| TAKES - MIKE FLORIO (APPROX. TIME) | CONVICTION | GRADE |
|---|---|---|
6 MIN | PFT COMMENTER / BIG CAT Antonio Brown will probably be left out of the next Pro Football Hall of Fame class, despite having Hall of Fame-level credentials. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
7 MIN | PFT COMMENTER Laremy Tunsil probably will miss the entire season with his torn triceps. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
24 MIN | HANK Michael Block will have a difficult time receiving another senior-tour invitation after walking off the course during a sponsor exemption; the tour is probably done with “the Blocky show.” | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
42 MIN | BIG CAT After selling at the trade deadline, the Tigers will remain in the playoff race and fight “tooth and nail” through the end of the season, although they may ultimately miss the playoffs. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
53–55 MIN | MIKE FLORIO / BIG CAT Aaron Donald will return to the Rams. Florio expects news within days and approximately 30–40 snaps in Week 1 if Donald has enough time to ramp up; Big Cat expects Donald to play well and make the Rams “loaded.” | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
57 MIN / 60 MIN | BIG CAT Kyler Murray will win Minnesota’s quarterback competition; if J.J. McCarthy cannot beat him out, McCarthy’s future as the Vikings’ franchise quarterback will effectively be over. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
59 MIN | MIKE FLORIO If Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy are both on Minnesota’s Week 1 roster, both quarterbacks will play at some point during the season. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
66 MIN | MIKE FLORIO The Buccaneers will trade Vita Vea if they receive a sufficiently strong offer, despite publicly saying they do not plan to trade him. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
66–67 MIN | MIKE FLORIO Baker Mayfield could reach the open market after the season and may accept less money from another team—potentially Pittsburgh—because Tampa Bay refused to extend him earlier. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
68 MIN | BIG CAT Tampa Bay’s precarious situation could unravel quickly again because Todd Bowles has lost the locker room and prominent players are unhappy. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
69–70 MIN | PFT COMMENTER / MIKE FLORIO Baker Mayfield will continue attempting to play through injuries, even when those injuries make him less effective. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
77 MIN | MIKE FLORIO If Pittsburgh struggles, Aaron Rodgers will become angry and publicly or privately blame Mike McCarthy or someone else for the team’s problems. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
77–78 MIN | BIG CAT Mike McCarthy will remain Pittsburgh’s head coach next season, Aaron Rodgers will not remain its quarterback and the Steelers will not fire McCarthy after only one year. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
78–80 MIN | MIKE FLORIO There is a meaningful chance Pittsburgh’s season becomes combustible, potentially leading Aaron Rodgers to request a trade to a contender before the deadline. ⚠️ PFT Commenter calls the scenario “fan fiction,” although he also says it is not crazy. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
82 MIN | MIKE FLORIO If Cincinnati misses the playoffs again and then fails to make the organizational changes Joe Burrow wants, Burrow will want out of the Bengals. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
84 MIN | MIKE FLORIO Deshaun Watson is highly unlikely to win Cleveland’s quarterback competition. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
86 MIN | MIKE FLORIO Kyle Shanahan appears likely to return for the preseason opener and will definitely be ready for the regular-season opener. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | ✓ HIT |
92 MIN | MIKE FLORIO The Athletic may never complete or publish its Diana Russini investigation, and Russini may never publicly tell her story. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
95–97 MIN | MIKE FLORIO An inside-information betting scandal will eventually emerge, and it will take a massive scandal before stronger protections and disclosure standards are established. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
103 MIN | MIKE FLORIO If the Raiders start poorly, the possibility of Maxx Crosby being traded—potentially to Dallas—will return to the forefront before the deadline. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
104 MIN | MIKE FLORIO Jim Harbaugh could become a surprise hot-seat candidate by approximately Week 8 because of the Chargers’ urgency to reach the next level. ⚠️ Strong disagreement: Big Cat and PFT Commenter immediately reject the suggestion, with Big Cat defending Harbaugh’s performance and the circumstances of the Chargers’ playoff loss. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
105–107 MIN | MIKE FLORIO Mike Tomlin will be excellent on television and will hover over the entire coaching cycle, generating a postseason “land rush” that could cause otherwise-safe coaches to lose their jobs. | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 | TBD |
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The Podbudsment Mark me down as thinking PFT's internet Dad is the most consistently good guest on the pod. Florio's "fan fiction" is just plausible enough to merit consideration and a great example of that is him getting out early on Harbaugh's vulnerability. We've seen players check out on Harbaugh's act before, usually at the first sign of mediocrity. |