We Fix The League

By Daniel O'Connell & Andre PegeronComedy Sports Football

We Fix The League episodes

November 28, 2019 "Separate but Thankful" - NFL Week 12 Football Chat
BANTER: The pals are separated! It’s like a sad movie montage. We talk games, basement debauchery, and the perfectly legal drug that fits into your lunch break. The pals share some CONTROVERSIAL Thanksgiving opinions.

This week, the pals are thankful!
(14:49) We are thankful for LAMAR JACKSON, who is thankful for the forward pass.
(21:25) We are thankful for PARITY.
Good is bad! Bad is good! Down is up! Among the recently-hot teams in the league, which ones might have a harsh fall? The Rams are starting the fall, and we consider the prospects of the Niners, Ravens, and Chiefs.
(33:54) We are thankful for LATERALS.
A vague feel-good story that gets us talkin’ about sports movies, a big man showing his wheels in Seattle, a “We Fix the League” rule change to encourage teamwork & craziness, and a really depressing moment by Andre’s Detroit Lions.

(47:47) What are players thankful for?
What is Ryan Tannehill thankful for? (It’s his breakout year! Finally! At age 31!)
What is Derrick Henry thankful for? (The bruiser adds another 70-yard scamper to his highlight reel.)
What is Devlin Hodges thankful for? (The analytics department takes a look at his unprecedented performance. We talk actor cameos in the NFL and the definition of a “comeback win.”)
(:) CELEBRATIONS OF THE WEEK:
Ronald Jones yelled loud and clear, Raheem Mostert was surfin’ USA (and it’s a health hazard), Jared Cook is cookin’ up a celly, OBJ takes time to stop and smell the roses, Marquise Brown makes a difficult choice, the New Orleans event staff gets in on the mix, and another beer-related celebration in Tennessee. (WARNING: FIERY TAKES INCOMING)
(:) WEEK 13 PREVIEW
If you listened to us last week, you’re rich. Week 13 is full of all kinds of awesome games: divisional rivalries, games between contenders, our “Sure Thing” bets of the week, and our ongoing segment “how many points will Miami lose by this week?” is starting to get spooky. We pick one game as must-watch TV.
1 hr 26 min
November 21, 2019 "The Ballad of Felipe Rios" - NFL Week 11 Football Chat
BANTER: We’re feeling retrospective. Looking back to the language of Latin. Remembering that awesome Chiefs-Rams game from last year and also when the Chargers were in San Diego.
(10:44) QB SPOTLIGHT
Philip Rivers is a sensitive boy with a big car.
(25:22) MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
We knock the Chiefs down a peg and talk AFC Playoffs. The Chargers are bad.
(36:10) UN JUEGO EN MEXICO
We believe these things: The field was bad, the food was good, the rules should be different on international grounds including themed stadiums, and what the hell is that clacky percussion instrument.

(57:12) RAVENS-TEXANS
Ravens are very good. Deshaun Watson is an MVP - Moderately Valuable Player.
(1:03:58) ROAST OF AJ MCCARRON
Backup QB AJ McCarron has a terrible chest tattoo and owns a truly bonkers sushi restaurant.
(1:15:01) THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
“Pittsburgh-Cleveland Brawl in 45 seconds” in 90 seconds

TRICK PLAYS
(1:16:32) What do we want? More quarterbacks! When do we want it? As soon as the league is ready to adopt innovation! (Cameo by Tom Brady’s business scam/immortality plot.)
(1:28:06) The rule of the week gets sidetracked by us talking about the sushi restaurant again, “noodling,” and fishing with a gun.
(1:31:10) A brief mention of onside kicks.

