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10 Takes with Kyle Brandt: Don't be THAT guy!

Published Oct 23, 2023, 3:50 PM

NFL Week 7 has a big upset and our biggest retraction yet: 

  • The Eagles are elite
  • Control + Alt + Delete Lions take from last week
  • Anyone understand what's happening with Deshaun Watson?
  • Steelers are an ugly fighter that wins
  • A movie recommendation from 2021

Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. Hello, everybody, welcome to ten Takes. Thank you for clicking. I love you, I thank you. We do ten takes in exactly ten minutes. The timer will start shortly. It has not gone off when I'm in the middle of take seven yet, or Take nine or take four for that matter. I've gotten ten sort of intelligible takes in ten minutes for every single episode. Let's see if we can do it today. Again. Thank you for joining. Let's get right into it now, start the clock. Take number one. The Eagles are still the Eagles. They are still elites there better than the Dolphins. They're significantly better than Dolphins. They won by two touchdowns. We talked a lot about this game leading up to Eagles Dolphins on Good Morning Football, as the Eagles were a pickup truck and the Dolphins were a Ferrari and they're going to compete. You know what I looked at this morning on YouTube. I typed in pickup truck versus Ferrari and there's actual videos of that happening on the street where they crashed into each other. It's not pretty. It goes very very badly. And that's exactly what happened. It just didn't happen like I thought it would. What happened is the Eagles defense was the most important part of this game. The Dolphins run game, which was the best in the league, which set records, which are setting the pace for all these astronomical numbers, was stuffed. I feel like Hassan Redick nearly took the handoff before heem Moster could get it on the few first carries, and then they could never get it going after that. Tyreek had a bunch of catches. It wasn't for very much. The pickup truck smashed them. They were stronger, they were more bullyish. They imposed their will. The Dolphins are really slick and they're in it, but it was a little bit of a back to the shallow end. They are not one of the great teams in the league. Their second tier there's nothing to be shamed of, but they were not up to the Eagle standards. Take number two, I got things to address here. You might be remembering last week's ten takes where I said the Lions are the best team in the NFL. Oh my god, if I could control all delete that or men in black memory eraser thing that I wish I could. I would do it right here to the camera. They're not the best team in the NFL. The Ravens were so good. It reminded me back in college and we used to play something called PlayStation one and we'd play NCAA football, the college football game, and we had a rule in our room. It was like six guys living. If you got down by three scores, the game is over. You got skunked past the sticks. You're not allowed to play anymore. Oh wait, but I can come back. I have t Martin and Jamal Lewis. I don't care who you have. If you're down three scores, you are done. I don't care if it's the fourth quarter, first quarter, second quarter. You have to pass the sticks. The Ravens skunked the Lions, full on skunked them. Dan Campbell could have handed over the controller at halftime. All those Lions fans that flew to Baltimore, if they're being honest, we're probably saying at halftime, you know, maybe we could get on that earlier flight. What if we leave now and we can make the four o'clock and get home earlier. I feel bad for you. Ravens were really really good. Lamar did whatever we want. They were fantastic. Great day for the Baltimore Ravens. Take number three the Lions, What the hell was that? That's not so much to take as the is a question. I mean, that was a destruction. I thought you might lose maybe, but not even in contention in the first what felt like thirty seconds of the game. I'm trying to come up with a really morbid, real life comparison to seeing the Lions lose that badly. And remember those people who go over to Africa because they're compensating for themselves and they try to kill actual lions. And there was that dentist who posed with the picture of the dead lion he shot, and then his practice was canceled and his life was ruined. I have no regret about that. Happeningswim the Internet, but that was basically what happened. That is what the Ravens did to the Lions. What that Dennis did to an actual lion. Remember King Joffy Joffer coming to America, who just rolls into Queens with a lion's skin on his shoulder. That could have been John Harbaugh. Of course it'd be faux lion now. But that's the best description I can give for how badly the Lions were completely destroyed. I don't know where you go from this. I think they're still a pretty good team, but that was a shellacking, and we'll see what kind of character they have. I never thought they would lose by that much. Take number four. The Browns are good, good, Their defense is awesome, their special teams are spectacular. What in the hell is going on with Deshaun Watson? My take on Deshaun Watson the Browns says, I don't have a take on them because I'm so confused. He's been hurt for a while. He gets the start against the Colts, he throws a bad interception, he throws nearly a horrendous interception, a playing which he is hurt, Bangs has had on the turf. So you go into protocol. They're like, oh, he's not coming back. Oh no, he cleared protocol. The Parsons said, no, you can go back out there. Stefanski says he held Watson out because his shoulder was hurt. So what's the deal here? Did he hold him out? Would he have held him out if he didn't throw the bad interception and then almost another bad interception. Did he hold him out? Should he have started the game to at all? Should he be put on the shelf for a month. Should he be put on ir It seems to be as real health problems. And the reason it has stakes is that the Browns are so good they could win that division if Deshaun Watson was even decent when he's out there, He's almost never good, and he's now not even out there. So the Browns are like, dude, we got this crazy defense and Miles Garrett looks like he could win the MVP, but we need a quarterback. I like PJ. Walker's the next guy. They're I went in the North with PJ Walker. They're paying for Deshaun Wasasna just can't get them out on the field. Take number five Buffalo Bill's bad luck. Congratulations to the Patriots and Mac Jones. The Bills will do this thing when every time you trust them, every time you think you know what you got, they let you down in a bizarre loss. Whether it was Jacksonville a couple of years ago or the Zach Wilson Jets last year. It reminds me of when you're walking through your living room or your kitchen and you're at home, and you know you're in your bare feet, and you're having a nice little saturday. You're gonna go get a snack, and