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Which 2-0 teams are for real, which 0-2s can bounce back & is Lamar's throwing arm okay? Sep 22, 2022

Show notes

Charles Robinson is excited to be joined by the two newest Yahoos on the NFL beat: Charles McDonald & Jori Epstein. Charles, Charles & Jori kick off the podcast introducing themselves to the Yahoo audience & reacting to the news out of Baltimore where QB Lamar Jackson was seen with a protective sleeve on his right arm and did not participate in throwing drills during Wednesday's practice.

The trio devote the rest of the episode to the slate of undefeated and winless teams coming out of Week 2. Which 2-0 teams are for real and which of the four 0-2 teams have the best chance to bounce back?

0:15 Welcoming Charles McDonald & Jori Epstein to Yahoo Sports

6:20 Concern over Lamar Jackson's throwing arm

16:45 Miami Dolphins

23:05 Buffalo Bills

28:05 Kansas City Chiefs

32:25 New York Giants

35:55 Philadelphia Eagles

45:50 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

51:10 Tennessee Titans & Cincinnati Bengals

54:50 Atlanta Falcons & Carolina Panthers

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Week 2 Sunday Night Freestyle: Lance's season over, Tua outduels Lamar & Bucs/Saints brawl Sep 19, 2022

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Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab kick off the Sunday night podcast reacting to Trey Lance's unfortunate ankle injury that will sideline him for the remainder of the season, Tua Tagovailoa's ascendant performance against Lamar Jackson's Baltimore Ravens & the utterly bizarre Tampa Bay/New Orleans game that saw two players get ejected and a poor Microsoft Surface tablet destroyed at the hands of the GOAT Tom Brady.

Later, the guys run through the rest of Sunday's 13 matchups including the Detroit Lions putting up another huge offensive game, more tales of woe from Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett & Joe Flacco of all people pulling out a win for the Jets against the Cleveland Browns.

0:20 Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers

15:50 Miami Dolphins @ Baltimore Ravens

23:15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints

28:55 Washington Commanders @ Detroit Lions

32:25 Houston Texans @ Denver Broncos

41:25 Arizona Cardinals @ Las Vegas Raiders

46:40 Cincinnati Bengals @ Dallas Cowboys

51:10 Indianapolis Colts @ Jacksonville Jaguars

55:20 New York Jets @ Cleveland Browns

60:00 Atlanta Falcons @ Los Angeles Rams

62:45 Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers

64:05 New England Patriots @ Pittsburgh Steelers

66:25 Carolina Panthers @ New York Giants

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Reconsidering Brett Favre's legacy, Broncos MNF WTF & Cowboys/Steelers handling key injuries differently Sep 15, 2022

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After years of denials, the truth may be finally catching up to former Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre. Charles Robinson welcomes former NFL safety Tank Williams onto the podcast, kicking off the conversation with the recent text messages that implicate Favre in a plan to divert federal welfare funds towards building a new volleyball stadium at Southern Miss. Charles explains that this is yet another element in a large mosaic of questionable behavior from Favre, whose career should be looked at in a more skeptical light.

Later in the podcast, the guys talk about coach Nathaniel Hackett's dubious game management at the end of Monday's Denver Broncos loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Dallas Cowboys & Pittsburgh Steelers handling the injuries of Dak Prescott & T.J. Watt in wildly different fashions and close out the episode previewing a handful of key Week 2 games.

0:55 Brett Favre scandal

20:45 Denver Broncos MNF loss

29:20 Dallas Cowboys rushing Dak Prescott back from injury

39:10 Pittsburgh Steelers approach to T.J. Watt injury

43:45 Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs preview

48:15 Miami Dolphins @ Baltimore Ravens preview

51:45 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints preview

54:55 Minnesota Vikings @ Philadelphia Eagles preview

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Week 1 Sunday Night Freestyle: Missed field goals galore, surprise endings & panic mode already in Dallas & Green Bay Sep 12, 2022

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Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab kick off the 2022 edition of the Sunday night freestyle from none other than AT&T Stadium, where the Dallas Cowboys were served two major Ls on Sunday night. If the 19-3 drubbing from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wasn't enough, a hand injury to Dak Prescott added injury to the insult, with the team's lead play caller expected to miss multiple weeks following an upcoming surgery.

The guys run through all 14 of Sunday's games including Green Bay's not-quite surprising loss to the Vikings in Minneapolis, Cincinnati's nail-biting OT loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, a Kansas City blowout in Arizona and more.

0:20 Tampa Bay @ Dallas

12:50 Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati

18:00 Green Bay @ Minnesota

24:05 Las Vegas @ Los Angeles Chargers

26:45 San Francisco @ Chicago

30:35 Philadelphia @ Detroit

36:15 Cleveland @ Carolina

40:50 New Orleans @ Atlanta

45:00 Kansas City @ Arizona

47:10 New England @ Miami

50:10 Washington @ Jacksonville

52:40 New York Giants @ Tennessee

56:00 Baltimore @ New York Jets

58:35 Indianapolis @ Houston

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End of season award predictions, division winner picks & favorite Week 1 games Sep 07, 2022

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The 2022 NFL season is finally a little more than 24 hours away and Charles Robinson is joined by Frank Schwab to make some extremely early and unscientific predictions ahead of Thursday night's kickoff in Los Angeles between the Rams and Bills.

After starting off the podcast with the news that Kenny Pickett will start his NFL career in Pittsburgh as a backup for now, the guys dive into predicting some of the big end-of-season awards categories for this season. Who are Frank & Charles' MVP, rookie of the year & coach of the year picks? Tune in to find out.

They close out the pod selecting their 8 division winners for the 2022 season & sharing their Super Bowl winner picks before diving into a handful of the marquee games from Week 1.

0:20 Steelers name Mitchell Trubisky Week 1 starter

5:40 MVP predictions

14:15 Offensive player of the year predictions

18:15 Defensive player of the year predictions

22:15 Offensive rookie of the year predictions

27:30 Defensive rookie of the year predictions

30:50 Coach of the year predictions

36:40 Who will be the first coach fired?

43:55 Division winner & Super Bowl predictions

1:02:40 Favorite Week 1 games

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What Russell Wilson's extension means for future QB deals & NFC North, NFC South, AFC South previews Sep 02, 2022

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On Thursday, Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson signed a massive 5-year extension with the club to stay with the team through 2028 — all before he took his first snap. Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab discuss what the $245 million contract means for Denver, his former team the Seattle Seahawks & the class of young QBs about to sign new extensions of their own: Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow & Justin Herbert.

Later in the podcast, Charles talks about the disappointing run of Las Vegas Raiders first round picks, culminating in the squad cutting OL Alex Leatherwood earlier this week. For the rest of the show, the guys preview the twelve teams of the NFC North, NFC South & AFC South.

1:10 Russell Wilson extension in Denver & the state of elite QB contracts

20:45 Alex Leatherwood & Raiders' history with 1st round draft picks

26:50 NFC North – Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings

42:00 NFC South – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers

51:40 AFC South – Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans

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Jimmy G stays in SF (for now), Tom Brady's emotionally raw presser & AFC East/West previews Aug 30, 2022

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After the summer of endless speculation, Jimmy Garoppolo is...staying in San Francisco for the time being. The divisively reliable QB restructured his deal with the 49ers and likely at least start the year as the team's backup behind Trey Lance. Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab kick off today's podcast discussing what this means for Lance, Garoppolo and the 49ers organization as a whole that they are employing the league's highest paid backup.

Next, Charles & Frank discuss Tom Brady's recent press conference in Tampa Bay, where he uncovered a rarely-seen part of his personality; an emotionally raw glimpse into the inner workings of the future Hall of Famer.

In the remainder of the show, the guys preview the eight teams that comprise the AFC East & West: why there are few signs of optimism coming out of New England, why the Jets are poised to waste another year of Zach Wilson's youth, why the Chargers are poised to correct the franchise's cursed attempts at glory & if the Chiefs' defensive roster can keep their high-powered offense in games and more.