(1:34:19) BUMP OF THE WEEK
We’re dope at predicting stuff and Dan nails a trivia question.
(1:39:11) COOL PAL LOOK OF THE WEEK
Shout out the powder blues. Reverse shout out to the Saints-Bucs matchup.
We have our fieriest argument yet about whether Kyle Shanahan looks cool in his hat, riff about which coaches should wear which hats, and revolutionize the league with more pizzazz.
A dope nickname and a cool regular name [ed. note -- NOT ANYMORE]
(1:54:39) CELEBRATIONS OF THE WEEK
Mark Ingram’s relaxed & sassy pose, Zeke’s Dak impression, Ryan Griffin’s sticky hands, Quentin Nelson’s keg stand, we pander to Jacoby Brissett.

(2:06:17) WEEK 12 PREVIEW
We talk about a few of the games we have our eye on, revisit our ongoing segment “how many points will the Miami Dolphins lose by this week?” and give our Infallible Sports Pals “Sure Thing” Bets of the Week.

That’s it!
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2 hr 15 min
November 13, 2019 "Turf, Wind, & Fire" - NFL Week 10 Football Chat
Banter: LA Yardwork. Some harsh words for Paul Revere. We dip into arson. Ja Rule vs Ludacris.
(15:23) Players we love: The Famous Lamar Jackson, college talk with Joe Burrow, Jadaveon Clowney of the Seahawks, how hard is it to pick up a fumble?, headbands, Jamal Adams of the Jets, Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry of the Titans. Also, Bucs coach Bruce Arians with the “spiteful move of the week.”
(40:14) The Infallible Sports Pals “Salute to Service”
Thank you for your service.
(52:39) The Infallible Sports Pals “Bump of the Week”
Last week we made some predictions that were correct (sup Raiders) and helped out our boy Jamel Dean.
(58:02) “We Fix the League”
An “All-Name Team” debate, the merits of a jump pass, and a “we fix the league” that maximizes jumping.
(1:07:48) The Infallible Sports Pals “On-the-nose Metaphor of the Week”
Stafford breaks his back, the Bills are efficient yet boring, Saquon is living on an island of talent, Rodgers gets a gift from the refs.
(1:15:20) Rulebook Breakdown
We say the word “injurious” a lot and somehow it has to do with paint
(1:21:28) Cool Pal Look of the Week
The Jets “midnight edition” is disappointing, we pick the best looking game of the week including some powder blues, and a discussion of old-school jerseys
(1:26:53) Celebrations of the Week
DeForest Buckner can’t complete a pass, Adam Humphries can, a ref flinches, Jarvis Landry hurts his team with trash talk, Nik Needham is a widdle baby, “Chasing Perfection” with Golden Tate.
Brian Hill and Calvin Ridley go for quantity over quality in a silent Superdome, Rashan Evans with a great team celebration.
(1:41:07) Week 11 Preview
Some “Sure Thing” bets of the week, another Tank Bowl with heavy draft implications, and the “highlight-off” between Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson.

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1 hr 53 min
November 06, 2019 "Lookin' Good, Feline Good" - NFL Week 9 Football Chat
BANTER: The pals talk about the trials and tribulations of devoting themselves to the podcast including a great moment of friendship serendipity.
(6:09) This week’s breakout star runs straight out of the stadium.
MIDSEASON RECAP:
(8:50) PREDICTIONS 1 — Our infallibly correct preseason predictions: Ravens, Pats, Bears, Saints, Steelers, Colts, and the NFC East — we called it! We’re geniuses!
(20:54) PREDICTIONS 2 — If we were ever wrong, we might have been wrong about: The Niners, Cardinals, Bills, Browns, and Broncos. Our riveting segment: “Allen Watch.”
(34:54) PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS — What teams will make it? What teams will not make it? We give you our prediction of one team on the outside looking in who might slide in there by the end of the year.
(49:50) MIDSEASON AWARD PICKS — We pick an MVP, an offensive player of the year (OTY), defensive player OTY, rookie OTY, comeback player OTY, coach OTY, executive OTY, time-saving acronym OTY (it’s OTY).
SEGMENTS:
(1:09:01) TANK BOWL OF THE WEEK TERRIBLE MOMENT RECAP — The Dolphins beat the Jets and lots of terrible things happened. Eventually we riff our way to a nonexistant movie that would definitely be titled “Streets of Flavortown.”
(1:15:28) HOW GOOD ARE WE AT FOOTBALL — Former not-QB-anymore Matt Moore has us thinking about how we would fare if we stepped out on the gridiron. This is probably the best segment of the episode.
(1:26:38) PAL SHOUTOUT OF THE WEEK — Jamel “Sleeves” Dean looks huge out there so we dug into his backstory. Whaddup Jamel!
(1:31:45) COOL PAL LOOK OF THE WEEK — Quick recognition of some cool jerseys.
(1:33:37) CELEBRATIONS OF THE WEEK — Some celebrations went wrong: a failed leapfrog and a bad teammate outshining the guy who made the play. A relaxed celly, a celly with multiple origins, and a rare special teams celly.

