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I think Sam Howell will be a good quarterback for the Commanders this season

I think that Sam Howell is giving us every reason to think that he could be a good quarterback this year. Now he might suck ass... but I don't think he's gonna suck enough ass to not beat the Cardinals by seven points.

Sam Howell struggled significantly, leading the league in interceptions and sacks taken, and was eventually benched as the Commanders finished 4-13.

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Sep 8, 2023
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The Chiefs would have won the season opener against the Lions if Kadarius Toney didn't play

I actually think the Chiefs would've won that game without Kadarius Toney. He gave them an a pick six. He then dropped that ball at the end of the game where it was just easily catchable. He dropped that third down conversion when the guy ran across his face. If you just take him away and just have someone run routes but never get the ball, you win that game.

The Chiefs lost 21-20 and Toney's drops were directly responsible for a 7-point swing on the pick-six and multiple stalled drives. It is statistically very likely the Chiefs win without those specific errors.
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Sep 8, 2023
#2588
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Matt Nagy is a major problem for the Kansas City Chiefs offense

I have one thing that Chiefs fans need to be worried about. It's one name and his name's Matt Nagy. Eric Bieniemy is no longer with the Chiefs and Chiefs fans, you saw Matt Nagy in all his glory on that third and two when they got so cute. That was a Nagy special. The idiocy of taking the ball outta Patrick Mahomes' hands on a third and two is mind blowing.

While the Chiefs offense struggled at times in 2023, they ultimately won Super Bowl LVIII. Nagy remained the OC, so 'major problem' proved hyperbolic.
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Sep 8, 2023
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Eric Bieniemy was the 'system' for the Chiefs and now that he's in Washington, Patrick Mahomes will be exposed

Is Patrick Mahomes a system quarterback? Was Eric Bieniemy the system? Do I now have the system? Is the system belong to me now? All your system belongs to us.

Mahomes won the Super Bowl without Bieniemy, while Bieniemy was fired after one season in Washington as the offense struggled.

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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.