0:20 Jimmy Garoppolo restructures contract in San Francisco

10:30 Tom Brady's revealing press conference

21:45 Buffalo Bills

29:15 New England Patriots

33:55 Miami Dolphins

38:30 New York Jets

48:15 Las Vegas Raiders

52:05 Los Angeles Chargers

57:50 Denver Broncos

63:05 Kansas City Chiefs

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Rams/Bengals camp fight, Cowboys lose LT Smith, Trey Lance debate & can Eagles win the NFC? Aug 26, 2022

Show notes

The NFL world caught fire on Thursday afternoon after reports and video of a massive brawl breaking out at joint practice between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals. Most notably, the video shows Aaron Donald swinging a helmet (or two) at opposing players in the middle of the scrum.

Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab kick off the podcast reacting to the wild video and discussing what the league's options are in the grey area of practice fights, where historically there is very little precedent for players earning suspensions.

Later in the episode, the guys talk about the injury to Dallas Cowboys LT Tyron Smith & Jerry Jones' oddly pervasive optimism, despite signs that yet another Cowboys season is headed down the wrong track.

For the remainder of the episode, Charles & Frank spend time deconstructing the NFC East and NFC West divisions and previewing their thoughts on each team as we approach two weeks until the kickoff of Week 1.

0:20 Aaron Donald and the Rams/Bengals fight

10:40 Dallas Cowboys lose OT Tyron Smith

21:40 Philadelphia Eagles

27:50 New York Giants

30:45 Washington Commanders

39:50 Seattle Seahawks

44:05 Los Angeles Rams

48:35 San Francisco 49ers

56:15 Arizona Cardinals

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Tom Brady wasn't on 'The Masked Singer', Kayvon Thibodeaux cut block controversy & why the AFC North is wide open Aug 23, 2022

Show notes

Charles Robinson is joined by Frank Schwab for a look around the league, starting off with Tom Brady's return from an 11-day excused absence and the ridiculous rumors that he may have been appearing on The Masked Singer. The guys debate the true meaning of Brady's time away and how this is all likely the opening beats to Tom Brady's final year.

Later in the show, Charles & Frank talk about Kayvon Thibodeaux's injury during a preseason game & how it re-ignited a league-wide debate about cut blocks. They also have some final words on Deshaun Watson's 11-game suspension and why the league settled with him. Closing out the podcast, they discuss the suddenly wide-open AFC North, why the Baltimore Ravens can bounce back and why a Kenny Pickett-led run to the playoffs for the Pittsburgh Steelers isn't completely out of the question.

0:15 Tom Brady absence and return to Tampa

19:40 Kayvon Thibodeaux's controversial injury

30:15 Final thoughts on Deshaun Watson's suspension

37:15 Baltimore Ravens outlook and Lamar Jackson contract

43:00 Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals outlook

46:40 Pittsburgh Steelers outlook

51:55 General AFC talk

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Michael Smith returns to talk moving to Amazon, Patriots/Panthers fights & fearing for Zach Wilson Aug 18, 2022

Show notes

After opening the podcast with an update on Deshaun Watson, Charles Robinson is joined on this week's podcast by NBC's Michael Smith, who has recently been announced as an analyst for Prime Video's coverage of Thursday Night Football. Charles & Michael talk about their decades of friendship in the NFL journalism space and Michael's career journey from ESPN to NBC and his upcoming work for Amazon. (7:55)

Michael joins from Patriots/Panthers joint practice in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where Michael reports on the handful of fights that have broken out at camp & Charles weighs in on the fresh start for the offense under OC Ben McAdoo and Baker Mayfield. (28:43)

Closing out the episode, Charles & Michael discuss a few of the recent preseason injuries, highlighted by the partial meniscus tear suffered by New York Jets QB Zach Wilson. Michael laments Wilson's situation and fears that Wilson & Bears QB Justin Fields may suffer similar fates to star-crossed Carolina QBs Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold. (38:20)

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