophobia- rich Americans want to stay rich

Basketball sneakers that look like timberland work boots - dude on Purdue wore em today. I’m at once in favor of the look and also think it looks kind of whack simultaneously

Lots of basketball - it’s championship week

congrats to Lipscomb on their first ever Big Dance

you know when the ball gets wedged in between the basket and the backboard, and the game awkwardly stops. Instead of going to the possession arrow — it should either be worth 1 points. cuz it’s actually harder to do than put it in the basket. And you can’t “dunk” the ball into the wedged position, it’s got to be a shot and an unblocked / tipped/ defected shot at that. You might be saying, Gavin... Actually, it should be worth negative 1 point — if you put up a shot and miss, so be it, but if you hoist a shot and the game has to stop because of your miss — you lose a point. Either way, it would make basketball have an added wrinkle. 

I’ll put up a poll and we’ll see what people think 

Super Bowl easy recipes

Mancookgood - Filibuster Freestyle - NFL Playoffs. We give you EASY & DELICIOUS playoff football party recipe ideas. 

Minnesota Vikings - Hot Dish

Philadelphia Eagles - Cheese Steak Nachos

New England Patriots - Italian Grinders

Jacksonville Jaguars Teal Beer, Teal Hamburgers, and Seafood Gumbo

Food Blog, Pulled Pork, Atlanta Flacons, New Orleans Saints, Hot Chicken, Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh stealers 

2017 Winners & Losers plus Big predictions for 2018

Winners and Losers of 2017 

Places listening: Top City this week Bagong Kalsada in the Philippines, crushing it. Mountain View, CA #2 and Los Angeles #3

Dubai of the United Arab Emirates cracked the top 5 for the first time as well. 

First time places — Laos, Vietnam, Luxembourg - over 27 countries listened last week — THANK YOU TO ALL, please leave a review on iTunes and please keep spreading the word

Bud light and Game of Thrones were both winners in 2017 and you need to look no further than the “Dilly Dilly” ad campaign to prove that both were winners

Losers - in some ways Micro Brews — for about 10 years the hipsters fave been leading the “Marco Brew” renaissance with Pabst Blue Ribbon — but in 2017 it felt like commercials started poking major fun at Micro Brews. 

Example one — the Honey Mead Wine guy getting sent to the pit of misery in the Dilly Dilly ads

Example two - Actor Danny Trejo is in a series of Sling TV commercials - there’s one in which he’s a bartender and some yuppie guy is like i’m looking for a microbrew no, a nano brew… and he carries on, and then Danny says, I made this one in my bathtub. And the customers takes it but says something like “That’s so gross”. 

HBO is a loser in some ways too — Peak Game of Thrones only highlights the following - they’ve got nothing ready to replace GOT, people are likely going to turn on GOT during it’s final season, because at least 50% of audience won’t like how it ends

Puerto Rico  is a loser of 2017— the commonwealth of Puerto Rico was decimated and so little has been done about it, that they should have the option to pick a new country to become a territory of. Or better yet, Yankee Swap style — they should get to swap “aid packages” with another part of the country that go aid this year

Also fun fact — Yankee Swaps are called “White Elephant” gift exchanges in North Carolina — and when I was in Philly it was called a pollyanna  

Lavar Ball - despite how many people don’t like him — is a winner — since he came from obscurity. With that said, I’ll be shocked if he’s a winner in 2018 — i think he’s slated to be one of 2018’s biggest losers. 

Winners: Rose McGowan and everybody associated with the #MeToo movement who came forward

Losers: Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey Jerry Richardson and dozens of others who clearly were abusing their powerful places in entertainment, sports, and business

This clearly goes much deeper - but from a media standpoint - does this keep going? Who goes down next? I feel like this could absolutely destroy washington is we let it

ESPN got trounced and the NFL got trounced — post peak front runners getting dismantled is a theme i think will continue in 2018

Gender Reveals and Gender Reveal / Guy in American Flag Jorts in Southie

Possible winners in 2018

Possible losers in 2018 - The Tea Party / radical right — I’m not sure if I can ever bet against republicans wholesale again — but i feel pretty good about “establishment republicans”, independents and left leaning democrats mobilizing en masse in the midterms against the Tea Party. 

