The Snap UK (An American Football Podcast)

Their is some frustration at the NFL UK ticket announcement.

The Vikings Quarter Back room is in a bit of a mess thanks to Covid, and some players reticence to get vaccinated. 

Carson Wentz is injured, so what do the Colts do at QB?

We take a look at the battles in Training Camp, and who might come out on top?

The Hundred is changing the way cricket is presented and perceived, so what can the NFL learn from this, so we talk rule changes to make the game quicker, better, or how it is presented.

We then finish it off with a return of Play Your Cardinals Right.

It's been a while since we could meet in person, and we start our pre-season by having a round table discussion to capture everything that has happened between the draft and now. 

So, we start with the ongoing situation with COVID, then move onto, amongst everything else;

Rodgers-Packers impasse

Julio Jones to the Titans

Status of the UK Games

Texans continue doing Texans things

We're now back though, and will be weekly leading up to, and during the season.

Aaron Rodgers wants out of Green Bay, and will the MVP be a Packer by the season start?

We look at the NFL Draft which took place from 29th March to 1st April, where we look at the first round, from Trevor Lawrence joining the Jaguars, to whatever the Raiders did with their first round pick!?

Who has added some great piece to their first team, and who has potentially wasted a chance to improve their squad?

With the NFL Draft only a matter of days away, it's time for our annual attempt at acting like GMs. We're not predicting what will happen, just making our opinion for what should happen.

Controversy from the off here, as well as what looks like some solid picks, and a couple of reaches. 

Starting with the latest news, including NFL Comeback Player of the Year, Alex Smith has retired, following his recent release from Washington Football Team, Aldon Smith has gone missing following an incident of alleged battery in a coffee shop, Jordan Reed has also retired, and the NFL links to the Super League being mooted in soccer. 

We look at the top prospects at certain positions in the upcoming draft, whether your team is after a new Quarterback, or is looking for a new Defensive End, know who to be looking out for on the first few days. 

Bill Parcells said you can't judge a player until they've been in the year for three years, so we look back at the 2018 draft, and can the success rate for Quarterbacks give us a hint for what may happen following the 2021 Draft?

This episode catches up with the latest happenings in the NFL, from Sam Darnold being traded to the Panthers, 17 game season, San Francisco trading up to the 3rd pick and all the latest news occuring in the league, which will be without Julian Edelman next season, after he retired this week. There are moves for James Conner, a new contract for Juju, and some of the more controversial elements of the current off-season. 

Jim goes through a Mock Draft in the lead up the to the draft. The mock draft can be found here.

The team also get assigned their teams for the Mock Draft in a couple of weeks times, which of us will get the first pick, and who will be reaching soon?

So with the NFC in the bag, we now discuss the AFC, starting with The Patriots, where Bill Belichick seems to be in a rush to spend his remaining cap space, mostly on Tight Ends. 

This compares to the Texans where they seems to be determined to destroy their team, and are the Browns now the stand out team in the AFC North.  

With some movements in the Salary Cap and the player market, we take a division by division look at what has happened in the Franchise Tag and Free Agency markets so far in the preperation for the 2021 NFL Season. 

In the NFC, there are teams like Eagles, Bears and Saints in salary cap hell, whilst what is happening with Russell Wilson at the Seahawks? At least the Cowboys have finally solved the Dak issue, and we have breaking news as the Bears sign Russe...oh no, they sign Andy Dalton.