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PFT Live with Mike Florio

Earl Thomas cut + NFL gets wave of false positives| 8/24 #1

PFT Live with Mike Florio

Mike Florio

Sports

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

It's brave new world for PFT Live with our debut on Peacock. Earl Thomas: The Ravens cut him after a fight in practice. Simms explains why his game is no longer as big as his name. And Florio explains why Baltimore and Thomas' upcoming contract battle should worry players across the league. Testing: The league got 77 false positives across multiple teams this weekend. Does the NFL have a plan if this happens during the season? PFT Props: We pick over/unders for Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, Khalil Mack & Alvin Kamara.

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0:00.0

I don't think over evaluating one individual play for any player at any position is, you know,

0:09.0

usually a good evaluation tool. All players have good plays out there, all players have bad plays,

0:15.0

as do the coaches. So I think you look at the body of work. We're running hundreds of plays, and it's the composite of all of it.

0:24.1

I don't think it's one play by anybody that, of course, good plays are good,

0:30.2

and plays that aren't so good aren't so good.

0:37.2

Well, they looked at our body of work. They considered it very carefully, and they decided to put us on Peacock anyway. Good morning. Here we are on Peacock or NBCSN. If you're enjoying the rear at 9 a.m. Eastern, Sirius XM211. That's where the simulcast is. Sky Sports. Hello to our good friends in the UK and Ireland,

0:55.2

but we have to stop and say hello to anyone and everyone who is enjoying the program on Peacock.

1:02.2

And Peacock is different than the other streaming services, Chris, because most of them, you know,

1:05.8

you plug in and you watch something that's been there for a long time. You've got live stuff happening all the

1:12.8

time on Peacock, and we're going to be part of that to start the morning on the NBC Sports Channel

1:17.5

on Peacock. It's us for two hours, and it's Dan Patrick, then it's Rich Eyes. And so, Chris, this is the

1:22.7

launch. This is it. I'm glad you dressed appropriately for the occasion to show off your muscles

1:27.4

on your last week in your 30s. Congratulations on that. Thank you. Can you believe that? I can't believe this is my last few days in the 30s. I just, I'm shocked by that. I said that to my family last night at dinner. I just said I'm on the final countdown. It's crazy. And yeah, I got to get, you know, some use out of these

1:44.8

short sleeve shirts here. Summer's almost over. I got a few more weeks left. What the hell is the

1:48.7

point of all this working out and doing this stuff of I can't show my guns every now and then.

1:53.6

So that's the product of working out? Yeah, it is. It's a better product than you're putting

1:59.0

out. Okay. Well, good morning, everybody. And off we go. With. Yeah, it is. It's a better product than you're putting out, okay?

2:11.5

Well, good morning, everybody, and off we go with PFT Live. And for those of you who are just tripping over the program for the first time on Peacock, our condolences in advance.

2:15.5

We talk about football for two hours and everything that's happening in the National Football League.

2:18.3

And there are plenty of things happening in the National Football League.

2:22.9

One thing that wasn't even on the radar screen when we went off the air on Friday,

2:29.9

the Baltimore Ravens, Earl Thomas, a divorce initiated by the team.

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