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Last year was too perfect. It was a real Disney fairy tale. The Bucs won eight straight games in a row, beating Washington, New Orleans, and Green Bay on the road, and taking down the Chiefs, finally, at home, in the Super Bowl. The Patriots were at home. Tom Brady proved that he will forever be the greatest quarterback of all time, with a head to head win over his young incumbent. It’s almost as if the whole thing was rigged, rather than it being another example of the universe, perfect and exact, folding things into a perfect shape. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor preview the NFC South. Topics include: Kyle Pitts’s guest appearance on ICarly, how quick Atlanta’s rebuild may go under the tutelage of Arthur Smith and Dean Pees, a bad offensive line blocking for Sam Darnold once again, Sam Darnold to Dan Arnold, Carolina’s young and stacked and busty defense, Tameis taking over for Drew, how well New Orleans will deal with their offseason losses, Tompa Bay running it

The NFC North is exactly the same as it is last year. Green Bay is coming off a NFC Championship Game run, you gotta be faster than that, without any major team improvement while facing regression in 2021. Luckily for them, the rest of the division ranges from a Jared Goff Jigsaw death trap in Detroit, to Andy Dalton in Chicago, to Minnesota’s own struggle to get past pretty alright. Regardless, we’ll still have fun with it, like we always do. Maybe an Aaron Rodgers injury opens the door for the Vikings, but probably, probably not. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor preview the NFC North. Topics include: how long Andy Dalton will be able to hold the rocket pad hostage for, the bald visor look, Jared Goff’s new favorite band, seven seconds to go five yards; Dan Campbell beating me for not taking out the trash, Green Bay facing the specter of regression once again, Jordan Love doesn’t exist, Kirk Cousins (?) underrated, and Minnesota nepotism. While you’re at it, give it

We came here to complete a well thought out, long form, never ending season preview that would teeter between rational thinking and absurdity. Instead it was all absurdity. TIM, Rivers McCown, L4Blitzer (Scott), Uprooted Texan, and call in guests Eddie Hassan, and Smoothgrandmaa all joined in to talk about the 2021 Texans season, and the franchise in general. It’s a sick and twisted thing we are all wrapped up in. Topics include: our football feeling, kicking the absolute hell out of the Texans pup, the hole in Houston’s cover two defense, Nick Caserio’s job done so far, Rivers’s favorite twitter replies, Lone Star Lites, a Kahale Warring bet, getting excited for rooting against Bill O’Brien, and the 2019 offensive line draft class. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below: You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. You can subscribe/watch/stream on Twitch here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

We plebeians, suck down social media regurgitation from the elites, the ones who attend press conferences, training camp practices, and hawk the sidelines during games. What is already murky and vague, is even more so, by being third handed. Sean Pendegrast joined Battle Red Radio to give us his findings of the Houston Texans so far. Topics include: the difference between a Bill O’Brien and Nick Caserio training camp, David Culley never cursing, his reasoning for a surprise Shaq Lawson cut, just how much Jack Easterby is at training camp, and which players maybe due a for a break out season. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below: You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. You can subscribe/watch/stream on Twitch here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NFC East is an insane asylum. What is expected never occurs. Destroyed by their own derangements. A crazy salt loving old man who hires only boobs as his head coach keeping his own ego perfect and pristine. A depressing smatter of black and dark green, who will forever hang on to a hooved footed run from five years ago, tortured by in house fighting, and attempts another try at starting anew. Binders, and binders, and binders, set for immolation by an offensive coordinator who will never split the cells needed for creation. A quarterback away, a quarterback away, a quarterback away. Madhouses and lithium. Tiny paper cups and cable television. Always coming down to week 17. Clean concrete reality is rusted twisted metal. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor preview the NFC East. Topics include: Mike McCarthy trying to find his mojo, if Dak Prescott has turned his ankle around, New York staying true to their vertical passing plans, Daniel Jones’s last thread, ayyyyymea

For most NFL fans, the AFC South is an abhorrent wasteland of putrescent pestilence, a reeking virus that plagues the NFL with piss colored jerseys, terrible hairlines, incompetent front offices, mad dash playoff runs that ruin bright and beautiful seasons, hillbilly raccoons, swimming pools, chin dimples, kumbaya organizational cultures, generational quarterback destruction, and neckbeards, so many neckbeards. It’s different for me. The AFC South is home. I am a swamp thing, rejuvenated down in the muck, cowering from the light, fornicating in the dredges. You can keep your Super Bowl contenders, and fantastical schematic innovations. I’d rather die than carry my mortal coils like you. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor preview the AFC South. Topics include: the schism in the Texans offseason, how many games Houston would win with Deshaun Watson, piling on Carson Wentz, proving once again that Chris Ballard is overrated, God loves Jags, Urban Myer meme status, the que

