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This Lakers championship in the bubble counts as a ring and a half because it's the hardest ring to win

At this point if the Heat win two games it's going to be way, way worse... I've already seen the people being like this is actually the hardest ring to win. [PFT]: It's a ring and a half for LeBron this counts.

This is entirely a subjective matter of debate regarding the difficulty of the 2020 NBA Bubble.

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Oct 5, 2020
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I won't apologize for their 3-1 record, but I know in my heart that the Bears stink

I'm not going to apologize for three-in-one but I know in my heart of hearts of the Bears fucking stink. Okay. Are you happy? ... the Bears are just so predictable. Sometimes.

The 2020 Bears finished 8-8 and were non-competitive in their playoff loss, confirming they were a mediocre team that inflated their record early.
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Oct 5, 2020
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The Browns have finally found a distinct identity that works: run the ball and move the pocket for Baker Mayfield

They have a distinct identity that works for some reason... if you run the ball with the Browns and you have Baker [Mayfield] move the pocket and not have to throw 50 times a game, you're going to be a good football team.

The 2020 Browns finished 11-5 and won a playoff game using exactly this formula (led by Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt).
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Oct 5, 2020
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The Cowboys are currently wasting one of the greatest championship windows by building a fantasy football team with no defense

I'm starting to think that like this will go down as one of the worst uses of like a championship window a team has ever had... Jerry Jones essentially in the last few years has said I want to pay my quarterback, pay my running back, pay my wide receiver, get another wide receiver. He's building a fantasy football team and then nothing on the defense and hope it works out.

The 2020 Cowboys finished 6-10 and missed the playoffs, largely due to a historically bad defense in the first half of the season and Dak's injury.

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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.