Joe Biden Mania — 2018 — I only hope that it doesn’t peak too early

Onesie Christmas Pajamas — the cast of Premier league on NBC are all wearing them today — the amount of matching onesie pajamas on instagram, facebook, snapchat is off the charts — i think the backlash is coming

Jimmy G and the San Francisco 49ers — if this guys stays healthy and they can sign him — as long as he stays healthy and can avoid the “Johnny Manziel pitfalls of fame” — they are going to the playoffs in 2018 and likely for most of the next 7 to 10 seasons 

Stone Temple Pilots new song "Meadow" plus Philadelphia Eagles mania

Scott Weiland was great - he fronted two groups — had solo success

The DeLeo Bros - are also great song writers

Stone Temple Pilots were a super group — based on the success they’ve had collectively and then apart from eachother

Explain who Dave Coutts is — from the Band, “Talk Show”

Why go after a guy who sounds like Weiland? I’d go in a different direction… despite liking the new song “Meadow” by Stone Temple Pilots

Explain who "Army of Anyone” is - “Filter” lead singer and drummer from “Korn”.

Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop — still a great album. Opening track “Press Play” excellent. 

“Lady Picture Show” is a good example as any of these guys just writing timeless rock songs with pop principles

“Big Bang Baby” catchy as eff

What’s amazing about these guys - the burst onto the scene with “Core” and had a great follow up with “Purple” yet still 3 bonafide radio singles on Tiny Music. 

“Art School Girl” might be the most interesting deep cut on Tiny Music

I really like “Non Stop” by Army of Anyone — sounds really STP -esque  — I liked “Leave it”, too — Singer actually sounds like himself, Filter singer Richard Patrick, as opposed to Weiland

Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington — interestingly he also has a few songs that sound like Weiland — and a couple where he sounds like himself from Linkin Park. 

If you’ve got your own recognizable voice — why pretend to be Scott Weiland ??

“Meadow” — Really like it a lot

Jeff Gutt - been on “X Factor” twice - very corporate — he’s got a nice delivery though 

Patriots Falcons Super Bowl 51 Hot Takes & Women's March in DC Hot Takes

P-word Power March hot takes - Women’s March on Washington 

Amazing to see that many people (mainly comprised of women) band together around the nation - and throughout parts of the world

Couple questions / takes

Where was this mobilization and energy during october and november? More importantly why wasn’t it there? Were people too confident that Hillary would prevail? 

Can women band together like that to drive the result of the 2018 midterm elections? 

They only way to beat small minded voters and essentially Tea Party voters is by finding a way to get Congress Back — essentially it’s time to think globally and act locally about politics and liberals have a nasty habit of being less focused during the midterm elections. The issue is 2/3’s of congress gets elected during the midterm elections. 

I’m starting with the man in the mirror on this one — i’ve only voted in a midterm election once, and starting in 2017 I will. I’m even going to start voting every local elections

We are less than 22 months away from the midterm elections — the nasty women need to nasty then — do you think they can sustain this momentum? And/or summon it when it’s time? And to all the “Dead Beat voters” aka the 50% of the electorate who sat 2016 out — get your crap together and vote — even if you right in mickey mouse — do not no show — it’s a shame that 25% of the country voted for this guy and he won cuz 50% of the country didn’t give a crap — and i’d say the same for hillary winning.

Aziz Ansari’s Saturday Night Live hot take — The Closet Racists who have flung open the closet because they think Trump winning is a license to be openly racist are really jamming things up. One: The majority of the country won’t be swayed to be racist Two: Trump got elected because of how many “never hillary people existed” — Next time, he ain’t facing hillary and the non-racist Trump voters are going to run away screaming from this now openly racist base of voters

Home about the split screen image of Obama’s 2009 inauguration and Trump’s in 2017— Very Telling. 

