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Mar 11, 2022
#23947
Arthur SmithArthur Smith

The biggest challenge in the NFL is groupthink; teams just copy each other's good ideas

That's the one thing about the NFL is like once somebody has a good idea, everybody copies it. That's the only thing you're fighting in the NFL is groupthink. Somebody has a good idea, it works for some team, and they think, oh, that's the secret ingredient. It's like in college football... your 10 helmets aren't going to be the difference.

OpinionFootballMediumSubjective
This is a philosophical view on league-wide trends that can't be objectively proven right or wrong.

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Loss
Mar 11, 2022
#12464
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am the biggest Carson Wentz super fan in the world right now

I've reached this point in my bargaining stage where I think I'm the biggest Carson Wentz super fan in the world right now. I've had some time to think it through logically... Carson Wentz's ceiling is better than any quarterback in that division. Now, all we have to do is to get him to play at his ceiling on an average basis.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Carson Wentz's tenure with the Commanders was widely considered a failure, and he was benched/released after one season.
Loss
Mar 11, 2022
#23943
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Carson Wentz's ceiling is better than any other quarterback in the NFC East

I'm fully invested in thinking about [Carson Wentz's] ceiling. He's a big ceiling guy. Yes. His ceiling is better than any quarterback in that division [the NFC East] now.

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Wentz was benched for Taylor Heinicke later that season and the Commanders finished last in the division. Both Dak Prescott and Jalen Hurts clearly outperformed him in both floor and ceiling.
Loss
Mar 11, 2022
#23944
Big CatBig Cat

Carson Wentz is statistically the best quarterback in Washington franchise history

Carson Wentz in the last 20 years, Carson Wentz is actually the best quarterback the Washington football team franchise will have. So if you do minimum three games, Carson Wentz has 1.63 TDs per game. The second one on that list is Shane Matthews... [Wentz] is blowing the competition out of the water.

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Wentz's tenure in Washington was a disaster. He ended the 2022 season with 11 TDs in 8 games (1.37 per game), falling below the mark Big Cat cited and losing his job.

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Win
Mar 11, 2022
#12477
Arthur SmithArthur Smith

4th and 1 decisions are no longer hard in the NFL

It became obvious your team just gets ready to play fourth and two or fourth and one. So there's no like, it's not like, 'Hey, you really risked it there.' If you don't go for it on fourth and one, that's what everybody's doing. So to me, those aren't the hard decisions anymore. It's just become the norm.

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Statistical trends in the NFL confirm that 4th down attempts have significantly increased and normalized over the early 2020s.
Void
Mar 11, 2022
#12478
Arthur SmithArthur Smith

Road House is the greatest movie ever

Road House, like you ever seen Road House? Greatest movie ever. All time. All time. There's so many good one-liners.

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Movie quality is inherently subjective.

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