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Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus break down the hottest storylines of the NFL Week 4 games. Find more insights at sumersports.com.

Week 3 is almost in the books and Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus are back with Sumer Live data to break it all down. Five teams are undefeated through three weeks — Chiefs, Vikings, Bills, Niners and Raiders — and there are five teams still looking for their first win. The common thread connecting the top of the league? Great coaching.

From the Rams-Broncos Sunday Night Football thriller and the Brock Purdy MVP case, to Ethical Football™ with the Raiders and Voodoo Football with the Steelers, the Chargers' middle-of-field problem, the Cowboys-Ravens kickoff blunder, Drake Maye's pressure concerns, and a worrying first start for Kyler Murray in Minnesota — there's no shortage of storylines heading into Week 4.

0:12 – Welcome: Five Undefeated Teams, Five Winless Teams Through Week 3
0:37 – Rams-Broncos SNF: Tale of Two Halves & Bo Nix's Second Half Adjustment
1:08 – Rams' 13 Personnel Rate Drops From 45% to 27% After Terrance Ferguson Injury
2:37 – Ferguson's #18, Puka's #12 — The Rams' Route Number Disguise System
4:34 – Broncos Pressure Rate Hit 56% in Second Half — The Real Reason the Rams Stalled
7:56 – Niners Are 3-0 With +48 Scoring Differential — Best in the NFL
8:40 – The Brock Purdy MVP Case Is Building — And the Injury Story Makes It Stronger
9:23 – Purdy's Three Modes: Distributor, Scrambler, Pocket Extended — #1 EPA All Three Years
10:30 – Shanahan Compares Purdy to Matt Ryan & Matt Schaub — What Does That Mean?
11:24 – Purdy Has Joined the Stafford/Goff Tier: You Live With 1-2 Bad Plays Every 3-4 Games
13:35 – Who Is the Niners' Irreplaceable Piece? Kittle? Trent Williams? CMC?
17:37 – The Thread-Pull Problem: How One Injury Unravels an Entire Package
21:49 – Raiders Are 3-0 — Best Turnaround From the Worst Team in the NFL Last Year
22:33 – Raiders +34 Scoring Differential: 4th in the NFL — This Isn't Just Soft Schedule
25:05 – Introducing "Ethical Football": The Raiders Philosophy Explained
25:46 – Brock Bowers 45% Target Share, 116 Yards, 10 Catches — Anomalous Even for a TE
27:18 – Raiders Defense: Turnover-First Mentality, Max Crosby Culture Spreading
28:46 – Where the Raiders Get Tested: Chiefs & Broncos With 25-30% Man Coverage
30:39 – Kirk Cousins' Unsustainable Stats: Third Down Conversions & Pressure-to-Sack Rate
31:08 – Vikings Comparison: Kirk Running a Similar Kubiak-Driven System
38:01 – Sumer Live Demo: Tyler Shough's Passing-By-Zone Chart Explained
39:53 – Justin Herbert Still Not Throwing Over the Middle of the Field
40:48 – The Middle of the Field Is the 3-Point Line — And Tyler Shough Is Using It
42:42 – Shough Is 2nd in Passing Yards — And Jordan Tyson Hasn't Even Played Yet
45:36 – Aaron Rodgers & the Steelers: High ADoT = Wins, Low ADoT = Losses
47:22 – Rodgers 8 Deep Attempts, 2 Completions, 25% On-Target Rate — Not Sustainable
48:32 – Steelers 28th in Success Rate, 30th in EPA Per Play — Still Winning
50:49 – The Ethics Curve: Raiders (Ethical) → Steelers (Voodoo) → Chiefs (Evil)
52:42 – Cowboys-Ravens: Why the Touchback Kickoff Was the Wrong Call
54:31 – Cover One With 7 Seconds Left — Was That the Right Coverage Call?
57:49 – League-Wide Coverage Trend: Single High Shells Are Getting Shredded
01:00:22 – Texans Pattern: Teams Now Have a Plan for Cover One AND Cover Three
01:01:28 – Building a Defense Around Great Corners Is a Weak-Link System
01:01:37 – Drake Maye: Time to Pressure 2.46, Time to Throw 3.26 — A Full Second Gap
01:03:45 – 41% Pressure-to-Escape Rate — What Separates Maye From the Elite Tier
01:05:25 – Drake Maye & Bryce Young: Only QBs With 50%+ Pressure Rate in Back-to-Back Weeks
01:09:06 – Vikings Offense Struggles in Kyler Murray's First Start — Lowest EPA of the Week
01:10:16 – What Sam Expected From Kyler + Frank Smith — And What He Got Instead
01:11:32 – Under Throws, No Pistol, Low Fullback Rate — Not What Was Planned
01:14:06 – Should the Vikings Go Back to Carson Wentz for an Under Center System?
01:15:18 – Congrats to Producer Matt Stopsky on the Birth of His Daughter
01:19:50 – Outro: Week 4 Preview Tease & Sumer Pass CTA — Code WELCOME15

