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Aaron Rodgers is functionally the head coach of the Jets, not Robert Saleh

I walked away from this Hard Knocks episode two, asking myself a simple question. Who's the coach of the Jets? Is it Robert Saleh... or is it Aaron Rodgers? ... Robert Saleh turned to Aaron Rodgers and he said, 'we gotta get them [the O-line] right for you, buddy.' And I said, huh, that's weird. Tail wagging the dog. That feels like Aaron Rodgers is coaching this team.

The Jets finished 7-10 and Robert Saleh was eventually fired in 2024, partly due to the inability to manage the Rodgers era effectively.

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Aug 16, 2023
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A dominant defensive line can emasculate and ruin the confidence of their own offensive line in practice

I think the fact that their defensive line is so good that they [the Jets offensive line] get their ass kicked every day by a really good defensive line. That's a little bit emasculating. You lose your confidence. ... The Jets should make their defensive line worse so that their offensive line could get better.

While a creative theory, iron sharpens iron is the standard football philosophy; however, the Jets offensive line did struggle significantly in 2023.
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Aug 16, 2023
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Will McDonald will win NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

The Hard Knocks effect is in full swing on me for Will McDonald. Defensive Rookie of the Year. ... The defense is gonna be a problem.

Will McDonald did not win Defensive Rookie of the Year; the award was won by Will Anderson Jr. of the Texans.
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Aug 16, 2023
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Ezekiel Elliott will score two touchdowns against the Cowboys in Week 4

Jake, October... or no, how many days in September? 30th. September 30th. Reminder bet. Ezekiel Elliott. ... Bet Ezekiel Elliott. Two touchdowns on that Sunday's game. It's the Patriots versus Cowboys. Bill Belichick... will absolutely will try to stick it to them.

The Patriots lost to the Cowboys 38-3 in Week 4. Ezekiel Elliott had 0 touchdowns in that game.

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The goal allowed by the US goalie was the most embarrassing possible

What about the goalie? Yeah, I mean he... that was the most embarrassing goal that I've ever seen. Possible.

While subjective, the blunder by the US goalkeeper (Freeze/Turner) was widely mocked as a 'MAC football' level mistake.
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The USMNT is the 'James Franklin Penn State' of soccer

People were making very mean jokes online that we were James Franklin, Penn State. And it is actually perfectly appropriate because if you look at who we played, we beat the teams we're supposed to beat... and then we absolutely got ass fucked by the team that was better than us in Belgium. We are not who we thought we were.

Subjective comparison.
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We just suck at soccer as a country and that's okay

My take is we suck at soccer and that's okay. Like, I don't care that we suck at soccer anymore. I'm going to root for the US team. I'm gonna get excited when we're in a World Cup. I'm gonna get hyped up and it's gonna be fun to watch. And then I'm gonna be reminded that we suck at soccer and that it's just gonna be like, okay, yeah, that's okay.

Subjective perspective on American soccer.