Hot Takes: Say Goodbye To Judge and Mahomes!

Sports debates never fail to ignite passion, and our latest episode takes that fire to new heights. This week, we return with six scorching hot takes that challenge conventional wisdom in both the NFL and MLB. 

Is the AL West the best division in the league, including over the Dodgers and their NL West? Is the Houston Astros dynasty officially over? Are the Philadelphia Eagles going to fall off the map after their Super Bowl win? Is Patrick Mahomes—widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks currently playing—actually holding the Chiefs back? 

Join us as we discuss these hot topics in this week's new mini-series presented by the 2 Dudes - 1 Debate podcast!

Transcript

Introduction to Hot Takes Podcast

Gabe 0:00

Hey guys, it's Gabriel!

Ethan 0:01

Hey, it's Ethan.

Gabe 0:03

This is Hot Takes presented by the Two Dudes - 1 Debate podcast, a weekly series coinciding with the sport of that week, where we will rank five of our craziest sport takes, with the fifth being the most tame to the first being the most outrageous take.

Ethan 0:17

With us covering the NFL and MLB in weeks one and two, we will combine them to give you six hot takes for our first episode. These six hot takes will have three from the NFL and three from the MLB.

Gabe 0:27

Let's get into it.

Ethan 0:38

Alrighty, and I think I'll start things off with my first hot take, or, as we say, number five or six this week, I'd say in the NFL, rookies are too overhyped. Putting too many expectations on kids who played a different set of rules in a league with players with years of experience and expecting them to do great things off the bat is too outrageous for just what I see.

Gabe 1:10

Okay, yeah. I can agree with that. That's not crazy. That's not a crazy take, rookies definitely are. Well, I don't know. Well, I can see what you're saying. Like, they're still kids, they're still developing their skills and the fact that they come into a league of the world's best expecting to dominate right away is kind of crazy.

Ethan 1:31

But to a certain extent that's the reason they're getting drafted to the nfl, because they're some of the greatest in their leagues, you know well, yeah but they're being drafted into these teams who had horrible records, who can't really do much in their just regular, uh, regular, but they're being drafted into these teams who had horrible records, who can't really do much in their regular season. They're putting way too many expectations on kids to be like yes, these kids will make this team great in a matter of a season.

Gabe 1:58

Yeah, that's a good point. I mean I also think it depends on the player. I mean if you have a generational talent, I think they can turn around or develop very quickly into that player. I mean, if you look at Aaron Donald, in his respect, nobody thought he was going to do anything crazy.

Gabe 2:17

Aaron Donald was very undervalued, they overlooked him a lot. But he came into the league in the first season Within a few weeks he was starting and then then, you know, his name is cemented in history forever now. So it's not like it took him two, three years to get him cemented into as nfl's one of the top players you know. So I mean I think it depends on the player, along with the team, because if you have a true generational talent, they can go to any team and they're going to produce, they're going to um, develop and they're gonna you know they're gonna fill those expectations. But I mean not everybody, because I mean there's just some players that are super electric in college that just can't translate over to the nfl, like johnny manziel, um, obviously one of the best college QBs of all time but just couldn't get it together in the NFL. Whether that you want to say it's the Browns that did him wrong, or his drinking and partying habits, I mean whatever. So I mean I can see what you're saying, but I think I just think it.

Ethan 3:20

That's more situational but how many generational talents are you going to see coming out of every single draft? That's a good point. Okay that's a good point.

Gabe 3:32

Well, my sixth one I'm going to go over, which is like the most tame I have with aging or already old stars and harder competition. The Houston Astros are out of their juice and their dynasty, their baseball dynasty, is officially over.

Ethan 3:51

I'm not even going to disagree with that. I'll agree with that full heartedly.

Gabe 3:55

The only reason I have that in a hot take is because I know that some people, whether they're Houston Astros fans or just baseball fanatics, they're so stuck in the past when they would dominate for years and I'm not gonna lie, they did good, they had stars, yeah. But I mean, if you look now, jose Altuve is 34 and he's like probably their best player, and then they lost Kyle Tucker and Alex Bregman, so they've lost most of their stars. Their remaining stars are old and I mean it's just when they're not getting better. If you look at the AL West, the AL West is getting better without them. They're leaving them in the dust. I mean you look at the Rangers and the Mariners right now. They're both not amazing, but they're getting better. I mean the Rangers, like we discussed in one of our last episodes, they're off to a hot start. So if you look at what the houston astros have been doing up to now, it's pretty obvious that they're not the people that they've been for the past, however long you know.

Ethan 5:00

For whatever reason you want to say it is for whatever reason you want to say, it is yeah, I'm actually going to get behind that first pick. But yeah, I could get behind what you're saying on that one. Going up a little on my fifth pick I'm having the Philadelphia Eagles will miss the playoffs Just getting rid of good players over the offseason, not signing them or trading them away. It's going to really harm their Super Bowl chances and maybe even playoff chances.

Gabe 5:34

That is a crazy take. There's a lot to unpack there, so do I. I'll say what I agree with. I agree that they're losing valuable players. They're definitely throughout the years, a lot's obviously always changing. Whether that was Jason Kelsey a few years ago, so now they're giving up some wide receivers, some defensive key players. I mean I've even heard rumors that they are willing to trade aj brown. So, um, I think a lot is happening with their team and a lot's changing which could definitely affect their strength and their, um, just who they are, I guess, as a team. But I wouldn't say that they're going to miss playoffs. I think, generally speaking, they're too good to miss just playoffs. In general, are they going to go far? Not necessarily. Maybe they get swept first round and they're out.

Ethan 6:37

I say they're going to be in wild card. I don't think they're going to be first in NFC.

Gabe 6:41

I don't think they're going to be first in the uh nfc and get like a buy or anything. I'm just saying I don't know if they're gonna miss playoffs completely. I don't. I don't think they're gonna fall off that bad in one year, to the point where they're gonna miss the whole nfl playoffs. You see what I'm saying. I think, like I said, they might not, they probably won't win two times in a row. That's I. I'll get behind that. They're not gonna win two times in a row. That's I, I will get behind that. They're not going to win two times in a row. But do I see them just totally falling off the planet and then not making it to the playoffs? I don't see that. I think they're too generally good to do that. Unless, let's say, jalen hurts, gets injured, they trade aj brown, you know like then I can see something crazy happening. But as of right now, if they're just changing their roster, I think they're going to make it.

Ethan 7:27

Well, I was saying it could. I didn't say it will for sure. I'm saying they will for sure won't go to the Super Bowl, just that the playoffs. I might see a wild card, but just with a lot of their key players that pushed them and carried them through these playoffs and into the Super Bowl. I they're they got, gave away or didn't sign and they, those people, were really pushing in those playoffs and now, since they're gone, I don't see them doing much in regular season yeah, I can agree with Well, going a little crazier.

Gabe 8:05

Take my fifth one. I have that. I think the Buffalo Bills obviously peaked in 2020, and now they're just stuck in purgatory. In my opinion, I think the Bills' Super Bowl window is officially closed. I don't think they're going to be winning anytime soon and, sadly, probably not in Josh Allen's era.

Bills Super Bowl Window Closed

Ethan 8:26

With a lot of things happening to the Chiefs a lot of players leaving, a lot of players retiring or being traded or not being signed they have a chance. I think the only team they have in competition in a playoff that's stuck in limbo with them is the Ravens. That's stuck in limbo with them is the Ravens. The AFC, I'm going to be honest, is probably one of the better conferences in the NFL. Just how many championships have happened to me just over in the past few decades is how many teams have won the Super Bowl. It came from the AFC. I just I see what you're saying, but the Ravens are stuck there as well and I think the Bills can outplay them and I could see them going to the Super Bowl.

Gabe 9:14

Well, this is the thing. The Chiefs, I think they're going to be good for a while. I mean, this is their dynasty and I don't see them falling off. I mean, as it pertains to Purgatory. I do agree that the Ravens and in my opinion I even say the Bengals, those three teams, along with the Chiefs, they're the four elite, they're the four best of the AFC. In my opinion. Elite, they're the um four best of the afc, in my opinion. Um, but three of those four just can't seem to pull it together consistently like the chiefs have and get through to win.

Gabe 9:53

But the reason I say specifically the bills is because after they peaked they haven't been able to even get necessarily close to that, something close to the bangles. Except the bangles have a lot younger roster, so they have more time to get their stuff together. Josh allen's 28, they lost von miller. Um, they're just, they're getting, they're not getting any younger. You know, and they've spent these past few years in this realm of are we going to do it this year, are we not? And like I said, five years ago at this point they peaked and now it's getting too late to do that again. They won't have it, they won't have time to be a dynasty. You know what I mean. So I just don't think they're ever going to. I don't not that they're never going to win the Superbowl, I just don't think in the near future you're going to see the Bills donning that banner With the team they have right now.

Ethan 10:52

Yeah, I would say that.

Gabe 10:54

Josh Allen era. I see, in my opinion, as of now, like I said, I just think the Bills Super Bowl window is officially closed.

Ethan 11:03

Okay, you drive a pretty good point there. Me going to number four. Now I'm going to say the Los Angeles Angels are a good team. It's just their front. They have a terrible front office. Their front office needs to re-evaluate itself. Not doing well in the offseason, don't get me wrong. The Angels had one of the best starts since what 2011 in their franchise history. They're starting to become more relevant again, winning games. They're 11-11 right now, but just their front office needs to rework itself to actually push them into a playoff contending MLB team.

Gabe 11:48

I see what you're saying. Look, I would love to say that the Angels are a good team In my heart. I want to say it.

Gabe 11:57

I just don't know if I can, with a straight face, say yeah, the Angels are a contender or, like, the Angels are a good team. When it pertains to your point of whose fault it is, whether it's the team or the front office, I can see why you'd say it's the front office. The front office definitely isn't helping, but I mean, the team isn't too crazy stacked. They lost Shohei. Mike Trout is really old at this point Still good, still one of the home run leaders.

Gabe 12:30

I'm not saying he's bad, but same thing with Josh Allen. He's not getting any younger, so let's say, in a few years he retires, so they lost two of their biggest superstars, and then the front office sucks. I mean I just I don't know. I mean, to this season, as of this far, are they a bad team? No, I don't think so. Are they a good team? I'll say they're a good team, but like, if you mean good as in, oh yeah, they're like a really good team, they're a contender.

Ethan 12:55

I don't agree with that I think that yeah, not right now. I'd say that their office is holding them back yeah, I see what you're saying.

Gabe 13:02

I just think I, I think just they're a good team flat.

Ethan 13:05

You know what I mean. I think that's Mid.

Gabe 13:07

Yeah, I think that's probably where that will end for me.

Ethan 13:10

Yeah, I don't see their. I mean, they could be giant San Francisco caliber. They did beat them a few days ago, but they just need to do more signings. They need to get more players the front office could have, but they didn't even try to fight for him and they just let him go down the street to the Dodgers. If their front office did something that she wanted to prove this team, they could have kept Shohei and pushed this team into more relevancy instead of just a mid-team.

Gabe 13:43

That's good. These dogs are going to make me lose my mind, man, I'm sorry. Anyway, to my fourth one, what I have to say is like, look, if the padres and the dodgers played tomorrow, who do you think is going to win? Most people would say the dodgers, because that's the name around the league right now. That's just what everybody says when and when you talk to an nfo player oh, who's the best team in the league? Oh, the Chiefs, are they Not? Maybe, maybe not.

