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New Pod! Jon and I discuss our takeaways from Eagles-Lions and some of the top offseason do-overs, including Atlanta’s draft class and everything that happened in Vegas.

Lions-Eagles: Is the Eagles’ pass rush back? How has Jaelen Phillips looked in Philly? Is Detroit’s IOL up to the challenge of a playoff run against some of these defensive fronts? Can …

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New Pod! Jon and I dive into the tape from the three premier Week 11 matchups, including the Rams-Seahawks defensive masterpiece, the Bucs defense struggling against the Bills, and the Broncos taking down the Chiefs.

Rams-Seahawks: How should the Seahawks feel about this game? Defensively, do they have the keys to slowing down the Rams’ offense? Why did …

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New Pod! Jon and I bounce around the NFC, examining the contenders, pretenders, and those who are already out of the hunt.

* Should the Vikings still be considered a threat in the NFC, or are they done?

* Do the Falcons need to make wholesale or just partial changes?

* The Cowboys might be frisky, and their defense is improving, but is it too late?

* Chicago might…

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New Pod! Jon and I sit down to discuss the most impactful trade deadline in recent memory. We dig into the Sauce Gardner, Quinnen Williams, and Rasheed Shaheed deals, discussing the value, what it reveals about both franchises, the scheme fits, and a whole bunch more. We then bounce around the league looking at smaller deals, which teams should have bee…

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New Pod! It’s night two of The Read Optional’s alternative midseason awards. Jon and I hand out gongs for breakout players of the year, pass protector of the year, run blocker of the year, most disappointing player, most shocking player, executive of the year, worst executive of the year, schematic trend, gameplan of the year and much more. Let me know …

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New Pod! It’s that time of the year. Jon and I don our suits for The Read Optional’s annual Alternative Midseason (ish) awards. On the opening night of our gala, we hand out:

* MVP

* Offensive Player Of the Half-Year

* Defensive Player Of the Half-Year

* Coach of the Half-Year

* Offensive Play Caller of the Half-Year

* Defensive Play Caller of the Half-Year

* Rookies of the…

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New Pod! Brian Callahan is the first coach to be fired this season. Jon and I discuss what went wrong in Tennessee and who would be the best replacement to maximize Cam Ward. Then, we dig into some fun matchups from Week Six, looking at Bucs-Niners, Seahawks-Jags and Bills-Falcons.

• Where do the Titans go from here after the firing of Brian Callahan? …

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New Pod! Jon and I look at a series of ascending edge defenders, including Nik Bonitto, Jonathon Cooper, Isaiah McGuire, Yaya Diaby, Byron Young, Laitu Latu, Nick Herbig, and much more

Nik Bonitto - Has Bonitto moved into an elite tier of edge rusher?

Jonathon Cooper - Is Cooper a perfect jack-of-all-trades complementary pass rusher to Bonitto?

Isaiah McGu…

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New Pod! Jon and I dig into the details of the fun matchup between the Broncos and Chargers, the development of Justin Herbert, the regression of Bo Nix, problems with the Texans offense, what’s going on with Travis Hunter and the Jags, the brilliance of Daniel Jones and the Colts, and much more.

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