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Michael David Smith

@MichaelDavSmith

Managing Editor, Pro Football Talk

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linkhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/category/rumor-mill/ calendar_today10-04-2009 10:30:57

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F1 got 3.1 million viewers for Sunday's race in Miami, the largest audience for F1 in American TV history. Shows F1's continued growth in the US. Also shows what a fringe sport F1 still is in this country, that its largest audience ever is less than 1% of the US population.

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The game had no official broadcast so a fan in the stands streamed it from their phone and 545K people watched. The level of interest in women's basketball right now is being severely underestimated--even by the WNBA and its broadcast partners. twitter.com/nypostsports/s…

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Howie Roseman apparently didn't get the memo that GMs are never supposed to tell the truth about players they like in the draft. He said last week that he'd like to draft Jeremiah Trotter Jr., and today he did it. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…

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There's an angel on my shoulder telling me that I'm a believer in trading down, not up, in the draft.
On my other shoulder, a devil telling me to declare to the world that the Chiefs trading up for Xavier Worthy was my favorite move in the first round.

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Vikings gave up too much to move up to 17. I don't like their process at all with trading up to get Houston's first and then trading up again.

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Bill Belichick is very insightful on the Pat McAfee Show's draft coverage. I'll be watching this more than the ESPN, ABC or NFL Network feeds.

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Did you know that Bill Belichick made the trade that got the Ravens Ray Lewis? In 1995, Belichick's Browns traded down with the 49ers and got the 49ers' 1996 first-round pick. In 1996 the Browns became the Ravens and used the 49ers' pick on Lewis. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…

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I cannot believe CBS Sunday Morning, a show that usually does high-quality journalism, is debasing itself by promoting this fraud. There is no such thing as a psychic. twitter.com/CBSSunday/stat…

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Belichick is 72 years old, he went 4-13 last year and his idea of an innovative way to build around Mac Jones was to put him in an offense run by Matt Patricia. I think that's why Belichick doesn't have a job. twitter.com/SethWickersham…

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Psychics don't exist and it's extremely disappointing that CBS Sunday Morning, usually one of the most credible shows on television, would stoop to promoting this charlatan. twitter.com/CBSSunday/stat…

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This was absurdly unrealistic. AC Slater had a wrestling scholarship offer from Iowa. Do you have any idea how tough an Iowa wrestler is? Zack Morris is never, ever getting up from an Iowa wrestler's takedown. twitter.com/wiretaup/statu…

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Clark sees the court so well that sometimes she sees her teammates are open and gets them the ball before they realize they're open and they're taken by surprise when the ball comes to them.

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Good: The women's national championship game tips off at 3 p.m. on a Sunday.
Bad: The men's national championship game tips off at 9:20 p.m. on a Monday.

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Iowa-UConn drew 14.2 million viewers. That's more than every NBA Finals game and every World Series game of the last four years. Caitlin Clark's star power is incredible.

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Marcus Spears just said on ESPN that the Bills' Super Bowl window is closed. That's nonsense. Of course this Bills team could win the Super Bowl.

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These trade terms show the Bills were eager to move on from Diggs. This isn't some incredible haul of draft picks. This is, 'Let's unload him for the first halfway decent offer we get.' twitter.com/DMRussini/stat…

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12.3 million viewers for LSU-Iowa last night. Massive. For perspective, the five games of last year's NBA Finals averaged 11.6 million viewers.

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15.1 million viewers for an Elite Eight game is an enormous audience. Last year's most-watched NBA Finals game got 13.1 million viewers. Even in the NIL era, college athletes are severely underpaid relative to the revenue they're bringing in. twitter.com/SportsTVRating…

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