Outlandish ideas to agitate Trump and his supporters for the next 4-8 years

1. Jon Stewart needs a new weekly show on HBO dedicated to Slamming Donald and his Cronies 
2. Jon Stewart’s show should coax Rage Against the Machine to Reunite and become Stewart’s house band
3. If Zach De La Rocha won’t rejoin Rage - Bruce Springsteen Should — this would really tick of Rosco P of Drilling 3’ by the way 
4. Michael Bloomberg should run as a Republican in the 2020 Primary - Forcing Donald’s hand to spend money to get nomination
5. Michael Bloomberg should then run as in Independent in the 2020 General Election — 67% change Either he’ll win, or the Dem nominee will win and trump will get way less than total of 50% of total vote — further diminishing his fake mandate 
6. People should refer to Trump as “Interim President” until and unless he can win a second term in 2020

Hot takes from NFC and AFC Championship Games - Football in LA /// Tom Brady’s 7th

How confident were you before the game started? Tavern in the Square

How confident at halftime?

Who do you think has better groupie stories Gronk or Jon Bon Jovi? 

How confidently are you in the Super Bowl against the falcons?

What scares you most about the falcons? 

Jon Bon Jovi narrated the patriots voiceover promo video - interesting choice. I mean he's bill's idol

CBS showed gronk and JBJ together

Chris hogan - beasted a whole series for the pats first TD

2 quarters later - Chris hogan is beating this whole game

If Pittsburgh always runs its zone and if it's Achilles heel is always an all pro QB - why keep running it against TB12 in the playoffs ??? 

2016 NFL Playoff Teams as Star Wars Characters

NFL Playoff Teams as Star Wars Characters

Unofficial Sponsor of the Week Delirium Tremens - Family Brewery since 1654

Fun fact: Guns N Roses March 3rd show in the United Arab Emirates is at a venue called “Autism Rocks Arena” - after research - Autism Rocks is a Non-Profit which raises awareness about autism via charitable concerts

Shout out to Riz Ahmed (aka Nas from The Night Of) on playing “the pilot in Rogue One” 

Patriots - Boba Fett — Here to do there job. Not noble, unscrupulous, unapologetic, they’ll sell out whomever they must, in order to claim their bounty. Not good guys, not bad guys, just effective. Not perfect, not the most talented but they will throw the kitchen sink at you.

Cowboys — The Death Star from Return of the Jedi. Deadly when operational — but less fortified than it’d predecessor. The 1990’s cowboys were like the original death star - the only weakness of that team was the vanity of Jerry Jones and the after Jimmy Johnson’s departure, the weakness was Barry Switzer.

This team looks a lot like those teams — but they aren’t as dominant — and the Giants seem to be their Kryptonite — I foresee a “moon of Endor” like siege on them —  and the Ewoks might just be the Giants

Chiefs — Mace Windu (Samuel L Jackson Character) - Mainly because Windu is the only character to have a purple lightsaber and Tyreek Hill is the Purple Lightsaber of the NFL this season - one of a kind. Ultimately, Mace Windu’s demise comes sooner than we’d have thought, and this could be the same for the Chiefs. But, if with that purple lightsaber, these guys have a shot to go all the way.

Falcons - Jyn Erso from Rogue One — talented and calm under pressure at fortunate to this point — but may run out of chances - because the odds aren’t in their favor and their past doesn’t line up well with getting out alive. I do think they can do some damage - Hot take alert — I think the Falcons have the best chance to beat the NY Giants if they somehow end up playing each other.

