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Take Slip·Jan 17, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Mike McCarthy's brain processes information slowly because he is obese

I am this person myself... Mike McCarthy and so I am this person, myself... when they zoom in on his face, I'm like, he's so fat that he just thinks slower than everyone. Like, that's what I think. I'm like he's—he's not processing at the same speed. He's like an old, outdated computer.

This is a biological fallacy and a joke.
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Jersey JerryJersey Jerry

The Steelers will beat the Chiefs in the playoffs because Kansas City is due for a bad game

I really think the Steelers could beat the chiefs... the chiefs are due for a bad game, man. They really are just due for one... I wouldn't be surprised [if they win] because they're due.

The Chiefs beat the Steelers 42-21 on January 16, 2022.
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Take Slip·Jan 10, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kirk Cousins needs to play worse to help his team win

Kirk Cousins is without a doubt like top 10, maybe top 5 guy in some of those [stat] categories. I think I figured out his problem though, because they lost a lot of games where he played well, statistically. Well, I think he's just too good. And I think that he scores too fast sometimes, and then puts his defense in a position to lose. Kirk needs to get a little bit worse at playing if he wants to be truly good.

The take is satirical and inherently illogical, meant to mock stat-based arguments in football.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will cut off the tip of my pinky if the Colts win the Super Bowl

I've seen some people being like, you're not actually going to do it. First of all, it's the tip of my pinky. It's the nail up. Second of all, it's essentially like a tattoo... The Colts started 0-3 in 2021, and they won the Super Bowl. It will suck, but I will do it.

The Colts did not win the Super Bowl in 2021; they didn't even make the playoffs.
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Take Slip·Dec 27, 2021
#PMT-2021-1227-5197
Big CatBig Cat

Trevor Lawrence might be a bust after his late-game spike play

That spike he had on third down, what the fuck was that? That was crazy... he burned third down with the, with the spike. It's like, why wouldn't you, why don't you throw it to the end zone? It was crazy... that one made me think, like he might actually be a bust.

Lawrence led the Jaguars to a division title and a playoff win the following year, largely shedding the 'bust' label.
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Take Slip·Dec 22, 2021
#PMT-2021-1222-11223
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Russell Wilson is punishing DK Metcalf for his personal life off the field

[DK Metcalf] got his shit aired out by some thought who was like, oh, DK, didn't make me sign an NDA. So I'm going to put this all over Snapchat and tell the world that he was asking me for a foursome. And now that news came out now, Russell doesn't pass it... He's punishing DK for being a red blooded American male.

This is a purely satirical and speculative take that cannot be verified but is intended for humor.
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Take Slip·Dec 20, 2021
#PMT-2021-1220-13159
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Rodgers is faking his toe injury to stop people from talking about his vaccination status

I think I'm a toe truther. I don't think that Aaron Rodgers actually has a toe injury. I think that he did have a toe injury... He was under a lot of fire from a lot of people from the whole immunized versus vaccinated thing. And he was like, what's going to get all the freaks out there to stop complaining about my vaccination status? I'll put out a gross foot pick and then everybody will talk about that picture... Now guess what the whole story is about how tough I'm being playing on my fake broken toe, gutting out the end of the season. No, one's talking about my vaccination status anymore.

While there is no proof Rodgers faked it, he did show his foot to a camera during a press conference. It remains a legendary 'conspiracy' take in PMT history.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Babe Ruth would not even be a Double-A player in today's game

I saw a video, someone found a video of like 19-whatever the fuck he was born, he had a shitty swing. He looked slow and fat. If he was in today's day and age, he wouldn't even fucking be in AA. Who the fuck out of him put down field stands that I'm taking away his pinstripes. I'd probably strike him out.

Inherently subjective comparison of eras, though most experts agree the level of play has exponentially increased.
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Take Slip·Dec 1, 2021
#PMT-2021-1201-18372
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I would rather have Taylor Heinicke on my team moving forward than Russell Wilson

I would rather have Taylor Heinicke on my team right now, moving forward than Russell Wilson, which it sounds insane to say, especially thinking back like four or five weeks ago when he looked so bad, but he's, he's legitimately fun to watch.

Heinicke had a decent run but never became a franchise starter, whereas Wilson, despite his Denver struggles, remains a much more accomplished and generally more valuable asset, making this a classic PMT 'of-the-moment' hot take.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Robots can now reproduce

Cool throne is robots. They lost their virginity. Not much more that we need to explain there. Robots can reproduce now. They just released it. There was a scientific research experiment. There was a scientific green robots that created. It's a thing.

The claim refers to Xenobots (biological robots made of frog cells) which can 'reproduce' by gathering loose cells, but it's far from the sci-fi implication Billy suggests.
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Take Slip·Nov 29, 2021
#PMT-2021-1129-18949
Big CatBig Cat

The Rams are frauds and Matt Stafford is struggling against winning teams

Last game, Packers, Rams. Rams stink. they won the week three Superbowl against the Bucs. And then every team that they've played, that's good. Since then, they've lost. Like, that's just a fact. Matt Stafford is eight and 67 all time when playing against the team that finished above 500.

This is a classic 'Freezing Cold Take'. The Rams went on to win Super Bowl LVI with Stafford playing exceptionally well in the playoffs.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Gonzaga talent-wise might be the best NCAA basketball team in 30 years

Talent wise, they might be the best NCAA basketball team that I've seen in the last 30 years.

While talented, Gonzaga lost in the Sweet 16 to Arkansas and did not live up to the 'best in 30 years' billing compared to teams like 2012 Kentucky or 2001 Duke.
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Take Slip·Nov 12, 2021
#PMT-2021-1112-5466
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Dolphins will beat the Ravens outright on Thursday Night Football

I'm telling you right now, the Miami Dolphins are ready to play some football tonight. The Baltimore Ravens are in big trouble. Tua [Tagovailoa] is coming back. He's going to come back tonight. He's going to throw four touchdowns. The Miami Dolphins are going to win outright.

The Dolphins did win outright (22-10), making the core prediction correct, though the stats (4 TDs) were off.
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Take Slip·Nov 10, 2021
#PMT-2021-1110-19904
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Odell Beckham Jr. should just do pregame one-handed catch clinics like Red Panda instead of playing

Odell Beckham shouldn't be on a team. He should just do pregame and halftime performances like Red Panda, where he goes out there with a jugs machine and puts on a clinic of one-handed catches.

Beckham Jr. signed with the Rams and helped them win a Super Bowl shortly after this, proving he was still a very valuable roster player.
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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.
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Take Slip·Nov 5, 2021
#PMT-2021-1105-16723
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers should be in jail for life for lying about being immunized

Aaron Rodgers should be in jail. All those that agree say aye... I just have a very cut and dry take that Aaron Rodgers should be in jail for life. Regardless of what he's done... jail until the COVID pandemic is completely over.

He was obviously not jailed for life; it was a satirical exaggeration of the public outrage.
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Big CatBig Cat

Kyrie Irving is refusing the vaccine as part of a viral marketing scheme for the new Matrix movie

My cool throne is Kyrie Irving, because I'm pretty sure he's not getting vaccinated for an entire like prolonged ad for the new Matrix thing that's coming out in December... I think he's not getting vaccinated as part of a viral marketing scheme for the new Matrix.

Kyrie Irving was not actually a paid marketer for The Matrix Resurrections; his refusal was personal/political.
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Take Slip·Nov 3, 2021
#PMT-2021-1103-4453
Big CatBig Cat

Almost having sex is better than actually having sex

I am a long-standing believer that almost fucking is better than fucking. Because you can go home, and one, you didn't cheat... Two, you can go home and get the late-night piece of pizza and be like, man, I would have fucked. And it would have been awesome. Still got it.

This is a highly subjective and humorous lifestyle take.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Arch Manning might be a bust because his high school competition is mid-tier

Is he a bust? Is Arch Manning a bust... To have the discussion. No, because he's lost in high school, which I think is important for a quarterback's progression point... [but] his league's a little, like it's kind of mid tier.

