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CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SB NATION NFL SHOW:Subscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe on SpotifyThe SB Nation NFL Show brings together the greatest fan-alysts from across SB Nation's NFL team communities in one place for the first time ever. Expect deep analysis, irreverent jokes, and plenty of bickering between rivals. It's a show for NFL fans, by NFL fans. Monday - Monday Football Monday (RJ Ochoa, Pete Sweeney, Michael Kist)Tuesday - Off Day Debrief (Brandon Lee Gowton, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Wednesday - Palpably Unfair Podcast (Kyle Posey, Michael Kist)Thursday - The Look Ahead (RJ Ochoa, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Friday - Football Cheat Sheet (Michael Kist, Jeanna Thomas Kelly, Kate Magdziuk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SB NATION NFL SHOW:Subscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe on SpotifyThe SB Nation NFL Show brings together the greatest fan-alysts from across SB Nation's NFL team communities in one place for the first time ever. Expect deep analysis, irreverent jokes, and plenty of bickering between rivals. It's a show for NFL fans, by NFL fans. Monday - Monday Football Monday (RJ Ochoa, Pete Sweeney, Michael Kist)Tuesday - Off Day Debrief (Brandon Lee Gowton, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Wednesday - Palpably Unfair Podcast (Kyle Posey, Michael Kist)Thursday - The Look Ahead (RJ Ochoa, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Friday - Football Cheat Sheet (Michael Kist, Jeanna Thomas Kelly, Kate Magdziuk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#99. Navy and battle red. Iconic. This number, these jerseys, strewn across the city of Houston for the last ten years will eventually find its way sealed in Canton. Buzzed head. Dead stern look. Eventually sculpted in bronze. J.J. Watt. An all-time great, the greatest player in Texans franchise history, and one of the greatest, if not the greatest defensive linemen to every play the game. 20.5 sacks twice. 50 plus quarterback hits multiple times. Making fumble recoveries a skill. Showcasing the value of batting passes down at the line of scrimmage. THE CLUB. The broken nose gushing after every series. An entire leg bruised purple. Torn pectoral. Back surgery. Broken leg. He gave it all to the franchise, this fanbase, and now after ten years, it’s all gone away. Dream big. Work hard. Success isn’t owned, it’s leased, and rent is due everyday. The Texans released J.J. Watt to create $15.5 million in cap space. A decade, an entire era, has come to a close.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and Diehard Chris dream big and work hard and pay the rent by discussing the Texans decision to release J.J. Watt, and the end of an era of Houston Texans football. Topics include: why releasing J.J. was stupid, what this means for the Texans going forward, the night he was drafted, his absurd 2012 and 2014 seasons, our favorite memories, where he may land and where we want him to play, the bottom that doesn’t exist, and of course, your beautiful and perfect listener questions.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SB NATION NFL SHOW:Subscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe on SpotifyThe SB Nation NFL Show brings together the greatest fan-alysts from across SB Nation's NFL team communities in one place for the first time ever. Expect deep analysis, irreverent jokes, and plenty of bickering between rivals. It's a show for NFL fans, by NFL fans. Monday - Monday Football Monday (RJ Ochoa, Pete Sweeney, Michael Kist)Tuesday - Off Day Debrief (Brandon Lee Gowton, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Wednesday - Palpably Unfair Podcast (Kyle Posey, Michael Kist)Thursday - The Look Ahead (RJ Ochoa, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Friday - Football Cheat Sheet (Michael Kist, Jeanna Thomas Kelly, Kate Magdziuk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like dust on the blades of the ceiling fan, ashes in the urn, beans rotting in tupperware, the love in your heart, the 2020 NFL season is over and done with. Culmination is complete. The END is not only here, but it has already passed. Tom Brady won his seventh. The Bucs are champions. The keg has been sucked dry.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and his good friend Taylor review Super Bowl LV. Topics include: Kansas City’s inept offensive game plan, how much of an affect Tampa Bay’s pass rush really had, the Chiefs uncharacteristic offensive mistakes, Chris Jones becoming Kony Ealy, the TB 12 method, a look back on the predictions that were made, handing out awards, and, of course, your beautiful listener questions.