Drew Duncan Sports Show

Dana White stepping up to a microphone and telling people to shut the F up about AI is exactly the kind of arrogance that happens when somebody’s been on top for too long and forgot what built the house in the first place. Because the UFC didn’t become a powerhouse because of algorithms or automation, it became a monster because fighters bled for it, because production crews grinded for it, becaus...

Let’s start with the circus in Chapel Hill because somehow the conversation around Hubert Davis has completely lost its grip on reality. This man walked into one of the most pressure-packed jobs in America, following a legend in Roy Williams, and all he’s done is win. Not survive. Not hang around. Win. At least 20 games every single year in his first five seasons and already took North Carolina Ta...

In this episode, I call out Jerome Tang for trying to shift the blame when it is his job to have Kansas State ready to play, especially with five games left and suddenly talk of fixing what should have been handled months ago. I get into the Lakers and the nonstop injury carousel, questioning whether it is mismanagement, softness, or just the reality of an aging roster that cannot stay on the floo...

On this episode, Drew Duncan cuts straight through the noise. Everybody’s arguing the moral high ground over Bad Bunny returning to the U.S., picking sides like any of these platforms aren’t built on the same mix of drugs, sex, and rock and roll. There is no moral winner here.  From there, Drew pivots to the Super Bowl, where the lazy takeaway is bad offense, but the truth is elite defenses dictat...

Jason Kidd says he knows exactly what he’s doing and that people who never played at his level don’t get to criticize him. We break down whether that’s confidence or deflection, look at Cleveland’s situation and ask if the gap between Kevin Stefanski and Todd Monken is organizational failure or a coaching one, and then turn to the latest James Harden trade noise in Los Angeles, where confusion is...

A conversation about Bill Belichick without Tom Brady, Syracuse football’s culture problem, and the early energy shift with Shedeur Sanders in Cleveland. Different levels, same theme: leadership always shows itself.

It's about finding the right man for your team, not the biggest name,

Bill Belichick not being in the Hall of Fame right now isn’t confusing. His record without Tom Brady is losing. His playoff record without Tom Brady is losing. New England declined every year once Brady left. Other coaches have won Super Bowls without Hall of Fame quarterbacks. When you remove Brady from the equation, the results speak for themselves. Then I shift to the Duke NIL lawsuit and why i...

Buffalo has done a terrible job at literally everything over the last week and a half. 

This show starts in Buffalo, because something is clearly off. The Bills firing Sean McDermott has created more questions than answers, and the reaction around the league says plenty. Philip Rivers backs out. Mike McDaniel doesn’t even interview. That doesn’t happen unless people see instability. When your owner sounds emotional at the podium, coaches notice. I think Buffalo made a panic move and...

Denver didn’t lose to the weather. They lost to preparation and physicality. New England controlled the interior, ran the ball straight up the middle, and let Drake Maye’s legs keep drives alive when things broke down. Denver’s fumble, interception, and missed field goal mattered, but those mistakes only widened a gap that already existed. The gap was Sean Payton. One system. One approach. No adju...

The fake outrage machine is in full force at ESPN through Stephen A. Smith about Notre Dame. This isn’t really about Notre Dame at all. It’s about optics, contracts, and theatrics. If Stephen A. actually explained why expanding the College Football Playoff to 16–20 teams makes sense, he’d accidentally expose ESPN’s financial ties to the SEC and ACC. And why Notre Dame being independent complicates...

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Buffalo keeps asking “Where do we go from here?” This episode breaks down Josh Allen, Sean McDermott, and the accountability Buffalo avoids.

Indiana is not collapsing because Alberto Mendoza is transferring. That assumption misunderstands both the situation and the current structure of college football. Mendoza’s decision to move to Georgia Tech Yellow is transactional, not symptomatic. His brother, Fernando Mendoza, is NFL-bound, and roster movement like this is now routine. There is no deeper institutional issue at Indiana, despite a...

I’m not interested in the surface-level conversation around Derek Carr and Vegas, because the real issue isn’t whether Mendoza can play. The issue is whether drafting Mendoza out of Indiana into a bad situation actually serves anyone involved. Quarterbacks don’t develop in chaos. Putting a young player into an unstable environment doesn’t make him tougher. It shortens his shelf life. That same rea...

This episode focuses on why the conversation around Sean McDermott has been misrepresented. The idea that his job status is tied to speaking about a single interception ignores a much larger body of postseason evidence. The discussion centers on Buffalo’s 1–6 road record in the playoffs, late-game decisions that directly affected outcomes, and the pattern of losses that have followed the team thro...

In this episode, I start by doubling down on Josh Allen. This isn’t about talent. It’s about accountability. Josh Allen has now piled up mistake after mistake in the playoffs. A combined total of 15 fumbles and 6 interceptions. He didn’t lose all of those fumbles, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t hurt his football team. In the postseason, every loose ball matters, every short field matters, and a...

The focus has been on the overtime call, but that narrows the conversation too much. Let's walk through the full scope of the game.. the turnovers, missed opportunities, field position swings, and situational failures that put Buffalo in that position to begin with. Officiating mattered, but it wasn’t decisive. Ball security, execution, and decision making were. When you widen the lens, the outcom...

Marcus Freeman’s name keeps popping up in NFL coaching circles and that’s not an accident. Either he’s genuinely listening, or powerful interests are working overtime to remove a problem they can’t control. Freeman isn’t tied to the SEC ecosystem, he’s leading Notre Dame as an independent, and he can’t be bought. And when you can’t buy someone (especially someone with real credibility) real leader...

The College Football Playoff isn’t expanding for competition. That argument is dead. This is about allocation. Conferences aren’t worried about who earns a spot, they’re locking in seats before the structure hardens. This isn’t a playoff anymore, and it’s barely an invitational. It’s a controlled distribution system designed to make sure the same programs are always in the room, regardless of what...

​ Mike Tomlin is out in Pittsburgh after 19 seasons, and he’ll have his pick of the litter for what’s next. Aaron Rodgers is a different story. I’m looking at the three phases of Rodgers—from the talent that rivaled Brady to the control freak in Green Bay, and finally to the distraction he became at the end. Is that 50-yard pick-six against Houston the last pass he ever throws? ​ NFL Playoffs: Sea...