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 8.03 – NFL Draft Recap
The guys sit down to talk about their trip to New York and their three days at Radio City Music Hall and the 2012 NFL Draft, but first they talk about the three S names in NFL News. The Saints players finally get their punishments and Jonathan Vilma gets to miss the entire season. The Ravens get some bad news when they find out Terrell Suggs has a torn Achilles and will miss most of the season and the guys say good bye to Charger great, Junior Seau.
Steven and Jeff share some stories from the draft, and even share some stories from around New York City. Both guys get to the 9/11 Memorial and Steven talks about finally getting to Central Park and his afternoon wandering through the city.
Then after watching QBs Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III go one, two in the draft, the guys share the craziness of the most trades in the 1st round of an NFL Draft in league history. It was pretty crazy and the guys give you their thoughts on the entire 1st day.
Episode 8.02 – NFL Draft Preview Part 2
Steven and Jeff are back to try and finish their preview of the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft. The guys pick it up at pick number 11 but as you listen you will soon find out, they did not get very far. Hopefully, you will enjoy the show and what they did talk about.
As the guys head out to New York to cover the draft, please visit their Facebook and Twitter pages to keep up with their thoughts as the draft unfolds.
Episode 8.01 – NFL Draft Preview Part 1
A new season gets underway with as Steven and Jeff get ready to head out to New York for the 2012 NFL Draft. In this episode, the guys talk about some of the news that has happened since the Ravies show, like Tim Tebow going to the Jets, the Saints getting no help in the appeal, the Commish heading to Minnesota to discuss the Vikings current stadium situation and then the guys talk about the first 10 picks in Round 1 of the upcoming NFL Draft.
The guys try to anticipate what each of the first ten teams will do and with Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III certainly going 1 and 2, the fun starts with the third pick and the Minnesota Vikings. Listen as the guys get back to having fun with the podcast and try to navigate the fun possible picks for the first 10 teams on the board.
Episode 7.59 – 7th Annual RAVIES Show

It’s time for the final show of the year, the 7th Annual RAVIES show. This year the guys actually have someone come in and do a five minute opening. No, it’s not Billy Crystal, its the biggest name in comedy.
With the RAVIES show out, that can mean only one thing. The end of the 7th season of NFL Rants & Raves. Enjoy!
Episode 7.58 – NFL News & Catch-up Show
It has been a month since the guys have come together to do a show, so blame the crazy weather, Jeff’s illness and life for that. The good news is they are back to talk about almost everything that has been missed since they’ve been away.
They have some Good Ole Boys to talk about, this does not include WR Brandon Marshall who is now a Bear but is accused of striking a woman in Miami. Mario Williams is in Buffalo, as the Bills throw way too much money at him. The Peyton Manning Watch has come to an end as he shows he has lots of love for horses in picking the Broncos.
Plus the guys discuss what will happen to Tim Tebow now, what will Alex Smith do, and they give their opinions on what the league should do to punish Greg Williams, Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints for their ill-advised bounty scandal.
Episode 7.57 – The Whaaaaaaat Show
After some much needed rest, Steven and Jeff are back at it and today’s podcast sort of catches everyone up on some things that have happened since the Super Bowl. The guys talked about getting lots of sleep. Jeff heard a story that he did not even know happened after the game and the guys are just getting caught up with the latest NFL news.
The guys get you ready for the 7th Annual RAVIES, and let all Show Donors know to start checking emails this weekend for the ballot. Then they talk about the combine coming up and all of the Facebook questions they received. They talk about the 49ers, Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin, plus where is Peyton Manning going to land.
It sure is good to be back!
Episode 7.56 – Super Bowl 46 Recap
The guys are beat down and the last ones standing on Radio Row in Indianapolis. The great folks at the JW Marriott were nice enough to hook the power back up so the guys could record a final podcast from the Indy and talk about Super Bowl 46. The show is only 25 minutes long, but that’s because we really needed to get out of our location.
Jeff and Steven agree that it was a fantastic game and that the city of Indianapolis has earned the right to host another Super Bowl in their fantastic town. There were awesome and great hosts that threw great parties, and it ending with a great game.
The Giants are champions once again and Jeff says that folks can no longer deny Eli of elite status. Steven says he will wait until Eli’s complete body of work is finished, but that he certainly will not be calling him “Happy Feet” anymore. Giants 21 – Patriots 17 and it was a great way to end the season.
Episode 7.55 – Heading to Indy
Yes, it’s a short show, but as the guys are getting ready to head out to Indy, even with their hectic schedules, they were able to sneak this show in before they leave to cover Super Bowl 46 for Sky Sports News Radio and Sky Sports News.
They mainly focus on current NFL News and get bogged down with the Colts and Buccaneers new coaching hires. Neither of the guys likes the Bucs hiring of Greg Schiano. This hire is the same as keeping Raheem Morris as their coach. Steven says it might even be worse since Schiano may not have the NFL coaching tree to help him out. Both guys do not expect much from the Buccaneers next year.
As far as the Colts hiring Chuck Pagano (Ravens DC) as their new head coach, Jeff feels strongly that QB Peyton Manning will be out the door. Jeff thinks Colts owner Jim Irsay will be able to spin the release of Manning by saying that Manning did not want to restructure his deal. The Irsay and Manning ordeal has just begun.
Episode 7.54 – Championship Recap
What a weekend of football. Super Bowl 46 is set and its a rematch of Super Bowl 42 as the Giants and Patriots both escaped with victories thanks to the 49ers and Ravens special teams units. Steven says he aches for the losing teams but was left with an uneasy feeling knowing the games were not won on heroic plays but rather lost with horrible plays.
Steven says he is not excited for this match up, until Jeff reminds him that he is going to the Super Bowl and is one of the luckiest guys on the planet. Steven says he will have a great time covering the Super Bowl but is not looking forward to covering the Patriots and Giants players as they will not be as fun as Packers and Giants players, they will get rehearsed and canned answers.
In discussing the games, the guys agree that Joe Flacco out played Tom Brady but Billy Cundiff’s miss was just wrong. Steven goes on record saying he would never have his season end on the foot of a kicker, not even if the kicker for 100 fro 100 from 32-yards out. Jeff makes the case that Eli Manning has earned elite status and nobody will be able to deny him if he gets his second Super Bowl ring.
Finally, Steven feels for the 49ers and says that the NFC West needs to watch out as this team is going to be around for a long time.
Episode 7.53 – Championship Preview
The guys are all pumped up and ready for Championship Weekend. What could be better than one Sunday with two games and the outcome determines who goes to Super Bowl 46. The guys talk about T.O. being shunned by the NFL and heading to the Indoor Football League, Steve Spagnuolo becoming the defensive coordinator in New Orleans, Chris Mara of the Giants missing his first Giants game in 40 years to attend the Golden Globes, and Bears RB Matt Forte suggests he might hold out if Bears use franchise tag.
The guys are joined by Ravens nose tackle Terrence Cody who talks about watching the Alabama/LSU National Championship game with friends at home because of having practice, owning and breeding dogs for his dog kennel, looking for double teams when the Patriots run the ball and the Ravens having confidence going into this game against the Patriots. One the Ravens will not be is afraid of playing New England.
Finally, the guys discuss both games and make their picks. Steven is a bit surprised that he and Jeff had made the same picks for this weekends games. Should make for an interesting Championship Sunday!


