Let Them Eat Takes

In our two week hiatus from posting new installments of LTET, we heard your cries for sports takes and we are back; ready to gingerly spoon them into your mouths, pour them in your ears, or inject them directly into your bloodstream if that's what your doctor has ordered. And if you like your takes to be edgy and controversial (and maybe with that delayed spiciness that hits you in the back of your throat), you're in good luck. 

We'll be talking about all things COVID-19 related in sports, the Braves (not) signing former generational player Yasiel Puig, some light commiseration over the recent performance of Atlanta United, Cam Newton's dabbling in ancient texts, a good take from Skip Bayless (!!!), Tommy Tuberville's race to become Senator Click-Clack, and a unifying take about the state of Florida (that comes to us from the very good people of Florida). Also, we'll talk about a lawyer in Virginia who's about to be made filthy rich from the extreme makeover of the NFL team that plays in Washington, D.C.

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First off, that was a noose in the Talladega garage. Secondly, we're giddy about all the winter apparel Cam Newton will wear now that he is in an appropriate climate to do so. The MLB is coming back, so that's nice (and if you think the rule changes are bad, well, you're wrong). Other topics of interest this week are: 

Ryan Anderson apparently wants CTE.

Colin Cowherd's dubious assessments of "arm" and "talent."

A take from Jason Whitlock that's actually not bad.

USA Today contributor (and part-time Twitter inquisitioner) Dan Wolken finally exhausts his penchant for outrage and dismisses the theory that coaches are deliberately exposing their players to COVID-19 as "a bridge too far."

Some words of patriotic optimism from Dabo Swinney.

Electronic referee whistles, which inevitably spawn a conversation on the Terminator film series.

A formal request for Wes Blankenship to become the unofficial mascot for Let Them Eat Takes.

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