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Jake MarshJake Marsh

The winning coach of Super Bowl 58 will have 'sport water' poured on them during the Gatorade bath

I like color of body armor poured on winning coach clear slash water. ... Body Armor sport water. ... Plus 700. Nice.

The Gatorade bath poured on Andy Reid was purple.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jacoby Brissett is a 'tread water' quarterback, not an eight-win guy

I wouldn't say he's an eight win quarterback. I think he's a get you a couple wins in, like your starter goes down. Jacoby Brissett comes in, he can tread water. He's a tread water guy. He's a three and four guy.

Brissett started the first five games for the Patriots in 2024, going 1-4 before being benched for Drake Maye, aligning with Big Cat's 'tread water' assessment.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you're swallowing you're wallowing — players shouldn't need water breaks

I turn off the water supply of the building, too. If you're swallowing, you're wallowing. I want players who don't need water breaks. It's also an unnecessary expense, and the owner will be very appreciative of my cost-cutting efforts.

Satirical take mocking dangerous old-school coaching practices around hydration. 'If you're swallowing, you're wallowing' is an all-time PFT line.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady would never admit to having coronavirus because he drinks so much water it wouldn't affect him.

I'm putting all my money on Tom Brady because even if he gets it, he's not going to admit that he has it. And if he gets it, he's going to just—he drinks so much water that it's just not going to affect him. He wouldn't admit that he had it... and he'd be like, 'I'm fine, I'm totally fine... I drank six gallons of water today... there's no chance I have it.'

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Brady did eventually contract COVID (post-Super Bowl 2021) and admitted it, though he remained famously healthy throughout the pandemic.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2020 NFL Draft stage in Las Vegas will lead to players falling in the water

The NFL Draft is going to have a stage in the Bellagio pool, and players are going to be transported in a boat... Well, there should definitely be props on which player is going in the water.

The 2020 draft was ultimately held virtually due to COVID-19, so this event never happened as planned.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Water makes you weak — real football players do swish and spit

When I was a high school football player, I used to always tell the underclassmen that water makes you weak. So we do like swish and spit.

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Deliberately wrong and dangerous old-school football advice played for comedy during the Waterboys charity segment with Chris Long.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Colts are in deep water because they have the toughest remaining schedule in the NFL.

The Colts could be in deep water because the Colts have the toughest remaining strength to schedule based on win percentage. They play the Jaguars, the Seahawks, the 49ers, the Jaguars and the Texans. Those are all playoff teams right now.

This will be proven by the Colts' final record and whether they make the playoffs.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ben McAdoo is a watered-down fraud trying too hard to sound like a real football guy

Ben McAdoo seems like he's trying real hard as a first-year head coach to be a football guy. I think he's overextending himself a little bit. He sounds like a fraud. He's like a watered-down football guy. If this was like Coughlin doing this, then I would absolutely accept this is a football guy.

McAdoo was fired less than two seasons into his tenure, largely seen as failing to lead the locker room effectively.
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Big CatBig Cat

Colt McCoy is a gamer who can tread water but won't win a big drive

Colt McCoy is the type of – he's a gamer. He's going to win you a lot of games like – 21-17, and then when you get to a big moment and you need a big drive, he's not that guy anymore.

McCoy went 0-3 as a starter in 2018 before getting injured himself. He did not lead any significant winning drives.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Jaguars vs. Dolphins game in London will be a hilarious 'fish out of water' situation that everyone will watch despite claiming it sucks

The Dolphins versus Jaguars in London, that is going to be a hilarious game that no one's going to watch, but we're all going to watch. Everyone's going to be like, this game sucks. We're not going to watch it. And then we're all going to watch it.

The game was indeed a spectacle of two struggling teams (Jaguars won 23-20), fitting Big Cat's description of a 'hilarious' game people watched.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Russell Wilson 'invented' the concept of letting time pass to cure a concussion

Russell Wilson invented just how to make time pass. He was just like, here's how you get rid of your concussion. Ready?... Drink five cups of water a day. And in six days, you're going to feel better... and in six days, I will have cured you. So water cures sunburns and concussions.

