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Oct 16, 2017
#28618
Big CatBig Cat

Joe Maddon zigs and zags too much and doesn't know what he's doing in-game

Joe Maddon has lost his fucking mind because he brought in John Lackey... And you brought him in in the ninth in a tie game with a runner on second. And, oh, would you look at that? John Lackey gave up a game-winning home run... He's zigging and zagging. He doesn't know he's weaving. He's all over the road.

The Cubs lost the 2017 NLCS in 5 games, and Maddon's decision-making was widely panned. His tenure in Chicago ended two years later.

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Loss
Oct 16, 2017
#14634
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Giants are probably better without Odell Beckham Jr.

Should we just embrace debate right now? Are the Giants better without Odell Beckham? Hmm. Probably.

The 2017 Giants finished 3-13. While they won their first game without Odell in this episode, they were historically worse without their star receiver.
Void
Oct 16, 2017
#28616
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers has become complacent and needs a backup to challenge him

Aaron Rodgers, I'm just going off my eyeballs here, he seems like a guy that can get complacent. That's just my working theory. So if he has someone who has taken the first four rounds behind him [Brett Hundley], then he has to show up on time.

Subjective opinion on Rodgers' mental state, but Rodgers continued to be the face of the franchise and arguably the league's best QB for several more years before any real 'complacency' narratives took hold in the 2020s.
Win
Oct 16, 2017
#14635
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL is much worse without Aaron Rodgers

I do think the NFL is much worse without [Rodgers] because we already have a league with very few good quarterbacks, and Aaron Rodgers is probably the best one in the NFL.

General consensus among fans and analysts is that losing elite star talent degrades the quality of the league product.

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Void
Oct 16, 2026
#31663
Big CatBig Cat

The Brewers are the best team in baseball

They're the best team at baseball all year, and they proved it. They absolutely decimated the Dodgers.

The Brewers had reached the World Series and were described in the episode as having the best regular season; whether they were definitively the best team is partly subjective.
Void
Oct 16, 2026
#31665
Big CatBig Cat

Bo Nix's problem is getting bigger

The Bo Nix problem seems to be getting bigger and bigger. What are we watching?

This is a judgment about Nix's trajectory and the Broncos' confidence in him, not a binary factual prediction.
Void
Oct 16, 2026
#31667
Big CatBig Cat

A 24-team playoff is ruining college football

We're moving to a 24-team playoff. It just sucks. We don't need 24 teams. Twelve is probably a stretch already. What made college football special was the regular season mattered so much.

Whether playoff expansion improves or harms college football is an evaluative judgment.