Straight Fire - PFF's Sam Monson on the 'Cursed' 2021 QB Class, the True Importance of Defense & More!
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iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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On today’s episode, Pro Football Focus lead NFL analyst Sam Monson swings by to discuss the supposedly ‘cursed’ 2021 NFL Quarterback Class of Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, Mac Jones and Justin Fields, the evolution of the quarterback position as a whole, how analytics - and great quarterback play - has made defense seem less important than it used to be, which veteran players could be traded mid-season, why he’s all-in on the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Fantasy football fans, the NFL season is here and now is the time to do your homework. |
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| 0:41.3 | This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. |
| 0:46.8 | What is up Straight Fire fam? It's me, Jason McIntyre Street Fire. |
| 0:52.1 | For Thursday, August 17, you notice that the same boisterous, loud fire is not really firing from |
| 1:04.2 | your boy. Well, I finally got the word on what the hell's going on with my voice and my throat, |
| 1:09.0 | my cough. I don't want to get into it, but I picked it up in Hawaii. It's lingering. I saw |
| 1:15.2 | on the ear, nose and throat guy who came very highly recommended. He's worked with way, way, |
| 1:22.0 | way, way more famous people to me was super nice. Told me the good news, told me the bad news. |
| 1:26.7 | The bad news isn't even that bad, but overall nothing will change on the podcast in the short term. |
| 1:33.3 | I'll know more next week though, but the good news is we got a great podcast today. Sam |
| 1:39.3 | Monson from Pro Football Focus had one of the better preseason tweets. I've seen from anyone |
| 1:45.1 | about how Trey Lance has thrown fewer passes in college in the NFL combined than Geno Smith |
| 1:52.1 | last season. That's a staggering stat. So I had to have him on the pod. We talk about the NFL. |
| 1:57.2 | He's got some spicy takes, stuff that I did not even predict. He has an interesting left tackle |
| 2:02.7 | that could be on the market. I have not heard this. A fantasy wide receiver sleeper that I also |
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