Steelers— Darth Maul (of the Phantom menace): Remember the double light saber? Remember his expert training in the martial art ofTeras Kasi. It took both Qui-GonGinn and Obi-won to kill him — and when you combine the X factor of Big Ben, and the double edged sword of La’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown — you’ve got the most formidable offense force in the galaxy. In addition- the Steelers tend to be stubborn, set in theirgame plan ways and prone to taking chances — which means when things aren’t going to plan, they are vulnerable. 

Seahawks — Lando Calrissian — Lando has the ability to save the day and the ability to double cross his friends. Lot of parallels with the seahawks. They have Swag, they have talent, they’re not afraid to talk a little trash and like Lando - they’ve got a track record of success in big situations. But, sometimes they aren’t simpatico and when they aren’t their “magic” is gone.

Texans— Jar Jar Binks — between the fact the the injured JJ Watt is more “america’s sweet heart” and Papa John’s pitchman than Defensive menace these days, and the fact that Brock Osweiler is a long, lanky, occasionally goofy player, who keeps getting changes to play a role - inexplicably(in the vain of Jar Jar) I think these team is Jar Jar. Not saying they can’t surprise a team or two — just like Jar Jar BUT — i’d be shocked

Packers - Han Solo — flying by the seat of their pants. Getting it done with smoke & mirrors. Making outlandish claims and finding a way to back it up. Improvising. Aaron Rodgers and Han Solo are similar dudes and by extension the Packers offense is always a dangerous threat and always a candidate to self-destruct — especially away from home

Raiders — Rey (Daisy Ridley’s character): Even before Derek Carr got hurt — I felt like these guys were a “year away” - like Rey there’s a chance these guys could be the “future” of the league but it will be a hard battle, and now with Carr injured, these guys are going to have to work even harder to hope that their fate mirrors what we all believe Rey’s will be.

Giants - The Ewoks — I hate the giants - so much. And the little boy and me loves the Ewoks, so this is a hard sell to make. But, here it goes. The Ewoks have no business going toe to toe with the Empire. But somehow, they stuck to what they were good at, were willing to sacrifice themselves for the cause and got just lucky enough in catching their opponents off guard to prevail. The Ewoks win ugly with a limited offense and solid defense, so might the Giants. They’ve done it before.

Dolphins — Finn from the Force Awakens — IN OVER THEIR HEADS - BUT AWESOME to see them at the party - Could be interesting.

Lions — Empire Strikes Back Luke Skywalker or Phantom Menace Obi-Won or attack of the Clones Anakin Skywalker = Gun Slinger QB, all the talent in the world, not ready for the big time, and it’ll show.

Taxi Cab Fiasco - Episode 7 of HBO's "The Night Of" from the Filibuster Freestyle

The Night Of episode 7 Notes

Props to Bryan Burton for joining us on the show this past weekend. Props to Amara Karan for continuing to like us on twitter. And calling out everyone in the FF Fantasy Football league - Chris Oroszko, Patricia Michaelsen, Mark Lawler, Andrew Patterson, Anne Kennedy Sullivan, Andy Maslin, Dan O’Brien, Alex Viano, Doug Brown and Jeremy Johnson - Dan Ruttle is in the league now — we need one more team — pundits — let me know ASAP

Opening Scene - Box is at another murder scene- makes an Andrea Cornish Reference  

Helen - is examining the Coroner and Nas’ mom abruptly gets up and leaves the court room

Chandra - cross examining him - asks about — his interoperation and brings up Mr Mets who eventually got exonerated on appeal - she’s doing a solid job

John Stone is Eye balling Don the Trainer/ Stepdad — He them starts following Don down the street

Chandra is trying to give Mrs Kahn advice on not leaving — Mrs Kahn asks, did I raise an animal

Don is at a fancy dinner with the “Grey lady” he was last seen Training at the end of episode 6

Mr Kahn and Nas’ brother get blamed for anti- muslim graffiti in the neighborhood

Mr.Kahn’s partners - are playing hard ball — about getting a new cab — Mr Kahn and his partners have “Mad Beef” 

