2025 NFL Team Optimism Rankings
Heed the Call NFL Podcast with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
4.9 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler are joined by Conor Orr to reveal a methodically calculated list of the top ten most optimistic NFL teams for the 2025 season. But first, we hit some news (5:52): the 2027 NFL draft will be held in Washington, D.C. (6:25), QB Matthew Stafford and the Rams finally agreed on a new contract (9:20), DE Abdul Carter is again rejected when attempting to bring a Giants jersey number out of retirement (13:18), the 49ers declined trade offers for TE George Kittle before extending him (21:27), and we have more updates on Bill Belichick's personal life (24:48). Then, we get to the Optimism Rankings (30:52), running through the top ten in reverse order before Marc reveals the five LEAST optimistic teams heading into this season (1:19:46).
0:00 Welcome
5:52 NFL News
6:25 2027 NFL Draft to be held in Washington D.C.
9:20 Matthew Stafford’s new contract
13:18 Abdul Carter still doesn’t have a jersey number
21:27 49ers News
24:48 Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson Update
28:19 Brunt
30:52 NFL Optimism Rankings for 2025
32:24 #10: Las Vegas Raiders
36:05 #9: New England Patriots
40:09 #8: Denver Broncos
43:31 #7: Baltimore Ravens
45:59 Justin Tucker breaking news
52:13 #6: Buffalo Bills
54:55 #5: Kansas City Chiefs
59:48 #4: Chicago Bears
1:03:18 #3: Washington Commanders
1:08:24 #2: Detroit Lions
1:12:18 #1: Philadelphia Eagles
1:19:46 The Five Least Optimistic Teams
1:25:13 Wrap Up
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Heed DeCall Podcast announces the 2026 NFL draft will be held in the mind of Mark Sessler. |
| 0:19.2 | It's the off-season, baby. |
| 0:23.1 | Welcome to Heath the Call. |
| 0:24.5 | Dan Hans is here. |
| 0:25.9 | Mark Sessler, Connor, Orr, Justin Graver on the ones and twos. |
| 0:31.7 | That would be an interesting place. |
| 0:34.8 | Especially like day three. |
| 0:35.7 | Too long of an event to be encapsulated only in my mind. |
| 0:40.4 | Like I need other people to do some lifting here. |
| 0:44.0 | Connor, would you like to be at that event? |
| 0:47.2 | Absolutely. |
| 0:47.9 | There'd be just, there'd be brown liquor and like tie-dye. |
| 0:51.9 | And it would be really fun. |
| 0:54.0 | It'd be like the dark end of Woodstock, you know? |
| 0:58.8 | Like maybe Woodstock 99, yeah. |
| 1:01.8 | The limp biscuit one. |
| 1:03.9 | Yeah, I was a little bit thrown off. |
| 1:08.3 | We started a little late because Justin ran into, you know, |
| 1:14.2 | Justin moved to Texas, picked up and left us, Mark. It's a very sore subject still for the show. |
| 1:21.0 | For a better life near his family. Well, some trees were on fire in Los Angeles, so it's like, |
| 1:26.1 | you know, pack up the car. Living in a much larger property at half the cost, I call that garbage. |
| 1:36.2 | Senseless. |
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