Welcome to another late-week edition of the Rich Eisen podcast presented by Papa Johns.

And as you can see in the title of this podcast, it's a very, very special edition, late-week style.

Because there's another issue that happened, cropped up during the week, that kept on catching fire

with each passing day that literally compelled us to have another edition of the podcast this

week. And it's the new teeth that the league have placed into the punishment for flagrant

violations, as they say, of the player safety rules. The helmet-to-helmet

contact hits, three of them that took place in week six that outraged the offices of the

National Football League. Ray Anderson, the executive vice president of the National Football League

in terms of football operations. He joined me on Tuesday's podcast before the league handed down $175,000 in fines to James Harrison,

Brandon Merriweather, and Dunt of Robertson of the Steelers, Patriots, and Falcons, respectively.

So we talked about that a little bit on Tuesday, but then with each passing day, as I said,

it got bigger and bigger. So I wanted to have a little bit on Tuesday, but then with each passing day, as I said, it got bigger and bigger.

So I wanted to have a very, very special podcast on just this subject.

And later on in the podcast, none other than Hall of Famer, Rod Woodson will give his thoughts on this subject.

And then future Hall of Fame quarterback, Kurt Warner, will join me in that conversation with Rod.

But earlier in the week, I also spoke with the co-chairman of the Competition Committee,

Rich McKay, on his thoughts on this subject and why the league decided to step up the punishments

for these types of hits.

What types of hits will be in the crosshairs

of the Competition Committee moving forward, and also the thorny issue of instant replay.

Here's my conversation with Rich McKay.

All right, let's talk about the helmet-to-helmet topic du jour with the co-chairman of the

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