(Please note, this conversation was recorded on October 7th, 2020)

Join in as Tyler Heiser and I recap the NFL season up to this point. Where we were right and where we were wrong. Tune in as we dive deep into analytics, manalytics and smack talk about the teams we love to hate. Also, the NY Jets suck. Our Pics against the spread are as follows:

Tyler.Steelers -7, Ravens -13, Cowboys -9, Rams-9, Bucs -4.5

Justin.Eagles +7, Browns+1.5, Dolphins+8.5, Cardinals-7, Chiefs-13.5

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A big shout out as always to @HipHopeAudio on instagram for producing our intro music.

Tim is the general manager at the Athlete's connection in Grand Rapids, MI and coaches the Grand Valley State University Boy's Lacrosse team, as well as Wheelchair Lacrosse through Mary Free Bed.

As always, please like, share, and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Feel free to leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or check out our Patreon page to support the show, and follow on all social media @RutkowskiPod

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A big shout out as always to @HipHopeAudio on instagram for producing our intro music.

If you feel so inclined, here is a link to support wheelchair sports through Mary Free Bed: https://www.maryfreebed.com/rehabilitation/sports-rehabilitation/wheelchair-adaptive-sports/donation-page/

In this episode we discuss:

• What is lacrosse? 
• How Tim started playing lacrosse
• Athlete’s Connection
• https://www.teamlax.com/
• GVSU Lacrosse Coach
• College Divisions 
• Tim’s Plane crash
• United Flight 232
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCTrs9mKmhc
•  Justin’s “Traumatic” flight experience
• Mary Free Bed Wheelchair Lacrosse
• https://www.maryfreebed.com/rehabilitation/sports-rehabilitation/wheelchair-adaptive-sports/donation-page/
• Appreciation
• The first rule of wheelchair lacrosse
• What makes wheelchair lacrosse different from field lacrosse
• COVID Impact
• Vaccine
• Wuhan Province 
• What else is going on in the world?
• Would you rather? COVID edition
• Moving from playing to coaching lacrosse
• Small world connections
• How to make Lacrosse a mainstream sport

Today Justin has a good friend, Travis, on to tell his story and give some perspective.

Later we will be releasing the discussion that came before this story talking more about current events from the perspective of someone who has been a police officer. But for now, enjoy!

As always, thanks to Hip Hope Audio for the intro and outro music! He can be found on instagram @hiphopeaudio

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Billy Lanford is the Ambassador of Wellness and the Director of Operations at A.K. Rikk’s in Grand Rapids, MI. He is the owner of Eremos Performance, LLC which is dedicated to people and organizations in identifying and scaling their best practices. 

Billy is married to Anya. He is also a former college athlete, graduate of WMU and is a Certified Nutrition Coach as well as Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) certified through National Academy Sports Medicine NASM.

Check him out at https://www.eremosperformance.com/ or on Instagram @BillyLanford

A big thanks goes out to Hip Hope Audio for producing our new intro music! You can find him on Instagram @HipHopeAudio

In this episode Billy and Justin catch up and discuss:

• Billy’s relationship with baseball
• The benefits of reading daily
• The different paths of adulthood
• Politics affecting your life
• Billy’s proposed solution to living with differences
• Making a difference
• Stepping out of the norm
• The Manhood Crisis
• Intentionality
• Regrets
• Talking about emotions
• What really matters
• Spiritual Life and the Bible
• Not stressing
• Justin and Chloe’s Church Search 
• Loving people
• How speaking your opinion can make a difference 

In this episode, Justin interviews Rob Banaszak, who is an assistant coach for Rockford High School's Varsity football team.

In this interview we talk about:

• Rob's background
• How Rob decided to move from banking to coaching
• How the off season played out during the pandemic
• MHSAA regulation communications
• Failed podcast recording
• Season Shutdown and Revamp
• A good summer all things considered
• Politics and COVID in the world today
• Supplements that shouldn't be legal
• Smoking or non-smoking?
• Bowling alleys
• Justin's New House
• Ghosts
• Large Rats
• Bats
• Starting a podcast
• Racism in the world today

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Justin interviews his friend Tyler Heiser with the intent to discuss the upcoming NFL season. Before diving deep into the over/unders and the division picks, they catch up and talk about:

• Summer Baseball league
• Tyler’s Background
• Being a girl dad
• Rough pregnancies
• Fantasy football league
• Wives and sports
• Green Bay Packers games
• Not talking about COVID
• Justin’s allegiance to the Kansas City Chiefs
• Tyler watching the Packers growing up
• 2020 NFL Draft
• Kids waking up in the middle of the night

Stay tuned for Bonus Episode 1 where Justin and Tyler go over their predictions for the upcoming NFL season.

Just a short introduction to the podcast and a little background of how it came to be.