The Quarterback Corner

Special guest David Winter sits down with Doug Flutie in the QB Corner to discuss the creation of Doug's Maximum Football game out on XBox and Playstation September 25th.

Around the NFL - WEEK 2:

Injuries - rash of injuries across the league in Week 2

2 weeks in a row - zero positive coronavirus tests throughout the entire NFL

Mentors

Deep dive into the X's and O's behind how a Quarterback throws different passes

The Deep Ball

The Slant

2-Minute Drill

College Football

Glover Quin introduction

Glover and Matt in Houston together

Safety vs QB chess match

Thank you to Glover for joining us!

NFL Week 1 rundown

Doug was able to catch some of the games from the weekend - what were his biggest takeaways from Week 1?

Who was Doug's favorite QB to watch Week 1?

Early-season setbacks

On The Field

2-Minute Drill

EP: 14 Best of Episodes 1-10 – Takes and Breaks

00:06 - Doug’s story of walking into the locker room seeing guys smoke pot and cigarettes

00:56 - Matt talks about doing whatever necessary to meet up with your teammates, specifically Tua being a lefty

3:49 - Doug’s story of talking to Joe Burrow at Heisman weekend

4:26 - Banter back and forth about their heights and RPO strategy seeing its way into the NFL

7:21 - Tiger Shark to Defensive Lineman comparison (Reggie White, Dwight Freeney, Robert Mathis)

9:29 - Solid X&O’s explanation of how Taysom Hill (any running QB) can affect the defense 

10:28 - Breakdown of QB competition and personal relationships in the QB room & Salty Dog Football story about Drew Brees

12:41 - Matt’s quick story about wearing number 8 and Vick wearing 7

14:24 - Solid walkthrough of what a traditional game week is like after Sunday night ends

17:24 - Doug explaining the need to understand how everything works such as motions and protections with the offensive line

20:30 - Top WR of all time that you would want to throw to during a season & Their take on NCAA name and likeness is very interesting

24:32 - Interesting story about Doug throwing the football to Antonio Brown during Dancing with the Stars shooting

25:33 - Doug compares Brady to Tampa Bay to Lebron’s move to Miami, Brady’s time was up in New England compared to Lebron moving during his prime

27:54 – Jeff Francoeur talking about manager’s challenging trivial calls early in the game, you have to wait for the pivotal moment to challenge, replaying everything slows down the game

29:39 - Jeff Francoeur talking about how kids should not specialize in one sport when they’re young

31:42 - Matt Ryan talking about how to distribute to an offense with multiple superstars

34:16 - Matt Ryan brings up a solid point of UDFA player’s and fringe roster guys who need live preseason games to make the cut

37:03 - Schaub on having "video game" wide receivers

42:00 - Schaub on no fan cutouts at NFL games - Finneran calls Schaub "salty" - Doug chimes in on fake crowd noise

48:25 - Doug on getting coaches off the field during training camp to help prepare players, Matt on the adjustment from training camp to the first regular season game, Matt on never voting for the NFL Top 100 - Doug chimes in on Top 100 list

51:52 – Dan Orlovsky on doing TV and loving to argue, Orlovsky story on doing shows with Mike Greenberg, creating friendship, what people don't know about him

58:08 – Dan Orlovsky’s take on NCAA Football (Lack of leadership, different conferences playing/not playing), Doug on impact of colleges cancelling football, Orlovsky on college football players wanting to stay on campus and not go home, Orlovsky on NFL forming a Spring Combine for college players

1:02:00 – Laura Rutledge on what she’s going to miss from this college football season

1:11:25 – Laura Rutledge discusses Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields wanting to play football, Doug’s take on playing 30+ games in one calendar year and we wrap with Matt calling Doug a “cyborg”

This week we sit down with legendary USFL and NFL player Herschel Walker to talk all things football... and only football!

Inside The Pocket

Training Camp update with Matt

What are Quarterbacks preparing for at this point in the preseason?

Red Zone Mentality

New coaches are preparing to make their team/NFL debuts

Outside the Pocket with Herschel Walker

Outside the Pocket with Brad Guzan

Brad Guzan

What's it like playing soccer at each level

The rise of the MLS

Fans in the MLS vs. Premier League

Inside the Goalie's Mind during penalty kicks and shootouts

How does Brad prepare for penalty kicks and shootouts?

What is the thought process as each guy steps up to take that shot?

Are penalty kicks and shootouts the most stressful time as a goalie?

What position does Brad think he would play in American Football?

2-Minute Drill

With Brad Guzan having been so well-traveled internationally, we have an international-themed 2-Minute Drill

What is your favorite international food?

What is your favorite international beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)?

Who is your favorite international athlete to watch of all time?

What is the one Olympic sport you have always wanted to be good at?

Inside The Pocket

False positives across the league

Importance of team chemistry to fight through all the adversity of this season

Outside The Pocket - Shane Battier

What was it like playing in the Duke Basketball culture in the Late 90s-Early 2000s?

What are one or two things that the common fan may not know about playing basketball for Coach K?

Shane's championships with the Heat

NBA Bubble situation

Shane's Take Charge Foundation

Inside The Pocket

Schaub training camp update

Alex Smith return to practice after 2 years and gruesome leg injury

Covid Effects

No fans at games

Thoughts on Canadian Football League cancelling their season?

2-Minute Drill - SuperTeams

QB Corner Episode 10 - Laura Rutledge

Inside The Pocket with Laura Rutledge

College Football updated landscape

NFL News

George Kittle signs 5 year - $75 million dollar extension

Fans in attendance?

2-Minute Drill

Reminiscing on Vacations - since there hasn't been much travel this year.......

QB Corner Episode 9 - NFL Vet and ESPN Personality Dan Orlovsky joins the show

Dan Orlovsky

NFL Training Camp update with Schaub and updates from around the league

College Football is dead?

Changes for the 2020 NFL Draft

Pac 12 and Big 10 cancelled seasons

Quarterback Questions (2-minute drill)

Inside The Pocket

Current state of the NFL Restart

How has training camp been so far with all the protocols and regulations in place?

What will the next 6 weeks of the preseason look like with zero preseason games?

What is the impact of missing live action in preseason? How will those first few games of the regular season look?

NFL Top-100 rankings (Quarterbacks) - Thoughts on how the QBs were ranked?

Lamar Jackson (1st overall, #1 QB)

Russell Wilson (2nd overall, #2 QB)

Patrick Mahomes (4th overall, #3 QB)

Drew Brees (12th overall, #4 QB)

Tom Brady (14th overall, #5 QB)

College Football

Outside The Pocket

Opportunities opened up by COVID

NFL practice squads expanded from 10 to 16 players

Antonio Brown

MLB/NBA Restarts

MLB has sick players, players opting out, etc. so more Minor Leaguers are potentially making their MLB debuts this season - with no family or friends available to watch them

NBA has the virtual fans

Thoughts on the virtual fans at NBA games?

2-Minute Drill

The Rock just bought into the XFL, Patrick Mahomes just bought into the Kansas City Royals, so that got us thinking: