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HankHank

Tom Brady could still throw for 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns in the NFL right now

Tom Brady... It's football. They had the flag football event this past weekend. Tom Brady played in it. I mean, he could go out next year in the league and probably get 4,000 yards, 30 touchdowns.

Brady is 48 and retired; the likelihood of him returning and putting up elite stats is nearly zero.
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ZacZac

The Buccaneers will beat the Lions in Detroit next week.

Early prediction for the game without them playing any plays is gonna be Buccaneers win in Detroit.

The Buccaneers did NOT beat the Lions in Detroit. The Lions defeated the Buccaneers 24-9 in Week 7 on October 20, 2025.
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Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers will announce his signing with the Steelers on Pat McAfee's live show

The theory is that Aaron Rodgers is waiting for [Pat McAfee's Pittsburgh show] to come out on stage and say I'm going to be a Pittsburgh Steeler to fuck over the mainstream media. Which I would love. That would be awesome... I kind of like every now and then a player stealing it from the insiders and being like, I control my own message.

Rodgers did not join the Steelers; this was a speculative rumor that did not materialize.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

JJ Watt will come out of retirement to play for the Cincinnati Bengals

JJ Watt is back. He is probably going to come out of retirement to play for the Bengals... I'm rooting for that to happen. I think he would be able to do it.

JJ Watt did not come out of retirement. A bet involving Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford almost triggered a return, but Trafford's clean sheet streak ended, and Watt confirmed he would not be unretiring.
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MemesMemes

Mike Vrabel is a fraud who relied on Prime Derrick Henry

Mike Vrabel is proof that one smart clock management moment in a nationally televised game buys you five to 10 years of NFL media thinking you're a great coach... Prime Derrick Henry is not walking through the Patriots door... He was a Derrick Henry merchant.

Vrabel was hired by the Patriots, went 14-3 in his first season, won AP Coach of the Year, and reached Super Bowl LX. Definitely not a fraud.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Ravens will win the Super Bowl

I see a play like that. I'm like, Raven Super Bowl. Yes I have. I have the Ravens for the Super Bowl. I've bought into the hype. It won't burn me at all.

The Ravens finished with the #1 seed in the AFC but lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There is a 25% chance Dan Snyder does not sell the Commanders

I'm realizing that there's probably like a 25% possibility that he does stick around for the rest of my life. Owns the team... and I'll probably die before he does.

The sale of the Commanders to the Josh Harris group was finalized just days after this episode on July 20, 2023.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Green Bay Packers are in trouble because Jordan Love is a moron.

Jordan Love posted a video today... he said Happy Father's Day to all Bears fans out there. Jordan Love is a fucking moron. So Jordan love basically called Bears fans his dad. And it was like the first moment that I've had in a very long time where I was like, Ooh, I think things might be changing... The Packers are in trouble.

Jordan Love went on to have a great first season as a starter, leading the Packers to a playoff win and continuing Green Bay's dominance over Chicago.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cowboys will pretend to be in on DeAndre Hopkins before he signs with the Bills

I bet you the Cowboys are going to make their fans believe that they're in the Hopkins running until like the very last second and then he is gonna sound with the bills.

DeAndre Hopkins eventually signed with the Tennessee Titans, not the Bills or Cowboys.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL season opener will be either Eagles vs. Jets or Chiefs vs. Cowboys.

I think I'm gonna put my pin in this one. I think it's gonna be the Eagles and the Jets to start the season. Either that or Chiefs Cowboys.

The season opener was Lions at Chiefs. The Cowboys and Chiefs did not even play each other in 2023.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Aaron Rodgers and Zach Wilson being in the same room will fix Wilson's career

Aaron Rodgers... he might be the one guy that's able to fix what are the fuck's happening in Zach Wilson... Aaron Rodgers and Zach Wilson being in the same quarterback room is going to actually help... At least they do Ayahuasca together.

Rodgers got injured 4 snaps into the 2023 season. Wilson struggled as the starter again and was eventually traded to the Broncos in 2024.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers is returning to the Green Bay Packers for the upcoming season

Leroy's first report... Aaron Rodgers is returning to the Green Bay Packers. Fuck. For the upcoming season.

PredictionFootballMediumSarcastic
Rodgers requested a trade and was sent to the New York Jets in April 2023.
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MaxMax

The Eagles will win Super Bowl LVII

I mean regardless... I mean you guys [Eagles] are gonna win.

