The Final Final Podcast: Recent Episodes
Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 58: Aaron Rodgers is a New York Jet by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 57: Paul Chryst Fired, Jim Leonhard New HC, NFL Week 5 by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 54: NFL Punishments; Historic MLB Trades; Legends Passing Away by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 53: Trey Lance QB1; Fantasy Football WR, RB Rank; Homework Clause by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 52: Baseball Phenom on the Move??; NFL Training Camp Underway by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 51: Baker Trade; NCAA Realignment Begins; Durant staying w/Nets?? by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 50: 50TH EPISODE! NBA Offseason is always the Wildest and the Best by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 49: Warriors Champs Once Again; NFL Champ Contenders by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 48: C's Warriors 3&4; NFL Strong Contenders; FINAL FINAL LIV Golf by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 47: Celtics Warriors 1&2; NFL Fringe Playoff Contenders; LIV Golf by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 46: 2022 NBA Conf. Finals; NFL Tiers List Non Playoff Contenders by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 45: 2022 NFL Draft Favs; 4 NBA Second Round 7 Game Series!!?? by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 44: NFL Draft 1st RD Recap; NBA 2nd RD Looms; MLB 2 YR Suspension by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 42: NFC/AFC East Needs; NBA Playoff Injuries Arise by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 41: Middle Fingers; NFC/AFC South Needs; USFL Debuts by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 40: Play your way In; AFC/NFC West Team Needs; Perfect Pull by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 39: Kansas Comeback; TIGER's BACK; AFC North Needs by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 38: NFC North Needs; Giannis MVP Push; USA World Cup Draw by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 37: Phoenix Suns Need Love; MLB Spending; Coach K Storybook End? by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 36: Davante Adams Trade; NFL Carousel; Personal Combine Recap by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 35: March MADNESS in the NFL and NCAA by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 34: BUCKS IN 6!! Packers/Rodgers Resolution?? Olympics, NCAA, More by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 33: NBA Conference Finals; Julio Trade; MLB Sticky Substances by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 32: Round 2 NBA Playoffs Approaches; NHL Playoffs Rolling by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 31: NBA Playoffs Underway, Aaron Rodgers Speaks, Phil Mickelson by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 30: NBA Play-In Games, NHL Playoffs Underway, NFL Schedule Release by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 29: Aaron Rodgers Debacle, Draft Recap, NBA Play-In Controversy by Carter Thomson
I give you my picks 1-32 on what each NFL team should do with their first round pick(s). Listen at the end as well for some possible Hot Takes/Predictions for some things to see during the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 27: NFL Draft Primer; NBA's Final Month; FINAL Thoughts by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 26: NFL Free Agency, NBA Trade Deadline, MARCH MADNESS by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 25: NFL Season Wrap Up; NBA All-Star Break; March is Here by Carter Thomson
(2:00 - 15:33) James Harden forces his way out of Houston to go play with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn. Will Steve Nash be able to handle all these ball handlers in his first ever season coaching? (15:40 - 20:12) Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide win their 6th National Championship under Saban (his 7th overall) in blowout fashion, cementing Saban as the greatest college coach of all time right? (20:15 - 28:25) NFL Super Wild Card Card Weekend Recap and who moved onto... (28:30 - 40:30) NFL Divisional Round Preview (40:35 - 54:44) Head Coaching Carousel in the NFL where we ended with a total of 7 coaches being fired and have 3 of those positions filled already. Listen to see which openings seem the most intrgiuing in my opinion for a new head coach to take this cycle.
(0 - 16:58) NFL season wrap up including the big news from Week 17 - Browns make the playoffs for the first time in 17 season, Packers secure #1 overall seed, 6 NFL coaching openings along with the matchups for the Postseason Wild Card round; (17:00 -33:58) Season Awards including who I think the MVP will end up being along with Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year; (34:00 - 45:42) Super Wild Card Weekend Preview of all 6, that's right 6 playoff games this weekend; (45:45 - 54:00) College Football Playoffs semi-finals games leading up to the National Championship between Alabama vs Ohio St. Who takes the unique crown of the 2020 college football season?
