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6 MIN |
PFT COMMENTER
Taysom Hill will probably receive an opportunity with Sean Payton in Denver, although Payton’s crowded collection of favored quarterbacks could limit the available repetitions.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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6 MIN |
BIG CAT
The Vikings will probably have to trade J.J. McCarthy because losing the starting job to Kyler Murray leaves no credible path for Minnesota to restore his confidence as its quarterback of the future.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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21 MIN |
BIG CAT
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PFT COMMENTER
Todd Monken’s Cleveland tenure could end badly, potentially with an early firing; Big Cat and PFT say he already gives off the same unmistakable “fired early energy” as past doomed head coaches.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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37 MIN |
BIG CAT
The rapid growth of bot-generated internet traffic will have negative consequences, including manipulated engagement, bots echoing verified posts and real users having accounts locked after unknowingly interacting with bot-driven polls or campaigns.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
⚠️
I would like to personally welcome our Bot overlords to Podbudsman.com ⚠️ |
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1 HR 30 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
The Rams and Seahawks will meet again in the NFC Championship Game.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 31 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
The AFC will be substantially more wide-open than the NFC this season, with Buffalo uncertain under Joe Brady and Denver and Kansas City among several teams capable of emerging.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 33 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
Zach Charbonnet will return from his injury around Week 6 or Week 7, leaving Seattle well positioned to withstand Kenneth Walker’s departure.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 36 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
Old-school, under-center football will continue making a comeback around the NFL, led by teams such as the Rams, Seahawks and Bears using physical running games to create top-level play-action passing.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 37 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
The Bears will be the best team in the NFC North and Caleb Williams will make another significant leap. But Chicago's ability to generate a fourth-quarter pass rush will determine whether they can beat a team such as the Rams in January.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 38 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
Josh McDaniels will move A.J. Brown around the formation and feature him more creatively in New England than Philadelphia did, rather than leaving him stationary on the outside “reading a book.”
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 48 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
The Jets will be competitive this season because Aaron Glenn is rebuilding their culture with his own mentally tough veterans, a powerful collection of former first-round offensive linemen and a physical running game led by Breece Hall.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 50 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
The Commanders will be better this season with a defense that presents the illusion of pressure on nearly every play under its new coordinator.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 51 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
The Cowboys will average approximately 27 points per game because Dak Prescott is surrounded by all 11 returning offensive starters.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 51 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
The Giants will struggle this season and are the one NFC East team Gruden is unwilling to join the PMT boys in praising.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 51 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
The Eagles will continue playing good defense under Vic Fangio because their defensive front remains formidable and Riq Woolen addresses their weakness at outside-corner position.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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1 HR 53 MIN |
BIG CAT
The Cowboys and Eagles will be good, the Commanders will improve, and the Lions will have a bounce-back season despite the concerns created by Detroit’s defensive personnel.
⚠️ Disagreement: Jon Gruden expresses concern about Detroit’s defensive personnel and says he is “waiting for” the Lions’ bounce-back.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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2 HR 7 MIN |
JON GRUDEN
Fernando Mendoza has a legitimate chance to develop quickly into the Raiders’ quarterback of the future and “fast-track” the organization’s rebuild.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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2 HR 17 MIN |
HANK
The Chiefs and Lions will return to the playoffs, but the Falcons, Bengals and Commanders will not join them among the listener’s five proposed newcomers.
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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2 HR 18 MIN |
PFT COMMENTER
vs
HANK
PFT predicts that the Commanders’ younger defense will help them return to the playoffs while the Patriots fall out; Hank takes the exact opposite position, backing New England to return and Washington to miss.
🔥 DIRECT FANDOM FIGHT — Commanders vs. Patriots
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CONVICTION
🔥🔥🔥🔥
GRADE
TBD
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| 8/14 TAKES (APPROX. TIME) | |
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12 MIN | PFT COMMENTER Nobody is going to wear Joe Burrow’s No. 9 at LSU, even though the school allows retired numbers to remain in circulation. ⚠️ Disagreement: Hank says, “You never know.” | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
12 MIN | PFT COMMENTER Giving DJ Pickett No. 5 is the final straw that will completely fracture Jayden Daniels’s already toxic relationship with LSU. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
13 MIN | PFT COMMENTER There is a decent chance Daniels did not know his representatives were demanding LSU’s copy of his Heisman Trophy and will learn about the request from the news. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
20 MIN | PFT COMMENTER Michael Penix Jr. is confirmed never to be injured again because his surgeon says he has an “amazing ACL”; Penix now has a bionic knee that should eliminate any future knee trouble. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
36 MIN | MAX Aaron Nola is going to be shelled in the Field of Dreams game, giving up six home runs by the third inning. Nola allowed only one home run. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE MISS |
37 MIN | MAX Kyle Schwarber will probably hit at least two home runs in the Field of Dreams game. Schwarber hit two home runs. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE HIT |
51 MIN | MAX Russell Wilson is going to be bad as a member of CBS’s broadcast team. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
52 MIN | BIG CAT LIV Golf can effectively be declared dead now that its championship has reportedly been canceled and Jon Rahm may be leaving. ⚠️ Strong disagreement: Hank refuses to declare LIV dead because the latest developments remain reports, insisting, “It’s not.” | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
53 MIN | PFT COMMENTER Ross Tucker will become the king of slipping subtle gambling references into NFL broadcasts, potentially using deeper cuts than the betting allusions associated with Al Michaels. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
1 HR 28 MIN | MAX Max promises that by December he will learn to play the harmonica well enough to accompany himself while singing “Piano Man” at karaoke. ⚠️ Strong disagreement: Big Cat says there is “no way” Max actually learns. Hank predicts Max will procrastinate until Thanksgiving and suddenly realize he has only a week left. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
1 HR 57 MIN | MAX Max predicts that his friend Kyle will get married in five and a half years. Big Cat expects Kyle to follow the classic holdout-friend trajectory: everyone assumes he will never marry, then he meets someone and marries her about three months later. ⚠️ Disagreement: Hank takes the over on Max’s five-and-a-half-year timeline. | CONVICTION 🔥🔥 GRADE TBD |
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The Podbudsment
So much quality "football is back" discussion with Gruden, but the Producer crew really shone in these two pods...
Producer emeritus Hank keeping the candle lit for LIV Golf is soul-nourishing stuff.
Memes did an homage to "She's All That" by looking like a stud without a hat and glasses on ... maybe he found love at the Internet Invitational? Regardless, his heart will be pumping after hearing Gruden's take on Aaron Glenn turning the Jets around and the Giants being an imposter.
Max getting triggered by the final Eagles play of last season is a great harbinger of things to come. Violently gesticulating his microphone as a phallus in front of a Super Bowl-winning coach is just kind of expected Bobo Dolente behavior now. And with things looking rough for the Eagles offense, this season could be the one that gets Max institutionalized. Hopefully the doctors let him keep his harmonica.
GREAT Schwarber call.