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Wilson's advice is not medically sound for 'curing' concussions, and PFT is mocking the absurdity of it.
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Big CatBig Cat

There is a 0% chance of beating a team if their coach smashes a watermelon before the game

I can't be—I'm 0 and 2 in watermelon games. I bet way too much on watermelons. I hate these watermelon games. I've lost so much money to the fucking watermelons. I cannot—there's a 0% chance of beating a watermelon team.

The Cowboys beat the Eagles in this game after McCarthy smashed a watermelon. However, they lost the next week to the Giants (McCarthy's watermelon magic ran out).
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Bart ScottBart Scott

Stopped calling Flacco 'Fucko' after watching him throw a perfect 15-yard out — his arm strength is one of the strongest in NFL history

I used to call [Flacco] Fucko, that was my nickname for him. But that's when I stopped calling him [Fucko] — when he threw a 15-yard out, which is the hardest throw to make. It's the farthest ball. And he threw it on point. I stopped calling him Fucko. [Flacco] has one of the strongest arms in the history of football, in my opinion.

Bart Scott's firsthand account of being converted from a Flacco doubter to a believer. The 'one of the strongest arms in history' claim is a strong opinion from someone who played against him.
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Mike FlorioMike Florio

Teddy Bridgewater would be better if Adrian Peterson wasn't on the Vikings

I developed a semi hot take that [Teddy Bridgewater] would be better off if Adrian Peterson wasn't on the team. I just think that when you have a running back that is one of the all time greats... I think you get to the point just psychologically where the other 10 guys are counting on Adrian Peterson, and they're not counting on the quarterback the way that other offenses count on their quarterback.

Bridgewater suffered a catastrophic knee injury before the 2016 season, so we never saw this fully tested in the dome that year.
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Mike FlorioMike Florio

Teddy Bridgewater will play for the Vikings before the 2017 season ends

I don't know what in the hell they're expecting at this point. So I think, yeah, we'll see Bridgewater before the end of the year on the field.

Bridgewater did return to the field and played in Week 15 against the Bengals, his first action since the injury.
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Mike FlorioMike Florio

Teddy Bridgewater will start more games than Aaron Rodgers for the rest of 2017

Which quarterback starts more games from here on forward in 2017, Aaron Rodgers or Teddy Bridgewater? Teddy Bridgewater. He's ready to go. Week 10 is what they're looking at.

Rodgers returned for one game and Bridgewater played in one game (briefly) for the rest of the 2017 season. They both started/appeared in very little, but Rodgers actually started more games (1 to 0 for Teddy).
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Mike FlorioMike Florio

Sam Bradford better simulates what Teddy Bridgewater would have done for the Vikings than Shaun Hill

Sam Bradford, the thinking is, I believe better simulates what Teddy would have done if he would have been able to play. I don't know that Bradford can get there... it's going to be an uphill climb, but when things settle down, they're going to be better off with Bradford than they would be with Hill.

Bradford had a statistically strong year in 2016, setting a then-NFL record for completion percentage, though the Vikings missed the playoffs.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Teddy Bridgewater is the best quarterback in NFL history at covering spreads

The dolphins minus three and a half... Teddy Bridgewater, the best quarterback in the history of the NFL at covering spreads. Spread Bridgewater. I saw some people call him Teddy covers. No, it's Spread Bridgewater. He is 42-20-0 against the spread that hits at a .677 clip. That's number one by far.

At the time of the episode, Bridgewater did indeed have the best ATS record among active QBs with at least 50 starts.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is time for an open and honest dialogue about Teddy Bridgewater not being a franchise starter

Teddy doesn't look great. And he's so easy to root for too because of the injury and all that stuff. And everywhere he goes, people seem to love him. But I think it's time for America to have an open and honest dialogue about Teddy Bridgewater. I don't think that John Elway is going to stick with Teddy going into [next year].

Bridgewater was not the starter in Denver the following year as they traded for Russell Wilson.
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Big CatBig Cat

Super Bowl 53 was the worst Super Bowl I've ever watched

That was the worst Super Bowl. I think we can all agree the worst Super Bowl we've ever watched. [It] just wasn't well played. Like, it was compelling because it was close late... but it just was gross.

