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Incompetent leadership is the biggest long-term threat to the NFL

I think ultimately the incompetence of the people who run it is going to wear it down because there is no long-term thinking among any of these owners... So I think that the crisis of leadership is the biggest long-term threat to the league, perhaps.

This is an ongoing subjective assessment of league business health.

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The Steelers are a factor in the AFC playoff race

I'm ready to declare the Steelers are back. No, they're a factor. That's what I'm going to call them. They're going to be a factor. They could make some noise. Big Ben plays better when he's dead.

The Steelers finished 9-6-1 and missed the playoffs entirely, so they weren't really a factor in the postseason.
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Dez Bryant will be a massive goal-line threat for the Saints

Dez Bryant in Sean Payton's offense is going to be like a goal line threat. He's going to be open because they've got to cover everyone else. And he's going to put up numbers.

Dez Bryant tore his Achilles in practice just two days after signing with the Saints and never played a single snap for the team.
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Sean Payton signed Dez Bryant to pick his brain for the Cowboys job next year

My other thing about this is I think Sean Payton signed [Dez Bryant] so that he could pick his brains about the Dallas offense and all the players on that team so that Sean, when he takes the Dallas job next year...

Sean Payton did not take the Cowboys job in 2019; he stayed with New Orleans until 2022.

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Roger Goodell stays in power by ensuring there are no strong successors

Part of the savviness of Roger Goodell is that if you want to stay in power a long time, don't hire strong number twos and threes that can replace you. And he has never hired or groomed, let alone even identified a successor.

Goodell has remained commissioner for over 15 years without a clear successor emerging from within the league office.

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