Kapadia Court Decides This Season’s Breakout QB With Shawn Syed

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Shawn Syed from SumerSports stops by the pod to make his case for some of the sneaky-good QBs around the league who are poised to make the leap in 2025, including: Drake Maye Bryce Young Trevor Lawrence Brock Purdy Caleb Williams Michael Penix Jr. J.J. McCarthy C. J. Stroud The honorable Judge Kapadia then makes his ruling on which of Shawn's clients is most likely to emerge as this season's biggest breakout star quarterback based on his testimony. 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: Shawn SyedProducer: 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.
0:02.3	Shield Capadia here with my friend Sean Syed of Sumer Sports, and we have a job to do today.
0:08.2	We are searching for the quarterback who is going to make the leap this year.
0:12.9	Now, how do we define make the leap?
0:15.3	Here's the deal.
0:16.4	The way we talk about this quarterback at season's end will be fundamentally different than the way
0:22.7	we talk about them now. They could go from bad to good. They could go from good to elite.
0:28.5	They could go from unknown to competent. All those things are in play. But again, the key is they
0:33.5	will be viewed differently four months from now than they are at this point in time.
0:38.4	So to find the guy, we're going to Capadia Court.
0:42.3	That's right.
0:43.2	I am the judge.
0:44.3	You might want to see what that looks like on the Ringer NFL YouTube page or on your Spotify app.
0:49.2	Sean is the lead counsel.
0:50.8	He will have 45 seconds to make his argument for eight different candidates.
0:55.5	We will choose three finalists based on his arguments. And then we will rule in favor of one
1:01.4	winner. Sean, should we go get changed and go get ready for court? Let's do it. This is the Ringer
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1:30.4	So get your bets in, build something bold, and make every game feel bigger.
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