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USF should be ranked in the top 10 after beating two ranked opponents

USF... Are they the only team that's beaten two ranked opponents? I believe so. So they beat Boise State and then they beat Florida. I think they're, I think you can make the case. They should be ranked higher. Top 10.

USF was ranked #14 at the time of the recording.

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John Harbaugh has a problem with second-half collapses and poor game management

This is a John Harbaugh loss. He's got several of them... double digit leads that [blow]. It does feel like he does something like that every year where whether it's like, oh, you forgot that you had a running game or why did you punt there? Or your running back fumbled or your defense didn't play anything resembling your defense from last year.

The Ravens blew a 10-point lead in the 4th quarter against the Bills in Week 1 2025 (in the show's fictional timeline).
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Sep 10, 2025
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Josh Allen is currently playing the game on easy mode and is the MVP frontrunner

Josh Allen played awesome, just unstoppable. He looks like he's playing the game on easy mode. And that was maybe game of the year in week one... that did feel like a statement. 251 yards passing in the fourth quarter is just, he was just dicing them up.

Allen's 4th quarter stats against Baltimore were record-breaking for a Week 1 game.
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Sep 10, 2025
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JJ McCarthy is the number one 'gamer' in the NFL

JJ McCarthy, gamer dude. Is he the number one gamer that we got right now? ...I think he's become the number one gamer now in the NFL. It's like, well yeah, as bad as things can look. So he's just gonna figure out a way to win.

JJ McCarthy missed his entire rookie season due to a meniscus injury, so he never actually 'won' games on the field in 2024.

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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.