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Week 2 is in the books and Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus are back immediately after the Sunday slate — powered by SumerLive — with instant reactions and live data from around the league.

From the Chiefs-Colts OT controversy to Kenneth Walker's emergence, the Chargers' two-week spiral, Brock Purdy's historic efficiency, surprise 2-0 teams in Vegas and Minnesota, and a Saints-Ravens game decided by fourth-down philosophy — there's no shortage of data-backed storylines. Plus: what Week 2's low EPA numbers actually tell us about which offenses to trust heading into the meat of the season.

0:11 – Chiefs-Colts OT Finish & the Second-Mover Advantage Debate
1:52 – The Treadwell Fumble Review — Should It Have Been a Turnover?
3:22 – Should Steichen Have Gone for It on 4th Down?
5:51 – Sam's Mea Culpa: Kenneth Walker Is a Bigger Deal Than Expected
6:33 – Chiefs Run Game: Walker as the Explosive Threat the Pacheco Era Lacked
8:15 – Chiefs Rush Success Rate 62.1% — Second Best of the Week
10:23 – EPA Per Rush vs. Success Rate: What Each Metric Actually Measures
11:17 – Colts Playing Dime at 48% — Refusing to Adjust to Walker
12:15 – Colts' 0% Missed Tackle Rate in the Second Half
13:01 – Vintage Mahomes: The Bomb, the Scramble, the Kelce Magic
15:28 – Raiders & Vikings Are the Biggest Surprises at 2-0
15:41 – Vikings Staying Power: Frank Smith, Max the Fullback & Under Center Ball
17:17 – Bears-Vikings in a Torrential Downpour: Caleb Williams Hamstring
17:59 – The Raiders "Clint Special": Kirk Cousins Explosives & the Full Kubiak Playbook
21:24 – Chargers at the Bottom of EPA Per Play — Two Weeks In, This Is Real
22:14 – Sam Defends McDaniel: The 2023 Dolphins Were One of the Best Offenses All Time
23:27 – The Execution Problem: Fumbles on Motion Snaps, Timing Off, No Short Game
25:46 – McDaniel Stepped Into a Pre-Built Offense — Not One He Constructed
28:57 – Chargers' Schedule Gets Harder: Bills, Seahawks, at Chiefs, at Rams, at Ravens
30:16 – Trey Tucker 119 Yards, Cody White 2 TDs — Kubiak Making No-Names Work
33:31 – Why Kubiak's System Works at Every Stop: Saints, Seahawks, Now Raiders
35:46 – Brock Purdy: Zero Sacks, 26.2% Pressure Rate, #2 Total EPA Since 2023 Behind Only Josh Allen
37:04 – The Purdy-Herbert Parallel: Scramble Rate & What Happens Under Pressure
39:37 – Is Herbert Part of the Problem? The Watson-Stefanski Comparison
43:51 – Browns Defense Back at 7th in EPA Per Play After Being 31st in Week 1
46:08 – Deshaun Watson Week 2: Encouraging Numbers, Rookie WRs Showing Up
53:00 – Seahawks: Drew Lock 3rd in EPA Per Play, Jackson Dart #1
56:32 – Saints Getting the Ball to Chris Olave Is Working
57:42 – Saints-Ravens: Decided by 4th Down Philosophy
59:00 – Lamar's Splits: 81% Completion in First Half, 53% in Second
01:04:25 – League-Wide Reality Check: One of the Worst EPA Weeks in Years
01:05:41 – What Offenses Can We Actually Trust?
01:06:01 – Sam's Week 2 Super Bowl Prediction
01:06:47 – Outro: Sumer Pass CTA — Code WELCOME15 + 7-Day Free Trial

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Football is back and the data is already flying. Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus hop on immediately after Sunday's Week 1 slate — powered by Sumer Live — to break down the biggest stories, surprises, and data points from around the league before the games have even cooled off.

Was Week 1 really as high-scoring as it looked? Which QBs took a genuine leap? Why are the Chargers a concern despite the hype? And what does the under center revolution actually mean for the rest of the season? All of that plus team-by-team breakdowns on the Bears, Giants, Bills, Texans, Jaguars, Steelers, Vikings, Chargers and more — with live data pulled directly from Sumer Live throughout.

0:11 – Welcome: Post-Week 1 Instant Reactions Format & How to Follow Along
1:16 – Why Sumer Live Changes How Fast We Can React to Game Data
2:23 – Was Week 1 Really That High Scoring? EPA vs. Points Per Play
5:27 – 98th Percentile Points Per Play, 75th Percentile EPA — Context Matters
7:53 – Why Turnovers, Not Offensive Dominance, Drove the High Scores
8:12 – EPA Per Play Leaderboard: Bears, Jaguars & Giants Lead Week 1
9:28 – The Through Line: Under Center Ball + Mobile QBs = Top EPA Offenses
9:47 – Caleb Williams Looks Faster Than Everyone on the Field — Why?
10:57 – Jackson Dart, Trevor Lawrence & Caleb Williams All Look More Confident
12:00 – Bears Deep Dive: Four Penalties, a Fumble & Then Absolute Dominance
13:15 – Cliff Raymond 34.6% Target Share — Is He the Bears' WR1 Now?
13:54 – Rome Odunze Deep Ball Role, Colston Loveland's Zero Catches & What It Means
14:44 – Bears EPA Per Rush Was .38 — The #1 Team Last Season Was .06
15:56 – Caleb Williams' Scramble Rate Jumped From 6% to 15% — Game-Planned or Real?
18:27 – Coach Stickiness: Why Ben Johnson Has Earned the Same Trust as Shanahan
19:28 – Are the Bears Scary? Yes — Their Defense Is Still Turnover Reliant
21:34 – Chargers Concern: This Did Not Look Like Mike McDaniel's Offense
23:44 – The Problem: Herbert's Time to Throw Was 2.8 — McDaniel Averaged 2.3 in Miami
25:33 – Herbert's Pressure-to-Sack Rate at 21% — Best in League Is 6-7%
27:14 – What Was the Chargers' YAC? The Number That Tells the Real Story
29:20 – 13 Personnel League-Wide: Bills at 40%, Rams at 36% Lead the Week
30:29 – Promo Code Update: Use WELCOME15 Not KICKOFF
31:05 – Jaguars 13 Personnel in the Red Zone — Liam Cohen's Exciting New Wrinkle
32:36 – Texans Deep Dive: Run Game Improved, But the Defense Looked Predictable
33:52 – The Texans' Coverage Entropy Problem — 54% Cover 3/Cover 1, 20% Blitz Rate
35:23 – DJ Moore 28% Target Share & Dalton Kincaid 90+ Yards: Bills Had All the Answers
36:37 – Bills Shredded Cover 1 Over and Over — 9 for 26 Yards Against It
39:08 – The Texans Don't Need to Panic, But They Have to Add Diversity
41:18 – Jaguars Were a Surprise — Trevor Lawrence's Passing Chart Was Insane
44:02 – Parker Washington & the Jaguars WR Distribution Question
46:26 – Why the Jaguars May Be One of the Most Dangerous Offenses in the League
48:14 – Defensive Leaderboard: Steelers, Falcons, Niners, Jaguars & Ravens on Top
49:22 – Bengals Caveat: Great EPA Allowed Numbers But Heavily Turnover Dependent
50:35 – EPA Explained: What It Means at the Team and Player Level
50:57 – DeAndre Swift's EPA Per Rush Would Have Been 8th Best Single Game Last Year
51:44 – Offenses at the Bottom: Chargers, Rams, Steelers & Bucs Struggle
52:10 – Steelers' DK Metcalf 27% Target Share, 8 Yards Per Route Run, 1 Impact Play
52:42 – Michael Pittman 20 Yard ADoT, 8 Yard Average Depth of Catch — Not the Right Fit
56:03 – Steelers Defense: How Do They Keep Getting Sacks Without Elite Pressure Rate?
56:35 – Vikings 73.9% Blitz Rate — Up From 46% Last Year, #1 in League
57:29 – Dallas Turner Breakout: Third in League Pressure Rate, Huge Day for Minnesota
58:34 – Under Center Revolution: Second Highest Rate Since 2016 — What Does It Mean?
59:41 – Why Teams Are Moving Under Center: Play Action, Explosive Passing & Wide Zone
01:02:00 – Bijan Robinson 53% Target Share in Monday Night Preview
01:02:46 – EPA Per Rush for RBs: Why Fumbles Skew the Number (Bijan, McCaffrey)
01:04:33 – Outro: Sumer Pass CTA — Code WELCOME15 for 15% Off

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Week 1 is Finally Here — The SumerSports Show Season Preview

Football is back. Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus are joined by Sean Sides, Cole Brown, Ben Lindsay, and Matt Stopki for a wide-ranging Week 1 preview covering the biggest questions, matchups, and data points to watch as the NFL season kicks off.