(1:39:59) WEEK 10 PREVIEW — Our “sure thing” bets didn’t go so hot last week, so we’re about due for a win. Our ongoing segment: “How many points will the Dolphins lose by?” And we are most excited for the revival of a sweet divisional rivalry.

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1 hr 51 min
November 01, 2019 "The Trade Deadline is Dumb" - NFL Week 8 Football Chat
(2:00) Andre met John Kruk or something!

(7:20) Chiefs and Packers! Andy Reid makes Matt Moore only a step behind one of the greats!

(12:00) MINSHEW MANIA WILL NOT DIE (if we get our way)

(15:00) Drew Brees is back, and Andre has some notes on the mechanics within the movie Booksmart

(18:25) Trade Deadline: BIG NEWS.

(22:30) Running backs aren’t valuable enough, we’ve got some solutions

(28:00) Trades R Dumb.

(37:30) The Niners are damn good.

(51:00) Maybe in the long term all these Broncos losses are good?

(58:00) Them Dolphins are tanking like never before.

(1:01:43) Kickers are managed poorly

(1:06:00) The Bears kicked the game away

(1:12:00) Celebrations of the week!!

(1:22:00) A look ahead!

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1 hr 33 min
October 24, 2019 "Mr. Rivers goes to Sausage Town" - NFL Week 7 Football Chat
Banter: Pumpkins have got Dan out of his gourd. Mainstream Sports media is on our jock. Andre is allergic to Dan’s hypothetical allergies.

(13:40) Football was bad this week! We have fun anyway. The Jets and Eagles were especially bad!

(18:48) INDY V HOUSTON
KC will trade for Jacoby Brissett? Is Taysom Hill a QB1? Frank Reich for Coach of the year?

(26:34) AFC South
Bill O’Brien is a Wild and Crazy Guy. Minshew-mania with a lower case “m.” Dan is Astounded!

(35:00) An ode to the European Football League:
Convoluted solutions to the dearth of capable QB’s.

(41:49) CHARGERS V TITANS
How was this one of the games of the week?
Tannehill the Mannehill? More solutions to QB’s!
Are the Lions the Chargers of the NFC or is Andre playing himself?

(55:00) TRADE DEADLINE
Some trades already happened! We grade them! Some trades haven’t happened yet! We suggest them!

(1:16:50)
DAN WONT TRADE VON MILLER, DONT BOTHER CALLING. Chris Harris is up for grabs, tho.

(1:26:00)
Mr. Rivers goes to sausage paradise.

(1:28:30) NINERS V “REDACTED”
The NFL should install a “Pokemon Stadium” for bad games.

(1:34:45) Celebrations of the Week:
Our apologies to the Toronto Blue Jays.

(1:43:40) Cool Pal Look of the week.
Andre has strong opinions on fashion. DK Metcalf has binkie game.

