Check the Mic with Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson

Nate Tice joins Steve Palazzolo to map where the NFL is actually heading: lighter, smarter defenses that have decided to dare you to throw short, and the offenses trying to punch back over the top. They get into why post-snap disguise replaced Belichick man coverage, whether the "copycat league" label holds up, the real value of a blocking tight end, the tempo counter nobody's running yet, and the decade's biggest question: how Mahomes, Allen and Lamar age once the legs go. Plus a hard look at late-career Aaron Rodgers, why Nate buys quarterbacks at their lowest, a full Arch Manning scouting report, and the case that CJ Stroud is back.

00:00 Intro

02:59 Why NFL defenses are better than they've ever been

06:14 Less Belichick man, more Fangio: how we got here

13:24 The copycat league, blocking TEs and 13 personnel

28:00 Where the NFL goes in 2026: attack over the top

33:02 Tempo, and who holds the pen last

44:10 Why elite QBs are impossible to predict

50:00 How Mahomes, Allen and Lamar age

01:01:52 The Aaron Rodgers reckoning

01:11:09 Buying quarterbacks at their worst

01:21:19 The Arch Manning scouting report

01:30:14 Is CJ Stroud back?

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Steve & Sam break down the BEST NFL player at every position.

00:00 Intro
5:05 QB
28:48 RB
38:00 WR
50:05 TE
54:39 Sponsor: FanDuel
55:20 OT
1:02:55 G
1:06:10 C
1:08:40 EDGE
1:16:00 DT
1:25:00 NT
1:28:00 LB
1:31:50 CB
1:37:20 Slot Corner
1:41:40 Safety
1:46:23 Special Teams

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Steve & Sam talk through their offseason grades for all 32 NFL teams.

00:00 Sam is a U.S. Citizen

10:23 Philadelphia Eagles

16:30 Dallas Cowboys

22:04 Washington Commanders

26:00 New York Giants

31:20 Chicago Bears

36:00 Green Bay Packers

42:43 Minnesota Vikings

47:10 Detroit Lions

51:00 Carolina Panthers

53:44 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

57:40 Atlanta Falcons

1:04:23 New Orleans Saints

1:06:55 Seattle Seahawks

1:12:30 Los Angeles Rams

1:22:50 San Francisco 49ers

1:26:20 Arizona Cardinals

1:30:37 Sponsor: FanDuel

1:34:02 Buffalo Bills

1:39:14 New England Patriots

1:42:40 Miami Dolphins

1:47:00 New York Jets

1:50:20 Pittsburgh Steelers

1:56:00 Baltimore Ravens

2:02:35 Cincinnati Bengals

2:07:35 Cleveland Browns

2:11:45 Jacksonville Jaguars

2:16:50 Houston Texans

2:24:50 Tennessee Titans

2:27:38 Denver Broncos

2:31:10 Kansas City Chiefs

2:34:50 Los Angeles Chargers

2:39:08 Las Vegas Raiders

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Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson discuss the best players they saw at PFF.

00:00 PFF History
18:00 Justin Smith
25:00 Aaron Donald
28:00 JJ Watt
31:00 Darrell Revis
37:30 Evan Mathis
41:25 Chip Kelly story
48:30 Chris myers
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52:55 Jim Kleinsasser
1:01:00 Marcel Reece
1:03:30 Damon Harrison
1:09:40 Favorite Players to Grade
1:11:10 Richard Sherman
1:12:57 Chris Harris
1:13:44 Casey Hayward
1:15:30 Joe Thomas
1:19:00 Running Backs
1:20:35 College Football
1:22:30 Rest of Players
1:47:23 Madden Story
1:55:30 Jeffrey Simmons

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Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson discuss the latest NFL minicamp news and predict what will happen with Brendan Sorsby applying to enter the supplemental NFL Draft.

00:00 - Start of Show

1:00 - Brendan Sorsby applying to supplemental draft

16:29 - How supplemental draft works

23:00 - Brendan Sorsby the draft prospect

40:22 - Teams that should consider Sorsby

53:32 - Every Goal Pays on FanDuel.com

56:30 - Sam hates James Corden + more soccer talk

58:58 - George Pickens okay with franchise tag?

1:05:23 - Deshaun Watson really QB1?

1:11:00 - Vikings have "real" QB battle?

1:17:40 - Buccaneers not worried about Vita Vea holding in?

1:28:00 - Fernando Mendoza already "a ton better"?

1:29:39 - Bo Nix "good as new" & Broncos analysis

1:31:00 - Robert Saleh not concerned about Cam Ward's accuracy?

1:36:50 - Carnell Tate picking things up incredibly quickly?

1:38:40 - James Pearce Jr.... back?

1:40:58 - Joe Burrow listening to us???

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