Eddie, Clem and Jack Kennedy draft what to bring back

By JR·2 min read
Eddie, Clem and Jack Kennedy draft what to bring back

TLDR: Eddie, Clem and Jack Kennedy ran a Things That Need To Be Brought Back draft on The Dog Walk Tuesday, and Clem used a pick to say the NFL product is getting worse.

Tuesday on The Dog Walk means a snake draft, and Eddie has been running them for a while now.

“Welcome to the Dog Walk presented by Barstool Sports, Snake Draft Tuesday, joined on Zoom by Captain Cons, Large.” – Eddie

That was 2 weeks ago, when the topic was things not worth overpaying for. This week's topic was nostalgia. Eddie brought on Clem and Jack Kennedy, and each guy had to fill 5 slots: 1 TV show or movie, 1 sports thing, 1 store, 1 restaurant and 1 food or beverage. That's a pretty wide board, and the sports slot was always going to be where the arguments started.

Things That Need To Be Brought Back Draft ft. @TheClemReport & @JackKennedy is live 1 TV Show/Movie 1 Sports Thing 1 Store 1 Restaurant 1 Food/Beverage

The Apple Cup makes the teaser, which tells you the sports picks weren't the obvious ones. The pick that actually got people talking was Clem's in round 2, pick 5: the traditional NFL schedule. He didn't stop at the bit, either. He posted the clip himself with a much bigger claim attached.

Bring back the traditional NFL schedule

It's a spicy take to make in October, right when everybody is locked into Sundays, but Clem gets ahead of the obvious pushback. Loving football and admitting the product has slipped can both be true, he says, and he thinks it's getting worse every year. Using a draft slot on the old schedule is a way of saying the problem is the structure of the league, not any one team. Whether you agree comes down to how much you actually enjoy the modern calendar.

Clem wasn't done with the hot takes for the day. About an hour after the NFL clip went up, he posted something just as firm about grocery strategy. The tweet never says whether Costco was anyone's store pick, so treat it as a separate Clem take from the same afternoon.

Going to Costco anytime but when they open or an hour before they close is like going to a bar the night before Thanksgiving. If you are mad that it’s crowded, that’s on you

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The Costco advice that @TheClemReport gave @BarstoolChief on today's snake draft was perfect. The closest one to my house closes at 8:30pm. Going there at 7:30pm compared to 5:30pm when everyone gets off work will turn that place from hell into heaven. Very well said.

That's the Clem formula: pick a hill, then tell everyone who disagrees that it's their own fault. The full draft has all 15 picks across the 3 boards, and the NFL schedule debate is the one most likely to carry into the comments. Snake Draft Tuesday comes back next week with a new topic and probably a new grudge.