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.

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Episode 14.19 – Divisional Playoffs

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Episode 14.19 – Divisional Playoffs
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Episode 14.19, the Divisional Playoffs Show.
Airdate: Wednesday, January 9, 2019.

The Playoffs are rocking, don’t bother knocking – just come on in! Wild Card Weekend provided plenty of oooohs and aahhhhs and in the end, the Colts, Cowboys, Chargers and Eagles survived.
We’ll briefly look back on Wild Card weekend before looking ahead to the Divisional Playoffs.

Head coaching jobs are being handed out like Oprah was doing it – you get a head coaching job, you get a head coaching job, you all get a head coaching job. And some of them are head scratchers!!! Steven and Steve discuss some of those coaching hires and try to figure out what Cincinnati and Miami are waiting for.

Finally, Steven and Steve give you their picks for who will move on to the NFC and AFC Championship Games!

Episode 14.18 – Wild Card Weekend

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Episode 14.18 – Wild Card Weekend
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Episode 14.18, the NFL Wild Card Weekend Show.
Airdate: Thursday, January 3, 2019.

HAPPY NEW YEAR and welcome to 2019. Steven and Steve wish everyone out there listening a healthy and prosperous new year.

It’s playoff time! The tournament is set and we are down to 12 teams left. Chiefs, Patriots, Texans, Ravens, Chargers and Colts in the AFC. Saints, Rams, Bears, Cowboys, Seahawks and Eagles in the NFC. The Vikings let the Eagles into the party. Stupid Minnesota!

The guys answer some of playoff questions presented by fans of the show posted on Twitter and Facebook. They quickly talk about the NFL’s coaching carousel with 8 coaching vacancies in the NFL and they tell you which of the jobs is the best one out there. Steven hates it that NFL teams don’t even wait until Monday anymore.

Plus what is going on with Antonio Brown in Pittsburgh and why was he a Masked Singer? Steven and Steven get you ready for the weekend with their Wild Card picks.

Episode 14.17 – Week 17 Show

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Episode 14.17 – Week 17 Show
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Episode 14.17, the NFL Week 17 Show.
Airdate: Thursday, December 27, 2018.

If you thought Week 15 was crazy, then Week 16 was absolutely bonkers and guess what? The Seahawks did Steven in again! Will he ever learn? The Steelers might have sealed their own fate while the Ravens came out to LA and beat the Chargers. The Eagles beat the Texans to keep their slim playoff hopes alive and in a game that didn’t matter, the Raiders beat Denver in what might have been their final game in Oakland. Did we mention that Seattle wrecked Steven’s weekend again! At least the Dallas Cowboys clinched the NFC East!

The guys discuss what everyone is talking about, Baker Mayfield’s childish behavior towards Hue Jackson. Steelers WR Antonio Brown changed his jerseys from Brown to Brown’s’ on twitter and Steven asks Steve if he could ever cheer on his bitter rival. The Ravens safety Eric Weddle has a crazy $1 Million bonus if the Ravens make the playoffs…. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!

Plus the guys give you their Week 17 picks and Steven believes that the Bears will be responsible for all the seeding in the NFC except the already locked in Saints and Cowboys.

Episode 14.16 – Week 16 Show

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Episode 14.16 – Week 16 Show
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Episode 14.16, the NFL Week 16 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, December 18, 2018.

CHARGERS AND STEELERS AND BEARS – OH MY! Week 15 took an unexpected turn as the Chargers beat the Chiefs on Thursday Night Football, the Steelers handed the Patriots their 2nd consecutive loss and the Bears finally beat the Packers in Chicago! WOW.

Dallas laid an egg against Indianapolis and in doing so, handed Steven his 2nd straight Challenge Game loss. Are there enough weeks for Steve to catch him? Steven has a 4 game lead with six weeks left in the NFL Season, so he is feeling pretty safe. Of course Steven suggests the he can just do the equivalent of 3 QB kneel downs and match Steve’s picks for 3 weeks and win that way! NOT!

The guys briefly take a look at the Pro Bowl selections, Steven has the first ever Non-Rant/Non-Rave discussion about fumbling out of the back of the opponents end zone and the guys get you ready for Week 16 with all our Week 16 picks.

Episode 14.15 – Week 15 Show

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Episode 14.15 – Week 15 Show
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Episode 14.15, the NFL Week 15 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, December 11, 2018.

Well, well, well, look who got a Challenge Game win! The guys talk about Steve’s win, but Steven tells Steve why he should vacate that win due to an egregious REF ERROR. Speaking of refs in the NFL, Steven has a great rant about part-time refs in the NFL and he even sites specific examples that benefited the Cowboys. Say what?!? The Vikings fire their OC, the Cowboys beat Philly in OT & the Bears D erased the greatest show on turf.

