Weekly Takes - Monday, September 1st Edition

Weekly Takes - Monday, September 1st Edition 

1. Mitch Marner is not the victim in any way imaginable.

No one was going to do anything to him or his family. There will always be idiots in every fan base, but he is no safer in Vegas than he was here in Toronto. 

I wish, for once, he was just honest. Honest that he didn’t like the fan base here. Honest that he didn’t like playing second fiddle to Auston Matthews. Honest that he was bad in the playoffs. Honest that he and his Dad destroyed his legacy in Toronto.

2. I like that the Raptors decided to roll with Bobby Webster as their head of basketball operations.

Bringing in someone new, at the late stages of a rebuild, could have thrown the entire organizational game plan out the window.

Why do that when you have a great, up-and-coming executive in Webster, who will now get to write his own legacy? 

3. My 2025 NFL Predictions…

​​AFC East 

1. Buffalo (1)

2. New England 

3. Miami

4. New York Jets (x)

   
   

AFC North 

1. Baltimore (2)

2. Pittsburgh (WC2)

3. Cincinnati (WC3)

4. Cleveland (x)

   
   

AFC West 

1. Kansas City (3)

2. Denver (WC1) 

3. LA Chargers

4. Las Vegas

   
   

AFC South 

1. Houston (4)

2. Jacksonville 

3. Tennessee

4. Indianapolis (x)

NFC East

1. Philadelphia (1)

2. Washington (WC2)

3. Dallas (x)

4. New York Giants (x)

   
   

NFC North

1. Detroit (2)

2. Green Bay (WC1) 

3. Chicago (WC3) 

4. Minnesota 

   
   

NFC South 

1. Tampa Bay (3)

2. Atlanta 

3. Carolina (x)

4. New Orleans (x)

   
   

NFC West 

1. San Francisco (4)

2. LA Rams 

3. Arizona

4. Seattle

   
   

*(x) means you have no chance of making the playoffs

Super Bowl Prediction: Buffalo defeats Eagles 

Super Bowl Most Valuable Player: Josh Allen

Individual Awards Predictions

• Most Valuable Player: Joe Burrow

• Offensive Player of the Year: Ja’Marr Chase

• Defensive Player of the Year: Micah Parsons 

• NFL Rookie of the Year:  Ashton Jeanty 

• Offensive Rookie of the Year: Ashton Jeanty 

• Defensive Rookie of the Year: Abdul Carter

• Coach of the Year: Ben Johnson

4. Jerry Jones is insane. Trading a top three pass rusher in the world, when you have an elite wide receiver and decent quarterback, officially pisses away any chance of competing for a Super Bowl.

As for the Packers, it is great to have tradition and a way of doing things, but when you have the chance to trade for Micah Parsons, you do it.

Packers now have a legitimate path to compete for the Super Bowl in the NFC. Jordan Love is officially on the clock.

5. The Browns should have cut Shedeur Sanders, a human who will never have the maturity or mindset needed to be a franchise quarterback on a Super Bowl team.

He cannot be coached those traits. You either have them or you do not. He does not. He will be nothing more than a distraction.

6. The Colts should have gone with Anthony Richardson as their starting quarterback. Or at the very least, moved off of him when they did not.

His issue, outside of probably not being good at football, is lack of playing time. Sitting on the sidelines and watching Daniel Jones play instead is not going to help him.

Cut your losses and move on.