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Real Football: The Nonsensical NFC Least Oct 22, 2026

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An NFL season can turn sideways in a hurry.

Look no further than the NFC East.

Philadelphia, Dallas, Washington and the New York Giants are all dealing with varying degrees of drama, controversy and injuries. From blood clots to shoddy defensive play to clock fiascos to one break-glass-in-case-of-emergency “Nine” decision. Nobody has won a game the last two weeks… and two of ‘em even played each other. It’s rough in the division Parcells and Gibbs built.

On this week’s episode of Real Football, we try to make sense of a nonsensical division.

We also discuss Jordan Love going bombs away in Green Bay, the Rams and Jim Leonhard’s (very) rocky start as Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator. Buffalo is giving off strong 2011 Packers vibes.

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Ty & Bob Pod S5 E6: Did the real Green Bay Packers just stand up? Oct 21, 2026

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Make it three in a row. These Green Bay Packers are suddenly crushing opponents.

Back when boos were reverberating through Lambeau Field — and rancor spiked to rare extremes — sources told Go Long that head coach Matt LaFleur stayed calm. He didn’t ask assistants to pull all-nighters, didn’t lose his mind. A measured tone that was very welcomed. Green Bay then squeaked out a win in Tampa Bay, dominated the Bears and then embarrassed a loaded Dallas Cowboys offense.

Momentum is building. Are we starting to see the real 2026 Packers? Here’s your weekly two-hour dose of NFC North talk/film dissection with co-host Bob McGinn.

I hit record live from Badger State Brewing on Tony Canadeo Run in the shadows of Lambeau. We’ve got much to discuss on this team.

The 5-0 Minnesota Vikings and 3-2 Detroit Lions had a bye week, but the Chicago Bears welcomed back their quarterback. Caleb Williams was nearly perfect in Atlanta, while Kyler Gordon supplied a knockout punch. As always, McGinn guides us through the performance of everyone in this division.

Heading into a North showdown vs. Dan Campbell’s Lions, LaFleur has an interesting decision to make on the offensive line.

And perhaps what’s most encouraging on the field for this team is that it’ll be infused with a difference-maker on each side of the ball soon: running back Josh Jacobs and edge Micah Parsons.

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Ty & Bob Pod S5 E5: State of the Packers with Tom Silverstein Oct 15, 2026

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There’s been some good, some bad and a touch of ugly. But here are the Green Bay Packers, at 3-2, with hope renewed off a 31-7 clubbing of the Chicago Bears.

With co-host Bob McGinn on vacation, Tom Silverstein joins me this week.

Thirty-eight years on the beat strong, “Spoon” continues to analyze and cover this team with the sharpest eye. Follow all of his work at PackersNews.com.

We examine what went right at Lambeau Field vs. Chicago and try to figure out where the season goes from here for Matt LaFleur’s team.

Is Silverstein confident what we saw in this game is sustainable? Instead of getting granular with the NFCN X’s and O’s, as we do with Bob, let’s take an episode to zoom out.

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Miss our series on LaFleur? Here’s Part I & Part IIexamining this coach in Year 8.

The legend, Mike Ditka, also passed away. Here’s a piece from “Blood and Guts” on the legacy he leaves.

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Peter King, ‘The Game’ and a life at the eye of the pro football storm Oct 13, 2026

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All of us, in some form or fashion, grew up on Peter King.

His coverage has been synonymous with pro football itself.

Now, he’s got a new book hitting the shelves: “The Game” is available for purchase everywhereyou get hardcover, Kindle or audiobooks. Peter became the standard for taking fans places they could not go. “The Game” is far more than a collection of old stories, too. It’s packed with fresh reporting and stories you’ve never heard before.

Loved welcoming a friend onto the Go Long Podcast here.

He’s insightful, entertaining, a timeless true titan in the industry.

We get into plenty…

* Bill Walsh’s season on the brink.

* A car ride with Boomer Esiason he’ll never forget.

* Ron Wolf’s epic turnaround in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

* Why the Green Bay Packers are different, QB to QB to QB.

* How genuine curiosity became central to his journalism.

* What has changed for the better and what has changed for the worst since Peter first started covering the NFL in the mid-80s?

* Over the offseason, we examined the league’s fragile long-term future with Chuck Klosterman — that episode is here — and a growing bubble that could burst. What does Peter think the NFL will look like 40 years from now? Is he equally concerned?

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And, again, purchase THE GAME today.

