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It's that time of the year again, so we all get together to say what we would do if we were the GMs of the 32 NFL teams.

Picks, reaches, trades, guesses and positional value. Who will be the players to grace our screens in the new year?

This year we do Rounds 1 and 2 again, will it be less frantic than last year, with Paul in amongst it and doing his research, who can be sure!?

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The Draft is approaching, so who can we expect to go early in the first round, who are in the premium positions, and who is great, but not where you'd usually expect positional value.

After this, it becomes a ramble, as Gary fails to name two Running Backs from days of Draft past.

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Waddle to the Broncos

Maxx Crosby...then just Trey Hendrickson to the Ravens

Everybody out of Miami

These plus all the notable trades, pick ups and cuts so far this season

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After a brief break, we finally get together to talk about theSeahawks emphatic victory over the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Kenneth Walker gets the MVP, both defences were incredible at times, but what positives can be found for the Pats?

We discuss the release of Tyreek Hill, look at trade rumours, talk about Klint Kubiak getting the Raiders Head Coach job, and look at big name release candidates.

Then the tuxedos are pressed, and the red carpet readied as The Snap UK awards are announced. Who will get the MVP, Coach of the Year, Comeback Player, along with the Eric Ebron Participation Trophy, and LVP.

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The Super Bowl is this weekend, and we preview the clash between Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots.

Can the Seahawks Defence keep Maye and Diggs quiet, and can the New England make Darnold see ghosts? Can the Pats rush attack keep moving? How does this affect Jake Bobo's legacy?

We discuss the new coach hires, who is looking up, who is moving sideways, and who is just being the Cleveland Browns?

We also discuss the Hall of Fame snubs, and does this affect the legitimacy of the Hall?

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The Bills fail to make the Championship Game, and McDermott pays for this with his job. Brandon Beane gets promoted though, can we make it make sense.

The Patrios beat the Texans in a sloppy game, where the Texans defence must be furious their efforts are wasted.

Seahawks demolish the 49ers, and may be the best team in the NFL right now.

Rams beat the Bears, but is this just the start for this Chicago team?

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After 19 years Mike Tomlin is no longer Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach. We discuss all the current openings, but first we have to discuss all the games from the weekend.

• Rams leave it late to beat a feisty Panthers
• Bears comeback to beat the Packers
• Josh Allen is a superhero as Bills beat the Jags
• The 49ers are as impressive as the Eagles are disappointing
• Pats give Herbert nightmares
• Texans defence beat Steelers

We look ahead to Divisional Weekend.

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Apologies, it's a long one, but it's not often news breaks of this magnitude whilst we're recording.

We start by discussing the Panthers more circuitous route to the Playoffs, via a loss at the Buccs, and then a Falcons win at the Saints, and then the Steelers beating the Ravens.

We start to discuss the Black Monday Coach Firings, and whilst we're talking, John Harbaugh is let go by the Baltimore Ravens, putting a spanner in our best job available ranking, and meaning Stefanski might not be the highest profile free agent Head Coach available.

We go through the Super Wildcard Round predictions, and then Hall of Good is NFL media personalities, and we come to a rare solution for our picks.

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Week 17 is in the books, and we've ended up with the best chance of final weekend chaos, with Ravens vs Steelers, and Panthers vs Buccaneers as Win and In situations.

Elsewhere

• Falcons beat the Rams
• Willis impresses in Packers loss
• Bears and 49ers in Game of the Year contender
• Christmas Day bores

All games covered, plus we look ahead to the final weekend, including the Black Monday chaos that may occur.

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A quick show, to discuss a pulsating week of football, and wish out listeners a most Merry Christmas.

This Lions team, are just taking being Lions-y to new extremes, as they find new ways to be unlucky. This is the worst time to do this though, as the lost ground in the chase for the Playoffs.

The Seahawks take No.1 in the NFC and the Jags are legit, and Drake Maye is having a second season that draws comparisons I don't want to burden him with.

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Week 15 is in the books and it was another fun week, and Seahawks play spoiler to a great story.

• Rivers almost wins on his return
• Mahomes has knee knack with ACL and LCL injury
• Broncos win a statement game
• Rams continue to impress, but Lions are unlucky...again
• Bears and Caleb look impressive
• Eagles break losing streak

Playoff Predictor is close as we near the end of regular season and Cult Figures is the Hall of Good.

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Week 14 is in the books, and it was a great weekend with shocks, playoff implications and some good games.

