Alex recaps Super Bowl LVII as the Kansas City Chiefs win their second Lombardi in four years, and third as a franchise, by beating the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in State Farm Stadium. All of the big moments from the game are discussed, including the quality of the turf, the Eagles building their first half lead, the comeback from the Chiefs, and that controversial holding call. There's a look at how the Kelce brothers handled the game, what the two teams look like going forward, and discussion ...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 18
Alex looks back at the Conference Championship round of the playoffs as the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles book their places in Super Bowl 57, the former using an unnecessary roughness call to kick a game winning field goal, and the latter see an injury to Brock Purdy make their game a cake-walk. Also on the pod, coaching hires start, Tom Brady retires ... again, and a preview of the Super Bowl alongside some not great singing. Music: Hard Sell Hotel by Shane Ivers - https://www.silv...
Feb 01, 2023•50 min•Season 4Ep. 17
On the 100th episode of The NFL Blitz: two turnovers in three plays stop a potential Jaguars upset as the Chiefs make their fifth straight championship game, the Giants see their great season end in a blowout loss to the Eagles, the Bengals dominate against the Buffalo Bills and clock management is once again an issue for the Cowboys in a big win for Brock Purdy and the 49ers. Alex also looks ahead to the Conference Championship Round as the Bengals and Chiefs meet once again, and the Eagles and...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 16
Alex goes through all games from the Wild Card round of the Playoffs: the 49ers struggle in the first half against the Seahawks before taking off in the second, the Chargers blow a 27-0 lead to lose to the Jaguars, Miami almost cause one of the greatest upsets of all time as they keep it close (but lose) to the Buffalo Bills, the New York Giants thrill Alex in a big playoff win over the Vikings, the Bengals edge the Ravens and the Cowboys demolish the Buccaneers. Also on the pod: discussions abo...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Alex looks back at the season for all the sides who missed the playoffs, including the good, the bad, and the Jeff Saturday. There's praise for the Lions as they entertain, the Steelers as they avoid a losing record again, and the Falcons who might quietly be moving in the right direction, meanwhile: there's scorn for the Colts, the Patriots, and the Broncos: 03:56 - Detroit Lions 08:37 - Pittsburgh Steelers 13:06 - Washington Commanders 16:51 - Green Bay Packers 23:36 - New England Patriots 28:...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 14
The regular season draws to a close on The NFL Blitz: the Kansas City Chiefs secure the one seed with a win over the Raiders, the Jags use their defence to beat the Titans and claim the AFC South, whilst the Dolphins claim the final AFC Wild Card spot after an uninspiring win over the Jets. In the NFC, the Seahawks get help from the Lions to claim the final Wild Card spot whilst the Eagles wrap up the one seed after a win against the Giants' third team. Also on the pod: the Chiefs spin around a ...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 13
UPDATED 6 January In Week 17's NFL Blitz: the New York Giants make the playoffs for the first time since 2016 after demolishing the Indianapolis Colts 38-10, Brock Purdy and the 49ers make hard work of the Las Vegas Raiders but win 37-34, and the Packers keep their playoff hopes alive after demolishing the Vikings 41-17. Also on the pod: the Jets season comes to an end after a 23-6 loss to the Seahawks, the Buccaneers secure the NFC South, and the Eagles show the value of Jalen Hurts as they los...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Week 15 of the NFL was a bit weird and very entertaining: the Minnesota Vikings complete the biggest comeback in NFL history by beating the Indianapolis Colts after being 33-0 down, the Patriots have one of the dumbest plays of all time as they lose to the Las Vegas Raiders as time expires, and the Bills edge a narrow game against the Dolphins. Also on the pod: the Chiefs struggle but win against the Texans, the Jaguars stun the Cowboys with a walk-off pick six and the Broncos win an actual game...
Dec 21, 2022•57 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Alex looks back at Week 14 of the NFL season: Baker Mayfield only needs two days to take the Rams to victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, Brock Purdy demolishes Tom Brady as the 49ers beat the Buccaneers 35-7, and the Tennessee Titans collapse as the Jacksonville Jaguars take a huge 36-22 victory in the race for the AFC South. Elsewhere: the Lions continue to entertain as they beat the Vikings, the Cowboys keep it a bit too close against the Texans, the Panthers shock the Seahawks to dent their p...
