The Ringer NFL Show - The Least Watchable Teams in the NFL

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

Sheil is joined by The Ringer’s own Anthony Dabbundo to analyze and debate which teams around the league they’ll be refusing to watch on Sundays going forward. (00:00) The least watchable teams in the NFL(2:09) Houston Texans(6:16) San Francisco 49ers(9:19) Las Vegas Raiders(14:25) Cleveland Browns(15:55) Tennessee Titans(19:00) Arizona Cardinals(20:58) Why the Jets are not on this list(22:11) Washington Commanders(25:19) The Hurry-Up: Woody Johnson makes the bad Jets worse The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit ⁠⁠www.rg-help.com⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Anthony DabbundoProducers: Chris Sutton and Jamie YukichSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm your host, Sheila Kapadia. Today we are doing a 2025 unwatchable strapped. All right, so what's the exercise here? We've reached the point of the season where there are teams you're just kind of done with, you know? You can't watch them anymore. You don't need to see them in an island game.

You don't need to see them in a primetime game. You don't need to see the Red Zone channel cut to them because you're just not that interested. You flat out are like, I'm good. I don't need to watch this team anymore. for whatever reason. It doesn't mean the worst teams. It's just like, all right, this team's kind of a drag. I don't want to watch them anymore. So we're going to bring in the ringers. Anthony Dubundo, you know him from the ringer gambling show. The guy watches more sports than

literally anybody I know a complete sicko. So he is the perfect person for this exercise. If he says he doesn't want to watch a team, that really means something from Dubundo. So we're going to go through, do a little draft, go back and forth, have a lot of fun. So let's take a break. We'll come back and then we will do the 2025 unwatchables. This is the Ringer NFL show presented by Fandul. And if you're betting on the NFL, fan duels the place to do it. They've got everything.

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Maybe the most ringery title we've had for a ringer NFL show this year. Bunsey, you get the first pick. Who is your most unwatchable team right now? They're not the worst team in the NFL, but we sat through this last night in this Spotify theater. The Houston Texans. Oh, my God. And last year, I think we were at Core Week last year, and I was discussing them with you, and we were like, You know, this offense just isn't right.

It's not sustainable. They're not making it work. They can't run the ball on first down. There's O-line issues. We said, oh, Bobby Sloick's the problem. Bobby's got to go. What a year for Bobby Sloick. I mean, he's the winner of the 2025 season.

Maybe we got a little too overly quick to blame Bobby because now Nick Cayley, he's not doing the job. CJ Stroud. Like last year, I was kind of enjoying the C.J. Stroud downfall a little bit because I thought he was a little too high up on his pedestal. The Bundle was a Colts fan. I'm a Colts fan, yeah, yeah. I was enjoying the downfall a little bit.

Okay. But now it's sad. Like I sit back and I watch and when they need a yard, they try outside zone, they can't do it. They try an up the middle run. They can't do it. They try the bootleg, can't do that. And I feel like there's nothing more sad than trying to watch this team

because the pieces are there. The defense is a top five unit. And they're playing their butts off, turning the teams over, getting safeties and forcing mistakes and getting good field position. And then this offense is just so inept. And it's so bad that I want to pose a question to you. Okay. How bad would it have to get for D'emico Rines' seat to get quite warm in Houston?

I don't know that there's a situation where, and I think we might disagree on this. I don't think there's a situation where that would happen. I think they feel like it's not the head coach's issue, but part of being a head coach is finding the right offensive coordinator. I mean, we have, look at Todd Bowles. I mean, they won guys out and they bring in the next guy and it works every time. And then if it's not the coordinator, now they're talking about, well, is C.J. Straub, the guy we thought he was as a rookie, Casario, has he done a great, you know, there are going to be a lot of

questions asked. I mean, I'm with you. We watched that game and it felt like a miracle when they completed a past. I was standing up because I was so ants. If there's no more doubleheaders on Monday night, the Texans will be the one we can either thank or blame, depending. on how you feel about it because that was atrocious. I mean, the only play they can actually execute

is play action, boot, C.J. Stroud five yards. Dump off and dump off. Every other play was, I couldn't believe it. And so I'm sad. I don't the Stroud discourse, just watching their offense, how hard everything is. I'm with you, watching their defense. It's good, but it's just like, all right,

who's going to have a late hit here or do something stupid? They're not the most disciplined unit. So I think that's a worthy first pick. You heard me. I was going nuts during that. And the unwatchable part of it gets to the defense, too. They get an interception, right? And they're running it back.

And then they stiff-armed Jackson Smith and Jigba, rip his helmet off. And then a guy comes in late and knocks him into the bench, 15-yard penalty. That's a big 15 yards. It takes them three minutes to get 15 yards, eight plays. What a job by the ref on that. The refacting. All-time. Unbelievable.

Yeah. But I just, I think it's frustrating because, yes, like I said, we have our worst teams. And we're going to take worst teams over the next three or four picks. But those are teams we kind of knew we're going to be bad. So they're unwatchable, but they're not unwatchable in a way that is surprising to us. Even I, who was the biggest Houston skeptic going into last year and this year, never thought it would get to this level. And I think Casario deserves a ton of blame because they tried to rebuild the O-line. And it's been a complete failure.

They just brought in bad players. They just reshuffled the deck chairs. Bad players for bad players. It hasn't worked. I'm with you. Texans are a worthy first pick. And again, the exercise is not the worst teams. Like you said, we could do what who are the worst teams that we just did that early.

year this week. This is just unwatchable. And I'm going to surprise you with my first pick here, I think. I find this team to be maybe the most, the saddest watch in the NFL. And I got the San Francisco 49ers. This Mack Jones version of five yards and Kyle Shanahan's getting really fired up at like missed field goals on the sideline. And I'm watching this going like, this is a team where unless they win the Super Bowl, it's a disappointment. It's like every year that Kyle Shanahan goes without winning one, the stress on his fate, these in-game interviews. Like, he is wound so tight,

and I find everything about it sad. I mean, Christian McCaffrey, do you know how many touches he has right now? For the season? For the season. I'm going to go with, 149. 185 touches, 31 more than any other player. So it's not all their fault.

If Fred Warner was healthy, if Nick Bosa were healthy, if Brock Purdy stayed healthy, if Ricky Pierce also. Then I might be like, George Kittle. Yeah, I was saying before the season, this team can win the Super Bowl.

They can't get to the Super Bowl without Warner and Bosa. And so I just watched them. And they're five and two. They're a good team. They could win the division. They could make the playoffs. But this is all about like,

who do I not want to really see in a standalone game? And listen, there are worse teams where if I had to actually pick, but again, we don't want to just pick the worst teams. I don't find the 49ers watchable this year. You seem to disagree.

No, I agree. I think it's, I think you're, right, we're anchored to these hyper-efficient offenses that we've watched. And it almost feels unfair because last year was the year from hell, right? Yeah. You're supposed to, like, karma is supposed to come back around. You're supposed to have a season where things are going to go a little more right for your team because we've seen San Francisco be the premier offense. Two years ago, Brock Purdy had one of the most efficient quarterback seasons of all time.

Yeah. And now we're watching this team struggle to get first downs. And it's like a big deal, like you said, when they complete a 12-yard in. And it's a good coaching job. I mean, they have done a good job. I'm not saying they haven't done a good job. Yeah, but it's just in terms of watching them, like you said, it's sad because we have seen versions of this 49ers team where it felt like a juggernaut and they're not like on the rise. They're trying to expand that window and it's just like, guys, I don't think it's happening this year.

And I was excited for their defense too. They got really young. I think Robert Salas a great defensive coordinator. And we're like, well, this defense might take a huge step forward. And week, I mean, it's only week one. But think back to week one when they were healthy. what they did that as Seattle offense. Seattle's offense has looked great most of the season.

That was the one game they could not move the ball. And since then, it's just dame by game by game. I've talked about this on the gambling show. Like, their pressure rates since Bosa got hurt have basically been cut in half. They went from above average to bottom three. I know Bryce off had an injury. I know every year's the year from hell for them. Apparently.

Yeah, but with these injuries. But yeah, I got the 49ers on my list. All right. Who's your next pick here? Who do you got? we were kind of a little more optimistic about this team going into the year and we've been calling Austin Gale the Phantom of the Opera all week because he sits up at the top of the theater and he manages the volume for us

he didn't even cheer for like a single moment of that three-hour game on Sunday Raiders Chiefs I don't know that I can remember a more sad NFL performance and the whole thing you bring in the adults in the room right that was the case and I think we both kind of like the Raiders I bought it I bought it, no doubt. We said adults in the room, Pete Carroll, Chip Kelly. I like, I still like Patrick Graham. This thing kind of fell apart really fast, didn't it?

