All Four Quarters

We expected it to be the best game of the year (if you don't care about defense)and it did not disappoint. We stayed up until 6am to watch the Rams and Chiefs deliver a football masterclass, so we could deliver you the hottest takes and best analysis, so listen in and hear what we made of this instant classic. Elsewhere, we look at a horrendous injury to Alex Smith, the Steelers' continuing petty...

The Chiefs Rams game is moved from Mexico, coaches with three wins in three years are rehired, fire alarms meet their makers and most importantly PRO BOWL VOTING IS OPENED! This week we look at the top matchups from week 10, preview the week 11 games and take a boat load of questions from you, the listeners. We also look at the news from around the NFL and beyond, plus much more, on episode 11 of...

With over the half the season over, teams are considering their future and John Harbaugh is a surprise candidate for being swept up by the winds of change. We look at whether the rumours out of Baltimore are credible and if it makes sense to call time on the Harbaugh era. Elsewhere we look at a possible Arians-Browns connection, a surprise self-benching by Reshad Jones, analyse the latest injuries...

It's our 100th episode and to celebrate we've made it a special one! We are joined by capital-J Journalist Emmet Ryan who offers us a variety of deep insights and hot takes, and one of our founding members drops by to offer his view as a Browns fan on the firing of Hue Jackson and Todd Haley. We also hit the trade deadline as we record, discussing the deals for Golden Tate, Demariyus Thomas and Ty...

Week 7 in the NFL has been and gone, and we’re starting to sort the contenders from the pretenders. The Rams remain undefeated, Tom Brady’s Patriots held off a late surge from the Bears and the Chiefs handily dealt with the Bengals. On the other end we discuss the Arizona Cardinals firing Mike McCoy, the Raiders trading Armani Cooper to the Cowboys and Chad Kelly being released by the Denver Bronc...

Only six weeks into the season and the first major coaching change hits in Tampa Bay, with veteran defensive coordinator Mike Smith being fired after a terrible start to the season for the Bucs defense. We ask if this was the right move and also look over the other big stories of the week. Elsewhere, we review the best of Week 6 by celebrating an instant AFC superpower classic in New England, eval...

Five weeks into the NFL season and the injury bug has well and truly taken hold, with no bigger name affected than Jay Ajayi. Listen in to hear how we think the Eagles will manage without their star running back - will they recover to soar high, or will this keep them grounded following an already rocky start to the season? We also check in on a thrilling game between a Rams team who look like the...

Week 4 is in the books and there were a lot of surprising results. Mitch Trubisky got hot taking on the Buccaneers, the Raiders and the Browns had a shootout and there are two undefeated teams left standing. We look at Earl Thomas’s season ending injury and the implications for Lev Bell’s holdout, Eric Reid finding a home and a look at some of the strange refereeing decisions that are causing prob...

Three weeks down and the biggest injury of the young NFL season happened in the Bay Area this week with star 49ers QB Jimmy "GQ" Garoppolo out for the season with an ACL tear. We break down San Fran's chances and the likely effect on the NFC playoff race. Elsewhere we breakdown the other major injuries this week (including one to William Hayes with implications for the controversial body weight ru...

Two weeks into an already wild NFL season, a big trade for enigmatic wide receiver Josh Gordon has shaken up the league. Have Cleveland been duped once again or was Gordon a flash in the pan who will not be worth the trouble? We also look at the latest injuries, including some big ones in Atlanta, kicker turnover after a shaky week 2, a chance at redemption for some problematic free agents and tak...

Week one is in the books and the NFL season is underway in style. Join us as we recap the first week of action featuring an NFC North thriller, an AFC North horrorshow and a dull, confusing season opener. We also speculate on the latest developments in the Le'Veon Bell saga, Earl Thomas' return and the new roughing the passer rules. All this plus our week two preview, listener questions and more!...

The new season is finally here and real football is finally back! The lads from Dublin look at all the news from around the league, from holdouts to protests to big signings, give their bold predictions and pre-emptive awards for the new season and preview the first sixteen games of the year - including one big call for an AFC North match up. Get your gunners on the field and kick off the new seas...

The preseason is finally coming to a close and as the final roster moves and cuts happen, we finish up our season previews with an NFC South and West mega-podcast. In the NFC South we look at Tampa Bay outfit with plenty of talent but even more questions, especially around their star QB; we assess a Falcons team one year removed from 28-3 and perhaps ready to compete for NFL supremacy again; we re...

With the preseason entering its final stages, we cast our eye over a rugged NFC North in our latest season preview podcast. Can Matt Nagy give Trubisky a Goff-like renaissance in Chicago? How likely is it that Patricia can impose the Patriot Way on a mediocre Lions outfit? Can Aaron Rodgers single handedly win another ring in Green Bay? And will Kirk Cousins finally provide the Vikings with the fi...

We're closing in on the start of the season, and with that we turn the division that produced last year's Superbowl champs - the NFC East. Can Dak and Zeke lift the Cowboys out of their slump? Can the Eagles soar again and repeat? Can the Giants new management restore stability? And how will the Muzungus find a way to mess everything up this year? All this and more in a new episode of All Four Qua...

This week we're gonna be the Village People and go west to... the AFC West. Have the Broncos found their solution at QB with Case Keenum? Will this finally be the year that injuries don’t undo the Chargers? Can Pat Mahomes lead the chiefs to glory or will they crumble in a post Alex Smith world? Will Gruden bring years of wisdom or out of date strategies to the Raiders? Preseason is about to begin...

This week the All Four Quarters crew preview the AFC South. How will the Colts look with the return of Andrew Luck? Can the Jags continue to succeed with Bortles? Will we finally see what Watt and Clowney can do as a tandem? Will the Titans be able to dominate with their ground game? These questions and many more are answered on this episode of All Four Quarters. Contributors: Conor, Harry, Ronan

This week, we continue our pre-season preview by asking the question, can the Steelers be stopped? That's right, its the AFC North! We look at a Bengals team that seems to be in disarray, asking whether they can rally around their talent, or if they're destined to be utter cat. Then it's on to Cleveland, where the factory of sadness is producing a new and unfamiliar product - hope! Next up are the...

With training camps just around the corner, the All Four Quarters Podcast begins its division by division previews with the Patriots and Friends a.k.a the AFC EAST. We look over a Bills team with no offensive line and three quarterbacks, a Miami team going grey, a Jets team hitching itself to the Sam Darnold hype train and a Patriots team with plenty of changes but who still have Brady and Belichi...

It's time to leave all the hype and smokescreens and rumours behind this week, because the NFL draft is finally upon us. Listen in to hear our picks and projections as we mock the first round, covering the QB prospects, defensive monsters, how the Browns are going to mess this up and a whole lot more. And remember - whoever goes first, AFQ Podcast will always be number 1! Contributors: Conor, Harr...

We're now deep into the run-up to the draft and there's a lot to cover as the hype, and free agency, rumbles on. There's coaches moving around, players retiring, finding new homes, looking for a new job or in some cases, looking for a good defense attourney. This week the AFQ team cover off all the free agency moves from around the league, pick out the big winners and losers and start looking at h...

With Super Bowl 52 a fading memory, the NFL pushes towards the first big landmark of the 2018 season: free agency. We breakdown the best available talent at every position and zoom in on the best of a thin free agency crop. We give our opinions on players like Kirk Cousins, Allen Robinson and Malcolm Butler and where we think they may end up. Elsewhere, we review the a wave a of trade action emana...

The NFL season is over and the Philadephia Eagles are the world champions after one of the greatest shootouts in NFL history. Defenses were swatted aside as wide open receivers, dominant running and fourth down conversions ruled the roost. We look at what happened to those vaunted defenses, admire the big balls of Coach Pederson and the soft hands of MVP Nick Foles (Brady not so much), review a co...

It's nearly time for the big one as Super Bowl LII looms on the horizon, and we're here to make sure you're ready for kick off with our in-depth preview of the game. How will Philly stop Brady? Can Foles be trusted? Will it be the trenches, or the battle of the receivers and cornerbacks that decide this one? Don't sweat if you don't know, because AFQ Podcast is here with the answers! Also, we have...

Finally, we have the champions of the AFC and NFC. One of them is to be expected, but it's unlikely even Nick Foles thought Nick Foles would ever lead a team to the Superbowl. We take a look at how they got there, with New England overcoming a tough Jags team, and Philly putting a mollywhopping on a strangely flat Minnesota Vikings. Elsewhere, we look at a fresh set of coaching moves, with some of...