State Of The Franchise

EPISODE 56 Are the Eagles and Bills going to be our Super Bowl LVII matchup? Recap and discussion of a wild Week 2 & preview of the big matchups coming in Week 3. Over 60 minutes of content TUNE IN! Timestamps Eagles Vikings (01:40 - 12:30) Commanders Lions (12:35 - 15:15) Ravens Dolphins (16:40 - 21:50) Jaguars Colts (22:00 - 24:30) Broncos Fraud Wilson (26:35 - 31:25) Raiders Cardinals (31:3...

EPISODE 55 SEASON 3 NFL Week 1 recap and discussion leading to Week 2. Tune in! Cowboys vs Buccaneers 01:10 – 06:10 Saints vs Falcons 06:13 – 15:20 Steelers vs Bengals 15:34 – 20:50 Vikings vs Packers 21:05 – 25:10 Raiders vs Chargers 25:28 – 28:15 Eagles vs Lions 28:34 – 34:55 Bears vs 49ers 35:00 – 36:00 Giants vs Titans 36:05 – 41:15 Colts vs Texans 41:22: – 42:00 Chiefs vs Cardinals 42:08 – 44...

EPISODE 54 SEASON 3 OPENER WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! Season 3 of the State of the Franchise show is officially here. We kick off season 3 by discussing the wild NFL in which we saw the balance of power shift in the league. We run through the 2022/23 NFL season and give our picks for winners of each division, and our Super Bowl matchups as well as predictions. This episode is filled with spectacular c...

Episode 53 Season 2 Finale The Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics in 6 games and claim and add another champion to their dynasty (00:00 - 13:00) This is the fourth champion the Warriors have won in 4 final appearances, with 3 titles won on the road. We debate where Steph Curry is on the all-time NBA Players list and rank him amongst GOATS (14:30 - 24:40) The Warriors finished 3rdin th...

EPISODE 52  Another episode with other big 5 speakers. Warriors take care of the Mavericks in the WCF and the Celtics take Jimmy Butler and the heat to game 7, setting up a Warriors Celtics NBA Finals (00:45 - 23:30). Game 1 saw the Celtics coming back to seal the victory and we give our predictions and picks for the winners of Game 2 and the remainders of the series (23:45 - 33:45). We had to giv...

EPISODE 51  Great friend of the show Ahmed joins us for another packed episode and we begin with the NBA Semifinals. The Boston Celtics take down the defending champions in an entertaining 7-game series (00:30 - 08:14). The number one seed Miami Heat take care of the Philadelphia 76ers (08:30 - 20:00) And the Eastern Conference Finals are set with the Boston Celtics taking on the Miami Heat (...

Episode 50  On today's show, we have a special guest Ahmed live and we discuss the first round of the NBA Playoffs (00:01:05 - 00:48:00) the 2022 NFL draft (00:48:45 - 01:11:00) and we wrap the show with our call-outs segment (01:11:45 - 01:20:00). Tune in and listen to our takes and as always check us out on our social media platforms and interact with us!

EPISODE 49 State Of The Franchise is back with a new cohost KG and we’ve got a  packed episode today. The 2022 NBA Playoffs (00:01:30 - 00:29:45) have begun and we’re serving up our takes on a hot plate. We give our predictions on which teams advance in the Eastern and Western Conferences (00:30:30 - 00:45:40) Lebron James and the Lakers miss out on making the play in the tournament (00:46:10 - 00...

EPISODE 48 Recurring guest and friend of the show KG joins us as we unpack the long list of events in sports. SB LVI recap (00:00:30 - 00:31:40) Rams win their first Super Bowl since 1999. NFL heading into the offseason (00:32:45 - 00:46:00) UFC 271 (00:41:10 - 00:52:00) Stylebender vs Whittaker and the rest of the card recap NBA (00:52:10 - 01:02:32) recap of the trade deadline, seeing which team...

EPISODE 47  AFC Championship (02:00 - 08:15) Joe SHIESTY duels Patrick Mahomes in the AFC Championship game. Mahomes and the offense dominate in the first half but it was the Bengals defense that held the Chiefs to just 3 points in the second half sending them into overtime. The Chiefs win the coin toss, but Mahomes throws a pick on their opening drive. Joe Burrow takes the up the field to get wit...

EPISODE 46  Big time upsets this week in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. Both the AFC & NFC number 1 seeded teams get bounced out in this round. Titans might have been too comfortable with that first-round bye as they started off the game poorly. Evan McPherson hits the walk-off field goal to send the Bengals to the AFC Championship game. The San Francisco 49ers steal a win from Aaron Rodger...

