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The Raiders are a lock to cover as long as Rich Bisaccia is in the foxhole

I'm going to go with the Raiders, minus three. They're playing the Giants on the road. Rich Bisaccia, foxhole... I'm not leaving his foxhole until he does something to kick me out. And so far, all he's done is cover the spread.

The Raiders lost to the Giants 23-16 and did not cover the 3-point spread.

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Nov 5, 2021
#16713
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Mike White secured a 10-year NFL career by having one great game and then getting immediately injured

When you're a backup quarterback in the NFL, the best thing you can do is have an awesome game and then immediately get injured and secure your like status as an NFL quarterback for 10 years. Mike White—I'll remember Mike White.

Mike White has remained in the NFL as a viable backup/spot starter since this 2021 game, playing for the Jets and Dolphins.
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Nov 5, 2021
#16716
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I am officially back in on Carson Wentz

I'm back in on Carson Wentz. How can you not be after this performance? I do have a question, though... Why are the Colts not sitting Carson Wentz in the second half of blowouts?

The 'Wentz experience' eventually soured in Indy and he was traded after the season following a late-season collapse.
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Nov 5, 2021
#16720
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A team can have a winning culture while still losing games

Can you have a winning football culture without actually winning football games? Yes. I think you can. It's tough to pull off... There's that year where you can change the culture by losing close games. The Lions kind of had a little bit of that at the start of the year.

This proved incredibly prescient, as Dan Campbell's Lions built a culture through losses that eventually led to a division title and NFC Championship run.

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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.