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Julian EdelmanJulian Edelman

The Rams will struggle this year; the Super Bowl hangover is real

I think the Rams are gonna struggle. I think, I think the hangover's real. And something's up with Stafford's elbow. The elbow did not—that doesn't look good... he's got the sleeve on there... that's there for medical.

The Rams finished 5-12, the worst record ever by a defending Super Bowl champion, and Stafford missed significant time with injury.
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Julian EdelmanJulian Edelman

The Bills will win the Super Bowl over the Buccaneers

Bills versus the Bucks, but the Bills are gonna win. Bills are winning it... If they stay healthy, they're gonna be a problem.

The Super Bowl was Chiefs vs. Eagles. The Bills lost in the Divisional round and the Bucs lost in the Wild Card.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Giants are 'big stinky poop' and will lose to the Titans

Titans minus five and a half at home against the Giants. I think the Giants are big stinky poop... I think that the Titans, we have a bad taste in their mouth from them from last year in the playoffs... Ryan Tannehill is good enough to beat the Giants who I think are gonna be very bad this year by six points at home.

The Giants won this game 21-20 and went on to make the playoffs, while the Titans missed them.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Baker Mayfield is ready to beat the Browns in a revenge game

Mine is also a revenge game. It is Carolina minus one and a half against the Browns. Baker is ready. We all know Baker, so we don't know what to expect... Baker is the one guy that I will probably always bet on in a revenge game because he does take it way more seriously.

The Browns won 26-24 on a late Cade York field goal.
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HankHank

The Bears will be frisky and cover +7 against the 49ers

I'm just gonna take the biggest [underdog]. The Bears. Seven points week one is a lot... There's a lot of turmoil in San Francisco. Trey Lance, Jimmy G you don't know what's going on... Seven points is the lot in the NFL.

The Bears won the game outright 19-10 in a rain-soaked upset.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cardinals are a must-bet in the month of September

I'm gonna change my underdog to the Cardinals. Cause I did tell you all off season. I have to bet the Cardinals in September... I have the reminder again today. So I'm gonna in that game, we didn't talk about Cardinal's Chiefs is gonna be a very fun afternoon game.

The Cardinals were blown out 44-21 by the Chiefs and finished September with a 1-3 record.
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Big CatBig Cat

Serena Williams will play in a tennis tournament again despite her 'retirement'

She will play again... I should try to get a bet on the Barstool Sportsbook. Will Serena ever play in a tournament again? Cuz I feel like you win a lot of money.

As of late 2024, Serena Williams has not officially played in another professional tournament, though she has teased it frequently.
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Pete PriscoPete Prisco

The Denver Broncos will be the most disappointing team in the AFC in 2022

The Broncos will be the most disappointing team I'm and, and it's not because of Russell Wilson... I think their offensive line has issues and, and they have a couple other issues on defense.

The 2022 Broncos were an absolute disaster, finishing 5-12 and firing Nathaniel Hackett mid-season. Prisco nailed this despite being wrong about it not being Wilson's fault.
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Pete PriscoPete Prisco

The Houston Texans will be better than people expect in 2022

I'll give you a team. That's gonna be a little bit better than everybody thinks. They'll be the Texans... I'm a big Davis Mills guy... I think the Texans are gonna, they're not gonna win 10 games, but they're gonna be better than you think they are.

The Texans finished 3-13-1, which was effectively as bad as everyone expected. Davis Mills did not have a breakout year.
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Pete PriscoPete Prisco

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will disappoint and miss out on winning the NFC South

I think the Bucs are gonna be a little disappointing... I don't think they're gonna win the division... Brady when he has interior pressure... he doesn't move that well. And he really doesn't like it... I think Tampa might be the going in the wrong direction team.

The Bucs finished 8-9. They actually *did* win the division because the rest of the NFC South was worse, but Prisco's prediction of them being disappointing and 'wrong direction' was spot on.
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Pete PriscoPete Prisco

The Buffalo Bills will beat the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl with Josh Allen as MVP

It's the Buffalo Bills beating the Green Bay Packers and Josh Allen will win the MVP... he'll win the MVP. I like one thing though. Just make sure that 13 seconds doesn't blow your chances this time around.

Neither team made the Super Bowl. Josh Allen did not win MVP (Patrick Mahomes did).
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Stu FeinerStu Feiner

The Detroit Lions will finish the season 1-16

I have the Detroit Lions going 1-15... excuse me 1-16... I'm gonna be rooting against him every fucking game for rest of my life because of Tom Kennedy... fuck them where they bring this scumbag back.

