NFL Trades Are Coming + The Joe Flacco Rule

The Adam Schefter Podcast

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4.2 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Adam and Ty Schmit of The Pat McAfee discuss the Joe Flacco trade to Cincinnati, the Jaguars-Browns deal, Emeka Egbuka's ascendance, a defensive player of the year candidate to watch, the Lions-Chiefs game, and look ahead to the Monday Night Football double header. 0:00 Welcome 0:46 Joe Flacco with a chance to make history against the Packers 3:38 Making sense of the Browns-Jaguars trade 7:52 Emeka Egbuka has burst onto the scene 11:21 A defensive player of the year candidate to watch 14:32 Lions-Chiefs highlights the Week 6 slate 17:34 Monday Night Football double header- Bills-Falcons and Bears-Commanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.2	And to help us get ready for week six, we are joined today by the co-host of the Pat McAfee show,
0:45.4	my friend, my colleague, Ty Schmidt for this week's Thursday, six-pack.
0:50.5	Thank you very much, Shephti.
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0:53.9	Last week, we talked about it. We had kind of a substandard slate, if you will.
0:58.6	Games ended up being incredible. Absolutely incredible. This weekend, we have some marquee matchups.
1:05.0	And one game that, you know, I think a lot of people thought was going to be a throwaway.
1:09.6	And now is maybe, at least from my point of view, turning into a little bit of a marquee matchup. Let's get right into topic number one. Boy, Packers fans, cover your ears. It's Joe Flacco time again. He has been traded to the Cincinnati Bengals. And Zach Taylor said, guess what? He's starting on Sunday.
1:27.7	What do you think of that whole situation, Jeff?
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