Level XVII | TPPD Reviews From Swifties | NFL Draft Top 6 Talk | Yanks & Jets Banter | Agent Double Zero LSD | Critiquing The Critics | YouTube Rabbithole
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TPPD Reviews From Swifties
Hit up two fellow Certified Swifties on their take on the album. I respect their opinions a bit more than mine, so here is what they had to say…
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Initial thoughts on the album?
It’s incredible. I’m still going through everything. The bridge on Smallest Man Alive is insane. loml is so heartbreaking. The prophecy is amazing. Honestly, I could keep going, but what are your thoughts?
Still hung up on the sound in the first 12 seconds of Down Bad. The song is catchy as hell. Haven’t been able to listen to most of the album more than once lol
I love “I look in people’s windows.” Yeah, I think it’s for the girls. It’s very dramatic.
Agreed, definitely for the girls. It’s good though, she had a lot going on so probably was a bit cathartic. Fortnight is a good open too.
Yes, and heartbreak is relatable for anyone. No matter how long it’s been, you can relate!
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What’s the top 5?
Currently, in no particular order,
- But Daddy I love him
- Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me
- The Black Dog
- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
- I Hate It Here
But it changes often loll what about you?
I’m still stuck in the first 12 seconds of Down Bad.. that melody is a vortex. 😂
I’ve only been able to listen to it once. It’s good, I like it, thought Black Dog was good too
lol it’s definitely one that will take a while to unpack
Yes, wasn’t expected to be served a double album.
Tell me about it, my brain was on overload.
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NFL Draft Top 6 Talk
Duff (Giants fan): JJ to the Giants, Bo Nix to the Broncos, and Penix to Seattle.
Wow! Daniel Jones looks off from his offseason press conferences. Kinda feel bad. Those make sense tho, could see it.
Yea, I think the Giants need to bring in someone new there and I think they’ll go with a younger QB maybe have him sit a year if it can light a fire under Jones’ ass and he can play well. I think Nix is made for Payton’s offense, even though he’s an older prospect he’s gotten better every year and he’ll be NFL-ready for the Day 1. Great mock though It should be an interesting draft.
Yeah, Nix's age and his Auburn days still stick with me, but you’re right he’s been a completely different QB prospect once he went to Oregon. He would make a ton of sense in Denver, they need a QB. Should be an awesome draft, lot of star-skill guys and QBs. Thanks as always Duff 👍 shoot over any thoughts during/before/after.
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Who do you want the Patriots to get?
Kennedy (a Patriots fan): I know I’ve been wrong on quarterbacks in the past.
Haha that’s okay the Rosen class was years ago and I still believe in Darnold 😂
Drake Maye: Let him sit for 1 year he will be good…If they force him in there he will be ruined.
Jayden Daniels: Bust…Qbs 180 pounds don’t succeed…He had Nabers and Brian Thomas. It’s Justin Fields all over again.
Who do you want the Jets to get?
Agree, Daniels can be electric but he’s very skinny and had great WRs. Maye was locked at #2 going into the year so could just draft rumors and teams playing poker. Brock Bowers if he’s there. Odunze, Nabers, Harrison (he won’t be there). They gotta offense at 10, even would be okay with Alt or Olu
I heard Washington is locked with Daniels. They signed Mariota and Kingsbury is OC. Jets dream is Nabers, Odunze, or Alt. I think none of them last, it’s really only Bowers. If I’m Jets trade down, I’d trade down and Pick Brian Thomas.
Yup, I wouldn’t mind Brian Thomas either. Kinda depends if any defenders get taken inside of the top 9. All you need is 1 team to think they need a pass rusher or corner.
I am a horrible qb evaluator…I hate JJ McCarthy. The guy is AJ McCarron 2.0 and he’s getting mocked Top 10. GTFO
Haha he’s got sorta of a “winner” vibe to him. I don’t think he’ll ever be elite but could see him being a good QB on a winning team. Was very clutch and accurate in college.
He’s Brock Purdy. If he goes to the Giants. Throws to Slayton and f***** Shepard he’s cooked.
Yup exactly, I actually think it might not be the worst thing for a young QB to come in with that expectation. If they don’t become turnover machines and get experience that’s how they get better over time. Darnold/Wilson for instance was brought in to be the savior and it was too much.
Exactly if you aren’t the Andrew Luck or Joe Burrow type don’t throw these kids and ruin their potential. By the way, your mock draft needs a lot of work. Penix ain’t going in the 1st Round.
Haha, I mean I’ve only been working on my own Mock Draft Board for this draft since last April so I have a different big board than your “draft experts” mocks. 😂 Penix was elite last year, I think he’s on the same level of a prospect as Tua was coming into the league and he was taken 5th.
(@YouTheReader: It’s the NY vs Boston thing, the banter has been like this since the 7th grade.)
