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Craig Counsell to the Cubs is a sign the team is ready to spend and compete for World Series titles again

I also think this is the sign that the Cubs are ready to start spending and start competing for World Series again. Because you're not Craig Counsell... you don't go to the Cubs, your rival... unless you have a deal in place from Jed and Tom Ricketts being like, 'Hey, we're going for this.'

The Cubs did sign Shota Imanaga and re-signed Cody Bellinger, but they were not the biggest spenders in the league and missed the playoffs in Counsell's first year (2024).

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Josh Dobbs with zero practice reps would be a better fit for the Jets offense than Zach Wilson

Honestly, I think if they had Josh Dobbs at quarterback, they could figure it out. Josh Dobbs with zero practice reps is probably a better fit for that offense than Zach Wilson is.

While subjective, Dobbs performed well for the Vikings shortly after arriving without practice, while Wilson continued to struggle for the Jets.
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The Jets are the second-best team in the NFC

NFC standings took a hit [this week]. I put Lions one, Jets two, 49ers three, Seahawks four, Eagles five.

The Jets play in the AFC, not the NFC, and they finished the 2023 season 7-10, nowhere near the top of any power rankings.
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Aaron Rodgers is trolling the media and is not actually close to coming back from his Achilles injury

My theory about Aaron Rodgers is he is, he's a troll. He loves trolling. He loves fucking with the media a little bit... I don't think that he's gonna come back in a couple weeks. I think he's doing this knowing that the media will see him on TV and talk about Aaron Rodgers coming back.

Aaron Rodgers did not return during the 2023 season, despite his teases, proving PFT's skepticism correct.

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Michigan was definitively the better team in the National Championship and it never felt like UConn was in danger of winning.

Michigan was the better team. We all saw it. It never felt like [the game] was in danger. Like the only moment that I was like, oh, UConn might have a chance, was when there was like maybe five and a half minutes left and Mullens missed that three to cut it to four.

The episode presents Michigan winning the 2026 National Championship as a fact within the show's timeline.
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Michigan was the best team all year — outside of Duke, who would have won the championship by a lot

They were the best team. They were the best team all year outside of Duke. 'Cause that actually was my other big takeaway — Duke just completely, Duke beat this Michigan team a month and a half ago.

Subjective comparison of team quality. Duke did beat Michigan during the regular season in 2025-26.
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Danny Hurley is 18-1 against the spread in his last four NCAA tournaments, which is insane

Danny Hurley remains 18 and one in the last four tournaments against the spread. How insane is that? Furman is the only one that they didn't cover. That was the first round this year.

This is a factual claim about Hurley's ATS record over the last four NCAA tournaments. Based on UConn's remarkable tournament run, this is plausible and presented as a known stat. Cannot fully verify exact record but the claim is stated as fact.

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