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A truly great fullback is one whose name is unpronounceable

That is a mark of a truly great fullback if you can't pronounce his last name. That means he's done just enough. He's adequately polished... not enough to really make me be able to pronounce his name correctly.

This is a subjective humorous observation about the nature of the fullback position.

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Jan 31, 2020
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HankHank

Coach K yelling at Duke fans is a great example of leadership and loyalty

I think it was a recruiting thing, and I think if you're a prospective player and you see that, you see a coach that fights for his guys, even if they're on the other team, that is a great leader. It was because of loyalty. It's a brotherhood for life, and that's a great example of showing that.

Whether it constitutes 'great leadership' is subjective, but the move was widely criticized by media for being performative and targeting students.
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Jan 31, 2020
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The 49ers will win Super Bowl 54 because they have been the best team in the NFL all year wire-to-wire

I actually think the 49ers are going to win this game... I just think that the 49ers have that. They've been the best team all year. I think we forget that they have pretty much wire to wire been the best team all year.

The 49ers lost to the Chiefs 31-20.
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The Chiefs will win Super Bowl 54 and Tyrann Mathieu will have a turnover

I'm also taking the Chiefs. I have a lot of conviction in that bet... The Honey Badger is making the difference in this game. He's going to have at least one turnover. He has been the key to the Chiefs defense stepping up.

The Chiefs won the Super Bowl, but Tyrann Mathieu did not record an interception or fumble recovery in the game.

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The Ravens' fourth-quarter problems are moving earlier

Historically, the fourth-quarter Ravens have not been a great team. That fourth-quarter Ravens has started to creep its way into the third-quarter Ravens. And I think eventually it's going to keep creeping earlier and earlier in the game. I don't think it's going to get better because the defense does not look good.

This is a season-long assessment that can only be judged against Baltimore's eventual 2026 performance.
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Baker Mayfield has a real revenge game against Cleveland

This is like a big Baker revenge spot too. This is not a made-up Baker—I have a perceived slight against me because some team didn't trade for me when I was on the market. This is Baker Mayfield against Stefanski, and they haven't talked since he left Cleveland.

Whether the personal history materially affects the game is subjective, though the stated public grievance is part of the episode's context.
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The NFL should reduce the season to 16 games

I'm going to say it. I think that 17 games is too much. I like the scarcity. I like if you brought it back to 16, because the NFL's also been playing this game for a long time where they have to find safer-looking ways to do a dangerous activity.

The preferred NFL schedule is a policy judgment, though the player-safety rationale is grounded in the discussion's cited study.