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The Commanders will win the NFC Championship because history repeats in 33-year cycles

January 26th, 1992. The Redskins beat the Bills in the Super Bowl on that day. This game will be played on January 26th, 2025. That was 33 years ago. Same day they beat the Bills in the Super Bowl. Every 33 years a Commie gets a ring. And this is a ring game.

The NFC Championship game does not award a 'ring' in the traditional sense like a Super Bowl, though players receive NFC Champion rings later.

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Jan 24, 2025
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Fred SmootFred Smoot

Jaden Daniels is a better quarterback than Jared Goff and Jalen Hurts

My quarterback is better than yours. That's what I told him to give [Jared Goff]. Well guess what I'm gonna say against the Philadelphia Eagle, my quarterback is better than yours. So at the end of the day, the quarterback position sometimes with fine state.

Highly subjective ranking of quarterbacks, though Daniels has had a better rookie season than most.
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Jan 24, 2025
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Big CatBig Cat

The Eagles have a better roster than the Commanders at almost every position except for quarterback

The Eagles have better players at almost every position except for the most important position. And that's quarterback. And I keep coming back to like... I think the Eagle's defense is better than what Jayden Daniels has played in the last two playoff games.

Eagles (14-3) were better and won 55-23 in NFC Championship, but Commanders made NFC Championship with rookie QB Daniels — gap wasn't as wide as implied.
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Jan 24, 2025
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HankHank

Jaden Daniels will struggle in the NFC Championship and throw three interceptions

Jaden Daniels is a rookie. The slipper's gonna come off. He's gonna turn back into a pumpkin. Three interceptions.

Jayden Daniels did struggle in the NFC Championship (Eagles won 55-23 blowout), but he threw only 1 interception, not 3 as Hank predicted. The 'slipper coming off' part was directionally correct.

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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.