Cougar thinks that if he played dirty, he could get out of it.

Then again, this is a man who cheats to win a card game, so would he sink so low to also cheat and win something as small and little as a brawl with a friend? Yes, obviously. His smirk says it all and he gives Jake a nod of his head, like he's daring him to try.

"You can try," he offers, but the implication that he might not like what happens next lives in those words.