Undrafted Rookie

Paul is unavailable for this one, but never fear we have a capable replacement! Jake joins in the fun and we talk about his introduction to the NFL, and suggestions for improvement.

Listen to find out how the NFL could and should be more like rugby, how to fix the schedule so that the games are no longer on a school night, and why Tour de France highlights are so rubbish.

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DISCLAIMER: this one had some serious audio quality issues, as well as some more general structural issues, sorry about that. Believe it or not the version you're hearing is actually significantly better than the original audio.

An actual in-person episode, which didn't quite go to plan. After trying to watch a random game on Game-pass presented far too many technical problems, we instead decide to watch Super Bowl 52, in which the Eagles emerge triumphant against the Patriots [spoiler].

Paul gets very excited about his new favourite team becoming world champions - although arguably more excited about Justin Timberlake's half time show.

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A discussion about what can be done to make the NFL more entertaining. From genuinely good ideas to genuinely dangerous ones.

We talk about the possibility of an NFL division moving overseas, how to spruce-up the extra points, and a brand new version of the game Paul insists on calling KrAzY-NFL.

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Paul decides once and for all to be a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. As such, he does a little research into his new love.

We learn about plenty of Eagles history. Paul also has to backtrack from his previously held position that it would be a bit of a cheat to jump on the bandwagon of a team from the Superbowl.

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With Aaron Rodgers' trade to the New York Jets finally confirmed, we take a relatively in depth look at his career to date.

We talk about how he started at a local community college and worked his way to be one of the greatest players in NFL history.

But you can't only talk about football when it comes to Aaron Rodgers... we also touch on his four-day darkness retreat, that time he hosted Jeopardy, and whether "immunized" and "vaccinated" are indeed the same thing (spoiler: they definitely aren't).

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We recap the 2023 NFL draft! Well, I say recap, Paul didn't watch it in the first place.

Who were the winners and losers of the draft? Why was John's mock draft so bad? Does anyone actually watch the entire draft?

Sadly, there were some sound quality issues with this one, we've done what we can to fix them but we don't really know anything about audio editing so it's still not ideal.

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An episode all about the NFL scouting combine. That's right, we've dedicated a whole episode to one of the least interesting parts of the entire offseason.

Paul measures himself against draft prospects by predicting how well he reckons he can do in the combine drills. John also gives an incredibly overly-detailed account of how the Texans lost the number one pick on the final day of the season.

Note that, as with most of these episodes, this was recorded about 5 weeks before publication so is probably already out of date.

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A real deep dive on the life and times of Lamar Jackson.

Recorded in March '23, we learn about Jackson's career to date and speculate what happens next after he is given the non-exclusive franchise tag by the Ravens.

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This episode is all about the NFL draft. What is it? How does it work? Why do we care?

John also has a nice little quiz about college teams, and Paul learns what a franchise tag is and talks at length about Draft Day.

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Paul learns the players' positions! Congratulations to him.

Where do all the players line-up? Why do running backs not get paid? Why is there a tight end but no loose end? Answers to all these questions and more (well, not really answers, but we ask these questions at least). Plus, we recap a lost episode and John manages to shoe-horn in more movie chat, this time about The Blind Side.

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