(1:48:40) Week 8 preview!
1 hr 59 min
October 17, 2019 "Illegal Cleansing the Palate on #6" - NFL Week 6 Football Chat
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BANTER:
We’re hangin’ in there! Hang in there, pals! Does this sound depressing? It’s not supposed to!
(7:29) BROWNS-SEAHAWKS
Russell Wilson is certainly hangin’ right in there! Baker is maybe just barely hangin’ in there! This “chip on the shoulder” theory continues to evolve.
(19:17) TITANS (20:38) vs BRONCOS
What’s going on with the Titans offense? What’s going on with Von Miller? This “showin’ cards” theory continues to evolve.
(31:23) DOLPHINS VS REDSKINS
The tank bowl! Seems like they’re trying to lose? Not sayin’, just sayin’... We Fix the League involving new rules for tanking.
(42:54) CARDINALS VS FALCONS
The Falcons lost on a missed extra point. We talk going for 2, avoiding overtime, going for 1, going for 3, and going for several other numbers.
(47:34) CHIEFS VS TEXANS
We talk about what it takes to be a peak athlete.
(54:57) “How do narratives form?” KC, RAMS, & COWBOYS on losing streaks. The crazy NFC playoff picture. Should we overreact to everything? Probably not but it’s fun. We compare the relative excitement of different sports leagues.
(1:02:47) LIONS VS PACKERS
Monday night football! We give a thorough breakdown of the five big storylines from this game: Eff the refs, eff the refs, eff the refs, eff the refs, eff the refs.
(1:22:50) A palate cleanser: Jersey numbers! It’s cool that receivers wear jerseys in the teens now. We share some fun stories about different players’ jersey numbers, including Tom Brady, a deal involving beer, and a rarely-used number from Brazil.
(1:39:33) CELEBRATIONS OF THE WEEK: The Eagles put out a STRONG contender for celebration of the year. A Bronco acts like a velociraptor. We talk sweet dinosaurs.
(1:47:09) COOL PAL LOOK OF THE WEEK: The Saints betrayed us with their all-whites...with a twist.
(1:49:11) WEEK 7 PREVIEW: Blowout of the week, “pee talk,” the Falcons’ future, our “Infallible Sports Pals ‘Sure Thing’ Bets of the Week,” games of the week.
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2 hr 3 min
October 10, 2019 "Safety Talk with Coach Kyle" - NFL Week 5 Football Chat
Lots of great football talk in this one: What makes a good coach? What’s wrong with the Browns? How do we protect the players? What does it truly mean to “get freaky with it?”
BANTER:
We talk chrome tabs, signs from the universe, and spirituality.
(12:38) REDSKINS - PATRIOTS. Washington fires Jay Gruden after an inept start to the season and an inept night out at the bars. Why don’t billionaires care more about winning football games? How would we fare as coaches? The Patriots defense looks really good.
(23:00) STEELERS - RAVENS. We debate the appropriate overtime rules. The Steelers ran the wildcat and made a crucial mistake...or was it?
(30:35) Our special investigative report: Does football cause brain damage?
We discuss the hit on Mason Rudolph and talk about what a 2nd safety-based football league would look like.
(43:51) 3rd string QB Devlin Hodges and his backup Paxton Lynch signals a new era of QBs. We discuss the accreditation of “Samford” and also terrible white kid names.
(50:56) BROWNS - NINERS. What’s wrong with the Browns? Andre’s “chip on the shoulder” theory continues to hold water.(1:00:45) We give props to Kyle Shanahan and discuss our “Theory of Kyles.”(1:04:50) Booger McFarland said something very dumb. We discuss the state of NFL broadcasting.
(1:10:12) COLTS - CHIEFS. What a great game! What a great gameplan! The Art of War!
(1:17:28) Infallible Sports Pals Coaching Breakdown: What are the signs of a great coach? A good coach? A bad coach? What’s hard about judging coaching as a fan? What teams need what kinds of coaches? Who are the league’s innovators and what makes them special?
Some quick hits on other games:
(1:36:08) FALCONS - TEXANS. Is there a bigger letdown team than the Falcons? Is anyone more underappreciated than Deshaun Watson?
(1:42:18) BILLS - TITANS. Keys to success for the Titans offense. Josh Allen gets shellacked.
(1:46:22) SEAHAWKS - RAMS. We gush about Russell Wilson.
(1:54:50) Cool Celebrations of the Week! Lots of 'em!
Nick Bosa vs Baker Mayfield - We do a live breakdown of Baker’s flag plant and judge Nick Bosa’s flag plant against it. We talk plant-based team names. Vikings receivers do the “wiggly arms.” Jared Cook’s mimed celebration baffles Andre yet again. Golden Tate celebrates a penalty. And the Packers offense and defense take very different team photos.
(2:10:35) Week 6 Preview!
“How much will the Dolphins lose by?” - Maybe a NEGATIVE NUMBER?
The Infallible Sports Pals “Sure Thing Bets of the Week”
Game by game previews
(2:26:08) “Under the Helmet” with Quandre Diggs and a very strange Youtube comment.

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2 hr 31 min
October 03, 2019 "These are a few of our Favorite Teams" - NFL Week 4 Football Chat
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Banter: The pals are feeling “the fightin’ spirit.” A fight broke out on a train. Debating the merits of watching games live versus watching the replays. Cameo by the orienting response.
A quick aside: This week, our favorite teams (the Lions and Broncos) played the two most exciting games of the week. That’s just a fact! So we spent a lot of time talking about them. If you want to hear some in-depth discussion about the Lions, Chiefs, Broncos, and Jags (with some Bills and Pats in the middle), keep listening. To hear some shorter game breakdowns from the rest of the league, jump to (1:18:49).
Game of the week: Chiefs @ Lions
(12:44) Patrick Mahomes is good at football. The Lions fought hard through some intense moments. An overly detailed breakdown of the controversial 100-yard fumble return TD.
(27:56) Andre breaks down how Matt Patricia neutralized Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense. The secret ingredient for both of these offenses: versatility.
(34:08) We fix the league: “The Patrick Mahomes Drinking Game.” We talk Andy Reid & potato chips.
(38:09) Question of the week: Are the Lions good? And then some silly moments from the game.
Co-Happy Loser of the Week: Buffalo Bills (vs New England Patriots)
(44:24) The Bills played the Pats close, but no cigar. We break down Josh Allen. Cameo by hydras.
Dan’s Heartbreak of the Week: Jags @ Broncos
(51:34) The Broncos are mainly bad but just good enough to lose in a close and depressing fashion. Is John Elway’s GM throne untouchable? He’s bad at drafting QBs. Cameo by eatin’ good in the neighborhood.
(1:00:51) Minshew mania, baby! Gardner wins our quarterly “Rookie of the Year” award and we dive into what makes him great. Cameo by names as verbs.
(1:09:44) Maybe Vic Fangio is only a good coach when he has really, really good players.
Hype Train Collision: Browns @ Ravens
(1:18:49) Andre’s key to the game for the Ravens: wardrobe. The key to the game for the Browns: the chip on Baker Mayfield’s shoulder. Silly moments from the game including Jarvis Landry’s stumble for the ages and a breakdown of a scene from the Lorax movie.
Big Losers of the Week
(1:29:45) Most of the NFC North. The Bears are combining analytics and injuries to revolutionize roster building. We give some very telling QB stats.
Upset of the Week: Bucs @ Rams
(1:35:29) Happy homecoming of the week: former USC Trojan Ronald Jones returns to the Coliseum. We come up with an app idea/proprietary algorithm to disrupt the ambiance industry -- tell your local venture capitalists. Jared Goff is good, but is he “turbo” good?
Things We Could Not Do of the Week - Panthers @ Texans
(1:45:36) A somersault. Achieving a first down by sliding on the ground. Getting sacked multiple times. A quick AFC South update.
Great Idea & Terrible Idea of the Week - Bengals @ Steelers, Washington @ Giants
(1:49:29) The Steelers try to figure out their QB situation. The Redskins do not figure out their QB situation. The Giants have probably figured out their QB situation.
Cool Celebrations of the Week!
(1:55:17) Janoris Jenkins celebrates defense with special teams. Mike Evans is into modern dance. Andre guesses (extremely poorly) at what AJ Brown’s trademark celebration is attempting to portray. We workshop a sandwich-related celebration.
We Rank the League
(2:03:30) Andre infallibly breaks the NFL down into 7 tiers.
The Infallible Sports Pals “Sure Thing” Bets of the week!
