The Rich Eisen Show

A weekly staple on 'The Rich Eisen Show' since 2018, 'Overreaction Monday' is now also an extended podcast with Rich and Chris Brockman debating the latest in the NFL. Today's topics:

1:00 - It's officially time to worry about the Rams as an NFC

8:05 - There is no clear-cut Super Bowl favorite thru 3 weeks 

10:40 - Drake Maye was one-year-wonder and the Patriots will be back picking in top 5 in the NFL Draft

16:10 - Deshaun Watson will lead the Browns to the playoffs & get a new contract in Cleveland

18:45 - Winner of Chiefs/Raiders in Week 4 will win the AFC West

21:50 - Ravens/Cowboys is the best international game that we've ever seen 

30:10 - Joe Burrow is not the QB the media wants him to be - he's relegated out of "elite" status

33:20 - Chargers are the runaway most disappointing team in NFL thru 3 weeks and will not make the playoffs

36:55 - Sam Darnold came back too soon... the Seahawks should've stuck with Drew Lock until he lost

38:50 - The Vikings' defense is so good, it doesn't matter who plays QB - they are NFC North favorites

42:45 - Fan Tweet of the Week: the NFL must mandate all starters play a minimum of 4 quarters in the preseason

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Rich and the guys react to the NFL handing out TD celebration fines to Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase, Niners FB Kyle Juszczyk, and Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson, and to the 100% awesome celebration by White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami after Chicago clinched a spot in the MLB playoffs.

Actor Malcolm McDowell joins Rich in-studio to promote his new ‘The Last Train to Fortune’ western, and shares some great stories about making ‘A Clockwork Orange’ with Stanley Kubrick, getting hounded by ‘Star Trek’ fans while attending a Rolling Stones concert in Las Vegas with William Shatner, dining with legendary ‘Citizen Kane’ director Orson Welles and more in a round of ‘Celebrity True or False’ and reveals why working with Jeremy Piven on ‘Entourage’ and David Caruso on ‘CSI: Miami’ will NOT go down as career highlights for him.

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The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman and Rich break down the Packers’ troubling 1-2 start to the season including Green Bay’s offensive line woes, the uncertain return of RB Josh Jacobs from the Commissioner’s Exempt List, head coach Matt LaFleur’s hot seat, and more.

In‘What’s More Likely’ Rich weighs in on the Patriots, Jaguars, Rams-Broncos, Ravens-Cowboys, Deshaun Watson, the Texans, Chargers, Chiefs, Broncos and more. 

Plus Rich and the guys react to the latest update on the elbow injury suffered by Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels.

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Rich weighs in on the visiting Atlanta Falcons running (and throwing) at will in their 35-14 beatdown of the Green Bay Packers.

Plus Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba tells Rich what his and his teammates mindset after entering the season as defending Super Bowl champions, discuss the possible return of Sam Darnold this week, the chances his fellow Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith can replicate his success with the Buckeyes in the NFL, and more.

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Rich and the guys break down what’s at stake in the stretch run of the MLB season, the possibility of Case Keenum starting for the Bears this week, and debate what’s more likely: Justin Herbert leads the Chargers to a win over the Bills in Buffalo or Jameis Winston leads the Giants to a win over the Titans.

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ESPN’s Chase Daniel and Rich break down the latest around the NFL including the New York Giants’ outlook with Jameis Winston taking over for the injured Jaxson Dart, Justin Herbert and the Mike McDaniel’s sputtering Chargers’ offense, what to make of the 1-1 Green Bay Packers and 0-2 Houston Texans, the Bengals’ new-look defense, how 49ers QB Brock Purdy has leveled up this season, Drew Lock filling in admirably for the injured Sam Darnold, his level of concern for Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield, and what the Bears can expect from 3rd stringer Case Keenum if he starts for Chicago on Monday Night Football.

Rich and Patriots fan Brockman discuss the “alarming” drop off in play by New England QB Drake Maye so far this season.

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Rich and the guys debate what to make of the Ravens, Cowboys, Panthers, Steelers and Broncos after their up-and-down/down-and-up first two weeks of the NFL season, and react to struggling Blue Jays 1B Vlad Guerrero Jr. saying his new $500M contract was for what he’s done in the past and not for future performance.

Rich, Brockman and TJ share their less-than-ringing endorsements of Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson, Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert, and Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr.

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In episode 103, O'Shea Jackson, Jr and T.J. Jefferson respond to the abduction of Solo Sikoa by Royce Keys and 946, get caught up with the Men's and Women's Money In The Bank field and talk Game of Thrones and House of The Dragons. T.J. also gives flowers to a wrestling legend while they're here to smell them. Also, the guys talk a new batch of "Nepo Babies" ready to make themselves known in the squared circle

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Pro Football Hall of Famer/NFL on CBS Analyst Bill Cowher and Rich discuss how head coaches John Harbaugh and Dan Quinn will handle the injuries to Jaxson Dart and Jayden Daniels, why the Steelers’ offense has looked inconsistent through two games so far, how the Chargers and Raiders have surprised him but the Chiefs’ 2-0 start has not, if Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills are the team to beat in the AFC, and weighs in on the Vikings’ and Saints’ starts to the season.  Rich and the guys react to the possibility of the Bears starting 3rd-string QB Case Keenum in Week 3, and discusses a caller’s suggestion that the Giants should trade for former Jets 1st-round pick Zach Wilson, and reacts to Browns HC Todd Monken’s advice for the embattled Deshaun Watson ahead of Cleveland’s home opener. 

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The Ringer’s/Netflix’s NFL Insider Tom Pelissero tells Rich why Giants QB Jaxson Dart opted for season-ending surgery instead of trying to rehab his knee and if New York could pull off a trade for another quarterback if Jameis Winston can’t fill his shoes, if the Chargers could part ways with Justin Herbert if their season continues to spiral, how long the Commanders could be without Jayden Daniels in the wake if his latest elbow injury, when Caleb Williams and Sam Darnold could start again for the Bears and Seahawks, what Kyler Murray’s return means for the Vikings (and Carson Wentz), and if the Pittsburgh Steelers could trade CB Joey Porter Jr. Rich reveals his brand-new power rankings of the NFL’s top 10 teams heading into Week 3.

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