the kids are behaving, and then out of nowhere, your two smallest toes collide with the leg of the coffee table and send you into a billion out of ten excruciating pain. That is what it is like to be a follower of the Bills these days. You're like, where the hell doll that coffee table come from? I was having a Saturday and sure enough, Sean McDermott after the game, we have to figure out why we keep stubbing our toe. That's an actual quote. The team looks bored, they look like a daisical. They're awful in the first quarterer and it's not a new thing. It's really disappointing. They're playing a short week on Thursday night, the Bill's looking team that needs to buy so badly. You look at them and you're like, oh man, they got a chill for We gotta go to Mexico or something or just hang out. The buy is not coming. It's not come up to week thirteen. They need it like they can't even believe it, and they're not getting it. Bills are in rough, rough shape right now. Take number six. The Chiefs. Damn the Chiefs are gonna host the AFC Title Game again, aren't they? Aren't they? For years I've called it the Arrowhead Invitational. They don't always win the AFC Title Game, but they always play in it, and they always host it. Patrick Mahomes still never played a road playoff game. Here. They are just coasting a log. They have one loss this year, which was kind of a weird loss was Week one, no Kelsey, no Chris Jones, and all they do is win. Now they'll probably finish thirteen and three, maybe twelve and four, and they're gonna host the damn AFC title game again. It's incredible. They're so good it's almost boring, unbelievable. Huge respect to the Chiefs. Take number seven. The Steelers are like an old fighter where it's ugly as hell and they do a lot of grabbing and a lot of clinching, and it's a sloppy, dissatisfying fight that you hate that you paid for in the pay per view, but you got sucked into it. And then as you watch him, you're like, God, this is really all they got. Wait a second, they just stole that round ten to nine. They just stole another round ten to night. And then by the time it gets to the tenth round, they're throwing these beautiful punches on uppercuts and they're landing, and then they won the fight. You're like, actually, I'm glad I paid for this. I'm glad I stayed up for it. They won again. It was a bizarre, ridiculous judge's decision at the end. I say, judge because it's boxing. The Kenny Pickett quarterback sneak was hilariously short. They still gave it to him. But the Steelers go across the country and get a win. They're an ugly fighter that wins. Steelers win again. Take number eight. You know who my favorite person is in media right now and do a lot of media takes and I'm doing right now. Terry McCauley. Terry McCauley is the officiating expert on the call with Tariico and Collinsworth on Sunday Night Football NBC. A lot of these around the league. Every broadcast crew has their officiating expert where they bring in to weigh in on whatever call it was. Is McCauley the only one who will ever come on and say, actually, I think the refs got it wrong on this one. It seems to me like he's the only one who'll do it. He was on the call for Dolphins Eagles and two times within two minutes they brought him in and he disagreed with the officials on the field call, both times on the brotherly shove the tush bush one and on the Christian Wilkins rough in the passer. I feel like all these guys come in and they're like, well, you know, you can't really tell it's not enough for me to overturn it. And you're like, bs, I'm looking at the call. That's a ridiculous call. Can't you just come on and turn against your brethren and say they blew it? Terry McCauley doesn't give a damn. He will do it. He'll do it twice in one game. We'll do it ten times in one game. Terry McCauley, I've never met you, but I respect you. Take number nine. I was on the couch on Saturday night looking for something to watch. The loneliest feeling in the world. Right. Then you go to Netflix and you have all these movies you think you're gonna watch, and you type in the thing and it comes up in the search bar and you're like, oh, they're gonna have it, and then you click on it and like, no, we don't have that, So why is it even in the search bar option? You know what? I landed on? Dune? Did you ever see the movie Dune? I missed the eighties one with Kyle McLoughlin and Sting and all that, and then the Chalamey one that came out like a year ago. I just didn't see it. I watched it Saturday night. How can I describe this? I've never done Heroin, but I felt like it might be somewhere what it might feel like watching that movie with a couple of drinks you on Saturday. I couldn't believe it. I was looking at It is so cool, the aesthetic is so unusual, the violence is so great. There's Momoa and all these great actors, and then this guy shows up and that guy shows up, and I could not believe what I was watching. Dune insane. I'm in for the sequel. Last take is a little bit serious. I coached youth flag football and this past week and I had a really unfortunate experience of seeing another coach who I don't know and I wasn't on our staff, lose composure on a high school age referee who was making a call in a game. Is there a worse look in parenting, really into parenting in sports than the parent or the coach even who is screaming at a high school referee just trying to do his job. Listen, I'm not naive enough to not understand that there's a lot of emotion that goes into leading these kids and trying to get them to learn about winning and how badly you invest in this and you don't want to tell them after the game again that we lost. Guys, that's disappointing, but it is a ridiculous place to be in as an adult, to be screaming at a non adult about a call in a flag football game. Be better than that. It's just really the worst look there is. That's ten minutes. I ended a little bit of a somber note, but it was really the biggest takeawy I had from the weekend. I couldn't believe what I was looking at Don't ever be the person who finds yourself yelling at a youth sports referee. That's the biggest takeaway from the Weekend. That and Dune absolutely blew them. I bleep in mind. I think it was Dune and the Ravens and the Eagles and the Chiefs and really the Patriots who blew my mind. That's it, Shala, may I see you. I know I'm supposed to talk to that movie a year ago, but I finally just saw it. Kill me. If you want to for it, that's it. I can't go on. I'm supposed to stop after ten minutes. I'm breaking the rules on my own show. It's ten takes. It's ten minutes. Here's what you do. You like, you subscribe, you share, you tweet all that stuff. If you got any youth sports stories, treatment me at Kyle Brt. Until then, got to get out of here. It's a short, quick show. See you next time. Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. For more iHeartRadio pods, go to the iHeartRadio app, go to Apple, go anywhere you like, It'll be there.