Football America: The New York Giants Fire Brian Daboll, Sean McDermott Wastes John Allen's Prime, And Which Guys Gets Noticed in the Shower Room with Former NFL Lineman Geoff Schwartz

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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What a week! So many takes being took right now. Think about it: If not for the Browns, the 2 worst teams in football would reside in New York. And if not for a Jackson Dart concussion, Brian Daboll would still be the head coach of the Giants. Sean McDermott is wasting Josh Allen’s prime. Epidurals should be considered PEDs. (Matt Stafford couldn't move in preseason. Now he's having the best year of his career.) If the Patriots win the AFC East, Drake Maye has to be the MVP. Meanwhile, let's keep the Sam Darnold MVP take and add onto it the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl Favorite takes! We vet all these thoughts with Jonathan Zaslow. Then former NFL lineman Geoff Schwartz tells us why it's so hard to bet on NFL games. Dave Dameshek and the gang go down into the mines to pluck out the diamonds in the rough on this episode of Football America! (Photo by David Richard/AP) Timestamps: (00:00) The Coaching Tree of William and Mary (01:53) Jerk List with Jonathan Zaslow (27:30) NFL Lineman Geoff Schwartz on locker room hammers AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek Jonathan Zaslow: https://x.com/ZaslowShow Geoff Schwartz: https://x.com/geoffschwartz Host: Dave Dameshek Guests: Jonathan Zaslow, Geoff Schwartz Team: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes, Bradley Campbell Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Bradley Campbell Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Commanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The most consequential win of the weekend? The Rams whipping the Niners up in not San Francisco.
0:05.0	Yeah, with Andy Reid serving as the Kool-A-sized exception, today's NFL runs almost entirely through the forest of coaching trees planted by Sean McVey and Kyle Shanahan.
0:15.0	Specific to McVee v. Kyle, Shandy's had Sean's number. So it's significant, maybe even essential, given the rise of the Seahawks in the West,
0:23.8	that L.A. not only survived San Fran, but wrecked them.
0:27.2	Matter of fact, with the Chargers dominant win, it's officially not just a fairy tale
0:31.6	to imagine L.A.'s two teams heading up the coast for a showdown in that same stadium in early February.
0:37.2	Speaking of, the most consequential loss is a tie between that Steelers humiliation and the bill's
0:43.3	getting hammered by Tua and company.
0:45.3	Of course, the distinction here is Buffalo's got the cheat code named Josh Allen,
0:49.3	who provides ongoing cover for William and Mary Grant Sean McDermott,
0:53.3	just like Prime Ben Rothusberger used to for Sean's William and Mary Grant Sean McDermott, just like Prime Ben Rathusberger,
0:55.2	used to for Sean's William and Mary classmate by Tomlin.
0:58.6	Now Buffalo's going to be fine.
1:00.0	They've got a superhero at QB.
1:02.7	As we've learned over and over, fine isn't good enough in the conference of Mahomes, and
1:06.8	if you're a hardcore Bill's pessimist, you may be acknowledging Foxborough Drake just spiraled a half-empty glass through the window.
1:14.2	Tom Brady left open when he ditched town not so long ago.
1:17.9	And the Steelers, they knocked their glass on the floor and shattered it themselves.
1:22.2	Turns out structuring the offense around an old guy whose priority is to not get hit ain't a great plan. I think we might
1:28.6	need Pablo Torre to deep dive what exactly they were teaching football majors at William and Mary.
1:34.1	I'm sure I don't need to tell you, but 17th century rulers William and Mary were great and powerful
1:38.9	rulers of Britain. That is until Mary the second died of smallpox, poignant perhaps, as the bills and steelers are dying from the pox of small ideas, or at least outmoded ones in McVey and Shanney's League.
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