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Unexpected Points — 306 episodes

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COUSINS OUT, PENIX IN; MVP STAT TALK

2

BELICHICK TO UNC, 49ERS IN DISARRAY, VIEWER Q&A

3

NFL WEEK 14 REVIEW & ANALYSIS

4

LIONS-PACKERS REVIEW; LISTENER MAILBAG Q&A

5

WEEK 13 REVIEW, NFL'S BEST TEAM?

6

WEEK 12 REVIEW; SAQUON MVP?

7

JOE DOUGLAS FIRED, UPDATED POWER RANKINGS

8

WEEK 10 REVIEW; SHANE WALDRON FIRED

9

WEEK 9 REVIEW & STORYLINES W/ JOSH HERMSMEYER

10

RICHARDSON BENCHED, WEEK 9 POWER RANKINGS

11

WEEK 7 REVIEW W/ JOSH HERMSMEYER

12

NFL WEEK 6 REVIEW; DAVANTE ADAMS TRADE

13

WEEK 5 REVIEW; ROBERT SALAH FIRED

14

NFL'S BIGGEST QUESTIONS W/ JOSH HERMSMEYER

15

SOLO POD: WEEK 4 ADVANCED REVIEW

16

NFL DEFENSES ARE WINNING W/ CODY ALEXANDER

17

NFL WEEK 3 REVIEW & INSIGHTS W/ JOSH HERMSMEYER

18

NFL PASSING GAME OFFICIALLY DEAD?

19

NFL WEEK 2 REVIEW: BUY, SELL, HOLD

20

TNF DOLPHINS-BILLS REVIEW, WEEK 2 PREVIEW

21

WEEK 1 RECAP: BUY, SELL OR HOLD

22

TNF CHIEFS-RAVENS REVIEW & WEEK 1 POWER RANKINGS

23

WEEK 1 NFL QUARTERBACK RANKINGS

24

AIYUK GETS PAID. TRENT WILLIAMS NEXT?

25

SOLO POD: WATSON RESTRUCTURE & NFL CAP ALCHEMY

26

NFL QUARTERBACK TIERS W/ THE ATHLETIC'S MIKE SANDO

27

SHOULD DRAKE MAYE START? CEEDEE LAMB EXTENSION

28

PRESEASON WEEK 2 ANALYTICAL QB REVIEW

29

ETR'S MIKE LEONE TALKS JJ MCCARTHY INJURY & 2024 FANTASY PROJECTIONS

30

DIGESTING THE PRESEASON: SHOULD ROOKIE QBs START WEEK 1?

31

BRANDON AIYUK: WILL HE STAY OR GO?

32

NERDS LOST THE PLOT IN FANTASY FOOTBALL? W/ BEN GRETCH

33

BIG QB CONTRACTS: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

34

Predicting the 2024 NFL Season W/ ClevTA

35

NEW NFL KICKOFF RULE & MEASURING HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE

36

WIR: FILM BREAKDOWN CONTENT TAKEOVER

37

WIR POD: BILL JAMES VS COMPUTER GUYS

38

WIR: QB CLUTCHNESS, SUBSCRIBER Q&A

39

Bryce Young's Future & GMs Dish on Roster Building

40

WIR: Justin Jefferson & Christian McCaffrey Contracts, (the other) football talk

41

WIR Solo Pod: WR Contracts, Beane Interview, Q&A

42

WIR Solo Pod: Why scoring is down, WR contracts, QB prospect success, Q&A

43

WIR Pod: Schedule Release, Goff Contract, Macdonald Defense

44

SOLO POD: WEEK IN REVIEW - FRONT OFFICE RANKINGS & QB PERCEPTION

45

Ranking NFL Front Offices w/ Ben Baldwin

46

SOLO POD: WEEK IN REVIEW - LIONS VS NERDS

47

SOLO POD: 2024 NFL DRAFT ANALYTICAL GRADES

48

POD: NFL DRAFT ROUND 1 REVIEW

49

PREDRAFT NEWS, PLUS Q&A

50

Grinding the Mocks' Benjamin Robinson on NFL Draft Surprises

51

NFL DRAFT PREVIEW, LIVESTREAM Q&A

52

NFL WEEK 9 REVIEW

53

WEEKLY NEWS, TNF REVIEW, WEEK 9 PREVIEW

54

WEEK 8 REVIEW POD, Q&A

55

TNF REVIEW, ESPN CONTROVERSY, WEEK 8 PREVIEW

56

NFL WEEK 7 REVIEW POD

57

NFL WEEK 6 REVIEW POD

58

TNF REVIEW, WEEKLY COMMENTARY, WEEK 6 PREVIEW

59

NFL WEEK 5 REVIEW POD

60

TNF REVIEW, WEEK 5 PREVIEW

61

NFL WEEK 4 REVIEW POD

62

TNF REVIEW, RUN PLAY-ACTION DEBATE, WEEK 4 PREVIEW

63

NFL WEEK 3 ADVANCED REVIEWS

64

TNF 49ers-Giants Review, Week 3 Preview, Q&A

65

WEEK 2 NFL REVIEW, Q&A

66

TNF EAGLES-VIKINGS REVIEW, WEEK 2, Q&A

67

MNF Jets-Bill Review, Replacing Rodgers

68

Week 1 Review Pod

69

Solo Pod: Kickoff TNF Review, Q&A

70

Jourdan Rodrigue: The Playcallers

71

Thinking Basketball's Ben Taylor

72

Working in basketball & football analytics: Seth Partnow, Statsbomb

73

Hopkins/Cook Released, Kickoff Rule Change, Subscriber Q&A

74

PGA-LIV Merger, Early Best-Ball Favs, NBA Finals Talk: Davis Mattek

75

"Net Gains" author Ryan O'Hanlon, ESPN

76

OTA News, plus Q&A: Hopkins cut, Rodgers all-in

77

Greatest CFB QBs of the 2000s, Projecting to the NFL: Bill Connelly, ESPN

78

NFL Awards Predictions, Subscriber Q&A

79

Ranking NFL Front Offices w/ Ben Baldwin

80

NFL Schedule Release, Early Offseason Bets, Q&A

81

The State of NFL Front Offices, with Josh Hermsmeyer

82

Judging Executives' Draft Evaluations, Lamar Contract, Q&A

83

Processing the NFL Draft: Hayden Winks, Underdog Fantasy

84

Pod: Analytical Draft Grades

85

Bold NFL draft predictions w/ Pat Kerrane

86

Aaron Rodgers Trade Reaction: Mitigated Disaster for the Jets

87

Wrap-up Pod: Stroud Stumbling, Gambling Suspensions, Lance for sale?

88

NFL Draft Skill Position Rankings: Rich Hribar, Sharp Football Analysis

89

Research recap, Keeping it analytical goes wrong, Q&A

90

Evaluating the 2023 NFL draft process: Mike Renner, PFF

91

NFL Offseason Storylines: Mike Sando, The Athletic

92

NFL Mock Draft Market Update: Benjamin Robinson, Grinding the Mocks

93

Offseason strategy & Rodgers negotiations w/ Eric Eager of Sumer Sports

94

NFL Free Agency: Day 1 Review

95

(Premium) Bears Trade No. 1 Pick Reaction Pod

96

NFL Free Agency: Potential Values and Overpays w/ PFF's Brad Spielberger

97

Lamar Jackson Non-Exclusive Tag Reaction

98

Team Building & Offseason Strategy w/ Jason Fitzgerald of OverTheCap.com

99

Super Bowl Decisions, Offseason Moves w/ Ben Baldwin

100

Subscriber Q&A, NFL Awards, HoF Inductees, Super Bowl Talk

101

Ten Commandments of Super Bowl Prop Betting w/ Matt Freedman, BettingPros

102

Premium: Coaching hires, Brady retires, Lamar contract, Subscriber Q&A

103

Predicting the NFL Draft: Benjamin Robinson, Grinding the Mocks

104

Amazon Prime Vision's Sam Schwartzstein: Super Bowl talk and broadcasting lessons

105

Weekly Wrap-up, Q&A Pod: Reich hire, Herbert truthing, What should the Jets do?

106

Era of the Analytical Front Office? w/ 538's Josh Hermsmeyer

107

Outlook for Eliminated Playoff Teams w/ Eric Eager, Sumer Sports

108

Premium Pod: Weekly Wrap-Up, Subscriber Q&A: Bears No. 1 Pick Reactions, Lamar Tag-&-Trade, Carr to the Jets?

109

No. 1 Pick Discourse, Playoff Preview & Breaking into Analytics w/ Tej Seth and Arjun Menon of Take the Points

110

Premium: Weekly Wrap-Up, Subscriber Q&A: Playoff seeding, Bears drafting a QB, Value of Culture

111

Innovations in Betting, Soccer & Football Analytics: Ted Knutson, StatsBomb

112

How to rank the NFL & Week 16 preview w/ Ed Feng, The Power Rank

113

Celebrating Mike Leach, Introducing the UP Book Club, Q&A

114

NFL analytics O.G. Chase Stuart on the state of the game and what the discourse is missing

115

Jimmy Down, Baker Up, Robinson Out, Plus Listener Q&A

116

Pod Update: I'M NOT LEAVING!