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BIGGEST BIG game is here. Tom Brady trying to complete the Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes trinity. Patrick Mahomes attempting to take out the GOAT, so that when he has enough titles to be in the same consideration, he'll have this one hanging over Tom. Pirate ship swash buckling. Six feet apart on the couch. Kombucha drinking and fajita cooking. It's Super Bowl time.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and his good friend Taylor preview Super Bowl LV. Topics include: green ketchup, MK Ultra and The Weekend, the Chiefs injured and scrappy offensive line, yeah JPP, abandoning all hope of covering Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce, Tom Brady's problems against the big blitz, Leonard The Hunter, legacy implications, and of course, Super Bowl prop bets.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SB NATION NFL SHOW:Subscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe on SpotifyThe SB Nation NFL Show brings together the greatest fan-alysts from across SB Nation's NFL team communities in one place for the first time ever. Expect deep analysis, irreverent jokes, and plenty of bickering between rivals. It's a show for NFL fans, by NFL fans. Monday - Monday Football Monday (RJ Ochoa, Pete Sweeney, Michael Kist)Tuesday - Off Day Debrief (Brandon Lee Gowton, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Wednesday - Palpably Unfair Podcast (Kyle Posey, Michael Kist)Thursday - The Look Ahead (RJ Ochoa, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Friday - Football Cheat Sheet (Michael Kist, Jeanna Thomas Kelly, Kate Magdziuk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm starting to stink. My body reeks. Arm pits ovulating and spreading their sweaty seeds. Crust and grime latching to polyester. Bright and blue Buffalo is turning green. MY Josh Allen became OUR Josh Allen. The jersey is starting to revolt, molt, and grow mold. One more week became two weeks. A win this week makes it two more. Let's go.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and his good friend Taylor preview the Conference Championships of the 2020 NFL season. Topics include: grading the head coach hires, the COWARD of the week, saying goodbye to Drew Brees, what we learned last week, Josh Allen v. Patrick Mahomes, why Kansas City's defense had success against Buffalo earlier this year, Allen's deep pass problems, the BAYS, Tampa Bay and Green Bay deep passing, Devin White's insatiable thirst for flesh, big blitzing, interior rushing, play action passing, and, of course, our Championship Round picks.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last time we spoke the Texans had just hired Nick Caserio to be their newest general manager. Since then the whispers into ears have only grown louder, and now, everyone knows. Deshaun Watson is unhappy. The Texans are quietly seeing what they could get for Watson. Watson was involved with the interview Houston had with Eric Bienemy. Watson was not involved with the interview Houston had with Eric Bienemy. The only way to salvage this thing is for Cal McNair to step down. The bridge has been torched. There’s nowhere else to go.On this episode of Battle Red Radio: Matt Weston and Diehard Chris gossip about the newest gossip. Topics include: if Watson has played his last game in Houston, if Watson will formally request a trade, what changed from last year to this year, why Watson isn’t without blame, how our fandom will change if he’s traded, the favorite to become the newest head coach, and of course, your beautiful and wonderful listener questions.Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here it is. Grand and beautiful and outrageous. The Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, that perfect weekend, the most wonderful weekend in sports. Four splattering and incredible games. Each one better than the previous weekend. WIN or DIE. Ugh, dammit, I mean, WIN OR GO HOME. That’s better. This is a family podcast.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and his good friend Taylor preview the AFC Divisional Round of the 2020 NFL season. Topics include: Josh Allen’s previous performance against Indianapolis, why the Bills are a difficult match up for the Ravens’ defense, the two things that give Buffalo Bills fans concern for this matchup, trying to make the case for Cleveland, the hunt for a chubby, and Kansas City finally turning the dial up to eleven.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here.You can listen to the NFC Divisional Round Preview here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here it is. Grand and beautiful and outrageous. The Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, that perfect weekend, the most wonderful weekend in sports. Four splattering and incredible games. Each one better than the previous weekend. WIN or DIE. Ugh, dammit, I mean, WIN OR GO HOME. That's better. This is a family podcast.