08/28/2026
Football season is almost here, which means it’s time for everyone to be wildly confident about things they will deny saying by Week 5.
Farace, Tim, and Anthony are back for Episode 145 of Unsportsmanlike Conduct, and this week the crew is diving into a full NFL-heavy season preview. We’ll start with the latest news around the league, including the NFL’s tougher stance on dangerous hits, the growing debate over whether some players could eventually return to college football, the ongoing Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr. situation in Atlanta, and whatever new chaos Cleveland decides to attach to its quarterback room.
Then it’s time for one of the big arguments of the night: quarterback rankings.
Farace, Tim, and Anthony are putting their QB lists on the table and comparing where they agree, where they disagree, and where somebody clearly needs to explain themselves. Who is too high? Who is being disrespected? Which young quarterback is ready to make the jump? Which veteran is still trusted, and which one is living off the good old days? The rankings always look clean until someone has to defend them out loud, and that’s usually where the fun begins.
After that, the crew moves into NFL win total over/unders, going division by division through all 32 teams. Every team enters August with hope, hype, and at least one fanbase convincing itself that Vegas has no idea what it’s doing. The guys will break down the numbers, call out the best overs and unders, and figure out which totals feel like traps waiting to embarrass people later.
The episode wraps with each host building a Best Bets Board: three favorite overs, three favorite unders, and one win total they want absolutely nothing to do with. Because nothing says “football is back” like planting a flag in August and hoping nobody brings the receipt back in December.
If there’s time, the guys may also get into whether the NFL is making defense too difficult with its crackdown on dangerous hits, and whether Lamar Jackson and the Ravens are facing a Super Bowl-or-bust season.
Episode 145 is all about rankings, projections, arguments, and the beautiful nonsense of pretending we know exactly how an NFL season is going to play out before anyone has taken a real snap.
Sports are calm. The takes are measured. Nobody will overreact.
Sure.
