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Todd McShayTodd McShay

Michael Penix Jr. will be a first-round draft pick despite concerns about his durability

I think Michael Penix is gonna go in the first round. ... He's the best pure passer in this class. ... But it's the lack of mobility in the pocket and then the durability. ... I worry about him holding up. ... You're starting to hear somewhere in the, in the first, I've, I've even heard rumors, maybe the Raiders at 13. I think Michael Penix goes in the first round.

Michael Penix Jr. was drafted #8 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.

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Apr 22, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Los Angeles Clippers are going to win the Western Conference

The Los Angeles Clippers are going to win the West. Ooh. Not that they're gonna compete. That they're gonna compete. Hey, I, I said that mostly just to get Hank's hopes up because Hank is grasping at all the straws.

The Clippers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Mavericks.
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Apr 22, 2024
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The Cavaliers will win their series against the Magic, but it will likely go to six or seven games

I think this is gonna be one of those series that the Cavs are gonna win. I think they'll win both at home then the magic will win a couple at their home. ... That'll go six or seven.

The Cavaliers won the series in seven games, and the first four games followed the exact home-win pattern PFT predicted.
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Apr 22, 2024
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have never won a playoff series without LeBron James

Fun fact, little fun fact. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Dan Gilbert has never won a playoff series without LeBron James.

This was correct at the time of the episode. The Cavs had not won a series without LeBron since 1993, which predates Dan Gilbert's ownership (2005).

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Todd McShayTodd McShay

Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter are in their own elite tier at the top of the 2025 draft class

There's two guys that are at the top and that's Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter. Like they're in their own tier if you will. Then after that there's, there's a handful of guys.

Both players were high first-round picks, aligning with the elite tier evaluation.
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Todd McShayTodd McShay

Ashton Jeanty is a better pure runner than Bijan Robinson

I actually think [Ashton Jeanty] is a better pure runner in terms of contact balance churning out yards after contact than Bijan Robinson. There's been six running backs going the top 10 in the last 10 years of the draft... [Ashton Jeanty] is absolutely worth the pick.

Comparing running backs as pure runners is inherently subjective scouting analysis.
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Todd McShayTodd McShay

Brian Daboll is one of only a handful of people in the NFL who genuinely knows how to develop a quarterback

If you hire Brian Daboll, you did so because he is one of the handful, not dozens, handful of human beings on this planet in the NFL that actually know how to develop quarterbacks... this guy is at a very high level in the NFL in terms of offensive coaching.

This is a subjective evaluation of a coach's reputation and past results.

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