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and his good friend Taylor preview the NFC Divisional Round of the 2020 NFL season. Topics include: handsy Ramsey v. Davante Adams, the Rams two high shell all-time deep passing defense, the number of throws Jared Goff needs to make (2), if the Saints 52 man can carry their old quarterback, Tampa Tom powered up, the weak link in Tampa's fence, and Taysom Hill cucking Drew Brees with deep passes.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here.You can listen to the AFC Divisional Round Preview here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For one weekend, just one weekend, we all wanted the Houston Texans to sit back and be normal. No more Cal McNair metaphors, rambling and disconnected to the average American. Leaked reports halted to a standstill. Chris Mortensen, Adam Schefter, and Pro Football Talk, worried about other ways to get their hits. We just wanted to watch actual good football, all-time playoff football, after seventeen weeks of obscene nonsense. Even that was too much to ask for. Nick Caserio this. Omar Khan that. Jack Easterby putting it all together. If this news could be tuned out, there was still fun and beautiful playoff football, because like I always say, football is still good, even when the Texans are bad and dumb.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and friend of the podcast SmoothGrandma review the Wild Card Round of the 2020 NFL Playoffs. Topics include: the newest Houston Texans drama, Josh Allen losing his frontal lobe and almost blowing Buffalo’s win over the Colts, Mike Vrabel and Mike Tomlin’s fourth down punt decisions, Lamar Jackson detonating a crack and busting things open, Tompa Bay’s deep passing passing, the poison the Rams’ defense fed to the Seahawks, and the lovely naps we all took during the Bears loss to the Saints.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Houston Texans hired a search firm to help them find a new general manager. They ignored each one of them. Instead they fulfilled their summer 2018 bloodlust by getting the guy they wanted then, but by doing so, it upset Deshaun Watson since he wasn’t part of the process, and Houston opted to not interview the head coach he wanted. So in the meantime Houston sits in a limbo with an upset top five quarterback who is the franchise, hanging in Mexico, drinking fancy drinks with umbrellas in his cup, as Houston tries to sort out who will be their next head coach.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt, TIM, and the legend himself Rivers McCown, hop on the podcast to discuss the Nick Caserio hiring, the press conference, and the impending Texans head coaching search. Topics include: Caserio being loved by 31 other franchises, Deshaun Watson’s disgruntlement, Jack Easterby’s coat closet and the secrets he keeps in there, our favorite moments from the press conference, and who ends up as the next Texans head coach.Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here.You can read Rivers McCown's article on the Nick Caserio press conference here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A continuation of the conversation Matt Weston, TIM, and Rivers McCown’s had regarding the Nick Caserio hiring, along with what Houston should do with Brandin Cooks, if the Texans should clean house entirely, Julie’n Davenport memorabilia, and J.J. Watt’s future in Houston.Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here.You can read Rivers McCown's article on the Nick Caserio press conference here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I was a NFC boy. I loved Marshall Faulk's giant white mouthpiece and the Rams bright yellow and blue swirls the same colors as my elementary school, Brett Farve taught me how to love football, Tampa Bay's pirate ship gave me Warren Sapp nightmares, and . The AFC seemed to adult, too professional, too serious. Rich Gannon, Tim Brown, and Jerry Rice were old. The Patriots were foreign. Peyton Manning, disgusting. The Steelers, horrifying, stealing a Super Bowl from Seattle. Then the Houston Texans came around. Then I became a man. And now I'm an AFC man who spends three hours a Sunday watching Deshaun Watson, and sucking down the Titans, Bills, Chargers, and as much as I can on Sunday night. Yet, when I watch the NFC I think about the past, the way things were, and what I have now become as I've sailed through course of time.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and his good friend Taylor preview the NFC Wildcard Round of the 2020 NFL season. Topics include: John Wolford's offense, Seattle playing down to their opponent, Doug Pederson's decision to rest his starters v. Washington, if my Football Team can terrorize Tompa Bay, and Mitch Trubisky's wet and wild month.Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You call yourself a sports fan? Huh. Do you! Do you actually dare call yourself one? If so, you better be watching the NFL Playoffs this weekend. Look, I know the Texans are absurd, and stupid, and insane, but football is still good and beautiful even though the Texans are bad and dumb. So press play before you hit the couch to prove that YOU, YEAH YOU, are an actual real sports fan.