Arch Manning is still in his collegiate career at Texas and has not yet established himself as a full-time starter or draft prospect.
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Take Slip·Oct 27, 2021
#PMT-2021-1027-7726
Big CatBig Cat

The Clemson dynasty is officially dead and Dabo Swinney is a system coach

Clemson is officially—is the dynasty over? Clemson is dead. The dynasty's dead. Dabo was a system coach. He can't do it without an elite quarterback. He can't do it without Deshaun Watson or Trevor Lawrence.

Clemson has not returned to the College Football Playoff since this take (as of early 2024), though calling Dabo a 'system coach' remains highly debatable.
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Take Slip·Oct 27, 2021
#PMT-2021-1027-7736
Mike FlorioMike Florio

There is a 94.9% chance Deshaun Watson is traded before the deadline

Percentage chance Deshaun Watson is traded in the next seven days, 10 days... 94.9% chance. Miami 75, Carolina 25... The chances of him being with the Texans next Tuesday after the trade deadline, very, very, very, very low.

Deshaun Watson was NOT traded before the 2021 deadline. He remained on the Texans roster until being traded to the Browns in March 2022.
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Take Slip·Oct 20, 2021
#PMT-2021-1020-14494
Paul BissonnettePaul Bissonnette

The Maple Leafs will finally get over the playoff hump this year

I'm confident that they're going to be able to get over that edge this year... I've doubled down on my four skin challenge where I'm going to double down and you can chop my whole cock off and keep it if that fucking team can't make [a run].

Hot TakeHockeyScorchingSarcastic
The Leafs lost in the first round to the Lightning in 2022. They didn't win a series until 2023.
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Take Slip·Oct 13, 2021
#PMT-2021-1013-5744
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Chiefs should trade Patrick Mahomes

A lot of people around the league, league circles, are saying the story out of Kansas City is that the Chiefs should trade Patrick Mahomes. They're saying that a lot of willing partners out there... Washington football team would be one, probably. But if I'm a Chiefs fan, man, I'll tell you, I'd run that guy out of town on a rail.

Mahomes was obviously not traded and remains the face of the franchise.
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Big CatBig Cat

Signing Blake Bortles will change the entire culture of the Seahawks

Following Russell Wilson's injury, the Seahawks are working out the boat. Blake Bortles. Yes, yes, Blake. Oh, my God. I love it... You bring him in to change the whole culture. You bring him in with a contract already signed.

Bortles was signed to the practice squad but never played for the Seahawks and did not change their culture.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Ted Bundy is a wildly overrated serial killer

Ted Bundy is wildly overrated. I mean, I... Ted Bundy was overrated as a killer. He's just good looking.

This is a highly controversial and morbid subjective take.
Void
#PMT-2021-1004-9611
Big CatBig Cat

Urban Meyer's wife sent him to the bar to get his charisma back

I think Shelly Meyer might win wife of the year... led me to believe that she was like, 'Urban, go out and remember why you're Urban Meyer. Go out and hit on some chicks and get that swagger back. Get that charisma back. Get that fucking confidence back.' I think she actually sent him out to be like, go out, pick up a chick. Don't have sex with her, but pick her up and remind yourself why you're the alpha.

This is a satirical theory about Meyer's personal life that cannot be verified, but it captures the PMT style of humor perfectly.
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Take Slip·Sep 27, 2021
#PMT-2021-0927-17413
Big CatBig Cat

Matt Nagy purposefully threw the Browns game to prove that Andy Dalton is better than Justin Fields

I think he threw that game to try to prove that he's right. That Andy Dalton's a better quarterback than Justin Fields right now because that's the only explanation for the play calling and the game plan that he put out there.

While the game plan was disastrous, there is no evidence a professional coach intentionally lost a game to prove a point about personnel.
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Take Slip·Sep 24, 2021·Picks
#PMT-2021-0924-827
Big CatBig Cat

NFL teams should sit their starting quarterback when playing against Aaron Donald to avoid injury.

Anytime a team plays Aaron Donald, they should sit their starting quarterback.

While funny, teams do not actually do this.
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Big CatBig Cat

Kirk Cousins is statistically the best quarterback of all time.

Statistically, the best quarterback of all time.

