The Rich Eisen Show

Rich and Patriots fan Chris Brockman react to Troy Aikman’s Thursday Night Football comments where he said Bill Belichick is unlikely to retire anytime soon because of the emergence of rookie QB Mac Jones.  In TJ Jefferson’s weekly Big Ass Grab Bag he reveals his Top 5 Green Characters including The Incredibie Hulk, Shrek and others. (Did Kermit the Frog make the cut??) WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Rich discuss his preparation for Sunday’s Survivor Series match on Peacock, why his battle with leukemia cost him a shot at an NFL career after his playing days at Georgia Tech, and TJ makes a (failed?) pitch to join Reigns’ ‘Bloodline’ stable.   Rich and the guys discuss if the Falcons should have drafted a QB this year instead of TE Kyle Pitts given their stumble of late and the uneven play of Matt Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich recaps the Patriots’ impressive shutout win over the Falcons on Thursday Night Football and explains why New England is clicking in all facets of the game right now.  Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio and Rich discuss the brewing controversy in Tampa where Buccaneers WR Antonio Brown has been accused of using a fake Covid-19 vaccination card and what the fallout could be for AB and the NFL leaguewide, if Kyler Murray, Ben Roethlisberger or Nick Chubb will be available to play for the Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns in Week 11, why the NFL is doubling down on its crackdown on Taunting this season, and what ousted Raiders head coach Jon Gruden expects to get out of his lawsuit against the league.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

‘Good Morning Football’ co-host Kyle Brandt tells Rich that he too is not a fan of the movie ‘A Christmas Story,’ why the Dallas Cowboys are more likely than the Kansas City Chiefs to reach the Super Bowl, and how far the Patriots can go with rookie QB Mac Jones if they reach the playoffs this season (possibly a Pats-Bucs rematch in the Super Bowl??)      Rich takes calls from viewers revealing the movies they hate that other people love including Fight Club, Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and others, with one caller challenging Rich to a game of Start-Bench-Cut between The Godfather, The Godfather II, and The Sting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3-time Super Bowl champion and former Patriots All-Pro offensive tackle Matt Light tells Rich how rookie QB Mac Jones compares to Tom Brady at the same point in their careers and why the Bill Belichick-Mike Vrabel rivalry began well before Vrabel became the Titans head coach.    3-time NBA Champion Dwyane Wade and Rich discuss his new photobook/memoir ‘Dwyane’ and how tough it was choosing the best 200 photos from his life and career from over a million that were taken, what it was like to play alongside LeBron James with the Heat and Cavs, and why Steph Curry will go down as one of the NBA’s top 4 players of all-time when his career his over.   Rich makes the shocking revelation that he doesn’t care for ‘A Christmas Story’ which leads to a discussion: what other popular movies do you not like? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich previews the Thursday Night Football game between the Patriots and Falcons and explains why it’s time for Mac Jones and the Pats to prove if they’re legit contenders or not.   Rich explains the big difference between the NBA and NFL where the latter has to dwell on bad losses for a week while the former can move on quickly from embarrassing blowouts like the Nets were able to this week.   The guys debut a brand-new segment called ‘What’s More Likely’ – the Bengals or Raiders make the playoffs? The Bears or Seahawks pull off the Week 11 upset? The Cowboys or Chiefs reach the Super Bow? The Lakers or Bucks rebound from their stumbling start to the season?   Rich calls out Mike Del Tufo for over-celebrating Seton Hall’s early-season hoops upset of Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FOX Sports NFL Analyst and 3-time Super Bowl Champion Mark Schlereth tells Rich why he’s not concerned about Tom Brady and the Buccaneers despite their surprising Week 10 loss to the WFT, why the Broncos are stacked with talent but lacking the intangibles needed to win, if Aaron Rodgers or Deshaun Watson could be playing in Denver next season, and why we still don’t have one team that stands out as the best in the NFL so far this season.   Tony Award-winning actor David Alan Grier and Rich discuss his new movie ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog,’ that time he ziplined through the Costa Rican jungle with TJ Jefferson and Ashton Kutcher, the uptick in Michigan football’s stock this season but why he’s ready to accept that the Wolverines will likely lose to Ohio State again, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich hands out this week’s ‘Gorilla Glue Toughest Player on Planet Earth’ award to Kansas freshman QB Jalon Daniels who led the Jayhawks to their first-ever win in Austin in an overtime thriller against the Texas Longhorns.       Rich and the guys react to Staples Center in Los Angeles changing its name to Crypto.com Arena, and Rich reveals his international residual check for his appearance in past episodes of ‘CSI Miami’ and ‘Draft Day.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich recaps Steph Curry’s 37-point night for the Warriors who went into Brooklyn and shut down the Kevin Durant, James Harden and the Nets to improve to 12-2 on the season.    Jets fan Rich laments Robert Saleh’s decision to start journeyman backup Joe Flacco against the Dolphins in Week 11 instead of giving rookie Mike White a shot at redemption.   ESPN NFL Insider and former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum tells Rich why he was surprised by Joe Flacco being named New York’s Week 11 starter, why you should expect the Dolphins to make another run at embattled Texans QB Deshaun Watson, why Justin Herbert would have been the #1 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft if he’d played in the SEC, how close Brett Favre came to joining the Buccaneers instead of the Jets back in the day, why he wouldn’t be shocked if the Patriots won the AFC East and how things would have played out poorly for Jimmy Garoppolo of the 49ers had drafted Jones instead of Trey Lance.      Rich and the guys debate the controversial comments from free a

Ryan Leaf joins the show in-studio and tells Rich why he chose “Bust” for the title of his new podcast produced by ‘Entourage’ star Kevin Connolly and how he overcame the on and off field challenges of his failed NFL career, why the acceptance of athletes speaking out about and protecting their mental health is so important for individuals and for sports as a whole, which is the best NFL team in the league right now, why the Chiefs’ passing attack is on the rise while the Chargers’ appear to be grounded, why Mike McCarthy could be the only thing holding the Cowboys back from a Super Bowl berth, what Michigan can do to finally beat Ohio State this season, and why USC is facing a long road back to reach the top of the college football world again.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New UConn Head Football Coach Jim L. Mora tells Rich why he got back into coaching after a 4-year sabbatical following his UCLA tenure, why it’s tough to win football games at a big time basketball school, and reveals that his dad Jim Mora Sr. (PLAYOFFS?!?!) remains as entertaining and cantankerous as ever.     16-year NFL veteran running back Frank Gore tells Rich why he turned down 3 teams asking him to come out of retirement and opted to train for a boxing match vs former NBA all-star Deron Williams instead, and explains why he, the NFL’s 3rd all-time leading rusher, deserves a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.   Rich and Brockman break down the wide-open NFC playoff picture and debate which team has the best chance to reach the Super Bowl: the Buccaneers, Packers, Cowboys or someone else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich recaps the San Francisco 49ers’ blowout of the suddenly suspect Rams on Monday Night Football, and explains why Matthew Stafford, Sean McVay and company might not be the Super Bowl contenders everyone though they would be at the start of the season.   Pro Football Hall of Famer and NFL Network Analyst Kurt Warner tells Rich if Rams fans should be concerned after they laid a big fat turd for the 2nd week in a row, why the 49ers are far from out of contention in a wide-open NFC playoff landscape, why Mac Jones is already better than Tom Brady was at the same point in his career, and why he’s not fully on-board with the Chiefs being back to their Super Bowl ways.     Rich and the guys debate if there’s any NBA team that wouldn’t break up their core to trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo after the Greek Freak dropped hints in a GQ article that he might not finish his career with the Milwaukee Bucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tennessee All-Pro Safety Kevin Byard tells Rich how the 8-2 Titans’ blue-collar approach has helped them overcome the loss of RB Derrick Henry, why the hands-on approach of Mike Vrabel should result in a Coach of the Year Award, why he once famously called out Deion Sanders on Twitter, and what it was like to actually deliver his son when his wife went into labor last summer before they could get her to the hospital.   Jets fan Rich reacts to Mike White’s 4-interception game in New York’s 45-17 blowout loss to the Bills and explains why the team’s QB job should now firmly belong to #2 overall draft pick Zach Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Los Angeles Rams 6-time All-Pro Aaron Donald tells Rich how he reacted when L.A. landed WR Odell Beckham Jr. and LB Von Miller in back-to-back weeks, what it’s like to play for head coach Sean McVay, how Matthew Stafford has opened up their offense, his thoughts on the NFL’s crackdown on Taunting, and why he, a 3-Time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, still has room to grow as a player.   Chris Brockman tries to talk Rich into forking over $300 to buy into the Packers’ latest round of stock share offerings.    A Browns fan calls in with a question that leads to a deep dive debate: is it time for Cleveland to move on from Baker Mayfield?   In his weekly ‘Overreaction Monday’ segment, Rich weighs in on the resurgent Chiefs’ Super Bowl chances, if Tom Brady and the Bucs are in trouble after back-to-back losses, if the Packers are the best team in the NFL right now, if Dak Prescott should be the frontrunner for the NFL MVP award, if Odell Beckham Jr. wasn’t the problem in Cleveland after all, if Russell Wilson an