Gabe 14:12

In my opinion, I think the Dodgers are just a name of the league. They have a bunch of big players, but in my opinion, I think my big take is I think the Padres are better than the Dodgers If you look at their start, like I said, 2025 season, their fit or, as of this, last time I updated this list, they were 15 and 6, with a 13 and 3 start. Um, I think, along with the dodgers, they also have a lot of superstars. They have tatis jr, they have muriel, they have machado. Um, I think they have their own bona fide superstars. It's's just the Dodgers have a lot bigger name than the Padres.

Gabe 14:55

The Padres are very flashy, well-known as the Dodgers. I mean, everybody knows the Dodgers, even if you're not a baseball fan, you know about them, especially now that they're having some dominance in the league. Combine dominance with a big reputation and you're going to be, all of a sudden, the best in the league. Dominance with a big reputation and you're going to be all of a sudden, the best in the league. But I think the padres are better than them. I mean, combine that with the fact that the padres are having some amazing pitching this season um michael king and dylan sees have been god sent for them.

Gabe 15:23

You know, they've been amazing. They have high eras and they strike out on a consistent basis. They do their job at a high level. And you combine that with Fernando Muriel Machado the hitters they're just better than the Dodgers.

Ethan 15:42

So you described all this. What's your hot take?

Gabe 15:47

My hot take is that the Padres are better than the Dodgers.

Ethan 15:51

Okay, okay, I could see that. I could see with what you're saying. The Dodgers are a very flashy team, very wanting to be name brand, so to speak. Just, I think that hot take is going to come into fruition with uh coming up in this these few weeks. I believe they're gonna have a series with the padres and we could see on who's gonna be better than as well so, but, flash.

Ethan 16:25

yeah, right now, being this early in the season, it'll be hard to say just because, yes, we've played what 20-something games. Now I don't think we've seen full potential from any team besides the Braves. The Braves kind of suck, but other than that, I think it'd be a really good game. I could see where you're going. It's just that's hard to choose a side on.

Gabe 17:01

Yeah, but that's the hill I'm willing to die on. I'm not a Padres fan but, as of lately, I just in my heart, if you ask me who's going to win the league, I'm not a Padres fan, but as of lately, I just in my heart. If you ask me who's going to win the league, I'm going to say the Padres, I'm not going to say the Dodgers.

Ethan 17:16

Going on to number three, I have the opposite spectrum of my last one. The Diamondbacks are going to be a very sneaky good team. Their front office is making great signings. Their training, their just production they had right now will probably leave lead the arizona diamondbacks into offseason uh, playing into the playoffs. I'm not saying they're going to go in the world series, I'm gonna. I'm saying they're gonna have really great um chances to be in the playoffs. That is a crazy take.

Gabe 17:52

I'm not going to comment too much on it because I don't know too much about the Diamondbacks, so I'm not going to make claims or statements on things I don't know a lot about. But from what I know, arizona is a miserable place to be a sports fan. So if you just take that in to general, I mean the diamondbacks are probably really bad right now. But let me see the record. Actually I'm very curious now that you brought that up. I mean, if they're off to a hot start like the other teams, I mean okay, they're 14-9. They're actually not that bad. Okay. Well, just based off that stat right there, they're 14-9. Based off just that, I think they can be a good team. Maybe a few years of developing then they can get better. But I don't know 14-9 is good, it's just I don't know too much about them to say like oh yeah, for sure, this for sure, that you know.

CJ Stroud's MVP Chances

Gabe 18:57

Yeah, okay, my third take um. As shown with yokich and sga, um mvp voters like fresh blood. So my hot take is I think cj stroud is gonna make a run for the afc south. Obviously he's gonna own that, own that little division for a long time and as he's owning that, the team's gonna only get better around him.

Ethan 19:20

So I think he's gonna win an mvp before mahomes wins another oh, geez, um, when was the last time patching like are you talking about? Like league MVP?

Gabe 19:31

Yeah, like best player the whole league. I think CJ Trout is going to win before Mahomes wins another.

Ethan 19:37

Last season was Lamar Jackson, this last season was Jokic or Jokic.

Gabe 19:44

What am I talking about? It was Josh Allen. Sorry, I got the J, oh yeah.

