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#PMT-2020-0410-19241
Big CatBig Cat

Bill O'Brien and Mike Zimmer will definitely be the ones to mess up the virtual draft technology

Bill O'Brien the head coach and Bill O'Brien the GM would be at the top of my list for that... I don't see them either one of them as being technology guys... Mike Zimmer definitely is going to be up there.

The 2020 NFL Draft went off mostly without a hitch for all teams technology-wise, including the Texans and Vikings.
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#PMT-2018-1224-15655
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Bengals and Marvin Lewis are staying together for the kids

The Bengals and Marvin Lewis are staying together for the kids. And they're in a loveless relationship. That's okay. They don't fight in public. They don't kiss on the lips anymore. That's fine.

Marvin Lewis was actually fired shortly after this episode, on Dec 31, 2018.
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#PMT-2018-0810-2187
Big CatBig Cat

Bill Snyder will retire and then come back to coach Kansas State again

The best part about that extension is he's going to retire and come back within those five years. Oh, absolutely. Yeah.

PredictionCFBMediumSarcastic
Bill Snyder retired for good in December 2018, just a few months after this episode, and never returned to coaching.
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#PMT-2018-0506-19753
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If LeBron James didn't call 'bank' on his game-winner, it shouldn't count the same

If you don't call bank in a situation like that, I don't think it should count. [Big Cat:] I'd rather be good than lucky... [PFT:] It was a bad shot that happened to go in. Correct. Which doesn't count the same as a good shot.

Hot TakeBasketballFireSarcastic
The shot was obviously intentional and successful, and bank calls don't actually affect the score in NBA rules.
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#PMT-2018-0205-17654
Big CatBig Cat

Dan Snyder is using the franchise tag on Kirk Cousins just to maintain control

Dan Snyder... has decided he's going to franchise tag Kirk Cousins after trading for older Kirk Cousins [Alex Smith]... It's just Snyder wanting to have control over a situation where he has no control. Which is everything.

Washington did not end up tagging Cousins again; he hit free agency and signed a fully guaranteed deal with the Vikings in March 2018.
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#PMT-2017-1220-7935
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeff Fisher is the 'Rasputin' of the NFL and is guaranteed a contract extension wherever he goes

You're not giving Jeff Fisher enough credit because Jeff Fisher, he's Rasputin. Once he gets in the building, he knows how to whisper into his boss. You shoot him and he just keeps walking forward. Jeff Fisher is absolutely getting at least one contract extension, no matter where he goes. That's a fact.

Fisher never coached in the NFL again after his 2016 firing from the Rams, so the prediction was incorrect.
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#PMT-2017-0508-2627
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If something is more expensive, that means it's better

If something's more expensive, that means it's better, right? Correct. Without a doubt. Like Fyre Fest tickets. That was the best concert of all time.

Hot TakeBusinessMediumSarcastic
The statement is ironic; expensive things are not inherently better, as Fyre Fest proved.
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#PMT-2017-0331-9066
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Golden State Warriors are a worse team with Kevin Durant

I said that they were going to be worse with [Kevin Durant]. I said that. I was the only one. You called me an idiot. Guess what? The black hole is leaving Oakland, but he's the new black hole. You pass the ball to him, it disappears... I think he's the second best player in the NBA, but I think that they're a worse team with him.

The Warriors won the next two NBA championships (2017, 2018) with Durant, and he won Finals MVP both times.
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#PMT-2017-0224-8307
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Skip Bayless is right that Bill Belichick is only a very good coach, not a great one, because he hasn't won without a quarterback

Kings stay kings. He said, I don't think he's a great coach. I think he's a very good one... Bill Belichick has not won a Super Bowl without a quarterback. Not that good. He's good. He's great. He's very good, but he's not great. Right. Exactly.

Belichick is widely considered the greatest coach ever; PFT is parodying the illogical arguments used to diminish him.
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#PMT-2017-0127-15765
Big CatBig Cat

Jim Harbaugh's story about being hit by a mail truck as a kid is probably fake

Jim Harbaugh was Hit by a mail truck driver When he was 7 years old And he found the mail truck driver Nearly 50 years later In Iowa... This is a fake story. This is a fake story by Jim Harbaugh because this is... you can't come up with a story that's more Jim Harbaugh than this.

Harbaugh and the mail truck driver (Roger Moore) have both corroborated this story in multiple media outlets, including the driver himself giving interviews. While bizarre, it is documented as true.
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#PMT-2016-1209-1347
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Belichick will draft Christian McCaffrey next year

It's reached a point where I'm going to go to Vegas and put $100 on Belichick drafting Christian McCaffrey next year. And it's going to be the easiest money that I ever made.

McCaffrey was drafted 8th overall by the Carolina Panthers in 2017; the Patriots did not draft him.
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#PMT-2016-1207-19629
Big CatBig Cat

Jeff Fisher's record for most losses in NFL history will never be broken

Jeff Fisher's losingest head coach in NFL history might be the untouchable record. ... Because they fire coaches now instantly. If you lose, you get two years max. There's no chance.

Bill Belichick tied Jeff Fisher and Dan Reeves for the most regular-season losses by an NFL head coach (165) at the end of the 2023 season. Fisher's record was caught by a legend, but it is no longer 'untouchable'.
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#PMT-2016-1130-3531
Big CatBig Cat

It is completely unfair to judge Jeff Fisher on his losing record

LA Rams COO Kevin Demoff said it's unfair to judge head coach Jeff Fisher on record. Kings stay Kings. Everybody will want to judge Jeff through the prism of just the record, but that's totally unfair when you look at the set of circumstances he was handed this year.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Fisher was fired less than a month after this episode with a 4-9 record that season. Judging a coach by their record is standard.
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#PMT-2016-1130-3532
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Rams will announce an extension for Jeff Fisher immediately following their next win

Right now, after the Rams' next win, they're going to announce the extension. He's getting out in front of the story right now, laying a nice mattress down so that nobody's shocked. Next win of the Rams, they're going to use that as the premise to announce an extension.

The extension was announced on December 4th, 2016, following a loss to the Patriots, not a win. Fisher was then fired on December 12th.