Plus, the guys take a look at all the playoff scenarios for Week 15 and Steven says that the Chargers can become the #1 seed in the AFC and the NFL would be stuck with a Divisional Playoff game and potentially an AFC Championship game in a 30,000 seat stadium. Professor Playoffs was unable to make an appearance due to illness, so Steven and Steve get you ready for Week 15 and all the games having playoff implications!

Did we mention Steve won a Challenge Game!?

Episode 14.14 – Week 14 Show

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Episode 14.14 – Week 14 Show
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Episode 14.14, the NFL Week 14 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, December 4, 2018.

That’s a ton of 14s to start the show. Steven brings up one more 14, Dan Fouts!!! And with that, he discusses with Steve about the honor the Charger gave him. The Packers lose to the Cardinals & the Mike McCarthy era is over in Green Bay. Steve has tons to say about that. The guys also discuss season ending injuries to the Panthers (TE Greg Olsen), Bengals (WR AJ Green) and Redskins (QB Colt McCoy) & the Steelers may be without RB James Conner for a while.

Plus the Chiefs release RB Kareem Hunt & Steven goes on another RANT on why the NFL just doesn’t get it! They have no idea how to handle the aggressive nature of the players in their league as he asks why do they have to wait for a video to surface for them to respond.

Then they give all their Week 14 picks and Steven shares his NFL Lock of the Week, currently 10-3

Episode 14.13 – Week 12 Show

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Episode 14.13 – Week 12 Show
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Episode 14.13, the NFL Week 12 Show.
Airdate: Wednesday, November 21, 2018.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

As Steven and Steve take get you ready for Week 12, the guys take time to thank all the show donors who contributed to the show, allowing the guys to take in and enjoy one of the best games of the NFL season as they took in the Chiefs vs Rams game, live from the Coliseum in L.A.

The Redskins suffered a huge blow as QB Alex Smith suffered a horrendous injury. Steven hopes Alex gets well soon and now finds himself conflicted about the QB situation in Washington with Colt McCoy. There is a tweet saying that Steven should be called the Evil Empire of the Challenge Game and that the appropriate song be played… What?

Steven RAVES on Aaron Rodgers as the Packers QB makes a huge donation for the California fire relief efforts. Plus he looks to get back on track with his NFL LOCKS.

Enjoy!

Episode 14.12 – Week 11 Show

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Episode 14.12 – Week 11 Show
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Episode 14.12, the NFL Week 11 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, November 13, 2018.

WEEEE are back in action after battling the injury bug! Thank you for sticking with us. Steven cannot believe that the season is half way over. Yes, it makes him sad. The guys have a fun time coming back so they give you a super sized show.

The NFL is no longer going to Mexico, and the guys discuss why the Chiefs vs Rams game was moved back to L.A. Le’Veon Bell does not show up to the Steelers and although Steven agrees with what Le’Veon is doing, he is happy he does not have to talk about him anymore. As a matter of fact, Steven and Steve agree not to talk about Bell ever again, well at least until next season and a team pays him big bucks!

Finally, the first time Steven picks against the Cowboys – THEY WIN!!! Such is life. However Steven’s NFL LOCKS hit 8-2 and he gives you another dog that is going to win outright.

Enjoy the show!

Episode 14.11 – Week 9 Show

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Episode 14.11 – Week 9 Show
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Episode 14.11, the NFL Week 9 Show.
Airdate: Wednesday, October 31, 2018.

Happy Halloween!

TRADES, TRADES AND MORE TRADES. The NFL trade deadline used to be a big ole dud! But it has seen some increased traffic in recent years and none bigger than the big names moving around the league this year at the deadline. Steven and Steve will look at who got the best deal in the trades.

Speaking of Steve – BOOM, a perfect 14-0 for Week 8. He was not happy winning just the challenge game, he won them all!!! Too bad we didn’t put some money on that. Speaking of money, Steven is a hot 6-2 with his LOCKS and here comes another winner!

Enjoy a quick (and by quick, we mean less than an hour) show!

Episode 14.10 – Week 8 Show

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Episode 14.10 – Week 8 Show
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Episode 14.10, the NFL Week 8 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, October 23, 2018.

The Rams are still undefeated and humming along at 7-0. The Jaguars benched QB Blake Bortles for Kessler? Whaaaat! So much for that Carlos Hyde trade with the Browns!

The Cowboys are continuing their Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde season! Up one week, down the next, but don’t despair Cowboys fans, because the Raiders are having a fire sale and trade Amari Cooper to Dallas! Speaking of trades, the Giants ship CB Eli APPLE to the Saints, although most Giants were hoping they traded away the other Eli. We’ll discuss if Eli is finished in NY.

We’ll also talk about the NFLs poor attempt at Flexing out of Sunday Night Football, and Steven and Steve will get you ready for Week 8 with another four teams on a bye! Plus Steven has another LOCK of the week as he improves to 5-2 on the season!