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Slackers Sports ShowWhat Will Happen in Super Bowl LV? NCAA Football is back? Look at new MLB Cover Athlete!
NFL - Super Bowl week! Chiefs vs. Buccaneers
Who has the advantage?
QB - Mahomes vs Brady
RBs - Hilaire and Bell vs Jones and Fournette
WRs - Hill Hardman Watkins vs Evans Godwin Brown
TEs - Kelce vs Gronk
OL
DL
LB
Secondary
Coaching
Who will win?
What will this mean for legacies?
Mahomes
Andy Reid
Brady
Sports Video Game News
MLB the Show
Fernando Tatis Jr. on cover
Cross platform!
EA College Football
Name, Image, Likeness
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2021-02-1150 minSlackers Sports ShowNFL Playoff Talk - HUGE NBA Trade - Talking MLB Free Agency Signings!NFL - Playoffs are set and will start this weekend
JAN 24
Tampa Bay Bucs vs Green Bay Packers @ 3pm est
Kansas City Chiefs vs Buffalo Bills @ 6:40 pm est
Who you got winning? And why
Super bowl Feb 7.
Phillip Rivers retiring after 17 years
Who will be retiring this offseason? (GAME)
Tom Brady?
Drew Brees?
Larry Fitzgerald?
Frank Gore?
Rob Gronkoswki
Adrian Peterson?
Big Ben?
NBA -
HUGE TRADE sending James Harden to the Nets from Houston.
Nets receive: G James Harden from...
2021-01-2239 minSlackers Sports ShowWERE BACK!!! Talking NFL Playoffs - NCAA Football Title Game - NBA Starts - BIG MLB TradeNFL - Playoffs are set and will start this weekend
Saturday Games
Colts vs Bills
Rams vs Seahawks
Buccaneers vs Washington
Sunday Games
Ravens vs Titans
Bears vs Saints
Browns vs Steelers
KC and GB have first round byes
NCAA Football
National Championship Between #1 Alabama and #3 Ohio State
NBA - beginning of the season. Any surprises so far?
Surprises?
76ers are 7-2
Toronto Raptors 1-6 (last year 53-19)
Phoenix Suns 6-2 (last year 34-39)
Any favorites this year so far?
2021-01-1242 minSlackers Sports ShowNFL Season 3/4 Way Through. Predictions for finals and Superbowl! Playoffs among us!NFL - Basically ¾ of the way through the NFL Season. Four weeks left! Time to recap/look forward!
Thursday night game tonight - NE vs. Rams
How has the league handled COVID?
Major surprises of the season
Mark
Steelers - I don’t think they’re the same quality as the other 11-1 team (Chiefs) but still impressive nonetheless.
Miami Dolphins - 8-4
Browns to an extent. 9-3 and second in their division.
Trevor
Browns are 9-3 and looking at the playoff...
2020-12-1157 minSlackers Sports Show*PODCAST* NFL Season Hitting Its Stride. NCAA Football Heating Up. NBA Draft and Off-season MovesNBA Notable Trades (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30298702/nba-trade-tracker-grades-details-every-deal) Chris Paul to the Suns Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Bucks Jrue Holiday to the Bucks Dennis Schroeder to Lakers Rumors James Harden, Russell Westbrook both could be traded. Draft Tonight Free Agency - starts on Friday. 2020-21 Tentative Schedule Dec. 11-19: Preseason games Dec. 22-March 4: First half of regular season March 5-10: All-Star break March 11-May 16: Second half of regular season May 18-21: Play-In tournament May 22-July 22: Playoffs NCAA Football Big movement in the last few weeks with new conferences getting started ND beating Clemson in OT without...
2020-11-1958 minSlackers Sports ShowNFL Season Half-Way Through. NCAA Football back on our Plates. MLS Soccer Playoffs Start
NFL
Seattle @ Buffalo
Chicago @ Tennessee
Miami @ Arizona
New Orleans @ Tampa Bay
Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week
NCAA Football
Surprising rankings
Cincinnati Bearcats no.6 3-0
Indiana Hoosiers no. 13 (2-0)
Coastal Carolina (4-0)
Beating opponents 161 to 64
PAC 12 back in play!
Games coming up to watch
FRIDAY - #9 BYU @ #21 Boise State
#23 Michigan @ #13 Indiana
#8 Florida VS #5 Georgia
#14 Oklahoma State @ Kansas State
#1 Clemson @ #4 Notre Dame
MLS SOCCER
Playoffs starting soon
Top 8 from both divisions
Eastern
Philadelphia Union (13...
2020-11-0634 minSlackers Sports ShowWho is NFL Frontrunner for Super Bowl? Who is Mid-season MVP?NFL HALF WAY THROUGH
Report from ESPN today - want to keep capacity at 20% at Super Bowl. Want to try to stay on schedule with the season.
