Peter Schrager Talking NFL, Giants Running Back Cam Skattebo, NFL Season Long Picks + Super Bowl Winners

Dan Katz (0:00)

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On today's Pardon My Take, presented by DraftKings, we've got a two-fer to kick off the NFL season. We've got our good friend Peter Schrager on. He gives us his Super Bowl pick, which he's been right about, I think like four out of the last five years, he's nailed. We also have Giants running back, Cam Skattebo on the show. We're going to do our Super Bowl picks, including MVP and LVP and division winners. It is football time. Football is all the way back this season. The NFL 2026 season kicks off tonight, as you're listening to this. Let's go. Hank, are you ready?

Henry Lockwood (0:49)

I'm so ready, so excited.

Dan Katz (0:51)

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Welcome to Part of My Take, presented by DraftKings. The crown is yours. Today is Wednesday, September 9th, and Hank?

Henry Lockwood (2:26)

Yeah. Football is back.

Peter Franey Thompson (2:28)

Yeah, Hank! Goddamn right, it's back.

Dan Katz (2:31)

Yeah!

Henry Lockwood (2:32)

So bad.

Dan Katz (2:33)

We said it a million times. This is the first time you're saying it.

Henry Lockwood (2:35)

Oh, yeah. It's so bad.

Peter Franey Thompson (2:37)

How nervous are you?

Henry Lockwood (2:38)

I'm excited. I'm excited.

Dan Katz (2:40)

Banner night for the Seahawks.

Henry Lockwood (2:42)

Banner night for the Seahawks, but it's the start of the championship DVD for the Patriots. We locked up Christian Gonzalez.

It's an exciting time. You know how it is, Dan, having kids, like the summer is nice, but it's like it can be a lot. It's nice. It's nice. Nice to have fall back. Kids are, kids are gone. Works a great distraction.

Dan Katz (3:00)

Oh, you're done golfing?

Henry Lockwood (3:02)

During the week. Yeah.

Dan Katz (3:03)

Yeah. Yeah.

Peter Franey Thompson (3:04)

Wait, what is a weekday? We need to go back and have that conversation again.

Henry Lockwood (3:08)

Monday. Yeah. Monday through Friday.

Dan Katz (3:10)

So how are you feeling about this game?

Henry Lockwood (3:14)

I'm nervous for this game. Like I definitely could see a world where the Patriots lose, but I think it just depends, you know, it depends what we put out on the field.

Peter Franey Thompson (3:22)

I mean, the way that Drake made...

Henry Lockwood (3:23)

Like we played so bad in the Super Bowl, as long as we played better than we did in the Super Bowl, I can still walk away from this game, looking at it as a victory.

Dan Katz (3:31)

What if you play worse?

Henry Lockwood (3:32)

That would be troublesome.

Dan Katz (3:34)

Right now, the Seahawks are minus three over runners 44 and a half.

Peter Franey Thompson (3:37)

Drake made his fourth quarter against the Seahawks was the best fourth quarter of all time. Maybe even the best quarter of any time by any quarterback in Super Bowl history.

Max Kellerman (3:44)

Did you miss this?

Dan Katz (3:44)

With the amount of garbage time yards that he put up.

Max Kellerman (3:46)

Yeah, yeah.

Peter Franey Thompson (3:46)

So like, he's on the right track.

Dan Katz (3:48)

Yeah.

Max Kellerman (3:49)

Like, we have momentum.

Dan Katz (3:50)

Well, we went out of time.

Peter Franey Thompson (3:51)

We got we got a Drake may love her in house. But like, I might be Drake may stalker.