NFL 2025 Week 7 Preview + TNF Recap
Heed the Call NFL Podcast with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
4.9 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler are joined by Conor Orr to preview ALL the games on the 2025 NFL Week 7 slate! But first, we recap the AFC North Thursday night showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals, AKA the Icy Hot Bowl. After the break, we get to the Week 7 preview, starting this week with the late window of games. Next, we hit the final 2025 London game and then build our Sunday Quad-Box from the early slate. Next up is our weekly segment Insider Calls with Brian Baldinger, where we look at the concern level for the Eagles, the Vikings quarterback situation, and preview the Sunday Night tilt between the Falcons and 49ers. Then it's on to the last MNF double-header of 2025! We finish up the game previews with The Other Ones and then close the show with our Blind Locks of Week 7, featuring a dramatic new RULE CHANGE!
0:00 TNF Recap: Steelers at Bengals
14:09 Week 7 Preview
18:57 Late Window: Giants at Broncos Preview
26:44 Colts at Chargers Preview
32:01 Packers at Cardinals Preview
38:37 Commanders at Cowboys Preview
44:27 London: Rams at Jaguars Preview
51:06 The QUAD BOX
53:20 Eagles at Vikings Preview
57:58 Patriots at Titans Preview
1:04:05 Raiders at Chiefs Preview
1:10:10 Panthers at Jets Preview
1:14:30 Insider Calls with Brian Baldinger
1:15:15 Baldy on Eagles Concern Level
1:20:04 Baldy on Vikings Quarterback Situation
1:24:06 Baldy Previews SNF: Falcons at 49ers
1:31:11 Real MNF: Buccaneers at Lions Preview
1:35:48 Fake MNF: Texans at Seahawks Preview
1:38:44 The Other Ones
1:38:53 Saints at Bears Preview
1:40:37 Dolphins at Browns Preview
1:42:53 Blind Locks for Week 7
1:50:01 Wrap Up
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| 0:35.7 | your life, you know, you can lose some of that energy you have for it. |
| 0:40.3 | But I think it's all about your mind and telling yourself that like this is one of the best things in the world. |
| 0:48.3 | So I think just stay excited about what you're doing and I think you'll be able to do it as long as you want. |
| 1:02.7 | You know, once upon a time when we were bloggers for NFL media, there was a series of posts. |
| 1:09.6 | I think we all took a turn writing one about Joe Flacko being |
| 1:13.6 | tied to a potential film adaption of a Johnny Unitis. Yes. Memoir. That project never took off, |
| 1:24.2 | but now I'm wondering who's going to play Joe Flacco in the Flacco memoir. |
| 1:31.1 | I mean, because he has now reached the status of a great American hero. |
| 1:37.8 | After a 33, 31 win, the Pittsburgh Steelers fall to Flacco and the Cincinnati Bengals. |
| 1:45.3 | A huge win for Cincinnati. |
| 1:50.6 | And a game in which Joe Flacco throws for 342 yards, three touchdowns, and leads Cincinnati |
| 1:57.2 | on the game-winning drive capped by Evan McPherson's 36-yard field goal with less |
| 2:04.8 | than 10 seconds to play. Dan Hansis, Mark Sessler, Connor, or Justin Graver on the ones and twos. |
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