The episode also marks the launch of Sumer Live and Sumer Pass — SumerSports' new real-time in-game data product delivering live charting stats play by play before the next snap. The crew uses their Week 1 storylines to show fans exactly how to use it.

From second-year QB jumps to Justin Herbert's make-or-break year with Mike McDaniel, the Giants' schematic identity crisis, and the Seahawks' dime defense thesis — there's a question mark for every team and data behind each one.

0:11 – Welcome Back & Why Week 1 Is the Best Week
1:22 – Sumer Live & Sumer Pass Launch — Promo Code KICKOFF
3:04 – What Sumer Live Tracks in Real Time
5:34 – Sean Sides: Texans Run Game vs. Bills Defense
7:42 – How to Track the Run Game on Sumer Live
11:04 – CJ Stroud Bounce-Back Year Watch
12:23 – Cole Brown: Second-Year QB Watch — Ward, Dart & Shough
14:19 – Cam Ward Deep Dive: Time to Throw, Structure & New Weapons
15:52 – Gunner Helm: Fantasy Sleeper Alert
17:23 – Carnell Tate Route Profile Concern
20:04 – Ben Lindsay: Kyler Murray + Justin Jefferson in Minnesota
23:41 – Who Is Kyler Murray at This Stage of His Career?
25:52 – Vikings OLine Had 10 Combinations Last Year — Health Is Everything
26:57 – Sam's Big Thesis: Justin Herbert + Mike McDaniel
27:53 – Herbert Ranked 19th in EPA Per Play Last Year — What Changes?
30:17 – Why Herbert's MVP Vote Last Year Was Actually Fair
31:08 – What We'll Learn About McDaniel: Coach System vs. QB-Specific System
33:09 – Packers Hot Seat & NFC North Implications
39:01 – Matt Stopki: On the Sideline for Giants vs. Cowboys
39:14 – Giants' Identity: Roman's Under Center vs. Nagy's Shotgun RPO
40:23 – Jackson Dart's Under Center Problem
43:38 – Giants RB Room Breakdown
50:54 – Sam's League-Wide Thesis: Seahawks Dime Defense & NFL Personnel Trends
51:03 – Witherspoon & Worry in Dime: -0.38 EPA Per Play Allowed
54:28 – Eagles, Cowboys, Saints — Who Goes Lighter Defensively?
55:44 – 12/13 Personnel: Are the Rich Just Getting Richer?
56:13 – Jaguars WR Room: Best 11 Personnel in the League?
58:54 – Outro: Sumer Live CTA — Promo Code KICKOFF for 15% Off

