More NFL Schedule Release thoughts + NFL Offseason Mailbag
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff sahred his thoughts from the weekend and also opens up the mailbag to answer your questions on the biggest storylines around the NFL and college football.
John reacts to the NFL schedule release and discusses which teams benefited most, which franchises got tough draws, and the matchups he’s already looking forward to this season.
He also dives into Fernando Mendoza and why there’s growing buzz around his future, before taking a hard look at the San Francisco 49ers and whether one of the league’s premier rosters is starting to show signs of aging.
Plus, thoughts on the ever-changing streaming landscape and how media rights continue to reshape the NFL viewing experience. John also discusses the Seahawks exploring a potential team sale and what new ownership could mean for the organization moving forward.
To wrap things up, John answers questions about the NFL Draft and the growing impact NIL is having on player development, scouting, and the future of college football.
All that and much more on this episode of 3 & Out.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody? How are we doing, John Middlecock, three and our podcast. Hopefully you're doing well. |
| 0:26.9 | A little Sunday, a little quick pod. Nothing too crazy. Got to go barbecue a couple filets here on Sunday night. |
| 0:34.4 | Congrats to Aaron Rye, who won the PGA championship. |
| 0:40.8 | Well, it's not the greatest Sunday of golf, not going to lie. |
| 0:42.6 | So I'm not doing a go-law. |
| 0:44.2 | I said, well, I'm just going to do a football podcast. |
| 0:57.6 | Quick take on just, and we'll talk throughout the podcast, the Amazon, the streaming, Netflix, everyone is just up in arms. So, uh, we'll discuss that. |
| 1:02.8 | We'll do a mailbag at John Middlecoff. At John Middlecoff is the Instagram firing those DMs, questions answered here on the show. And, uh, yeah, you guys know the drill. Subscribe to |
| 1:08.5 | Collins feed where, uh, or if you do listen through Collins feed, make the drill subscribe to collins feed where uh or if you do listen through |
| 1:13.3 | collins feed make sure you subscribe do three and out and obviously you can see us on |
| 1:18.3 | netflix so go check that out as well you can hit alert i've been doing a little side content |
| 1:23.3 | like stuff that doesn't make the show we did a couple couple last week. We'll do more this week on YouTube. |
| 1:29.0 | So you can go check that I would call Fourth Down on the three and out YouTube page. |
| 1:33.2 | But other than that, let's just dive in. |
| 1:37.2 | But I was thinking about this because, you know, the schedule hit. |
| 1:40.9 | I had a lot going on on Thursday. |
| 1:42.7 | I had family in town. |
| 1:43.6 | It's hard to just wrap your head around the schedule hit. I had a lot going on on Thursday. I had family in town. It's hard to just |
| 1:45.6 | wrap your head around the schedule release. You know, it's easy when you just attack one team |
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