The guys are back from a mini hiatus from covering the end of some training camps to catch the first few games of the preseason. Football is back, and it’s back for 10 uninterrupted seasons. Steven and Jeff talk about the Giants crying over sour grapes as WR Steve Smith signs with the Eagles.

The guys say good-bye to Brett Favre as Steven says Brett doesn’t have to worry because Steven will always speak about the great times and not his final seasons. Another kicker becomes a Good Ole Boy, as Denver’s Matt Prater got arrested earlier this month on charges of allegedly driving drunk and leaving the scene of an accident. Seriously?

Plus they discuss the situation in Buffalo, as the Bills trade away WR Lee Evans for a 4th round pick to the Baltimore Ravens. Steven rants on the lack of returns due to the new kick-off rule and Jeff rants on the review of every scoring play.

And finally, the guys briefly talk about the four preseason games on Thursday night.

Steven and Jeff are excited to see things progressing nicely in the NFL. The guys give you the latest news as the Eagles continue to sign the whole world, this time bringing in RB Ronnie Brown.

TE Zach Miller moves up the coast from Oakland to Seattle, WR Plaxico Burress lands in New York, but this time as a Jet. TE Todd Heap goes to Arizona while FB Vonta Leach leaves Arian Foster behind in Houston to clear the way for Ray Rice in Baltimore.

Plus the guys talk about players holding out like WR DeSean Jackson and Steven agrees with Osi Umenyiora that owners must learn, they can’t have it both ways!

And finally, the guys say good-bye to WR Randy Moss, the player that started Steven down the NFL Rants & Raves path, as he retires from the NFL.

In what can only be described as one of the craziest week in NFL history, Steven and Jeff try to keep you up to date with the latest player moves in the NFL. From QB Kevin Kolb being traded to Arizona and Reggie Bush moving from New Orleans to Miami, the guys try to make sense of all the trades and free agent moves.

The Empire is at it again trading away a bunch of late round picks and getting Albert Haynesworth from Washington and Chad Ochocinco from Cincinnati. The guys also discuss the Titans releasing QB Vince Young and then signing QB Matt Hasselbeck while Steven really hates that the Cardinals gave up Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie in the trade for Kolb. They also talk about Seattle and their moves bringing in QB Tavaris Jackson and WR Sidney Rice. Steven says that apparently nobody informed Rice that Seattle is where WRs go to die.

Plus the guys talk about their upcoming shows, like their Weekly Picks show, and some of the new additions to the new www.NFLRandR.com website which now includes a forum.

The guys are back and are extremely happy as football is back! The NFL Lockout that lasted 136 days is over and the craziness is already underway.

As Steven and Jeff record, they bring you the news of players being cut like the Cowboys’ Marion Barber and Roy Williams, the Patriots’ Tully Banta-Cain, the Cardinals’ Gerald Hayes, and the Giants’ Rich Seubert. Jeff and Steven agree that Bengals owner Mike Brown is doing a disservice to his team by not getting value out of trading QB Carson Palmer.

Plus Jeff rants on how the new CBA player workout conditions may eventual hurt the NFL.

Steven and Jeff bring you another interesting podcast episode as the Lockout is approaching the endzone and where a TD ensures that we have football again this year.

The guys discuss how the story involving Patriots Guard Logan Mankins and Chargers WR Vincent Jackson may have been a little misleading, although several sources including Adam Schefter said they confirmed Jackson’s agent made a demand.

The guys also talk about the trade rumor mill, where Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News has Eagles QB Kevin Kolb going to Arizona for CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Also, the NFL telling UK fans to get ready for the International Series game between the Bears and Bucs.

Plus, Packers CB Sam Shields gets a tattoo where?

Steven and Jeff bring you a little surprise show to end the first full week of the new and improved Rants & Raves RAVE CAVE.

The guys talk about the end of the lockout nearing. Jeff pays up for losing his bet of July 14th and Steven enjoys it tremendously. Steven makes James Harrison Boob ‘O’ The Day for his horrible interview with the Men’s Journal and Jeff feels Harrison may already have the Ravie in the bag for Boob ‘O’ The Year Award. The guys also discuss the latest with the Brandon Marshall wife stabbing incident and the both guys praise Michael Irvin for his interview and cover of Out Magazine.

Plus Jeff rants on Chad Ochocinco‘s inability to stay silent and always trying to be a media hog.

A Whole New Season begins now as Steven and Jeff start up a 7th Season of NFL Rants & Raves. The guys reveal their big plans for another year of sharing their NFL thoughts, analysis and prognostication for an exciting year 7.

In this show, the guys discuss the Lockout, now in day 121 and why Steven has decided to bite the bullet and come out and talk about the Lockout and the need for a new CBA. Plus the guys discuss the arrest of Steelers WR Hines Ward, Adam Jones goes back to his old Pacman days and Mike Vrabel hanging up the cleats and immediately gets a job coaching at Ohio State.

Plus, don’t forget to check us out on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube! Enjoy.

Yes, it’s true. We are back. We heard your emails, Facebook posts and tweets asking for a new show, so Steven and Jeff are back at it. The guys talk about the current lockout, although Steven begrudgingly does it, they discuss the release of Plaxico Burress and the teams that might be interested in him. Steven thinks he may land with the Jets, Cardinals, Seahawks or Eagles while Jeff thinks he may land with the Rams.

The guys finish going over the 1st round of the NFL Draft and give their thoughts on the final 18 picks of day one. Steven was really impressed with the Saints 1-2 combo punch of Cameron Jordan and Mark Ingram in the 1st Round and both guys still cannot get over the fact the Falcons gave up so much to move up for WR Julio Jones.

Steven makes a few side bets with Jeff over when the lockout will end and some promises to the Show Donors. Thank you!

Steven and Jeff return home from New York City and get down to business. They do not have plenty of time to get through the whole draft, so they ended this show getting half way through the 1st round as they look at at every pick in the 1st round and talk about what they saw.

The guys agree that the four QBs taken in the first round, Cam Newton, Blaine Gabbart, Jake Locker and Christian Ponder might all have been reaches where they were taken, but in a quarterbacks league, it had to be done.

The guys talk about the city, Radio City Music Hall and seeing the Broadway Show Lombardi. The guys also play the five minute long interview with Dan Lauria, the actor playing Lombardi in the Broadway show.

Just hours before the guys jump on a plane and head to New York for the NFL Draft, they take some time to do a quick new show. Steven and Jeff are excited about heading out to cover the draft and they discuss the current state of limbo the NFL currently finds itself in.

Jeff reads some of Judge Nelson’s 89 pages and feels happy that someone finally did something for us, the fans! Steven tried hard not to fall asleep, but did say that he could see where the league was coming from.

The guys also talked about some players like Chad Ochocinco saying he was done in Cincinnati. Albert Haynesworth made the news, this time for doing something naughty and making the Good ‘Ole Boy segment. All this, to start the limbo Season 6.5 of NFL Rants & Raves.