Literally incorrect in terms of records/rings, though Cousins does hold high completion percentage rankings.
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Take Slip·Sep 20, 2021
#PMT-2021-0920-16294
Big CatBig Cat

Michael Jordan is the GOAT because he could pull off a Hitler mustache without criticism

That also proves why he's the GOAT because he could do a Hitler mustache and still survive. No one says anything. Imagine LeBron does that. We wouldn't let them off the hook.

Subjective comparison of cultural immunity.
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Take Slip·Sep 20, 2021
#PMT-2021-0920-16296
Billy FootballBilly Football

The Jets will beat the Patriots in the playoffs this year

I have a sick feeling that the Patriots are beaten by the jets in the playoffs... this year.

The Jets finished 4-13 and were nowhere near the playoffs.
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Take Slip·Sep 20, 2021
#PMT-2021-0920-16304
Big CatBig Cat

Arthur Smith cannot be a successful coach because he has no chin

I don't know if you can win football games with no chin. I would be looking at him if he tried to coach me up, I'd be like, dude, you gotta no chin.

Arthur Smith had three consecutive 7-10 seasons and was eventually fired in 2024.
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Take Slip·Sep 17, 2021·Media
#PMT-2021-0917-14374
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Nicki Minaj 'swollen balls' story is a Joe Biden psyop

I actually think this might be a psyop. This might be a story planted by Joe Biden himself to make people want to get the vaccine. Because knowing guys, as I do, if you hear that there's medicine out there that makes your balls huge, there's going to be some dudes that are going to be like, you know what? I could use a little bit of inflation.

It is a satirical conspiracy theory and not a factual claim.
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Take Slip·Sep 13, 2021
#PMT-2021-0913-18766
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Trevor Lawrence is officially a bust

I have one note for that game. Trevor Lawrence, all capitals, bust. I'm more of the mindset that it's fun to say that Trevor Lawrence is a bust.

While Lawrence hasn't lived up to 'generational' hype yet, he is far from a 'bust', having led the Jaguars to a playoff win in 2022.
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Take Slip·Sep 13, 2021
#PMT-2021-0913-18768
HankHank

Mac Jones will conservatively win three Super Bowls

Conservatively, three. Three plus, though, is probably what I would expect. Dynasty officially back on? Yeah. Well, you've got to win the first one.

Mac Jones was traded to the Jaguars in 2024 without winning a playoff game, let alone three Super Bowls.
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Take Slip·Sep 13, 2021
#PMT-2021-0913-18769
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers is 'mentally retired' and checked out of the Packers

I think he's still playing, but he's technically retired mentally. He's checked out. I would say retired. Aaron Rodgers has mentally retired from the Green Bay Packers. I saw it with my own two eyes. No chance does this come back and haunt me, this clip.

Aaron Rodgers won the NFL MVP award for the 2021 season, proving he was very much not 'checked out'.
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Take Slip·Sep 10, 2021
#PMT-2021-0910-19150
Big CatBig Cat

Kirk Cousins will be benched for Kellen Mond for performance reasons this year

Do you think Kellen Mond plays for performance reasons this year? Yes. I'll just say yes. ... I think Kirk Cousins stinks.

Cousins played 16 games and had a very solid statistical year (33 TD, 7 INT). Mond only appeared in one game briefly and never started. Cousins was never benched for performance.
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Take Slip·Sep 7, 2021
#PMT-2021-0907-15741
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

CJ Stroud will always suck at quarterback

I'm convinced, no matter what, that CJ Stroud will always suck at quarterback just because of how poorly he played in the first half. But trust me, I will not get off this take. It's burned. It's seared into my brain. He's bad. From watching just how bad he was in that first half.

CJ Stroud became one of the best quarterbacks in college football and won NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You should kiss your boss to avoid work talk on the golf course

Just try to kiss him in the middle of your round and be like, I always get horny when I play golf. And then he'll never invite you something about the holes. Either and if, and if they don't give it to you lean in for a kiss and then if they kiss, you just say sexual harassment or 50% raise, ask for the kiss.

This is satirical advice and would likely lead to termination, not a raise.
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Take Slip·Aug 30, 2021
#PMT-2021-0830-9485
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Nebraska needs to run the dirtiest, most unethical strength and conditioning program to win games

Seriously, if you're the next Nebraska coach, just buy all the steroids, just get all the steroids. If you get caught, I guarantee you that Cornhusker fans will not give a shit. If you get caught running the dirtiest strength and conditioning program in the history of college sports... it would be less embarrassing if you're Nebraska to get caught cheating than it is running whatever you have been running for the last 10 years.

