Caleb Williams REACTION, NFC West Preseason RECAP, Greg Olsen STOPS BY
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
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🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
John reacts to Caleb Williams' preseason game against the Bills and how it looks like Ben Johnson may have gotten through to Caleb Williams to help him take his game to the next level.
Next, John talks about how some of the top rookie QBs have been doing during the preseason and who is standing out and who may still need time to adjust to the NFL game.
Later, John recaps the first two preseason games for the NFC West teams and which teams look like they will be a team to watch out for this season and who may need to look in the mirror if they want to have a good season.
Finally, John is joined by longtime NFL TE and current FOX Sports broadcaster Greg Olsen to talk about the NFL, broadcasting, and managing life as a father, coach, and broadcaster.
04:54 - Caleb Williams reaction
20:53 - Top QB Draft picks
31:58 - NFC West Recap
42:06 - Ashton Jeanty taking big hits
48:35 - Houston Texans update
56:50 - Greg Olsen Interview
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| 1:03.6 | I will be on with Colin down in Southern California for the next four days. |
| 1:06.3 | I think he's here for two and then he's in Chicago for two. |
| 1:07.8 | But I'll be on the herd. |
| 1:14.1 | So you can watch this on Fox Sports One. And I got here earlier today, |
| 1:18.8 | and I recorded a podcast because I was going to do like an intro part of the podcast, talk about a bunch of preseason football that I watched. And I interviewed Craig Olson last |
| 1:24.4 | week, and he's going to be, we'll put him on the the back end of the show so he'll be on with us |
| 1:29.7 | today and then i realized the bears were playing the night Caleb was starting and gregg also |
| 1:35.1 | was calling the game so i was like you know what i'll do a little reaction to Caleb so we'll do a reaction |
| 1:40.1 | to Caleb some thoughts on jackson dart Ward, some NFC West thoughts, |
| 1:45.4 | Howie Roseman makes a trade, the Colts. |
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