Everything that Mattered from Preseason Week 2

Heed the Call with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler

Heed the Call NFL Podcast with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler

Sports, Football

5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler are joined by Conor Orr to recap the second week of NFL Preseason action by covering the things that actually MATTERED with a heavy emphasis on not overreacting. Is Caleb Williams starting to "get it" under Ben Johnson's tutelage? Should we be concerned for the Bills? The Browns have named Joe Flacco their starting quarterback for Week 1, but where does that leave Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders? Are the New York Football Giants going to surprise people this season with their ferocious front four? And what about the Raiders offense with rookie of the year favorite Ashton Jeanty? Finally, we cover the Seahawks dominant rushing effort and boots-on-the-ground reporting from JerryWorld. We wrap the show discussing injuries of note, including Matthew Stafford's return to Rams practice on Monday. 0:00 Show Start 1:01 Preseason Week 2: What Really Mattered 8:56 Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears 14:11 Concern for Buffalo Bills? 19:16 Browns name Joe Flacco QB1 27:40 Are the Giants better than we think? 34:58 Thoughts on the Raiders offense 43:07 Seahawks Rushing Game 47:05 JerryWorld Boots on the Ground Report 54:59 Notable Injuries 1:01:44 Wrap Up --------- Support the Heed the Call Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/heedthecall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the #48.4 movement by subscribing to the Heed the Call YouTube Channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@heedthecallpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I understand it's just a couple preseason games.
0:03.0	The team that I am watching in these games
0:07.0	feels like a different type of Giants team to me
0:09.0	that's going to be a rough and tumble out
0:12.0	no matter who is on the schedule.
0:14.0	And I'm confident in my over
0:16.0	because there's a lot of young, vicious,
0:18.0	violent young players on this roster who are going to be a load to handle.
0:28.5	Hello! Welcome to Heed the Call! A football show. Heeding that call. On a Monday, Dan Hans is here with Mark Sessler.
0:43.3	Justin Graver on the ones and twos. A familiar friend joining us just in a bit.
0:52.3	Sessie, I gotta come clean. I gotta be real. Because you know, I gotta be real with. I got to be real.
0:54.6	Because you know, I got to be real with you.
0:56.0	I got to be real with the audience.
0:58.1	This perennially is a very difficult episode for me.
1:03.6	This particular Monday show, because preseason week one, I'm like everybody else.
1:10.6	You know, it's like football.
1:11.9	It's back in any form.
1:13.9	So you're just like, and you're digging in and you're loving it all.
1:16.5	But it's by this second weekend here that I have this like visceral reaction against the preseason.
1:25.5	And I think of the great Dr. Ian Malcolm portrayed by Jeff Goldblum and the Spielberg
1:33.1	classic Dressick Park.
1:35.4	Analyzing football games in August, we were so preoccupied that we could that we didn't
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