NFL Week 1: Bills' Comeback, Rodgers Revived, Russ Cooked, Who's AFC's Best & More

The Rich Eisen Show

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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A weekly staple on 'The Rich Eisen Show' since 2018, 'Overreaction Monday' is now also an extended podcast with Rich and Chris Brockman debating the latest in the NFL. Today's topics: 1:30 - Josh Allen is NFL's top QB, will repeat as MVP and the Bills will be the AFC's 1-seed 7:30 - Bills/Ravens already the game of the year and was the AFC Championship Game preview 11:00 - Don't sleep on the Chiefs 13:50 - The Russell Wilson era is already over; time for the Giants to start Jaxson Dart 17:25 - Aaron Rodgers has hit fountain of youth and will mirror his '21 MVP season stats 21:15 - The NFC Championship Game will be at Lambeau Field 23:05 - The Colts are AFC South front runners 25:40 - Despite the win, the Bengals' slow start will haunt them again 28:45 - The Lions' championship window closed with Ben Johnson leaving Detroit 30:15 - CMC is back + 49ers injuries = top five SZN coming 32:55 - The Chargers are the team to beat in the AFC West Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.2	welcome to this in season edition first of its kind in 2025,
0:40.6	here in the National Football League world on Overreaction Monday.
0:44.9	Rich Eisen and Chris Brockman coming to you from the Rich Eisen podcast set in our Los Angeles studios.
0:50.4	So those who are listening to this pod, you can see it on our YouTube channel, YouTube.com slash Rich Eisen's show for those who are seeing it. Guess what? You can download it for your eargate pleasure anytime you want wherever you get your podcast. Thanks to our friends at the ESPN podcast World and Pod Center. Good to see over there, Christopher. How are you? Rich, great to see you? How are you, my friend? I do not know in which hemisphere I reside.
1:12.7	That's what I was going to say. I do not know.
1:14.8	I do not know.
1:17.0	First time, first time for me last week
1:20.8	where the phrase below the equator wasn't a metaphor.
1:24.2	You know, anytime who called me was hitting me below the equator while I was in Brazil
1:29.2	I mean never never on the cast you and Kurt the game obviously lived up the billing a phenomenal
1:35.2	contest with the chargers pulling it out yeah yeah and obviously the whirlwind weekend that you've had
1:39.7	but an amazing week one so let's get to it let's get. So much to discuss, certainly coming off the Sunday night football.
1:46.9	81 points of Palooza extravaganza.
1:49.4	What a massive way for the first Sunday of the NFL season, 2025 to finish up.
1:54.9	Hit it.
1:56.4	That was terrible.
1:58.0	That was crap.
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