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The Chargers defense is miserable despite having a defensive head coach

Justin Herbert played his ass off. And he has the second, second most money invested in a defense in the NFL... And a defensive head coach. And that defense fucking sucks. They're miserable.

The Chargers defense remained poor, leading to the firing of Brandon Staley later that season.

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Nov 13, 2023
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Mac Jones is horrifically bad at quarterbacking

Mac Jones is horrifically, horrifically bad at quarterbacking in the NFL. [He's] officially official. It's not a guy.

Mac Jones was benched for Bailey Zappy later in this season and traded to the Jaguars to be a backup in the 2024 offseason.
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Nov 13, 2023
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CJ Stroud is an elite NFL quarterback

I think we can say now there's enough evidence. The Texans are just good. And CJ Stroud is elite. He's a great quarterback.

CJ Stroud won Offensive Rookie of the Year and led the Texans to a playoff win, cementing his status as a top-tier QB.
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Nov 13, 2023
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Deshaun Watson has officially arrived as a Cleveland Brown

I think I might have to say it, Deshaun Watson has officially arrived as a Cleveland Brown because... [he] drove them down the field for the game winning field goal.

Watson suffered a season-ending shoulder injury shortly after this game and has struggled to maintain consistent 'elite' play since joining Cleveland.

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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.