We Dive Deep into the 2024 Chicago #bears ... who rank 19th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Everyone be sure to follow EJ over at the @BootlegFootball Podcast Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On Your First Deposit! http…

We're only days away from Deadpool & Wolverine. It's been commonly positioned as a "make or break" moment for the MCU, but is also - perhaps more importantly to our purposes - is essentially the true beginning of the MCU's "Mutant Saga." Are we excited for the movie? In this episode, we discuss our general enthusiasm (or lack thereof) levels for th…

Josh Snyder guest hosts this game that features one of the most unhinged quarters in BTP history. In this episode, we make up children for NBA legends, start building an All-Cheese team featuring hockey great Claude Provolone, and ask the important question, "Can an MLB Hall of Famer really be that good if he doesn't have any Twitter followers?" Al…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Minnesota #Vikings ... who rank 20th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Be sure to check out Arif's awesome work over at https://www.wideleft.football/ F Join my Community Discord Server! https://discord.gg/n46p98x6QE Chapters Intro 0:00 Of…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Seattle #seahawks ... who rank 21st in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Everyone be sure to follow Danny over at the Ringer Fantasy Podcast! Join my Community Discord Server! https://discord.gg/n46p98x6QE Chapters Intro 0:00 Offseason Change…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Arizona #Cardinals ... who rank 22nd in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Shop "Size Matters Not" Shirts or OFFICIAL TFG MERCH @ https://thatfranchisestore.com/ Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On …

David hosts this game pitting Ede with returning guest and assistant coach Josh Snyder to face the team of Scott and Josh. Even as host, David has a little trouble shaking his Covid fog. Meanwhile, Scott is waiting for harder questions and suffering from PTS-David. On brand, Eric tries to remember an answer, asking his opponent, "Who's that Ugly lo…

On Saturday, June 29th, Trev and Joe got together and recorded an incredible episode about all the exciting new X-Men related merch hitting the shelves nowadays. And then, due to an audio-related SNAFU, they decided the episode was un-releasable. Now, join us as we re-do the episode, weeks later, trying to cover the same material without simply rep…

Austin Owings re-joins the Bench to team with David to take on the formidable team of Tako & Scott. David continues his inappropriate behavior by calling out a whole country. Also tune in to hear two Benchwarmers have their Wonder Twins moment, hear the oldest thing ever discussed on the podcast, and the possibility of the Tampa Bay Tuqueneers comi…

Eric, Tako and Matt Discuss the following episodes: EP 256: Too Much Minestrone EP 257: 18 Under at the No Hope Classic (Featuring Assistant Coaches Trevor Hogg and Drew Topp) EP 258: Munchkins at 2nd base EP 259: Scott's Makeout/Punch On Sight Lists (featuring guest Trey Cleeter) https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.facebook.com/benc…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Tampa Bay #buccaneers ... who rank 23rd in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Everyone be sure to Subscribe to the @NFLStockExchange Podcast... its one of the best out there! Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $…

Head Coach Philip Sanford joins the bench and teams up with Markkus to face Ede and Tako in this Matt Dougherty hosted game. In it, we discuss the always reliable Wikipedia, Ede's not against revenge, Markkus asks why he would ever be in a trivia game, maybe it's one of the white countries, and what's the plural of scrotum? #DamnYouAustralia #TheSa…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Las Vegas #Raiders ... who rank 24th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On Your First Deposit! https://bit.ly/3vbmeUG Must be 18+ (21+MA & AZ, 19+ AL, NE). Concer…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Los Angeles #Chargers ... who rank 25th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Chapters Intro 0:00 Offseason Changes 1:20 Coach & Scheme 8:57 Quarterback 23:19 Weapons 32:30 Backfield 49:42 O-Line 1:00:41 Offensive Summary 1:16:12 D-Line 1:17:2…

Trey Cleeter returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. In it we learned who Walling's most hated baseball broadcaster is, that josh was uncomfortable saying "Negro Leagues," that Scott gave away an answer, that Mason knew a halftime answer because of high school literature, that teams should avoid adding an extra consonant to their answers, …

We Dive Deep into the 2024 New Orleans #Saints ... who rank 26th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On Your First Deposit! https://bit.ly/3vbmeUG Must be 18+ (21+MA & AZ, 19+ AL, NE). Conce…

The long-awaited X-Men '97 is finally here, and yep, you know we watched it. What our overall thoughts on the series? How do we think it stacked up against the original X-Men: The Animated Series. What do we think it means for the X-Men as an IP and franchise moving forward? We discuss all this, and more, including the controversial exit of showrun…

DLuks hosts this all Benchwarmer game with Tako & Scott facing off against Mason and Matt D. Tune in to discovery which Benchwarmer uses an NFL player for measurement, which player could have been two time defensive rookie of the year, who might qualify as the NBA's version of Kirk Cousins, and just who would pay Chris Canthit or Jimmy Incompetent …

Assistant Coach Drew Topp writes his first game which pits Marrkkus & Scott against David and Assistant Coach, but practically Benchwarmer at this stage, Trevor Hogg. Early in the game, David has his Shawshank Moment (yes, he meant Slumdog Moment). Scott accuses our host of asking some of the whitest questions in BTP history (Drew likes his golf qu…