Ethan 19:47

The season before that was Lamar Jackson. I'm getting my season.

Gabe 19:51

So it's been like around two, three years.

Ethan 19:54

I could definitely see that Patrick Mahomes is dropping from a top three caliber quarterback to being top five, maybe eight. I could see CJ Stroud. He is climbing the ranks very fast. Um, I could definitely see him being getting the mvp before um patrick mahomes the reason I said that is obviously.

Gabe 20:25

Patrick mahomes is the standard um I'm not saying he's a bad qb. He's obviously arguably the best QB in the league, whether he won MVP in the past few seasons or not.

Ethan 20:36

And he's going to be a.

Gabe 20:37

Hall of Famer. I just think, for a few reasons, cj is going to win it. He has the narrative over Patrick. He had a stellar rookie season 4,000-plus yards, throwing 23 touchdowns, five interceptions and a 10-7 record to the playoffs as a rookie, so I think that was a great season to cement himself. He was the number two overall pick from Ohio State, so he already came in with a lot of expectations. He had a down year this last year. It wasn't bad by any means, but it wasn't as good. So I think, just how MVP voters just tend to like new people, not the same consistent ones. I think he just has the story, the skill and if he puts up the stats to get one before Patrick, mahomes can get another or a few more before he eventually retires.

Broncos and Yankees Controversial Takes

Ethan 21:30

Yeah, I could definitely agree with that. Going into number two now, second hottest take out for both of us I'm gonna say the broncos. The denver broncos has the best roster in the AFC West, with Bo Nix having, just this last season, 37 yards with 29 touchdowns, cortland Sutton having 135 targets, 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns within the whole season, pat Sertan II 34 solo tackles, four interceptions and a touchdown and Brandon Jones 79 tackles and three interceptions. Just naming four out of really star players last season and many more. And even seeing what they're going to do in this draft, they have one of the best rosters in the AFC West.

Gabe 22:31

That the best rosters in the AFC West. That is quite the take. I don't even know. I don't even know if I could agree with that if I wanted to.

Ethan 22:43

In my heart that just feels wrong to hear or say We've been used to hearing all the Broncos yeah, they're 9-3 games. But now that they beat the Chiefs in the last game of the season and had a positive record, I believe they're starting to become more relevant now in the AFC West.

Gabe 23:06

I'll give you this Are they getting better over the years? Yes, Under Sean Payton he's been making great moves. He's give you this Are they getting better over the years? Yes, Under Sean Payton he's been making great moves. He's trained them well. He's obviously done some good draft moves. That's just such a crazy. That is wow. That is, you know, quite the thought. I don't know. I don't know if I can get behind. I don't know if I can get behind. Here. I'll just say this we'll agree to disagree. I I understand what you're saying, but I don't know.

Gabe 23:42

I don't know left them speechless with how good that take was well, these, my next two takes, are going to be very controversial, to say the least. First off, my second take um, it's a mob take. I said that the yankees have pitiful pitching um and they have great hitting. They need to be a little more balanced in their roster. How do you do that? You sell Aaron Judge while he still has value.

Ethan 24:13

Oh, yeah, easy what you agree with that. I'm not a Yankees fan, so of course I'm going to agree with that.

Gabe 24:20

Well, I'm not saying that you have to be a Yankees fan. I just think the reason I think that's a very controversial take is obviously he's still an MVP caliber player. He puts up crazy stats day in and day out. It's just my reasoning for saying that they should sell them is like I said they have a bunch of hitters. Now in the last video I said they do have a bunch of no names that, due to the new bat, can be getting their stats inflated. A lot of people didn't agree with that, but I mean, if you want to go with what they're saying, they have Jazz, chris Holm, who isn't putting up the crazy stats but he is getting home runs, trent Grissom and Ben Rice. They're all pretty good hitters. I mean I didn't know about them before the whole bat, but if they're who these people are saying they are, then they have three decent hitters. I mean I didn't know about them before the whole bat, but if they're who these people are saying they are, then they have three decent hitters already.

