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Eli Manning is a wide receiver killer whose play style leads to his receivers getting injured

Eli injures his wide receivers. ... Let's go through the list... Plaxico Burris shot himself... Hakeem Nix, he was just constantly injured... Victor Cruz... Torres Patello-Tendon. Odell Beckham, he was always hurt.

While it's true many Giants receivers had injuries or career issues, it is a subjective and humorous claim to blame Manning directly.

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Jul 29, 2019
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Brooks Koepka is the greatest golfer of all time this year

[Brooks Koepka] is the greatest golfer of all time this year. So I don't understand how it works, but I just know that this one triggered all the other finishes, and now he won it all.

Koepka was World No. 1 in 2019 and had an exceptional year, though 'greatest of all time' even for a year is subjective hyperbole.
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Jul 29, 2019
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A player will eventually use a hologram to make a training camp entrance

A hologram will arrive for the player, and then they'll show up later. That will be the greatest entrance. ... That will happen eventually in the next, like, 10 years.

While technology has advanced, no NFL player has yet used a hologram specifically for a training camp entrance as of 2024.
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Jul 29, 2019
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I would pay Ezekiel Elliott before Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper

I get it with Ezekiel Elliott. This is the take I'm willing to squat on. I would pay Ezekiel Elliott first. I would pay him before Dak. I'd pay him before Amari.

This is a team-building philosophy question. The Cowboys eventually signed all three, but Zeke's massive contract is often cited as a mistake in hindsight compared to Dak's value.

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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.