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The 12-team playoff allows cowards to get in by scheduling easy non-conference games

There's really no need to schedule a tough out of conference schedule with a 12 team playoff... the coward's way out is working right now. You're banking on the opportunity to get kicked out by your one tough loss that you have and then spending the time getting mad at the committee.

This is a subjective critique of the playoff incentives and scheduling philosophy.

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Nov 20, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

The Dallas Cowboys are deader than dead and shouldn't be on primetime television

The Dallas Cowboys are deader than dead. It was already dead, but now it's really, really dead. And they're pathetic and they shouldn't be on tv, but, oh wait, we still have them on Monday Night Football that they can't flex because there's a Simpsons broadcast.

The Cowboys finished the season 6-11 and were non-competitive in most primetime slots.
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Nov 20, 2024
#20017
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The Dallas Cowboys should start Trey Lance for the rest of the season

Why don't they start Trey Lance? It's, he's not Cooper Rush. Right. But he's probably not good, but why not at this point? I think you, I think you gotta be at least like there's a level of competency that maybe he hasn't achieved, I guess. But I mean, you traded a draft pick for him.

While Trey Lance saw action in Week 18, he did not start for the remainder of the season.
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Nov 20, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

The Houston Texans are in the second tier of the AFC and aren't good enough to beat the top teams

I think the Texans are still in that second tier in the AFC where they could maybe win a playoff game. I just don't know. I feel like they just don't have enough against a Bills, Ravens, Steelers, Chiefs.

Big Cat said the Texans were in the second tier of the AFC and couldn't beat the top teams. The Texans won a Wild Card game (beat Chargers 32-12) but lost in the Divisional Round to the Chiefs 23-14, confirming they could win a playoff game but couldn't beat the best teams.

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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.