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Everyone in the studio ranks the remaining championship teams. Detroit leads through underdog appeal, while San Francisco sits last for almost or possibly everyone because the desk identifies itself as Cardinals fans; Kansas City also suffers from dynasty boredom.
A preview of the Dynasty podcast becomes a roast of Andy having zero rookie picks in the league's draft. When he realizes what is being said, the desk clarifies that his pick shortage also covers the next three years and concludes that everyone does things differently.
The Falcons' attempt to pair a defensive head coach with Rams-derived offense becomes 'Cologne Day McVeigh,' which has allegedly been spritzed yet again from the McVay coaching tree.
Jason acknowledges that he had just said Dave Canales would not become a head coach. The Carolina hiring arrives virtually simultaneously, leading the desk to say Canales was signing papers while Jason condemned the possibility and to classify the reversal as an immediate frozen hot take, comparable only to an earlier Courtland Sutton instant-signing moment.
Matthew Betz's pre-surgery work is credited as prehab. A nine-month Hockenson timeline points to October and becomes Hocktober; seconds later the hosts fake breaking news that he is already ahead of schedule because he woke from surgery faster than expected, then say everyone eventually receives that recovery label.
After the news break, the second running-back Truth episode formally opens through the recurring courtroom exchange from 'You want answers?' to 'Can't handle the truth.'
James Cook is imagined gashing the defense between the twenties and then being dismissed at the goal line by a formal voice saying his service is no longer required. The desk identifies the voice as Latavius Murray and describes that same red-zone replacement pattern as all of them.
Tony Pollard's season first inspires 'Huge wet bust,' which another host tries to redirect toward wet fart. Twenty minutes later Austin Ekeler's dirty-cake disappointment revives the phrase as Big Wet Bust; the desk pretends it is a classic cliche everyone should use, bans it at the office, and creates a hashtag that may be posted but never searched or viewed.
Kyle receives explicit credit for pulling Nick Chubb's sophomore goal-line line—16 inside-the-five carries, three touchdowns, and negative nine rushing yards—and later for finding that Zach Charbonnet's rookie PPR rate topped only Bishop Sankey among the selected decade-long sample.
The hosts say James Conner's running style is terrible for his body, then mutate 'breaks too many tackles' into 'breaks too many tackles and body parts.'
Jason says he has pledged not to speak about Najee Harris, but Arthur Smith's possible Pittsburgh coordinator job draws him back in. The desk calls it Revenge of the Sith and the only offense Smith could improve; when asked why he is rooting for Arthur, Jason says it would be good for the show and good for content.
Jason doubts whether Austin Ekeler will play again and is told he has gone through the collapse hand in hand with Ekeler, driving the van off a cliff and then assuming Ekeler cannot walk because Jason cannot. The later discussion narrows the obituary to the old all-opportunity fantasy version of Ekeler, which the desk says is dead.
The produced opening card credits Brooks, Jeremy, and Kyle under Judge Giamatti, Owl Borland, and The Borgogon. At the close, the hosts thank the Ducers in Ducers Alley but specify that only two-thirds are there and say the members know who they are; the video stays on the main desk, so the absent third cannot be identified.
The studio's Cardinals fandom puts San Francisco last on its championship rooting list, and Andy is teased for having no rookie picks now or for the next three years. A Rams coaching-tree joke becomes Cologne Day McVeigh before Jason's claim that Dave Canales would not become a head coach is replayed against the virtually simultaneous Carolina hiring; the desk calls it an immediate frozen hot take and compares it with an earlier Courtland Sutton instant reversal. Matthew Betz receives credit for the term prehab, an October return becomes Hocktober, and the hosts instantly declare T.J. Hockenson ahead of schedule while joking that every recovery eventually receives that label. The running-back Truth opens through its familiar courtroom dialogue. James Cook's red-zone replacement becomes a Latavius Murray service-dismissal voice, while James Conner's broken tackles become broken body parts. Kyle supplies two statistical gems from the production side. Tony Pollard inspires 'Huge wet bust' and a wet-fart correction; the phrase returns for Austin Ekeler as Big Wet Bust, is declared a normal cliche, becomes a hashtag nobody should search, and remains wholly dialogue rather than an on-screen graphic. Jason, who pledged not to discuss Najee Harris, roots for Arthur Smith in Pittsburgh because it would be good for the show and content. His Ekeler pessimism is framed as going hand in hand over a cliff in a van; the hosts later say the old all-opportunity version of Ekeler is dead. The published video shows Andy, Jason, and Mike at the desk throughout. Its opening credit card names Brooks/Judge Giamatti, Jeremy/Owl Borland, and Kyle/The Borgogon, but the closing thanks only an anonymous two-thirds of the Ducers and never cuts to the booth, so no individual crew attendance is inferred.
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