• Packers beat Bears to knock them off No.1 spot
• Rams retain control of the NFC
• Bills and Bengals have a great game in ythe snow
• Are the Chiefs done?
• Are the Ravens done?
• Are the Lions underrated?
• The Colts might be signing Philip Rivers

All games covered, and we continue our Engage 8 and add to our De-Engage 8

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Week 13 is in the books, with Thanksgiving games providing some great games, and then some upsets in the Sunday set of games

• Bears beat the Eagles to lead the NFC
• Panthers upset the Rams
• Packers look good at right time
• Cowboys getting good
• Patriots lead the AFC after an easy Giants win
• Burrow is back for the Bengals, but Ravens are appalling
• Is Tomlin actually approaching the end of the line?
• Who is more disappointing, Falcons or Vikings?
• Broncos keep winning by finest of margins
• 49ers, or whats left of them, beat the Browns easily
• Titans are bad, but are the Raiders somehow worse?
• Bucky Irving is back as Buccs win

Hall of Good is Tight End, and we continue our Prime Time Predictions.

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Week 12 is consigned to history, and John and Jim talk through the weekend action as Texans beat the Bills, as the defence gets to Josh Allen.

Elsewhere we look at all the teams and work out the vibes as we get into the business end of the season:

• The Chiefs go full Chiefs
• Are the Rams the best in football right now?
• Cowboys shock the Eagles from 21 points down
• Chip Kelly is fired by Las Vegas
• Giants fire their DC, but Jameis is fun
• Smith-Njigba leads the way for Seahawks
• Buccs injury crisis gets worse

We also look at our Primetime Predictions, and look at the Hall of Fame semi finalists who have just been announced.

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Week 11 is now consigned to the history books, and rather than discuss the games, we try and determine which 8 teams will not make the playoffs, and it turns out there are too many bad teams, so we have to argue for picks 7 and 8.

We got through our Primetime Picks and Hall of Good is Defensive Backs.

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Week 10 is consigned to the history books, and Daboll is gone as the Giants Head Coach. What next for Big Blue, and what does this mean for Joe Schoen.

Elsewhere:

• Seahawks and Rams lead the way in NFC West
• Packers continue to disappoint
• Steelers on the Rodgers rollercoaster
• Bills deficate the bed in Miami
• Campbell calls plays for Lions

We play our Primetime Predictions, decide who the Mid Season awards, and whittle down the Super Bowl contenders down to 8.

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Week 9 is now in the book, and how do you describe that Bears and Bengals game.

This week we discuss:

• The appalling defences in Chicago and Cincinnatti
• The fun offences in Chicago and Cincinnatti
• Are the Broncos any good?
• Colts come down to Earth
• Vikings have juice again
• Wasted performances from Bowers, Higgins and London

Elsewhere we look at the Trade Deadline deals where:

• Jets sell the house, and get a haul
• What are the Cowboys doing?
• Seahawks get something different in attack
• How does Howie keep getting away with this?

We also have the PrimeTime predictions and look ahead to Week 10

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Finally, everyone has at least one win, with the Jets getting a late win at the Bengals to get that elusive victory.

Elsewhere:

• Skattebo's gruesome injury
• Trying not to mention poor officiating
• Vikings QB troubles
• Rattler's unfortunate benching
• Chiefs feeling inevitable again
• What is up with the Falcons?
• Jonathan Taylor and the Colts continue to impress
• Commanders regressing
• Cowboys fail to pressure Nix

We go through some impressive Prime Time Predictions, and look ahead to Week 9.

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Week 7 is now in the books, and how do you describe that Giants loss at the Broncos

Elsewhere:

• Rams win as Jaguars stink out Wembley
• Dak in career form
• Flacco makes Bengals fun...for a week at least
• Eagles back on form
• Colts continue leading the league

The Home by 7 Bot overtakes another player in our Primetime Predictions, and it's Head Coaches for the Hall of Good this week.

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Week 6 is in the books, so another good week of football, including:

• Brian Callahan is fired as Head Coach of the Titans, but they're so bad we don't discuss it in Engage 8
• Panthers run over the Cowboys
• Giants most impressive win in years
• Colts keep winning
• Darnold is good, and the Seahawks defence is legit

We go over our Prime Time predictions, where the mad season so far, means our good start is not continuing through.

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Week 5 is in the books, and we discuss our top games and talking points, including:

• How can Daboll survive this?
• Can you think of a dumber game than Titans-Cardinals
• Eagles and Bills are now defeated
• Patriots vibes are good
• Ravens look bereft
• Vikings win in London
• Buccs and Seahawks in a classic
• Jags are great in beating the Chiefs

Also the PrimeTime Predictions, Hall of Good and a look ahead to Week 6.

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Week 4 is in the books, and only two teams remain undefeated now, as the Eagles and Bills carry on their impressive results.

Elsewhere:

• The Chargers lose to a Dart-led Giants
• The Packers and Cowboys draw
• The Rams are impressive in beating the Colts
• Jaguars beat the Niners
• Steelers win in Ireland
• Will the Titans win this season?

We do our first Power Rankings of the season, plus the PrimeTime predictions, and it's the turn of Edge Rusher for the Hall of Good.

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Week 3 is in the books, and it was a week of returned kicks, costly fumbles, anaemic offence and some championship performances

• Eagles win with a blocked kick
• Packers lost against a very good Browns defence
• How bad is the Texans offence
• Daniel Jones is still decent
• Isaiah Rodgers has the game of his life for Vikings
• Mayfield is clutch
• Lions are good

Hall of Good is Running Backs, and we work out which Quarter Back we nominated in week 1 is going in

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Week 2 of the 2025 season is now in the books, and did we overreact last week, or are some teams as good/bad/indifferent as everyone said:

Well,

• The Lions are better than they looked last week
• The Steelers may be worse than hoped
• The Chargers, Bills, Ravens, Eagles and Packers are just as good as we thought.
• Are the Chiefs bad, they might not great, but they might not be that far off.

We look at our Prime Time predictions, and look ahead at Week 3

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Buffalo and Baltimore start the season with a stone cold classic, whilst Bears, Falcons and Jets do very Bears, Falcons and Jets things to lose.

The Packers look good, whilst are the Lions slow starting, are the Bengals just bad and lucky, and are Miami the worst team in football. It's week one, let the overreactions begin.

We look at all the games in Week 2, and continue our Prime Time Predictions game, as well as the return of the Hall of Good.

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After all the off season moves, posturing and debate, it's time to put up and shut up, as football is back!

Who is going to win the Super Bowl, MVP and all the other awards. We take our best guess at working out who is on for a good season, and who isn't.

We look at all the games in Week 1, and start our Prime Time Predictions game.

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Going Division by Division, we look ahead at who is on for a good year, and who is regressing, and who is already looking forward to the next off-season!?

Can the Eagles repeat, will the Chiefs bounce back, how bad is the brain drain in Detroit, and who may go 'nuclear'?

It's the time of the year we do our Power Rankings for Quarter Backs going into the 2025 season.

Last year, it was Lamar Jackson, who lead the way, will there be much change, and who comes out ahead of each other in that hard to work out middle pack?

We're back after a long off season away.

We go over the big news, so who has retired, who has moved, who has got a new deal, who is still working on that, and what the hell is going on at the NFLPA?

300 up for The Snap UK, as well as Bill Belichicks World, as we once were, and to celebrate getting this far, we're having a Fantasy Draft, the only proviso is, they must've played in the NFL since we started podcasting.

To avoid going on forever, and arguments over Defensive positioning, we're picking too many offensive players, and an Offensive Line unit, and also only one Lineback and two Cornerbacks.

Stats out the window, we're picking with out hearts and gut here, we want people who have won you a fantasy league over stats monsters.

Who will go first, and who will get overlooked...only one way to find out.

We look back at the NFL Draft for 2025, as one of the more interesting ones in recent memory. With only a few stars, but plenty of needy teams, how did the teams attack it?

• Cam Ward is the least talked about No. 1 pick since Travon Walker, but what can we expect
• Is Shedeur slipping the main story
• Who improved a lot?
• Who whiffed?

We talk the winners and losers in the immediate aftermath of the Draft, who still has work to do, and also Kittle's new deal with the 49ers.

It's that time of the year, and this year, we go beyond the first round, and we mock Rounds 1 and 2.

• Who will reach?
• Who will bag a bargain?
• Who can pick a trade?
• Who will not look at the list and end up having to pick 6 teams straight?
• How many QBs will go?
• Which players will drop, because we don't rate them, or because we forgot about?

It's our favourite show of the year, where we don't predict the Draft, but give an inkling of what we'd do if we were in the position to be the GMs.

There is now two weeks until the Draft, and we look at who might be top prospects going in the first round, and who are our guys we think might be hidden gems.

