Tuesday Morning Blitz

Tuesday Morning Blitz

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Tuesday Morning Blitz episodes

  • Ep. 48: Head-Scratchin’ with the Wilsons

    NFL Week 11 featured a few awesome games, some big statements from possible contenders… and a few games that simply did not make any sense at all. But Cale and Jackson are here to sift through it all and highlight the most important moments and tidbits from the week that was! Topics include:

    • How today underscored just how clear it is that Patrick Mahomes is the MVP (1:22)
    • “Market corrections” for the Vikings, Giants and Jets (9:02)
    • How the performances of Dallas and Philly shifted the power balance of the NFC East (17:07)
    • “What in the world happened?” games, especially the one in Foxborough (23:49)
    • Our instinctual, gun-to-head AFC and NFC championship matchups (34:48)
    • Game balls, including offense (45:05), defense (55:38) and special teams (1:03:39)
    • The best uniforms from a Sunday with a lot of unconventional, yet fun stylistic clashes (1:10:48)
    • Why a pair of quarterbacks with the same last names are at the forefront of head-scratchers… plus a mind-blowing cameo from another Sunday sporting event (1:16:35)
    • A lightning round of MNF preview followed by the look-ahead to Week 12! (1:43:46)

      • Thanks for listening to Episode 48! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

      1 hr 47 min
    • Ep. 47: "Raiders Look Horrible"

      Game of the year? Shuffling in the MVP conversation? Brand new coaches somehow winning NFL football games? This week had it all, so it’s time to dissect highlights and lowlights. Join Cale and Jackson for:

      • A yearly Cale Clinton eye update (0:00)
      • Thoughts on Vikings-Bills, the unofficial leader in the clubhouse for Game of the Year (2:15)
      • Have the Packers resurrected their season? (20:55)
      • How on Earth did a Jeff Saturday-coached team win a game? (Hint… it’s to do with the Raiders) (30:12)
      • A follow-up on our Football Outsiders YouTube discussion that’s gripping the nation… Tua or Herbert?? (43:41)
      • Game balls, including offense (54:00), defense (59:04), and special teams (1:05:14)
      • We’re just gonna say it… the best uniform week of the year (1:11:34)
      • Head-scratchers of the week (1:18:02)
      • Monday Night Football thoughts (1:27:24)
      • Looking ahead to next week, which includes a game Cale has dubbed the “Suck Bowl!” (1:30:15)

        • Thanks for listening to Episode 47! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

        1 hr 39 min
      • Ep. 46: Never Admit a Bad Investment

        TMB got contentious this week, folks. Are the Bills still the number one team in football? Are the Seahawks a legitimate contender in the NFC? Should Tom Brady get a game ball for his one-touchdown performance? Guess you’ll have to listen on to find out…

        • We begin with the simple question: Who’s number 1? (1:13)
        • How much respect are we giving the undefeated Eagles (10:53)
        • The Vikings are going to be in the playoffs so… let’s discuss (17:17)
        • Which teams we think can be “darkhorse” contenders (26:29)
        • One of us stakes his claim as a Seahawks believer *eye emoji* (34:37)
        • Do people still want to hear NFC South updates? (44:13)
        • Game balls, including offense (49:52), defense (54:31) and special teams (1:01:15)
        • The best uniforms from a subpar sartorial week (1:03:56)
        • Some head-scratchers that will easily find themselves in contention for HSOTY (1:06:51)
        • Some Monday Night Football prognostications (1:20:07)
        • Looking ahead to week 10! (1:25:33)

          • Thanks for listening to Episode 46! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

          1 hr 36 min
        • Ep. 45: The Battle for the NFC South

          Nearly at the halfway point of the 2022 NFL season, is it reasonable to say we've learned anything yet? Well, who knows, but we're trying to act as if we have. We recorded a podcast in a state of chaos--Jackson returning from a night of editing Dominican baseball highlights and Cale returning from MetLife Stadium with a Grade 3 sunburn. So let chaos reign!

          • How Sunday highlighted the disparity between the league’s top three teams and the rest of the pack (1:04)
          • Why a setback for the Giants wasn’t exactly a surprise (7:00)
          • Examining the disaster that the 2021 QB draft class has become (11:25)
          • We were right that the South would be chaos… just the wrong conference (21:26)
          • Checking back in on the old man quarterbacks continuing to suffer losses (30:21)
          • What do we make of the New Orleans Saints? (42:10)
          • Game balls, including offense (45:36), defense (53:24) and special teams (59:18)
          • The uniforms that stole our hearts in Week 8 (1:01:00)
          • Why taking one’s helmet off in celebration is a head-scratcher, but maybe not in the way you’d expect (1:04:49)
          • Looking ahead to Monday Night Football (1:13:40)
          • …and previewing Week 9 with some ticket price assessments! (1:13:42)

            • Thanks for listening to Episode 45! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

            1 hr 22 min
          • Ep. 44: No Excuses

            A week with one of the worst NFL schedule slates we’d ever witnessed turned out… somewhat watchable? In between very sad injuries and a couple brutal performances from teams we thought were good, decent football was played and TMB is here to draw out all the conclusions. Listen on for:

            • Whether Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers is more cooked (1:45)
            • The re-emergence of the Cincinnati Bengals as AFC contenders (15:57)
            • Can the Seahawks win the NFC West solely based on vibes? (21:33)
            • Why extreme parity is not actually good for the National Football League (28:32)
            • Game balls–offense (46:20), defense (52:39) and special teams (57:38)
            • Awarding best uniform honors in a week with some obvious front-runners (1:04:19)
            • Dipping into Saturday for a painful head-scratcher, plus a traditional one from the pro game (1:09:57)
            • Previewing a Monday Night Football game featuring Bill Belichick and a team he knows WAY too much about (1:19:21)
            • Week 8 storylines and ticket price assessments! (1:23:07)

              • Thanks for listening to Episode 44! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

              1 hr 30 min
            • Ep. 43: New York over Everything

              Some weeks in football leave us feeling smart. This one left us feeling very, very dumb. But because we are true football fiends, we're here to put our cards on the table and tell you what we think all of the wacky results from Week 6 mean to the overall NFL landscape. Tune in for our biggest takeaways, game balls, the uniform games of the week and our biggest head-scratchers!

              (Sorry for no timestamps this week, those will be back soon)


              1 hr 53 min
            • TMB Cover One: Detroit Lions

              Brace yourselves, TMB fanatics. Not only is Cover One back this week, but we’re talking about the team you’ve all been waiting for. The Detroit Lions—everyone’s favorite 1-4 ragtag squad in all the land—are the subject of this week’s pod, and we’ve got a Michigander through and through to break them down. FOX 47 Lansing’s Thomas Cook joined us for:

              • A big-picture analysis of what’s gone wrong for the Lions early in 2022 (2:45)
              • Why injuries are an insufficient excuse for the losses that have piled up early in the season (5:52)
              • Whether Dan Campbell’s “Campbellisms” and aggressive decision making are starting to wear thin (8:13)
              • The levels of optimism among the Lions and their fans regarding any better things to come (14:35)
              • Evaluating No. 2 overall pick Aidan Hutchinson’s debut through five games (19:00)
              • Diagnosing the bottom-ranked Detroit defense and how it can possibly be fixed (21:03)
              • Talking about the most pleasant surprises on this team, namely first-year OC Ben Johnson and breakout receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (22:58)
              • Jared Goff’s performance and how he fits into the long-term picture with the Lions (27:57)
              • Projecting some breakout candidates for the second half of the season and what an optimistic projection for the team looks like (33:17)
              • Guessing how many wins the Lions end the season with… and a special prediction segment about our beloved Syracuse Orange to go with it (37:38)

                • Thanks for listening to Episode 42! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

                47 min
              • Ep. 41: Call to the Void

                Prepare yourself for the most delirious episode of TMB yet… the first ever recorded fully after midnight following a football Sunday. Week 5 brought some expected chaos, so Cale and Jackson made sure to bring the chaos to the podcast studio as well. This week’s topics consisted of:

                • Attempting to make some sense of the NFC playoff picture (1:30) and who, if anyone, we expect to fall off (1:30)
                • Shuffling through the mess of teams sitting at 2-3 in both the AFC (9:35) and NFC (17:33)
                • A predictable side tangent about bad quarterback play and the sad state of the Chicago Bears (21:28)
                • Shifting over to the funny list of 3-2 teams and attempting to instill faith in a select few of them (27:37)
                • Asking the painful question… how long is the leash for Dan Campbell in Detroit? (31:12)
                • Getting fired up over the sudden improvement from the New York Jets (43:21)
                • One word predictions about the AFC South (50:43)
                • Game balls, including offense (51:20), defense (57:41) and special teams (1:04:50)
                • The triumphant return of the Pat the Patriot uniforms and why Jackson is giving a preemptive weekly award for the first time (1:13:28)
                • Breaking down the week’s head-scratchers, which seem to be getting worse as the year goes along (1:19:40)
                • Jackson’s inaugural attempt to fit three segments into 60 seconds *insert eye emoji* (1:32:44)

                  • Thanks for listening to Episode 41! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

                  1 hr 37 min
                • Ep. 40: Funky Teal Alcohol?

                  It's officially cold and flu season, but both hosts falling ill wasn't enough to stop the TMB train! Week 4 was somewhat of a regression to the mean across the NFL, so we're here to sort out what it means for the season as a whole. Listen on to hear thoughts about:

                  • Which teams’ wins we were most impressed by in Week 4 (1:41)
                  • Cale’s belief that stats elevated to becoming narratives usually end up being proven false–and quickly (12:50)
                  • The early-season turnaround orchestrated by Cooper Rush and the Dallas Cowboys (21:57)
                  • A Cale’s Corner that ventures into the quarterback sphere before putting a bow on the wide receiver discussion from a week ago (28:28)
                  • Game balls, including offense (50:45), defense (55:07) and special teams (1:00:16), plus the weekly Nice Wit It honoree (1:06:00)
                  • The best uniforms on NFL fields during Week 4 (1:06:44)
                  • Some unfortunate head-scratchers centering around young quarterbacks (1:12:39)
                  • The uninformed Monday Night Football Recap (1:21:36)
                  • And some things to get very, VERY excited about heading into Week 5! (1:23:45)

                    • Thanks for listening to Episode 40! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

                    1 hr 31 min
                  • Ep. 39: What is a Wide Receiver?

                    Week 3 flipped what we thought we knew about football on its head in more ways than one, so our attempts to make sense of it all created an instant classic of an episode. There’s also an endless string of side tangents and Easter eggs strewn throughout the pod (did you see the Vikings fan with the crazy tattoos?)... so you’ll have to keep your ears finely tuned. Topics include:

                    • Whether there’s any reason for long-term concern following the surprising losses by the Bills and Chiefs (1:28)
                    • Why injuries are ruining an otherwise wonderful start to the football season (13:06)
                    • The ridiculous numbers behind the Lamar Jackson contract season MVP tour (20:56)
                    • The most epic Cale’s Corner in the history of our show, centering around the wide receiver position (29:13)
                    • Game balls (48:06), defense (58:19) and special teams (1:06:20)
                    • …nice wit it? (1:13:05)
                    • Picking some superlatives from what was admittedly a bit of a disappointing uniform weekend (1:15:50)
                    • Some excellent head-scratchers to conclude a head-scratchy week (1:22:20)
                    • And some things to get excited about heading into Week 4! (1:31:35)

                      • Thanks for listening to Episode 30! If you like football (which you probably do, if you’re listening to this podcast), we guarantee you’ll like following us @TMB_Pod on Twitter, and hey, while you’re at it, maybe follow hosts @CaleClinton and @jrobertsbsbl as well. We’re Cale and Jackson, and we’ll see you… next Tuesday.

                      1 hr 36 min

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