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The Green Bay Packers are dead

Today is Friday, September 27th, and the Green Bay Packers are dead.

The Packers were far from dead; they finished the 2019 season 13-3 and reached the NFC Championship Game.

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Sep 27, 2019
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Aaron Rodgers gets 'too cool' in the red zone

As Skip Bayless said, Aaron Rodgers gets too cool in the red zone.

This is a subjective stylistic critique of Rodgers' red zone efficiency.
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Sep 27, 2019
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I would rather have an aggressive coach like Doug Pederson than a wishy-washy one like Freddie Kitchens

I'd rather live with a coach who's aggressive and tries to steal the moment than a guy who goes wishy-washy, Freddie Kitchens. Do we call it the Freddie Kitchens or the Matt LaFleur when you just passed from inside the five-yard line?

This is a subjective evaluation of coaching styles, though Kitchens was fired after one season while Pederson had already won a Super Bowl.
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Sep 27, 2019
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Teams that start the season 3-1 make the playoffs 70% of the time

Teams that start the season 3-1 make it [to the playoffs] 70% of the time. Right. Teams that start at 2-0-1, I guarantee you will not make the playoffs this year. We can probably take that to the bank. Poor Detroit.

Historical data supports the 3-1 trend, and the 2019 Lions did indeed miss the playoffs, finishing 3-12-1.

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The Chargers' game against the Raiders is a must-win

The Chargers might have the most must-win game of all time playing the Raiders with the schedule they have. If they don't win this week, it's over.

The Chargers' season outcome and whether the loss effectively ended their season had not been resolved at the time of the episode.
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Texas won; Ohio State choked

I'll say Texas win, Ryan Day choke. The play calling, I don't know, maybe they got too conservative. I think they probably did.

This is a retrospective interpretation of the game rather than a purely objective claim; assigning primary blame is subjective.
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Oregon is probably out if it loses to USC

The USC game will be massive. If Oregon loses that game, they're probably out.

Oregon's playoff status after the USC game was still unresolved at the time of the episode.