Stridex pads and deep balls. Kermit the Frog. My Chemical Romance eyeliner. Two gloves. The AFC West is the best division in football. It’s Justin Herbert’s sherbet as the Chargers attempt to be the next team to ride a quarterback’s rookie contract to the Super Bowl. Patrick Mahomes is now a family guy, and he’s still the best quarterback in the league. Skin was taken from the offensive line and sewn onto the Las Vegas defense to claw the Raiders from the depths to mediocrity, and it will be up to Derek Carr to navigate these choppier seas. And the Broncos, who have had the worst quarterback play in the NFL since Peyton Manning sold his soul in 2016, try to find even alright in Teddy Bridgewater. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor preview the AFC West. Topics include: the newest iteration of the no fly zone, Noah Fant’s breakout season, possible Kansas City regression, the decision to go all in to protect Mahomes, Herbert improving on an all-time rookie season, the unk

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There’s no end to this timeline. This past January Deshaun Watson shocked the NFL and the Houston Texans by requesting a trade after Nick Caserio was hired, then David Culley was hired, doing nothing to change Watson’s mind about the whole thing; an ominous late night tweet detonated a barrage of sexual assault allegations with the official count piling up to 22, Houston didn’t trade Watson, he headed to training camp, and was missing yesterday once the pads piled on. Trade rumors. Civil suits. The NFL’s investigation to nowhere. A possible future trade. That’s what we eventually have to look forward to. To help us make sense of this mess, The Defector’s investigative editor Diana Moskovitz joined Battle Red Radio. Topics include: how the news rolls out for allegations like this, the similarity between the allegations, how long this can go on for, what you don’t know, and the NFL’s own investigative process. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below: You can sub

The AFC North has undergone a transformation. It used to be Pittsburgh v. Baltimore, year in and year out, year in and year out, and wah-wah-wah. Things change, and things have changed. Lamar Jackson has failed to take the next step, Ben Roethlisberger is an overweight point guard, and now the Browns have entered the arena. The division has morphed into Cleveland v. Baltimore, with an expected Pittsburgh regression, and the Bengals, well they are still painting their stripes on. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor preview the AFC North. Topics include: Lamar Jackson v. the sideline pass, wanting to love the Cincinnati Bengals, Hunting for a Chubb, the pneumatic nail Cleveland drove into their roster this offseason, Big Ben’s diet, and just how dire 2021 can be for Pittsburgh. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below: You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/liste

I told you. I ————— told you. Get past the negativity, stop being smarter than you are, just breath in God’s breath taking the form of Josh Allen playing football. Enjoy it. Don’t get wrapped up in decision making, or accuracy, or deep ball problems. Those are manmade creations, fabrications from pink folds, and stink emitted from marrow. Suck in the sublime sunlight. Savor him leaping Anthony Barr, stiff arming J.J. Watt, turning a quarterback sneak into a seven yard gain. These are examples proving his existence. And now look where we are. Allen is a top five quarterback, the Bills made the leap, and you couldn’t enjoy it because you are wrapped up in your fork tongued lies. Your consciousness is merely the tip of an iceberg. Allen reverberates beneath the sea. The good news is that you can always atone, you can always be saved, sit back and enjoy the Bills, the AFC East, and this preview of the division grace resides in. On this week’s episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor pre

I’m sorry I’ve been away. I’ve been doing the things most people do in five years in the span of seven months. Now things have settled enough, and I have a desk, and a room of my own, and we are back to doing the things we used to do, write and talk about football. To kick off the return of the podcast, and the return of the NFL season, I wrote a Power Rankings, and talked about Power Rankings with my good friend Taylor. On this week’s episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor rank the NFL 32-1. Topics include: my Atlanta lust cooling off, something good to say about the Houston Texans, San Francisco’s impending rebound, why I’m falling for the Denver Broncos, Washington and Los Angeles (C) dropping off certain lists, and why you should feel differently about the New Orleans Saints. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below: You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on St

