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Welcome to Pardon my take presented by DraftKings. The crown is yours. Today is Friday, December 12th, and Kirk Cousins is back.

Summary

Pardon My Take – “Dan Orlovsky, Week 15 Picks And Preview, Bucs Horrendous Loss On TNF, Sherrone Moore Fired At Michigan + Fyre Fest Of The Week”

Date: December 12, 2025
Hosts: Big Cat & PFT Commenter (Barstool Sports)
Guest: Dan Orlovsky

Overview

This jam-packed episode delivers classic PMT energy and humor as Big Cat and PFT debate and break down the biggest NFL headlines after Week 15’s Thursday Night Football, dig deep into the Bucs’ meltdown, unravel the wild Sherrone Moore situation at Michigan, and preview the full Week 15 slate. ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky swings by for a candid “talking ball” segment, followed by the infamous Fyre Fest roundup and the group’s weekly picks.

The crew toggles between sharp football analysis, hilarious tangents, memorable quotes, and the kind of sports talk and banter you won’t hear anywhere else.

Episode Structure

Thursday Night Football Recap: Bucs’ Loss and NFC South Drama
Kyle Pitts’ Emergence and Falcons Takeaways
Fantasy Football, Flowers, and Patriots-Falcons Banter
Todd Bowles’ Rant and Bucs’ Coaching Woes
Sherrone Moore Fired at Michigan: Timeline & Fallout
Week 15 NFL Picks and Gambling Preview
In-Depth Game Previews (Bills-Patriots, Ravens-Bengals, Others)
Dan Orlovsky Guest Segment – Quarterbacks, Shotgun Offense, and More
Fantasy & Fyre Fest of the Week

1. TNF Recap: Bucs’ Horrendous Loss, Kyle Pitts Resurrection, and NFC South Implications

Main Points:

Kirk Cousins torches Bucs again (11:58 passing yards, 11 TD, 1 INT over 3 games) — “Kirk Cousins might have another hundred million dollars... if he could just play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.” (Big Cat, 02:13)
Conversation turns: Bucs are “in deep, deep trouble.” (“They’re in doo doo.” – PFT, 02:39)
Playoff simulator used to clarify: Panthers-Saints outcome directly sets up a possible NFC South clincher the next week—a “T-shirt and hat game” (Big Cat, 03:51)

Notable Quotes:

Big Cat (03:51): “That’s crazy, dude. I didn’t realize that’s a T-shirt and hat game. If the Panthers win on Sunday…”
PFT (04:23): “It’s like this is what we thought we were getting [with Kyle Pitts]. We were hoping for… a lot more of this over the last five years…”

Timestamps:

02:13 – Kirk Cousins/Bucs stat drop
03:51 – Playoff simulator/NFC South clinching scenarios
04:46 – Kyle Pitts signs with the Chiefs “first-team All-Pro” prediction

2. TNF Takeaways and Falcons Talk

Discussion:

Kyle Pitts has a monster statistical night, prompting fantasy football and Falcons fan grievances
Falcons win despite 19 penalties — “That’s so hard to do.” (Big Cat, 11:04)
“Every time Bijan gets the ball, he makes two guys miss... It wasn’t up to our defense. It was up to him.” (Zach, 06:46)

Memorable Quote:

Big Cat (06:50): “Honestly, this game pisses me off.”
PFT (06:53): “It pisses me off for the Falcons. This is what should have been happening with this team…”

3. Fantasy & Patriots/Falcons “Flowers” Banter

Debate over which fans “should” be more annoyed by Pitts’ night—Falcons or fantasy football opponents
Brief shifting into birds/bears/Patriots rivalry jabs (“I just hope the Bears make the playoffs or…you start lashing out…” – Hank, 08:01)
Power Ranking “Flowers” discourse leads to confusion and a running joke about who’s giving whom flowers (08:12–09:44)

4. Bucs Coaching Chaos: Todd Bowles’ Postgame Rant

Events:

Zach (Bucs fan) asked honestly about Todd Bowles: “Supposed to be this defensive guy and you just see our defense be non-existent.” (11:31)
Play and replay of Todd Bowles’ expletive-laden postgame.
- “You gotta fucking care enough where the shit hurts. You gotta care enough where the shit hurts.” – Todd Bowles audio, quoted 12:19

Hosts’ Reaction:

Riffing on coach postgame speeches, everyone piles on Bowles for rare emotion—“If you’re gonna be unprofessional, at least give it a real go.” (Zach, 13:22)
Extended, raunchy improvised “locker room speeches” lampooning Bowles (15:15–16:24)

5. Sherrone Moore Fired at Michigan: Timeline, Fallout, and Conspiracy

Summary:

The hosts react in real-time to the Michigan firing breaking:
- Moore fired for cause after a third investigation
- Within an hour, he’s in jail for further allegations
Multiple theories discussed:
- Did Michigan time it post-signing day (with recruits locked)?
- “My spidey senses… If they’d done it the day after the OSU loss… this is weird.” (Big Cat, 21:38)
- “I think they might have known the relationship was happening. But they didn’t know it was going down a dark road.” (PFT, 21:13)

Quotes:

PFT (21:13): “It sounds like it really went down a dark road.”

More:

Speculation about the “Michigan Man” aura—Big Cat says it “is kind of not real” (22:49)
“He deleted all his texts with Connor Stallions because he was just so upset…”—Hosts agree this may become relevant for NCAA investigations (26:29-27:03)

Timestamps:

18:32 – Breaking timeline
21:38 – Conspiracy/Timing theories
26:29 – Connor Stallions “flipping” speculation

6. NFL Week 15 Picks & Deep Game Previews

General Tone:

Extremely playful, stats-heavy, and rife with in-jokes about betting, fan pain, and QB “torches”
Analysis and laughter intermittently

Example Key Matchups Discussed:

Bills vs Patriots

Patriots as home underdogs despite being “way better than the Bills.”
- “The torch has been passed — and that’s it. It does NOT get passed back.” – Hank (33:27)
Heavy banter about who holds “the torch” of AFC East supremacy—and what criteria can “un-pass” it (recurring, 32:21–36:21)

Ravens vs Bengals

Concerning Joe Burrow quote: “If I want to keep doing this, I have to have fun doing it…” (45:53)
- “It gave me Andrew Luck vibes.” – Big Cat (45:55)
Lamar Jackson’s record: an absurd 15–0 in Weeks 15–18 in his career, when healthy (52:23)
Ravens’ red-zone problems (“They’re 30th… that’s bad.” – Big Cat, 53:17)

Chiefs vs Chargers

“Trap game of all trap games” for the reeling Chiefs—Chargers are sneaky, Chiefs “no reason to think they could do this,” but line screams Chiefs cover (55:02–58:55)

7. Dan Orlovsky Interview: Ball Talk, Quarterback Insight

Highlights:

Orlovsky names teams that can actually win the Super Bowl—Rams, Seahawks, Packers, Bills, Broncos, Texans (“they’re that good defensively”), Patriots (with some caveats)
Honest breakdown of Sam Darnold’s regression: “He’s starting to do things that get QBs in trouble—he’s just not getting in trouble yet. Eventually, he will.” (Dan, 122:16)
On Caleb Williams’ growth: “He’s absolutely stopped creating problems for himself... he’s playing more in structure, rhythm, and timing.” (Dan, 129:20–132:29)
On being an NFL QB and critics: “I don’t get caught up in it anymore. I played 12 years…there’s only a handful of guys who’ve done that.” (Dan, 137:28)
“Shotgun runs stink!”—Orlovsky offers a technical explanation of why running from under center is superior, validating years of PMT-style couch shouts (145:04)
“Animal Champion Warrior Legend”—Dan explains his over-the-top compliment for Justin Herbert: an old high school mantra for “real dudes.” (149:01–149:42)

8. Fyre Fest of the Week: Sick Cars, Sick Kids, and Booster Blankets

Sample Fyre Fests:

Hank is “getting banged by the auto industry”—paying for repeated, unresolved tire fixes (162:45)
PFT had to use a “booster blanket” to sit higher during a commercial shoot (166:12)
Big Cat: “Everyone in the office is sick. I’m just waiting to get hit right at the start of break.” (171:24)
Zach: Classic Barstool mayhem trying to move dead-chevy vans in the office garage (173:32)

9. Notable Quotes & Moments

“You gotta fuckin’ care enough where the shit hurts.” – Todd Bowles (12:19)
On “coach speak” and the relentless sports talk cycle: “If you have to win enough games, you’ll make the playoffs… Duh.” (41:13)
Big Cat, on being a Michigan Man: “I’m starting to think the whole Michigan Man thing is… kind of not real.” (22:49)
Dan Orlovsky on critics: “I’m gonna respond to a lot of the stuff on the Internet with ‘I’m 1 of 412 [300-yd passing QBs]’—see who gets it.” (160:43)
PFT (146:44): “Running the ball in shotgun stinks. Using shotgun all the time stinks.”

10. Funniest & Most Memorable Exchanges

“If you’re gonna be unprofessional, at least give it a real go.” (re: Todd Bowles, Zach/Big Cat, 13:22)
Extended riff on the “top vagina” coach speech parody after Bucs’ loss (15:15–16:24)
Fake locker room speeches riff on “the head vagina,” “top vagina in chief,” and “put a tampon in my mouth and we still couldn’t get a stop.” (15:38–16:24)
Muted, awkward “No Boo” Eagles radio campaign (“The loads are going to be… Peter Northropes of boos”) (79:02)

11. Timestamps for Key Segments

[02:13] – Kirk Cousins Bucs stat drop
[03:51] – Playoff scenario simulations
[12:19] – Todd Bowles’ infamous “where the shit hurts” rant is quoted and riffed
[18:45] – Sherrone Moore firing at Michigan, break news and reaction
[32:21] – Patriots-Bills “torch“ discussion begins (“The torch has been passed…”)
[45:53] – Joe Burrow’s “do I want to keep playing?” quote
[52:23] – Lamar Jackson’s undefeated late-season stat
[122:10] – Dan Orlovsky lists NFC/AFC SB contenders
[137:28] – Orlovsky on criticism of his NFL career
[145:04] – Under-center vs shotgun run game
[160:43] – Orlovsky: “I’m 1 of 412”

12. Final Takeaways

The PMT crew brings the full spectrum—football breakdowns, ridiculous jokes, off-the-cuff bits, and a crucial guest for midseason perspective. The Thursday Night Football debrief is uproarious and brutally honest; the unraveling of Michigan’s latest scandal is topical and sharp. Through Dan Orlovsky, listeners get real QB insight on everything from why shotgun running is overrated, to what’s next for storied franchises. All this before the signature Fyre Fest goof-off and picks.

First-time listeners will laugh, learn, and marvel at elite sports banter. Experienced PMT fans get classic segments with bonus depth—and plenty to send around in group chats.

End of Summary

If you need a condensed “just the picks,” further quotes, or a separate Orlovsky Q&A summary, just ask!

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Dan Orlovsky, Week 15 Picks And Preview, Bucs Horrendous Loss On TNF, Sherrone Moore Fired At Michigan + Fyre Fest Of The Week