EPISODE 81 SEASON 4 The Philadelphia Eagles soar as the NFL leaders with an impressive 8-1 record heading into their Week 10 bye. The San Francisco 49ers make headlines with a major trade, securing the talents of elite edge rusher Chase Young from the Washington Commanders at the trade deadline. As the playoff race intensifies, the Baltimore Ravens…

EPISODE 80 SEASON 4 The first 5 weeks of the NFL season are in the books and the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers remain undefeated at 5-0. The Eagles defeated the Rams in L.A. while the 49ers embarrassed the cowboys during primetime. In the NFC North, the Lions are easily running away with the division while the Vikings have only won 1 …

EPISODE 79 SEASON 4 PREMIERE Welcome back to the fourth season of the State Of the Franchise show! The 2023 NFL season is officially underway with Week 1 already in the books. The defending Super Bowl Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, lose to the Detroit Lions. We discuss if there is a lack of playmakers on the Chiefs outside of Travis Kelce. The …

EPISODE 78 TIMESTAMPS 2023 NBA Finals Recap MIAMI HEAT VS DENVER NUGGETS (07:00 - 30:45) Manchester City secure their first UEFA Champions League trophy (30:50 - 37:45) English Premium League and the transfer window (38:00 - 50:55) More NFL Offseason news (51:00 - 01:05:00) Tune in for weekly sports content. Interact with us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tw…

EPISODE 77 TIMESTAMPS NBA Finals Games 1-3 discussion with recurring guest KG (00:00 - 22:30) Lionel Messi is coming to Inter Miami (22:50 - 34:30) UEFA Champions League Final Manchester City vs. Inter Milan Preview (35:00 - 46:00) NFL offseason watch (47:00 - 52:00) Tune in for weekly sports content. Interact with us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @…

EPISODE 76 The Denver Nuggets have swept the LA Lakers. Denver’s stars Nikola Jokic who averages a triple-double in almost every game, Jamal Murray who has always been an outstanding baller since the bubble, and the rest of the Nuggets team have evolved into a juggernaut. This is the Nugget's first WCF title in franchise history. Lebron James consi…

EPISODE 75 TIMESTAMPS WCF: L.A. LAKERS VS DENVER NUGGETS (00:00 - 07:00) SUNS VS NUGGETS (07:05 - 09:45) LAKERS VS WARRIORS (10:00 - 13:00) ECF: MIAMI HEAT VS BOSTON CELTICS (13:05 - 25:00) HEAT VS KNICKS (25:30 - 28:15) 76ERS VS CELTICS (28:30 - 31:30) WCF & ECF PICKS: WINNERS & MVP (32:00 - 39:00) NFL Schedule release and news (39:05 - 51:00) Tun…

EPISODE 74 Welcome back everyone to another episode of the show! We’ve got a packed episode for the people today. Round 1 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs has begun and these teams are delivering the action and entertainment that we’ve needed. We discuss the ongoing games in both conferences and make our picks on conference championship finalists. NFL DRAF…

EPISODE 73 Super Bowl LVII (00:30 - 12:00) The Kansas City Chiefs vs The Philadelphia Eagles. Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes going blow for the blow on the grand stage. We recap the Super Bowl 57 and talk about the NFL season, Patrick Mahomes status as one of the greatest NFL players in today's game, Jalen Hurts magnificent performance and positiv…

EPISODE 72 NFC Championship Eagles vs 49ers (00:30 - 16:00) The Philadelphia Eagles hosted the San Francisco 49ers for the NFC Championship game. Brock Purdy suffered an early injury, leaving the 49ers with 0 air attack after the emergency QB Josh Johnson left the game with a head injury. But the true bright spot for the Eagles was their dominant o…

The Philadelphia Eagles dominate the New York Giants, and Dak Prescott throws away the game to the 49ers. The 49ers will take on the Eagles at Philadelphia for the NFC Championship game. Patrick Mahomes suffers an ankle injury against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the well-coached Kansas City Chiefs proved to be too much for the Doug Pederson and t…

EPISODE 70 KG joins us on the show to recap Super Wildcard Weekend and discuss the Divisional round. The New York Giants stomped a mud hole all over the Minnesota Vikings, and the G Men advance into the divisional round of the playoffs and get rewarded with a 3rd game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Doug Pederson’s Jaguars started with 4 turnovers…