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and his good friend Taylor preview the AFC Wildcard Round of the 2020 NFL season. Topics include: Josh Allen v. the Colts in my own personal Super Bowl, January Philip Rivers, previous Baltimore-Tennessee clashes, the Titans awful defense, the odds the Browns are facing, and Ben Roethlisberger’s fountain of Keysone Light.Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SB NATION NFL SHOW:Subscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe on SpotifyThe SB Nation NFL Show brings together the greatest fan-alysts from across SB Nation's NFL team communities in one place for the first time ever. Expect deep analysis, irreverent jokes, and plenty of bickering between rivals. It's a show for NFL fans, by NFL fans. Monday - Monday Football Monday (RJ Ochoa, Pete Sweeney, Michael Kist)Tuesday - Off Day Debrief (Brandon Lee Gowton, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Wednesday - Palpably Unfair Podcast (Kyle Posey, Michael Kist)Thursday - The Look Ahead (RJ Ochoa, Rob "Stats" Guerrera)Friday - Football Cheat Sheet (Michael Kist, Jeanna Thomas Kelly, Kate Magdziuk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, the Texans 2020 NFL season sucked in a thousand different ways, and losing an incredible season from Deshaun Watson because of O’Brien’s insidious decisions is disgusting and devastating, but it was necessary, so this franchise could move on and move forward to play the games it should be playing with a quarterback like Watson, instead of wasting away and rotting to the tunes of 9-7 and Divisional Round playoff exits. The sacrifice was necessary for a grander and more beautiful future.Don’t cry because it happened. Smile because it’s over.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and TIM review the Texans 2020 NFL Season. Topics include: the perfect end to the 2020 NFL Season, the poetic end to the Bill O'Brien era, Deshaun Watson cementing himself as a top five quarterback, saying something positive for once, young talent development, what to do with Brandin Cooks and Will Fuller, the Texans coach and general manager search, hanging out ad talking about our favorite football team, and of course, your beautiful listener questions.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We did it. We made it through all of it. An 0-4 start. The firing of Bill O'Brien. The things we always wanted coming to fruition. Deshaun Watson carrying a terrible football team to a lot of close losses. Beating the Jacksonville Jaguars twice. And, now, another unbelievable, crucial, and wonderful loss to the newest AFC South Champions, the Tennessee Titans. It's not over yet though. No. Although the Texans season has come to an end, football, football is just beginning.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston and his good friend Taylor, discuss a wide variety of things: Houston v. Tennessee, the typical NFL Season Awards, Black Monday, and take a peek at the 2020 NFL Playoff matchups. Topics include: another Texans Texans loss, Derrick Henry 2K, Laremy Tunsil trade ramifications, Anthony Weaver's last gasp, MVP votes and awards of that nature, where the Houston job ranks, and what we get to look forward to next season.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As I enter the next stage of my life, I have worked at being more selfless. Trying to provide more for others. Chip in whenever I can. Bring up those around me. Create instead of take. These are all positives. The pluses are romanticized in our society. Yet there is something to be said about not being a negative. Rather than drag the rest down with your own filth, creation, and fear of decimation, being strong and stable and keeping your head down while you do what you need to do has value too. So, rather than drag others down to hell with me to discuss the Texans 31-37 loss to the Bengals, I played Mike Meltser, and did it all myself. And, yes, the men in white lab coats are my new best friends. Why did you ask? It seemed like a valid question at the time.On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt Weston discusses the Texans one possession win-loss record, Deshaun Watson’s newest great game, the Brandin Cooks dilemma, Houston’s skeleton offensive line and Laremy Tunsil’s value, Keion Crossen waving his arms around a lot, the long illustrious list of quarterbacks Houston has lost to that now includes Brandon Allen, rotten linebacker play, Xavier Su’a-Filo getting his revenge through the Bengals’ outside zone game, and of course, your beautiful and perfect listener questions.Let’s start the show.While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below:You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here.You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here.You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices