The Some Dude & Some Guy NFL Podcast, “Michael Vick Is Reformed, Brett Favre Is Still A Dickbag” Edition
On this episode Brian and Mike talk about some of the happenings of this past NFL season. We start by talking about the bad predictions that permeated throughout all of the talking heads’ agendas on radio and TV, specifically the collective blowjob offered up by everyone to the Cowboys and Vikings by selecting them as preseason Super Bowl picks—two teams with pretty glaring deficiencies (questionable coaching staffs, QBs relying on borrowed or unearned reputations, suspect secondaries, banged-up offensive lines) that were swept under the rug for the chance to overpraise Brett Favre and Tony Romo. We also talk about the irony of everyone picking the Jets and Packers as Super Bowl picks in the preseason, then ditching them as the season went along. From there, we also touch on: Michael Vick’s season, Tom Brady’s season, the clusterfuck that was the Washington Redskins season (Mike also officially crowns Mike Shanahan “The Most Overrated Coach In NFL History”), and many many things regarding the playoffs, the playoff format, Jay Cutler’s injury, and the ongoing dispute between the owners and the NFLPA.
Links we referenced in this podcast:
— Sally Jenkins’s article in the Washington Post about the owners
— Drew Magary’s article on Deadspin titled “The Real Villains Of The NFL Lockout: A Gentle Reminder”
— Nate Jackson’s entry on Slate about when he suffered an MCL tear, the same injury that Jay Cutler suffered in the NFC Championship Game
— We didn’t talk about this but Dave McKenna’s article “The Cranky Redskins Fan’s Guide To Dan Snyder” is a must-read for any self-respecting sports fan (or hater of the Washington Redskins and/or Dan Snyder)
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(The intro is “Sickles and Hammers” by Minutemen, and the outro is a live version of “Lost” by Minutemen)