Pennix is early 2nd. Mechanics are not good. Project.
Don’t buy the mechanics. He looked just fine throwing for nearly 5k yards back-to-back seasons. If he falls it’s that he’ll be 24 and had 2 ACL tears.
I’m reading a ton of rumors. The Patriots want Jayden Daniels and if they can’t get him it’s Pennix late 1st round. I don’t believe any of it. Didn’t go to Pennix Pro day and I think they baiting Washington to take Daniels so they get Drake Maye. If Drake Maye ain’t there. They trading down…I’ll die on that hill.
Yeah, it’s tough because it's all poker this close to the draft.
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Who do you want the Chargers to get?
Doherty (a Chargers fan): DaveO, hoping that a team in need of a QB trades up to take the Cardinals pick at 4. Best best-case scenario is landing Marvin but if cards don’t trade out of 4 and he’s off the board by 5 then I think trading back might be the right play. I wouldn’t be upset with Joe Alt/Nabers but I think you can get a ton of draft capital for 5.
Makes sense, yeah looks like the Cards positioned themselves for a wr so would think Harrison. Chargers trading back would make sense. The draft is going to be wild, a lot of QBs and WRs.
Yeah, there’s a ton of talent which is why I’d want to trade back. I’ve also seen some wild stories that the Chargers would trade Hebert, get a ton of draft capital, a solid young player or two and just completely rebuild. If the Cardinals don’t trade back, Harrison will be gone…I don’t believe the Herbert rumors tho.
I guess with a team like the Vikings? (For Hebert) Wouldn’t deal within the division, but yeah that prob is just rumors. Harbaugh has a ton of leverage but that’d be extreme.
Yea, that was the team that was mentioned in the article I read. Either them or the Bears. Bears give up 1 and 9 and like a 2nd next year.
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Who do you want GMen to take?
Faller (Giants fan): I want Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye but I doubt either or those guys are available. Don’t think we can trade up to 3. For Reciever I want Nabers. I saw your mock had Joe Alt, doubt they go OL tho. Think they would take Odunze or trade back if Nabers is gone.
Yeah, would think the Pats will want one of them. Agree with the Giants prob not wanting to go o-line again, didn’t factor trades. Nabers might be there. Any interest in McCarthy or not really?
No, but I think a team like the Vikings is perfect for him because they already have a good offense, just missing QB. We don’t have any weapons lol so he’d struggle if we got him. I feel like the Chargers are more likely to trade back the Cardinals. I don’t think the Cardinals would go past 6 because they want one of those top receivers. Chargers might go OL even if they stay at 5.
Could see that, Harbaugh probably prefers not to go WR and could be Alt. The Cardinals almost seem to be locked in with Harrison, they have no depth at the moment.
Yea. If the Giants traded with them up to 4 to get McCarthy they could still get Nabers at 6. But we’ll see, both of those teams could also stay put. Did you just see this Boone ejection? A fan yelled at the ump and the umpire thought it was Boone so he ejected him 🤣
Haha yeah that was ridiculous
It’d be great if we could score a run against the A’s
Agreed, the bats are asleep.
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NY Yankees & Jets Banter
4/18 ‘24
Seems like a pretty good start
On pace for 34 homers and 144 RBIs, not bad.
Somebody hurt?
Judge is my guess
Oh no.
Thomas - Morgan’s Public House in Tappan. U have to check it out next time you're home.
Haven’t been yet, I’ll add it to the list. Looks nice and they got a Galway sign. What would you give the pint 0-10?
I’d give it a ten.
Cindy’s all in. Up Tip ! These signs are all over the place. The waitress said new owners (Walsh).
Haha the signs are awesome, look real, we have a Galway one at home.
We’re seeing this dude sometime this year.
I think so'
Corey Kluber pitched a no-hitter for the Yanks and helped get us Juan Soto? Retire his number !!
Pretty funny, Klubers already got a Yankee classic so might as well retire #28.
Hicks apparently still bad at baseball
Yikes, he’s on the Angels and the Yankees are paying him $9.5 million to hit .159
Pascack Valley’s left fielder is better than both.
LG !!
Opposite field LG, good stuff!
4/19 ‘24
Weird answer
Definitely, he might not want to give up anything if they plan to go O-Line or maybe disconnect whether they should keep AVT.
He should have been better prepared for the question. Fumbled a little.
Good grief
Doesn’t sound great, 3-4 days for an unhealed broken foot seems rather soon. Are we sure he’s not just battling a hangover?
Lol. If it hasn’t healed, why would we think it will be fine in 3 days?
He needs to be on the bench when he comes back (if he comes back) anyway.
JUAN SOTO IS GOOD
It feels like a dream that we got this guy.
Soto and Judge yelling at each other as the ball hasn’t landed is hilarious.
