NFC South Divisional Preview, Smelling Salts & NFL Training Camp News: Travis Hunter, Caleb Williams & JJ McCarthy!

Green Light with Chris Long

Chris Long

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Chris Long details the NFC South in today's divisional preview. He goes through each teams improvements and regressions. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have strengthened their roster after the playoff appearance last season and have added weapons like Emeka Egbuka to help Mike Evans and Baker Mayfield in the passing game. The Atlanta Falcons look like they're turning the reins over to Michael Penix Jr who will have a stable of talent to throw the ball to - Kyle Pitts, Drake London and Bijan Robinson. The Panthers and Saints will be looking to surprise teams this year. Bryce Young came on strong at the end of 2024 and will look to solidify his status as the Carolina Panthers starting QB for the foreseeable future while Kellen Moore looks like he will work on steadying the New Orleans Saints ship after a few unsteady seasons following Drew Brees' retirement. Following the NFC South Preview, Chris runs through a few NFL training camp topics, talks smelling salts and being on a burning NFL field. Enjoy the freakshow! (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:18) NFC South Divisional Preview (00:54:30) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (00:59:27) Atlanta Falcons (01:19:51) Carolina Panthers (01:32:30) New Orleans Saints (01:44:52) Smelling Salts & Training Camp Updates (01:44:52) Freakshow: Kitchen Demo & Happy 50th Ryen Russillo! Bryan Braman's GoFundeMe can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-bryan-bramans-healing-journey Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ Also, check out our paddling partners at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Appomattox River Company ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠to get your canoes, kayaks and paddleboards so you're set to hit the river this summer. Green Light's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can catch all the latest GL action: Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you.

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0:00.0	We played the Pittsburgh Steelers.
0:01.7	You know, we had great pyrotechnics department. I'm not trying to throw them under the bus. But they managed to light the field on fire. It was one of those, like, we ran through the flames. And then next thing you know, we're getting ready to warm up, and it just smelled like burnt rubber, like a tire fire somewhere. Look at that game day experience. You see that? Wow. I didn't know there was video of this.
0:22.5	That's like a blue flame, which means there's definitely cancer in there.
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1:06.0	Thank you for tapping in today. We've got more NFL previews. This time it's the NFC South. Chris
1:12.2	talks that entire division. The Bucks, the Falcons, the Panthers, and the Saints runs through all
1:17.2	the teams. Their improvements in where they've regressed this offseason. It's a one-stop
1:22.3	shop for everything NFC South. And then Chris and Macon have a little fun at the end. A few training camp updates.
1:29.3	We talked the unfortunate news to Rishan Slater.
1:32.1	The NFL banning, but then also allowing smelling salts and a whole bit of fun.
1:37.4	A great episode, enjoy it.
1:39.0	You'll hear Chris at the end say we're going to the Falcons training camp this weekend.
1:42.9	You'll get some great Falcons content next week enjoy it we'll catch you then
1:46.6	they call me free i keep blowing and low
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