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 14.09 – Week 7 Show
Episode 14.09, the NFL Week 7 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, October 16, 2018.
And then there was one. The Los Angeles Rams are the lone undefeated team in the NFL as the Chiefs lost a heartbreaker in the final seconds on the road against the Evil Empire.
The Cowboys found their offense, the Bears lost to Brocktober in Miami (again!), the Packers lost their defense but won the game, and a partridge in a pear tree! That’s right, just 70 days until Christmas! Oops, wrong show! Back to football, Steven brings you an epic RANT on the idiotic thing that is, the DirecTV NFL blackout policy.
Even though the Chiefs lost, they did cover the +3.5 points bringing Steven’s LOCK total to 4-2 on the season. He’s got another good one and Steve, Lady Edith and Steven give you all the Week 7 picks!
Episode 14.08 – Week 6 Show
Episode 14.08, the NFL Week 6 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
NOTE: We had issues with Steve’s audio, so the first 12 minutes of the show only have Steven’s side of the conversation. Apologies!
The Chiefs and Rams are still undefeated. The Packers and Cowboys lose again & are both at 2-3. Steven and Steve are about to throw in the towel. OR maybe Steven already threw in the towel and looks to get a mulligan on his Super Bowl picks. Drew Brees becomes the all-time passing yards leader and Jerry Jones just does NOT get it!
Jerry says Cowboys haven’t had a true No. 1 receiver for several years! “WHHAAAAAT!!!” Who’s fault is that? Just get a GM already, Jerruh!
Broncos ruined Steven’s LOCK last week, so he looks to an solid pick this week to get back to his winning ways this week. Plus all our 15 games picks and analysis.
Finally, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Spanos family and the Los Angeles Chragers for the loss of Alex Spanos.
Episode 14.07 – Week 5 Show
Episode 14.07, the NFL Week 5 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, October 2, 2018.
The guys seem to be shocked that there are only 2 undefeated teams remaining in the NFL. The Rams and the Chiefs. Find out which team they believe will remain undefeated the longest. Steven and Steve also take a look at all the current division leaders and give you their thoughts on which teams will be there in the end.
Plus we have a Good Ole Boy for the first time this season, as the Seahawks lose their linebacker Mychal Kendricks who gets suspended indefinitely and Steven finally get a win in the Challenge Game, but Steve feels he has to protest some of his losses including this game! Whaaaaat?
Episode 14.06 – Week 4 Show
Episode 14.06, the NFL Week 4 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
If Week 2 was unpredictable, then we don’t even know what to call Week 3. Is it finally here? PARITY? That’s what the NFL has been preaching and if Week 3 is any indication, then the NFL is in full parity. The Browns WIN!!! Lions defeat Patriots and post 100-yard rusher, Bills spank the Vikings, the Redskins beat the Packers and a partridge in a pear tree.
Steve takes an early 2-0 lead in the Challenge Game thanks to the Cowboys offense reverting to Week 1 status of offensive. Guess there will be NO Cowboys jersey for Lady Edith.
Steven RANTS on all the Roughing the Passer penalties while Steve has a tiny RAVE.
All this Plus our Week 4 picks and bye weeks start this week. HELLO – BYE!
Episode 14.05 – Week 3 Show
Episode 14.05, the NFL Week 3 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, September 18, 2018.
After 14 seasons doing this show, you’d think Steven would know all about Week 2s in the NFL. NOPE! Still the same craziness in Week 2 and Steven cannot take it anymore. Steven says he does not know what roughing the passer is anymore and neither do defensive players! Steve has a RANT/RAVE on Hall of Fame players demanding pay and benefits and Steven has a RAVE on FitzMAGIC!!! It’s alive & fantastic!
After two weeks, Steven is 2-0 with his NFL Locks of the Week and he is ready to give you a third! This time, he has a favorite to cover by double the points.
Plus they guys share their Week 3 picks and Steve has the first Challenge Win of the Season!
Episode 14.04 – Week 2 Show
Episode 14.04, the NFL Week 2 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, September 11, 2018.
