AFC vs. NFC: Playoff QBs & Coaching Styles + Running Back Value
NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks
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🗓️ 1 January 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Move the Sticks, Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks break down the key differences between the AFC and NFC playoff pictures. They dive into how the NFC has just one "traditional path" quarterback (Jayden Daniels) compared to the AFC’s six homegrown stars and explore what that says about each conference.
The guys also compare coaching styles, with the NFC leaning offensive and the AFC featuring more defensive-minded head coaches paired with elite quarterbacks. Plus, they discuss the evolving value of running backs and their impact on the game.
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| 0:00.0 | And now, Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. |
| 0:07.1 | What's up, everybody? Happy New Year. Welcome to Move the Sticks. Buck. How are you doing, my friend? |
| 0:12.6 | Man, I'm good, DJ. I am happy and excited, grateful for a terrific 2024, but looking forward to |
| 0:19.0 | everything that is on the horizon in 2025, |
| 0:21.8 | particularly all the great stuff that we have been blessed to do. |
| 0:24.9 | So I just want to be able to expect gratitude. |
| 0:28.3 | Look, we've been doing this for a long time. |
| 0:30.4 | And at a time when the industry is topsy-turvy, look, man, I'm blessed and fortunate |
| 0:34.8 | to have such a great partner in you. |
| 0:36.7 | Well, I'm very thankful for |
| 0:38.2 | you as well. And it's cool. One of the things we both get to travel around, uh, and all these different |
| 0:42.8 | NFL stadiums every week. And I'm sure you've experienced the same thing I have, which is you run |
| 0:47.7 | into people all the time. Hey, you know, love podcasts. We listen to the podcast, but listen forever. |
| 0:52.0 | They'll reference something from a rookie draft. They'll reference something from one of the conversations that we've had. So it's cool |
| 0:57.8 | when you know that people inside the industry are still. I think that's the coolest thing. |
| 1:04.2 | And DJ, I would say the coolest thing is like some of the young guys that are just into |
| 1:07.5 | the industry, like talking about, man, I've been listening to your podcast forever and all of that stuff. |
| 1:12.7 | And so it just kind of reminds me that this is not only where we express opinions, but it's an opportunity to kind of pay it for it and get back to kind of teach some of the things that we've been taught along the way and kind of give it back to another generation of evaluators. |
| 1:25.5 | No doubt. |
| 1:26.7 | A couple of things I want to hit on in this episode, Buck. |
| 1:29.3 | We did some college football stuff yesterday. |
| 1:31.6 | We'll again be getting to a lot more draft stuff as we go forward, especially once we finish |
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