Subjective opinion on entertainment value.
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Drew MagaryDrew Magary

I unequivocally believe in Teddy Bridgewater as a franchise quarterback.

I do [believe in Teddy Bridgewater]. Yes, unequivocally... his arm strength is a problem, but it's the same problem that Rivers has had and Rivers is a perfectly fine quarterback... I know he has the arm strength of a dragonfly, but I like him.

Bridgewater's career with the Vikings was derailed by a severe knee injury in late August 2016. He never became the 'Philip Rivers' tier starter Drew hoped for.
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Big CatBig Cat

Teddy Bridgewater doesn't get enough credit and just wins games

I don't give Teddy Bridgewater enough credit. Teddy Bridgewater deserves more credit for being... now, you know getting a starting job for a rebuilding Panthers team... all he does is win and like I know they're only 2 and 2 but everyone thought... the Panthers were going to be one of the worst teams in the league.

Bridgewater finished the 2020 season 4-11 as a starter. While he had a decent start, the 'just wins' narrative didn't hold up for the full season in Carolina.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Teddy Bridgewater is a good quarterback when the offense allows him to throw deep

Teddy Bridgewater is actually good when you let him throw the ball deep. ... I think his problem is Teddy is very, very accurate on short passes and so then they just have him throw those all the time ... but just let him throw the ball deep and the offense actually looks competent.

Bridgewater's performance was statistically efficient but the Broncos offense remained middle-of-the-pack, making the 'good' label subjective.
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HankHank

I would rather watch the playoffs fan-free than have the Patriots make it just to get smoked

Honestly, I know I have to watch these games anyway. I would rather just watch the playoffs completely fan free because I know it's get my hopes up and be like, oh, you know, I have to worry about and like, kind of put myself up for them winning. Even though if they won the first game, they're getting smoked the second game. They're probably getting smoked the first game.

This is a subjective opinion on his own fandom experience.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Bears will win the NFC North because Teddy Bridgewater got hurt

I got the Chicago Bears [to win the NFC North]... Teddy Bridgewater got hurt. So, the only team I was worried about was the Vikings and now they're out of the way.

The Bears finished 3-13 in 2016, last in the NFC North.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Teddy Bridgewater's injury is actually a positive for Vikings fans because it removes the stress of expectations

I mean, right off the bat, it's kind of nice. You don't have to get your hopes up. It's vacation season for Vikings fans. Like, you know, just relax. Take your shoes up. You don't have to stress yourself out during the games. You get to kind of take it easy.

The 2016 Vikings started 5-0 without Teddy but collapsed to 8-8 and missed the playoffs, largely fulfilling the 'doom and gloom' despite the brief hope.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

October football results don't matter; wake me up when it's playoff time

Actually, you know what? I might just flip my mentality. I might, I might put on my, my Hank hat for a second. We're talking about October football game. Like, it wake me up when it's playoff time. This team doesn't, we don't, we don't even take things seriously until the playoffs.

This is a subjective mindset parodying another host, not a verifiable prediction about football results.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Teddy Bridgewater can't throw the ball more than 10 yards down the field

I don't think Teddy Bridgewater can throw the ball more than 10 yards down the field. So I like that under.

While Bridgewater was conservative in 2019, he did complete passes longer than 10 yards, though his average intended air yards were among the lowest in the league.
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Big CatBig Cat

Drafting Jalen Carter was a genius move for the Eagles, but he would not have worked for the Bears because they lack veteran defensive leadership.

I actually think that it was genius for the Eagles to take [Jalen Carter]. And the Bears did not take him because everything we've heard about him, he needs veteran leadership around him. The Bears do not have that. The Eagles have the opposite. They have a lot of great defensive players, a lot of older Fletcher Cox, like a lot of guys that will help him.

Carter was a finalist for DROY on the Eagles, while the Bears defense improved significantly later in the year after acquiring Montez Sweat, suggesting Big Cat's assessment of their respective needs was fair.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Broncos will be a profitable betting team because of Teddy Bridgewater's stability

This team, the Broncos this year will be a bet on team for me because Teddy Bridgewater is perfect for Vic Fangio's defense like a quarterback that's not going to make mistakes, not going to lose you the game. Let the defense win you the game.

The 2021 Broncos finished 7-10 and 8-9 ATS, essentially a break-even team, though they started strong.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Teddy Bridgewater's refusal to tackle Darius Slay was a terrible 'business decision'

I don't think I've ever seen a bigger business decision than that... All you have to do is just like lay down, pull the Phillip Rivers move... you don't even try just, you know what? It's not a good look, Teddy.

The clip of Bridgewater avoiding the tackle went viral and was widely panned by media and fans as a lack of effort.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Roger Goodell's push for guardian caps is a calculated move to blame players for safety issues later when the league pushes for a 19-game season

I think Roger Goodell was like, tell you what, in the effort of player safety, I will allow you to wear a giant helmet that makes you look like a clown. And no one's gonna do it. And then Roger Goodell could be like, oh, I gave them the option of wearing the big red clown nose on their face. But they chose not to do it. I guess they don't care about player safety. Let's do 19 games.

The league has continued to push for an expanded schedule while emphasizing player choice in safety gear, making this a plausible though cynical interpretation of corporate strategy.
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Big CatBig Cat

Teddy Bridgewater is not a better quarterback than Blake Bortles

Can I just say fuck everyone for thinking that Teddy Bridgewater is better than Blake Bortles? ... Blake had a bad wrist last year, and he got it cleaned up. And he was a quarter away from the Super Bowl, so everyone just shut up.

Bortles was benched later in the 2018 season, while Bridgewater eventually revived his career as a starter and high-end backup, suggesting Bridgewater was the superior talent.
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Big CatBig Cat

Teddy Bridgewater going to the Jets is a bad move because he'll look bad in the green uniforms

Teddy Bridgewater reportedly going to the Jets. That sucks for Teddy because that's one of those uniform things where as soon as he puts on the green, you're going to be like, that guy sucks.

Bridgewater only spent the preseason with the Jets before being traded to the Saints, so he never really played a meaningful snap in the green uniforms.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Teddy Bridgewater is 23-8 against the spread in his last 31 starts as an underdog

Here's the main takeaway from Teddy Bridgewater being named the starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos. He is 23 and eight against the spread in his last 31 starts as an underdog. When Teddy Bridgewater is an underdog, bet on Teddy Bridgewater.

Bridgewater did have a very strong ATS record as an underdog at this point in his career.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Packers' all-white 'Winter Warning' uniforms are a disgusting affront to football

The Packers going with the all-white uniforms and all-white helmets are a disgusting affront to football color rush. It's a disgusting front. The Green Bay Packers—and I hate them—their football jerseys and color scheme are football. They should never do any type of gimmicky alternate bullshit. If you're a Packers fan, you should be disgusted by this.

Purely subjective aesthetic opinion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Vikings are actually better without Teddy Bridgewater

I think the Vikings are actually better without Teddy Bridgewater. They have a guy now that can get the job done. Sean Hill, he's a gamer... he's a guy that can win a game for you.

While the 2016 Vikings started 5-0, they finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs. Sean Hill was quickly replaced by Sam Bradford as the primary starter.
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Big CatBig Cat

Teddy Bridgewater is simply a winning quarterback and one of the best in the NFL right now

I went and looked it up of the active quarterbacks in the NFL right now for 40 minimum starts best winning percentage Patrick Mahomes 1 Tom Brady 2 Russell Wilson 3 Ben Roethlisberger 4 Aaron Rodgers 5, Teddy Bridgewater 6... All he does is win and all he does is a win as an underdog. He's 12 and 10 straight up as an underdog.

At the time, Bridgewater's winning percentage was indeed very high. However, his career winning percentage declined significantly after the 2020 season with the Panthers, Broncos, and Dolphins.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jack Del Rio is like a gambler on a heater who just lost all his money

Jack Del Rio, he's your friend who got on a heater and was like, no, no, no, don't worry, guys. I'm still up. I'm still up. And then you look and he's lost all his money.