117

Ranking the NFL's Top Analytical Teams w/ ESPN's Seth Walder

118

NFL Week 12 Analytical Review

119

Thanksgiving Day NFL Review

120

MNF Review - Jimmy Haters in Shambles, Zach Wilson Benched?

121

NFL Week 11 Analytical Review

122

TNF Titans-Packers Review, Return of the Run? NFL Week 11 Best Bet

123

Evaluating Some of the NFL's Younger QB Talent W/ The Ringer's Steve Ruiz

124

Bills no longer No. 1? Week 10 Analytical Review

125

TNF Review, Saturday's Analytics Skepticism, Week 10 Best Bets

126

Frank Reich Out, MNF Review

127

Jets for Real, for Real? NFL Week 9 Analytical Review

128

TNF Review, NFL Week 9 Best Bets, Mailbag

129

Trade Deadline Takeaways, Valuations

130

NFL Week 8 Analytical Review

131

TNF Review & Kadarius Toney Trade Analysis

132

Fixing NFL Offenses W/ Sam Schwartzstein, Prime Video Analytics

133

NFL Week 7 Analytical Review

134

CMC Trade Analysis, TNF Review

135

MNF Chargers-Broncos Review, plus More Analytics Talk

136

NFL Week 6 Analytical Review

137

TNF Bears-Commanders Review, Snyder on the ropes, Week 6 Best Bets

138

MNF Chiefs-Raiders Review & TNF Bears-Commanders Preview

139

Week 5 NFL Analytical Review & MNF Preview

140

TNF Broncos-Colts Review & Week 5 Best Bets

141

MNF 49ers-Rams Review & TNF Broncos-Colts Preview

142

Week 4 Analytical Review & Adjusted Scores

143

TNF Bengals-Dolphins Review & Week 4 Best Bets

144

MNF Giants-Cowboys Review & TNF Bengals-Dolphins Preview

145

Week 3 NFL Analytical Review

146

TNF Browns-Steelers Review & Week 3 Best Bets

147

Week 2 MNF Doubleheader Analytics Review

148

NFL Week 2 Advanced Stats & Takeaways

149

TNF Chiefs-Chargers Review

150

MNF Review, 'Explaining Mahomes' Week

151

NFL Week 1 Review

152

Kickoff TNF Rams-Bills Review

153

Russ Contract, Week 1 Best Bets

154

Roster Cutdown Takeaways, Jimmy G is Staying

155

NFL Week 3 Preseason Review and News

156

NFL Preseason Week 2 Review

157

2022 NFL Betting Preview w/ Rob Pizzola

158

Implications of the Deshaun Watson Suspension Settlement

159

Grading Week 1 of the Preseason

160

11 Bold Predictions and Hard Knocks Review

161

2022 NFL Power Rankings; Player Empowerment

162

Dolphins-Brady Fiasco, Training Camp Storylines

163

Training Camp Signal or Noise, Watson Decision

164

Man vs Machine QB Rankings W/ Josh Hermsmeyer

165

Breaking Down the Kyler Murray Extension & Best Offseason Research

166

QB GOAT Countdown 5-1: Manning, Brady, Marino and more

167

QB GOAT Countdown (9th-6th): Rodgers, Young, Montana and others

168

Does Lamar belong in the Top-10, QB GOAT Countdown 20-11

169

Baker Traded, More QB Rankings, QB GOAT Countdown 30-21

170

NFL QB GOAT (40-31) - Jim Kelly, Donovan McNabb, Troy Aikman and others | Unexpected Points | PFF

171

Jon Robinson Sparks Another Tape vs Analytics Debate, Mailbag

172

QB GOAT Countdown 41-50: Cunningham, McNair, Griese & more

173

Is Gronk the GOAT? Tomlin's Wisdom, Watson Update

174

Becoming a Data-Driven League: Michael Lopez, NFL Director of Football Data & Analytics

175

Perfect Coverage, Understanding QB Stats, Stick to Sports

176

Sports Science & the NFL w/ Adam Beard, Former Browns Director of High Performance