EPISODE 69 During Monday Night Football, the world witnessed the tragic incident of Buffalo Bills Safety Damar Hamlin suffering cardiac arrest on the field. CPR was performed on Hamlin and he was rushed to the hospital in Cincinnati. Hamlin remains in critical condition but is showing positive signs of progress toward recovery. Thanks to the immedi…

EPISODE 68 NFL Week 16 recap. Playoff picture discussion with teams that might sneak into the playoffs. The Jaguars are in a position to host a playoff game. The Carolina Panthers could steal the NFC South. The Chargers have clinched a playoff berth. And the number one seed Buffalo Bills march into a heavy-weight matchup with the Bengals. Oh and th…

Congrutalitons to Lionel Messi and Argentina for winning the 2022 World Cup! We recap both NFL Weeks 14 & 15. Kirk Cousins pulls off the most incredible comeback victory in the NFL. The Kansas City Chiefs lock up their 6th straight division title. The Buffalo Bills maintain the number 1 seed in the AFC but the race for that first-round bye and home…

EPISODE 66World Cup Round of 16 recap. The USA vibes are knocked out by the Dutch. Brazil, and Portugal outclass their opponents. Morocco makes history by becoming the 4th African nation to advance into the Semi-finals. Spain could't shoot the ball into the ocean. And England in France square up in the semi-finals. NFL Week 13 recap. The eagles des…

EPISODE 65 USA DEFEATS IRAN 1-0 TO ADVANCE INTO THE ROUND OF 16 IN THE 2022 WORLD CUP. It's called soccer now. We recap the games of the Group Stage and discuss how team USA can stay alive in the tournament. NFL Week 12 recap, playoff picture discussion, and Week 13 picks. TIMESTAMPS WORLD CUP 2022 USA (06:30 - 27:30) NFL WEEK 12 (27:35 - 57:15) BI…

EPISODE 64 HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE! Recurring guest Ahmed joins us on this Thanksgiving special episode. We begin our World Cup 2022 discussion with the huge upset that Argentina suffered against Saudi Arabia. We give picks on our favorites to win the World Cup and talk about some sleeper teams. Then we segway right into NFL Week 11 recap an…

EPISODE 63: The Philadelphia Eagles lose their first game of the season to the Washington Commanders. A team that’s been no stranger to adversity, head coach Ron Rivera and the players come into their rival's hostile territory and win the game. Asides from a few turnovers and very poor officiating the Commanders remained in control of the ball game…

Another week of big headlines in the NFL this time involving something we predicted earlier in the season. In a shocking move Colts owner, Jim Irsay fires head Frank Reich after losing to the Patriots. Reich is replaced by former Colts center Jeff Saturday. The Buffalo Bills lose to the Jets and the Packers lose to the Lions. One of these losses is…

Episode 61 15 teams made moves on NFL Trade Deadline day. Teams like the Eagles, Bills, Chiefs, 49ers, Dolphins, Vikings, and Ravens have already established themselves as the leaders in their divisions. Trading for some of the best players in the league including CMC, Bradley Chubb, TJ Hockenson, and even Calvin Ridley will definitely swing the ba…

EPISODE 60 NFL Week 7 is the time of the season when teams need to make some decisions make moves to put them in a better position. The San Francisco 49ers wasted no time sending an army of draft picks to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for running back Christian McCaffery. The New York Jets acquire James Robinson to replace Breece Hall, and the …

EPISODE 59 The undefeated Eagles advance to a perfect 6-0 with a home victory against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. The New York Giants are 5-1 sitting in 2nd place in the heavyweight NFC East division. We compare how the NFC East teams stack up against their AFC counterparts. Bills and Chiefs round 2 ends with a Bills W. The trade deadline i…

EPISODE 58 Week 4 began with the Dolphins at the Bengals and the world saw the devasting concussion Tua Tagovailoa suffered, which ultimately exposed the failure of the Miami Dolphins medical staff to protect their franchise QB. The Eagles remain the only undefeated team in the NFL with a comeback win against the Jaguars. We discuss which head coac…

