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Jim HarbaughJim Harbaugh

To win a championship you need a great QB, great defense, and a reliable kicker

I've always thought this. When it comes to winning a championship, you need a great quarterback, a good defense, and a field goal kicker that can make field goals. Or a good quarterback, a great defense, and a field goal kicker that can make field goals.

This is a standard football philosophy that reflects many championship rosters.

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Sep 11, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Gambling on the NFL is the hardest thing in the entire world

And two, gambling on the NFL is the hardest thing in the entire world, and no one should ever do it because it's god-awful.

NFL betting is widely considered one of the most efficient and difficult markets to beat long-term.
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Sep 11, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

TJ Watt is currently the man carrying the torch for the Watt family

I think we need to do a torch update just on the Watt family. Who is carrying the torch? Whose man is carrying the torch in the Watt family right now? Because I think it's TJ.

TJ Watt did go on to have a Hall of Fame caliber career, often outshining JJ's later injury-plagued years, making this quite prescient.
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Sep 11, 2017
#16690
Big CatBig Cat

Week 2 in the NFL is a must-win for 0-1 teams because 95% of playoff teams avoid 0-2

So 95% of playoff teams avoid going 0-2. So if you do the math, that makes week two a must win.

While the stat is generally true (0-2 teams rarely make the playoffs), calling it a literal 'must win' is a standard sports media exaggeration.

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Jim HarbaughJim Harbaugh

Nothing makes you feel more like a man than winning an away game in terrible weather

To overcome an opponent, overcome them in their stadium and to overcome them in their stadium with the elements, then I would say Yeah. There's nothing that would make you feel more like a man than that.

This is a subjective personal philosophy.
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Jim HarbaughJim Harbaugh

Joe Hortiz is the best talent evaluator in football

Joe Hortiz, my brother said, I would love Joe... He undersold it, he undersold it. I, I, I, he's the one of the best evaluators in the game. I don't think there's anybody better after going through this off season in draft with Joe Hortiz.

Subjective opinion on a GM's quality, though early results for the Chargers' 2024 rookie class (Ladd McConkey, etc.) were positive.
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Jim HarbaughJim Harbaugh

I admit I was dead wrong about chickens being a nervous bird that shouldn't be eaten

Getting chickens? Raising chickens from chicks... I was eating a chicken something... and he [Brian Jennings] goes, yeah, he really shouldn't eat chicken. And then he, he, he was the one who explained to me that chicken chickens were a nervous bird... I maintained that... I went back. I was wrong. We're good. I was wrong. I, I think I, I was dead wrong.

The speaker is admitting a previous take was incorrect and updating his stance.

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