The Eagles lost Super Bowl LVII to the Chiefs, 38-35.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

The Q-collar technology causes players to make bad on-field decisions

Dalton Schultz today was wearing a... Q-collar. It's supposed to help protect the brain from injury... I have a theory. This technology... it's supposed to constrict certain blood vessels going to your brain... I think these guys are just lightheaded. And it's just, he had a bird brain.

There is no scientific evidence that Q-collars cause cognitive impairment or 'bird brain' in NFL players.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady will win Gisele back by winning another Super Bowl

I think you have to take the Bucs for the season because if we know anything about Tom Brady, he's like, I'm gonna win her back by winning another Super Bowl.

PredictionFootballHotSarcastic
Brady did not win the Super Bowl (lost in the Wild Card), and the couple officially divorced shortly after.
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Big CatBig Cat

Josh Rosen is putting up terrible stats on purpose as a bit

Josh Rosen... is on the Browns and in classic Josh Rosen fashion, he got in for, I think an entire half. He went seven for 20, for 88 yards. No TDs, no interceptions. I, he has to be doing this on purpose at this point. His stat lines are just so, so predictably exactly what they are every single time... It's a good bit. It really is.

There is no evidence a professional athlete would deliberately tank their career for a 'bit'.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Baker Mayfield will have no choice but to play for the Browns this season

I want to see baker have to play for the Browns this year. I don't think he will. I would be. I don't think he has a choice. I don't know. He's not gonna play football maybe. No. And he would come off looking very soft. If that happened. If he was like, I refuse to play football for you. Cause you were mean to me. No chance he'll play.

Mayfield was traded to the Panthers on July 6, 2022 and never played for the Browns again.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The world will end before Dan Snyder sells the Commanders

The fucking world ends before Dan Snyder sells the team. I'm going to, I'm going to take myself out back here.

Dan Snyder sold the team to Josh Harris in July 2023, while the world has not yet ended.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Drew Brees is going to return to the NFL

Drew Brees... he could be returning to football. He could go back to NBC... usually when someone ends up, they're coming back to play, they're probably going to come back.

Drew Brees did not return to play in the NFL after this episode.
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HankHank

Jerod Mayo's head coaching stock is damaged because the Patriots' defense gave up 47 points to the Bills

Jerod Mayo's fucked with his interviews now. Imagine being... he's got some interviews this week. That's going to be a tough one to walk into and be like, 'Hey, you just gave up 47 points'. It's not a good look for him.

Despite the loss, Mayo remained a top candidate and was eventually named the successor to Bill Belichick, becoming the Patriots' head coach in 2024.
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Big CatBig Cat

San Diego State punter Matt Araiza should be a first-round pick

Someone should draft [Matt Araiza] in the first round. ... If he can punt like this all the time, it actually is an incredible game changer. ... You think that if the Patriots took him... that's the perfect end of first round draft pick.

Araiza was not drafted in the first round; he was selected in the sixth round (180th overall) by the Bills.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Sam Ehlinger would have beaten out Trevor Lawrence for the starting job if not for his injury

Unfortunately, Sam Ehlinger is out with a tweaked ACL... The Sam Ehlinger beating out Trevor Lawrence prediction has not come yet for now.

This was never a possibility; Trevor Lawrence was a locked-in #1 overall pick and Ehlinger was a late-round pick for a different team (Colts).
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'Kelsey' vs 'Kelce' pronunciation controversy is actually a secret ad deal or sponsorship stunt

I actually think that this is it's bullshit. Something to me, smells like there's an ad deal out there... I haven't figured out exactly what it is yet. But you have, you have two brothers that have been in the NFL. Are they going to open a bar? Maybe, maybe. Like Hell's Bells or something like that. So they've been in the league for, so both of them playing at a very high level... I smell either a Kimmel incident or I smell and some sort of sponsorship lingering under the surface.

There was no secret sponsorship; the brothers eventually clarified they grew up with the 'Kelce' (one syllable) pronunciation but 'Kelsey' became the default.
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Youngstown BobYoungstown Bob

The Browns will win exactly 11 games in the 2021 season

I'm thinking 11 wins, regular season, nothing crazy.

The Cleveland Browns finished the 2021 season with an 8-9 record.
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HankHank

Tim Tebow was signed by Urban Meyer purely to act as a heat shield for Trevor Lawrence

I'm also just a huge fan of the narrative that [Urban Meyer] brought in Tebow just to take off heat off Trevor Lawrence... Tebow is just going to be too much of a natural leader and take all the heat, including from the players, off Trevor Lawrence.

Tebow was cut early in the preseason, and Lawrence faced significant media scrutiny regardless during a disastrous 3-14 rookie season under Meyer.
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Big CatBig Cat

Roger Goodell has solved CTE; that shit is in the past

Let's be honest. Roger Goodell has solved CTE. That shit is in the past. He figured that whole thing out, figured out a way for us to all just stop talking about concussions again.

CTE was obviously not 'solved' in 2021; it remains a significant issue in the sport. The take is satirical.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Cam Newton isn't fully healthy because he didn't swing on the heckling kid

That's actually what's telling me that Cam Newton isn't healthy. Because if he was, he should have just swung on the kid. Where somebody's being that disrespectful... Cam, you should be able to defend yourself.

OpinionFootballHotSarcastic
Cam Newton's choice not to hit a child is likely due to maturity and legal/career awareness rather than a shoulder injury.
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HankHank

The Vince Lombardi Trophy should be renamed the Tom Brady Trophy

Vince Lombardi only won one. You're so greedy, Hank. It's true. He won one trophy. He won one Vince Lombardi trophy. Tom Brady's won seven. Like, come on. ... It's a crime that the championship trophy isn't named after Tom Brady.

The trophy remains the Vince Lombardi Trophy and there are no current plans to change it.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tony Romo faked having COVID-19 just to avoid traveling to Ohio.

Tony Romo conveniently came down with the coronavirus to avoid traveling to Ohio, which he hates to do.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Romo was officially out for the Week 17 game due to COVID-19 protocols; PFT's claim of 'faking it' is satirical.
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Big CatBig Cat

I'm rooting for Mitch Trubisky because 2020 needs a cool story

It's bullshit that anyone is sitting here and rooting against Mitch Trubisky. ... 2020 sucks, root for something crazy. Mitch Trubisky 2020. ... I'm ready and I have a little perspective for you from coach Matt Nagy... we're going to all support around him and give him every opportunity to have a very happy ending.

Trubisky was benched for Nick Foles in Week 3, and while he eventually returned, the 'cool story' didn't materialize as the Bears were mediocre and moved on from him after the season.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I'll gamble on Nathan Peterman winning a Super Bowl

There's a chance we see another Nathan Peterman. You want to get real fucking crazy with 2020? Get a Nathan Peterman tattoo. ... I'll gamble on Nathan Peterman winning a Super Bowl.

Nathan Peterman has not won a Super Bowl and has barely seen the field as a starter since 2018.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jimmy Graham and Cole Kmet will be a dynamic duo for the Bears

Everyone knows [Jimmy Graham] is an elite blocker... they got Cole Kmet and Jimmy Graham. Dynamic duo. If we just get half of their production from last year, we're going to be great.

Jimmy Graham had a mediocre season (8 TDs) and Cole Kmet was a rookie; they were not a dominant 'dynamic duo' in terms of league-wide impact.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Belichick will sign Earl Thomas to replace Patrick Chung

Maybe this belcheck move. Maybe Belichick picks him up. They lost Patrick Chung for the year. They get real Thomas as like an impact veteran that everybody else has given up on

The Patriots never signed Earl Thomas, and he actually never played in the NFL again after being cut by the Ravens.
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Big CatBig Cat

Alex Smith looks like he still can't play football despite being cleared

He doesn't look like he can play football. His leg. I think I could play football better than he could play football. I don't he couldn't he couldn't avoid the rush of his five-year-old spraying like Dasani on them and then they put out pictures of his leg and it's like to see turbine not well his leg is in basically a Forever cast right now.

Alex Smith not only returned but played in 8 games in 2020, leading Washington to the playoffs and winning NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
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Big CatBig Cat

I'm unloading on Mitchell Trubisky whenever the game temperature is exactly 66 degrees

Mr. Trubisky has by far the highest quarterback rating in the NFL when it's exactly 66 degrees... I'm absolutely going to open up my weather app every single Sunday morning. And if it's 66, I'm unloading on Mitchell Trubisky.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Trubisky was benched for Nick Foles early in the 2020 season, and 'Mitch Weather' did not save his Bears career.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Swag Kelly is the second-fastest quarterback in the NFL

Swag Kelly thinks he's the second fastest quarterback in the NFL, which I agree with... I think he's going to be like a sleeper that's just going to come out of nowhere and get thrown into a game.

Kelly's documented speed and athleticism do not rank him above the likes of Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, or other elite dual-threat QBs.
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HankHank

The Patriots will face Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in the Super Bowl with Cam Newton starting

Cam Newton is going to be the starter. It's going to be electric. The Patriots are going to make the Super Bowl. It's going to be the Patriots and the [Bucs] and I'm going to be so excited.

The Patriots finished 7-9 and missed the playoffs. While the Buccaneers did win the Super Bowl, the matchup never happened.
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Big CatBig Cat

The weirdness of Cam Newton signing with the Patriots makes me believe the 2020 NFL season won't actually happen

It just makes me think football is not going to happen. Yeah. There's yeah. That's my everything that we resolve world... man I bet you football is not going to happen.

The 2020 NFL season did happen, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFL has audio from the Miles Garrett/Mason Rudolph incident but is refusing to release it.

The NFL should just they have to have they've got out here. Now, they know they've got audio... I think the NFL had audio because you'll remember they have audio that they play like every Tuesday on Showtime... and their excuse was they have a guy who pushes a button to stop recording in between plays. That doesn't exist.

The NFL has consistently stated no such audio exists from the helmet-swinging incident. While fans suspect it might, there is no proof it was recorded and hidden.
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HankHank

Tom Brady will return to the Patriots on a $30 million per year deal

He said he's not going anywhere in the advertisement, and then a report came out today that the Patriots are willing to pay him $30 million a year... I feel good about Brady coming back.

Tom Brady left the Patriots and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March 2020.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Jets will be competitive against the Patriots on Monday Night Football

I think the Jets are going to be competitive tonight. Sam Darnold adds a little bit of pep in the step in the building... everyone's feeling a little more well rested.

The Patriots won 33-0 in the famous 'seeing ghosts' game; it was one of the least competitive games of the season.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dan Snyder will offer Chip Kelly $50 million to coach the Redskins.

I'm not worried anymore about Jim Harbaugh corrupted by Dan Snyder because Snyder's definitely going to throw like 50 million dollars at Chip Kelly. That's a fact. That's how all this ends.

Snyder hired Ron Rivera in 2020. Chip Kelly remained at UCLA.
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HankHank

The Patriots will finish the season 18-1 with a Super Bowl victory

My official prediction was one random loss, like one fluke loss in the regular season. ... They could lose a regular season game and then go 18-1 [and win the Super Bowl].

The Patriots finished 12-4 and lost in the Wild Card round to the Titans. They did not win the Super Bowl.
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HankHank

Josh Gordon will be on the Patriots for the entire 2019 season

He's [been suspended] for zero weeks. [How many weeks will he be on the team?] All of them. [If he gets cut or leaves] Hank gets a cat.

Incorrect. Josh Gordon was placed on IR by the Patriots on October 23 and waived shortly after. He finished the season as a member of the Seattle Seahawks.
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Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers hates and despises Matt LaFleur

Aaron Rodgers, Matt LaFleur, not off to the best start. And I'm not making like a mountain out of a molehill. I think Aaron Rodgers hates Matt LaFleur. Despises him.

While they had public disagreements over the years, they won three straight NFC North titles together, suggesting 'despises' was an overstatement of a standard power struggle.
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Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers chugging a beer poorly has cursed the Packers

Curses are back because ever since Aaron Rodgers didn't chug his beer, which we'll get to in segments, the Bucks didn't win another game and Matt LaFleur tore his Achilles and is going to be coaching out of a cart this spring. Aaron Rodgers cursed their team, 100%.

While LaFleur did get injured, the Packers went 13-3 and Rodgers had a great season in 2019.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kyler Murray is actually much shorter than his listed height

I actually do think that he's short. I think he's shorter than I am... He's like 5'6", 5'7", 5'8"... I do think that Kyler Murray is running away from his true self. I think that he's like 5'8".

Hot TakeFootballFireSarcastic
Kyler Murray was officially measured at 5'10" 1/8 at the NFL Combine.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Raiders playing in a baseball stadium again in 2019 will be cool because of the wind and potential McCovey Cove punts

Oakland Raiders playing in baseball stadiums [is back]. You will get to see the Raiders play on dirt and grass for another year... it would be great if a punt or a field goal went into the bay... look out for wind. It's going to be windy there.

The Raiders actually ended up staying at the Oakland Coliseum for 2019 after the SF deal fell through, making the premise incorrect.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers is a system quarterback

Aaron Rodgers, uncoachable. I mean, look at his track record with backup quarterbacks. Aaron Rodgers is a system quarterback. Yes, exactly.

This is a satirical take that is fundamentally incorrect given Rodgers' individual talent and multiple MVP awards.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Roger Goodell is making kickers miss to justify getting rid of ties

We had a theory last year... that Roger Goodell was trying to save football or at least appear like he was the good guy by having all of his kickers miss these easy field goals so that he could come in and change the rules and get rid of ties altogether.

Hot TakeFootballFireSarcastic
Purely satirical conspiracy. The NFL did not get rid of ties; in fact, there was another tie shortly after this discussion.

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