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Big CatBig Cat

Matt Nagy is a coward for benching Mitch Trubisky with a 'phantom' hip injury

Matt Nagy, you idiot. You're a coward. He throws Mitch Trubisky under the bus with a phantom hip injury with the last possession of the game, bringing in Chase Daniel. And it is a joke. He's in over his head. He's a clown.

Nagy did bench Trubisky for Chase Daniel late in the game, claiming a hip injury that many observers at the time found suspicious or at least convenient for performance reasons.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chase Daniel is the 'sparklessest' quarterback in the history of the NFL

It was a bitch move taking [Trubisky] out there and putting Chase Daniel in to get the world's saddest spark. They were like, I want a spark. Then put literally anyone except for Chase Daniel in. He's the sparklessest quarterback in the history of the NFL.

Subjective evaluation of a player's 'spark.'
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bears season is officially over

The Bears season's officially done. The thing is a joke. And Khalil Mack, whenever you want to show up, that's fine too. You don't bench a quarterback at that point, though.

The Bears finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs in 2019.
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Big CatBig Cat

Dak Prescott is silently getting himself into the MVP conversation

All I know is that Dak Prescott is very, very good and silently getting himself into the MVP conversation. He had 444 yards.

Dak finished with 4,902 yards and 30 TDs, but didn't receive an MVP vote as Lamar Jackson was the unanimous winner.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jerry Jones will give Dak Prescott a $250 million contract

Jerry wants to say, like, with the Dallas Cowboys, we have the most expensive quarterback in the history of the NFL... he will do $250 million.

Dak eventually signed a 4-year, $160 million contract in 2021, and later a $240 million deal in 2024. PFT's number was extremely prescient for the long-term market.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jeff Driskel has earned himself five more years in the NFL as a backup

Jeff Driskel signed himself to five more years in the NFL. He has done enough as a backup quarterback... for the next five, six, seven years, people will say, Jeff Driskel, he's a pretty good backup quarterback.

As of the 2024 season, Jeff Driskel is still in the NFL as a backup (with Washington), fulfilling the 5-year prediction.
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HankHank

If Matthew Stafford had played, the Lions would have beaten the Cowboys

If Matthew Stafford starts this game, the Lions probably win.

Inherently subjective as it relies on a counter-factual, but given Jeff Driskel only lost by 8 points, it's a reasonable opinion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I would much rather have Dak Prescott on my team than Carson Wentz right now

Right now, I'd say [Prescott] probably has the leg up on Carson [Wentz]. I would much rather have Dak on my team than Carson Wentz right now.

Dak statistically dominated Wentz in 2019, throwing for nearly 900 more yards and more touchdowns with a higher passer rating.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Bills are a legit team

They beat seven NFL teams. They're legit. The Bills are legit. I looked at their schedule, too. We do this every week with the Bills... I think they're going to win three more games.

The Bills finished 10-6 (winning exactly 3 more games as predicted) and made the playoffs.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am so excited to bet against Kirk Cousins in the playoffs

Kirk Cousins has been phenomenal this year, and I am so excited to bet against him in the playoffs.

Cousins actually won his first playoff game (at New Orleans) before losing to the 49ers in the Divisional round. Big Cat likely lost that bet if he took New Orleans.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Drew Lock will be the answer at quarterback in Denver

Drew Lock sounds like he might be the answer in Denver.

Drew Lock showed promise early but eventually was traded away after failing to solidify himself as the franchise guy.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Ravens are the only team in the NFL right now that feels untouchable

The only team right now that feels almost untouchable is the Ravens. Their defense feels like it's completely different than it was to start the year. They made Deshaun Watson look stupid.

The Ravens finished 14-2 and Lamar won MVP, making them look 'untouchable' in the regular season, though they were upset in the first round of the playoffs.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Redskins should draft Tua Tagovailoa

The Redskins should draft Tua. If you draft Tua, you have now two shots at the franchise quarterback situation here because Dwayne Haskins is bad... It's a perfect storm. They could put Tua on ice for a year.

The Redskins drafted Chase Young with the #2 overall pick in 2020. Tua went to the Dolphins at #5.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Falcons are probably going to win their next three games

The Falcons... are going to probably win their next three games. Like, they're going to win on Thanksgiving night against the Saints at home.