Clearly satirical; obviously not a serious recommendation for the university, though it highlights the desperation of the fanbase.
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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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Take Slip·Aug 27, 2021
#PMT-2021-0827-10943
Big CatBig Cat

Watching football is 10 times more stressful than playing it

It proves that watching football is by a factor of 10 more difficult than playing football. We just, they, they are the operator of the rollercoaster. We're just so long for the ride. So we prove it our point. Yeah. I already got it. I'd like to see one of them trade positions with us for a weekend. They couldn't do it.

Inherently subjective and comedic, though they 'proved' it via a pseudo-scientific stress test.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jameis Winston is a future Hall of Famer

if you have Jameis Winston, future hall of Famer, or you have Taysom Hill who threw one pass last night, that it might've been the worst pass I've ever seen.

While Jameis has put up massive stats, he is highly unlikely to be a Hall of Famer.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The iceberg is the ultimate villain of the Titanic story

I'm going to go with the iceberg in Titanic. All time. Villain killed a lot of people... The iceberg fucking hanging out. It smoked like 4,000 people... The iceberg took a charge, right? The iceberg, the ball's going the other way. Worked didn't fucking move. Iceberg had position. That's a fact.

Humorous personification of a natural object.
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Take Slip·Aug 23, 2021
#PMT-2021-0823-13688
Billy FootballBilly Football

Zach Wilson will win a Super Bowl for the Jets

I was watching the highlights again today and I was like, Zach Wilson wins the Super Bowl for the Jets. I'm going to convert to Mormonism.

Zach Wilson was eventually traded from the Jets after several disappointing seasons and did not win a Super Bowl.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I can turn Ben Mintz into a 'lab rat turned muscle hamster' by controlling his diet and supplements

I now have the perfect opportunity [to] control all the variables and turn Ben Mintz into a lab rat turned muscle hamster... Basically I control all the variables. Like literally he's not going to be able to eat a meal without me. I'm going to pump this guy full of creatine, get him squatting heavy and see what happens.

Ben Mintz did engage in some fitness content with Billy, but he did not undergo a massive, lasting transformation into a 'muscle hamster' as Billy described.
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Take Slip·Aug 13, 2021
#PMT-2021-0813-18864
Big CatBig Cat

Nick Saban could make Alabama the number one soccer team in the world immediately

I know we joke, but if Nick Saban and the Alabama football team decided they wanted to be number one soccer team in the world, they would. Immediately. Zero training. Yes, they just would.

Inherently untestable, but objectively false given the technical skill gaps between American football players and world-class soccer players.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Sam Ehlinger will be a better NFL quarterback than Trevor Lawrence

Sam Ehlinger has been taking reps with the first team offense... Sam Ehlinger was going to be better than Trevor Lawrence. That was a 12-1 upset [in my bracket].

Trevor Lawrence became a franchise QB and Pro Bowler for the Jaguars, while Sam Ehlinger remained a career backup for the Colts.
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Take Slip·Aug 9, 2021
#PMT-2021-0809-685
Billy FootballBilly Football

OJ Simpson's son was the real killer in the 1994 murders

OJ did a great job distracting everybody about his son. His son was recorded attempting to stab someone... now you think of OJ not as this murderer, but this father... I think it's still a murderer was covered up.

This is a conspiracy theory that has never been proven or legally substantiated, despite a popular book on the topic. OJ Simpson was acquitted and no other person was ever charged.
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Take Slip·Aug 6, 2021
#PMT-2021-0806-11596
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James would obviously beat Mike Tyson in a street fight because of his size and reach.

LeBron James would obviously beat up Mike Tyson. He's way bigger, Billy. Dude, reach. He's bigger. Mike Tyson... LeBron James is like 6'9". And LeBron's tough. He's never flopped.

This is a hypothetical fight between a basketball player and one of the greatest heavyweight boxers ever. It is subjective, though logically most would favor the professional boxer.
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