I think the individual clubs are doing a good job as far as continuing to perfect and really keep everyone's feet to the fire as far as doing the right thing.

This is a season about trust, not just what you do in the building and on the football field, but in particular what you're doing away from the football field.

That's the voice of new Monday Night Football analyst Louis Riddick,

sharing his take on the added burden NFL team's face as they prepare for this strange season.

Today, with the pandemic upsetting all the normal routines, freshly minted NFL analyst,

Mina Kimes, tells us what football teams need to succeed in these beyond unique circumstances.

I'm Pablo Torre. It's Tuesday, August 17th. This is ESPN Day.

So, Mina, on a scale of 1 to 10, how weird is this conversation for you right now?

Weird because you're interviewing me or weird because we're talking about a sports season that is apparently going to happen with no change.

Mina Kimes is about to relaunch ESPN's daily football TV show NFL Live.

And she hosts the Mina Kimes show featuring Lenny podcast.

And as she and the producers here, never let me forget, she's the

founding host of this show. I've changed a lot about the place. I don't know if you've noticed that,

but there's a lot going on. Yeah, you photoshopped your own face onto my family photos, that sort of

thing. I mean, Sun Min and I are really getting along great.

You should ever come on.

And look, it is incredibly strange right now because every other sport, as you alluded to, is in flux or canceled or bubbled or in this stage of just wild existential dread,

but the NFL, your NFL, is marching towards a normal season,

but it's not exactly normal.

So what would you typically be covering or doing right now

and how different are things for you right now?

Well, I want to clarify, the existential dread has not escaped those of us in and around

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