Reaction to Kelce Brothers’ comments on NFL International Games, Matthew Stafford’s Contract, Daniel Jones at OTAs + NFL Offseason Mailbag
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff reacts to comments from the Kelce brothers about NFL games and breaks down why current and former players continue to shape the conversation around the league.
John also dives into the latest surrounding Matthew Stafford and what to expect from the veteran quarterback moving forward, before discussing reports that Daniel Jones is ahead of schedule in his recovery and what it could mean for his future.
Plus, thoughts on the continued conversation around College Football Playoff expansion and how adding more teams could reshape the sport, the regular season, and the race for a national championship.
To wrap things up, it’s the Middlekauff Mailbag, with John answering your questions and covering a wide range of football topics.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, my people? |
| 0:21.6 | How are we doing, John Middilkoff, Three and Out podcast? |
| 0:24.5 | Hopefully everyone is doing well, enjoying life. |
| 0:28.7 | And today, I saw Jason Kelsey. |
| 0:32.5 | I thought he had some good takes on the power of football on Sunday, |
| 0:37.1 | and are we getting away from it? |
| 0:39.1 | Some quarterback news, Stafford's contract, Daniel Jones back on the field. |
| 0:44.1 | The Big Ten, one 24 teams. |
| 0:47.7 | The SEC is not really feeling that type playoff expansion. |
| 0:51.1 | And then we'll do some mailbag as well. |
| 0:52.6 | At John Middlecoff, at John Middlecoff. |
| 1:02.3 | Is the Instagram firing those DMms get your questions answered here on the show uh lined up a couple of guests for next week well they'll probably play it in a couple weeks but a couple big names |
| 1:07.0 | in the nfl you your boy's been working the phones, been grinding, playing a little daddy daycare, |
| 1:12.4 | firing off text and emails. |
| 1:14.7 | Just trying to keep this podcast going for the people. |
| 1:19.5 | But again, the mailbag at John Middilkoff, we're going to need mailbag questions over the |
| 1:23.6 | course of the summer, so fire in there as things, I don't want to say come to a screeching haul, but we only got a couple more weeks until the entire NFL goes to vacation. Other than that, you guys know the drill. If you listen on Collins feed, make sure you subscribe to Three and Out. We're up on Netflix as well, so check that out. We've been putting content that doesn't make the podcast, you know, an 8, 10, 12 minute video |
| 1:45.5 | on our YouTube page as well. |
| 1:47.1 | So you can see that little extra content that just we didn't have room for. |
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