We're back! Yes...again! That's right, as the X-Men's Krakoan era ends, DOFP begins a new era, returning from a nearly full-year hiatus to once again discuss all things X-Men. First up, we gotta catch up! We share our thoughts on some of the X-related topics we missed while we were gone, including Beast's cameo in The Marvels, and where we currentl…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 New York #Giants ... who rank 27th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On Your First Deposit! https://bit.ly/3vbmeUG Must be 18+ (21+MA & AZ, 19+ AL, NE). Concerne…

Eric and Matt Discuss the following episodes: EP 252: 24 Hours of Lamaze (featuring Assistant Coaches Byron Grubman & Tim Geving) EP 253: The Steph Curry of Westeros EP 254: Danger Eugene Robinson (featuring Head Coach Dave Wortz) EP 255: Heisman Trophy for Hackysack (featured Assistant Coach Ethan Metzker)…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Denver #broncos ... who rank 28th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On Your First Deposit! https://bit.ly/3vbmeUG Must be 18+ (21+MA & AZ, 19+ AL, NE). Concerned…

In this all Benchwarmer game, Tako and Matt team up to face off against Scott and David with Ede hosting. In it we learn about Ede's indecent proposal, we invent a number of of new round styles including Curriculum VitHaiku and 5-7-5 on 3, we wonder why our baby is stalking Leon Lett and we ask...you don't know Rudy Bukich? #MoWilliams #GinoTorrett…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Tennessee #Titans ... who rank 29th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On Your First Deposit! https://bit.ly/3vbmeUG Must be 18+ (21+MA & AZ, 19+ AL, NE). Concern…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 Carolina #Panthers ... who rank 30th in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On Your First Deposit! https://bit.ly/3vbmeUG Must be 18+ (21+MA & AZ, 19+ AL, NE). Concer…

Assistant Coach Ethan Metzger returns to the Bench to team with Tako to take on the formidable team of Eric Ede and Josh. During the game, the teams explore many important topics: Josh keeps thinking about Tommy Boy, one player ponders whether there might be a Heisman Trophy awarded for Hackysack, another admits to having a soft spot for the Sacram…

We Dive Deep into the 2024 New England #patriots ... who rank 31st in my Power Rankings heading into the year. We preview EVERY aspect of their team for the upcoming season and beyond. Intro 0:00 Offseason Changes 2:18 Coach & Scheme 11:55 Quarterback 30:30 Weapons 43:36 Backfield 59:09 O-Line 1:03:59 Offensive Summary 1:15:35 D-Line 1:16:15 Lineba…

Head Coach Dave Wortz joins the bench and teams up with Matt to face Scott and Mason int his Markkus hosted episode. In it we learned Dave's favorite years is 1993, he wrote a certain wrestlers wikipedia page, Mason wonders if Markkus meant Darth Vader, Mason says there's no rule that a Mastadone can't play football, legendary Rookie of the Year Jo…

We kick off my Summer Deep Dive series by breaking down my 32nd ranked Washington #commanders Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For 50% Bonus Match Up to $250 Match On Your First Deposit! https://bit.ly/3vbmeUG Must be 18+ (21+MA & AZ, 19+ AL, NE). Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER; For additional resources please visit https://un…

In this all-Benchwarmer game hosted by Josh, we learned that Dikembe Mutombo was too short (but not for the WNBA), that Josh would never use Cloverfield of Dreams for a Halftime Chat GPT movie plot (even though it would be awesome), that we all agreed we'd like to see Peter Dinklage play in a basketball tournament to save the Seven Kingdoms, that S…

Eric and Matt Discuss the following episodes: EP 247: I Hope it Doesn't Taste Like its Name (featuring Equipment Manager Hugh Gitlin) EP 248: Your Special Teams have Died of Dysentery (featuring Assistant Coach Byron Grubman) EP 249: So Much Talc (featuring Equipment Manager Andy Barry) EP 250: Double Dishman (featuring Assistant Coach Scott Hyland…

Assistant coach Tim Geving joins the bench and teams up with Mason to face Matt and Scott in this game hosted by Assistant Coach Byron Grubman. In it we learned that Tim doesn't own a lot of pantaloons, Tim and Mason do some breathing excersizes to get through the game, Matt's only answer for the halftime was Eddie the Eagle, Matt got Scott to an a…

Assistant Coach Marc Grenier returns to the bench to team with Markkus to play against Josh and Tako. Marc witnesses David process his own trauma before we even get out of the first quarter. Later, the teams contemplate whether Lenny Wilkins could have played shortstop, and just what Sylvester & Frank Stallone's combine box office take is. Tako als…

The Fully Inflated Football Podcast Episode #281 Answering Your Draft Questions! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/thatfranchiseguy to support the show AND get EXCLUSIVE access to submit questions to the Mailbag for the show! (Submit questions via DM’s). Use Promocode: "TFG" On Underdog Fantasy For Up To A $100 Match On Your First Deposit! https:/…