Mortal Kombat 2, Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday problem, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman, the NFL schedule release, NBA playoff picks, and LeBron James retirement talk all hit the table in Season 2, Episode 17 of The Do-Over Podcast. Drew Hyatt, Edward Raus, and Gengar Daddy are back at Grogg’s Studio for another Taps & Takes episode, starting with nerd news and ending with sports takes.

Taps & Takes is The Do-Over Podcast’s nerd-news-and-sports series. The first half usually covers movies, Marvel, DC, gaming, trailers, and pop culture, while the second half shifts into football, basketball, hockey, baseball, betting talk, and whatever sports argument needs to happen. This episode opens with the crew explaining why the normal recording got derailed, then moves into a spoiler-heavy Mortal Kombat 2 review, including why Johnny Cage works, why the sequel feels stronger than the first movie, and why it may be the best Mortal Kombat movie yet.

From there, the conversation turns to Daredevil: Born Again, Matt Murdock’s faith, Kingpin, Karen, Punisher, Jon Bernthal, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Marvel’s street-level future. The crew also gets into Robert Pattinson’s Batman, James Gunn’s DCU, Clayface, and why Marvel needs to build real hype for Avengers: Doomsday before casual fans stop caring. Then the sports half covers the NFL schedule release, Thanksgiving football, international NFL games, fantasy football timing, the NBA playoffs, the Knicks and Thunder, whether LeBron James could retire, NHL playoff picks, Canada’s hockey hopes, the Angels, Pokemon Go turning ten, and why college baseball teams canceling games to protect tournament resumes is weak.

Recorded at Grogg’s Studio with a shoutout to Grogg’s Traditional Irish Pub.

00:00 – Live from the studio

01:00 – Why the recording got derailed

02:35 – Elliott sports takes and Fresno Falcons

03:18 – What Taps & Takes covers

03:53 – Mortal Kombat 2 spoiler review

08:11 – Karl Urban as Johnny Cage

09:29 – Daredevil Born Again review

13:10 – Matt Murdock, faith, and Kingpin

15:57 – Defenders, Iron Fist, and Marvel TV

18:50 – WandaVision, Loki, Agatha, and Vision Quest

21:09 – Punisher special and Jon Bernthal

23:24 – The Batman and Pattinson’s DC future

28:23 – Avengers Doomsday marketing problem

30:50 – Dune, Odyssey, and Marvel losing hype

34:44 – Sports half begins

35:09 – NFL schedule release and Thanksgiving games

36:30 – NFL in Australia and fantasy football

38:38 – NBA playoffs, Knicks, and Thunder

42:31 – LeBron retirement decision

47:01 – NHL playoffs and Canada’s last hope

49:43 – College World Series cancellation rant

54:31 – Angels update and Pokemon Go turns ten

55:02 – Live plugs and outro

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