Ranking the Best Play Callers in the NFL So Far This Season

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

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Sheil is joined by Shawn Syed of SumerSports, and they talk about the best play callers this season. They discuss the following: The genius of Shane Steichen and the Colts offense (2:18) The cohesiveness of Sean McVay’s offense (7:13) How Ben Johnson’s offense is putting Caleb Williams in a position to succeed (16:05) The Hurry-Up (26:07) This episode is sponsored by State Farm®️. Don’t settle for just any insurance when there’s State Farm. https://www.statefarm.com/lp/trainer The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit ⁠www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil Kapadia Guest: Shawn Syed Producers: Brian H. Waters and Cameron Dinwiddie Social: Kiera Givens and Brian H. Waters Production Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm Shield Capadia. Today we are talking about the best play calling jobs in the league so far this season. This has been a big topic recently. Dan Campbell taking over play calling duties in Detroit. Packers fans upset with Matt LaFleur's play calling. Eagles fans upset with Kevin Petullo's play calling.
0:22.6	So who's actually done a good job? Who is setting their players up for success? That's what we're
0:28.0	going to talk about today, what they're doing specifically. Our guest is my friend Sean
0:33.4	Syed of Sumer Sports. He studies this stuff obsessively.
0:40.8	So I'm very curious to see, does he have the same guys I have?
0:42.3	Does he have different guys I have?
0:44.0	What order does he have them in?
0:46.3	So we'll talk about our top three each.
0:48.9	And then we will get to some honorable mentions.
0:49.7	Let's take a break.
0:50.3	We come back.
0:55.2	We talk to Sean Syed about the NFL's best offensive play callers so far this season. This is the Ringer NFL show presented by Fandul, the best place to bet the NFL all
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1:53.7	Thank you. Connecticut. All right. We are back here with Sean Syed talking best play callers.
1:58.8	So far this season. So this isn't, hey, we're starting a team.
2:01.6	Who would we want? This is this season through 10 weeks. We each picked three guys here.
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