The first week of the NFL Season is in the books and boy, oh boy what a crazy week it was. After 1 Week, Lady Edith is ahead of both Steven and Steve, as Steven faced his worst opening week in a decade. The Eagles fans booed their team off the field, the Saints, Lions and Steelers killed off many Survivor Pools & A-A-Ron didn’t mess up! He got up & led a furious comeback over DA Bears, who may not be as bad as many thought.
The guys talk about some key injuries in the NFL and both give you RANTS this week, as Steven rants on regular season ties in the NFL. Steve rants on Week 1 over-reactions and reminds everyone that it is only one game! Chill.
Plus the guys share their Week 2 picks and Steven looks to go 2-0 with his NFL Locks of the Week.
Episode 14.03 – Week 1 Show
Episode 14.03, the Week 1 Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, September 4, 2018.
What time is it? FOOTBALL TIME!!! That’s right, the 2018 NFL Season is right around the corner so it’s time for Steven and Steve to give you their picks for Week 1 in the NFL. The guys talk about the money being spend on Aaron Donald and Khalil Mack. What were the Raiders thinking?
Steven and Steve agree on 12 of the 16 games this week and since Steve is new, he gets to select this week’s Challenge Game. As the guys make their selections, listen to Steve talk about how he is getting his little one, Lady Edith, to make her weekly NFL picks. Is she going to beat either of the Steve’s this year? Follow along and check it out.
Plus in this week’s Rants and Raves segment, both guys celebrate a Rave, as Steve raves on the Malcolm Jenkins Foundation and Steven joins in with a rave of his own, honoring the JJ Watt Foundation and the work they did after Huricane Harvey.
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Episode 14.02 – The 2018 NFL Prediction Show
Episode 14.02, the 2018 NFL Prediction Show.
Airdate: Tuesday, August 28, 2018.
This week, Steven and Stevejump into their time machine and take you through the 2018 NFL Season making their predictions all the way through Super Bowl LIII. Will the Defending Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles get a chance to repeat or with the Evil Empire reclaim the throne.
Plus hear what they say about Tom Brady’s hangup and OBJ’s crazy $95 Million contract with the New York Giants. And how much would the guys pay to have their team win the Super Bowl? Jerry Jones would write an embarrassingly large check apparently.
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Episode 14.01 – The We’re Back Show!
Episode 14.01, the We’re Back Show.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018.
That’s right, Steven’s back and and decided to bring another Steve along for the ride. Let’s get back to Football and get ready for the 2018 NFL Season. Buckle up, It’s gonna be a bumpy ride!
Staring with Eminem’s Guess Who’s Back, Steven introduces a new co-host, Steve Frey and explains what happened to Season 13. The two Steve’s talk about Jalen Ramsey trash talking other NFL QBs in GQ article but gives his own QB a pass. Dez Bryant visits Cleveland Browns, but Steven doesn’t like that.
The season starts with two rants as Steven rants on new helmet rule while Steve rants on the Kickoff!!!
They also discuss the Hall of Fame TO mess, the adjustment to the catch rule, the NFL’s stance on the Anthem Protests, what’s happening with holdouts Aaron Donald (Rams), Khalil Mack (Raiders), Earl Thomas (Seahawks), Bell (Steelers). Steven thinks the Redskins need to vet the players they are drafting as another rookie, RB Derrius Guice goes down to injury as he suffers a torn ACL in their preseason opener.
Finally, the guys talk about enjoying Hard Knocks with the Cleveland Browns and they call out Ravens CB Jimmy Smith, who was suspended by the NFL for 4 games for out 4 game for sviolating the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy.
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Episode 12.22 – The Final Show!
Episode 12.22, the Final Show.
The NFL season is over, the New England Patriots are Champions again, Tom Brady wins the Super Bowl MVP (yawn – should have been James White – I’ll tell you why a little later) and the NFL is already looking at free agents, franchise tags and the combine, and did I mention, this is the FINAL SHOW EVER!
I end the show with a Rant and a Rave.
Plus Elena is here with me to end this wild ride! Are you ready – say it with me…
Let’s Chomp it In!