Dec 14, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 10
On Week 13's NFL Blitz: Brock Purdy becomes everyone's favourite player after coming in to lead the 49ers to victory over the Dolphins, Tom Brady puts a bad game behind him to lead two late touchdown drives and get a comeback win against the Saints, and AJ Brown takes revenge as the Eagles demolish the Titans. Also on the pod: Connor Heyward gets his first touchdown in a fitting location, the Seahawks fans drown out the Rams whilst their team do the same on the field, and Russell Wilson's Denver...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 9
On Week 12's edition of the NFL Blitz: the Bills and Lions play out a Thanksgiving classic, Mike White once again turns into the best QB in the NFL against the Bears, and Josh Jacobs runs for all the yards as the Raiders beat the Seahawks in overtime. The Eagles run game also runs form all the yards in a 40-33 win over the Packers, the Cardinals choke in the 4th quarter against the Chargers, and the Dolphins only need to bother for one half against the Texans. Also on the pod: the Jaguars put on...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Alex looks back at Week 11 of the NFL season: Mahomes wins the latest battle against Justin Herbert 30-27, the Cowboys stun the Vikings in a 40-3 win, and the 49ers win the final international game of the season in a boring 38-10 win over the Cardinals. The Browns and Bills are both the away side as the game is relocated to Detroit whilst Nick Sirianni avenges his former boss Frank Reich as he beats the Colts (... just). Also on the pod: the Raiders and Broncos play a weird game, the Patriots us...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 7
On Week 10's episode of the NFL Blitz: the NFL goes to Germany for the first time as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a comfortable experience against the Seattle Seahawks in Munich. The Minnesota Vikings overcome the Buffalo Bills in a 33-30 overtime win and the Packers and Cowboys also play out a classic with a surprise 31-28 win for Green Bay after overtime. The last undefeated record in the NFL falls as the Commanders get a shock win over the Eagles, Jeff Saturday picks up his first win as the ...
Nov 16, 2022•51 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Alex looks back at Week 5 of the NFL season, the London game sees Saquon Barkley and the Giants unexpectedly rise to 4-1 after beating the Green Bay Packers, Justin Tucker scores an ultra precise field goal as the Ravens overcome a Bengals side that are yet to get going this season, and the New England Patriots prove that Alex doesn't know what games will be close as they demolish the Detroit Lions 29-0. The Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints play out a 71 point classic whilst the Texans ac...
Oct 12, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Alex looks back at week four of the NFL season: Tua's second concussion sparks outrage about the NFL's protocol and what needs to be done next, the Philadelphia Eagles are the last team standing in the undefeated record stakes after beating former head coach Doug Pederson and the Jags, and the Ravens collapse for a second straight week as the Bills recover in spite of the conditions to go 3-1. Also on the pod: the Steelers finally bench Mitch as Pickett doesn't throw an incompletion, the Detroit...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Alex looks back at week 3 of the NFL season: the Miami Dolphins stun the NFL to beat the Buffalo Bills and move to 3-0, they're joined by the Philadelphia Eagles as they destroy their former quarterback Carson Wentz and the Washington Commanders. The Indianapolis Colts also set out to prove the NFL doesn't make any sense by defeating the Kansas City Chiefs, whilst the Jacksonville Jaguars move to 2-1 after defeating a hobbled Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers. Also on the pod: the Bill...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Alex looks back at week two of the 2022 NFL season: the Miami Dolphins do the impossible in coming back from 21 points down in the fourth to win against the Ravens, whilst the Jets do the even more impossible by coming back from 13 points down with 1:55 remaining the beat the Cleveland Browns. The New York Giants go to 2-0 under Brian Daboll with a win over the Panthers, the Bills demolish the Titans 41-7, and the Colts suffer another humiliating defeat to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Also on the p...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Alex looks back at week one of a brand new NFL season: the Buffalo Bills live up to their preseason hype with a big 31-10 win over the Los Angeles Rams, the Bengals seemingly have refused to sort out their o-line again as they fell to a Mitch Trubisky led Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Packers continue their annual week one disappearance with a poor performance against the Minnesota Vikings. The Chargers defence leads LA to a win over Vegas, Saquon Barkely's career day leads Brian Daboll's Giants ...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Alex looks back at Super Bowl LVI as the Los Angeles Rams won their second Super Bowl, first since 2000; in a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, in their own stadium. Included are all the key moments from the game: including Odell Beckham's fantastic start, the Bengals fantastic start to the second half, and the fantastic final drive from Stafford and Kupp. Also on the pod: Halftime Show commentary from the least rap person in the universe, end of season awards, and a look back at prediction...
Feb 11, 2022•55 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Alex reviews the games from the Conference Championship Round as the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams make the Super Bowl after beating the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers respectively. The Chiefs blow a 21-3 against Cincy to lose in what could be a very damaging game for Kansas' chances of a dynasty. The 49ers do what they do best in blowing a 10 point lead in the 4th quarter to lose to the Rams. Also on the pod: new head coaches, a lawsuit related to said head coaches and a p...