(0 - 33:20) NFL Season Comparison to my preseason predictions, I'd like to think I had some decent projections on how the NFL season would play out but you can be the judge; (33:30 - 45:15) College Football Playoff committee is going to have a tough time making decisions with every team having different records and number of games played, did we crown Graham Mertz a little too early? I may have but I still have confidence in Mertz going forward for Wisconsin; (49:20 - 01:08:35) NBA Schedule has been released and is only two and half weeks away from starting again. The Christmas games are also out so we can choose who we'll be watching while opening up presents and I give my preseason forecast on the 16 teams I think will make the postseason and let me just say the Western Conference is going to be an exciting 72 games.
Don't miss my FINAL FINAL thought if you want to hear about my 4 fantasy football teams and how I am worried about making the playoffs in all of my leagues!
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 21: NBA Free Agency Underway, NFL Week 10, CFB Updates by Carter Thomson
The Final Final Podcast - Episode 20: MLB Wrap-up, NBA Season Review, NFL Midseason Recap by Carter Thomson
(01:04 - 07:29) The NFL has its first Covid-19 outbreak as the Tennessee Titans have had over 10 total personnel test positive to this point, postponing their Week 4 Matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers; (07:30 - 24:48) NFL Week 3 recap with some fantastic matchups including a duel between our two most recent regular season MVPs, and a look ahead to Week 4 with some intriguing matchups on paper; (24:53 - 34:30) NBA Finals Game 1 in the book has the Lakers absolutely throttling the Heat and it doesn't get any better for them as two starters go down with injuries. Can they rally and make this a series or is it all Lakers in this Bubble?; (34:33 - 43:02) MLB Wild Card Round just about wrapped up in this new postseason bubble with 16 teams. Who's moving on, who looks poised for a strong postseason with all these extra teams participating this year?; (43:05 - 50:47) FINAL and FINAL FINAL thought of the episode including the first major American Sports Champion and why I think the College Football committee got it wrong in sticking with a 4 team playoff instead of trying out the 8 team playoff this season
(1:43-15:50) All the major injuries suffered in Week 2 of the NFL season, lots of big names and guys lost for the season including the top two picks in every fantasy league this year; (15:52-38:30) Week 2 NFL recap, Seahawks and Packers look strong to start the year while the Falcons find a way to top their 28-3 Super Bowl choke, followed by a look ahead to Week 3 matchups with a potential game of the year on Monday Night Football; (38:32-45:53) College Football is fully back now, Pac-12 has opted back into a Fall season, SEC football started this week and we go over each Badger game and just check wins off the schedule one by one; (45:55-52:51) NBA Conference Finals has both series at 3-1 with Lakers and Heat up respectively, will we be seeing Lebron James face one of his former teams in the NBA Finals this year? Wouldn't that be a perfect storyline for the NBA Bubble; And of course my FINAL and FINAL FINAL thoughts for the episode including why we have a great redemption story underway in the Stanley Cup Finals
(1:45 - 24:08) NFL Week 1 Recap - Aaron Rodgers has a stellar opening week performance, Russell Wilson lives up to the MVP hype against the Falcons, Brady and the Bucs struggle against the Saints among other notable Week 1 headlines; (24:09 - 31:00) NBA Conference Finals set with the Miami Heat up 2-0 on the Celtics already and the Lakers set to take on the resilient Nuggets; (36:13 - 43:48) MLB Postseason approaching and we have teams in the playoffs that wouldn't have had a chance in a normal 162 game regular season, should be a fun postseason bubble; (43:50 - 49:12) BIG 10 Football is BACK! October 24th weekend, keep it in mind. Looks like begging does work out sometimes!
(00:57-16:18) - NBA's Historic Playoff Boycott in light of the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha Wisconsin. My opinion on the situation and my own thoughts on what is being fought for and being brought to light by the Athlete community; (19:55-39:13) The NFL Season is FINALLY here! I finish up my record predictions with the AFC/NFC East and go through all 14 teams I believe will be making the Playoffs; (39:14-49:59) MY MVP, DPOY, etc. etc. predictions here. I also give a cop out Super Bowl pick which I'm sure you can guess if you're an avid listener to the podcast; (50:00-52:53) FINAL Thought: BIG 10 Football is back? Is it not back? Either way hopes are way too high and ready to be crushed followed by my FINAL FINAL Thought!