EPISODE 45  Super Wild Card Weekend recap and divisional round predictions. Bengals win their first playoff game in forever. Bills play a perfect game against their division rival. Deebo "19Problems" Samuel and the 49er's upset the Cowboys in Jerry World, hey Jerry "run in yo trap, take ova yo trap". Patrick Mahomes carves up the Steelers in Big Ben's last game. Matt Stafford and OBJ win thei...

EPISODE 44:  On today's episode, we wrap up the NFL regular season and talk about the NFL Wild Card round. We discuss how the teams made it to this position and how they can win these games and advance into the divisional round. Following Week 18 there was Black Monday, where 5 head coaches were fired from their organizations and we discuss which coaches could be a good fit for the vacant position...

EPISODE 43 NFL Playoffs are among us! But there are still some teams fighting to keep their hopes of a post-season alive during the first-ever regular-season Week 18. There are a lot of 9-7 teams that are facing off with each other that could see their season come to an abrupt end this weekend. Tune in to find out which teams we pick to advance into the postseason. 

EPISODE 42  We're back from vacation and we're already deep into the hardest stretch of the season. Weeks 11-16 are where the real teams win games. Before we left the NFL playoff picture looked completely different compared to what it is today. But now that we're back, several teams have taken over their divisons and made that vital push to a postseason.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Episode 41 Another consecutive week of upsets in the NFL. Titans, Bills, Packers, Panthers, and Saints all took an L this week. Just as we were ready to rule the Chiefs out of the playoff race, they shut down the Dallas Cowboys as the Chiefs’ defense rises from the dead and they get a helping hand from “Game Manager” Patrick Mahomes. And how about them New England Patriots who sit comfortably as t...

EPISODE 40 Welcome back again listeners worldwide, we present to you our 40th installment of the State Of The Franchise show! NFL Week 10 became the second consecutive week of upsets. Even though we correctly predicted that OBJ would sign with the Rams and Cam Newton with Panthers (these are layups for us) we didn’t foresee that this week would unfold the way it did. We call it a parody league. Th...

EPISODE 39 NFL Week 9 was officially the upset week of the season. We predict that OBJ will sign the Rams and Cam Newton signs back with the Panthers. Are we right? UFC 268: Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas, Canelo fights (00:00 – 20:00) NFL Week 9 Upset week (20:15 - 52:10)

EPISODE 38  The Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 7-0 in game 6 to win the 2021 World Series (48:20 - 50:40) UFC 268 Preview USMAN VS COVINGTON  (50:45 -61:50) NFL Week 8 Recap & Trade Deadline (29:00 -48:10) Aaron Rodgers (00:10 - 06:38) Derrick Henry (07:20 - 11:30)  Henry Ruggs III (18:30 - 23:00) Calvin Ridley (15:00 - 18:13) 

Episode 37: NFL Week 7 recap, the Cinncinati Bengals defeat their division rivals the Baltimore Ravens to take control of the AFC North. The Kansas City Chiefs stall out as Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry cruise to an easy W. The rest of Week 7 was mid. 2021 MLB World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros is underway and we hope the Astros lose. UFC 267 is suiting up to be a great...

Episode 36: NFL Week 6 recap and discussion. The Cardinals are still undefeated. Lamar Jackson is mounting another MVP caliber season after the Ravens completely torch the Chargers in Baltimore. The Cowboys have built a great team around Dak & Zeke with CeeDee Lamb and Trevon Diggs but can they really win the big games when it counts? NBA season begins and Ben Simmons thinks he's got the star...

Episode 35: Jon Gruden resigns from the Las Vegas Raiders after some disturbing emails expose his true character. Lamar Jackson leads the Ravens to a magnificent comeback victory against the Carson Wentz-led Colts on Monday night. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs just can't seem to get it right, and the Chiefs better watch out for the Chargers who are looking incredible after a major win over the Br...

Episode 34: NFL Week 4 in the books. Cardinals remain the only undefeated team in the NFL after a big win in LA. Brady gets an ugly W in his return back to Foxborough, a W is a W. We discuss the Urban Meyer debacle in Ohio and the surprise teams that are making moves in the NFL. Tune in and find out!

Episode 33: NFL Week 3 recap and takes per usual. Friend of the show KG is back on the pod to give us his takes as a fan of The New York Football Giants. And some week 4 previews. TUNE IN!

Episode 32: NFL week 2 takes and week 3 previews. We are already zooming through the season going into week 3. LFG