The Rich Eisen Show

Rich weighs in on the massive fall from grace by NFL MVP runner-up Drake Maye this season, and reveals his brand-new NFL Power Rankings of the league’s top 10 teams heading into Week 4. Michigan alum Rich pays off his debt to TE George Kittle by wearing the 49ers TE’s Iowa helmet for a segment after the Hawkeyes’ last-second win over the Wolverines last Saturday. Rich weighs in on Eagles QB Andy Dalton throwing an INT in his only pass attempt in Week 3 and provides some historical context for the turnover and the incredible connections with another QB whose only pass in an NFL season was also picked off.


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Rich and the guys react to the first day in the MLB Wild Card Round of the playoffs that included a dramatic late-game home from Braves 3B Austin Riley to beat the Phillies, the Padres’ 8-0 trouncing of the Cubs, the Pope blessing the White Sox prior to their Game 1 win over the Astros, and the Yankees’ 9-0 whitewash of their AL East rival Red Sox. Pro Football Hall of Famer/NFL Network Analyst Kurt Warner and Rich discuss Drake Maye’s precipitous falloff this season, what’s (still) ailing the Eagles’ offense, why the Vikings cut bait with JJ McCarthy and what the Giants’ long-term plans could be for the former 1st-rounder, if he’s coming around on the 3-0 Raiders after doubting their success earlier this season, and what the Cowboys did wrong in late in the game in their Week 3 loss to the Ravens.
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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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