SumerSports Show

With the first week of the preseason officially in the books, CBS Sports' Mike Renner joins Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus to discuss which rookies 2025 expectations are rising and falling. Shawn Syed also joins to show to talk about the interesting schemes he saw in week one.

Intro - 0:00

Injuries - 3:09

Preseason Schemes w/ Shawn Syed - 18:20

Rookie Watch w/ Mike Renner - 36:50

Lindsay Rhodes & Sam Bruchhaus are joined by multiple guests this week to discuss some underrated players going into the season. First, Shawn Syed joins the group after doing a deep dive into Drake Maye's film. Then Brett Kollmann and EJ Snyder of the Bootleg Football podcast join Lindsay and Sam to look at the recently released Madden 26 grades to see where they believe Madden got it wrong.

2:15 - Kyren Williams Contract

21:35 - Drake Maye

30:17 - Brett Kollmann & EJ Snyder

36:30 - Cam Ward

40:20 - Kobie Turner

44:10 - Edgerrin Cooper

51:30 - Puka Nacua

58:00 - Brian Thomas Jr.

1:06:35 - Moro Ojomo

1:13:00 - Travon Walker

1:17:00 - Garrett Williams

1:23:15 - Trey Hendrickson

We're back! Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus are joined by former New York Jets General Manager, Mike Maccagnan and former NFL Defensive Coordinator, Chuck Bresnahan, to discuss what to actually look for during training camp/preseason. Also, Lindsay and Sam discuss their favorite rookies and take a look at the ongoing contract standoffs.

4:00 Tetairoa McMillan

6:20 Elijah Arroyo

11:15 Jaydon Blue

13:30 Emeka Egbuka

20:00 Micah Parsons Contract Situation

21:50 Trey Hendrickson Contract Situation

25:00 Terry McLaurin Contract Situation

31:30 Interview with Mike Maccagnan & Chuck Bresnahan

Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus discuss which stats are the best indicators of impact for defensive players. Which position groups are the easiest to predict? How clearly can we find impact year-over-year? The SumerSports Show dives in using advanced metrics.

Intro: 0:00

DL & EDGE: 6:55

CB: 28:45

LB & S: 57:21

Lindsay Rhodes is joined by legendary offensive line coach, Bob Wylie, and SumerSports Director of Analytics, Adam Vonder Haar, to discuss which stats are the best indicators for offensive line play.

When to blame the OL: 3:00

Caleb Williams & the Bears OL: 6:30

Sacks vs. Pressures: 10:45

Yards Before Contact: 12:30

Offensive Line Stats: 21:00

QB & OL Relationship: 29:45

OL vs. Top Competition: 33:00

How to Grade OL: 37:00

How to Use Stats for OL: 47:00

How to Grade Screens: 49:30

New Sumer Stats for OL: 58:00

Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus go through advanced receiving statistics (see sumersports.com!) to discuss how different metrics track year-over-year, and how that can help identify how the player will perform in 2025.

Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus dive into their new "Sticky Stats" series where they look at positional stats they feel are crucial in determining a player's success. Today they look at sticky stats for the Running Back position and determine what that means for the upcoming season.

Lindsay Rhodes and Sam Bruchhaus dive into their new "Sticky Stats" series where they look at positional stats they feel are crucial to determining a players success. Today they look at sticky stats for quarterback and determine what that means for 2025.

Lindsay Rhodes & Sam Brucchaus are joined by Super Producer, Matt Stopsky, to discuss the NFL schedule release, bye-weeks, rest differential and the future of NFL media.

Sam and Lindsay take a team-by-team approach to evaluating potential fantasy contributors- with depth charts, draft investment and talent evaluation in mind (mostly, in that order.)

Ultimately, they’re not sure the “best” players in the draft are all in a position to be the best “fantasy producers” in 2025.

Hear who they like more- and less- than consensus… and why. (Mason Taylor?!)

Plus… deep sleeper names to keep an eye on in training camp.

Note: teams are discussed in alphabetical order by team name (not city) in case you’re looking for thoughts on a particular team or player (Bears-> Vikings.)