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#PMT-2021-1108-5097
HankHank

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... I think they should take him. That's the perfect end of first round draft pick.

Matt Araiza was drafted in the 6th round (180th overall) by the Buffalo Bills in 2022.
Win
#PMT-2020-0717-4321
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL will play its 2020 season, but college football is in a very precarious situation

College football is in more of a precarious situation to actually go off on time. If I had to bet right now, I actually don't know... I still think NFL is going to happen. I don't know if college football is going to happen.

Both seasons eventually happened, but college football was extremely disjointed with many conferences (Big Ten, Pac-12) initially cancelling before reversing, fitting the 'precarious' description.
Push
#PMT-2017-1016-14638
Big CatBig Cat

Players are statistically less likely to get a concussion without a helmet

I think you're actually statistically less likely to get a concussion when you're not wearing a helmet. Agree, because you protect your head more. That's basically that's a basic fact of human reaction to things.

There is some scientific debate about whether removing helmets leads to safer tackling techniques, but claiming it as a 'basic fact' for all situations is inaccurate.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0918-18064
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kyle Shanahan is the most likely coach to be the first one ejected under new NFL rules

I think a sneaky one is Kyle Shanahan because, one, he's a dick. Number two, he's got that entitlement thing, or at least the refs will think he's got that entitlement thing. So if he says one thing that crosses the line, they'll be like, I'm going to teach you a lesson.

Kyle Shanahan has not been notably ejected from games, and ejections for head coaches remain extremely rare in the NFL.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0414-15189
Big CatBig Cat

John Madden is actually dead and the NFL uses fake quotes for PR

The theory of this show is that John Madden has been dead for years and that the NFL just uses fake John Madden quotes for PR. Anytime you want to get real football fans behind you, just tell them that John Madden says it's like this.

John Madden was alive until December 2021.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0414-15191
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Falcons technically won the Super Bowl according to Bill Belichick's math

[Belichick's] exact quote was really at halftime the game is two thirds over because the fourth quarter is just situational football. So spin zone, the Falcons technically won the Super Bowl.

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The Patriots won the game officially; PFT is making a joke based on Belichick's coaching philosophy.
Push
#PMT-2017-0414-15193
Big CatBig Cat

Eli Manning definitely committed fraud with the game-worn gear scandal

He did commit fraud. That's okay. What he should do is just come out and be like, hey, guys, I committed fraud. That's on me.

A lawsuit alleged Manning sent emails asking for 'helmets that can pass as game used.' The case was settled out of court in 2018 with no admission of fraud.
Loss
#PMT-2016-1219-16945
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeff Fisher will become a VP of Football Operations for a moving team

I think we called it he's going to be vice president of football operations somewhere. ... For maybe when the Chargers move. ... The Chargers fire McCoy. They hire Fisher to handle the logistics and the move.

Jeff Fisher did not become the VP of Football Ops for the Chargers or any other moving team; he briefly coached in the USFL/USFL later.
Void
#PMT-2016-1212-2656
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ben McAdoo is an aspirational, try-hard football guy rather than a real one

I still continue to say [Ben McAdoo] is not a football guy. He's a football guy in disguise. He's trying to be. He's an aspirational football—he's a try-hard football guy. Football guys don't even know that they're trying to be football guys. He knows.

This is a subjective assessment of a coach's personality/archetype.
Void
#PMT-2016-1120-1490
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ben McAdoo is a watered-down fraud of a 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.

Subjective opinion on coaching persona.
Void
#PMT-2016-1120-1491
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Belichick 100% pays attention to metrics but acts like he doesn't for his brand

He absolutely pays attention to metrics. 100% he does, but he acts like he doesn't. So he's playing a double mind game... he's like I'm going to make them think that I'm even more of a football guy than I really am when behind the scenes I've got my spreadsheets set out.

While Belichick is known for using every advantage possible (including data), his true thoughts on 'metrics' are subjective.
Void
#PMT-2016-1024-14142
Big CatBig Cat

NFL coaches only work out to prevent stress-induced heart attacks, not to get in shape

A very football guy move, they're not working out to get in shape. They're just working out so they don't have a heart attack. It's purely to stop the heart attack. Get through the day. Yes. Stress heart attack. Everyone knows you cure a stress heart attack by going on the elliptical for 45 minutes.

This is a humorous generalization about coach lifestyles and cannot be factually proven.