Feb 05, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Alex reviews the Divisional Round of the playoffs as arguably the best weekend of football we've ever seen, the Cincinnati Bengals shocked the one seed as the Tennessee Titans ask if Tannehill is the answer, the Green Bay Packers lose to the 49ers in what might be Aaron Rodgers' last game in the green and gold. The Rams almost suffer a collapse from 27-3 down against Tom Brady and Tampa, before being saved by Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp and Matt Gay, and the Chiefs beat the Bills in a 42-36 cl...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Alex looks back to the Wild Card Round of the 2021 Playoffs: the Bengals win their first playoff game since Nirvana's Nevermind album was new, the 49ers and Cowboys play out one of the best playoff games ever seen as Dak Prescott makes a dumb decision that even the Nickelodeon viewers would have known was terrible, whilst the Bills, Chiefs, Buccaneers and Rams coast to easy victories. Also on the pod: the erroneous whistle that the NFL claims didn't exist, something very Buffalo being thrown ont...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 21
The last week of the NFL regular season surprised in many ways. Alex goes through all the games as the Colts managed to lose to the Jaguars to choke away their playoff spot, a spot claimed by the Steelers after their overtime win in Baltimore, coupled with the Chargers not being able to hold on for a tie, giving Big Ben at least one more game. In the NFC, the 49ers claimed their place in the playoffs with a game sealing overtime interception and Detroit have fun in beating the Packers, even with...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 47 min•Season 3Ep. 20
In the first episode of 2022, Alex goes through all games from Week 17 of the NFL season, including Tennessee somehow going into the 1 seed in the AFC, the Chiefs forgetting how to defence and Ben Roethlisberger winning what might be his last game at Heinz Field. There's a look ahead to the first ever Week 18 with 3 playoff spots on the line. Also on the pod, the second helmet catch, how the crowd respond to a referee and that thing that happened in the Buccaneers Jets game. This episode is dedi...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Alex goes through all games from Week 16 of the season, including the Chargers being stone cold against franchise QB Davis Mills and the Houston Texans, Baker Mayfield's four turnovers against the Packers costing the Browns and Joe Burrow throwing for all the yards against a Baltimore Ravens side led by Josh Johnson. Also on the pod, the Lions going for a fake punt on 4th & 6, the number of o-linemen that scored and more of Alex's 'Jonathan Taylor for MVP' agenda. This episode is dedicated t...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Alex looks back at the games from Week 15 of the NFL season, including the Chiefs getting an overtime win against the Chargers to give them sole control of the 1 seed in the AFC, the Buccaneers being shut out against the New Orleans Saints and the Ravens sparking debate on social media by losing on another two-point play, this time against the Packers. Also on the podcast, why standing on the logo is still a bad idea, the Lions win against the Cardinals putting Alex back in Camp Campbell and wha...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Alex goes through a Week 14 that will be remembered equally for off and on the field antics. Two games surprisingly went to overtime, with the Buccaneers and 49ers beating the Bills and Bengals, Tyler Huntley ran around but couldn't run his way to victory against the Browns after an injury to Lamar Jackson, and the Cardinals fall to a Rams side that once again look promising. Also on the pod, Urban Meyer is awful, the Lions are injured and the great way in which Bills Mafia managed to contribute...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Alex looks back on Week 13 of the NFL season as the Lions get their first win in nearly a year against the Vikings, the Ravens' good idea ends in a bad way against the Steelers and Kyler and DeAndre pick up where they left off for Arizona, even if James Conner was the star of the show. Also on the pod, the return of Gardiner Minshew and Gardiner Minshew's moustache, the weird back and fourth game between the Bengals and the Chargers and how the Patriots humiliated the Bills by throwing the ball ...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Alex goes through Week 12 of the NFL season, including a Thanksgiving with one game to be thankful for and two games to forget, including the moment in the Bears @ Lions game where both sides didn't want the ball. Week 12's weekend games saw the Bengals blow out the Steelers, the Patriots blow out the Titans and the Rams forget how to do anything competently. Also on the podcast, running it up the middle, Deebo Samuel's impressive achievement and Jaylen Waddle's waddle celebration. Music: Hard S...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Alex looks back on Week 11 of the NFL season as Jonathan Taylor launches himself into the MVP conversation with a dominant performance against the Buffalo Bills, the Tennessee Titans keep up their record of losing to truly bad teams in a defeat to the Houston Texans, and Tyler Huntley leads one of the best drives of the week to help the Ravens beat the Bears and put further pressure on Matt Nagy. Also on the podcast, the Steelers nearly comeback against the Chargers, Colt McCoy once again beats ...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 13
