Heed the Call NFL Podcast with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler

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NFL Week 1 Preview: What REALLY Matters Sep 05, 2024

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Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are joined by Jourdan Rodrigue and Michael-Shawn Dugar of the Athletic to preview all the games on the Week 1 slate and tell you what REALLY matters! But first, Dan and Marc start off with a big announcement (3:22) before diving into the Sunday slate (7:40). We cover 8 major storylines that really matter before finishing with a round-up of the rest of the Week 1 games. Along the way, each of the heroes gives a FEARLESS PREDICTION for Week 1.

0:00 Intro

3:22 Big Announcement

6:23 Jourdan and Mike join

7:40 Rams at Lions

14:57 Steelers at Falcons

23:57 Texans at Colts

31:26 Packers at Eagles

42:21 Jets at 49ers

50:40 Cowboys at Browns

1:01:10 Raiders at Chargers

1:12:58 Panthers at Saints

1:24:05 Cardinals at Bills

1:25:25 Titans at Bears

1:26:36 Patriots at Bengals

1:28:00 Jaguars at Dolphins

1:29:31 Vikings at Giants

1:30:57 Broncos at Seahawks

1:32:50 Commanders at Buccaneers

1:36:38 Fearless Predictions Recap

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Chiefs-Ravens Preview + WHAT YOU PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE with Bill Barnwell Sep 03, 2024

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Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are back to catch up on the latest NFL news (2:07) before previewing the first game of the 2024 NFL season, a rematch of the AFC Championship Game with the Baltimore Ravens traveling to Kansas City to take on the back-to-back Super Bowl Champion Chiefs (12:57). Then, Bill Barnwell joins to help the heroes deliver WHAT YOU PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE: a segment focusing on the underrated but important storylines heading into the season (38:08), hitting on the Chiefs (38:50), Tom Brady the broadcaster (48:28), Bijan Robinson (57:26), the 49ers defense (1:04:38), Jim Harbaugh's impact (1:09:11), and the Jaguars (1:15:43).

0:00 Intro

2:07 News

5:51 Trent Williams extension

12:57 TNF Preview

34:56 Bill Barnwell joins

38:08 WHAT YOU PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE

38:50 Chiefs

48:28 Tom Brady

57:26 Bijan Robinson

1:04:38 49ers

1:09:11 Harbaugh

1:15:43 Jaguars

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2024 NFL Awards, Playoffs & Super Bowl Picks + HTC Mailbag with Dave Dameshek Sep 02, 2024

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It's NFL Kickoff Week! Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are back to predict with 100% accuracy exactly how the 2024 NFL Season will unfold, including picking division winners, Wild Card teams, and all the major NFL awards. Then, Dave Dameshek joins to answer some Heed the Call Mailbag questions before helping the heroes finish off the forecasts with AFC & NFC Championship picks as well as completely accurate Super Bowl LIX prophecies.

0:00 Intro

2:39 NFL Season Predictions begin

4:06 AFC East

5:32 AFC North

6:17 AFC South

9:13 AFC West

9:21 AFC Wild Card

12:43 NFC East

13:43 NFC North

14:19 NFC South

16:00 NFC West

16:41 NFC Wild Card

18:39 Award Predictions

24:47 Dave Dameshek joins

26:38 Mailbag Questions

1:06:27 AFC/NFC Championship + Super Bowl picks

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2024 Hot Butt Rankings!! Aug 30, 2024

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Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are back with a very important annual episode: the Hot Butt Rankings! To start, Dan and Gravedigger react to breaking news: Brandon Aiyuk and the 49ers have agreed to a contract extension worth $120M over four years. Then, to help with the 2024 Hot Butt Rankings, the heroes are joined by Underdog's newest senior sports reporter, James Palmer. The heroes talk through all 32 head coaches in the different Hot Butt Tiers. After the break, the gang details the events of The Dinner from earlier in the week.

0:00 Intro

2:34 Brandon Aiyuk

11:31 James Palmer joins

15:15 Hot Butt Rankings

18:11 "Stone Cold Safe"

24:42 "Likely Bullet Proof (But I'd Put On A Vest Just In Case)"

34:48 Jacoby Brissett named Patriots starting QB

38:34 "We Need To See *Progress*"

51:42 "Molly, You In Danger, Girl"

1:07:31 The Dinner

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Cutdown Day Hot Takes & Russpalooza In Pittsburgh Aug 28, 2024

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Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler react to roster cuts across the NFL as teams trim down to 53 players. Gravedigger pops in to help talk through all the developments, hot takes, and developing news.

