Tuesday Morning Blitz

TMB is launching into our offseason content with an absolute BANGER. We’re talking anything and everything on our minds surrounding the transactions and storylines that have played out since the confetti dropped in Arizona last month. That means we’re getting deep into the weeds on Aaron Rodgers’ desires to play for the Jets. Explaining why the trade involving the number one pick might be good for...

Because one pod wasn’t enough to contain all the awards this year! No, seriously, Anchor won’t take a podcast over 250 MB. At any rate, we know you’ve been wondering who else would take home a TMB Award. There are some oldies but goodies in here, some awards specific to this year and some brand-new ones we think will become staples. Thanks for riding with us all season and enjoy this final episode...

It was nearly the longest podcast in TMB history… but we had to break it up into two parts because the full file was too large to be published. And many are already saying they’re the greatest two parts in our illustrious catalog. We spent the entire season chronicling the wackiest moments of professional football, so now we get to enjoy the fruits of our labor while handing out some hardware. It’...

The sun has set on Super Bowl LVII, but we are still trying to make sense of exactly what we saw. Well, aside from the Chiefs winning and the Eagles losing, obviously. It was a game with a ton of offense, lots of momentum swings and one call that people seemed to hate at the end of it, but we’re here to tell you every reason the game actually swung the way that it did and what it all means. For th...

This is a very different TMB than we are accustomed to producing… but it’s one of our all-time favorites. With one game left to determine the football season, we’re going through and picking out all the mini-matchups and X-factors that we think can decide the fate of the Lombardi Trophy. We can’t wait to see which of these end up mattering and whether or not something we barely picked up on will e...

Two football games are broken down in this podcast. There’s only one more football game to go. If you want DEEP dives… you’ve come to the right place. Is it bad that the Eagles haven’t been tested? Can you study the analytics of coin toss decisions? Listen on for the answers… Thoughts on the Chiefs’ close win over the Bengals (2:29) Was there an NFC Championship Game too? (26:31) Game balls, inclu...

DIVISIONAL ROUND TMB!! If we weren’t in the thick of the title hunt before, we certainly are now. Four teams left. All four think they can win the title (obviously). But in our minds, all four truly could this time around. How did we get here? Well, that’s what we came to the podcast mics to discuss today. Listen on for: Introduction and thoughts on Kansas City-Jacksonville (0:00) Philadelphia-New...

It's the Super Wild Card edition of TMB. We covered all the games, of course. We handed out game balls, uniform ribbons and head-scrachers. We even dove into next week's games. And believe us when we say... things got CONTENTIOUS. Strap in, grab a coffee or a midnight snack (we love our late night listeners too!) and let's DO THIS THING. Wild Card takeaways (0:00) Game balls (44:45) Uniform games...

The wait is no more, friends. Playoff time is upon us and how we got here so quickly, we haven’t the faintest idea. This week we said goodbye to 18 teams (some in more dismaying fashions than others!) and press onward to the most tense, yet most enjoyable period of a football season. Before we fully turn the page, we have our usual weekly business to get to as well, so get ready for a jam-packed e...

TMB is back after a delay this week, due to the scary injury to Bills safety Damar Hamlin. Thankfully, the outlook for Hamlin has continued to improve throughout the week and we at TMB are continuing to hold his recovery in the forefront of our thoughts. Donations to Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation can be made here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mxksc-the-chasing-ms-foundation-community-toy-drive Now...

Happy Holidays from the entire TMB team! There was a full weekend of football in the background, so we’re here to discuss it in detail. From playoff drama to futures of franchises in jeopardy, there was certainly no shortage of material for Cale and Jackson to dive into… With the news Monday that Nathaniel Hackett was fired, what’s the plan moving forward for the Broncos? (2:46) There are NINE tea...

So… did anything noteworthy happen on Sunday? Anything that affected a team in which we both have some emotional investment? If so, it’s news to us. Listen to a totally normal TMB episode without any fits of rage right here! AFC Playoff Picture Check: Bills, Chiefs clinch, Bengals leapfrog Ravens, Chargers benefit from others’ failures (1:45) The overall playoff picture from the perspective of the...

A slightly abridged version of TMB is ready for your listening pleasure, but it’s still one of our best episodes of the year because Cale and Jackson actually got together on Sunday and watched football! In the aftermath, they discussed all the important elements added to our season-long drama. Elements like… A riveting conclusion to the internet saga of Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert–the one w...

The Yearly Fantasy Football Rant We made it halfway to 100! NFL Week 13 has (mostly) passed and that means hopes and dreams are being dashed across the country both on the gridiron and… the fantasy gridiron. Yes, we know, no one likes hearing about others’ fantasy football teams. We promise 97% of this podcast is still about regular NFL action. You simply cannot miss the rant, though, so stick aro...

Week 12 has (mostly) come and gone, but our football spidey senses are still tingling. A day full of crazy endings, shoddy run defense and awful quarterbacks more than delivered on its entertainment quota. Cale and Jackson broke it down, in the following order: Whiparound time, highlighting the craziest endings, praising Trevor Lawrence and separating "analytics" from gut-checks (3:28) Justin Herb...

NFL Week 11 featured a few awesome games, some big statements from possible contenders… and a few games that simply did not make any sense at all. But Cale and Jackson are here to sift through it all and highlight the most important moments and tidbits from the week that was! Topics include: How today underscored just how clear it is that Patrick Mahomes is the MVP (1:22) “Market corrections” for...

Game of the year? Shuffling in the MVP conversation? Brand new coaches somehow winning NFL football games? This week had it all, so it’s time to dissect highlights and lowlights. Join Cale and Jackson for: A yearly Cale Clinton eye update (0:00) Thoughts on Vikings-Bills, the unofficial leader in the clubhouse for Game of the Year (2:15) Have the Packers resurrected their season? (20:55) How on Ea...

TMB got contentious this week, folks. Are the Bills still the number one team in football? Are the Seahawks a legitimate contender in the NFC? Should Tom Brady get a game ball for his one-touchdown performance? Guess you’ll have to listen on to find out… We begin with the simple question: Who’s number 1? (1:13) How much respect are we giving the undefeated Eagles (10:53) The Vikings are going to b...

Nearly at the halfway point of the 2022 NFL season, is it reasonable to say we've learned anything yet? Well, who knows, but we're trying to act as if we have. We recorded a podcast in a state of chaos--Jackson returning from a night of editing Dominican baseball highlights and Cale returning from MetLife Stadium with a Grade 3 sunburn. So let chaos reign! How Sunday highlighted the disparity betw...

A week with one of the worst NFL schedule slates we’d ever witnessed turned out… somewhat watchable? In between very sad injuries and a couple brutal performances from teams we thought were good, decent football was played and TMB is here to draw out all the conclusions. Listen on for: Whether Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers is more cooked (1:45) The re-emergence of the Cincinnati Bengals as AFC conten...

Some weeks in football leave us feeling smart. This one left us feeling very, very dumb. But because we are true football fiends, we're here to put our cards on the table and tell you what we think all of the wacky results from Week 6 mean to the overall NFL landscape. Tune in for our biggest takeaways, game balls, the uniform games of the week and our biggest head-scratchers! (Sorry for no timest...

Brace yourselves, TMB fanatics. Not only is Cover One back this week, but we’re talking about the team you’ve all been waiting for. The Detroit Lions—everyone’s favorite 1-4 ragtag squad in all the land—are the subject of this week’s pod, and we’ve got a Michigander through and through to break them down. FOX 47 Lansing’s Thomas Cook joined us for: A big-picture analysis of what’s gone wrong for t...

Prepare yourself for the most delirious episode of TMB yet… the first ever recorded fully after midnight following a football Sunday. Week 5 brought some expected chaos, so Cale and Jackson made sure to bring the chaos to the podcast studio as well. This week’s topics consisted of: Attempting to make some sense of the NFC playoff picture (1:30) and who, if anyone, we expect to fall off (1:30) Shuf...

It's officially cold and flu season, but both hosts falling ill wasn't enough to stop the TMB train! Week 4 was somewhat of a regression to the mean across the NFL, so we're here to sort out what it means for the season as a whole. Listen on to hear thoughts about: Which teams’ wins we were most impressed by in Week 4 (1:41) Cale’s belief that stats elevated to becoming narratives usually end up b...

Week 3 flipped what we thought we knew about football on its head in more ways than one, so our attempts to make sense of it all created an instant classic of an episode. There’s also an endless string of side tangents and Easter eggs strewn throughout the pod (did you see the Vikings fan with the crazy tattoos?)... so you’ll have to keep your ears finely tuned. Topics include: Whether there’s any...