EPISODE 57 Last week we said that the Eagles and Bills could potentially be our SB matchup this season, but it looks like the Miami Dolphins want it more than the Bills. We also said that this is a quarterback's league and we discuss which QBs are in a good position to carry their teams to the postseason, and which will win this year's MVP. We reca…

EPISODE 56 Are the Eagles and Bills going to be our Super Bowl LVII matchup? Recap and discussion of a wild Week 2 & preview of the big matchups coming in Week 3. Over 60 minutes of content TUNE IN! Timestamps Eagles Vikings (01:40 - 12:30) Commanders Lions (12:35 - 15:15) Ravens Dolphins (16:40 - 21:50) Jaguars Colts (22:00 - 24:30) Broncos Fraud …

EPISODE 55 SEASON 3 NFL Week 1 recap and discussion leading to Week 2. Tune in! Cowboys vs Buccaneers 01:10 – 06:10 Saints vs Falcons 06:13 – 15:20 Steelers vs Bengals 15:34 – 20:50 Vikings vs Packers 21:05 – 25:10 Raiders vs Chargers 25:28 – 28:15 Eagles vs Lions 28:34 – 34:55 Bears vs 49ers 35:00 – 36:00 Giants vs Titans 36:05 – 41:15 Colts vs Te…

EPISODE 54 SEASON 3 OPENER WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! Season 3 of the State of the Franchise show is officially here. We kick off season 3 by discussing the wild NFL in which we saw the balance of power shift in the league. We run through the 2022/23 NFL season and give our picks for winners of each division, and our Super Bowl matchups as well as pred…

Episode 53 Season 2 FinaleThe Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics in 6 games and claim and add another champion to their dynasty (00:00 - 13:00) This is the fourth champion the Warriors have won in 4 final appearances, with 3 titles won on the road. We debate where Steph Curry is on the all-time NBA Players list and rank him amongst GOA…

EPISODE 52 Another episode with other big 5 speakers. Warriors take care of the Mavericks in the WCF and the Celtics take Jimmy Butler and the heat to game 7, setting up a Warriors Celtics NBA Finals (00:45 - 23:30). Game 1 saw the Celtics coming back to seal the victory and we give our predictions and picks for the winners of Game 2 and the remain…

EPISODE 51 Great friend of the show Ahmed joins us for another packed episode and we begin with the NBA Semifinals. The Boston Celtics take down the defending champions in an entertaining 7-game series (00:30 - 08:14). The number one seed Miami Heat take care of the Philadelphia 76ers (08:30 - 20:00) And the Eastern Conference Finals are set with t…

Episode 50 On today's show, we have a special guest Ahmed live and we discuss the first round of the NBA Playoffs (00:01:05 - 00:48:00) the 2022 NFL draft (00:48:45 - 01:11:00) and we wrap the show with our call-outs segment (01:11:45 - 01:20:00). Tune in and listen to our takes and as always check us out on our social media platforms and interact …

EPISODE 49State Of The Franchise is back with a new cohost KG and we’ve got a packed episode today. The 2022 NBA Playoffs (00:01:30 - 00:29:45) have begun and we’re serving up our takes on a hot plate. We give our predictions on which teams advance in the Eastern and Western Conferences (00:30:30 - 00:45:40) Lebron James and the Lakers miss out on …

EPISODE 48Recurring guest and friend of the show KG joins us as we unpack the long list of events in sports.SB LVI recap (00:00:30 - 00:31:40) Rams win their first Super Bowl since 1999.NFL heading into the offseason (00:32:45 - 00:46:00)UFC 271 (00:41:10 - 00:52:00) Stylebender vs Whittaker and the rest of the card recapNBA (00:52:10 - 01:02:32) r…

EPISODE 47 AFC Championship (02:00 - 08:15) Joe SHIESTY duels Patrick Mahomes in the AFC Championship game. Mahomes and the offense dominate in the first half but it was the Bengals defense that held the Chiefs to just 3 points in the second half sending them into overtime. The Chiefs win the coin toss, but Mahomes throws a pick on their opening dr…

EPISODE 46 Big time upsets this week in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. Both the AFC & NFC number 1 seeded teams get bounced out in this round. Titans might have been too comfortable with that first-round bye as they started off the game poorly. Evan McPherson hits the walk-off field goal to send the Bengals to the AFC Championship game. The …

