Rival Talk: Unfiltered

WE. ARE. SO. BACK. The 2025 NFL season is officially back as we get ready to kick off week 1! And what a way to kick it off right away with a rivalry week game. We preview the Hawks-Niners game, make our picks for the first week of the season, and welcome back Tom’s bets as well! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We have made it through the drudges of preseason and can see the light at the end of the tunnel! Kickoff to the 2025 NFL season is right around the corner! We preview our teams seasons and the different paths they could take, and give our West divisions and full playoff predictions! We are almost there! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We have reached the final week of preseason football for 2025! With just one game left before the real thing begins, we take a look at how our teams are shaping up, any remaining positional questions, and give our predictions for the North divisions! Plus, with College Football a week away we give a quick little CFB preview. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal

The first week of preseason games is in the books and we get ready for week 2! We recap the first week of preseason action and look ahead to what we are watching for in the second week, and take a look at some of the position battles heating up. We also give our predictions for the South divisions! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

WE. ARE. BACK. And refreshed! That’s right, Rival Talk is refreshing just a bit for this season and beyond including the creation of a facebook and instagram page where additional content will be posted throughout the season! We discuss those new changes along with a look ahead to our team’s training camps and preseasons, as well as our predictions for the East divisions. Be sure to follow us on b...

In our 3rd and final offseason episode, we take a look at our team’s respective schedules and break them down game by game and make our predictions that we know will totally be correct. This is our last offseason episode before we return for the new season in August. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, Pal!

We are back for another offseason episode, this time we give our totally professional analysis on our team’s draft picks and discuss some hot draft topics from around the league! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Well, it is a brand new world for both of our teams. We give our first offseason update on Al the many wild moves that have happened around the league and give our takes on where things currently stand for our respective teams. Welcome to the first offseason update for Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Alas, we have reached the end of our 5th year of Rival Talk and the 2024 NFL season. Everyone outside of KC rejoiced at the Super Bowl beatdown that Philly put on to get revenge and claim their 2nd Lombardi. We review that game, look ahead to what we want to see our teams do this offseason, give waaayyy too early predictions, and other nonsense! Thanks for listening throughout the season, and be s...

We have reached the ultimate gameday! After a long winding season full of twists and turns the scriptwriters and officiating crews have decided to have a rematch of Super Bowl LVII with the Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Kansas City Chiefs. Will the Chiefs become the first team in NFL history to 3-peat? Or will the Eagles end what started with them in their Super Bowl loss 2 years ago? Welcome...

We have reached the penultimate weekend of the 2024 NFL Season! Down to the final 4, who will be booking their tickets to New Orleans?! We preview the 2 big games this weekend and discuss some of the coaching changes happening. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

It’s arguably the best weekend in the NFL season, divisional round weekend! After a lackluster week of rather boring wild card weekend games, hopefully this week can harken some of the energy of the 2021 divisional games. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

The playoffs are here as we enter wild card weekend, while we all sit on the couch with our teams who are out! We talk and preview the games a little but mostly just talk a bunch of nonsense. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

It is the final week of the 2024 regular season, which means time for our extravaganza of picks and just 1 more game to get through for both of our teams as for the first time since we started, both our teams are out! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Playoff spots are locking in and divisions are being claimed as there are just 2 weeks left in the regular season! Also, it is another rival week for us as we are facing off in the fantasy championship. So congratulations to Marcus on claiming back to back titles by beating me, he is the Chiefs of our league. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Both our respective teams put up disrespectful primetime showings this past week for viewers. We’re sorry. But alas, while the Niners season is officially toast, the Seahawks still have all to play for these final 3 games. But all that does not matter, what really matters is….THE PENIX. Michael Penix Jr. has finally been named the starting QB for the Falcons (6 weeks late to my original prediction...

Playoff and division races are heating up at the coldest time of the year! Just 4 weeks to go in the 2024 regular season and we have tight races in the NFC South and West, while most of the AFC is just about wrapped up. Meanwhile, I find myself in a disgusting position this week, having to root for the Niners. Congratulations Marcus. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We are in December and the home stretch of the NFL season! Playoff pictures are already becoming clear, and division battles such as the NFC West are heating up! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

Everything is just chaos this week as Marcus decided to abandon the show leaving me on my own to go solo this week. I try my best to carry the show on and discuss the 49ers as Marcus would while discussing the 1st place Seahawks. Happy Thanksgiving everyone and welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

THE MONKEY IS FINALLY OFF THE BACK. The Seahawks have finally defeated the 49ers for the first time in 3 years and the script has completely flipped in Rival Talk. We are nearing the home stretch in what is going to be a wild, wild NFC West battle the rest of the way. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

It’s rivalry week round 2 for the 2024 season, though it is of course a one sided rivalry at the moment. Marcus recaps the Niners win over the Buc’s and sings the praises of the leagues best kicker in Jake Moody, while I give riveting keys for the Hawks to finally get this monkey off their back. Welcome to rivalry week and welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

A short delay this week but nonetheless we are here in time for the weekend! Marcus has completed his comeback and taken a commanding lead now in picks. Just like the Seahawks season my chances at beating Marcus in picks this year is out the window! We dive into week 10 as we are officially past the halfway mark of the season! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We have pretty much hit the halfway point in the 2024 NFL season (odd numbers can be annoying). While the Chiefs are 7-0, are they actually the best team in the league? The Niners and Hawks up and down seasons continue while a new team takes over the top spot in the NFC West. We also introduce a brand new segment to the show! Welcome to Rival Talk unfiltered, pal!

Amazing how much can change in a week! Roles reversed as Marcus seems to have given up on everything while all of a sudden everything is sunshine and rainbows in the PNW! We recap our teams games and look ahead to week 8, make our picks, and discuss a few other very important topics! Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal!

We’ve reached that point in the season where everything just comes crashing down as Marcus and his Niners just win at everything. Congratulations. His comeback in picks is about complete and his dog is a pick master as well. The rivalry week game is recapped and we look ahead to big games for our teams. Welcome to Rival Talk Unfiltered, pal.