I mean, they were competent last year. Maybe was Antonio Pierce better than we thought? This is my favorite coaching discourse. Antonio Pierce and Bobby Sloak, the big winners of 2020. It's not your fault. It's a players league maybe. I don't know. But the whole thing has fallen apart.

And you could have been critical of the Gino move from the Raiders perspective. It's like, what's the ceiling for trading for a 35-year-old quarterback? What is the end game? What was the best case scenario for the Raiders going into the season? Nine wins? Yeah. But they've been one of the worst teams in the NFL in like four of the seven weeks at this point. They were on my big board, pretty high up.

Most depressing watch, I think, is that, you know, what we could call the Raiders. Because of what you said, this is like the bizarreo Pete Carroll experience. You know, I covered Pete Carroll for two years. Before I covered the Seahawks, he wrote this book. You know, I forget what it's called. something about compete, win forever, something. And I'm like, let me listen to this audio book. You know?

You agree with, listen? Yeah, I listen. You know, I've got that kind of time. You know, I need something where I'm working out or walking around. So I listened to the book. I enjoyed the book. It's all about Pete Carroll's philosophies. Then I covered him.

I enjoyed covering him. It was all about energy and enthusiasm. And there was like this belief that there's something good that's about to happen. It doesn't matter how down you are. Believe in your head. Something good is right around the corner. And this is like the bizarreo Pete Carroll team. I mean, all of his, it's like he got Kurt,

maybe because I just watched K-pop demon hunters. It's like a demon came out and it's like, Pete, everything you believed at this stop, I'm putting a curse on you. It is not going to work. And none of it has where I feel sad for Pete Carroll. How far is it? How far of a drive is Vegas from here?

We're in L.A. recording, you know, for the week. How fast do we drive? Let's say 10 to 15 miles over the speed limit. I want to say it's like five hours. Okay. All right. Me and you, we go to Vegas. I'm in. We get Pete.

You'll probably put down a couple bets while you're there. That's okay. You can do that. I'll fill up the gas. We get Pete. We bring him to L.A. We say, Pete, join the Ringer podcast network. Join the Ringer NFL show.

This isn't working out. We don't want this to continue. It's too sad. We like you. He can teach at USC like he did. He was doing a good. There's a better life for you, Pete, Carol, because I'm with you.

I cannot watch another snap. with this team this year. It's not, I feel like Bill Belichick and UNC has kind of led us to overlook this situation. Yeah. And I'm not saying Pete Carroll is Bill Belichick as a coaching, his stature, but like, like we said, when was the last time Pete Carroll didn't win seven games as a head coach?

It was in the 90s, right? I know, I was quoting all those stats before the season. Like, he gets you to a floor. Now seven wins feels like a miracle for this team. So maybe it's because, you know, Indian culture, we got to take care of our elders. And so this one's just painting me. This is elder abuse.

Yeah. This is not good. There's a law firm right by my house. Elder law. I don't know if that factors into this or what. We're just trying to save you. Pete Carroll. Hiring, in hindsight, in hindsight, is always 2020.

Hiring Pete Carroll, we ranked this job. I ranked this job as the worst job last year. When we did the, me and Austin did rankings of like opening jobs. And I said, well, you're in this division with Sean Payton and Jim Harbaugh and Andy Reed and Pat Mahomes and Justin Herbert. What's the ceiling on this job? Vegas as a market. It's not the original market of the team.

There's not a ton of fan buzz there because it's a destination, tourist destination for other teams. So your home field advantage is limited. There isn't a quarterback in place. Maybe Pete was the best they could do, but I feel like there's going to be a mutual parting of ways come January. When's Tom Brady start taking some heat for this? I mean, all reports where he was heavily involved in all his planning.

So just saying, Tom, you're not ducking the ring or NFL shell. Other people might be scared of you. We're not, no, it's fine. All right. I have a lot of bad things to say. He's tortured a lot of my childhood, so I've got some memories to get back at him for. All right, let's take a break. We come back.

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Like, I don't need to see another. No more? Dylan Gabriel. I'll tell you what. I like Judkins and I like Fanon Jr. Okay. They're fun to watch. Watch their clips.

Their defense is fun too. I mean, yeah. Miles Garrett, I can get a cut up of Miles Garrett. I can get a couple, you know, Judkins and Fanon. You know, I don't know that I need to make time in my week for Judkins and Fanon. But I got a couple of fantasy teams that are struggling. Yeah. Saved by.

