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#PMT-2015-1022-20237
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Christians are empirically more successful NFL players than any other denomination

Based on empirical evidence, Christians are much more successful NFL players than any other denomination. You've never heard a quarterback thank Satan for winning the Super Bowl. The NFL stands for Never Faithless. And guess what? Jesus is the leading receiver of all time.

Satirical correlation-equals-causation argument mocking the prevalence of Christian thanking in post-game interviews. 'Jesus is the leading receiver of all time' is an all-time line.
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Take Slip·Oct 22, 2015
#PMT-2015-1022-20244
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Alex Smith's dad is Bruce Smith - people forget that

There's guys like Alex Smith, you know, his dad, Bruce Smith. People forget that.

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Alex Smith and Bruce Smith are not related. This is Chris Long playing along with PFT's bit of making up fake football family connections. 'People forget that' is a signature PFT catchphrase.
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#PMT-2015-1022-20255
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Flacco disappeared for 15 minutes during the Super Bowl blackout and no one can account for his whereabouts

When asked what he was doing during the half-hour break, Flacco says he doesn't recall, and that he was probably just hanging out with friends and stuff. But that doesn't really check out when you dig into it, especially when you consider that there was about 15 minutes of game time where Flacco disappeared, no stats at all, and no one can account for his whereabouts.

Satirical conspiracy theory treating the Super Bowl XLVII blackout as a mystery and Flacco's poor second half as evidence of suspicious activity. Presented in the style of the Serial podcast.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20184
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Brandon Weeden and Chris Weinke regressed because they won too many games in college

You've got players like spring chickens like your Brandon Weeden's and your Chris Weinke's, two young fellows that made it to the NFL, but they had won too many games in college, and they quickly regressed and kind of became garbage.

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Satirical. Weeden was a 28-year-old rookie and Weinke won the Heisman at 28. They were old, not 'spring chickens' -- that's the joke. They were bad in the NFL but not because of 'finite wins.'
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#PMT-2015-1008-20198
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Joe Flacco is elite because he literally blew out the Superdome scoreboard

My subsequent investigation determined that the 21-point first-half beatdown that Baltimore hung all over the 49ers was the highest first-half point total in the Dome that year, up until that point. The scoreboard simply couldn't handle all the electricity needed to keep up with Flacco's lightning, quick-release and high-voltage offense. Quite simply, he blew the scoreboard out. That sounds pretty damn elite to me.

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The Super Bowl XLVII power outage was caused by a relay device, not by Flacco's offense being too electric. This is PFT's signature 'Is Joe Flacco Elite?' bit delivered as a Serial podcast parody.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20190
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Terry Bradshaw was the first NFL player to thank God, making all pre-1972 players blasphemers

My understanding is that the honor belongs to Terry Bradshaw. It was after the Immaculate Reception. And if you look at it from the other way, you can honestly say that every player that played in the NFL before 1972 is probably burning in hell for blasphemy.

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There is no evidence Bradshaw was the first to thank God. The logical leap that all pre-1972 players are in hell for not thanking God is absurdist PFT comedy.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20208
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Sammy Baugh led the league in interceptions while also being a punter and quarterback

A lot of people forget that Sammy Baugh was a punter and also a quarterback and also led the league in interceptions. You don't see that too much because players are pussies nowadays.

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This is actually true. In 1943, Sammy Baugh led the NFL in passing, punting, AND interceptions (as a defensive back). One of the most remarkable seasons in NFL history.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20195
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Joe Montana was the first white quarterback to win a Super Bowl after a black quarterback won one

A lot of people forget this, but he was the first white quarterback to win a Super Bowl in NFL history after a black one won one.

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This is garbled and wrong. Doug Williams was the first Black QB to win a Super Bowl (1988), which was after Montana's first two wins. The 'Broadway Joe' reference at the end confuses Namath with Montana. Classic PFT mangling history.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20196
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John Fox saying you need more than zero points to win is a stats lie

Bears coach John Fox said, 'We need to generate more than zero points to win games.' I fact checked it and went to the archives. Big shout out to the guys at Pro Football Focus. In 1921, the Rochester Jeffersons forfeited to the Washington Senators because the field was unplayable. So Washington literally scored no points and walked away with a huge road win. You've got to be smarter than this if you're a head coach like John Fox.

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The Rochester Jeffersons did exist and there were forfeits in early NFL history, though the specific details are likely embellished. The absurdity of using a 1921 forfeit to disprove a modern coach's common-sense statement is the joke.
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#PMT-2015-1008-20197
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John Fox's name literally translates to 'Fox Toilet'

John Fox's name, look it up in the dictionary, literally translates to Fox Toilet. And if I were him, I'd be more worried about plumbers than numbers.

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John does not translate to 'toilet' in any standard sense, though 'john' is slang for toilet. Classic PFT deliberately wrong etymology.