The NFL's main trends, questions, and storylines heading into the 2019 season - it's football chat time!

(1:00) Dan & Andre banter about the preseason, perennial hype trains that never deliver, and their favorite non-football parts of watching football. Cameos by: positive masculinity, Frank's hot sauce, and the nerd/jock binary.

 

 

(11:11) We talk quarterbacks: How much more will we see out of the old QBs who are elite and Eli Manning? How about the slightly-less-old and very-much-not-old guys? How have NFL teams adapted their plans to suit college QBs? Cameos by: the common cold, the "Deshaun" power rankings, and intentional turnovers.

 

(26:55) We talk X's and O's: What offensive schemes will dominate this year? How will the speedy Chiefs and Rams build on their 2018 dominance? Can bigger offenses like the Ravens and worse ones like the Lions thrive as well? How will defenses respond?

Cameos by: blue kool-aid, grocery store orphans, and Denard Robinson's shoelaces

 

 

(49:21) We talk teams with interesting years ahead of them: A "Wild Card" team with a new coach who maybe doesn't deserve to be there, the lovable losers who have turned their franchise around by strategically not sucking anymore, and the team that most resembles an incompetent villain's plot to overtake football. Cameos by: NFL Europe, free seafood zones, the downside of zen contentedness

 

 

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