1,000,000 year contract. I think Kevin Cash is complaining that the ump called the guy out, so his runner didn’t run. The ump thought he caught it, nothing he could do. BTW - Gleybor has to catch the ball - no idea what he’s doing.
Yes… Soto has reached base 44 times in 20 games. This guy is so good.
Lifetime contract
Me 🤝 Clarke
He just got sent to Single-A.
Never heard of this guy, and probably can’t say his name, but damn !!
Likewise, on both, his pitching mechanics are pretty cool too
4/20 ‘24
So embarrassing
That’s tough to think about haha
This is great
Saw that, brilliant!
Who is this other dude?
Joe Rogan? Who knew he was a Yankee fan? Very cool!
Saw that last night - no idea
John Sterling is the best. Won’t be the same without him.
Agreed.
Yikes
Something’s up with him
Yankees fans booing the captain of the team, great player and great leader, great person are the worst. They give Yankees fans a bad name. Juan Soto would probably look at them and think what kind of f’ing losers are these people.
Very very dumb
Josh Hart is the man!
Indeed
Fitting he finished it, nice win
Let’s go
Every quarter was kind of a blowout - switched each quarter - weird.
4/21 ‘24
Judge needs to go on the IL or something. He looks lost up there
I just think right now he doesn’t see the slider. Gleybor hurt.
That looked bad. He also can’t hit.
2 RBIs is pathetic.
Jordan pretty much said the same thing.
Huge expectations but if she can be anything to WNBA like Jordan was for NBA it would be awesome.
lol
Agreed, not very cool from Bryan Hoch lol
Yikes
Pretty crazy bc I thought he was a lock to be good like right away
I thought he wouldn’t be the worst player in the history of baseball. (I’m sure he won’t be) He has 1 more hit than I would have if we had the same number of at-bats in MLB.
True. And I’m sure he’ll be fine.
Definitely pressing, he zoomed through minors so first real struggle in MLB has gotta be rough
4/22 ‘24
Text with my buddy Lou (huge Jet fan). There are rumors re: Marvin Harrison. I can’t even imagine.
This draft is going to be wild. It’s a fun one, a ton of QBs and playmakers. That WR room would be ridiculous
I want Jets to draft Michael Pratt
Same here, convinced myself he’s going to be great 😂
Terrible way to start with a new team - they must be so pissed at him.
They need to move to robo-umps. These guys have no idea what’s going on
Steinbrenner better complain to MLB. It’s unacceptable
Wow, we basically get a 6 for him?
Pretty much because their 7th-round pick that was swapped has to be either one of the last 2 picks in the entire draft.
Yikes
Is this true - that 2 6th round picks are worth a late 2nd? Or is that moving them plus a 3?
Sounds like moving up from 72 would take the 2 6ths.
I’d do it
Would make sense, fair point with them not having many roster spots
And needing more good players
Very fun week to work a couple blocks from MSG. The whole area is buzzing and will be for the Rangers again tomorrow. Plus I agree on trying to move up. We need some impact players.
I wish the Yankees could hit - that would make all of the above a little better.
Yup. They need to figure it out.
I love Brunson but he lost the Knicks this game. Gotta move the ball
WTF
Wow
Embiid gonna get fouled
Huge win
Insane
What a finish
8 points - in 27 seconds. Insane.
Brunson’s shot bouncing in was wild and then the rest was chaos.
At first, I thought Maxey got completely mugged there but on the replay I honestly think he just fell down assuming he was gonna get fouled
This was awesome - we are “unkillable”. Brilliant
If Zach plays - only 1 of two things happens: We destroy them, or he humiliates us (based on our history I’m fearful of #2).
That would definitely bring another radio rant, Broncos prob trying to trade up for QB
Just watched Michael Pratt highlights on YouTube, not 1 incomplete pass. We gotta get this guy.
lol
4/23 ‘24
What a disaster
Trent Edwards, completely forgot about that guy lol
Quite forgettable
This was literally me during that entire stretch 😂
Haha that’s awesome, really was a wild sequence, which would never go the Knicks’ way in the past.
She’s awesome
This was weak. Then saying he “saw what happened at the Knicks/Sixers game” was even weaker. What happened ? There was no real foul (no worse than what the sixers were doing to the Knicks when they were losing). And the coach was full of it saying he called for a timeout. He should have….but didn’t really until it was too late. Anyway - Lebron needs to retire.
Agreed, saw that and thought it was ridiculous. Making it all about replay is absurd. Also can’t see him retiring without a year-long tour.
Zero chance he walks away without that.
More likely to announce he’s retiring after 2026 to have a 2-year tour
lol - was just going to say the same thing
Adios
Won’t be seeing him til August, it’ll be “like a trade”
Yea - a bad one
I feel bad but he’s done. Also, Austin Wells needs to go to Triple A or something. He is 0 for his last 23 and has 3 hits this season.
😂😂😂