177

NFL's Most Powerful Person, Rams Dunk on Cap Nerds, & NFL Ownership Leveling Up

178

Blasphemous NFL Takes w/ 538's Josh Hermsmeyer

179

Tight End Contract Disputes, Fitzmagic Retires, More Watson Drama

180

Ron Yurko on the NFL Tracking Data Revolution

181

Njoku Extension, Browns Going All-In, Stat Misuse & Mailbag

182

Sean Clement, former Ravens and Dolphins R&D analyst

183

Haters Ball: QB Rankings, Rest Advantage, & Front Office Facetime

184

NFL Team Tiers & Week 1 Schedule

185

Best Awards Bets (OROY, DROY, DPOY, MVP) & Mailbag

186

NFL Front Office Rankings: Best, Worst and Most Overrated

187

Post-NFL Draft Wide Receiver and Running Back Fantasy Rankings

188

2022 NFL Draft Analytical Winners and Losers

189

2022 NFL Draft First-Round Analytical Review

190

Aidan Hutchinson Falling, Evaluating the Draft Evaluators, & Mailbag

191

Predicting the 2022 NFL Draft

192

Judging Extensions for Denzel Ward, Derek Carr and Stefon Diggs

193

2022 Wide Receiver Prospect Rankings

194

2022 NFL Draft Strategy

195

Analytical 2022 Draft Quarterback Rankings

196

Crazy Wide Receiver Trade Market, Free Agency Roundup

197

Digesting the New NFL Overtime Rules, How to Build a Data-Driven League

198

The Uncomfortable Deshaun Watson Press Conference

199

Tyreek Hill to the Dolphins, Diagnosing the Chiefs, Remaining QB trades

200

The Costs and Impacts of the Davante Adams and Deshaun Watson Trades

201

Lessons of Free Agency, Potential Fallout of the Deshaun Watson Decision

202

Brady is Back, Cousins is Staying, Deshaun Watson talk

203

Russell Wilson a Win-Win Trade, Rodgers Stays, How the Rest of the QB Carousel Plays Out

204

Analytical Winners and Losers of the 2022 NFL Combine

205

What NFL Combine Results Really Matter; Why Treylon Burks & Breece Hall are the WR1/RB1

206

Is Aaron Rodgers is too conservative when it counts? Kevin O'Connell saying the right things

207

Can Mike McDaniel make Tua the answer for the Miami Dolphins?

208

Rams Win it All, Stafford Hall of Fame?

209

Is Burrow Already Elite? Super Bowl Preview and Coaching Hires

210

Brady the GOAT Retires; The NFL's Broken Hiring Process

211

Bengals Shock the World, Stafford To The Super Bowl

212

The Analytics GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Coaching/GM Hiring Cycle

213

Bills/Chiefs the Greatest Game Ever? Divisional Round Reviews

214

Should the Seahawks trade Russ? Divisional Previews

215

Rams Roll, Bills Blast, Wild Card Round Review

216

Solving the Vikings Offseason, Wild Card Previews & Best Bets

217

Staley's Decisions, 49ers Contenders, Colts Out, NFL Week 18 Review

218

Browns and Baker Navigating Transition, NFL Hiring Mistakes & Week 18 Best Bets

219

Bengals Roaring into the Playoffs, NFL Week 17 Review

220

Bucs Still No. 1, NFL Power Rankings, Week 17 Best Bets

221

Chiefs are (again) the Super Bowl Favorites, MNF & Week 16 Review

222

Non-QB MVP: Jonathan Taylor or Cooper Kupp, TNF Review, Week 16 Best Bets

223

Packers & Rodgers Flying High, NFL Week 15 & MNF Review

224

Chiefs Keep the Crown, TNF Chiefs-Chargers Review, Week 15 Best Bets

225

Rams Prove They're in the Elite, MNF & Week 14 Review

226

TNF Review Vikings-Steelers, Belichick Brilliance, Week 14 Best Bets

227

MNF Patriots-Bills & NFL Week 13 Review

228

NFL TNF Review Cowboys-Saints, Why Coaches Love the Run, Week 13 Best Bets

229

NFL Week 12 Review, Russ Cooked, Pats March On

230

Thanksgiving NFL Reviews, Week 12 Best Bets

231

NFL Week 11 Review, Brady MVP, Bills and Titans Flop

232

TNF Patriots-Falcons Review; Week 11 Best Bets

233

NFL Week 10 Review, Rams in trouble, Chiefs back, & Patriots Contending

234

TNF Ravens-Dolphins Review, Week 10 Best Bets, Cam and OBJ Impact

235

NFL Week 9 Review, Titans Rolling, Bills Falter, Successful Best Bets

236

Odell Beckham Out, Aaron Rodgers Caught, NFL Week 9 Previews and Best Bets

237

NFL Week 8 Review, Chiefs offense on my radar, Bucs still the best team

238

TNF Packers-Cardinals Review, NFL Week 8 Best Bets

239

NFL Week 7 Review, Bengals Roar, Justin Fields Apologists On Notice

240

Browns-Broncos Review and Week 7 Best Bets

241

NFL Week 6 Review, Derrick Henry domination, Cardinals flying high

242

Bucs-Eagles Review, Week 6 Best Bets and Previews

243

Week 5 Review: Best Bet Results, Bills the New AFC Kings, & Brady Defies Aging

244

Seahawks-Rams Analytical Review, Week 5 Best Bets and Previews

245

Week 4 NFL Review: Kyler MVP & Chiefs back on track

246

Week 4 Preview: Best Bets, Advanced Stats and Trends

247

NFL Week 3 Review: Chiefs in trouble? Ravens disjointed? Carr Underrated?