Nas is back at Rikers and he’s freebasing again — C’mon Nas

Mrs. Kahn is looking at baby pics of Nas - and someone throws a rock through their window

John Stone is at the gym  Don works at — going really slow on the treadmill and “asking around” as usual

Andrea’s tax advisor - brings credit card statements of Don — he’s maxed out on all 3 — and he’s filed for Bankruptcy twice already

John Stone is talking to a former lover of Don’s (his ex wife) and Don tried to strangle her once - and she’s coming on to good old John Stone

Amir - bought amphetamines from Nas - Helen is making Nas seem like a Drug Dealer

Stone is fixing some Fancy feast for the cat — seems like the Cat is content - why cuz all cats want is food, yarn and to be left alone

Stone is going to see his son at schools — his son is big timing him // Stone is trying to give “Gooden” his son, the cat

Nas is back in Jail and he’s feeling bad about the lil secret between Jimmy ad Freddy’s cousin // Nas has to speak to the cousin’s mom - and he’s muling again — and it’s still pretty nasty

DA is examine Nas’ former couch - The Coach revels that Nas sent a second kid to the hospital — he through a fun coke can at his face. Chandra is BLINDSIDED once again

The Kahn’s are at the Pawn Shop giving away family heirlooms - this is really sad stuff

Don is trying to threaten John Stone - he’s def a DBag — but we’re all starting to like Nas a lot less as well

Nas calls his mom, she won’t take the call — this episode is moving FAST — bouncing all over

Box is being cross-examined by Chandra — Box says he’ll take evidence over a confession any day of the week

Stone really loves that cat - and that cat “breaks are” of the guest room and cuddle s with Stone- NOT GOOD his breathing is a mess — He goes back to the Eastern Healer — Healer says “get rid of your cat” over and over — healer is Mr. Yee — and Stone admits that he basically “loves his cat” 

Box, at the bar, filling out his NYPD pension fund -  Mr Kahn seems his share of the “taxi medallion” 

Andrea’s drug dealer is being cross-examined by Chandra - He admits to selling Andrea Special K and Ecstasy  

Nasir - says that his dad is the only person in the wold who believes him - Chandra grabs his hand and says she does — Chandra and Nas are kissing in prison - WHAT !?!?!?!? Also - it’s on camera — also, also he has a new hand tattoo that says “Bad” 

Stone is getting prints of pictures - Notices ones on of nAs’ inhaler

Back in court — Chandra - examines a witness (Doctor)/ photographer guy  - he’s a forensic expert - and his testimony really seems to be helping — he a hasn’t missed a single thing. Profound evidence about the table containing Andrea cells, the broken lock, the fact that an intruder could scale the tree outside. His name is Dr. Katz and he’s a pathologist. 

Helen - tries to bring out the smarminess of Dr Katz — and it works

Stone finds out that Box gave Nas back his inhaler on the night of the crime // Box is packing up his stuff and Stone goes to confront him outside the precinct

Box is back on the witness stand - and Chandra is examining him — Brings up Trevor, Dwanye Reed, Mr. Kaval, Mr Day (the hearse driver), she then goes to the picture of the Inhaler and calls him out. Box acts pretty uppity on the witness stand

Nas goes to bathroom at Rikers ( i hate bathroom scenes at riikers) - He sees blood — Freddy’s nephew kills himself (His name is Petey) — sad - Freddy is pissed - Nas tells Freddy about Jimmy

Box is walking the streets - towards the bar — it’s his retirement party - he’s getting crummy gifts and a set of golf clubs — Box is pissed

The back and fourth of Nas and Box is pretty powerful - Nas is about to assist Freddy in a murder in prison - Freddy is ICE COLD

Damn - Sad ending - Box is all alone with his golf clubs and Jimmy is dead — Nas uses the inhaler as a “prop” in this murder — a lot is well done in this show

Steve Zillian is the creator and according to Bryan Burton - he’s the real deal - Series Finale, next week