Aug 31, 2026 · 2h 34m
Pete Prisco tests the NFL’s contenders, quarterbacks and coaches
NFL Preview With Pete Prisco, Players On New Teams, The 49ers Have An Extra Wide Receiver, CFB Week 0 + Mt Rushmore Of Heavy Things
Pete Prisco’s season forecast turns a sprawling football conversation into a test of playoff bets, quarterback development, coaching choices and the league’s changing offense.
- 1Pete Prisco backs Buffalo, Dallas and Tampa Bay while weighing the crowded AFC quarterback race and several uncertain playoff contenders.
- 2The discussion questions whether quarterback development and conservative coaching are suppressing an NFL passing game once defined by explosive plays.
- 3Outside football, a fake 49ers identity, a gorilla transfer and a Mount Rushmore of heavy things supply the episode’s strangest turns.
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Pete Prisco’s extended season preview turns playoff projections, quarterback development, coaching philosophy and passing-game decline into one sustained argument.
The brief
The hosts open with NFL cut-day churn, players changing teams and the alleged Dejon Love scam, in which a fabricated 49ers identity supported an elaborate football persona.
Week 0 college football, golf, baseball and the hosts’ Who’s Back segments widen the show before Pete Prisco arrives with playoff candidates, division picks and win-total arguments.
Prisco backs Buffalo, Dallas and Tampa Bay, then debates the Rams, Seahawks, Chiefs, Browns, Texans and Jaguars while assessing the AFC’s quarterback landscape.
The sharpest football tension concerns development and philosophy: Prisco defends his quarterback rankings while questioning conservative coaching and the NFL’s declining passing explosiveness.
The episode’s comic detour treats Matu Manini’s zoo transfer as gorilla free agency, then drafts a Mount Rushmore of heavy things including gold, elephants and the Empire State Building.
The result is part season forecast, part roster-and-culture roundup, with Prisco’s picks providing the episode’s clearest stakes and the heavy-things draft its most memorable release valve.
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