Firstly though we discuss Geno's new deal, Trey McBridge resetting the Tight End market, get distracted by Griff hating on Kyler, and the retirement of Julio Jones

Russell Wilson is the new Giants QB, but so is Jameis Winston. Neither of these are Daniel Jones, so one of the group is happy, but is better than Danny Dimes, a reasonable expectation, or just another low?

What next for Aaron Rodgers?

The Draft is now only a month away, who are top prospects, and we then find out who we'll be drafting in our Mock Draft just before the big day.

We go through every team, who are the headline in and outs, who has made a strong start to Free Agency, who is waiting for the next wave of moves, and whatever the Cowboys are doing.

This is a bit longer than usual, but we wanted to cover every team.

The Eagles are your Super Bowl Champions for 2025, who dismantle the Chiefs, and leave Mahomes humbled.

What were the key factors in the win?

Aaron Rodgers is being let go by the Jets, is this it, or where does he end up next season?

Deebo is being traded by the San Francisco 49ers, or should we say, Deebo is being released by the 49ers.

We look into the Hall of Fame, as nothing for some Giants fans to be upset about here surely?

You've probably realised it's Super Bowl week, so we look at who might win, how they might win, along with trying to muster up some enthusiasm for a match up that is not igniting our interest just yet.

Myles Garrett wants a trade, and we discuss why the Mavs trading Luka Doncic in the NBA, may have repercussions for the NFL.

The Hall of Good moves on to teams that lost the Super Bowl.

The Bills just don't come away from Arrowhead with a win in the Playoffs, and this was close, but whether the referees were the determining factor, or your Conspiracy Theory of choice, the Chiefs have a change of going 3-in-a-row.

The Eagles return to the Super Bowl after whatever that was last year, with a large win over Washington. Are they the best balanced team in the league?

We also do Hall of Good, with free reign.

The best weekend of the season is here, and this year did not disappoint, with the Chiefs winning against a stout Texans defence, and producing much talk about Referee decisions.

Elsewhere

• Commanders produce the shock of the round, beating the heavily fancied Lions
• Eagles can thank Saquon for another performance against the Rams
• Bills and Ravens is a game of short margins

We also look into the coaching carousel, as Bears finally get their man, Jags lose their GM a bit too late, whilst what do the Raiders, Cowboys, Jags and Saints do now?

Tight End is up for consideration on the Hall of Good

Wildcard Weekend might not have had the clashes we hoped for, but it was still an interesting slate of games, with Rams and Texans defence setting up wins against fancied opponents, whilst making the lives of the opposition QBs an absolute nightmare.

All games considered, including:

The Head Coach carousel continues, with Vrabel announced, and what the hell is happening in Dallas?

The Hall of Good continues, with us revisiting the Wide Receivers.

Lions beat Vikings to take the NFC North and the NFC No.1 seed. The Lions defence make Darnold's game miserable, and leave you wondering why Dan Campbell isn't more of a lock for Coach of the Year.

Elsewhere:

• Broncos beat some people in Chiefs uniforms
• Bengals come up short
• Chargers move up the seeding
• Titans get the No.1 pick
• All games covered, no matter how inconsequential

We also cover all the Head Coach firings, wonder if more positions might be come available, and look ahead at the Super Wildcard Weekend.

All this, plus the usual Biggest Balls, Sweetest Play, and Paul has the hard choice of picking a Play for Hall of Good.

Week 17 was a mad and long week, with the Christmas games almost a week ago, but we start there, as the Chiefs make short work of the Steelers, whilst the Ravens are barely bothered by the Texans.

Elsewhere

• The Chargers sew up a Playoff spot
• Vikings - Packers is another classic game from the NFC North
• Lions keep control of the NFC with a win over the 49ers
• The Giants beat the Colts who can't stop having WTF moments to end the season
• Buccs keep control of the NFC South, do they have enough to beat the Falcons to the final slot?
• Who will make the playoffs from the AFC, Broncos have their fate in their hands, but Dolphins and Bengals are there if the mess up?

We then look at the coaches who will not be in a job next week, Bears, Jets and Saints already have positions up for grabs, but who else will join them?

Doug Pederson is bookies favourite, but what about Daboll, Mayo, Stefanski, McCarthy and the other coaches of struggling teams?

Week 16 is in the books, and we start with a Commander win over a Hurts-less Eagles, but it was a great week including

• Chiefs outdo the Texans, who lose Dell
• Bills do enough to beat Patriots
• Lions make very easy work of the Bears
• Vikings are keeping up the chase
• Cardinals lose at Panthers and are out the Playoffs
• Falcons lead the chase for NFC South
• Chargers beat the Broncos

All game covered, plus our usual Sweetest Play of the Week

Week 15 is in the books, and the Bills continue to be involved in Game of the Season contenders, this time against the Lions, who unfortunately ramp up the amount of injuries on defence.

Elsewhere

• Titans v Bengals is glorious nonsense
• Lamar is great, but it was against the Giants
• Eagles look impressive
• Vikings continue the fight for the 1 seed in NFC
• Packers look great
• Broncos aren't punished for a sloppy Nix game by Colts
• How were the Commanders forced into a game by the Saints
• Davante Adams reminds us all he's still got it

All games and teams covered, and we also mention Bill Belichick returning to football, this time College at UNC, plus Griff has the unenviable task of selecting a tough set of QBs for the latest round of Hall of Good

What can you say about that Rams v Bills game, it was a game where Josh Allen lost, but somehow cemented his MVP case. Puka Nakua on the other hand gave us a reminder of what the Rams have been missing this season.

Elsewhere:

• Eagles struggle to a win
• Chiefs struggle to a win....again
• Cousins struggles against the Vikings
• Lions win the battle of the North
• Bears do not get an Interim Coach bounce
• Do we have to talk about the Giants
• Do we also have to talk about the Raiders
• Come on, do we have to mention the Jags vs Titans?

All games covered, plus our usual awards for Sweetest Play, Sourest Play and a new award for the Kadarious Toney Clown of the Week award.

Week 13 is in the books, and Thanksgiving always feels like a long week (who remembers the Giants-Cowboys already) is bookended by a mad gaffe costing the Bears Head Coach his job, and then the Browns and Broncos in a mad game for Monday Night Football

Inbetween:

• The Jets throw away a lead against Seattle
• The Chiefs do enough to win against bad opposition...again
• Vikings do the same
• Panthers lose, but there is a bit more hope in the building right now
• Josh Allen for MVP, as the Bills win in the snow
• Saquon for MVP, as the Eagles beat the Ravens

All this, plus every other game, our Power Rankings as the Playoff push hots up, and the Hall of Good is a Pot Luck entry.

Week 12 is in the books, and just how do you describe what happened in the last few minutes of the Dallas - Washington game? It was glorious nonsense. Elsewhere:

• Ravens win the Harbaugh-Bowl
• Saquon for MVP?
• Texans are disappointing despite a 7-5 record
• Things are improving for Chicago, except results
• Giants...well it just all sucks
• 49ers....this also sucks but with a couple more wins
• Dolphins are back

We also discuss our Sweetest Play, Sourest Play and its the turn of Coaches for Hall of Good

Week 11 is now in the books, and the Chiefs finally have a mark in the loss column, as the Bills show great form and enough to beat the current Super Bowl champions

Elsewhere

• Lions look imperious again vs hapless Jags
• Broncos looking in great form right now
• Richardson comes back with good performance against Jets
• Joe Douglas is out as GM in New York
• Chargers beat Bengals in great game with two great QBs
• Steelers beat Ravens in tight game

All games covered, plus we look at the implications for fans as NFL comes to Netflix after the Paul-Tyson fight, plus who is leading the MVP race, and what if it didn't have to be a QB?

Also our standard Sweetest/Sourest Play of the week

Week 10 is in the record books, and death, taxes and the Chiefs sneak a win continue to be inevitabilities of life. Elsewhere:

• Ravens and Bengals might be most entertaining game of the season so far
• Cowboys would benefit if their Receivers could see the ball
• Bears fire their OC
• Lions win despite doing their utmost not to
• Poor Germany, they do get some dross

All games covered, plus we Power Rank QBs, to much difference of opinion, but we can see the Elite and a stinker from a mile off.

All this, plus its time for Safety in the Hall of Good

Week 9 is in the books and the rear view mirror, and the Saints need a new Head Coach, after Dennis Allen is fired following a humbling defeat to Carolina.

Elsewhere, all games covered, but in particular

• Chiefs remain undefeated
• Ravens thrash the Broncos
• Bills beat Dolphins at the end
• Lions win without a roof
• Maye improvises with the best of them, but still comes up short at Titans

The biggest trades of the deadline are discussed, along with Mingo being traded to the Cowboys.

We also have our sweetest and sourest plays of the week, and we put an Edge Rusher in the Hall of Good.