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The 2022 Buccaneers are flawed but have learned the lessons they need for a playoff run

It looks like the Bucks have actually looked at what's made them flawed and then realized there are certain things that we can do good. Let's lean into those things... as if it turns out that still throwing deep balls to Mike Evans works.

The Bucs lost their first playoff game 31-14 to the Cowboys, so the 'lessons learned' didn't lead to a run.

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The college football playoff semifinals were the best in history

The best college football playoffs we've ever seen. Semi-finals. I like how people were tweeting, like is it a hot take to say these are the best semi-finals we've ever seen? No, they usually always suck. And those were two incredible games.

The games were objectively some of the highest-scoring and closest in CFP history to that point.
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Jan 2, 2023
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Mike Evans is a Hall of Famer

Mike Evans is a hall of famer. Yeah. Which is crazy cuz it's, it doesn't, it feel like he's had a very good career, but then when you stop and you look at it, you're like, holy shit. He's, he's got 81 touchdowns in his career. If he gets to a hundred, he'll be top 10 all time in touchdowns. Everyone in the top 15 is in the Hall of Fame. Every single year he's been in the NFL nine years. Every year he's gotten over a thousand yards and he's not even 30 yet.

Evans extended his streak to 10 consecutive seasons in 2023 and is widely considered a future Hall of Famer, though his career is still active.
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Jan 2, 2023
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The Buccaneers will beat the Cowboys in the first round and cause Mike McCarthy to get fired

It's gonna be Bucks Cowboys first round. Cowboys are going to lose somehow to Tom Brady who's never lost to the Cowboys before. McCarthy fired. Sean Payton head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

The Cowboys actually defeated the Buccaneers 31-14 in the wild card round, and Mike McCarthy remained the head coach. Sean Payton was eventually traded to the Broncos.

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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.