The Lions were actually much better than this, finishing 9-8 and nearly making the playoffs.
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Stu FeinerStu Feiner

The LA Rams over 10.5 wins is the biggest bet anyone should ever make

Rams over 10 and a half should be the biggest bet anyone's ever made in their life... over 10 and a half on the Rams is stealing money. Stealing cash. I mean, why even talk about it? It's like stealing fucking money.

The Rams finished 5-12. This was a catastrophic miss.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Minnesota Vikings will make it to Championship Sunday

I think the Vikings will be dark horse... I think they're gonna win the NFC North. I think they're gonna make it to championship Sunday... against the Eagles. The Eagles are gonna fucking demolish them.

The Vikings won the NFC North (13-4) but lost in the Wild Card round to the Giants. They did not reach the Championship game.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You are a scumbag if you don't bet the over on the Bills-Rams season opener

You're scumbag if you don't bet this over... I've been saying the over since they announced the game... I'm taking the over no matter what.

The Bills won 31-10. Total was 41. The over/under was 52. The under hit.
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Big CatBig Cat

Stetson Bennett would be great on a good NFL team

I'm kind of kind of thinking Stetson Bennett. It might be a pro, even though he's got like the best team around him, he, he looked awesome. Put him on a really good NFL team, then he'll be great.

Stetson Bennett has not been given a real opportunity on a good NFL team. The take remains unverifiable.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Big Ben's podcast will devolve into him ranking the injuries he's played through

I'm sure that it's just gonna devolve into [Ben Roethlisberger] talking about various injuries. It should just be him talking about, I ranking the injuries that he's played through.

His podcast 'Footbahlin' focuses more on football and beer than just his injuries, though he does recap his career.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady will win Gisele back by winning another Super Bowl

I think you have to take the Bucs for the season because if we know anything about Tom Brady, he's like, I'm gonna win her back by winning another Super Bowl.

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Brady did not win the Super Bowl (lost in the Wild Card), and the couple officially divorced shortly after.
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Big CatBig Cat

Serena Williams is definitely not retired

I'd just like to call my shot real quick. She's not, she's not retired. Yeah, definitely not retired. She is not retired.

Despite some teasing, Serena has remained retired from professional tennis since the 2022 US Open.
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Tom FornelliTom Fornelli

LSU and Florida State are both just mediocre 7-5 or 8-4 teams

Neither of those teams is very good. Like LSU is gonna be seven and five, Florida State's gonna be seven and five, maybe eight and four in the ACC.

LSU went 10-4 and won the SEC West. FSU went 10-3. Both teams far exceeded Fornelli's prediction.
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Big CatBig Cat

Oklahoma is my dark horse to make the College Football Playoff

I have Oklahoma as my dark horse 1-4 because everyone... write [Georgia, Ohio State, Alabama] in... but what do you think about Oklahoma?

Oklahoma went 6-7, finishing with their first losing record since 1998. They were nowhere near the playoff.
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Big CatBig Cat

Pitt will win and cover against West Virginia

I think Pitt's going to win and cover. So I guess one of us will look stupid.

Pitt won 38-31. The spread was -7.5, so they won but did NOT cover.
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HankHank

The Mets are going to win the World Series

Now it's like, they're going to win. They're going to win the championship. After that [Timmy Trumpet performance], I was like, the Mets are going to win the championship.

The Mets lost in the Wild Card round of the 2022 playoffs to the San Diego Padres.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Mets will lose a deciding playoff game during a live Timmy Trumpet performance

I'm seeing a future where in like the second round of the playoffs and in the NLCS they lose the deciding game on a Timmy Trumpet performance... that would be the optimal end for their season.

While the Mets did lose in heartbreaking fashion in the playoffs, they lost in the Wild Card round, and the specific Timmy Trumpet live 'disaster' didn't happen in the deciding game.
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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

The Denver Broncos will be an offensive powerhouse in 2022

I believe the Broncos are going to have a pretty epic season. I think it's going to be an offensive powerhouse. I also have a theory about the Broncos because the air is thin up there, they just air it out... and Wilson is just throwing it in the air and the ball travels farther.

This was catastrophically wrong. The 2022 Broncos had one of the worst offenses in the NFL and finished with a 5-12 record.
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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

Jalen Hurts is the only player worth drafting from the NFC East

Only Jalen Hurts. No one else in the NFC East, only Jalen... I think he's going to have a good season. Drafted before Joe Burrow, you believe that?

Hurts had an MVP-caliber season and led the Eagles to the Super Bowl. While other NFC East players were good (Saquon, CD Lamb), Hurts was the crown jewel.
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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

Davis Mills and Brandin Cooks will have a breakout year together

I believe Davis Mills who went to Stanford... Davis Mills and Brandin Cooks could have that Braylon Edwards/Derek Anderson year that no one was expecting. They're super cheap. I love a bargain.

Davis Mills was benched during the season and Brandin Cooks had a down year as the Texans finished 3-13-1. No breakout occurred.
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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

The Jacksonville Jaguars are officially back

The Jags are better. The Jags are back. I like the Jags again. I love Etienne. I think he comes at a bargain. I love Trevor Lawrence and my sleeper this season: Evan Engram.

Spot on. The Jaguars won the AFC South, Lawrence took a massive leap, and Evan Engram had a career year.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Kennedy will be cut by the Lions and signed by the New England Patriots

Tom Kennedy is going to be cut and then he's going to be signed by the New England Patriots. Not only does he fit the bill for New England Patriots... Bill Belichick, he opens his eyes, he looks at Tom Kennedy, he's like, that's my next Wes Welker.

Kennedy was cut by the Lions but he was signed back to their practice squad, not the Patriots.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Josh Johnson will play for at least two more NFL teams this year

Josh Johnson got cut. He's played on 14 teams now. He'll probably play for at least two more this year. I love the fact that he's the guy that you call when you don't have another guy.

Johnson was on the Broncos and then signed with the 49ers later in the season, playing for two different teams.
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Bruce AriansBruce Arians

Tom Brady will likely play for a couple more years but not five

Nothing surprises me with Tom. I don't know about five [more years], but a couple for sure. He's throwing him all better than he did when he two years ago.

Brady retired in February 2023, so he only played one more season after this take, not 'a couple for sure'.
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Jason McCourtyJason McCourty

The Eagles will not make the Super Bowl this year

We had Aaron Schatz come on the show and he picked the Eagles to go to the Super Bowl this year. I'm saying, I don't see that happening. I think Jalen Hurts is good. I think he'll take another step. I don't think that step is going to be to the Super Bowl.

The Eagles reached Super Bowl LVII, making this prediction incorrect.
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Jason McCourtyJason McCourty

The Vikings are a Super Bowl dark horse over the Eagles

I think the Vikings, I would go with them as Super Bowl dark horse over the Philadelphia Eagles. ... I think Kevin O'Connell going over there, what he can do, I mean, we've already heard Justin Jefferson say, Hey, like I see what Cooper Kupp was able to do in that offense. I'm fired up to see what I can do.

The Vikings went 13-4 and won the NFC North but lost in the Wild Card round, while the Eagles went to the Super Bowl.
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Jason McCourtyJason McCourty

The Buffalo Bills will win the Super Bowl behind Josh Allen

I'm going with the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen. I see him this, and this is also my reasoning with him. ... I feel like Josh Allen's trajectory is gone that way.

The Bills lost in the Divisional round to the Bengals.
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Jason McCourtyJason McCourty

The Cowboys will make the Super Bowl out of the NFC

On the NFC side, oh man, I think I'm going to go... I'll go to the Dallas Cowboys, put them in a Super Bowl. I'll go on Twitter and whoever reads this is going to kill me.

The Cowboys lost in the Divisional round to the 49ers.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Either Russell Westbrook or Patrick Beverley will be gone from the Lakers by mid-season

This is going to be the team that will absolutely implode. It's going to be incredible. Like Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley there, that's the very definition of like, there's only room for one of those two guys. Like one of those guys is going to be gone by mid season. There's no question about it.

Both players were indeed traded mid-season on February 9, 2023. PFT was spot on that the pairing wouldn't last.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Brooklyn Nets will be a top 4 team in the East if Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving play

I don't know if they'll want, but they were like before Kevin Durant got hurt, they were the one seed last year. I think if Kyrie and Kevin Durant and that's a big if play, they will be a top I don't know what we call it, three, four, four team in the East.

The Nets finished as the 6th seed in the 2022-23 season after a mid-season blow-up where both stars were traded.
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Big CatBig Cat

Ben Simmons, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant will combine for under 139 games played for the Nets this season

Set the over under, if we could put up a bet, that's like will Ben Simmons, Kyrie, and Kevin Durant play over under 139 games for the Brooklyn Nets? I'm taking the under. I'll be honest. I'm taking the under big time.

Durant (39), Irving (40), and Simmons (42) combined for 121 games for the Nets in 2022-23 before KD and Kyrie were traded.
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Big CatBig Cat

Daniel Vogelbach will have a massive moment in late October for the Mets

That team, [Daniel] Vogelbach has just the perfect doing something huge in late October moment. Oh yeah, he's written for it... He is a hero in waiting. Like everyone knows that, buy stock in Vogelbach right now. He will have a big moment. And everyone who hasn't been watching baseball be like, who's this fat guy? This is incredible.

The Mets were eliminated in the Wild Card round by the Padres. Vogelbach went 0-for-7 in the series and did not have a 'huge' moment.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The move for NFL preseason betting is to bet against every rookie coach that won their first game

I think the move this weekend is to reverse that and bet against money line every rookie coach that won their first preseason game because they got that win under the belt. Now they're like, you know what? I just wanna evaluate now. Now they're gonna swing back in the other direction.

In Week 2 of the 2022 preseason, rookie coaches who won Week 1 (like Matt Eberflus and Kevin O'Connell) had mixed results, making the 'system' unreliable.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A 9-8 record for the Detroit Lions would be the equivalent of a Super Bowl

If they can get you to believe in the Detroit lines, like even if they just go, if they go nine and eight, that's a super bowl for Detroit. Like what a story that would be.

The Lions actually finished exactly 9-8 in the 2022 season.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Zach Wilson will show out in week 15 because Aiden Hutchinson's mother is attractive

Are the jets playing against the lines this year? Because if so, Zach Wilson is absolutely gonna show out in front of his mom... I'm putting the Bon on Zach Wilson on that one. Cuz I know, you know he's at home. He doesn't have anything else to do. He's he's recovering from surgery. He's watching this episode. He's put a big fat circle in week 15.

Zach Wilson started week 15 against the Lions but threw a critical late interception and the Jets lost 20-17. He did not 'show out'.
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Ryen RussilloRyen Russillo

The Golden State Warriors are going to be even better this season

I think the warriors are gonna be even better. Ooh.

Incorrect. The Warriors finished as the 6th seed and were eliminated in the second round by the Lakers in 2023.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Italy will win the World Cup this year

I like Italy this year... America's my second team behind. Behind Italy. I'm gonna root for Italy. I think Italy. I think this is Italy's year... Italy's just too good.

Italy failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after losing to North Macedonia in the playoffs.
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Big CatBig Cat

Lamar Jackson's 18-pound muscle gain will make him slower

You see Lamar Jackson added 18 pounds of muscle... I feel like he's not gonna be as quick... He looks thicker. I just can't imagine gaining 18 pounds of muscle. Like you can't tell me he's going to be as fast. He has to lose at least a little bit of quickness.

Lamar Jackson remained one of the fastest players in the league and won another MVP in 2023. His quickness did not noticeably suffer from the bulk.
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Nathaniel HackettNathaniel Hackett

I would consider signing Blake Bortles to the Broncos

I think I need to have a conversation with him [Bortles] and the general manager and the new owners, you know, we can't get crazy here. [Big Cat: I'm gonna hold you to that, I think that was a guarantee.]

Hackett never signed Blake Bortles to the Broncos during his tenure as head coach.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Detroit Lions will be a better football team this year

I think the [Lions] will be better this year, but [Dan Campbell], the way he talks to his team, like the fact that he's always on the verge of crying football guy tears, he's always on the verge of crying. Holy shit, can that guy fire up a team?

The Lions improved from 3 wins to 9 wins in the 2022 season, making this a correct prediction.
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Jake PlummerJake Plummer

Lion's Mane mushroom is a daily regimen everyone should use for brain health

Lions Mane is great for your brain for neuronal growth basically for all neurons in your body. Lions Mane is one that we're gonna have a lot of research done here soon that's gonna show that it's a something that everybody should have in their daily regimen.

Functional mushrooms have seen a massive rise in the wellness market since 2022, though universal daily adoption is still pending.
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Aaron RodgersAaron Rodgers

I will probably retire in 3 or 4 more years

I do think deep down realize this chapter of my life's coming to a close soon. I'm trying to enjoy it a little bit more than when you're 21... [Retire] in three more years. Maybe four.

Aaron Rodgers said 3-4 more years from 2022. As of Feb 2026, he is contemplating retirement after the 2025 season, roughly on timeline but not yet confirmed.
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Stavros HalkiasStavros Halkias

Tua Tagovailoa's stock is a sell because he married his college sweetheart in Miami

He just got married to his college sweetheart. Oh. Which is weird, like far outside of college... Miami. Yeah. Like he went to Miami and then he is like, you know what girl I met in Alabama. Sell your fucking Tua stock. He's sick-fuck wise, that's the nail in the coffin. He's done. He'll be in the CFL in two years.

Tua Tagovailoa has since become a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback and led the league in several passing categories, remaining in the NFL.