Paul and JR discuss the inexplicable LaFleur gameplan, Mike Pettine getting taken to school, whether "bend but don't break" is real, or just a thing defensive coordinators believe to make them feel better, whether Davante hurt the offense, MVS being terrible, the offensive line being surprisingly terrible, Christian McCaffrey, Matub's burrito, Aaron Rodgers being terrible, the running backs still being kind of OK, and special teams being terrible. It's cathartic! 

Intro - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Outtro - Sister Christian - Night Ranger

JR, Matt, and Paul discuss Aaron Jones, nerd fights, Andy Reid, second half adjustments, Blake Martinez, whether it was to Williams of Jimmy, historically great running back performances and touchdown passes, the brutal NFC, why EPA isn't an individual statistic, what statistics should be able to demonstrate, and how to tell when they are wrong, less boring things than that, and dunking on idiots. 

Intro: Los Angeles - Frank Black

Outtro: River of Dreams - Billy Joel

Paul and JR talk about all of the wonderful performances in the Raiders' game, if Mike Pettine is just Dom Capers with better personnel, food poisoning, Allen Lazard's quietly impressive game, the running backs, Bulaga, whether you can rely on a turnover-based defense, a mea culpa from Paul, a quiz where one of the answers is Donald Lee, JR explains passer rating, Paul explains why it's underrated, listener questions, the World Series, and the Bears, who are terrible. 

Intro: KC and the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight

Outtro: KC and JoJo - All My Life

On this special Minisode FREE PREVIEW Paul discusses the other Raider Tecmo Bowl running back, the upcoming game against Oakland, Darren Waller’s breakout season, WROPS star Tyrell Williams, Chuckie, Trevor Davis, the likely Packer RBBC, Allen Lazard, the weak Oakland secondary, and Aaron likely being enough.

If you like the minisode, you can hear it every week at https://www.patreon.com/MKETailgate at the $5 level. You’ll also support all of the MKE Tailgate shows and get JP’s minor league podcast. Thanks for listening!

Intro: My Rights Versus Yours - The New Pornographers

Outtro: Bone Machine - The Pixies

Paul, Matt, and JR discuss internet fame, adjudicate modern officiating in the NFL, point out that Dean Lowry's mockdraftable spider chart is a Fibonacci Sequence-style spiral, Jaire Alexander, Kevin King, the Smiths, Kenny Clark's lackluster season so far, Alien Lizard, why Darrius Shepherd is still employed as of this moment, Aaron Rodgers brilliance and why it didn't show up in the stats, receiver drops, Jamaal Williams, the walking corpse of Jimmy Graham, the awesomeness of Marcedes, and a question from none other than Andy Schaaf himself. 

Intro: Cyclops Rock - They Might Be Giants

Outtro: Viva Las Vegas - Elvis

JR is back with Paul and Matt, as they discuss Aaron Jones' studly performance, Kevin King, the Packers trolling people, the lack of decent wide receivers, Chandon Sullivan being a thief in more ways than one, the Lions, and almost nothing about Matt's Madden team. It was a winner all around. 

Intro: The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Nylons

Outtro: The Devil Came Up to Michigan - KMC 

Paul, Matt, and Wendi discuss the game against the Eagles, Thursday night football and horrific injuries, Davante Adams' toe, Jimmy Graham, baseball, Paul get's a Kerry Wood stat wrong, EPA (Expected Points Added), the Cowboys, Montravius Adams, Oren Burks, the suspect run defense, and, as always, listener questions. 

Intro: Where Have All The Cowboys Gone - Paula Cole

Outtro: Mothers, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Alvin and the Chipmunks

Matt, Paul, and special guest Jonathan Barnett discuss the Lambeau experience, the win over the Broncos, the fact that Madden let's you play college games and has real actual colleges in it (but not players, of course), that you can give your player a voice, whether Jamaal Williams is a better fit than Aaron Jones, Jimmy Graham's continued awfulness, the best Packer defense of all time, and the Eagles as an intelligence test for LaFleur.

You can listen to Jonathan on the Sconnie Jonnie podcast, and read his work at Acme Packing Company with Matt and I. 

Paul's latest can be read here. 

Intro: Motownphilly - Boys 2 Men

Outtro: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

JR and Paul discuss the wonderful win over the Vikings, whether the offense was really that bad, whether the defense was really that good, the Brewers, Chicago-style pizza, bad bad quarterbacking, the weakness at receiver, at tight end, Vic Fangio, a mindblowing Bronco stat, and lots and lots of listener questions!

Intro - Things to do in Denver when you're dead - Warren Zevon

Outtro - Llama School - Sifl and Olly

Matt, JR, and Paul discuss the Bears game, the defense, quarterback names, punters, the play clock, receiver depth, the Vikings, Mike Davis, or whoever that guy is, defenses being ahead of offenses for a hot minute, karaoke, and Steve's fantasy team name. 

Opener: Ignoreland - REM

Closer: Fantasy - Mariah Carey