248

TNF Panthers-Texans Grade/Stats Review, Week 3 Previews

249

Week 2 Review, Chiefs-Ravens Grading Breakdown, QB Rankings

250

TNF Washington Football Team-New York Giants Analytical Review; Week 2 Stats and Trends to Monitor

251

Chiefs-Browns analytics review, Why the Patriots are undervalued

252

Bucs-Cowboys: Not as close as the score, Week 1 Sun/Mon preview

253

Bucs-Cowboys TNF Preview, Galaxy Brain Idea to Break the NFL

254

Future is now for Mac Jones, Urban Meyer's Overdue Cancellation, Game Management Review

255

JJ Zachariason's 15 Bold Fantasy Football Predictions

256

Ryan Paganetti, Former Eagles Game Management and Asst Linebackers Coach

257

Running Backs Matter, Bifurcated QB Extension Market, Undervalued Fantasy WRs

258

What to do about Wentz, Does Nick Chubb Matter and Fantasy RB Targets

259

Kevin Meers, Football Strategy Fellow at Zelus Analytics, former Browns Director of Research

260

Benefits of Early QB Extensions (Baker, Lamar, Josh), Rodgers Drama, Perspective on Darrell Henderson

261

Matthew Stafford Overrated; Regret Aversion

262

Processing the Process: How the Browns (and Dolphins) went from cautionary tale to contender

263

Bill Belichick's Last Hurrah

264

NFL is getting smarter on situational aggressiveness

265

Inside an NFL Front Office: David Giuliani, Browns Director of Strategy & Research

266

Analytical Quarterback Rankings

267

Best (and Worst) NFL Front Offices

268

Russell Wilson: Underrated MVP Candidate

269

Dan Campbell is Canceled

270

Aaron Rodgers Has No Leverage

271

Draft Winners & Losers

272

NFL Draft Prop Time

273

2021 NFL draft QB breakdown

274

Rookie Wide Receiver Rankings

275

Darnold trade and rookie running back rankings

276

The best and worst of free agency

277

Free agent impact

278

Dak Pre$cott hits the jackpot

279

Russ-Seahawks marriage on the rocks

280

Is Carson Wentz the answer?

281

2021 WR Free Agent Class

282

Super Bowl review and QB carousel

283

Super Bowl Prop Talk

284

Conference Championship review & buyer beware on Matthew Stafford

285

Deshaun Watson trade talk and the future of the Texans

286

Benjamin Solak, The Draft Network

287

FIVETHIRTYEIGHT’s Josh Hermsmeyer

288

Seth Keysor, Chiefs Analyst for The Athletic

289

Over the Cap Founder Jason Fitzgerald

290

Arif Hasan, The Athletic

291

Sheil Kapadia, The Athletic

292

Buffalo Bills Reporter Marcel Louis-Jacques

293

Michael Leone, Establish the Run

294

Evan Silva, Establish the Run

295

Film Analyst & Football Writer Jake Burns

296

Interview with Professional bettor Rob Pizzola

297

Interview with the Athletic's Ben Baldwin

298

Michael Lopez, the NFL's Director of Football Data and Analytics On How the NFL is Using Current Trends and Data

299

Matthew Freedman of FantasyLabs Talks Prop Betting

300

ESPN's Mina Kimes Hands Out Quarter Season Awards + NFL News

301

Josh Hermsmeyer from FiveThirtyEight Talks Air Yards + AFC & NFC Super Bowl Contenders

302

Rufus Peabody of Massey-Peabody Analytics and Bet the Process Podcast Talks Gambling and NFL Week 3 Action

303

Week 1 Review + Aaron Donald Slander with ESPN's Seth Walder

304

DFS Strategy + Early Season Outlook with Establish the Run's, Adam Levitan

305

Coverage vs. Pass Rush + 2020 NFL QB rankings with For the Win & USA Today's, Steven Ruiz

306

Bold Predictions for the 2020 NFL Season with JJ Zachariason