Football GM: Remembering Franco Harris, Nick Foles to start for Colts, Ryan Tannehill “most likely” out for season, the rise of the Jaguars & Lions & more
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🗓️ 22 December 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Mike Sando and former GM Randy Mueller begin the show by remembering the life and legacy of Steelers Hall of Fame RB Franco Harris. Then, they discuss why the Colts are making the switch to Nick Foles and what’s next for the Titans with Ryan Tannehill likely out the remainder of the season. Plus, have the Jaguars and Lions turned a corner? They look at what has changed over the course of the year for those franchises before talking about Jalen Hurts, the Dolphins and more in the GM Notebook.
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0:37 Remembering Franco Harris
18:53 Nick Foles to start for Colts
27:00 Ryan Tannehill “most likely” out for season
32:32 Have the Jaguars and Lions turned a corner?
39:49 Justin Fields’ development & fundamentals
46:38 GM Notebook
1:03:53 Week 16 picks
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:13.6 | Welcome everybody to the Football GM podcast. |
| 0:18.4 | Mike Sando here, senior writer of the athletic with Randy Mueller, |
| 0:23.6 | the GM. |
| 0:24.5 | I apologize for my voice a little bit here. |
| 0:26.7 | I've had a been in the weather with a cold, feeling better today. |
| 0:30.0 | Randy, happy holidays to you. |
| 0:32.6 | Usually we welcome news on this show, something that happens unexpectedly that we get to talk about and analyze, |
| 0:40.2 | whether a benching of a player. But today is not one of those days. The news that we got today, |
| 0:45.4 | that Franco Harris has passed away at age 72, really hits hard, doesn't it? Yeah, I think it was |
| 0:54.1 | depressing news for all of us. |
| 0:55.7 | And some of us that have been around long enough to have witnessed the immaculate reception |
| 1:01.8 | and to have been a part, a small part of what his life was, it hit us hard. |
| 1:08.8 | You know, 72 years young, fairly healthy. |
| 1:12.2 | No issues really that anybody's reported or knew about. |
| 1:15.4 | Looked great. |
| 1:16.2 | He looked great. |
| 1:17.6 | You know. |
| 1:17.9 | You know, going to the anniversary 50-year reunion of the Immaculate Reception this week, I believe, in Pittsburgh. |
| 1:25.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:26.3 | I mean, you tell me that's crazy. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah. |
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