Half way through the season
AFC EAST
Buffalo Bills 5-2
Miami Dolphins 3-3
New England Patriots 2-4
New York Jets 0-7
AFC NORTH
Pittsburgh Steelers 6-0
Baltimore Ravens 5-1
Cleveland Browns 5-2
Cincinnati B...
2020-10-311h 05Slackers Sports ShowNBA and MLB Champions! Now who is the best NFL team half way through the season?!?
NBA Free agents
Start to season - being debated. From reports - league is pushing to start in late December. Danny Green says some veterans wont play if it starts then.
Revenue dropped 10% to $8.3 billion (report from ESPN). Still yet to be determined how that will impact the salary cap.
TALK ABOUT LATER NOT TODAY - https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30153524/nba-free-agent-rankings-25-best-players-2020
Anthony Davis
Fed VanVleet
Christian Wood
Brandon Ingram
Hassan Whiteside
MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates
LA Wins!
...
2020-10-3037 minSlackers Sports ShowWho is winning the 2020 World Series? NFL still has unbeatens!
NBA Congrats to the Lakers
No surprise?
MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates
LA 1 - 1 TAMPA BAY RAYS
Any surprises?
Predictions
NFL
Standings through 6 weeks
Miami to start Tua over Fitzmagic
Dolphins 3-3 with losses to Patriots, bills, seahawks
Wins against jags, 49ers, jets
Fitz - 1,535 yrds - 10td - 7 int - 95 QBR
Too early for Tua?
LEVEON BELL?
Unbeatens? Surprised? How far can they go?
Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0)
Tennessee Titans (5-0)
Seattle Seahawks (5-0)
Bills have...
2020-10-2549 minSlackers Sports ShowDo the Lakers have a hold on the NBA Finals? Who is going to win the World Series? Can the NFL play with corona?
NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates
FINALS!
Lakers up 3-1 in series
MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates
First Round down
Matchups in Divisional Round - CHECK STANDINGS.
AL (best of 5)
(1) Tampa Bay vs (5) Yankees (tied 1-1)
(2) Oakland vs (6) Houston (Astros 2-0)
NL
(1) Dodgers vs (4) San Diego (LA 1-0)
(2) Atlanta vs (6) Miami Marlins (ATL 1-0)
Any surprises?
Predictions
NFL
More players and teams having COVID-19 in the NFL
Standings...
2020-10-0958 minSlackers Sports ShowNBA Finals! MLB Playoffs Starting! NFL is taking form!NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates Finals are set! Heat vs. Lakers. Schedule: Game 1: 9/30 (Today!) Game 2: 10/2 Game 3: 10/4 Game 4: 10/6 Game 5 (if necessary): 10/9 Game 6 (if necessary): 10/11 Game 7 (if necessary): 10/13 What are we looking for? Well-rounded team (Heat) vs. Two Stars (Lakers) Shades of 2004 Pistons vs. Lakers MLB Playoffs - starting up! (have Trevor speak more on this). Unique this year 16 teams - eight from each league Wildcard round - all games at home of higher seed. Best of 3. Divisional round - at neutral sites AL & NL Championship Series AL - in San Di...
2020-10-0354 minSlackers Sports ShowNCAA Football Starts With Some Upsets - NBA has Upsets as Well - NFL IS HERE!NCAA Football Upsets and Noteable games
Noteable games being played this weekend
#17 Miami vs #18 Louisville
#14 UCF vs Georgia Tech (beat florida state last wk)
Boston College vs Duke
Upsets last weekend
Kansas vs Coastal Carolina
Kansas State vs Arkansas State
Iowa State vs Louisiana
The Big Ten conference has decided that they will start playing football on October 24th. Daily testing and strong confidence in the latest medical information has led them to this decision.
Each team will attempt...
2020-09-2153 minSlackers Sports ShowAFC EAST 2021 Division Standings - Who will win?AFC East
New England Patriots (12-4)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/ne
Cam Newton - what can he be this year?
Opt-outs: Dont’a Hightower, Patrick Chung effect that great defense. Stephon Gilmore still playing in 2020.
Julian Edelman as your best receiver - not great.
How will they approach this year?
Buffalo Bills (10-6)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/buf
Stefon Diggs trade!
Diggs and a 7th round pick this year for this year’s 1st, 5th, and 6th round picks and a 4th r...
2020-09-1328 minSlackers Sports ShowNCAA Football is ready to start. NBA Playoffs are in Round 2 and we take a look at what the NFL has to offer.
NCAA Football Starting Up
Noteable games being played this weekend
Kansas State vs Arkansas State
No. 10 Notre Dame vs Duke
Florida State at Georgia Tech
Missouri State at No. 5 Oklahoma
No. 1 Clemson at Wake Forest
Coastal Carolina vs Kansas
Baylor, TCU games getting postponed - what can we expect out of this year? Will we ever have a champion in football?
NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates
West
(1) Lakers lead (4) Houston, 2-1
Again, unpredictability of Rockets’ play style (game 1-t...
2020-09-1233 minSlackers Sports ShowAFC WEST 2021 Division Standings - Who will win? Can Kansas City Repeat?AFC West
Kansas City Chiefs (12-4)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/kc
Defending super bowl champs
What can we expect from them this year? Essentially the same team coming back.
Are they building a dynasty
Mahomes - locked up through 2031.
Chris Jones - 4 yr contract extension.
Travis Kelce extension - locked up through 2025.
Can anyone come close to KC in this division?
Clyde Edwards-Helaire - heard nothing but good things. What can he be?
Denver Broncos (7-9)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth...
2020-09-0753 minSlackers Sports ShowNCAA Football is on the Horizon and NBA is into the second round of playoffs! Also talk a little bit of NFL fantasy.
NCAA Football Starting Up
Few games this Saturday with smaller conferences starting
Power 5 conferences starting Saturday September 12
What can we expect from this season? Postponements?
Big 10 - still postponed. Talked about starting up in November. Does that make sense?
Pac 12 - still postponed.
Big 12 - 9+1 model. 9 conference and one non-conference.
SEC - 10 game conference-only schedule.
ACC - 10+1 model. 10 conference and one non-conference.
Mark - speak on KCAC football season. Won’t take too long.
NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates
Fi...
2020-09-0543 minSlackers Sports ShowAFC SOUTH 2021 Division Standings - Who will win?AFC South
Houston Texans (10-6)
Trading Deandre Hopkins
Not the best trade in my eyes
Cardinals get Hopkins, 2nd round pick in this years draft, 4th round pick in 2020
Texans get David Johnson, 4th round pick in this years draft
Skill position players - have questions on most of them (Will Fuller, Kenny Stills, Brandon Cooks (picked up this offseason), Randall Cobb (picked up this offseason)
JJ Watt - does he have much left
Bill O Brien - GM and coach.
Tennessee Titans (9-7)
Derrick Henry - got paid!
2020-09-0234 minSlackers Sports ShowNBA Boycotts and LA Teams back out of playoffs - Tatis the new face of MLB?Boycotts due to demonstrations surrounding the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha (in Wisconsin - close to Milwaukee).
A couple different ways to look at it
Don’t want to be an escape like sports usually is. They want people to talk about the issue!
Is it really sticking it to the system that needs changing? What other options are there?
MLB
Tatis still doing crazy things
Ran into left field to catch a ball
Tatis stats (as of 8/26)
.301 avg
12 HRs (le...
2020-08-2851 minSlackers Sports ShowAFC NORTH 2021 Division Standings - Baltimore Ravens win the league again?!?AFC South
Baltimore Ravens (14-2)
Lamar Jackson - how does he follow up from an MVP season?
Fantasy - huge! Either him or Mahomes are 1st in most rankings. He adds the running factor.
Offense - 2nd in total yards, 1st in rushing by over 60 yds, 1st in points scored.
Area they struggle - total passing yards (27th). Don’t really need it though.
Impact Rookie - Patrick Queen, ILB from LSU. A lot of buzz from NFL reporters on him.
Defense - very good!
4th in Total yards allowed, 6th in...
2020-08-2435 minSlackers Sports ShowBaseball Unwritten Rules - Tatis and Padres GO OFF - NBA Playoffs 1st Round
MLB
Tatis 3-0 Grand Slam Swing
Do we have a problem with it?
“Unwritten rules” in baseball
NBA PLAYOFFS
Matchups - CHECK BEFORE RECORDING. SOME GAMES TODAY.
East
(1) Milwaukee vs. (8) Orlando - Tied 1-1
(2) Toronto vs. (7) Brooklyn - Toronto up 3-0
Played earlier today, Raptors won 117-92
(3) Boston vs. (6) Philadelphia - Boston up 2-0
Playing right now. CHECK SCORE
Ben Simmons injury - partial dislocation of kneecap. How far can 76ers go without him?
(4) Indiana vs. (5) Miami - Miami up 2-0
West
(1) Lakers vs. (8) Portland - Ti...
2020-08-2443 minSlackers Sports ShowNFC NORTH 2021 Division Standings - Who will win? Green Bay Packers - Minnesota Vikings - Chicago Bears - Detroit LionsNFC North
Green Bay Packers (13-3 last year)
How much does Aaron Rodgers have left? Still productive, but not as good as he once was. Drafted Jordan Love in the first round.
Fantasy - Davante Adams, Aaron Jones (not worth a high pick in my opinion).
Brought in Devin Funchess to be a weapon for Rodgers - has opted out this year.
Minnesota Vikings (10-6 last year)
Stefon Diggs - traded to Bills along with a 7th round pick for 1st, 5th, and 6th round picks in 2020, 4th round pick in 2021. Drafted Justin...
2020-08-1734 minSlackers Sports ShowWhat will College Fall Sports Do? Is it the right thing?
College sports postponing sports
Trevor - Opinion
Mark - No opinion (Don’t get fired!) - will provide examples of what KCAC and NAIA are doing.
NAIA - governs 20 conferences around the country (Also have the Association of Independent Institutions)
Has given conferences autonomy to make decision on if they will play in the fall - KCAC is.
Have postponed fall championships to spring, will still allow conferences to compete in fall if they so choose.
Practice and start of games - pushed back roughly two weeks.
KCAC
Has declared intent to re...
2020-08-1446 minSlackers Sports ShowNFC SOUTH 2020 Division Standings - Who will win the NFC South?
Atlanta Falcons (7-9 last year)
Picked up Todd Gurley over the offseason (one-year contract). What can he do?
Matt Ryan - how much does he have left in the tank?
A lot of injuries last year - could bounce back.
Not a lot of defensive standouts. A couple good guys (Tak McKinely, Dante Fowler, Deion Jones) but no real gamechangers. Middle of the road to bottom third of the league in most defensive stats.
Fantasy standpoint - It’s frustrating to have either one of their stud receivers.
Carolina Panthers (5-11 last year)
It...
2020-08-1023 minSlackers Sports ShowNBA Underway - MLB Injury and Covid Problems - Hockey Coming Soon - The ROCK Buys XFL!NBA Starts Up
https://www.google.com/search?q=nba&oq=nba&aqs=chrome..69i57j46j0l4j69i61j69i60.567j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sie=lg;/g/11h0yj414v;3;/m/05jvx;st;fp;1;;
Stand out teams
West - Lakers (51-15) 6.5
West - Top 7 have clinched playoff
East - Bucks (54-14)
East - Top 6 have clinched playoff
Bubble teams
West - Grizzlies , Trail Blazers, Spurs, Pelicans, Suns, Kings
East - Nets, Magic. (Basically set)
Wizards...
2020-08-0732 minSlackers Sports ShowNFC EAST 2021 Division Standings - Who will win?This episode we discuss the NFL's NFC East division. We discuss the teams and who we think will improve, get worse and who will win the division in the end.
NFC EAST
Dallas Cowboys
8-8 (2019)
Dak Prescott contract situation - will it be hanging over the team all season?
New coach - Mike McCarthy
Key pickups - Andy Dalton (solid backup at QB), CeeDee Lamb (rookie WR)
Philadelphia Eagles
9-7 (2019)
Won division
Lost to Seattle in playoffs (17-9)
Won last 4 of the season (Giants(2), Cowboys, Washington)
Acquired WR Marquise...
2020-08-0331 minSlackers Sports ShowNBA is back! - Joe Kelly suspension - NFL players opt outIn this episode we talk about Baseball and how we think it is going so far. We also discuss the Joe Kelly suspension. We then shift to the NBA and talk some NBA games. Then top it off with some NFL news about some players that have decided to opt out of the year.
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2020-07-3150 minSlackers Sports ShowNFC WEST 2021 Division Standings - Who will win?With everything up in the air about the NFL season, we are just speculating what we think will happen, IF the season is to be played. We go over the division as a whole and what we think will happen this year if games are played. Teams in division: San Francisco 49ers , Seattle Seahawks , Los Angeles Rams , Arizona Cardinals.
2020-07-2829 minSlackers Sports ShowOPENING DAY - What are the best Sports Games?This episode we start off with a fun game where Mark tries to guess who the players are based on stats. After that we discuss a few of the best sports video games. Then finish off with opening day and MLB talk.
2020-07-241h 03Slackers Sports ShowHow are Sports returning back from COVID?In this episode we break down how the MLB is going to work with only a 60 game season. We also talk about who we think will benefit and who we think will have a chance to win it all.
We also discuss MLS coming back for the "MLS is Back" tournament and what it will look like. As well as, some thoughts on how the MLS is handling the covid situation.
We discuss the NBA coming back and some potential teams that could make a run. Also discuss some free agents coming up and how...
2020-07-171h 12Slackers Sports ShowOur First Sports Podcast!We are Trevor and Mark, just 2 friends talking about sports. We have been best friends since grade school and we have always discussed sports. Now that we live hundreds of miles away, we still want to talk sports, and a Podcast is a perfect way to do that.
2020-07-1508 min