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PFT Live with Mike Florio

How dysfunctional are the Eagles? + Chris Simms reveals 2026 NFL Draft Edge Rankings (4/2 Hour 2)

PFT Live with Mike Florio

Mike Florio

Sports

4.31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Hour 2: Mike Florio (@ProFootballTalk) and Chris Simms (@CSimmsQB) discuss latest news in NFL including a new report peeling back the curtain on the Philadelphia Eagles’ dysfunction and Simms' rankings of 2026 NFL Draft Edge Rushers.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thursday edition of PFT Live, a story that landed around dinner time yesterday and really isn't a major shock when you consider some of the bits of evidence we've seen going back to the Super Bowl.

0:17.8

And then the reporting from a week or so ago about the filing of multiple legal actions against Pugua,

0:25.5

alleging that he bid a woman twice on New Year's Eve,

0:29.3

that he used an anti-Semitic, not term, but made anti-Semitic statements before the biting.

0:39.6

There was a video that emerged of him seemingly passed out on a party bus that night,

0:44.3

and we saw the video of him stumbling on the Super Bowl.

0:47.1

On the Super Bowl Sunday, and his lawyer, Levi MacArthur, told the California Post that Buka has entered a rehab facility, and it's something

0:58.3

that happened earlier this month, a subsequent statement that we posted at PFT, and you'll see

1:02.7

all of it here coming up. But McCaffin, who represents him in this action that was brought by

1:08.1

a woman who claims that he bid her twice on New Year's Eve.

1:12.6

Puka, and I'll just read from it, takes responsibility for his well-being and increasing his performance during the off-season.

1:19.0

So in early March, before any temporary restraining order was filed by Madison, Atiabi,

1:24.6

and subsequently denied by the court, Puka voluntarily entered a holistic care

1:28.8

facility to focus on his personal growth. And the goal is for him to be back well in advance

1:35.3

of the Rams OTAs. That's phase three of the offseason program. And we'll see. And for now,

1:39.7

the focus is let's see and hope that he gets himself wherever he needs to be and I respect anyone

1:47.0

who believes there is something in their life that needs to change needs to improve and they

1:52.0

acknowledge it they admit it and they take tangible steps toward fixing it that is a brave

1:56.5

difficult decision it's embarrassing you open yourself up to scrutiny you open yourself up to scrutiny. You open yourself up to

2:02.4

ridicule. You open yourself to all sorts of things. But Pooka and Akua made the decision that he

2:08.5

believed he had to make and he did what he had to do. And he's focused on getting better. And

2:13.5

anytime anyone's focused on getting better, they deserve to be respected and admired in their willingness and ability to do so.

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