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In the 36-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel analyze the dominance of the NFL on the media landscape.

Who made the right calls and who didn’t from the booths to the boardrooms. And what is next …

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The Rundown …

* NFL’s TV dominance in the top 100 shows of 2025 and a quiz

* How do you create a new top NFL package for streamers

* A package with the best games for the streamers? Sounds like SNF

* Mike Tirico’s big moment

* Sean McDonough is college football’s gold standard.

* Mark Jones had a rough one

* The issues with ESPN’s No. 2 NFL team of Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick Jr.

* Where does Troy Aikman advising the Dolphins lead

* Assessing Matt Ryan’s CBS exit

* Where Travis Kelce could fit in TV

* Drew Brees update

* The broadcast crews that click and some that don’t

* What events made the Top 100 shows outside of football

* Who did best on the wild card weekend TV schedule

* J.J. Watt was breakout star of the regular season

* The issue with CBS and Fox’s final Sunday schedules

* Props to Daryl Johnston

* Grading Tom McCarthy’s Myles Garrett sack record call

* Ross Tucker, on the rise

* Will there be an NFL coach in the booth ever again

* Will Meterparel be invited to the Kelce-Swift wedding

* Gary Danielson’s goodbye

* What were the four non-sports in the Top 100

* Richard Deitsch leaves The Athletic

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