I love this podcast.

Detailed breakdowns! Great podcast.

Love the show. Keep it up

I miss Lombardi but CC is no consolation prize these guys need their own show, definitely a must listen!

Updated review - just learned Lombardi is joining Bill Simons Podcast group. I am done with this podcast. The last straw was Nick comparing Julio Jones to Chris Hogan because they had the same stat line in their championship games. So Lazy to say they are even close to the same WR just because they had the same stats in one game. STATS LIE! You better change the name of this podcast if you keep Nick and Cris as the main guys. Original review - Only reason to listen to this podcast was Mike Lombardi. He was great. I enjoy Mike when he is on the Bill Simonson podcast and gave this podcast a listen because of his plug on that podcast. But don't sell me this is a Mike Lombardi podcast and then take him away for 2 shows. He was just on the Bill Simons Podcast so don't tell me he was too busy for his own podcast. Nick Wright is just terrible but to add the walking dumpster fire of poor takes in Cris Carter and this podcast becomes one of the worst podcasts of all time. 2 podcasts without Lombardi means I will download one more and if no Lombardi, I will delete this podcast from feeds forever. How Cris Carter has a job is amazing. Great WR but terrible at the English language. Make me Smarter and Cris Carter should never be in the same sentence.

Lombardi was awesome and must listen podcast. But now he is with Bill Simmons, and we are left with Nick Wright all of his terrible hot takes. Podcast quality fell off a cliff without Lombardi.

It's great! I'm shocked anyone else has rated anything less than 5 Stars! Other than Wright's love for Beckham Jr., (yes, he's a phenomenal player. No, he's not THE best player) I'm really liking this Podcast! Keep up the good work and interesting commentary!!

The original podcast was great. I enjoyed it. I thought Nick Wright getting schooled by a former executive, who is from respected franchise, was exactly what a person like me was looking for. I hate hot takes. I hate the popular sports media. I don't feel like that's what Lombardi is after. He speaks well and doesn't seem to enjoy making hot takes, often using facts to support ideas. He gave more of a business side and a different view than the popular belief. It's just it was much different than the rest of the stuff FS1 has to offer. I don't enjoy Skip. Colin is a good voice to hear every day. He makes it interesting, he can hold an audience. But Michael gave a more grounded opinion. He didn't have player view or a fan view, he gave more of a "decision maker" side. And it was very different. You can't make a 2 or 3 hour show out of that, it's not popular enough. But the 30 minutes was perfect. Cris Carter just seems to have a personal agenda. The more I see him on FS1 the more apparent it is. I didn't listen to this podcast for another hot take from a former player. That's everyday material. Especially from Cris Carter. I unsubscribed unless Michael Lombardi returns. I'm tired of the same old thing. "Make Me Smarter" was a good idea. It was a perfect pairing with "The Herd". But what's the point of listening to two shows and getting one or two very similar views/ideas/sides/stories.

Although Nick's attitude was a little too forced for me, I actually thought his show had its moments and was showing a lot of potential. Because as other reviewers have pointed out, Mike is absolutely fantastic in this and kept me coming back each week. Unfortunately Mike is gone and now Chris Carter is his replacement. I have nothing against Chris, but it seems much like Nick, Chris is trying to force a persona. So now you have two people trying to force personas AND Chris is just not as good as Mike at communicating football concepts to the public. Due to this the show has become increasingly difficult to listen to and is now about forced hot takes rather than leaning things about football. I don't know if it's the fact that they are doing the show daily this week, but the overall quality of each episode is terrible now. I was trying to give it a chance, but if I have to hear them explain an awkward "coincidental" meeting of some random football player again I might drink some bleach. Fortunately I turned the episode off right when Spencer ware made a "guest appearance" and not going to listen to another episode for quiet awhile if I even bother giving it another chance. For those of you that miss Mike. Check out the Bill Simmons podcasts on the Ringer network. Mike is over there and they have GREAT chemistry together worth checking out if you're a fan for sure.

Today I unsubscribed. Chris Cater is unlistenable, Nick Wrong is awful. I can't give this even one star.