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The Eagles will "get right" and fix their issues over their final four regular season games

I said this on TV the other day, man, it drives me cra... like we've written the Eagles off really? They had two bad weeks. San Fran lost three in a row. These players can fix it. And, and I, I think the Eagles over these next four, you know, get right games, we'll get right and figure this thing out.

The Eagles completely collapsed, going 1-3 in their final four games with losses to the Seahawks, Cardinals, and Giants.

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Dec 15, 2023
#11059
Big CatBig Cat

Brandon Staley will be fired immediately following the Chargers' blowout loss to the Raiders

I think Brandon Staley might get fired or he is fired already. He might be fired overnight. He might be fired right after this game because we're taping the rare taping in the third quarter of Thursday Night Football. It is 42 to zero. The Las Vegas Raiders versus the Los Angeles Chargers. PFT. He's gone. He has to be gone right now.

Brandon Staley was indeed fired the following morning, December 15, 2023.
Void
Dec 15, 2023
#11060
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brandon Staley has set the analytics community back 40 years

Really you could say Brandon Staley has set the analytics community back like 40 years. Because he's known as the analytics poster boy, the Wonder kid of the analytics movement and the fact that his teams have fallen apart so terribly really makes you think like, I don't want my head coach ever look at a number again.

The impact on the analytics community is subjective and hyperbolic, but Staley's failure did become a common talking point against purely analytical decision-making.
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Dec 15, 2023·Picks
#11061
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL will eventually host a Super Bowl overseas

They are trying like damn hell to get a Super Bowl overseas and we have to stop it. So let's all not watch the first quarter next year of all these games.

While international games are expanding, a Super Bowl has not yet been scheduled or played overseas.

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Jeff SaturdayJeff Saturday

It is more important for NFL teams to maintain rhythm by playing starters late in the season than it is to rest them

I think playing is the most important. I think what I learned throughout was timing and rhythm matter... so many times I thought we had the better team, but not playing up to those points, you got back out there, you kinda had to find the rhythm... I was much more about playing.

This is a perpetual debate in NFL strategy and is inherently subjective.
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Jeff SaturdayJeff Saturday

Derek Carr is hurting the Saints by playing at 80% while significantly injured

If you're not playing to the level that we need you to play to, you are hurting us... the game is played in the margins and there's too many good players, right? It's just too many dudes who are that good at 70, 80%. Man, you just ain't cutting it... When you're seeing guys at each other in repeated weeks, that's when you know something's really there.

The take is subjective expert analysis on team dynamics and performance impact.
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Jeff SaturdayJeff Saturday

Eric Bieniemy's absence is a major reason for the Chiefs' offensive struggles and lack of discipline

The enemy not being there, it matters. I'm not saying that Andy Reed and these guys aren't great coaches, but Bieniemy had some nastiness about him, right? He had some significant conversations with their players, whether that's Mahomes or other people. And with him not being there, it does get into a place where maybe some things have been allowed or tolerated to a different degree... I do think the enemy not being there hurts because those players in the room are ultimately the guys who have to execute it.

While the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, their regular season offense was statistically worse than in the Bieniemy years, supporting the 'struggles' part of the take.

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