Subjective analogy of coaching style.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady’s career was the direct result of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

He's the walking embodiment of the butterfly effect... Gabriel Prince [Gavrilo Princip] got assassinated or assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand... It immediately led to Tom Brady's career in the NFL. Started all of it.

It's a satirical causal link that cannot be factually proven or disproven but is logically absurd.
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HankHank

Pete Carroll is a cheater for lying on injury reports

My hot seat is Pete Carroll, coach of the Seattle Cheahawks. Got caught cheating... by lying about his injury report saying Richard Sherman, he had an injury the whole season, and he basically lied on the injury report every single week... his crime was lying and cheating.

The NFL did investigate the Seahawks for failing to disclose Richard Sherman's MCL injury, though it is usually viewed as gamesmanship rather than outright cheating on the level of Deflategate.
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Big CatBig Cat

Odell Beckham Jr. is the new J.J. Watt of milking injuries for attention

Odell might be the new J.J. Watt in terms of always being injured and showing how he's in. He has the injuries that he then plays through those injuries. Kind of a Tiger Woods thing... oh, my finger. Wow, let's do a million sideline reports on my finger while I keep playing.

Subjective comparison of player branding and media coverage.
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Mike GolicMike Golic

The Houston Texans are definitely not better off without J.J. Watt

How could you be better without [J.J. Watt]? You know, no matter what people think about him off the field, on the field, he's a pretty darn good player. Now you put him with Mercilus and Clowney, it'll be interesting what happens. So to say the Texans would be better with him off the football field, I don't think is—that's just [the PMT] hot take.

Watt proved his value with an All-Pro season in 2018 after returning from injury, though the Texans' overall success was inconsistent.
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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

I refuse to draft DeAndre Hopkins because I can't watch Texans games

I have weird teams that I can't watch. I don't know what it is about the Texans that annoy me so I could never draft DeAndre Hopkins, even if I had a top five pick.

Personal preference that dictates his behavior.
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Big CatBig Cat

The San Francisco 49ers have already 'clinched' a playoff berth after Week 3

The Niners have clinched a playoff berth. Congratulations to the San Francisco 49ers. That's huge.

While they obviously eventually did make the playoffs, you cannot literally clinch in Week 3.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.J. Watt rejected the Top 100 players list only to show everyone how humble he is

J.J. responded to it and said, I only played three games last year. What a joke this list is. So J.J. gets it. He's going to make sure that everybody knows how humble he is. And he's rejecting the title of a top 100 player. While also letting everyone know that he made the top 100 list.

The interpretation of Watt's intent is subjective, though his tweet did literally occur.
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Big CatBig Cat

Deshaun Watson is ruining the team he wants to be traded to

You're essentially saying, I want to be traded to a team that then will give up a bunch of draft capital and then hurt my ability to play for a winning team. In a way, yeah. He's almost kind of shitting in his own house and then buying the house.

Watson was eventually traded to the Browns for three 1st-round picks. The Browns have struggled to build around him due to lack of assets and his own performance/suspension.
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Big CatBig Cat

No team should trade four first-round picks for Deshaun Watson

I think that you would be screwing yourself so royally over for the future if you give up four first-round picks... I wouldn't do it for four.

Watson went for three 1st-rounders. The team that paid that (Browns) has faced significant criticism and roster building challenges, supporting Big Cat's 'don't overpay' stance.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

J.J. Watt's extreme health and diet routines are a cover to hide that he uses steroids

J.J. Watt doing a new health thing just to make pretend he's non-steroids. So last year it was like nine avocados a day or whatever... he was like sleeping in that bed in the middle of the day during Hard Knocks.

This is a speculative hot take that cannot be verified without failed tests, which never occurred.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Deshaun Watson is a disgusting human being who also happens to stink at quarterback

Either he is the victim of the biggest, most coordinated, most ruthless smear campaign against an individual maybe in the history of sports, or he's a disgusting human being who should be in jail. Either way he stinks at quarterback.

Watson continued to play poorly until a season-ending injury, and the legal issues remain a massive cloud over his career.

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