Shedeur Sanders Prank Call Fallout, J.J. McCarthy’s Readiness, and Offseason Veteran Updates

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Sheil, Steven, and Diante start the pod by discussing the latest buzz around the Shedeur Sanders prank call scandal, and sharing their takes on J.J. McCarthy's bid to be the Vikings' new starting QB. They then shine a light on some of veteran contracts around the NFL that are still in question and speculate on their eventual landing spots, including: Kirk CousinsDallas Goedert and Mark AndrewsGeorge Pickens and Tyreek HillJaire Alexander and Jalen RamseyAaron RodgersTrey Hendrickson The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Sheil Kapadia, Steven Ruiz, and Diante LeeProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera GivensProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.7	on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:59.8	Welcome. Welcome to the Ringer NFL show.
1:04.2	Shield Capadia here with Stephen Ruiz and Deontay Lee.
1:10.7	We got some news around the NFL, some headlines that interest us on this Wednesday afternoon. And then we've got some
1:12.2	unanswered questions around the NFL. We had the draft, but we've still got some guys who
1:17.0	are they going to get traded? Are they going to get released? Are there going to be moves made
1:22.1	between now and training camp? Because Deonti, we know the NFL's not going to have a quiet time you know
1:28.1	they'll space these out day by day week by week that leaks to the insiders and every day from now
1:34.5	until week one we will have some sort of headline in the NFL so I guess we got to talk about all
1:39.1	those as well 1,000 percent I was talking to family and they're like oh it's got to feel good that
1:43.0	the offseason is here and I was like a doesn't not in my job, not my line of work at all. And B,
1:48.8	at this time of year, like you said, every week we're going to find out, this player is getting
1:52.5	a June 1st cut. This player is being traded. This player is reworking their deal. We've got the schedule release, which they have now turned into this mid-spring event thing,
2:01.6	and that they're going to be able to milk content. And us as well at the ringer are going to milk
2:05.0	some content out of that because that's just the nature of the calendar here dealing with the NFL.
2:10.3	I'm starting to get roped into weeknight plans with my wife. So I'm kind of bummed out about
2:16.3	like, I used to be able to lie and be like,
2:17.9	hey,
2:18.0	I got to work.
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