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Duke is a formidable team, but their dominance is skewed by the fact that the ACC is currently a weak conference.

Duke is a problem, but the ACC fucking sucks. So I'm just gonna tell myself that they're good only because they're killing everyone in the ACC.

Analytic rankings like KenPom often support the idea of the ACC being top-heavy or weaker compared to the SEC or Big 12 in recent years.

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Jan 27, 2025
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I refuse to count Jayden Daniels' last interception against the Eagles as a real stat.

Jayden played awesome. I thought he played great. We're not counting that last interception. If he throws a pick on this last drive, it doesn't count. I agree with that. It counts for Quinyon Mitchell... but that doesn't go against Jayden's stats in my book.

Subjective fan opinion on how to weight stats.
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Jan 27, 2025
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Vic Fangio is an elite defensive coordinator whose game plan perfectly neutralized Jaden Daniels and the Commanders' offense.

Vic Fangio is an incredible defensive coordinator. It was very clear from the jump that their entire game plan was, let's just take away [Jaden Daniels'] first read and make him go through his progressions... Vic Fangio is just, I mean he's a great defensive coordinator and [he was] dialing up blitzes when he had to.

The Eagles defense held the Commanders to 23 points (much of it in garbage time) and forced multiple turnovers, supporting the claim of a strong game plan.
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Jan 27, 2025
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Nick Sirianni has proven he is one of the best coaches in the NFL.

Nick Sirianni as a head coach, this is his fourth season. He's the first head coach to win the NFC two out of his first four years in the last 40 years. He's 48 and 20 all time, which is the highest winning percentage of any active head coach... Sirianni has proven that he's one of the best coaches in the NFL.

The stats cited are accurate for the time, and he has reached two Super Bowls in four years.

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The Brewers' pressure created their 'lucky' breaks

That's not luck. That's just the Brewers and what they did to you mentally, where it's like you have to be perfect and almost made teams just become a worse version of themselves because of what the Brewers were doing to them.

This is an evaluative baseball argument rather than a claim with one definitive result.
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The Bears are building around Jeffrey Simmons correctly

Jeffrey Simmons is an absolute game wrecker. Top three at his position, changes everyone around him. The Bears had a weakness in their defense, especially run defense. They made it a strength.

The assessment of Simmons' impact and positional ranking is partly subjective and will depend on his Chicago performance.
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Jeffrey Simmons makes the Bears Super Bowl contenders

I thought they could win the Super Bowl before Jeffrey Simmons. Now I really do.

The 2026 NFL season and Super Bowl outcome have not yet been resolved from the episode date.