Rich comments on the Chiefs finally looking like their old selves again after Kansas City’s Sunday Night Football 41-14 demolition of the Las Vegas Raiders and says what Patrick Mahomes and company are finally doing right after stumbling out of the gate to start the season.   Rich recaps the Patriots’ 45-7 boat racing of the Browns and explains how Bill Belichick has been able to coach up Mac Jones so much that he’s running New England’s offense as well as Tom Brady did when he took over the starting job from Drew Bledsoe.   Rich says why he’s thrilled to see Cam Newton back with the Panthers and loved the energy he brought to Carolina in their win over the Arizona Cardinals and what his presence means for the Panthers’ playoff chances. Rich also recaps the Packers’ shutout win over the Seahawks in Aaron Rodgers’ and Russell Wilson’s return to their respective teams and says why Seattle is “in deep trouble.’    Rich and Brockman preview Monday Night Football’s Manningcast and says why Peyton and Eli having fo

Rich sits down with former NFL wide-receiver and the color analyst for NBC's Sunday Night Football, Cris Collinsworth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TJ Jefferson’s weekly Big-Ass Grab Bag features his list of Top 5 Midstream Moves That Led to Success including Hugh Jackman in ‘X-Men,’ Michael J. Fox in ‘Back to the Future’ and more!    Rich likens the called-back TD catch of Dolphins offensive lineman Robert Hunt to a scene out of ‘Ted Lasso.’   Rich, Brockman, and TJ hand out their NFL Mid-Season Awards for MVP, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and take another shot at their Super Bowl predictions, and Brockman reveals his ‘Sneaky Good Games’ for NFL Week 10 including the Titans vs Saints, Cardinals vs Panthers, Packers vs Seahawks, and Vikings vs Chargers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Super Bowl XXXV champion QB Trent Dilfer tells Rich why Odell Beckham Jr. fizzled out with the Cleveland Browns and how he will mesh with Sean McVay’s Rams offense, if the Miami Dolphins are handling 2nd-year QB Tua Tagovailoa properly or if they should still pursue embattled Texans QB Deshaun Watson again, and why Mike White could end up being the Jets’ franchise QB over fellow rookie and #2 overall draft pick Zach Wilson.    Westwood One NFL Analyst Ross Tucker and Rich marvel at Robert Hunt’s TNF play where the Dolphins Guard caught a pass and scrambled for a head-over-heals touchdown only to see the incredible play called back because he wasn’t illegible to catch a pass, how Miami was able to shut down Lamar Jackson and the Ravens’ offense, and why the Buccaneers are the best team in the NFL right now.    Rich and the guys debate the proper etiquette for grown men wearing NFL jerseys of their favorite teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich reacts to the rich getting richer with Odell Beckham Jr. choosing to sign with the Rams just a week after L.A. GM Les Snead was able to land All-Pro LB Von Miller from the Denver Broncos.   Rich recaps the Dolphins defense shutting down NFL MVP candidate Lamar Jackson on Thursday Night Football in a game that saw possibly the most exciting touchdown that wasn’t a touchdown when 330-pound Miami OL Robert Hunt scrambled like Barry Sanders into the end zone only to have it called back by the refs.   NFL Insider Ian Rapoport tells Rich how the Rams were able to lure Odell Beckham Jr. to Los Angeles when there was strong interest from teams like the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs, how the Cam Newton-Carolina Panthers reunion came about, the status of Aaron Rodgers and Kyler Murray for Week 10, Tua Tagovailoa’s Dolphins future in the wake of the failed trade for Deshaun Watson, and why the NFL backed the controversial taunting flag Tony Corrente threw on Cassius Marsh and why the league didn’t punish

Two-time Super Bowl champion Terrell Suggs tells Rich what it was like being in the same locker room with two hall of famers in Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, how Lamar Jackson has matured as a quarterback in his short-but-brilliant NFL career, why he’s no fan of the NFL’s Taunting crackdown, and why he’s not worried about the Chiefs mediocrity at the NFL season’s midpoint. Actor Tyrese Gibson and Rich discuss his new film “Dangerous” and reveals why the late director John Singleton had to drag him kicking and screaming into an acting career, and explains why he has his own Benihana restaurant in his backyard and a fully functioning dry cleaner in his garage in another round of ‘Celebrity True or False.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich explains why Odell Beckham Jr. is being smart by taking his time to choose a team to sign with, reportedly waiting to see how things shake out after the NFL’s Week 10 matchups. Rich previews the Dolphins vs Ravens on Thursday Night Football and makes the case for Baltimore QB Lamar Jackson to win his 2nd NFL MVP Award, and the guys debate which AFC team they have the most faith in: Titans, Ravens, Bills, or someone else.   Actor Jon Bernthal reveals to Rich that he actually coached a top 50 women’s tennis player to prepare for his role as Serena and Venus Williams’ real-life tennis coach Rick Macci in the Will Smith film ‘King Richard,’ that Leonardo DiCaprio told him to hold nothing back when making Martin Scorsese’s debauchery-filled ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices