The Week 2 NFL Storylines That Actually Matter, With Lindsay Jones

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Lindsay Jones from The Ringer joins the pod to talk about some of the teams and upcoming games that have especially intriguing implications as we enter our second week of NFL action. (0:00) Intro/cold open (2:45) Are the Raiders the feel-good team of 2025? (7:34) The Harbaugh-Carroll rivalry (9:39) Is there something wrong with the Seahawks' makeover? (15:19) Mike Macdonald's messaging (17:06) Are the Dolphins descending into a season from hell? (24:05) The Tyreek Hill scandal Get a new phone & lock in a low price with Verizon. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Lindsay JonesProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm your host, Shield Capadio. We're on to week two. Everyone's had their week one takes, but now we're going to look at storylines that actually matter going into the weekend. So we're cutting through the noise of the small samples and the overreactions and the randomness and all that. And we're focusing on storylines that actually matter. And to discuss those,
0:21.9	thrill to be joined by my ringer colleague, senior editor, friend Lindsay Jones. Lindsay,
0:27.9	first team we're talking about is the Las Vegas Raiders, and they are part of a Monday night
0:33.2	doubleheader, which I just found out like yesterday, 10 p.m. kickoff Easter time for East Coasters
0:38.9	like me, but you are Mountain Time Zone. Are you thumbs up or thumbs down on this Monday
0:43.1	night double header? Well, thank you for having me. First of all, I'm thrilled to be here in potting
0:47.9	with you once again. But I don't know whoever asked for Monday night doubleheaders.
0:54.4	I'm not, I don't know who exactly this is for.
0:56.8	And yes, I am an old person.
0:58.9	And an 8 o'clock kickoff here in my lovely mountain time zone, it's just too late.
1:04.7	I don't know how you people live on the East Coast.
1:07.6	8 o'clock kickoff is just completely unacceptable.
1:10.7	8 o'clock unacceptable. 10 o'clock, the is just completely unacceptable. Eight o'clock,
1:11.3	unacceptable. Ten o'clock. The coffee intake is going to be very interesting for me on Monday.
1:16.7	But fun matchup, Raiders, Chargers. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about
1:20.6	other week two storylines when we come back. This is the Ringer NFL show presented by Fandul,
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