The Big Dog Theory That Nailed the Game
🐾 The Big Dog Theory That Nailed the Game How Joe Marler’s instinct saw what everyone else missed in Celebrity Traitors In the psychological chess match that is Celebrity Traitors , it wasn’t a writer, historian, or actor who read the board best — it was rugby legend Joe Marler . Halfway through episode 4, amid the chaos of suspicion and whispers in the castle, Joe dropped what sounded like a throwaway line but became one of the most accurate predictions of the series: “Maybe Claudia’s picked a war to be had between the Traitor team led by the big dog — Jonathan — against the Faithful team, led by the Faithful big dog of Stephen.” Delivered with typical dry humour, it felt like a pub observation. In truth, it was sociological gold . A Rugby Player’s Radar for Power Years in the scrum had tuned Joe’s senses to hierarchy — who leads, who follows, who carries the energy of the group. On the pitch, that instinct keeps you alive. In the castle, it let him glimp...