The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

Doing Less With Less with Andy Behrens and Chris Harris


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The NFL is back in full swing, and so our good buddy Andy Behrens returns to the pod along with his cohort Chris Harris. We’re looking at analytics, and how fantasy football butts up against football reality. When does the math go too far? Is it even possible to pick a team so safe they’re immune to a single dude tripping and falling? We’ll check in with Andy’s Bears, Chris’s Pats, and Roth’s Giants, and a few other stand-out teams from this week’s matchups (even some college teams), and then dive into the Funbag to answer real questions from listeners.

Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0!


Stuff We Talked About

  • Sports fans vs math fans
  • When to punt, and when not to punt
  • The question we apparently can’t get enough of, “Is Daniel Jones good?”
  • The firing of Mike Gundy
  • The dreaded return of the Toilet Sandwich


Credits

- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth

- Producer & Editor: Mischa Stanton

- Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts

- Subscribe to Defector!


About The Show

The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voicemails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.

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