The Packers' Ceiling, the Contenders' Biggest Flaws, and the Best Play Callers With Ted Nguyen

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Russillo is joined by Ted Nguyen to break down the Eagles-Chiefs Super Bowl rematch, discuss the biggest flaws among the contenders, and share how NFL defensive coordinators ranked the best offensive minds in the league. Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti and Kyle! (0:00) Welcome to The Ryen Russillo Podcast! (1:56) Russillo welcomes in Ted Nguyen (5:23) Where does Jordan Love rank for you as an NFC QB? (7:20) Would Nguyen rather have Jalen Hurts or Jordan Love? (9:30) What went wrong for the Chiefs in the Super Bowl? (12:16) Why the back end of Philly’s defense is good enough to help the pass rush (15:10) Does Nguyen like Dallas throwing deep on fourth-and-3? (16:48) How much does age matter on defense? (22:48) Eagles-Chiefs picks (23:26) Which AFC contender has the weakest unit? (26:57) Do the Ravens have a huge flaw? (28:37) Where do the Rams rank in the NFC? (29:56) Ranking the best offensive minds in the league (33:42) How does Ben Johnson differ from Sean McVay or Kyle Shanahan? (37:50) Player that was exciting over the summer and lives up to those expectations (39:02) Thoughts on Aaron Rodgers’s Pittsburgh debut (45:03) Life Advice! (56:30) How do I ruin a coworker's life? (1:05:09) Help me win an argument with my wife about bikers Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at https://www.youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Ted Nguyen Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Learn more and join waitlist at ScoutMotors.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's pod, I want to go deep.
0:14.1	Ted Wynn of the athletic.
0:16.1	He does all the film work that you need to get ready for football week.
0:20.6	And he did a big time
0:22.0	breakdown of this Eagles defense of what they're able to do with their linebackers and a concept.
0:26.8	I want you to bring this up next time you're hanging out with your friends. You can steal it from me.
0:30.6	Do we round up with youth on defense and round down with age on defense? I think we do. Maybe we should stop.
0:39.0	I don't know if a movement will start, but we're going to go through all the contenders
0:41.4	and if there are any flaws. He also talks to defensive coordinators from the NFL and they rank
0:44.6	their top six O coordinators and again, a more in-depth preview of Kansas City and
0:50.2	Philly and he'll pick that game. We've got life advice biking. We've got corporate people reaching out about what to do, what not to do.
0:57.4	So get ready, HR.
0:59.6	We're coming to you on a Friday.
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1:31.0	The ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit RG-Help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available, and listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Must be 21 and older, and present in select states are 18 plus in present in D.C., Kentucky or Wyoming, gambling problem call 100 gambler, visit rg dash help.com. Call 888-78-9-7777 or visit ccpg.org
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1:56.1	He is one of my absolute go-toes throughout the NFL off season and even more so during the NFL
2:01.4	season from the athletic does a great job on the NFL and a ton of film breakdown stuff.
2:06.5	Ted Wynn joins us now. What's up, man? Good to see you. Good to see you. Thanks for having me
2:10.2	on. Okay. Let's get to it because we start with this Packers D. It was really impressive
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