The Falcons lost their next two games against Tampa Bay and New Orleans, ending the win streak immediately.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Matt Ryan might lead the NFL in passing yards this season

I wouldn't be surprised if I looked up in week 17 and Matt Ryan had the most passing yards of any quarterback in the NFL. Peaking.Peaking.

Jameis Winston finished first with 5,109 yards. Matt Ryan finished tied for 3rd with 4,466 yards.
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HankHank

The 49ers are overrated and will have an ugly loss in the playoffs

I think they're overrated. I think they're going to have some troubles in the playoffs... They remind me very much of the Texans. Deshaun Watson last year where they have all the hype, first round of the playoffs, have an ugly loss. I see that happening with the 49ers.

The 49ers went to Super Bowl LIV, winning two home playoff games convincingly. They did not have an 'ugly loss' in the first round.
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Big CatBig Cat

Michigan will beat Ohio State

I think Michigan will beat Ohio State. I'm not going to say they are going to beat Ohio State... I think it's going to be a more competitive game than people thought a month ago.

Ohio State crushed Michigan 56-27 on November 30, 2019.
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Big CatBig Cat

Myles Garrett will be suspended for the rest of the season for his fight with Mason Rudolph

Myles Garrett. You lost your mind. You're going to be suspended for the rest of the season... Myles Garrett probably got I would imagine he's gone for the rest of the year.

Myles Garrett was suspended indefinitely, missing the final 6 games of the 2019 season.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mason Rudolph is a terrible quarterback and not the guy in Pittsburgh

I wanted to start the show by saying Mason Rudolph has a huge fucking face and is a terrible quarterback and is not the guy in Pittsburgh. And he's the classic quarterback where every time he drops back if you're a Steelers fan or you bet on the Steelers, you're like, oh fuck. Oh fuck. Oh fuck only bad things can happen.

Mason Rudolph was eventually benched for Duck Hodges later in the season and has remained a backup for most of his career.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Mike Pouncey shouldn't be suspended for fighting Myles Garrett because he was protecting Mason Rudolph

Pouncey shouldn't be suspended by the way because I feel like he should just be like hey that was ride or die and also you shouldn't be suspended because if we're looking out for [Mason Rudolph's] head and concussions, we can't let that offensive line get worse.

Pouncey was suspended 3 games for his involvement in the brawl, which was later reduced to 2 games on appeal.
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Big CatBig Cat

Quarterbacks who wear number 2 are generally bad (except for Matt Ryan)

he wears number 2, no good players wear number 2. Matt Ryan is the best player you can probably name that's ever wore number two. It's not a good number. Anything except for 2. I can't think of a good quarterback Matt Ryan is the only one.

This is inherently subjective, though historically number 2 has few elite QBs compared to 12, 10, or 7.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Carmelo Anthony has been a hipster his entire career

I'm actually thinking his entire career Carmelo has been a hipster. Yeah. He dropped out of college. I went to go chill in Denver for a while got real high tried to go to New York because that's where all the Arts and stuff are happened... his greatest accomplishments all happen when he was traveling abroad.

This is a satirical characterization and cannot be objectively proven, though the parallels are funny.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If the Panthers lose to the Falcons, their season is officially over

I think if they lose this game to the Falcons their season's done. I like that. Yeah, we might put the done chain on them twice.

The Panthers lost 29-3 to the Falcons and finished the season 5-11, missing the playoffs entirely.
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Big CatBig Cat

Derek Carr is close to keeping his job long-term in Las Vegas

I've actually think Derek Carr is very close to keeping his job in his house next to Jon Gruden in Las Vegas.

Derek Carr remained the Raiders' starting quarterback through the 2022 season, surviving several years in Vegas under Gruden.
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Big CatBig Cat

If the Raiders beat the Bengals by 20 points, they are a playoff team

I'm kind of in on the Raiders making the playoffs... if the Raiders win by 20 points or more I think playoff Town. Yeah. I'm on playoff Town Raiders.

The Raiders beat the Bengals 17-10 (not by 20+) and ultimately finished 7-9, missing the playoffs.
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HankHank

The Patriots will beat the Eagles by at least seven points

I'm going to take the Patriots... minus three and a half. It is the classic. I think I wouldn't be surprised if they lose. So I'm going to take them because I mean they'll probably win by seven plus.

The Patriots beat the Eagles 17-10, exactly a 7-point margin.
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HankHank

The Bears vs. Rams Sunday Night Football game will have at least eight combined touchdowns

Sunday Night Bears Rams absolute slugfest the quarterbacks would be going back and forth touchdown touchdown lighting it up minimum eight touchdowns combined between them.

