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Pete PriscoPete Prisco

The Super Bowl will feature the Buffalo Bills against the San Francisco 49ers

Are you sticking with your Super Bowl prediction? ... [Prisco]: I, I mean, I, yeah, no, I'm gonna take the bills in the 49ers. ... They play the Vikings in week one at Minnesota... they would win that game and they'd go play the one seed.

The Super Bowl was Chiefs vs. Eagles. The Bills lost in the Divisional round and the 49ers lost in the NFC Championship.
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Pete PriscoPete Prisco

The Minnesota Vikings are frauds

I've said that word [frauds] before and I heard it got back to him and they weren't real happy about it. ... I think there's a glazed look that comes over [Kirk Cousins'] face in moments and when it does, you know it's happening.

The Vikings lost at home as the 3-seed to the 6-seed Giants in the Wildcard round, largely validating Prisco's 'fraud' label.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will have visible abs and be in peak physical condition by Super Bowl week

You wanna make a bet that you can see abs on us at the Super Bowl. ... A. I really don't wanna see your abs. But B. there's no way 40 days... [Big Cat]: I'm gonna have abs. ... I'm pretty sure I could drink an entire mad dog and probably do twice as many pushups as you.

Big Cat did not have visible abs at Super Bowl LVII in Glendale.
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Max Duggan

If TCU wins the National Championship, I will be the greatest redheaded college football player of all time

Are you the best red-headed college football player of all time? ... Andy Dalton might... he went to TCU and he was a legend. ... [PFT]: I think if you win this game, there can be no more debate. You are him. [Duggan]: That would be something special.

TCU lost 65-7 to Georgia in the National Championship game, leaving Andy Dalton's Rose Bowl legacy intact as the superior TCU ginger.
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Big CatBig Cat

The college football playoff semifinals were the best in history

The best college football playoffs we've ever seen. Semi-finals. I like how people were tweeting, like is it a hot take to say these are the best semi-finals we've ever seen? No, they usually always suck. And those were two incredible games.

The games were objectively some of the highest-scoring and closest in CFP history to that point.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2022 Buccaneers are flawed but have learned the lessons they need for a playoff run

It looks like the Bucks have actually looked at what's made them flawed and then realized there are certain things that we can do good. Let's lean into those things... as if it turns out that still throwing deep balls to Mike Evans works.

The Bucs lost their first playoff game 31-14 to the Cowboys, so the 'lessons learned' didn't lead to a run.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mike Evans is a Hall of Famer

Mike Evans is a hall of famer. Yeah. Which is crazy cuz it's, it doesn't, it feel like he's had a very good career, but then when you stop and you look at it, you're like, holy shit. He's, he's got 81 touchdowns in his career. If he gets to a hundred, he'll be top 10 all time in touchdowns. Everyone in the top 15 is in the Hall of Fame. Every single year he's been in the NFL nine years. Every year he's gotten over a thousand yards and he's not even 30 yet.

Evans extended his streak to 10 consecutive seasons in 2023 and is widely considered a future Hall of Famer, though his career is still active.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Buccaneers will beat the Cowboys in the first round and cause Mike McCarthy to get fired

It's gonna be Bucks Cowboys first round. Cowboys are going to lose somehow to Tom Brady who's never lost to the Cowboys before. McCarthy fired. Sean Payton head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

The Cowboys actually defeated the Buccaneers 31-14 in the wild card round, and Mike McCarthy remained the head coach. Sean Payton was eventually traded to the Broncos.
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HankHank

The Cowboys are getting the one seed in the NFC

Cowboys are getting the one. Yeah, you've been talking about this cuz you just, your anger for Philadelphia just never leaves your brain. No, I just in today and you're like, Cowboys getting one. Cowboys getting one.

The Eagles won the NFC East and secured the No. 1 seed after beating the Giants in Week 18. The Cowboys finished as the No. 5 seed.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I will jump off the top of the building if the Eagles are underdogs against the Giants in Week 18

If the line comes out, if the, I'll be your life off. If the Eagles are underdogs, I will, I will go up to the top of this building and jump off.

The Eagles opened as 14-point favorites, so PFT was correct and did not have to jump.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tom Brady will not retire after the 2022 season

I don't think there's any chance he's retiring. I think this type of game where he won the NFC South, going back to the playoffs through the bombs... That's like when you golf and on the 18th hole you just crush a drive. Man, that was fun.

Tom Brady announced his retirement on February 1, 2023.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ron Rivera should be fired if he truly didn't know the Commanders' playoff elimination scenario

Ron Rivera apparently didn't know that if the Packers beat the Vikings later on in the day, that that would eliminate us from the playoffs. And that's why he chose to start Carson Wentz. I if that's true, it's one of two things. Either, either Ron Rivera is trying to get fired by saying he didn't know that or he should be fired if he didn't know that.

Rivera remained the coach for another year before being fired after the 2023 season. His lack of awareness of the playoff scenario was widely mocked.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Carson Wentz might be out of the NFL entirely in a year or two

I actually think that there's a chance he might not be on a team next year... who's going to actually say we're starting the season [with him]. The best chance he has is the Colts and he burned that bridge already.

Wentz was released by the Commanders and remained a free agent until signing with the Rams as a backup in November 2023.
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Big CatBig Cat

Brian Daboll is the NFL Coach of the Year

Brian Dayle is Coach of the Year. He's getting my official vote. I have a lot, lot of backup votes. I think he's coached the year. The New York Giants, excuse me, are in the playoff for the first time since 2016. The boat curse has officially been erased. This team is pretty much the same team as it was last year, except the coach is different and he's gotten so much out of these guys.

Brian Daboll won the AP NFL Coach of the Year award for the 2022 season.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jalen Hurts should be the MVP because of how badly the Eagles struggled without him

Jalen [Hurts] should be the MVP because of what we've seen from Gardner Minshew. Give him the MVP because the debate is always, if you took this guy off the team, what would they look like? Well now we know: 13 and 1, 0 and 2.

Patrick Mahomes won the 2022 MVP; Hurts finished second.
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Big CatBig Cat

It is 'winner talk' for a fan to want their team to lose for a better draft pick

If you're friends with someone who's a Bears fan, if you have a family member's Bears fan who thinks that they should somehow try to win week 18, you need to tell 'em to shut the fuck up. This is not loser talk. No, no, no. It's actually winner talk to try to actually set up your franchise to be in the best possible position to get the most possible picks going forward.

The Bears lost in Week 18 and secured the #1 overall pick, which they traded to the Panthers for a massive haul (including the pick that became Caleb Williams).
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2022 Jaguars will smoke the Titans in Week 18 and make the playoffs

I think they're gonna smoke the Titans. Yeah, I think that's gonna, we're gonna be jagging off in the playoffs. Yeah. Duval. Fill up the pool. Everyone put your jeans on. We're going swimming.

The Jaguars beat the Titans 20-16 to win the AFC South and make the playoffs.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 49ers should have drafted Brock Purdy earlier

Frank the tank did bemoan that the Dolphins should have drafted... sorry, Brock Purdy. I do think that that will be a real take that people will say, well they should have drafted Brock Purdy, Mr. Irrelevant.

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Purdy's continued success led to many legitimate 're-draft' articles, making this a prescient observation of media trends.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

The New York media is the primary reason why Jets quarterbacks fail

I'm really trying to figure out, what is the reason why quarterbacks are having real problems succeeding in the New York Jets organization. I really do think it's the New York media that makes the jets bad. It would be funny to figure out what exactly is going on. I might do like a docu-series, like try to figure out what the hell's going on.

While the NY media is famously harsh, most analysts attribute the Jets' failures to poor drafting and coaching. This remains a highly subjective and debated 'fan' theory.
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2022 Packers will win their play-in game against the Lions and make the playoffs

The Packers are in a true win and get in situation week 18 at Home Against the Lions... I don't know how [Rodgers] keeps doing this, how he keeps getting away with it... fuck, they're playing decent football right now.

The Lions beat the Packers 20-16, eliminating them from the playoffs.
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Big CatBig Cat

TCU has 'Team of Destiny' vibes and can win the National Championship

I don't count them out in this game against Georgia. They are fucking, whatever it is, they just, the hypno toed. I don't know what it is. They're just good. I'm gonna bet on 'em. Yeah. I'm, there's some, they do seem like Team of Destiny vibes. They've all, they've got like Tiger Blood, they don't die. Never.

TCU was crushed by Georgia 65-7 in the National Championship game, one of the most lopsided games in history.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The PMT podcast will be 'sexy as shit' and have Super Bowl abs by February 2023

This podcast, it's gonna be fucking sexy as shit. Yeah. By the end of January we're getting Super Bowl abs. I'm going Buns of Anarchy... All are welcome to join Buns of Anarchy.

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The hosts generally did not achieve 'Super Bowl abs', though they did various fitness bits.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Ohio-Wyoming Arizona Bowl is for true football guys because there will be a lot of running and punting

Ohio and Wyoming. I think we're gonna get some, this is gonna be one of those games where it's the true football guys, cuz there's gonna be a lot of running, a lot of punting football guys.

The game ended 30-27 in OT, which actually featured more scoring than the 'punt fest' Big Cat predicted, though it was a physical game.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Titans will stay within 20 points of the Cowboys because there's no tape on Josh Dobbs

I put a pft on this game that I'm, I'm sure that it's gonna win because it's Titans Plus 20. Right. They're gonna keep within 20. Josh Dobbs. Sure. There's no tape on Josh Dobbs.

The Cowboys won 27-13, a 14-point margin. The Titans covered +20.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Derek Carr's benching smells like a future trade to the Indianapolis Colts

they're going to try to trade [Derek Carr] this off season. And I think we've predicted for at least the last six weeks, it just smells like the Colts. it smells like a Colts move.

Derek Carr was not traded to the Colts; he was released by the Raiders and signed a free-agent deal with the New Orleans Saints.
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HankHank

The Giants -5.5 is the easiest bet of the year because the Colts are the worst-coached team in the league

My favorite favorite is the Giants minus five and a half. So. Watching them Monday night. Easiest bet I had all year was the Chargers. They're, they're the worst coach team in the league. They're terrible. They can't score points, they can't do anything. The Giants are fighting for a playoff spot.

The Giants blew out the Colts 38-10, easily covering the spread.
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Big CatBig Cat

Eliminated teams playing teams that need to win in the final weeks are a 63% ATS betting lock

The eliminated teams playing teams that need to win over the final two weeks of this season are 63% against the spread since 1990. So essentially any team that needs to win and you're playing a dead dog team, it just always, it, it, it usually works out that the dead dog team's a little livelier than people realize.

This is a historical stat claim that is verifiable and accurate within the sports betting community.
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MaxMax

The 'candy ass' Dolphins will suck against the Patriots because they are playing in the cold

Patriots minus three. No Tua going up North. Candy ass Dolphin suck.

The Patriots won 23-21, covering the -3 spread if you got it early, or pushing/winning depending on the line close.
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HankHank

I would rather watch the playoffs fan-free than have the Patriots make it just to get smoked

Honestly, I know I have to watch these games anyway. I would rather just watch the playoffs completely fan free because I know it's get my hopes up and be like, oh, you know, I have to worry about and like, kind of put myself up for them winning. Even though if they won the first game, they're getting smoked the second game. They're probably getting smoked the first game.

This is a subjective opinion on his own fandom experience.
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HankHank

Mac Jones is a dirty player

I think that was a, a cheap shock going at his Eli Apple's ankles for sure. He's had some dirty plays.

Subjective label of 'dirty' but based on a specific, widely-criticized tackle on Eli Apple.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Jets are a good team with Mike White and a bad team with Zach Wilson

I'm back on the Jets. Mike White. I really do think that they're, they're actually a good team with Mike White. They're such a bad team with Zach Wilson. I think the defense will get like a, you know, juiced up from it. I, the Seahawks have been very, very bad.

The Jets with Mike White lost to the Seahawks 23-6 and failed to score a touchdown in his final starts, contradicting the idea they were 'good' with him.
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MaxMax

Lane Johnson is a warrior and will be 100% back for the playoffs after choosing not to have surgery

Lane Johnson is pretty important... He has confirmed that he will be back for the playoffs... He's choosing not to get surgery so that he can, he can 100%. He's a warrior.

Lane Johnson returned for the playoffs and played through the Super Bowl at an elite level despite the injury.
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MaxMax

Nathaniel Hackett is the worst coach of all time

Nathaniel Hackett officially fired... worst coach of all time.

This is a subjective opinion, though Hackett's tenure is widely regarded as one of the least successful for a first-year head coach in the modern era.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sean Payton is more likely to go to the Chargers than the Broncos

I've actually heard Sean Payton is more likely to go to the Chargers... The Chargers fired Marty Schottenheimer when he went like 15-1.

Sean Payton was traded to and signed with the Denver Broncos in early 2023.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Brady will end up in Las Vegas or Miami next season

Las Vegas feels like Tom Brady would want to go out there and finish his career there. Now they've got McDaniels out there, they're cutting their quarterback... he either go to Miami... Vegas baby Vegas.

Tom Brady retired from the NFL in February 2023 and did not play for any team in the following season.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mark Davis will sign Tom Brady and include a clause requiring them to hang out together once a month

Mark Davis would sign Brady and there would be a clause in his contract... you have to hang out with me once a month. Like we have to go out together once a month.

Brady retired and did not sign with the Raiders as a player, though he did later pursue part-ownership of the team.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Packers being 3.5-point favorites over the 12-3 Vikings is the biggest trap of all time; Green Bay will win and cover

The Minnesota Vikings plus three and a half in Lambeau. This game scares me. I want the Vikings to win... They're not gonna win. The Packers are gonna win. And they're probably gonna cover, because similar to the Lions game a few weeks ago, the Vikings are 12 and three and they're playing, it's a seven and eight team and they're three and a half point underdogs. That seems like the biggest trap of all time.

The Packers crushed the Vikings 41-17, easily winning and covering.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am officially buying the Chargers bullshit and betting on them to win the Super Bowl

I have officially been duped by the Chargers. I'm all the way in. I put a big future on 'em. I'll be a very rich man if they win the Super Bowl. Which sounds ridiculous... I am officially buying the Chargers bullshit.

The Chargers blew a 27-0 lead to the Jaguars in the Wild Card round and were eliminated.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bills-Bengals is the best Monday Night Football game of all time based on records

I am so fucking excited for this game. Yes. It's, it's I think the best Monday night football game of all time considering the records of the teams playing in it.

The game was suspended and eventually canceled following the on-field medical emergency of Damar Hamlin, making it impossible to evaluate as a 'game' of any historical rank.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

JJ Watt is a better football player than he is a person

He was a much better player? Yes. He was like one of the top three all-time players... He has three defensive player of the year awards Only one man of the year award. So I'd say he's a better, the stats don't lie. He's a better player than he is a person.

This is a satirical comparison between football accolades and humanitarian impact.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

There is a bizarre communication disconnect between Lamar Jackson and the Ravens front office

There's something weird going on with Lamar and the Ravens and how they communicate like his health to each other. I get the feeling like the Ravens disconnect aren't always happy with how Lamar chooses to like sit out specific practices.

The tension between Jackson and the Ravens became public knowledge shortly after when Jackson requested a trade before eventually signing a long-term extension.
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Taylor LewanTaylor Lewan

I am 89% personally responsible for the Titans' collapse this season

I would say 83%... Can't stay on the field. Not 77. Can't stay on the field injury. Prone poor leadership. I would, I would say, 89% now.

Subjective self-assessment, though his absence was statistically a major factor in the Titans' OL struggles.
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Will ComptonWill Compton

Nebraska is going to land the #1 recruit for 2024, Dylan Raiola

I think we're gonna land him. Really? Yeah. Number one recruit 2024. His last name's Raiola... I think ultimately what I'm saying is... in my gut, I think that's the, that's the centerpiece of Nebraska.

Despite Raiola later committing to Georgia, he flipped and signed with Nebraska in December 2023, making Will's 'gut' prediction correct.
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Will ComptonWill Compton

Nebraska's 2021 team was nine plays away from a perfect 12-0 season

Can you confidently say Nebraska of 2021 was not the greatest three win football team... You can easily say that... nine plays away from a perfect 12 and 0 season.

Statistically true that they lost 9 games by single digits, though 'nine plays away from 12-0' remains a highly subjective interpretation of those results.
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Taylor LewanTaylor Lewan

Michigan wins and covers against TCU in the College Football Playoff

I'm a hundred percent outta Michigan. I think Michigan wins this game. I think they cover and then we'll see what happens.

TCU pulled off a massive upset, winning 51-45.
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Taylor LewanTaylor Lewan

Losing to Ohio State in the National Championship would be a program ruiner for Michigan

If we lose Ohio State, that is 10 million times worse than Georgia. That is a program ruiner for Michigan. Yes.

Both teams lost their semifinal games, so the scenario never played out.
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Taylor LewanTaylor Lewan

Jim Harbaugh is the best coach in college football right now

I love Harbaugh so much. I think he is the best coach in college football right now. I do believe that.

Harbaugh went on to win the National Championship with Michigan in the 2023 season, making this a prescient claim.
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Will ComptonWill Compton

Derek Carr is being unfairly used as a shield for the Raiders' collective failures

I do think it's unfair the way it's going down... putting him down in that manner and using him as the shield. Like this is the reason that we're failing... that is ultimately what you're trying to show, right?

Subjective opinion on team management and player treatment.
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Will ComptonWill Compton

Justin Jefferson should be the NFL MVP because the Vikings would have five fewer wins without him

I think Justin Jefferson should be actually the MVP looked at as the MVP... If you took him off the team, I think if I have like four or five less wins.

Patrick Mahomes won the 2022 NFL MVP award. Justin Jefferson finished 5th in voting but won Offensive Player of the Year.
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Taylor LewanTaylor Lewan

I'm going to be cut by the Titans and hit the free market this offseason

Oh no, I'll be cut. I'll be free... I'll be on the free market. I know I'm gonna get cut. So cool.

The Titans released Lewan on February 22, 2023.

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