Gabe 25:15

So they don't need aaron judge there and um, their pitching is horrible. I mean they're two starting pitchers, are always injured, especially this season. They're injured, so so they have backup after backup trying and the backups are pitiful. So that's contributing to their whole winning one week, losing another. They're not very consistent, which we also spoke on in the other episode. Their inconsistency comes with one game they can blow them out because their hitters are going to overperform, not over. They're going to perform well. One game they can blow them out because their hitters are going to overperform, not over. They're going to perform well, but their pitchers are just going to underperform and they're going to cause the team to lose some weeks.

Gabe 25:57

So I think if they sell Aaron Judge while he still has enough value, they can get more pitchers. Maybe to compensate for him, they can get another batter, so they can have four guys you know what I mean? Four, look two guys and then they can get some good pitchers and then they'll have, you know, a balanced team. But I think Aaron Judge, he's always injured, not always. He's injured a lot of the time, whether it's his toes or just something. He always has an injury and he's missing a lot of games and they're still paying him so much money. And he's missing a lot of games and they're still paying him so much money and he's taking up all that roster space. So they need to be more consistent with their winning. And how you do that, you get rid of their old injury. Um torn, you know player, I mean, like I said, he saw some value right now. So mbp caliber player, but I think it's a sport game. You know what I mean yeah and a team sport.

Gabe 26:52

I don't know why. It's just a sport game.

Ethan 26:53

I meant a team sport, um, so I think yeah, to add on to what you're saying, if you can get rid of one player and fill needs and you're having people that can hit and get on base or even get homers, that's better than relying on one person and everyone else to just try to overscore, than just actually play a good defensive game.

Gabe 27:17

Right. So I think they just need to be a little more balanced, and they can do that by selling Aaron Judge.

Ethan 27:24

Going into number one, I'm scared after that Broncos one. It's an MLB take. I said that the AL West is the best division in the MLB, having the Rangers 14-9, astros 12-11, mariners 12-11, angels 11-11, athletics 10-13. Probably one of the best ones, but the average of this division is a .517, one of the highest record ratios in all the divisions. I don't think that's very controversial, I mean your last one wasn't very controversial, for me at least.

Gabe 28:09

I can see what you're saying, like just combination of the record. I think it's controversial in the fact that, talent-wise, I don't think they're the best. I mean, think about it. Aren't the Padres and the Dodgers in the same division?

Ethan 28:29

So I mean what about that?

Gabe 28:31

It's just things like that. I mean, there's other divisions that have a lot more skill power or a lot more, you know, just a bigger showtime.

Ethan 28:45

I guess you could say but again, we just said that this is a team sport, not a singular person. Players that you could combine to make these teams overall good throughout the whole duration of the game and produce a team with a plus 500 win-loss ratio. Besides, the athletics the athletics always suck for time being. That's what will drive teams to go into playoffs and maybe even World Series. Is team play instead of singular relying on one person.

Gabe 29:23

I can understand that. I can understand that, but even then I'd say just the balance of, for example, like I said, the Padres are the best team in the league, so if you compare them to somebody like the Rangers, they're better. So let's compare those two divisions. If you have this team, that's better than this team, that's okay. The other next two are okay. So they'll tie there and I just think, like those divisions or those tiny little groupings I don't know if the AL West is necessarily the best, but I understand why you're saying that they are off to a great start to the season. So I could say my final answer towards your hot take is I'll just say I'm torn. Okay, now, my first hot take is extremely hot. I said, simply put, I'm going to say straight off the the bat Patrick Mahomes is holding the Chiefs back. Yes, what? Wow, yeah, okay, you agree with me. Yeah, I'm just going to say they're not winning because of Patrick Mahomes. They're winning in spite of Patrick Mahomes yes.

Gabe 30:42

I'm some reasons for me saying that is I think they're too dependent on him. Their offense is a Mahomes or bust offense. So when he has mediocre or bad games, the whole team suffers, not only the offense, the whole team suffers.

