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The Rich Eisen Podcast

REP: Matt Leinart, Nick Bakay, Stephen J Dubner and Brian Billick

The Rich Eisen Podcast

NFL and Rich Eisen

Sports, News, Tv & Film

4.5 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2011

⏱️ 90 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As Week 12 approaches, the storyline has shifted dramatically in the NFL with two playoff-contending teams potentially losing their signal callers for weeks, if not the remainder of the regular season.  Jay Cutler’s thumb injury puts the ball in the hands of backup Caleb Hanie for Chicago. Meanwhile, the AFC South-leading Texans saw their quarterback, Matt Schaub, go down with a foot injury. Enter Matt Leinart: The former Heisman Trophy winner will get his first career start with the Texans on Sunday. Leinart sat down with Rich to chat about the big game, turning down his former USC coach’s offer to reunite in Seattle, and just exactly what went wrong in Arizona.  Speaking of going wrong, Rich welcomes in studio his good friend Nick Bakay, whose Bills have been in a downward spiral since his last visit just a few weeks ago.  The guys try to diagnose the problems and where things went bad for Ryan Fitzpatrick and Co.   They also hit on some of the hot topics, including Tim Tebow’s Mile High comeback last Thursday against the Jets on NFL Network, and what it all means moving forward for Denver. After Bakay, Rich shifts gears and sits down with author Stephen J. Dubner.  If Dubner’s name sounds familiar, it should, he co-wrote the New York Times bestseller “Freakonomics”, which has sold more than four million copies and has also been turned into a successful documentary film.  After penning a follow-up book titled “SuperFreakonomics”, Dubner has decided to take his unique approach of looking at issues in society, and turn it to the gridiron in a series for NFL.com and NFL Network called “Football Freakonomics”.  Rich and Stephen chat about some of the interesting ways that common practices and theories such as “Icing the Kicker” and “Momentum” can be looked at through data and either proven, or debunked.  The show rounds out with our resident coach, as Brian Billick and Rich chat on a variety of topics from around the league.  Enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and thanks for downloading.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're rocking the Jet Green right now.

0:02.2

Adam Sandler.

0:03.2

Number one, you were Rich Eisen.

0:04.7

The second movie, I see Brad Hirshberg.

0:07.6

Dennis Miller.

0:09.3

The autumn wind is caused by global warming.

0:13.6

A legend in the booth, Jim Brockmire.

0:16.0

I do love watching Tebow play.

0:17.5

I got to say, he just combines all the fiery leadership of Ray Lewis

0:21.1

with the throwing ability of Ray Lewis.

0:24.0

And...

0:24.3

I don't download many podcasts, but when I do, I prefer the Rich Eisen podcast.

0:36.5

Here's your host, Rich Eisen.

0:39.7

Welcome to this Thanksgiving week edition of the Rich Eisen podcast presented by the good people of Bud Light, week 12, week freaking 12 of the NFL season.

0:51.7

And very few things are decided.

0:55.4

I think we can decide that the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers are playoff bound.

1:01.3

We can probably say that about a couple of teams in the AFC with the Patriots now leading

1:07.6

the AFC East by two games over the Bills and Jets who play each other this

1:12.8

week but are in an absolute free fall, certainly with the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets

1:17.3

playing each other coming in a combined five-game losing streak for both of those teams.

1:22.5

I think you can safely say the Patriots are going to make the playoffs.

1:25.5

The Houston Texans have a two-game lead in the AFC South, but they have a backup quarterback

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