The Rams won 17-7, a low-scoring defensive battle with only 3 total touchdowns.
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Rick Ankiel

As a pitcher, I would have definitely struck myself out as a hitter

Could you strike out you at your best as a hitter without even with blindfolded probably? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, definitely strike me out. Throw the Hammer High fastball.

This is a hypothetical self-assessment from a professional two-way athlete.
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Rick Ankiel

David Ross will be a successful manager because he won't let superstars get bigger than the team

David [Ross] has always been that leader on the team anyway... what they did was was you know, they didn't let a superstar get outside of the team. So I think when you understand what he was as a player who he was him stepping into the manager role, it's not I don't think it's really going to be much different for him.

Ross managed the Cubs from 2020-2023, leading them to one playoff appearance in the shortened 2020 season but ultimately being replaced by Craig Counsell after failing to make the playoffs in three full seasons.
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Big CatBig Cat

If the Bears beat the Rams, they are going to the playoffs

I legitimately 100% have bought into the fact that if the Bears beat the Rams on Sunday night, they're going to the playoffs.

The Bears lost to the Rams 17-7 and finished the season 8-8, missing the playoffs.
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Mike FlorioMike Florio

The Giants will give Eli Manning a farewell game on December 29th

I'd be tempted at some point to hold Eli Manning in my back pocket because I feel like he's going to get at least one farewell game... It will not surprise me at all if there's a quote-unquote injury to Daniel Jones that really wouldn't keep him from playing, but let Eli Manning finish out the season.

Eli Manning did start two more games (Dec 9 and Dec 15) due to a genuine Daniel Jones ankle injury, but Jones returned for the Dec 29 finale. Eli's 'farewell' effectively happened earlier.
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Mike FlorioMike Florio

The NFL arranged Colin Kaepernick's workout as a legal strategy to prevent a second lawsuit

I really do think that they are worried they're going to get another lawsuit filed by Colin Kaepernick... It doesn't feel like a genuine attempt to help the guy. It feels like some sort of strategy... to make the league look better.

The workout ended in a location dispute and Kaepernick remained unsigned, supporting the theory that it was more of a PR/legal maneuver than a genuine job offer.
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Big CatBig Cat

Russell Wilson is currently at the forefront of the NFL MVP race.

Russell Wilson [is] the MVP now, forefront of the MVP race. Even though he threw that interception and over time, the people are just forgetting... Russell Wilson is fucking ridiculous.

Lamar Jackson won the 2019 NFL MVP unanimously; Russell Wilson finished second in voting.
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Big CatBig Cat

George Kittle is the best tight end in the NFL

They were missing George Kittle though... that is a big loss because he's probably the best tight end in the NFL.

Kittle was an All-Pro in 2019, making this a highly defensible and common elite ranking at the time.
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Big CatBig Cat

Russell Wilson is the one player I would trust most with the ball late in a game.

He is for my money the number one guy and I know it kind of spits in the face of the fact that he threw an interception. He is the one guy who I would want trust the most with the ball down late in the game.

Wilson's clutchness is a matter of opinion, though he lead the NFL in fourth-quarter comebacks in 2019.
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Big CatBig Cat

Monday night is for cleaning up your life, not drinking and eating wings

I'm more confused to your Monday night like Monday night is for watching football and cleaning up your life not drinking and eating what planet are you? Monday night is not your get your act together sitting at home watching money. Football with beers and wings. That's the cleanup game brother.

This is a subjective lifestyle preference.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Monday night is for easing yourself back into the work week with beers

Incorrect Monday night is ease yourself back into the work week taper off from your Sunday and your Saturday. I'm drinking.

Subjective lifestyle preference.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Robert Saleh will be a head coach because he has a 'hold back guy'.

Robert Saleh... he's going to be a head coach not because he's necessarily great at defensive coordinating but because he has a hold back guy. Anytime your defensive coordinator has a hold back guy, you look at that and you say he will be a head coach one day.

Robert Saleh was hired as the head coach of the New York Jets in January 2021.
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Big CatBig Cat

Gender reveals will backfire in 15 years when children see their parents' disappointed reactions to their sex.

I have a theory that we're going to reach a point in society and probably 15 years where this whole wave of gender reveals going to come back to bite everyone in the ass... they grow up and they have the ability to go online and they see their video and they're like, 'oh so you didn't want me? You wanted me something else.'

