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The Commanders will cover the spread against the Packers in Week 7

I'm already declaring coms [Commanders] against the spread this week no matter what [against the Packers]. ... Taylor Heinicke, if there's one thing that he does is he comes off the bench and he plays electric games and sometimes steals ones. ... I'm all in on the coms.

The Commanders beat the Packers 23-21 as home underdogs, easily covering the spread.

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Oct 17, 2022
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The Green Bay Packers are officially broken

I don't want to get excited but I think the Packers are officially broken. There's two games, the Giants and Jets, where they are a touchdown favorite in both and it just doesn't, like Aaron Rodgers doesn't lose these type of games at home.

The Packers finished the season 8-9 and missed the playoffs for the first time in the Matt LaFleur era, validating that they were indeed broken relative to their usual standards.
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Oct 17, 2022
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Brian Daboll is the runaway NFL Coach of the Year

Brian Daboll is far and away the coach of the year through six weeks... down 20 to 10 in the fourth quarter they do one of their patented like 75 yard drives where they eat some clock, get a big turnover. And the New York Giants, like they're Brian Daboll is making a good team out of just a not great roster.

Brian Daboll did eventually win the 2022 AP NFL Coach of the Year award.
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Oct 17, 2022
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Brian Daboll is the best coach in the NFL and Daniel Jones is playing "pretty good"

I think [Brian Daboll] is the best coach in the NFL right now. I think without a doubt he's coach of the year. ... Daniel Jones, I owe you an apology young man. I wasn't really familiar with your game. Daniel Jones is playing pretty good right now. ... under [Daboll], this team has become like sneakily fun to watch and good.

Daboll won Coach of the Year and the Giants made the playoffs, though calling him 'the best' over established veterans like Reid or Belichick remains subjective.

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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.