Host Brandon Contes interviews Fox NFL rules analyst Dean Blandino. Brandon and Dean discuss a wide range of topics including Dean's thoughts on the Brotherly Shove, being on Jerry Jones' party bus, being Fox's rules analyst, and more.

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-:42: What Dean misses most about Long Island
-1:39: What Dean misses most about being NFL VP of Officiating
-2:35: Is refereeing a “thankless job?”
-4:00: Being a replay official
-4:51: Goals from having internship in NFL officiating department
-5:25: How do referees get to the NFL?
-6:29: Officials looking down on Dean because Dean wasn’t an on-field ref
-7:31: Could Dean have been an on-field ref?
-7:51: Calls from coaches as VP of Officiating
-8:25: Coaches Dean dreaded talking to?
-9:26: Players who were more difficult to deal with?
-10:20: Going from VP of Officiating to an on-air rules analyst for Fox 
-11:35: Communicating with Mike Pereira
-12:00: Does Dean have issues with saying something was a bad call on air?
-13:42: Working with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
-14:20: Does Dean prefer the booth or the command center?
-15:06: Does Dean have more to offer as an analyst?
-16:33: Working with Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen
-17:16: Prospect of working with Tom Brady
-17:50: Has Brady reached out about anything rules or broadcasting related?
-18:13: Aaron Rodgers’ comments about networks stealing the best referees to be rules analysts
-19:18: Should NFL referees be full-time?
-21:06: What does an official do during the week?
-22:21: What does Dean do during the week?
-23:04: Sports betting and refereeing
-24:23: NFL officials being approached to manipulate games for betting reasons?
-25:28: NFL impacting scores in terms of adjusting how many flags are thrown from week to week?
-27:05: Favorite rule change
-27:41: Should there be more reviewable plays?
-28:55: Working with the XFL
-29:43: Brotherly Shove
-31:43: Future of the NFL in terms of player safety
-33:06: Rules protecting the quarterback
-34:05: Does Dean receive more complaints when working at the league office or as a rules analyst?
-34:50: Working the Super Bowl
-35:51: Dean’s most controversial decision as a replay official
-36:44: Being on Jerry Jones’ party bus
-38:16: Was the NFL bothered by that?
-39:13: Stand up comedy

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