0:00 Intro

14:19 NFC East roster news

30:42 NFC South roster news

33:37 NFC West roster news

45:12 Developing news - Russell Wilson

48:01 AFC North roster news

54:57 AFC East roster news

1:02:21 AFC South roster news

1:04:45 AFC West roster news

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2024 Team Slogans with Conor Orr Aug 26, 2024

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Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are joined by Conor Orr to give you their team slogans headed into the 2024 season. First, we catch up on some news from around the league (5:55). After the break, Conor joins the heroes to give out a slogan for almost every team: AFC East (32:26), AFC North (38:11), AFC South (42:14), AFC West (47:12), NFC East (54:38), NFC North (57:21), NFC South (59:49), and finally, NFC West (1:13:07). We close it out with one slogan for the entire league's broadcast partners (1:05:02), and Gravedigger gives a preseason-based kickoff take (1:06:29).

0:00 Intro

5:55 News

8:26 Daron Bland injury

10:39 Patriots QBs

14:15 Ja'Marr Chase back at practice

15:26 Trent Williams update

16:08 Nick Chubb to start season on PUP

17:22 Chiefs sign JuJu Smith-Schuster

18:51 Rapid-fire news items

21:40 CeeDee Lamb breaking news

27:14 Conor Orr joins

32:26 AFC East slogans

38:11 AFC North slogans

42:14 AFC South slogans

47:12 AFC West slogans

54:38 NFC East slogans

57:21 NFC North slogans

59:49 NFC South slogans

1:13:07 NFC West slogans

1:05:02 NFL broadcasters slogan

1:06:29 Preseason kickoff take

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Around The NFC in 47:59 Aug 23, 2024

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Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are joined by The Athletic's Jourdan Rodrigue and Michael-Shawn Dugar to go AROUND the NFC, hitting every single team in exactly 47 minutes and 59 seconds (ish).

0:00 Intro

2:20 Jourdan & Mike join

7:28 Cowboys

10:37 Eagles

14:35 Giants

17:01 Commanders

20:12 Jahan Dotson trade (timeout)

25:28 Getting to know Michael-Shawn Dugar

32:34 Lions

36:57 Packers

40:25 Vikings

43:47 Bears

47:02 Hard Knocks (timeout)

57:51 Buccaneers

1:01:06 Saints

1:04:18 Falcons

1:07:33 Panthers

1:12:45 49ers

1:16:09 Rams

1:19:19 Timeout

1:26:34 Seahawks

1:32:00 Cardinals

1:35:11 Outro

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Around The AFC in 47:29 Aug 21, 2024

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Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are joined by Andrew Siciliano and Gravedigger to go AROUND the AFC, hitting every single team in exactly 47 minutes and 29 seconds.

0:00 Intro

4:38 Andrew Siciliano joins

7:29 Buffalo Bills

11:05 Miami Dolphins

20:21 New York Jets

23:33 New England Patriots

28:01 Baltimore Ravens

31:11 Cleveland Browns

34:40 Pittsburgh Steelers

38:09 Cincinnati Bengals

41:25 Houston Texans

44:57 Jacksonville Jaguars

48:13 Indianapolis Colts

51:27 Tennessee Titans

58:48 Kansas City Chiefs

1:01:52 Las Vegas Raiders

1:07:45 Denver Broncos

1:11:17 Los Angeles Chargers

1:14:35 Sign off

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Preseason Week 2: It MATTAHS or It Doesn’t MATTAH? Aug 19, 2024

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Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are back to determine what does and doesn’t MATTHAH from Preseason Week 2, with the help of Conor Orr and Gravedigger. Conor kicks things off talking about the Seahawks new-look offense (14:19) before we hit Michael Penix and the Falcons (19:27), Caleb Williams (28:24), the Steelers struggling offense (33:35), Brandon Aubrey’s 66-yard field goal (42:50), 49ers-Saints (51:03), Daniel Jones’ two-interception outing (55:23), Patrick Mahomes throwing a behind-the-back pass (1:03:07), and a bunch of other rapid-fire takes in a final 8 o’clock delight round-up (1:08:38). Before signing off, we react to Colt McCoy’s retirement announcement (1:15:22).

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1st Annual Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA Aug 16, 2024

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*Trumpet sounds* Hear ye, hear ye! It’s the 1st Annual Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA for Heed the Call! Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler catch up on some NFL news (6:22) before welcoming in Josh Norris and Hayden Winks of the Underdog Football Show (26:05). Josh and Hayden help the heroes navigate the fantasy waters, covering preseason takeaways (31:44), Vikings hot takes (35:20), and evaluating the Dolphins (39:50). We take a short trip to Marc’s Fantasy Corner (43:05) and then continue breaking down hot-button fantasy teams and players, including the Seahawks (47:58) and Anthony Richardson (50:48). We make another trip to the Fantasy Corner to debate Tony Pollard vs Tyjae Spears (53:13) and hit on the rookie wide receivers (59:15) before making one final foray into Marc’s Fantasy Corner (1:06:05). Finally, we close the show with a visit from the wonderful Lakisha Wesseling (1:11:30).

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