The Rich Eisen Show

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Stewart Mandel: Blowouts Are Part Of Sports Dec 23, 2024

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12/23/24 - Hour 3

Guest host Brian Webber is joined by The Athletic's Stewart Mandel to talk about the first round of the college football playoffs.

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Jarrett Bell: Jayden Daniels Is Very Special Dec 23, 2024

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12/23/24 - Hour 2

Guest host Brian Webber is joined by USA Today's Jarrett Bell to talk about if Mike McCarthy should keep his job as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys and the crazy game between the Eagles and Commanders.

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Mike McCarthy Should Have Been Fired Last Year Dec 23, 2024

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12/23/24 - Hour 1

Guest host Brian Webber fills in for Rich and talks about the latest in the NFL, the College Football Playoffs and the passing of baseball legend Ricky Henderson.

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OverReaction Monday: The Vikings Are The Best Team In The NFL Dec 23, 2024

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A weekly staple on ‘The Rich Eisen Show’ since 2018, ‘Overreaction Monday’ is now also an extended podcast with Rich and Chris Brockman debating the latest in the NFL. Today’s topics:

1:45 - Michael Penix Jr will lead the Falcons to a playoff win this year

5:30 - The Vikings are the best team in the NFL

10:45 - NFL MVP should be a 2-horse race between Lamar Jackson and Jared Goff

16:30 - The final AFC Playoffs spot won’t be decided until Week 18

20:40 - Jayden Daniels is having the best rookie QB season this century

25:30 - The Chiefs are winning the AFC

30:00 - 12 teams is too many for the College Football Playoff

34:30 - Winner of Ohio State/Oregon is going to win the Natty

36:45 - Revisiting overreactions from NFL Week 6

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Deion Sanders: Don't Draft Travis Hunter If He Isn't Going To Play On Offense And Defense Dec 20, 2024

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12/20/24 - Hour 3

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders tells Rich that’s NFL teams who don’t plan to play Travis Hunter on both offense AND defense shouldn’t draft the Heisman Trophy winner, how he responds to speculation that he and son Shedeur Sanders could be a package deal for some NFL team, his advice for Bill Belichick as he embarks on his college coaching career at North Carolina, and more.

Writer/comedian Spike Feresten joins Rich in-studio to discuss his ‘Spike’s Car Radio’ YouTube show, reveals what he said to Jerry Seinfeld the first time they met that he worried would end his career, tells the origin stories behind some of the classic ‘Seinfeld’ episodes he wrote including ‘The Soup Nazi,’ Elaine’s dancing, muffin tops only, and the ‘Junk Mail’ episode featuring Wilford Brimley as the Postmaster General.

Rich ranks to the top 5 NFL and CFP games this weekend.

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Tom Pelissero: The Chargers Practiced For The Free Kick Dec 20, 2024

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12/20/24 - Hour 2

NFL Insider Tom Pelissero and Rich discuss the Falcons’ reasoning behind their Kirk Cousins benching for Michael Penix Jr, the reported dysfunction that’s plaguing the New York Jets’ front office, the injury status of Patrick Mahomes, AJ Brown, TJ Watt, Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, why Lions RB David Montgomery opted against knee surgery, and breaks down the obscure rule that led to the Chargers converting a free kick FG for the first time in the NFL in decades.

In ‘What’s More Likely’ Rich weighs in on the Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Michael Penix Jr, Aaron Rodgers, Kirk Cousins, and more.

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NFL Super Wild Card Weekend Predictions Dec 20, 2024

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12/20/24 - Hour 1

Rich recaps Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers’ pivotal Thursday Night Football win over their AFC West rival Denver Broncos.

Rich predicts how the NFL’s Super Wild Card Weekend’s matchups will look like despite there being three weeks left in the regular season, and weighs in on the start of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff field and the inherent excitement that’s sure to come over the next month.

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The Jim Jackson Show: Brian Scalabrine Dec 19, 2024

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Jim discusses the impact of the 2nd in-season NBA Cup and how it’s been received by players and fans, the league’s changes of the NBA All-Star Game, and the criticism of Caitlyn Clark being named Time magazine’s Athlete of the Year. 2008 NBA Champion and NBC Boston NBA Analyst Brian Scalabrine joins the show to discuss the current state of the game, the chances of the Boston Celtics repeating as NBA Champions, and how accepting his role on his team led to an 11-year career in the NBA. You might be surprised to learn which current Celtic Scalabrine calls “a bonafide savage”.

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Top 5 Wildest Journeys Of The NFL Season Dec 19, 2024

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12/19/24 - Hour 3

Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix joins Rich in-studio to discuss how Load Management and the proliferation of 3-pointers is ruining the NBA and leading to a decrease in ratings, what (if anything) can be done to restore some semblance of competitiveness to the league’s All-Star Game, possible landing spots for Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler, potential big man trade targets for the Lakers, his thoughts on a Logan Paul vs Conor McGregor fight, and more.

Rich ranks the top wildest journeys of the 2024 NFL season including takes on Vikings QB Sam Darnold, Panthers QB Bryce Young, Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr, Steelers QB Russell Wilson, the Chicago Bears’ disappointing season, and the Dallas Cowboys’ “all-in” approach that failed miserably.

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Spencer Danielson: We Did Everything To Earn A Bye In The CFP Dec 19, 2024

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12/19/24 - Hour 2

Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson and Rich discuss the Broncos’ earning a 1st-round bye in the College Football Playoff, reveals why Heisman Trophy finalist Ashton Jeanty is as good a person as he is a football player, and more.

Rich and the guys discuss how load management is impacting NBA ratings this season, and what Hollywood Brown’s return could mean for the Chiefs’ offense.

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Overreaction Monday: http://apple.co/overreactionmonday

What the Football with Suzy Shuster and Amy Trask: http://apple.co/whatthefootball

The Jim Jackson Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jim-jackson-show/id1770609432

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