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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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Loss
Sep 27, 2019
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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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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.
Win
Sep 27, 2019
#28159
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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 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.