There you go. Judkins and Fanon. Well, I mean, these five-yard passes, I'm good. Manufactured should door debates during dead air. That's coming on the broadcast. Oh, they cut to them three times on Sunday. I'm good with that. They're two and five.

I honestly think what they should do with the Browns is like, you know how they're experimenting with all these windows? Use the Browns as an experimental team. Like flex them into like 6.30 a.m. on Monday morning. See who's watching. How many people can we get to watch in these terrible windows? You have this thing you like to do where you want more football windows? No. But then you complain at 1 a.m.

when we're watching football. Well, for the NFL, I think they're going to do it. For me, personally, I don't need them more windows. Yeah, so you are right. I am playing both Tuesday at noon. See, I think they should just experiment. What's our rating on Tuesday at noon with the Cleveland Brown? This is the Brown's destiny because I don't need to watch them in any island games.

I don't need to watch them on any Sundays. I think that was the easy first pick. Yeah. We all knew that going into the season. There's one team that I think had a little bit of hope. Okay, give it to me. Who is next? Through seven weeks, there's no hope.

Tennessee Titans. All right, but the Titans, okay, so you'll get a couple Kim Ward throws. Yeah, but I could see those on the Red Zone channel. Okay, you will get, for someone like me

who likes to make fun of coaches. Okay. I thought I was dead. You know, Brian Callahan got fired. I said, oh, I'm like, he was such a good punching pack. But Mike McCoy's up to the challenge. I mean, we saw him last week.

The guy has no idea what's going on with timeouts. Well, I wrote my notes. He's no Jeff Saturday. Yeah, that's right. Like, he's no Antonio Fierce. Yeah. When Jeff Saturday came down from the ESPN set to coach the team.

And again, it's my team. But I was kind of like, how bad could this go or how well could this go? Turns out it was for one week, awesome. The one week bump. And then they were awful. The Titans couldn't even get, they got the one half bump. No. They were up 10 three.

Quarter and a half. The guy, they were up 103 on New England. They were looking decent. And then the House of Cards crumbled. But the reason I say the Titans were unwatchable, Austin gave you the stats on Sunday night, on the Monday show. He's been one of the worst rookie quarterbacks ever. It's crazy.

So. I didn't realize that until Austin told me. You're like, we have number one pick. Maybe this quarterback can give us something. And maybe people who know ball more than me who watch quarterback film can tell me that I'm missing something when I watch him. Yeah. I see a lot of sacks. I see a lot of fumbles.

I see a lot of off target throws. Is he getting help from his receivers? No. But it's just sad because this guy was supposed to save the team. And he's actually been worse than Will Levis, the guy who was the mocking joke of the league. And they are the 10th worst offense by EPA per drive since 2010. The team right above them with the 2024 Titans. So they're worse by a tiny bit.

It's just such a bad situation that if you like Cam Ward, I'm not going to tell you you you're wrong. We're not even half a season in to his rookie year. Let's see what it looks like at the end of the year. I see the flashes. The flashes are exciting, but flashes don't mean that you're eventually going to turn that into a consistent NFL career. I am with you.

I just, yeah, maybe I tune into the Titans like last two minutes of the half. You know, maybe go back in the game log. All right. Was there like a fourth? one at the opponent's 19 and they were down by like five and he kicked the field goal because those are the things I get excited about.

Listeners, no, but yeah, they should be on the list. My favorite Titan sequence of the year was week three right before halftime. They had to burn a time out. They burned the time out to kick the field goal before half and then they got the delay of game. Do you know why they got the delay of game? Because the kicker mouthed it.

Because they didn't have the right ball. It was the regular passing ball. It was not the K ball. Couldn't even get the right ball into the game to snap it. Just unbelievable. Listen, some people live for like a Bijan Robinson juke. Some people live for like a Justin Herbert Rope. I live for moments like that. Yeah. When the coach is just, has no idea.

Like he could hire a guy out of college for $30,000 a year and there would be a competitive pool of candidates who could literally help him. I would take that job. You would take that job. Who would be able to help him every week. And they were, how much are the Tenancy Titans and they refuse to do it. And people like me get content out of that.

So don't do it. It's good for me. All right. I got one for you. Next, I'm on my board. Arizona Cardinals. I knew you were going to do it.