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ICYMI:

‘Monster:’ The Impossible Deone Walker

RIP, Mike Ditka

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Sicko mode, engaged: On Josh Allen’s fight, Tyler Bass, James Cook & a stammering Bills D in 37-34 OT thriller Oct 13, 2026

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Pour a fifth cup of coffee, all.

This hair-raiser was worth the midnight adrenaline rush.

Josh Allen and Matthew Stafford are the two most recent MVP winners. So I suppose there was never any doubt they’d eventually swap TD for TD for TD in a Monday Night Football classic. Buffalo prevailed in overtime, 37-34, thanks to Greg Rousseau’s blocked kick and Allen’s legs.

The Bills are 4-1. As Allen told Go Long: “I’m going to play football how I know how to play it until I can’t.” He brought those words to life in this one.

The Bills, of course, also have some major issues. Stafford (383 yards, 3 TD) and Puka Nacua (17 catches) carved up this secondary. James Cook fumbled again. Troubling themes.

Here’s your weekly dose of Bills talk with the team’s former director of personnel, Jim Monos. We analyze it all.

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Miss the feature on Deone Walker? Here’s the story of the “unicorn,” icymi.

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Real Football: Jalen Hurts flops, Josh Allen YOLOs, Packers’ reckoning & requiem for Terry Fontenot’s Falcons build Oct 08, 2026

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NFL Jalen Hurts is College Tim Tebow in the best and worst ways. (Allow Jim Monos to explain.)

Josh Allen’s late-game interception was a colossal fail, a rookie mistake… but no. Joe Brady should not send him to the chalkboard to write “I Will Not Throw Into Double Coverage” 100 times. As the Bills QB told Go Long, he isn’t going to change his play style. We examine the QB-HC dynamic.

Buffalo’s Defense. There are issues in the secondary. Maxwell Hairston wanted no smoke with the game on the line. Next up: the Los Angeles Rams.

Hey, what about those Atlanta Falcons? A year ago, I sat down in Terry Fontenot’s office. He was beaming. He was soon fired. The GM’s vision is finally being brought to life… albeit after Arthur Blank fired him.

All GMs for all teams know they’ve got to find a quarterback. But what’s the best path? Selecting one first overall doesn’t guarantee anything. Nor does staying patient apparently.

And, hey! It’s Packers-Bears Week. After sifting through the nitty-gritty matchups with Bob McGinn, let’s think big picture with Monos. This the most important regular-season game of Matt LaFleur’s eight-year tenure. Ben Johnson has morphed his Chicago offense into a soul-snatching machine up front. It’ll be must-see TV again.

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Two-part series on LaFleur is right here, icymi:

* Matt LaFleur Show, Part I: The Boss

* Matt LaFleur Show, Part II: Identity Crisis

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Ty & Bob Pod S5 E4: It’s Packers-Bears Week Oct 07, 2026

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They meet again. A year ago, the Chicago Bears stunned the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field. (Packers sources explain what happened here.)

Since then? Ben Johnson continues to build a machine of a rushing attack and win with both No. 2 (Tyson Bagent) and No. 3 (Case Keenum) quarterbacks. Matt LaFleur has the Packers at 2-2 after squeaking past winless Tampa Bay.

This may be the most important regular-season game of LaFleur’s eight-year tenure.

Green Bay’s season could realistically take a very hard turn either direction Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field.

Here on the “Ty & Bob Pod,” we preview the matchup and — as always — Bob McGinn offers his insight on all NFCN games from a week ago: Packers-Bucs, Bears-Jets, Vikings-Dolphins and Lions-Panthers.

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Two-part series on Matt LaFleur, icymi:

Matt LaFleur Show, Part I: The Boss

Matt LaFleur Show, Part II: Identity Crisis

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How Andrew Brandt makes all of us “Smarter About Sports” Oct 06, 2026

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His stories are endless. Andrew Brandt has lived it all in pro sports.

As a sports agent. As a Green Bay Packers executive. As a member of sports media.

Even as the GM of the Barcelona Dragons.

We all know so much more about how the NFL works because of his voice, his ability to articulate complicated stuff to the masses. Now, Brandt has documented his journey for us all to read. “Smarter About Sports: My Life Navigating Athletes, Agents, Media, and the Business of the NFL” is available everywhere books are sold.

Be sure to add Brandt’s book to your library today. It’s excellent.

Here on the Go Long Podcast, Brandt shares a few of those tales.

Video and audio of our conversation is available above. I’ll also share the transcription for those who’d prefer to read later today.