Ethan 30:57

And a good example is the Super Bowl against the Eagles Just being absolutely blown out and just getting overrushed and just having not enough time. Just Patrick Holmes doesn't know what to do and he just freezes.

Gabe 31:13

Yeah so I can. Yeah, that's one of my examples. Another thing is I think they're so focused on Mahomes and just making sure he's good, making sure everything in his realm, whether he's developed or he's happy.

Gabe 31:29

I don't think they spend enough time developing young receivers, except I'll say, xavier Worthy. He's maybe their one exception, but besides that, they haven't been able to get a lot of receivers and develop them. And if they get any good receivers is because they get old superstars like deandre hopkins or odell or they even try the cadareous tony. It just doesn't work. You know, and just beyond that, they do everything by patrick mahomes. They ignore their run because they want patrick mahomes to do his hero game and he can't play his hero game all the time and expect to win the super bowl every year. It works sometimes, but it doesn hero game all the time and expect to win the Superbowl every year. It works sometimes, but it doesn't work all the time.

Gabe 32:06

I mean, if you look at the chiefs red zone efficiency ever since 2023, it's been one of the worst to the in the league. It's been, I think, middle 21 and lower when it comes to the red zone efficiency. So I don't think my homes is necessarily carrying that team or making them the best. I think he started a dynasty but now, because they've become so relying, like, like I said, relying on him, and they just feel like they need him. They're not reaching their max potential. So my solution, I said, is get patrick mahomes out of there, because they already established a good team and I think they need somebody that's a little more balanced of a QB, because Patrick Mahomes likes to play a lot of hero games. So I need somebody that I think, somebody that can be a little more balanced but that's still good and productive and can help the team, because they can't just throw a good or a bad QB and then expect to win. So my I think a good QB for the replacement of Patrick Holmes could be Brock Purdy.

Ethan 33:09

That is a hot take. You should have just said that instead, instead of leading with oh yeah, patrick Holmes is holding back. Yes, I'll agree with that. But Brock Purdy, get me wrong. Mad in terms yes, I could see that'll happen. Get me wrong Madden terms yes, I could see that'll happen. But real life, the Niners have gave up so many players. Let so many players walk. I don't see them ever getting rid of Brock Purdy. They're going to be smart.

Gabe 33:38

Think about it. Patrick Mahomes is good, but wherever he goes, I think I think just for the most part because he's already established himself as one of those top tier players in the NFL they're just going to ruin their team for him, whether that means give up their whole team just to acquire him, build their whole team around him. Whether it's working or not, that's what they're going to do. So hear me when I say it again Brock Purdy needs to replace Patrick Mahomes ASAP. I mean, I think if they do that, they can have a more balanced QB, that they won't have to rely their whole offense around, so they can develop wide receivers, they can develop their run game, so they'll actually have a maybe something that isn't super guessable, because, as of right now, when you go against the chiefs, you already know they're gonna have patrick mahomes.

Gabe 34:34

Try to put on a show and if you are expecting a clinic from a qb, you're gonna run. You're gonna run a high defense, you know. So I think if they just replace patrick mahomes with brock purdy, I think that could probably be a great scenario for them. They can continue to win because brock purdy is a good qb, but they won't be over relying on brock. So they'll develop as a team, they'll develop as an offense and they'll continue their dynasty. And then whenever, wherever they say or not say, wherever they sell patrick mahomes to that team is going to overdo for him.

Gabe 35:08

And then they're going to become a travesty.

Ethan 35:13

Okay, just that last part. I'm a little torn on. But, everything else you said I can agree with.

Gabe 35:23

Okay, well, those are our hot takes for today. Thank you guys for joining us. I hope you guys all had a great Easter this past weekend. I know I did.

Ethan 35:36

We are this week. We are not going to have a regular podcast. We are going to be doing a NFLfl draft live stream, so tune into that. It'll be probably a lot of fun for the both of us. Hopefully y'all can uh have the same excitement as well yeah, thank you and, as always, have a great day adios Adios.