This is a long-term social prediction that is currently subjective but potentially verifiable as that generation comes of age.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jackass is the greatest humor of all time.

Jackass is the greatest humor of all time when they fart baby powder in each other's faces... so fucking funny and I'm not being sarcastic whatsoever. Jackass is a masterpiece.

The quality of humor is entirely subjective.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Freddie Kitchens will be fired after his second game against the Steelers

My other hot seat is Freddie Kitchens because according to sabermetrics he's going to be fired this week... I looked up the exact stat Romeo Crennel Eric Mangini Pat Shurmur Rod Chudzinski and Mike Pettine were all fired after their second Steelers game and Hue Jackson. So we wait this wouldn't be this week then it would be in three weeks when he plays his second. Yeah so he is officially on the hot seat.

Freddie Kitchens was fired following the conclusion of the 2019 season (Week 17), shortly after his second game against the Steelers (Week 13).
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Big CatBig Cat

Jeffrey Epstein is alive and the Clintons used Hillary's brother's body as a decoy

The newest Jeffrey Epstein theory out there, he's not dead He's Alive and the clintons used Hillary's brother... who died six months ago as the body for Jeffrey Epstein which they never did a DNA test.

This is a wild conspiracy theory with no factual basis.
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Big CatBig Cat

Patrick Mahomes has officially let the Bears off the hook for passing on him by liking a tweet defending the Mitchell Trubisky pick.

Patrick Mahomes liked that tweet... Patrick Mahomes is basically letting Ryan Pace off the hook. He has acknowledged that it was not the right choice for him to be drafted by the Bears and go to Chicago and get ruined.

This is a satirical interpretation of social media activity by a frustrated fan.
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Jerry RiceJerry Rice

I could still come back and catch 80 passes for the 49ers today.

I still got about 80 catches in me. So if the 49ers have a couple injuries, they can call me. I really do think I still could get out there. I played for over 20 years and I can still block [the pain] out and still play.

While Rice is the greatest receiver ever, an 80-catch season at age 57 is physically impossible.
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Jerry RiceJerry Rice

I would have cut my own finger off like Ronnie Lott to avoid missing any playing time

They told me that story man and I was like, wow, did he actually do that? For real? For real? Did he didn't want to miss any time. So he decided to tell them to just you know, nip the edge... [Big Cat: Would you have done the same?] Without any hesitation. No. Okay. There you go.

This is a subjective claim about his own dedication.
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Jerry RiceJerry Rice

Modern NFL players do not commit to their craft as hard as players did in the past.

I think players, they thought I was crazy and they don't have to do [that training] anymore. It's a lot different now and I think guys they just don't—maybe that's not right for me to say—they just don't commit to their craft like we did back in the day.

The comparative work ethic of different eras is an unprovable opinion.
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Jerry RiceJerry Rice

I was running 4.2-second 40-yard dashes during games because I was scared

Probably doing a football game, I was running 4.2s... Because I was scared and I use that I used that to my advantage. Now if you lie me up just to run a straight 40, I'm not gonna run a good time.

Jerry Rice ran a 4.71-second 40-yard dash at the 1985 NFL Combine. While game speed differs from track speed, a 4.2-second 40 is faster than the all-time NFL record and is physically impossible for someone with Rice's biomechanics.
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Jerry RiceJerry Rice

It is harder to catch a spiral from a left-handed quarterback than a right-handed one.

It is harder to catch a spiral from a lefty. The ball spins a different direction. I had a trainer that was a lefty and he threw me so many balls... I had never caught a ball from a lefty and I had to retrain. It just became natural eventually.

This is a subjective experience from one of the greatest catchers of all time.
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Jerry RiceJerry Rice

Walter Payton is the greatest football player in Mississippi history

All time I love I love sweetness. Okay. Number one. I will say then myself. [Big Cat: That's a very smart classy move].

This is a subjective ranking of legends.
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Jerry RiceJerry Rice

I am way above stickum accusations; I played the game the right way.

I'm not even gonna respond to [stickum] because I'm way above that. My thing is I played the game the right way and hopefully I was able to entertain a lot of people and I had fun and that's it. People going to have their own opinions and I feel like I'm way above that.

Rice admitted to using stickum on his gloves during his playing career in a 2015 video for ESPN, contradicting his stance here.

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