EPISODE 45 Super Wild Card Weekend recap and divisional round predictions. Bengals win their first playoff game in forever. Bills play a perfect game against their division rival. Deebo "19Problems" Samuel and the 49er's upset the Cowboys in Jerry World, hey Jerry "run in yo trap, take ova yo trap". Patrick Mahomes carves up the Steelers in Big Ben…

EPISODE 44: On today's episode, we wrap up the NFL regular season and talk about the NFL Wild Card round. We discuss how the teams made it to this position and how they can win these games and advance into the divisional round. Following Week 18 there was Black Monday, where 5 head coaches were fired from their organizations and we discuss which co…

EPISODE 43 NFL Playoffs are among us! But there are still some teams fighting to keep their hopes of a post-season alive during the first-ever regular-season Week 18. There are a lot of 9-7 teams that are facing off with each other that could see their season come to an abrupt end this weekend. Tune in to find out which teams we pick to advance int…

EPISODE 42 We're back from vacation and we're already deep into the hardest stretch of the season. Weeks 11-16 are where the real teams win games. Before we left the NFL playoff picture looked completely different compared to what it is today. But now that we're back, several teams have taken over their divisons and made that vital push to a postse…

Episode 41Another consecutive week of upsets in the NFL. Titans, Bills, Packers, Panthers, and Saints all took an L this week. Just as we were ready to rule the Chiefs out of the playoff race, they shut down the Dallas Cowboys as the Chiefs’ defense rises from the dead and they get a helping hand from “Game Manager” Patrick Mahomes. And how about t…

EPISODE 40 Welcome back again listeners worldwide, we present to you our 40th installment of the State Of The Franchise show! NFL Week 10 became the second consecutive week of upsets. Even though we correctly predicted that OBJ would sign with the Rams and Cam Newton with Panthers (these are layups for us) we didn’t foresee that this week would unf…

EPISODE 39 NFL Week 9 was officially the upset week of the season. We predict that OBJ will sign the Rams and Cam Newton signs back with the Panthers. Are we right? UFC 268: Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas, Canelo fights (00:00 – 20:00) NFL Week 9 Upset week (20:15 - 52:10) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stateofthefr…

EPISODE 38 The Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 7-0 in game 6 to win the 2021 World Series (48:20 - 50:40) UFC 268 Preview USMAN VS COVINGTON (50:45 -61:50) NFL Week 8 Recap & Trade Deadline (29:00 -48:10) Aaron Rodgers (00:10 - 06:38) Derrick Henry (07:20 - 11:30) Henry Ruggs III (18:30 - 23:00) Calvin Ridley (15:00 - 18:13) --- Support this…

Episode 37: NFL Week 7 recap, the Cinncinati Bengals defeat their division rivals the Baltimore Ravens to take control of the AFC North. The Kansas City Chiefs stall out as Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry cruise to an easy W. The rest of Week 7 was mid. 2021 MLB World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros is underway and we hope the…

Episode 36: NFL Week 6 recap and discussion. The Cardinals are still undefeated. Lamar Jackson is mounting another MVP caliber season after the Ravens completely torch the Chargers in Baltimore. The Cowboys have built a great team around Dak & Zeke with CeeDee Lamb and Trevon Diggs but can they really win the big games when it counts? NBA season be…

Episode 35: Jon Gruden resigns from the Las Vegas Raiders after some disturbing emails expose his true character. Lamar Jackson leads the Ravens to a magnificent comeback victory against the Carson Wentz-led Colts on Monday night. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs just can't seem to get it right, and the Chiefs better watch out for the Chargers who ar…

Episode 34: NFL Week 4 in the books. Cardinals remain the only undefeated team in the NFL after a big win in LA. Brady gets an ugly W in his return back to Foxborough, a W is a W. We discuss the Urban Meyer debacle in Ohio and the surprise teams that are making moves in the NFL. Tune in and find out! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spo…

Episode 33: NFL Week 3 recap and takes per usual. Friend of the show KG is back on the pod to give us his takes as a fan of The New York Football Giants. And some week 4 previews. TUNE IN! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stateofthefranchise/support

Episode 32: NFL week 2 takes and week 3 previews. We are already zooming through the season going into week 3. LFG--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stateofthefranchise/support