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The Astros scandal makes the Nationals' 2019 World Series win more impressive

This makes the Nationals world series title even more impressive. Yeah the fact that they were able to beat him. While they're eating Cheetos... 60% of the Astros runs were scored in the first inning before the Nationals would change how they were doing their signs.

Subjective interpretation of the difficulty of winning against a cheating opponent.

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Nov 13, 2019
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Russell Wilson is currently at the forefront of the NFL MVP race.

Russell Wilson [is] the MVP now, forefront of the MVP race. Even though he threw that interception and over time, the people are just forgetting... Russell Wilson is fucking ridiculous.

Lamar Jackson won the 2019 NFL MVP unanimously; Russell Wilson finished second in voting.
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Nov 13, 2019
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George Kittle is the best tight end in the NFL

They were missing George Kittle though... that is a big loss because he's probably the best tight end in the NFL.

Kittle was an All-Pro in 2019, making this a highly defensible and common elite ranking at the time.
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Nov 13, 2019
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Russell Wilson is the one player I would trust most with the ball late in a game.

He is for my money the number one guy and I know it kind of spits in the face of the fact that he threw an interception. He is the one guy who I would want trust the most with the ball down late in the game.

Wilson's clutchness is a matter of opinion, though he lead the NFL in fourth-quarter comebacks in 2019.

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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.