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One of the biggest defensive trades in recent NFL history just dropped — and Lindsay and Sam went live to break it all down. Myles Garrett is heading to the Los Angeles Rams. Jared Verse is heading to Cleveland. And despite how lopsided it might look on the surface, Lindsay and Sam make the case that this is a genuine win-win — and explain exactly why using data, cap analysis, and draft strategy.They're joined by SumerSports analyst Shawn Syed to break down what this means on the field for both teams, how the double team effect changes everything for the Rams' defense, and what Jared Verse's pressure numbers actually say about how much of a drop-off Cleveland is really taking on. 1:14 – How This Compares to the Micah Parsons Trade & the Growing Market for Elite Defenders2:14 – Lindsay Called This a Year Ago — And Was Hugely Unpopular in Cleveland for It2:51 – The Compensation: Verse + 1st + 2nd + 3rd — Is It Enough?3:38 – The Real Prize for Cleveland: Draft Capital to Go Get a Quarterback4:38 – Why Holding Myles Garrett Without a QB Gets You 5 Wins a Year5:04 – Three Elements That Made This Deal Happen: Value, Contract Timelines & Discount Rates6:04 – What Most People Don't Know About Jared Verse6:48 – Myles Garrett's Advanced Stats in Cleveland's Wins at the End of Last Season8:18 – Can Garrett Actually Move a Spread Line? Sam Says Yes — One of Maybe Three Non-QBs9:01 – Floor Raiser vs. Ceiling Raiser: What the Rams Are Really Buying9:49 – What It Takes for the Rams to Get From 8 Wins to 13 Wins10:32 – Back to Cleveland: Why This Move Is More Polarizing for Browns Fans11:10 – Why Sam Thinks This Is a Ty Simpson Move as Much as a Stafford Move12:18 – How Myles Garrett Ages: Strength, Speed & the Cameron Jordan Comparison13:22 – Two Timelines: Building for Stafford Now & a Rookie QB Later14:04 – Jared Verse Deep Dive: Why He's Better Than People Think15:27 – The Pressure Rate Numbers: Verse at 15.5%, Garrett at 16.5% Last Year15:55 – Verse Was 11th in SumerScore at Defensive End Last Year17:11 – Why a Top-15 Edge Rusher on a Rookie Deal Almost Never Hits the Trade Block18:16 – The Stickiness of Pressures & What the Data Says About Drop-Off Risk19:07 – Why the Browns' Lower Discount Rate on Future Picks Made This Work19:59 – The Only Other Trade Scenario That Could Have Competed: Eagles & Jalen Carter20:39 – Shawn Syed Joins: How Will Cleveland Look Different Week 1 Without Garrett?21:25 – The Double Team Effect: How Garrett Changes Every Position on the Rams Defense22:21 – What This Means for Quarterbacks Facing the Rams: You Cannot Win23:31 – Why the Browns Got Fair Value — Verse vs. Kenny Clarke Is Not a Fair Comparison25:13 – Verse's Versatility: Moving Along the Formation, Playing in Space26:22 – Is There Any Argument This Was a Bad Move for the Rams Long Term?28:55 – Decrease Variance vs. Increase Variance: The Core Philosophy of the Trade30:05 – Cameron Jordan at 37, Von Miller & How Garrett's Game Could Age30:40 – The Bottom Line: Browns Needed More Variance, Rams Needed Less31:23 – How Chris Shula's Life Just Got Dramatically Easier32:27 – Running Dime Just Got a Lot More Viable for the Rams33:25 – How Will the Seahawks Respond to This?34:07 – AJ Brown vs. Myles Garrett: Which Would You Rather Have?36:20 – How Does the Rams Season Go Wrong? Option One: Matthew Stafford Goes Down38:18 – Why the Ty Simpson Pick Now Makes Perfect Sense in Hindsight39:28 – Myles Garrett at 30: One of 4–6 Players in History With More Spread Value Than a Rookie QB40:41 – How Garrett's Game Ages & Why the Rams Should Feel Good Long Term41:21 – Final Thoughts: Browns Now in an Arms Race With the Jets for a Franchise QB41:44 – The June 1st Financials: Why This Had to Happen Today42:52 – Browns' Cap Creativity & How This Was Planned Well in Advance43:05 – Rams Cap Situation: What This Means for Puka, Byron Young & the Roster45:53 – Three of the Highest-Paid Players at Their Positions on One Roster46:41 – Outro: Big Day in the NFL — Browns Get Capital, Rams Get a Game Changer#NFL #MilesGarrett #JaredVerse #LARams #ClevelandBrowns #NFLTrade #NFLAnalytics #SumerSports #NFLDefense #EdgeRusher #NFLDraft #NFLPodcast #FootballPodcast #NFLBreakdown #DefensivePlayerOfTheYear #MatthewStafford #TySimpson #NFLFreeAgency #NFLNews #FootballAnalytics #NFLStrategy #NFLRoster #RamsNation #Browns

Are advanced football stats really "made up"? Lindsay and Sam take on one of the most common criticisms of modern football analytics head-on. Sparked by a Twitter debate over the "Big Time Throw" metric, this episode pulls back the curtain on how stats are actually built — and why understanding the difference between objective observations, subjective assumptions, and analytical processes is the key to trusting any given number.

The NFL has a position problem. The player lining up in the slot on defense is no longer the small, pass-coverage-only cornerback of years past — but we're still calling it that. In this episode, Lindsay and Sam dive deep into the evolution of the slot defender position, backed by data and an interview with SumerSports' own senior cornerback scout, Jeff Robinson.

Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus take deep dive into "Strength of Schedule" and see what actually matters on a teams schedule.

Fresh off the 2026 NFL Draft, Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus give their reactions to the picks.