NFL Rants & Raves is your weekly dose of unfiltered football talk. Steven breaks down the games, the calls, and the storylines that had everyone yelling at their TV, and this season he goes head to head with Axis Iron, the AI challenger, in a season-long battle of NFL picks. Rants, raves, hot takes, and a scoreboard that never lies.
Episode 9.40 – Wild Card Preview
It’s Playoff Time, baby! After a wild and crazy end to Week 17, Steven and Jeff get you ready for the Playoffs. The guys do not agree on many things for Wild Card Weekend. Jeff see many of the same things happening again, like similar things for the 49ers, Saints and Chiefs, while Steven says things are going to change.
After 17 weeks, Jeff holds a one game lead in the Challenge Game, let’s see what happens in Week 1 of the Playoffs.
Episode 9.39 – Week 17 Preview
The final week of the regular season is upon us and there are plenty of meaningful games left to be played. Steven and Jeff get you ready with the play-in games and the other games with playoff implications. Steven can’t help himself and he takes Dallas over Philadelphia and Jeff baits him into making it the Challenge Game!
Have a Happy New Year!
Episode 9.38 – Week 16 Preview
Only two weeks left in the regular season and Steven and Jeff only differ on two games. Steven leads the Challenge Game by one game and Jeff leads overall season by five.
Plenty of game with playoff implications on the line this week and Steven lays out a scenario in which the Empire does not win the AFC East.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Episode 9.37 – Week 15 Preview
A few more teams eliminated and a few more looking to get eliminated this week. Steven and Jeff take a look at all 16 games and discuss the latest on the benching of Robert Griffin III and the future of head coach Mike Shanahan.
Plus Steven has a classic rant on Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys.
Episode 9.36 – Week 14 Preview
The guys get you ready for Week 14 by taking a look at some NFL news and going over all 16 NFL games. Well maybe not the Thursday Night Football game between 2-10 Houston and 3-9 Jacksonville. Can you believe the guys differ on that game?
They go on to differ on plenty of games this week and Steven makes the Dolphins against the Steelers the Challenge game. Whhhaaaaaatt???
Episode 9.35 – Week 13 Recap
What a weekend of football. The Saints prove Steven wrong and go down in flames as Jeff becomes the smartest man alive as the Seahawks blow out New Orleans on Monday Night Football. The NFC is now Seattle’s for the taking.
The Denver Broncos show that they can beat the Chiefs twice and now Kansas City must try to end a three-game skid. The Patriots go to the wire against the hapless Texans and the Jaguars manage to win again defeating the Cleveland Browns.
Steven explains that 27 out of the 32 teams still have a shot at the playoffs which is crazy going into Week 14.
Episode 9.34 – Week 13 Preview
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! The guys get you ready for all three Thanksgiving games and the rest of Week 13. No more bye weeks and Jeff says time to get focused.
Have a great weekend everyone. Enjoy!
Episode 9.33 – Week 12 Preview
Getting down to the nitty gritty! Steven and Jeff get you ready for Week 12 and at first it appears as if the guys are going to differ on all of the games, but after Jeff makes some changes, they only wind up disagreeing on six games.
Jeff likes his chances of Kansas City defeating the San Diego Chargers and even mocks Steven withe the Charger fight song.
Episode 9.32 – Week 11 Recap
What an end to a crazy week as the Panthers outlast the Patriots on a call/non-call in the endzone. Steven and Jeff think that regardless of the call, Tom Brady is a potty mouth. Both the guys got the same number of picks correct but Steven picks up a game on Jeff in the Challenge game.
The guys seem to be dialed in, but can that continue for six more weeks?
Episode 9.31 – Week 11 Preview
It’s official, Steven agrees with Jeff in saying this is one crazy season and they don’t like it. Listen in as the guys get you ready for 15 games in Week 11, including El Juego Grande Estupendo de la Semana as the 9-0 Kansas City Chiefs travel to Denver to play the 8-1 Broncos.
Steven says he does have a problem with the Chiefs, he just does not respect the 9-0 record because of the teams they have played against. The Chiefs do not have a single win over an opponent with a winning record.
C’est la vie.



