Touchdown Wire's Power Rankings Podcast

Touchdown Wire's Power Rankings Podcast

Touchdown Wire's Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield get you ready for the 2022 NFL preseason and regular season with a look at every NFL team through the view of Doug's recent power rankings, and where every team stands as they come into the new campaign. We have separated teams into tiers: 1. Total rebuilds: Falcons, Bears, Jaguars, Panthers, Seahawks, Giants, Lions. 2. Feisty, but not there yet: Jets, Texans 3. WTF? Patriots, Cardinals, Dolphins, Commanders 4. Possible playoff teams with major concerns: Steelers, Vikings, Colts, Titans, Saints 5. The Deshaun Watson category: Browns 6. Great, if everything goes right: Eagles, Raiders, Cowboys 7. One potentially fatal flaw away: Chargers, Ravens, 49ers, Packers 8. Have to take them absolutely seriously: Chiefs, Buccaneers, Bengals, Broncos, Rams 9. Who’s going to stop them? Bills Check it out, and enjoy the new season!

Touchdown Wire's Week 14 NFL Preview Podcast

It's time to get ready for the last month of the season with the Touchdown Wire Week 14 NFL Preview Podcast! This week, Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield get into the following topics, using tape study and advanced metrics: * Why Bill Belichick's strategy and Josh McDaniels' adjustments against the Bills were pure genius... and why it would have been entirely different in a weather-neutral situation; * Why the Bills might be the AFC East's third-best team right now (Helllllooooo, Dolphins); * Why the Vikings are in trouble on defense, no matter who they face; * How the Ravens' passing game has fallen apart of late, and why it's about more than Cover-0 blitzes; * Why Urban Meyer and Matt Rhule might want to think about going back to school; * How the Chiefs' defensive turnaround became the AFC's sneaky-big story; * How Zach Wilson let the game come to him against the Eagles, and why that could also work against the Saints; * Why Micah Parsons is the NFL's most impactful defensive player, and how rare his rookie season really is; * Why Jared Goff's Offensive Player of the Week week is about to come to an abrupt end against the Broncos; * Why the Bills' problems extend beyond power-rushing teams, and how the Buccaneers can exploit them; and * Why it's so important that Sean McVay finally worked with the offense he has, and not the offense he wants.

Talking ball with Brian Baldinger of the NFL Network

Former NFL offensive lineman Brian Baldinger, who played with the Cowboys, Colts, and Eagles from 1982 through 1992, now works with the NFL Network and many other outlets as an analyst these days, and he's one of the best in the business. Baldinger recently spoke with Touchdown Wire's Doug Farrar on a number of subjects, including:  * His CoachTube series of seminars [https://coachtube.com/search?q=baldinger], in which he covers offensive and defensive line play, receiver techniques, and how to play tight end and fullback; * How much he absolutely loved the Patriots' run-centric game plan against the Bills (this tracks; I have never seen so many offensive linemen so excited about a single game in my life);  * Whether the Eagles should go forward with Jalen Hurts or Gardner Minshew at quarterback; and * Why the rest of the NFL had better watch out for the Dolphins.  As always, talking ball with Baldy is fun and informative, so check it out!

Cardinals TE Zach Ertz: Helping on and off the field

Zach Ertz is playing for a new NFL team for the first time in his nine-year career after the Eagles traded him to the Cardinals in October. Ertz has been a welcome addition to the Valley of the Sun, catching 23 passes on 31 targets for 279 yards and three touchdowns in six games after catching 18 passes on 31 targets for 189 yards and two touchdowns in six games in his former home.  Ertz and his wife Julie, a great athlete in her own right [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Ertz], have taken their passion for helping others from Philly to Glendale as well, and this week, they took kids from a local Boys & Girls Club to a shopping spree at DICK's Sporting Goods. Ertz talked with us about that, as well as his fit in Kliff Kingsbury's offense, how Kyler Murray is an impressive as any player he's ever seen, and how it feels to perhaps make the second Super Bowl stretch run in his career.

Touchdown Wire's Week 13 NFL Preview Podcast

As the 2021 NFL season rolls merrily along into December, matchups turn interdivisional, contenders separate from pretenders, and (cliché alert) THE GAMES JUST MATTER MORE.  Cliché or not, they actually do! Touchdown Wire's Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield have you covered as we prepare for a jam-packed Week 13 with their weekly podcast, which is also jam-packed with tape notes and advanced metrics. First, we get into Mark's recent mock draft [https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/aidan-hutchinson-kayvon-thibodeaux-matt-corral/] (which will be of interest to Lions, Jets, Giants, and Eagles fans, especially), and then, the matchups.  Among the topics discussed:  * How can the Bills overcome their recent limitations on both sides of the ball to take on a Patriots team that seems to have everything covered at this point? Perhaps most importantly, how can the Bills do it without Tre'Davious White? * Why are the Saints so passive on defense of late, and why they'd better turn that tendency around against the Cowboys on Thursday night; * Why Matt Ryan has taken a serious backslide in the last three weeks, and where the openings are (and are not) to turn that around against the Buccaneers; * Why in the battle between Justin Herbert and Joe Burrow, one running back will probably decide the Chargers-Bengals game; * Why Miami's defense is more multi-dimensional than you may think (and why Miami's offense is almost entirely one dimension at this point); * Why Frank Reich was indeed right to avoid running the ball against the Buccaneers; and why he'll reverse course against the Texans; * Does the Washington Football Team have its quarterback of the (near) future? * Why it's time for Sean McVay to open up his playbook past the pages marked "Empty Formation," and one Jaguars stat you will not believe; * Why the Steelers are in all kinds of trouble leading into their game with the Ravens; and * Why Patrick Mahomes could have a rough go against the Broncos' match-heavy defense, even as the Chiefs' defense has taken a major step forward. *