Ghastly blue sweater vest. The gnostic archon himself, ghoulish, and slicing the room with his devious smile, hand holding, fist pumping and celebrating. Fruit slices and juice boxes, sitting still at his computer desk, wondering what he got himself into. The Texans brain trust selected quarterback David Mills, then wide receiver Nico Collins, then tight end Brevin Jordan, then Garrett Wallow, and then Roy Lopez. The Texans 2021 NFL Draft class came to an end. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston, Joe Critz, and Kenneth L., review the Texans 2021 NFL Draft Class. Topics include: scouting reports on each Texans draft selection, why the Texans selected a quarterback, the different reality where Nico Collins plays with Deshaun Watson instead of Tyrod Taylor, the strange athletic profiles of their later round selections, if the Texans are tanking or not, and, of course, Deshaun Watson and the future of the Houston Texans. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscr

We have just returned home after going somewhere no one has ever gone before. Hang in here with me. Imagine looking at the draft order, thinking about the players available and each team's needs, and then selecting a player for each team. Crazy right? Completely original. Unheard of bizarre. Let's give it a shot. We'll call it a mockdraft. Damn we did it again. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor mock the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Topics include: which quarterbacks will be snagged in the first, the funniest landing strips for Mac Jones, getting daddy some new weapons, and of course, the first round selection the Texans need to make to get them to a Super Bowl in 2021. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below: You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. You can subscribe/watch on Twitch here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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NFL free agency has kind of sort of already come and gone. The big dollars have been handed out. The big names have new homes. Sure, there will be stragglers, and there will be cuts to join the existing stragglers, but rosters are pretty much in place until the 2021 NFL Draft now. It's time to look back on what happened, in the easiest way, and most banal way to do so, by handing out imaginary awards. On this episode, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor hand out awards from the first two weeks of NFL Free Agency. Topics include: the threesome between the 49ers, Dolphins, and Eagles, Andy Dalton QB1, loving the Bud Dupree and Keanu Neal signings, the best of the bargain bin (which is Rob Schneider's The Animal for $5), the Patriots eventual decision to trade up for a quarterback, and of course, OUR Football Team. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below: You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/liste

After allowing Bill O’Brien to snip, then slit, then gut, and finally immolate the Texans roster, Houston brought in an actual general manager in New England Patriots super genius Nick Caserio. All of that brain power knows things the rest of the NFL doesn’t know. That Kamu Gruiger-Hill is actually an all-star coverage linebacker, Kevin Pierre-Louis is actually better than Jon Bostic and Cole Holcomb, that Terrance Mitchell is ready to break out at age 29, and Derek Rivers is more than just a recipient of a Jack Easterby wedding ceremony. He’s smarter than you, he’s smarter than the rest of the NFL, and don’t you doubt him one bit, because he’s the man who will build the next great football team, because he, and only he, knows that Maliek Collins belongs on magazine covers and not the waiver wire. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston, Carlos Flores, and Joe Critz review the first three days of the 2021 NFL offseason. Topics include: the trades Nick Caserio made to actually bring in talent, the lon

We are three days away from crazy town. The NFL’s free agency tampering period begins this Monday. We say bookoo bookoo times as dollars are scattered across the country to pay for the services of the football playing men. In the immediate future teams will continue to snip and sniff and lick and create cap space, and call and call and call to try and churn veterans into picks, doing everything they can, to build the next great version of their current team, or try and keep the window open for the team they already have. Some teams are stupid. Other teams are bland. A few are settled. But there are is a wild assortment with the cap space who will dictate the course of this offseason for the rest of the league. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor preview the 2021 NFL offseason by discussing the most interesting teams of the offseason. Topics include: how deep Taylor’s V is (spoiler, it’s really deep), the Mark Ingram-David Johnson tandem, the challenges the Chargers face

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CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SB NATION NFL SHOW: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify The SB Nation NFL Show brings together the greatest fan-alysts from across SB Nation's NFL team communities in one place for the first time ever. Expect deep analysis, irreverent jokes, and plenty of bickering between rivals. It's a show for NFL fans, by NFL fans.   Monday - Monday Football Monday (RJ Ochoa, Pete Sweeney) Tuesday - Off Day Debrief (Brandon Lee Gowton, Rob "Stats" Guerrera) Wednesday - Palpably Unfair Podcast (Kyle Posey, Michael Kist) Thursday - The Look Ahead (RJ Ochoa, Rob "Stats" Guerrera) Friday - NFL Draft Specials Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices