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Fans chanted “We Want Justin!” Players repeat that Justin Fields is their quarterback. But this is also why players play , coaches coach , fans fan and GMs GM . It’s much more complicated for the Chicago Bears. Here on the Go Long Show — with longtime NFL personnel man Jim Monos — we analyze the major quarterback decisions ahead. The Bears own the No. 1 overall pick and a chance to draft USC’s Cal...

Even with that dud vs. the Baltimore Ravens, it’s safe to declare the San Francisco 49ers the team to beat in the NFC. Is there a team capable of stunning Kyle Shanahan’s crew in the postseason? That’s central to our NFC discussion this Saturday morning on the Go Long Show. Dallas has the talent. Philadelphia reached the Super Bowl last season. Detroit is exorcising demons. But is there another te...

That escalated quickly. The Green Bay Packers supplied the NFL’s bombshell this week by suspending cornerback Jaire Alexander one week for conduct detrimental to the team. In the team’s ugly 33-30 win over the lowly Carolina Panthers, Alexander elected himself a captain and nearly blew the coin toss by saying the Packers wanted to play defense first… ins… This is a public episode. If you'd like to...

This life story is almost too outrageous to believe. I first connected with Erik Kramer ahead of our launch of Go Long in 2020. He was eager to share everything that’s happened in his life since football. It’s unfathomable. He lost his son to a heroin overdose. He lost both of his parents. He attempted to take his own life, even pulling the trigger inside of a hotel room. Miraculously, Kramer surv...

Two weeks to go, clarity is low. Very low. This is exactly when you want to be looking your best as a Super Bowl contender, yet it’s hard to make sense of any teams on a week-to-week basis — especially in the AFC. Without question, 2023 is the best shot teams have had at dethroning the Kansas City Chiefs since Patrick Mahomes assumed power. Even one AFC team that has upset KC (the Bengals) is miss...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.golongtd.com Baker Mayfield torched the Green Bay Packers — at Lambeau Field — with an all-time performance. This level of domination gets people fired. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback went 22 of 28 for 381 yards with four touchdowns, no picks and a perfect 158.3 rating in a 34-20 win. Green Bay is now 6-8. The defensive coordi...

Through his career in Wisconsin, ‘12 to ‘18, Mike Daniels won a lot of games. He was not the norm at defensive tackle, bullying offensive linemen at all of 6-foot-nothing. Beyond his impressive numbers, a Pro Bowl bid and high PFF grades, Daniels was also the player forever trying to inject toughness into the Green Bay Packers’ defense. Other teams considered this unit “soft,” and it pained him to...

They shocked the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day. They slayed the defending champions and Patrick Mahomes. So, of course, the red-hot Green Bay Packers would fall victim to the Tommy DeVito-led New York Giants on Monday Night Football. What happened? Our Hall-of-Fame scribe Bob McGinn dissects the 24-22 loss here on the Ty & Bob Pod. There’s plenty of blame to go around, Jordan Love to Joe Barry...

Back at the scene of “13 Seconds,” Sean McDermott earned a win he will never forget. It saved the Buffalo Bills’ season, too. We take the conversation to the Go Long Show podcast with co-host Jim Monos. New readers/listeners: Monos served as a scout with the Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints before taking over as the director of personnel with the Buffalo Bills (2013- ‘17), where he helpe...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.golongtd.com Good morning, readers. And to our new subscribers, thank you for making Go Long part of your life. In light of our series on The McDermott Problem, it seemed like a perfect time for us to get together for another Happy Hour on Zoom. The full 2+ hours are available above for subscribers. Let’s definitely gather for more...

As the New York Jets continue to crumble, the feeling of vindication must be very, very sweet for the Green Bay Packers after their most impressive victory of the season against the defending champions. Jordan Love outplayed Patrick Mahomes. The playoffs — and more? — are in sight. The Packers have many winnable games ahead. For Love, beating the Chiefs must’ve been extra special, too. He took tha...

Chad Brown needed to vent and explain and share his perspective in a platform beyond social media. Last Sunday, the mass public debated Tom Brady’s comments on football devolving into mediocrity with Alex Smith as the tip of the spear . And, out of the blue, I received a text. The longtime NFL linebacker Brown wanted to chat about this all. It’s hard to imagine a more qualified voice. Out of Color...

No longer is it a foregone conclusion that the Detroit Lions will run away with the NFC North. With a convincing victory on Thanksgiving Day, the Green Bay Packers didn’t only pull themselves back into the playoff race — they’ve got a shot to catch the Lions. Ahead, they’ll host the Chiefs, Buccaneers and Bears and travel to the Giants, Panthers and Vikings. Starting, first, with the defending cha...

Brett Favre, like you, watched the Green Bay Packers’ Thanksgiving Day win over the Detroit Lions. The Hall of Famer, like you, certainly was impressed with Jordan Love. On this episode of “FAVRE,” we get into plenty: * It’s hunting season. Favre shares one crazy story from the woods. He can laugh about it now but — holy heck — he was panicking then. * Jordan Love. What stands out most? Favre sees...

For decades, there’s typically been nothing for Detroit Lions fans to get excited about on Thanksgiving Day. Dan Campbell has ushered in a new reality with an 8-2 club in pursuit of the NFC’s top seed. What planet are we on again? The hype is real this season. Times have changed and Ford Field will be rocking on Thanksgiving Day. And yet — ever so steadily — the Green Bay Packers’ offense has awok...

Book hotels accordingly. Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs will host the conference championship game. It’s a rite of passage at this point. Joe Burrow was won at Arrowhead, but now… Joe Burrow (wrist) is done for the season. So, we wonder: Which team can realistically dethrone the Chiefs? A new “Go Long Show” is live. Audio is above. Video is below. And you can always catch th...

The Detroit Lions are rolling. Behind Dan Campbell’s fourth-down bravado, they improved to 7-2 with a 41-38 win in Los Angeles. Kudos to those Lions fans filling SoFi Stadium, too. Minnesota isn’t far behind — miraculously — with Joshua Dobbs. Green Bay? It was another week, another blah three-hour performance. Jordan Love enjoyed his best game, but it wasn’t enough. The Packers are still young an...

God bless everyone who stayed up to watch the Chicago Bears’ 16-13 win over the Carolina Panthers last night. Ugly does not do this game justice. Tyson Bagent, the undrafted quarterback out of Shepherd College, the son of an arm-wrestling champ defeated Bryce Young… the No. 1 overall pick out of Alabama. Of course, the state of these two teams runs deeper than this. We discuss on the Go Long Show...

Football creates true bonds, true brotherhoods that last forever. Perhaps the sport’s greatest redeeming quality. Football can also lead to lifelong health problems. To the mind and body. “Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy and Life After Football” captures this balance as well as any NFL book I’ve read. It was a pleasure chatting with the book’s author, the great Gary Myers, for this podca...

There were far better football games to consume on Sunday than the Green Bay Packers’ 20-6 win over the Los Angeles Rams but, goodness, did Matt LaFleur, Jordan Love and the gang need this one. Aaron Jones was himself again, and it showed. The Rasul Douglas trade is already paying off with the Packers’ young defensive backs getting invaluable playing time. Everything comes with a BRC, “Brett Rypie...

These are bizarre times in Green Bay. After three decades of sublime quarterback play and perennial contention, the future is a total unknown. The 2023 Packers are 2-5 and, now, Jordan Love has 10 games to prove he’s the quarterback of the future. Pressure’s heating up for all involved: GM Brian Gutekunst, head coach Matt LaFleur, Love and a green-as-grass offense. So, let’s check back in with the...

By the end of this week’s “Ty & Bob Pod” podcast episode, our longtime scribe had the 1988 newspapers out. It’s been that long since the Green Bay Packers offense was this anemic in the first half of games. That cold stretch under Lindy Infante sure mirrors this one under Matt LaFleur. Now, there’s a Halloween scare. You may start to see empty… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss th...

One and a half seasons in, the Las Vegas Raiders have only gotten worse. Out is GM Dave Ziegler. Out is head coach Josh McDaniels. Obviously, the Raiders franchise has been a joke for a while now. But as we delve into this episode of the Go Long Show, change was needed. A flawed quarterback plan, an abomination of a defense and losses like the one we all saw on Monday night against the Detroit Lio...

There is too much happening in the NFC North to jam our weekly discussion into one post. Miss Part I? Here’s a lengthy chat on the state of the stammering Green Bay Packers. For Part II, we begin with the Baltimore Ravens’ throttling of the Detroit Lions. One week ago, we were crowning the Lions as contenders. Dan Campbell’s crew, as co-host Bob McGinn eloquently puts it, had their brains handed t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.golongtd.com No win on the road is a gimmie. But, for the Green Bay Packers, this was supposed to be the breezy lull in the schedule. Jimmy Garoppolo’s Raiders? Russell Wilson’s Broncos? They couldn’t have gotten these two clubs at a better time. Both wins were the Packers’ grasp and they let ‘em slip away. Instead of heading into t...