Picking Nits
Late-night travel; Denver draft; health benefits; firing; copy shop; sports details
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- The ending's travel timeline is nitpicked: a late Phoenix game, postgame duties, traffic and flight would put Jerry at Dorothy's door around 1:30 a.m. at best, with no matching late flight located. The sober Monday-night support group still meeting seems implausible, despite one initial defense.
- Denver trading up for Cushman despite already having Elway is a major nitpick; San Diego would be more plausible. Dorothy quitting despite a child and need for health insurance is also doubted.
- Jerry retaining office access after firing is implausible; the crowded 2 a.m. copy shop is also questioned, with pre-internet demand and Jerry Cantrell's customer service offered as defenses.
- The injured hockey player's child seems implausibly knowledgeable about neurological risk.
- Whether an influential agent would be fired over a memo is debated; a breakdown and the ruthlessness of the business support the firing.
- The climactic game might seem to warrant playoff or Super Bowl status, but the Cardinals' need to win it and the next game is offered as context. Entering the draft without Cushman's signed contract is called unreasonable.
- First class is argued always to have represented a better life, rather than only a better meal, with better past coach service offered as qualification. The signed elevator phrase reportedly actually means You make me feel complete.
- Research rejects Rod as inventor of the Lambeau Leap; the speaker attributes its origin to Randy Jordan in December 1993. This remains the podcast's claim, not independently verified history.