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Colt McCoy is a top-tier backup quarterback for mid-season starts

Colt McCoy is definitely in the top level of backups in the NFL. Colt McCoy is the best quarterback to have come in a game in the middle of November and do a surprise start and win you a game out of nowhere. That's his job as a backup. And he does it well every single year.

McCoy earned a reputation as one of the league's best backups for this exact reason during his time in Washington, New York, and Arizona.

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Nov 14, 2022
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Justin Jefferson is the best receiver in the NFL

Justin Jefferson is the best receiver in the NFL and, and I'm confident in saying that what he did in that game, the catches he made, the fourth down catch he made was one of the craziest catches I've ever seen.

Jefferson finished the 2022 season as the NFL Offensive Player of the Year, leading the league in receptions and yards.
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Nov 14, 2022
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The new "Moneyball" is pairing fast wide receivers with quarterbacks who only have 95% arm strength

I think that's what Mike McDaniel learned. He's like, we can absolutely hack the rule book if you just run faster than everyone and then probably maybe get underthrown just a little bit... and then you start working your way back to the ball you get interfered with. I'm just saying... that is the new Moneyball. It's just fast, fast wide receivers with like 95% arm strength quarterbacks.

This is a satirical observation about offensive strategy and the utilization of speed to exploit defensive rules.
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Nov 14, 2022
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The Vikings aren't total frauds, but they are "fraudulent adjacent"

I don't believe that the Vikings are complete and total frauds. I think that they're partially frauds. They're fraudulent adjacent. I am worried that they would get to the NFC championship game... because the way the NFC is shaking out, it feels like if the Vikings will get that second seed and whoever is the seven seed is going to be a team that we think about as like, 'ooh, watch out for them.'

The Vikings finished 13-4 with a negative point differential and lost at home in the Wild Card round, largely validating the 'partially fraudulent' label despite their win total.

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The intentional-grounding penalty was the right play

I actually think he had, that's an OC problem because there was no underneath route. If he throws that deep and, like, everyone had—it just was a shit show. He couldn't throw it deep because he was basically getting chased. If he takes a sack, everyone has to come back. It probably is more than 10 seconds to get the next play. So that one, I had no problem.

Whether the decision was optimal is an inherently debatable football judgment.
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The Colts needed a complete reset after Chris Ballard's firing

Chris Ballard was there for 10 years, never won an AFC South. You finally just—it's inexcusable. The Andrew Luck retirement is probably what bought Chris Ballard a lot more years. He basically could just keep on saying, 'Well, our plans were screwed up because Andrew Luck retired.'

This is an evaluative judgment about a general manager's tenure and cannot be objectively resolved.
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The NBA should start on Christmas Day and play 60 games

The NBA should start on Christmas day. It should be a 60-game schedule. It'd be so much better.

This is a preference about league scheduling and cannot be objectively resolved.