NFL League Meetings Reaction Day 2: MNF Doubleheaders are no more, Thanksgiving Eve Games, NFL Flag Football
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
A thought-provoking episode of 3 & Out diving into league decisions, evolving trends, and bigger-picture conversations around the NFL.
The show opens with the reported cancellation of the Monday Night Football doubleheader and what it says about the league’s scheduling priorities. From there, a look at the continued push into NFL flag football and how the league is expanding its reach at all levels of the game.
The conversation shifts to the idea of NFL games on Thanksgiving Eve, breaking down the potential upside and whether the league is pushing the calendar too far. Mike McCarthy’s comments on Aaron Rodgers and Will Howard are also discussed, offering insight into quarterback evaluations and expectations.
The episode wraps with a broader discussion on nepotism in football, examining how it shows up across coaching staffs and front offices, and whether it ultimately helps or hurts the league.
All that and more on this episode of 3 & Out.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. |
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| 0:19.5 | What is going on, my people? How are we doing, John Middlecough? That would be me, three and out |
| 0:23.8 | podcast. That would be this show. And we got a lot going on, a lot of stories coming out of the |
| 0:31.0 | owners meetings down the street. No more double-headers. Flag football might not include pro players anymore. |
| 0:39.2 | The Lions doing business things that make you shake your head. |
| 0:42.7 | Mike McCarthy had some comments on everyone's favorite quarterback, Will Howard, |
| 0:47.9 | to all sorts of stuff. |
| 0:49.6 | So we're going to dive deep. |
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| 1:07.2 | But I do want to start with the NFL making a change. |
| 1:11.5 | They will no longer have the doubleheader Monday night game. |
| 1:16.2 | And me personally, I hated it. |
| 1:19.0 | Now, I hated it for, you know, I was biased because I, from a fan standpoint, |
| 1:31.0 | Monday night, Thursday night, Sunday night, I've always believed, listen, I'm a traditionalist in the sense of when I was a kid in the 90s, Monday |
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