For The Win's Steven Ruiz, Charles MacDonald and Chris Korman take a deeper look at the week's NFL news. Relying on film study and advanced stats, they push to counter easy narratives and understand the intricacies that make football the country's favorite -- and most fascinating -- sport.
Latest episodes
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23 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Steven Ruiz joins the show to talk Super Bowl
Five questions: How would you try to contain Ja’Marr Chase if you’re the Rams? How would you try to stop Aaron Donald if you’re the Bengals? What player that nobody is talking abou…
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53 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - The Super Bowl matchup is set ... but it's been overshadowed
Rundown!The Super Bowl matchup is set ... but it's been overshadowed The Brian Flores lawsuit -- Of course the NFL had discriminated against Black coaches -- Of course the league w…
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35 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Championship Sunday is here, Plus - Coaching moves
Rundown:We're here: Championship Sunday Bengals-Chiefs -- Wow, Cincy's offense got good fast -- The magic of Joe Burrow -- Why they aren't using more blockers -- The Chiefs don't h…
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48 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - One of the best weekends of football ever
Rundown: That was one of the best weekends of football we've ever gotten. Chiefs-Bills— Greatest game of all-time?— Yeah, let's change the OT rules— Is this who Josh Allen is now?R…
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41 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - On to the real football: Divisional Round breakdown
Rundown:Wait, Mason Rudolph thinks he should be Steelers starter? On to the real football: Divisional Round breakdown -- Will the Titans be able to slow the Bengals' offense? How e…
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56 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For the Win: Wild Card Weekend Recap
Rundown: The hypocrisy of NFL's MLK messaging Was Wild Card Weekend truly bad? Breaking down each game: -- Wait, the Cowboys aren't going to fire Mike McCarthy after that? -- So lo…
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1 h 04
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Playoff Predictions and Mock Draft
Rundown: It's playoff time! Let's make some predictable predictions -- How will Bill Belichick try to contain Josh Allen? -- What's the key factor in Rams-Cardinals this time aroun…
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35 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - What we got wrong and Week 18 picks against the spread
Run down: What we got wrong back in September ... -- The Bengals aren't awful (but still need to make some changes) -- The Eagles didn't tank (and maybe didn't need to after all) -…
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1 h 11
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Tua is in limbo, How De'Vondre Campbell got so much better, and w…
Rundown: Four Verts! -- Tua is in limbo -- How De'Vondre Campbell got so much better (and will get paid) -- What's next for Jimmy G? (And why Trey Lance has earned his shot) -- The…
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45 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - What's next for the Jaguars -Plus, Four Verts
Rundown: We did it: Urban Meyer is gone -- What's next for the Jaguars? FOUR VERTS -- The Falcons are bad -- The Cardinals are probably still good, but should be embarrassed -- The…
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1 h 13
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Four Verts-Plus games of the week
Rundown:Week 14 gave us so many good games and storylines...but now Covid is looming -- again FOUR VERTS Let's look at the four teams already eliminated and what they need to do ne…
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35 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Latest NFL power rankings and picks against the spread for Week 1…
Rundown:A quick review of our latest NFL power rankings -- The top of the NFC is loaded -- The top of the AFC is ... confusing (which is fun!) -- Which middle-tier team has the bes…
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53 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Four Verts Column and the AFC Playoff Chase
Rundown: Football in the wind is not actually fun And that game was not Bill Belichick's masterpiece And that question about whether players were "embarrassed" was ... embarrassing…
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55 min
The Counter - An NFL Podcast by For the Win - Four Verts column: Plus, the Chaotic Playoff Picture
Rundown:Four Verts column -- What's up with Baker Mayfield? -- The Colts have figured it out -- The Panthers have not, and seem unwilling to BONUS COLLEGE FOOTBALL COVERAGE -- We r…
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36 min
The Counter - An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Four Verts, NFL Playoff Picture, Week 12 and Top 5 QBs
Rundown: Four Verts column -- The unsung heroes of the NFL NFL playoff picture -- Chiefs making a push -- Look out, Bills -- Patriots back? -- Tampa Bay in a good spot -- Covid imp…
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1 h 05
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Mid-Season Awards and Week 11 picks against the spread
Rundown: The NFL continues to be as unpredictable as ever Let's give out some awards-- MVP to the guy who is actually Most Valuable -- Defensive player of the year is too easy this…
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52 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Picking the 7 AFC playoff teams and Week 10 picks against the spr…
Rundown: Somebody please give Lamar Jackson a real offense to run The Panthers go crawling back to Cam Newton Odell Beckham lands with the Rams, because of course -- How will he fi…
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1 h 06
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Power Rankings and Four Verts
Rundown!POWER RANKINGS -- Why we won't let a bizarre week have too much impact on our view of the league -- Rams lost, but still No. 1 overall -- Bills lost (to the JAGS!) and are…
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48 min
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - Steven Ruiz comes back for the 100th episode
Rundown:It's the 100th show and, uh, sure, we definitely remembered to invite Steven Ruiz back ahead of time Aaron Rodgers is weird and his pants are on fire -- His teammates will…
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1 h 05
The Counter: An NFL Podcast by For The Win - A weird week in a weird season
RundownA weird week in a weird season -- The QB heroes were ... Mike White, Cooper Rush and Trevor Siemian? FOUR VERTS column -- A closer look at why Mike White was good for the Je…