The Rich Eisen Show

Broncos Head Coach Sean Payton and Rich discuss Denver’s penchant for starting slow on offense in the first half of games over the past two seasons, the controversial late Pass Interference call that helped them beat the Rams on Sunday Night Football, and more.

Three-time Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone and Rich discuss his new ‘The Steps’ memoir chronicling his early career as a struggling writer that led to his ‘Rocky’ fame including taking jobs as a theater usher and one cleaning the lions’ cage at the Central Park Zoo, why he stuck to his guns to be able to play the iconic underdog Rocky Balboa, reveals which key scene in the beloved Best Picture-winning movie almost never got filmed, and shares some great stories about actually fighting Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago in ‘Rocky 4,’ trying to stop a goal from soccer legend Pelé while making ‘Victory,’ and why he absolutely hated the original director’s cut of the first Rambo movie ‘First Blood’ in a round of ‘Celebrity True or False.’

The guys react to TJ “rage quitting” the show’s guillotine fantasy football league text thread after his team was chopped on Monday Night Football.
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Steelers DT Cam Heyward and Rich react to Pittsburgh’s huge Week 2 win over Joe Burrow’s Bengals and what’s at stake this week in Thursday night football in another AFC North showdown against the 2-1 Cleveland Browns, break down Case Keenum balling out for the Chicago Bears against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football, and says why he has big issues with defenders getting flagged for hits on quarterbacks (ahem Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts).

In ‘Overreaction Tuesday’ Rich weighs in on Bears HC Ben Johnson, the Eagles’ inconsistent offense, the 3-0 Raiders, JJ McCarthy’s trade to the Giants, the 0-3 Houston Texans, Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers and the Dolphins’ odds to be selecting #1 overall in next year’s NFL Draft.

Rich breaks down Giants QB JJ McCarthy’s chances to follow in the footsteps of former 1st round quarterbacks like Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield who found NFL success after failing with the teams that originally drafted them.
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Rich and the guys react to Case Keenum’s unlikely star turn as the Bears’ 3rd-string QB led Chicago to a decisive Monday Night Football win over the Philadelphia Eagles who continue to struggle on offense.

ESPN’s Josh Pate and Rich break down the latest in College Football including the wild, off-the-rails happenings on and off the field so far, Lincoln Riley’s hot seat at USC, if 1-loss Ohio State is the best team in the country, why the 8th-ranked Florida Gators could win a national championship, what’s at stake for Penn State in Week 5, and more.

Yankees fan Rich and Red Sox fan Brockman preview their teams’ AL Wild Card series.
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Rich weighs in on Deshaun Watson getting the W in his first home start for the Browns this season, and debates a caller on whether Kyler Murray or Carson Wentz gives the Vikings their best chance for success this year. (2:42)

Rich reacts to an eventful Week 4 in College Football including Texas holding off Tennessee, Oregon beating USC (again) in a game marred by a controversial hit that sent Ducks QB Dante Moore to the hospital, Indiana’s close call vs Northwestern, Florida knocking Ole Miss from the ranks of the unbeaten, and the Heisman case for Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith. (21:21)

Rich and the guys react to Kirk Cousins and new head coach Klint Kubiak leading the Raiders to a surprising 3-0 start to the year. (34:25)

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ESPN’s Marcus Spears and Rich break down the Cowboys’ questionable playcalling at the end of their last-second loss to the Ravens, the wide-open AFC North, what’s ailing the Green Bay Packers and Patriots QB Drake Maye, why Kirk Cousins and the Raiders’ 3-0 record is no fluke, if the Rams got jobbed by the refs in their SNF loss to the Broncos, and what to make of the Giants trading for Vikings backup QB JJ McCarthy (1:33)

Rich weighs in on the latest injury suffered to key member of the 49ers, WR Mike Evans and OT Trent Williams, and the stunning regression of Drake Maye this season after nearly winning NFL MVP honors last year. (26:20)

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