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NFL fans will hate the new kickoff rule at first simply because it is new

My prediction for this NFL season, I think people are gonna really hate the kickoff. 'cause we hate new things until like, we just get used to it and then we're like, oh, it's fine. It's basically the same.

Fans and commentators spent much of the 2024 season complaining about the lack of big returns and the 'ugly' look of the play, proving him right.

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Aug 5, 2024
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The Bengals at 13 to 1 are the best value on the Super Bowl odds board

Super Bowl odds. Bengals 13 to one. That's what jumps out. Ooh, I like it. That's what jumps out.

The Bengals finished 4-13 and missed the playoffs in the 2024 season, making this a losing value bet.
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Aug 5, 2024
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The Chargers' new training facility is worth at least five wins per season

Chargers training camp was awesome today... I think that building is worth five wins at least just on building alone for the Chargers.

While a facility helps, attributing 5 specific wins to it is an untestable hyperbolic claim.
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Aug 5, 2024
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Noah Lyles' 100m gold medal win officially puts him on the Mount Rushmore of track and field

Noah Lyles... won the 100 meters... I'm envisioning myself returning home as a gold medalist and that puts me on Mount Rushmore.

The 'Mount Rushmore' of an entire sport is subjective.

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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.