Ep 169 - Week 1 Preview (+BAKING News)

Well week 9 was full of statement wins, bizarre finishes and teams heading in drastically different directions. Buffalo battered Minnesota, Jordan Love lit up New England, Chicago somehow pulled it out, Jacksonville played against a mailman and Denver continued to operate at their own timezone. We also get into the latest trade deadline moves, including Kirk Cousins returning to Minnesota and Jacksonville going all-in.

Week 8 lost the plot. Burrow accounted for six touchdowns, Tampa Bay won without completing a pass, and the Broncos–Chiefs finish took several years off Stuart’s life. Meanwhile, Darren gets the considerably less enjoyable job of discussing Seattle’s defeat to Chicago. We unpack the comebacks, collapses and ridiculous stats, before looking ahead to Week 9’s biggest games, including Bills–Vikings and Packers–Patriots. All on 4th and Forever, where the stats are all wrong, but the analysis is balanced until someone mentions our teams.

Stuart and Darren pick through Week 6, headlined by the 4th and Forever Bowl; where friendship takes a back seat to being absolutely unbearable about your team winning... at least, that's how it's supposed to go! There’s also Texans–Jags, 49ers–Commanders, and a look ahead to Week 7, assuming we can get Stuart to stop talking about Denver and his continued concerns over Bo Nix for long enough.

Why is everyone seemingly TRYING to lose these games?! Ugh, anyway... oh... we've ran out of time for this description, resulting in a tie. Someone's gonna get fired for this...

Apparently the more things change, the more Patrick Mahomes ends up back on top somehow. Ugh. Stuart and Darren review Kenneth Walker running wild in Vegas, the Jaguars becoming suspiciously competent, the Eagles forgetting how third downs work and the Giants continue to defy medical science... oh and the Chargers are still 0-4. Hehehe! The guys preview another packed week of NFL action, before some breaking news regarding the retirement of All-Pro RT Lane Johnson hits.

So... do we know anything about any of these teams yet? YOU BET WE DON'T!

From the Bears crashing back to earth, to the Ravens reverting to type (in the wrong way), to Denver finally remembering to play football and the Chiefs doing Chiefs things again... it's post-week 2 in the NFL, babaaaay. PS - You'll also learn the etymology of the phrase "different kettle of fish" 🌈⭐ThE MoRe YoU kNoW! PPS - Pray for Caleb 🙏

The NFL is back with a series of bangs - each louder than the last! It wouldn't be the 4th and Forever Podcast if we didn't completely ditch a previous format in favour of something completely different... so this is... something! There’s plenty to unpack, from"statement" wins and early overreactions - all part of "Week 1 Weirdness"! We’ll also look ahead to Week 2, including Vikings @ Bears, Saints @ Ravens, Jaguars @ Broncos and Steelers @ Patriots.

The time for talk is over... ... well, for the teams anyway. Here at the 4th and Forever Podcast, we are only just getting started! Part way through recording we got some BAKING News which we will just share with you here: Baker Mayfield has signed a $3 year $165million extension with the Tampa Bay Bucs! Congrats to Our Boy Baker! That aside, Stuart and Darren sink their teeth into: Broncos @ Chiefs Bills @ Texans Packers @ Vikings Cowboys @ Giants

Guess who's back with the same ol' crap?! That's right, 4th and Forever are back on the airwaves headin' straight for your earholes just in time for the start of the 2026 season! There's faaaaaar too much to catch up on, so Darren and Stuart decided to just draft some of their most interesting personalities to watch for this upcoming season. From Darnold to Donald. From Brown to Burrow. The guys know who they want to see - what about YOU?!