NFL Cover Zero: Dart Start, Injury impact, and the best games of Week 4!
NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin
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🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Matt Jones and Drew Franklin open with Matt's continued adventure in South Africa and asking everyone he meets to subscribe to the podcast! Matt has concern for the Ravens at 1-2 and headed to Kansas City. The Giants will start Jaxson Dart and Drew wonders if the move is out of complete desperation. Injuries are starting to pile up and Matt wonders which one is the most impactful.
Looking at QB rankings, is Justin Herbert at #4 and Jalen Hurts at #5 a surprise? The Titans are changing some duties and Drew thinks even more should be done. How much of the 'Manningcast' do Matt and Drew watch? The Vikings are playing in London on Sunday and Matt is amazed by the logistics of making the game happen.
Looking at the Pro Football Hall of Fame nominees, Matt reveals who he thinks are the 'slam dunks'. Rams WR Puka Nacua leading the NFL in receiving yards is the most amazing stat of the early season. Micah Parsons returns to Dallas as the Packers visit the Cowboys. Does Dak Prescott get sacked by Parsons? Would 464 pound player Desmond Watson make a difference against the Eagles' Tush Push? Matt thinks Travis Kelce has to stop his feuding with Andy Reid. Drew wouldn't be surprised to see the Colts move to 4-0, but it'll be tough against the Rams. Matt and Drew are divided over what happens between Eagles/Bucs. We wrap up with Survivor and Touchdown League picks for NFL Week 4!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is a production of the NFL and IHeart |
| 0:09.4 | podcast. |
| 0:18.0 | It is NFL cover zero. |
| 0:25.1 | The Wednesday episode between week three and four. I'm Matt Jones still in Cape Town, South Africa, although I leave tomorrow for a safari in Kruger |
| 0:33.1 | National Park. |
| 0:34.9 | It is, it is Heritage Day here in South Africa, which is like the day everyone |
| 0:40.6 | celebrates wherever they're from. So all across the city, people are dressed up in like |
| 0:44.9 | their native garb and there's food on the streets and it's a big party. And I said, you know what |
| 0:51.0 | though? The people of the NFL still need their football talked about. So I'm in my hotel room to do it with you, Drew, and Billy. Drew, nice to see you, man. You as well. I'm wondering, with all this you have going on down there, do you just like politely dismiss yourself so you can go up to your hotel room and do an NFL show? Are you in like these big environments and have to step away? |
| 1:12.1 | So people who don't know, I'm on a, I was on a fellowship. |
| 1:15.3 | Now I'm on a group solo tour. |
| 1:19.0 | So everybody on there doesn't know each other with eight women. |
| 1:24.1 | It's eight women, me and our guide, who's a guy named Lee, who has listened, Drew, |
| 1:29.6 | to every episode of this show. Oh, nice. Shout out Lee. He has to drive back and forth every |
| 1:36.0 | day from his house to the hotel to meet us, and he listens, and then he comments on all of our |
| 1:42.0 | jokes. So like, first of all, everywhere I go and drew in South Africa, I tell people to listen |
| 1:47.8 | this show. |
| 1:48.5 | So today, I got the guy who gave us our tour at the winery. |
| 1:51.7 | I got him to subscribe. |
| 1:53.3 | I got my taxi driver tonight to subscribe. |
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