Topics include…

* How Brandt broke into the agent world. (Yes, with a trip to Barcelona to follow.)

* Learning from NBA super-agent David Falk.

* Allowing for “serendipity” at every turn — Brandt constantly bet on himself to pursue a life in sports.

* Ron Wolf’s words that changed his life. The Packers wanted an agent to take over as VP. Brandt was the choice. Brandt handled the team’s contracts from 1999 to 2008.

* Life in Green Bay. It was different than anything he had experienced.

* Reliving the day Brett Favre’s father died. He’ll never forget it.

* Reliving the transition from Favre to Aaron Rodgers — Brandt was close to both. He’ll never forget this all, either. Ninety-five percent of calls to his phone were pro-Favre.

* What makes the Packers different on and off the field in the business of pro football.

This was a ton of fun.

These days, Brandt is the executive director of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at Villanova University.

You can also get all of his insight at the Sunday Seven newsletter.

Live in Wisconsin? Be sure to hang out with Brandt at one of his book signings coming up. He’ll be in at the Appleton Barnes & Noble on Oct. 17 (10:30 a.m. CST), Lion’s Mouth Bookstore in Green Bay later that same day (3 p.m.), and then the Barnes & Noble in Green Bay on Oct. 18 (11 a.m.). All info can be found at smarteraboutsports.com.

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Real Football: 2024 Quarterback Class, revisited Oct 01, 2026

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Six teams placed six high-stakes bets on April 25, 2024.

It’s now Year 3 for all six quarterbacks.

With Drake Maye’s mind-boggling struggles, injuries to Caleb Williams/Jayden Daniels, more Bo Nix fourth-quarter magic, the J.J. McCarthy trade and Michael Penix’s return from another ACL, I thought it was a perfect time to discuss the 2024 quarterback class in full here on Real Football with co-host Jim Monos.

All QBs can still veer all possible directions.

We start in Foxborough where Maye’s career arc is particularly shocking.

Last season, he nearly won MVP. The North Carolina product zapped life into the entire organization and played beyond his years. Three games into this 2026 season, he’s arguably been the worst starter in the league. What happened? Can he rekindle his magic? So much about playing quarterback is rooted in confidence.

QB to QB to QB, we get to ‘em all.

Daniels is hurt, again, but hustling to get back. His first half in Dallas was encouraging. Williams had a front-row ticket to the Case Keenum Show at Soldier Field. What’s next for this quarterback we’ve tracked closely?

The Vikings found a team to take McCarthy off their hands. I explored why it didn’t work out in our Kyler Murray two-parter. Now, let’s get a scout’s perspective on Real Football.

Meanwhile, all Nix does is turn it on in the fourth quarter. Listeners of the pod remember Monos pegging Denver as the team that’d draft Nix far back as the NFL Combine that spring. He worked with Sean Payton in New Orleans. (We still like these ‘26 Broncos.)

Then, there’s Penix. Atlanta has life after clobbering the Packers. This QB is all, all, all arm.

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Ty & Bob Pod S5 E3: Case Keenum’s Finest Hour Sep 30, 2026

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Case Keenum defied the odds on Monday Night Football, shredding the Philadelphia Eagles for 247 yards on 24-of-34 passing with two touchdowns and no turnovers and no sacks.

How did he do it? Our Bob McGinn details on this episode of the Ty & Bob Pod.

Also, Ben Johnson must’ve enjoyed seeing a quarterback operate with such timing. This 27-7 dismantlement could have the Bears coach thinking about the short and long term.

This was a convincing punch to the 2024 champ’s mouth.

Elsewhere, the sight of a third-string quarterback lighting it up for Chicago must’ve been especially painful for the team that once tortured this team. The Green Bay Packers hit a new low in their 35-14 blowout loss to Atlanta on Thursday Night Football. McGinn explains where everything went wrong and how Matt LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst are trying to fix the offensive line on the fly with the Laken Tomlinson and Mekhi Becton signings.

Since recording this episode, Green Bay also has signed veteran guard Kevin Zeitler.

Will this act of desperation work? McGinn reached out to some NFL scouts to see what these signees have to offer. Fascinating insight.

The Minnesota Vikings again rode their defense to victory. After Justin Jefferson went down, quarterback Kyler Murray struggled to find a rhythm.

They’re 3-0. They’re riding a defense that attacks.

The Detroit Lions held off a Jets rally to get back on track. Questions on D remain.

And stick around for the weekly McGinn Memory. Once again, my co-host looks back to Bart Starr’s coaching days.

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