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Michael Lombardi joined us on Mad Radio to discuss the Patriots, Deshaun Watson, the Khalil Mack trade, and more.  Sean Pendergast and I discussed the final episode of Hard Knocks: Cleveland Browns. 1:50  Attacking the middle of the field with Gronk is key to the Patriots offense. 3:00  Patriots don’t talk about attacking coverages, “They’re talking about attacking the adjustments in the coverage” 3:40  On Belichick. “His whole emphasis in the first quarter is to figure out what the game plan actually is and make the adjustments” 4:40 Challenge for Pats is do they play their front 7 that has trouble with horizontal speed.   5:30 Patriots team speed on defense is not as fast as it needs to be.  “When your mike linebacker is slow, your defense is slow” 7:00 On the Khalil Mack trade, Michael points out that the Patriots traded away Chandler Jones for a 2nd round pick.  He’s gone on to get 28 sacks for the Cardinals. 8:00 The system is built to avoid holdouts 12:00 Eagles converted 3rd and long at an extr

Michael Lombardi covered a broad range of topics, including Jalen Ramsey's criticism of Rob Gronkowski.  Then Paul Gallant and I took a goofy romp through the NFL, and somehow tied the Black Death to football.

Seth and Sean Pendergast review this week's Hard Knocks and Very Cavallari.  We're both surprised that we like Kristen Cavallari and Jay Cutler as much as we do.

Seth has his weekly visit with Michael Lombardi and they discuss the prospect of the Texans going to the Super Bowl. Then he and Sean Pendergast recap this week’s Hard Knocks and Very Cavallari.

Seth and Paul Gallant wrap up the latest NFL news and discuss the motivational work of Stephen A. Smith and Jim Harbaugh. 

Very excited to have longtime NFL personnel man Michael Lombardi on every week. Usually we'll have him on Thursdays, but we had some technical glitches yesterday. We hit on a bunch of stuff around the league today, including:The Browns' plan(?) for Dez BryantTeddy Bridgewater's comeback from injury, and Sam Darnold's processing speed.

It’s a race for the inevitable interim head coach job, and Todd Haley nudged out Gregg Williams this week.

Life's pretty scary. Kids are addicted to smart phones, live streamers are making $1 million per year, and D.J. Swearinger is making dudes flinch. Paul and I talk about all of it on Short Attention Span Tuesday.

There were twelve games on Thursday night, featuring some big NFL debuts and some big names with questions surrounding them. How did Baker Mayfield, Saquon Barkley, Andrew Luck, and others fare?

In this week's Reality Review, we break down Hard Knocks, Episode I, as well as the last couple episodes of Very Cavallari. Um, parental warning: Somehow we ended up talking about masturbation in the first few minutes and cunnilingus in the last few minutes. Otherwise it's a cleeean experience.

Rising media star Paul Gallant (@GallantSays) joins me as we discuss my genuine(!) excitement over this year's pre-season. We discuss: Rookie quarterbacks we don't hate; is the helmet rule gonna ruin football; Bill Belichick shows that flip flops are the ultimate alpha move.

We recap all things Cutler from Very Cavallari, Episode 3. Why is he dressed like a skinny John Popper? Why are goats so heavily featured? And how did we end up on the topic of Amy Schumer in the middle of all this? We also touch on Total Bellas and the insufferable saga that is Nikki Bella and John Cena's relationship.

We take a look at all things Cutler in Very Cavallari, Episode 2. We may be the first ones to notice that this week's episode featured a scene eerily reminiscent of the notorious Nashville search for Vince Young when he wasn't actually missing.

My friend and sports radio host Sean Pendergast debuts on our new Reality Review segment, where we talk about sports related reality TV and documentaries. Today we tackle Very Cavallari, the reality show about Jay Cutler's wife (with a heavy dose of grumpy Jay). We also discuss the HBO documentary about Andre the Giant, which was a whole lot of fun because Sean is somewhat of a wrestling historian.

Catching up after my vacation. I answer questions from Twitter and discuss the science of happiness, sleeping in a van, and my partial sympathy for PED policy violators.

Astronaut Clayton Anderson spent 167 days in space, but it wasn't easy getting there; he applied to be an astronaut 15 times in 15 years before he ultimately succeeded. I visited him in his home, and we discussed not being bashful about your dreams, exercising in space, and a bunch of other good things. His new book, "It's a Question of Space: An Ordinary Astronaut's Answers to Sometimes Extraordinary Questions" will be available July 1 on Amazon and elsewhere.

I sat down with Houston radio legend Barry Warner. He has some incredible stories about Al Davis, Paul Brown, Bud Adams, and more. This one was a lot of fun.6:16 Barry disguises himself as a room service waiter to get an interview with Al Davis12:53 Al Davis screws over the NFL by signing everybody in the AFL office to two year contracts before the merger occurs.16:10 Why Al Davis didn’t like Mike Shanahan.24:12 Barry Warner turns down a job offer from Paul Brown. Paul Brown talks about the impossibility of choosing great head coaches.30:08 Barry says that Bud Adams once accused him of spying for Al Davis and that Bud told him “everybody knows you Jews stick together.”36:55 Barry explains why he asked Wade Smith about ruining fans' Christmas.

Father's Day Special with Daylin Payne by Seth Payne

I sat down with Dan Riley, who was an NFL strength and conditioning coach for 27 years. He was a pioneer in strength training for football and the HIT method (High intensity training). He was also one of my favorite coaches and people I worked with in 3 decades of football.

On a very happy Easter, Seth discusses Jesus' physique, sports psychology, maintaining your sanity on the internet, and whether he'll still be going to water parks (he will).