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The Falcons offense is prime for an explosion and will 'come alive' against the Giants.

I'm believing in what [Arthur Smith] put together down in Atlanta. I think that that offense is prime for an explosion. They're just there on the details. It's the small things. It's a game of inches. And if they can find one or two inches here or there, I think that offense is liable to just come alive.

The Falcons beat the Giants 17-14 in a low-scoring game; the offense didn't exactly 'explode' as PFT predicted.

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Sep 24, 2021
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Davis Mills is not an NFL-caliber quarterback.

There's a lot of stuff that I'm sure Davis Mills is really, really good at... but playing NFL quarterback isn't one of them.

Mills proved to be a fringe starter/backup rather than a franchise guy, making this largely correct.
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Sep 24, 2021
#823
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Tyrod Taylor is more valuable than he is generally credited for.

I think that this game actually showed us that Tyrod Taylor is probably more valuable than we gave him credit for because the Texans did not look good.

The Texans went from competitive with Tyrod to non-competitive with Mills in the short term.
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Sep 24, 2021
#824
Big CatBig Cat

The Carolina Panthers are a legitimate team and could win the NFC South.

I'm going to say something right now. This is crazy... Panthers plus 500 to win the NFC South. The bucks are old.

The Panthers finished 5-12 and last in the division. The Bucs won the division.

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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.