The REAL THING Patriots Podcast

Another insight-packed show in our college football preview series, this time as we head to the Midwest, home of the 2014 national champion Ohio State Buckeyes.  Matt Chatham welcomes former Nebraska Cornhusker and 8-year NFL linebacker Jay Foreman to the show to discuss the upcoming B1G season.  Matt & Jay start with a discussion of how the favorited Buckeyes can repeat.  The guys also dive into why Michigan State is always overlooked nationally, who the conference sleepers might be in 2015, the many questions of three big-time programs changing coaches (Michigan, Nebraska & Wisconsin), and how the B1G champion will fair in the college football playoff... 

Brady Quinn and Matt Chatham dive into the upcoming PAC 12 season, with former USC Trojan QB Matt Leinart in as our special guest.  We take a look at the remarkable turn of fortune for a USC program entering the season as conference favorites, climbing out from past scholarship sanctions.  The guys also discuss how the Oregon Ducks moves on after the graduation of a legend like Marcus Mariota, and what schools may suprise people as sleepers to make some noise in the conference.   

We begin our 2015 college football preview series of the Power Five conferences by looking at the Big 12.  FBF writers and former NFL players Brady Quinn (Notre Dame), Ben Leber (Kansas State), and Matt Chatham (South Dakota) take an in-depth look at the upcoming Big 12 football season.  Quinn (Fox Sports color analyst for the Big 12 & Pac 12) and Leber (Fox Sports color analyst for the Big 12 and Conference USA), fresh off their visit to Big 12 Media Days in Dallas, recap the conference media event.  The group then discusses favorites, sleeper picks, question marks, and return-to-glory possibilities for Big 12 blue-bloods like Texas and Oklahoma.

How can the NFL make its on-field product live up to its potential?...without all the senseless interruptions, rules confusions, and ticky-tack nonsense.  Former NFL linebackers Matt Chatham and Rocky Boiman join former offensive lineman Grey Ruegamer as they walk through the on-field rule changes that Roger Goodell and the league made this offseason.  The guys then dive into all those aspects of the game that the league didn't address that we will all be complaining about once again in a couple short months.  Illegal contact, touchbacks, and much more on another insight-packed edition of the FBF podcast!

An offseason prediction show on FBF?  Say it ain't so!  More like some football insight on which to build your optimism...yeah, that's the ticket!  Former NFL players Matt Chatham, Brady Quinn and Brady Poppinga discuss the offensive and defensive players they expect to "get back on track" in 2015 after a down year in 2014.  The three footballbyfootball.com writers pick the teams that they expect to show significant improvement in the upcoming NFL season.  A 2015 NFL Bounceback Show...only on the FBF Podcast! 

Former NFL players Brady Quinn, Brady Poppinga and Matt Chatham take you inside the one part of the NFL offseason where the cameras rarely go: the NFL Organized Team Activity.  What's the progress of that shiny new free agent your team signed?  Or that prized new draft pick that your team just selected?  The guys discuss all the insider details of what the NFL OTA entails- from what the players are working on, how it differs from other aspects of the NFL offseason, and what exactly your favorite team is likely up to during this part of the NFL calendar...

Sports Illustrated legal anaylst Michael McCann and former NFL linebacker & NFLPA representative Ben Leber join Matt Chatham to dive into the details of the NFL appeals process, as well as any additional legal avenues available to Tom Brady and his legal team.  Excellent NFLPA insight from Ben shedding light on how players got to the uncomfortable place they're in now regarding disputes with the league, as well as terrific info from Michael on the probable legal tactics for Brady in his attempt to exonerate himself and turn the focus on a league that forgot what "integrity" means.  

Former NFL players Matt Chatham, Brady Poppinga and Brady Quinn tackle the most recent in a long string of messes created by the NFL, exploring the real implications of this that will affect all players and teams around the league. 

Former NFL players Matt Chatham, Rocky Boiman, and Derek Rackley take a look back at the 2015 NFL Draft and consider what players landed in the perfect home for their abilities...and what players look like an odd fit for their new team. 

Insight-packed show with three NFL veterans discuss their vastly different experiences on (and after) the NFL Draft.  Former quarterback Brady Quinn (the 1st rounder) and linebackers Brady Poppinga (the mid-rounder) and Matt Chatham (the undrafted free agent) dive into all the drama a player faces both on draft day, and in the days when the job really starts after the draft. 

How a college football player will adjust to the pros playing a position (or in a scheme) that he doen't have experience in is one of the most difficult projections in the NFL Draft process.  Former NFL players Matt Chatham, Grey Ruegamer and Rocky Boiman share their firsthand insights on the real challenges of changing posiitons in the NFL - both from college to the pros, and moving from scheme to scheme in the league.  

This kickoff episode of the Football By Football podcast features three former NFL football players - linebackers Matt Chatham and Brady Poppinga, and quarterback Brady Quinn - in a players-only discussion of why they played this particular sport and what makes it so great.  The guys discuss sound bites from football classics like "North Dallas Forty" and "Any Given Sunday," as well as clips from a K2 climbing documentary and JK Rowling in a broad roundtable on the appropriateness of danger in the game and chosing not to live cautiously. This is an insight-packed show that sets the table for why we started footballbyfootball.com.  Enjoy!