The Collapsing Pocket Sam Akroyd, Simon Carroll & Rob Ward

Episode 10. The story of John Elway, Jim Kelly & Dan Marino begins in 1983, in one of the most memorable drafts in NFL History. A draft fall due to drug rumours, to signing for a USFL team, to choosing baseball over football - the league as we know it now could have been far different if three Hall Of Fame talents had embarked on different paths.

Episode 9. The habit of winning becomes so ingrained in some teams and coaches that casual reflection can often sell their achievements short. For thirty-three years, all Don Shula did was win football games. In the wake of his recent death we look at his life, the records he set, the legacy he leaves and just exactly what it was that gave him 'The Winning Edge'.

  Episode 8. The NFL, as a brand and as a product, seems impervious to competition. Many startup leagues have tried to take on the billion dollar empire and help itself to a slice of the pie. All of them have failed. On this latest Inside The Pocket, the boys look back at the USFL, XFL and the recent AAF and try to understand what went wrong, and if they ever really stood a chance. Enjoy!

Episode 7. A man who was so good at football he forced the rest of the National Football League to adapt to him. A man who was so bad at self control he came close to the abyss on more than one occasion. Terrified opponents simply knew him as '56' or 'LT'. Hall of Famer and two-time Superbowl winner Lawrence Taylor is the subject of our latest Inside The Pocket. Enjoy!

  Episode 6. They say competition for starting spots in any sport breeds success. But in football, the Quarterback position in this regard is rather unique. We look back at one of the most compelling battles to be starting QB of all time: Joe Montana v Steve Young, two Hall Of Fame Quarterbacks who between them helped The San Francisco 49ers establish one of the greatest dynasties in NFL history.

Episode 5. In the final instalment of the Inside The Pocket series this offseason, the boys look at possibly the most iconic Head Coach in the history of the NFL. From struggling to get past racial stereotyping in his early career, to having so much success the Superbowl trophy is named after him, this pod dives deep into the makeup of the sport's ultimate winner - 'The Pope', aka Vince Lombardi. Enjoy!