You knew I was going to do. Because you know I like Gannon more than you. Yeah. I mean, I'm sick of everything about, I was sick of them before the season when the hipsters were telling me, oh, my, watch out,

they're cool. They got three safeties, you know, watch out this offensive skin. This is going to be the year. And what has gone on since then? Jonathan Gannon is poking. I don't know how to call it. I don't need him.

We didn't get a good... Whatever he did to Di Mercado. Contacting. Contact the DiMercado gets fined $100,000. You know what Jonathan Gannon's winning percentages? 37%. 3.41. I mean, he is...

Now, he has to coach nine more games to make that pro football reference list where it's like... You love the football. I love it. Your guy is third. I mean, he is... He is way down there. I'm sick of Kyler Murray. I'm sick of Kyler Murray versus Jacoby Brissette debates.

Like, I don't really feel like I need to do. that. I'm sick of are they using Marvin Harrison Jr. correctly. I'm good. This team's irrelevant. They've been irrelevant. They continue to be irrelevant. I don't need to watch any more snaps of the Arizona Cardinals. They play fun games. Every game comes down to the final position. Well, that's why they weren't first on my before. Whether they're playing Green Bay, whether they're playing Seattle or whether they're playing the Titans. Every game is interesting in some way. I feel like I've been watching way too much Cardinals football this year. And I've determined that Brissette runs the offense way better than Murray.

Well, I think there are people in Arizona that agree with you. It's a scary thought if you're signing up for 10 more weeks of Jacobi Resett for the rest of the season. I'm not signing up for either of that. I just don't need to see them anymore. They're two and five. I mean, honestly, why do we need to watch this team anymore? The Cardinals. All right, who do you got?

Well, I did a ring or poll of the office today. Oh, look at the word. Hold up your little notes here. Okay, okay. I mean, this is his notes here. This guy packs a carry on the size of my laptop where I'm packing a suitcase like I'm going to Mumbai for two weeks. But he is doing the work.

He did a poll. All right. So give me the ULWRWRW. The Jets won the poll. I disagree with that. I disagree too. And I'm not going to pick them. But why aren't the Jets on this list?

Well, because they are a disaster. And they are such a disaster that that can be entertaining in a way, you know, that you look at it and go, Aaron Glenn, what are you doing? Or you can say, Aaron Glenn, that's a cool dance. When you block a field goal, that was fun. Yeah, I would rather watch a Jets. game than some of these other teams on our list. They, you know, they still have Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner and, like, you know,

defense has some moments. They can run the ball. So, yeah, I don't mind. I wouldn't mind if the Jets are on in, like, prime time, you're kind of sure. I compared them before to, like, an embarrassing family member where you're just like, oh, what's Uncle Joe going to say at Thanksgiving? And that's how Jets fans feel. So Jets are good for content.

So I don't hate watching the gym. I spend Thanksgiving with my family every year in New Jersey. and there's one very loud Jets fan. I remember the butt fumble was on Thanksgiving. And just one of the greatest all-time crashouts I've ever seen for my cousin. He was a season ticket holder. And he's, I mean, they haven't been relevant since. So now I'm thinking of him.

But I'm going to pick a team that is trending into that territory for me. We'll finish this one. Because it's kind of getting sad. The second year, not being as good as the first year. The Washington commanders on Sunday were borderline unwatchable. Well, but that's because Daniels went out. No, but even before he went out. Okay.

They were down 27 to 15. They had scored two times on their opening eight possessions. It was a ton of possessions in that game because Dallas was scoring every three minutes. Yeah. The defense is so injured right now with the secondary problems. They can't cover anybody. Bobby Wagner looks three years older than he was last year in coverage. And then Jane Daniels.

I mean, Ruiz came, we were watching, he was watching film earlier, and he turned around. He goes, man, Daniels is missing a lot of throws. He didn't miss last year. And I just don't think he's quite healthy. So I'm not saying that like the whole team is cooked and that it's over. and that it's over or that we should write them off. But you look at their schedule and I'm like, oh man, like, they're going to Kansas City.

I think it could be really ugly on Monday night. And if Daniels is just not healthy, like that was what made them fun last year. Like this rookie put on one of the greatest rookie seasons ever. Yeah. And now... They would have been first on the watchability rankings kind of last year. Because every game was down to the wire

and they were in shootouts so often. And now it's just the timing is off. The receiver injuries are killing them. The O line hasn't been as good. The quarterback hasn't been as good. They look a little less fluid, and everything has fallen apart. It's at the point where it's like, man, I was kind of excited to watch the commanders. I wasn't that high on the commanders.

