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I really enjoyed Freddie deBoer’s NFL preview and wanted to discuss America’s favorite sport with him. Neither of us are all that associated with football analysis and yet we can’t stop thinking about it. So we went for an NFL download as the season approaches…

Freddie’s Micah Parsons trade take

How NFL stars are dictating terms to teams like NBA stars

Freddie’s perspective on the wildly divergent pay scales between NFL positions

Can you be a bad locker room guy just by having a podcast?

Are we being honest about the level Patrick Mahomes is actually at right now?

Racial ghosts and the Lamar Jackson Discourse

How Lamar defenders oddly can underrate him

Freddie have a take on Pablo Torre’s Kawhi Leonard reporting?