(2:07:17) We hit on some games last week and hope to keep that generally acceptable performance rolling. We look ahead to week 5. There are a couple tasty bets this week so listen up and put your money where our mouths are.
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2 hr 20 min
September 26, 2019 "Pressed to Impress" - NFL Week 3 Football Chat
Several QBs were thrown to the wolves. How did they do? It’s the Infallible Sports Pals Week 3 Football Chat!
Banter: The pals are poised. Mid-season podcasting form is upon us. Nobody likes the LA Chargers so we try to help them out. The Blue Man Group teaches us about life. Cameo by birthday candles.
(9:16) Week 3 recap. We’re going to talk about the 6 new starting QBs. We’ll share one “everyday experience” that encapsulates each start. We start with the formerly boring Daniel Jones and the NY Giants vs the Buccaneers. We talk weaponry, obscure sports, and dumb draft opinions. Cameo by what we talk about every time Jameis Winston comes up.
(33:46) Teddy “Water Under the Bridge” Bridgewater “leads” the Saints to a victory over the Seahawks in Seattle. We dip into college football for a little. In a very special segment, Andre & Dan seriously discuss rehabilitation and forgiveness. Cameo by Urban Meyer’s health problems.
(52:31) Kyle Allen throws 4 TDs and the Panthers win. The Cards lose but damn Kyler Murray is fast. Cameo by the Ezra Klein show.
(1:04:13) Josh Rosen keeps double clutching and we double down on our take that the Dolphins are bad. We compare football teams to restaurants. Cameo by employment.
(1:11:40) Mason Rudolph let down the Steelers defense and they’re a bunch of big mean guys so that’s bad news. The San Francisco 49ers are undefeated. Cameo by laundry.
(1:20:17) Luke Falk gets by with a little help from his friends. Kinda. The New England Patriots are too good at football and it twists fans’ minds. We talk the light & dark sides of fandom. Cameo by a fierce disagreement over jerseys.
(1:32:55) Game of the Week: Ravens @ Chiefs. Lamar Jackson & Mahomes went head-to-head and it was awesome. We talk analytics on 4th down decisions and 2-point conversions (in a clear manner) as well as timeouts (in a very convoluted manner). Andre looks forward to his Lions losing to the Chiefs. Cameo by old men’s opinions.
(1:44:55) Detroit Lions fan suicide watch level: we’re doing alright! Undefeated, baby! Andre talks about how his football mind is permanently tainted by watching the Lions. We’re optimistic about Carson Wentz and the Eagles bouncing back. Cameo by Kerryon Johnson’s childlike innocence.
(1:54:37) The Broncos lost to the Packers and it was just close enough to be winnable but just far enough away to be hopeless. Dan and Andre both have their theories. Also, the media does not believe Jalen Ramsey. Cameo by the long game.
(2:01:37) The “Cool Pal Look of the Week” returns! We suspect that the Cowboys and Eagles are listening to the podcast because there’s really no other explanation for what happened. The Saints get in the mix, too. Cameo by future guests.
(2:06:29) Cool celebrations! Marvin Jones is inspired and Mark Ingram rolls with the punches. Surprise “We Fix the League:” A backflip inspires Andre to come up with yet another new rule for the NFL.
(2:12:36) Our “Sure Thing Bets of the Week:” Run with the favorites, baby! We made money last week so let’s keep it rolling, baby! We continue our weekly segment “how much will the Miami Dolphins lose by?” and our answers are slightly less embarrassing than before.
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2 hr 24 min

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