I thought they'd be a fun, you know, 9 and 8 type team who played a lot of high-scoring games. And now it's like, this is rough. I think it's all Daniels. And even if he hasn't looked great, I feel like if he's in the game, I am interested in watching the commanders. I hope that he gets healthy and there's a stretch. I'm with you. If Marioitas starting for him, I'm with you. And he's been on my unwatchable quarterback.

He's actually played pretty well, though. I understand. To his credit. I do not find him to be aesthetically pleasing in terms of the quarterbacks I like to watch in the NFL. So, yeah, if Mario Yoda's playing next week, if Mario has to play for a stretch here, we'll see with Daniel's hamstring injury. Then I would be with you that I believe the commander should be high on that list. But I'm still hopeful that we can just get some Daniels. Even if they don't have a great season, I want to see some Daniels magic.

I don't want to see a C.J. Stroud thing where we're like, well, was that rookie season, you know, and we're two years later next year going, all right, that was a little bit fluky. So I'm holding out hope for the commanders. But it's a good one to end on. All right, I'm happy with the list. We didn't just go worse teams. Right? We threw some curveballs. We barely even mentioned the Jets. We didn't do Miami. I think Miami's still fun to watch most weeks. Maybe not this week against Cleveland. Yeah. They've had some good games. They could have been on the list. They went toe to toe to toe to toe with the chargers. with Mike McDaniel just waving two off the field so there are some potential fireers the cold shoulders she came off the field

yeah there are some reasons to watch them but I don't have any interest in watching the dolphins so if you're listening and you're saying they should be on the list I'm with you

they should be on the list I pod with JJ every Monday morning John Dostremski and every Monday he just comes on and savages the dolphins so maybe that's why I'm like

oh you know I kind of enjoy this that's right yeah it's good you can rid him for that too you can watch Anthony Dubundo on the Ringer pregame show

on Sundays. You can watch him on the ringer gambling feed. Listen to him on the ringer gambling feed. Throughout the week, I will be right back with the hurry up. All right, the hurry up is our closing segment where I give you a take on news in the NFL, and Jets owner Woody Johnson was back at it at the league meetings. The guy can't give an interview without sounding ridiculous. So he's talking to reporters. He's defending Aaron Glenn, but then he can't help himself. He just rips the quarterback on his team just in Fields, according to the athletic Johnson said, it's hard when you have a quarterback with a rating that we've got. He has the ability, but something just is not jiving.

I just think defense and special teams are doing better. The defense is pretty good. If we can just complete a pass, it would look good. So ESPN's reporting that the Jets are likely going to make a QB switch. Go to Terad Taylor here in week eight. But with Fields, I mean, Johnson is acting like he had nothing to do with the decision. It's one thing to let your football people do their thing, but it also helps when the leader of the organization asks, are we sure this is a good idea?

As in, are we sure it's a good idea to give Justin Fields a two-year, $40 million contract with $30 million guaranteed? I mean, this wasn't one of those, let's just take a flyer on a guy deals like the Vikings gave Sam Darnold. Last year, this was like, hey, this is a lot. sour guy for 2025 and then let's see what the future hold. This was real money. I was shocked when the contract happened two years, $40 million. It was real money. And there was someone who had to sign the check. And his name was Woody Johnson. So what are you talking about here? Jets have won a league low, 46 games over the last 10 seasons, seven fewer than any other franchise. And Woody Johnson has been the constant. I was really trying to remember the last time he made a good

decision. I couldn't remember one. It is very hard to remember. So just another chapter in the Woody Johnson-led New York Jets being a punching bag and another example of this owner for some reason making a bad situation even worse. So sorry to Jets fans, but had to address that. All right, appreciate everyone listening. Thank you to Anthony Dubundo. Thanks to Christopher Sutton for producing Kira Givens on social and additional production supervision by Connor Nevins and Arjuna Ram Gopal. I'm Sheila Capadde. We'll talk to you tomorrow on the Ringer NFL show. Must be 21 plus and present in select states for Kansas in affiliation with Kansas Star Casino or 18 plus and present in D.C., Kentucky or Wyoming. Gambling problem, call 1-800-Gandler or visit

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