Get Serious! Bills' Struggles, Steelers as a Contender, Bears' Playoff Chances, and More.

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Sheil and Mike Sando from The Athletic take a look at the results from the first six weeks of the season and talk about whether the trends they’re seeing are indicative of the actual state of particular NFL teams, or are simply anomalies within the course of a long NFL season. (00:00) Which do we take more seriously?(2:03) The Eagles or the Bills' two-game losing streaks?(9:19) The Steelers as AFC contenders, or the Colts?(16:47) The Bears as a playoff team, or the Panthers?(23:55) The Hurry Up: Troy Aikman vs. the Chicago Bears The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Mike SandoProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm Shield Capadia. Today we're trying to figure out what we should
0:06.0	actually take seriously six weeks into the NFL season. For example, should we take the Bills two game
0:13.0	losing streak or the Eagles two game losing streak more seriously? Should we take the Steelers as an
0:19.2	aFC contender or the Colts as an AFC contender?
0:23.1	More seriously.
0:24.3	And finally, should we take the Bears as a playoff team or the Panthers as a playoff team?
0:30.9	More seriously.
0:32.1	So a little spin around the league as we look ahead to week seven and the rest of the season.
0:36.8	What's real?
0:37.8	What's not?
0:38.5	To help me out, we've got my friend Mike Sando, who does a terrific job covering the entire
0:43.7	NFL at the Athletic, one of the most plugged in reporters out there.
0:47.7	And he and I disagreed throughout this discussion.
0:50.8	So feel free to play along and decide which side you land on. All right,
0:55.1	we'll take a break. We'll come back with Mike Sandell. This is the Ringer NFL show presented by
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