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Nov 16, 2020
#20802
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Steelers and Packers are not the best teams in their respective conferences despite their records

The teams that are leading each conference are probably not the best teams in each conference. The Steelers, yeah, they're 8-0. The Steelers might go undefeated. Who knows? ... And then the Packers are 7-2 at the top of the NFC. I don't think either one of those teams is the best team in that conference.

Correct. The Packers lost in the NFCCG to the Bucs (who PFT identifies later as the better team), and the Steelers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Browns.

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Loss
Nov 16, 2020
#12117
Big CatBig Cat

The Ravens are frauds

Week 10 in the books. The Ravens are frauds. Confirmed.

The Ravens finished 11-5 and won a playoff game against the Titans, though they were eventually eliminated by the Bills, proving they weren't complete frauds.
Loss
Nov 16, 2020
#12120
HankHank

I have never wavered from the Patriots making the playoffs

I have never wavered from the Patriots making the playoffs. And I still think that.

The Patriots finished the season 7-9 and missed the playoffs.
Void
Nov 16, 2020
#12121
Big CatBig Cat

God is the Browns' best offensive coordinator

If you're a Browns fan, you're sitting here on Monday and being like, I think God is a Browns fan now. Because God, who decides the weather obviously, keeps doing the worst possible weather in Cleveland on game days and forcing the Browns to run the football. God is literally your best offensive coordinator. He's saying, do not throw it a million times. Run the rock.

Subjective claim about divine intervention helping a football team's play-calling.

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Open
Oct 30, 2026
#31779
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.
Void
Oct 30, 2026
#31792
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.
Void
Oct 30, 2026
#31785
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

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.