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Ryan Fitzpatrick is a top three NFL quarterback if given infinite time against a bad defense

I still think Ryan Fitzpatrick is – I think he's a top three quarterback in the NFL if you give him a lot of time and if you play against a bad defense.

Fitzpatrick had a career year in 2015 but threw 6 interceptions in a single game later this season, proving he was never top three.

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Sep 16, 2016
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Jeff Fisher's blueprint for job security is to ingrain yourself in every small facet of the company

Jeff Fisher gives everybody in corporate America a great blueprint for how to keep your job. You just – you ingrain yourself into every small facet of your company. It doesn't matter if you're doing your job well... If you just spread yourself out far enough into an organization, you're never going to get fired.

Jeff Fisher was eventually fired later that season (December 2016), proving the blueprint has limits.
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Sep 16, 2016
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Jeff Fisher only keeps his job because he looks like a 'football guy'

Jeff Fisher is the reason why people judge books by their cover. Because Jeff Fisher looks like a football guy. He's got that look. He's got the mustache. He's got that angry... look on his face. So you look at him and you're like, how could we fire this guy?

Subjective analysis of Jeff Fisher's aesthetic appeal to NFL owners.
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Sep 16, 2016·Picks
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The Rams will beat the Seahawks this week

I think [Jeff Fisher] is going to beat the Seahawks this week.

The Rams defeated the Seahawks 9-3 on September 18, 2016.

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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.