The NBA Bubble season has been a massive success, brilliant all around from the games to the continued social justice movement and now we are in the Playoffs which has got everyone fired up / NFL Training Camp in full pads in underway and the safety concerns have turned into safety fortunes as the results have been better than expected to this point and I continue with my record predictions, this week the AFC-NFC South / Baseball has continued even if teams get left behind / Half of College Football is canceled and I guess we won't see Wisconsin make the College Football Playoffs in 2020 / My FINAL and FINAL FINAL thoughts which include Baseball's "Unwritten Rules" and how Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson can be the college football savior
The MLB's season has started, but how long will it be around? With a recent coronavirus outbreak with one team, how does that affect the rest of the league in terms of continuing the season? / The NBA's restarted season starts tomorrow and all signs are pointing up for a successful conclusion to their year where we'll have an NBA Champion / The NFL's training camp has started but the question is how many guys will show up with the option to take the year off for personal safety reasons with the unfortunate unique year we've had
Major College Football decisions have been made in recent weeks including the canceling of an entire conference and the possible devastation of small school sports program / I finally get to my problem with the NFL 100 All-Time Running Backs list including a few snubs I think need to be added in replace of a few names / My AFC & NFC West record predictions for the 2020 NFL season and the first Half-a-Billion dollar man in not just the NFL but in all major sports
The NBA Bubble is set up and ready to go. I talk about what I think the biggest obstacles teams will have to deal with in this isolated NBA restart to finish off the season / Nascar has done a fantastic job every step of the way supporting Bubba Wallace throughout this BLM movement and is showing everyone who they really are / We have an MLB season / The NFL is starting to make changes in preparation for the 2020 season, will they have to make more than just canceling 2 preseason game? And Cam Newton is a New England Patriot. What does that mean for him and the Tom Bradyless Patriots?
I take a step back from sports to discuss the Social Justice movement sweeping across the nation including learning for the first time about Juneteenth which I wish I had known about long before this year / I share my own story about white privilege and how its opened my eyes even more this year and how I can continue to learn / Encourage others to join this movement, don't make enemies by alienating those who aren't yet with us, encourage and teach them to join us now / FINAL FINAL Thought - this isn't going away, we don't want it to go away, keep talking, keep listening, keep pushing, keep saying their names: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and so many before them.
I choose my top 15 matchups of the 2020 NFL season that I'm most looking forward to / What the MLB, NBA and other major sports leagues are working on to bring back their respective leagues sooner rather than later / I give my reactions and takeaways from the Michael Jordan documentary up to episode 8 and leading into the final two episodes / Even my younger brother gets a quick Birthday and Graduation shout out; Congratulations Cole!
I wrap up the 2020 NFL Draft after having possibly the laziest week of my life / First round recap and surprises / The teams I thought had successful drafts after a first look / Packers steal the draft limelight by drafting Jordan Love / How will this affect not only the team now and in the future, but how does this affect Aaron Rodgers now and in the future?
Packers pick 30th in this years draft, I go to a couple of mock draft simulators to see what players may be available for them to select at 30 and 62 / Reaction to episodes 1 & 2 of the Michael Jordan documentary, can't wait for episodes 3 & 4 / Tight End Rob Gronkowski is back in the NFL, which everyone loves to see and you can probably guess where
Mock Draft 2.0 - I go through the entire first round of my latest mock draft with just under a week to go until the 2020 Virtual Draft, lots of changes from mock draft 1.0 / FINAL Thought - New NFL uniforms and colors coming out this offseason / FINAL FINAL Thought - The new Michael Jordan documentary is premiering this upcoming Sunday and I promise I won't use it as an excuse to make a Lebron James vs. Michael Jordan debate
Day 24 in Quarantine: Somehow got sucked into binge watching Tiger King and now LegoMasters / How Major Sports are trying to combat the coronavirus and restart sooner rather than later / NFL 100 All Time QBs discussion
Day 11 in Quarantine, starting to get a little Shack Wacky / My Mock Draft 1.0 is released and I share some of my favorite picks / World Chase Tag is my new sport to watch while quarantined, don't question it, just go watch
Tom Brady signs with... WHO? / NFL Free Agency Frenzy - catching up on some of the latest and biggest moves in the NFL / Should the NBA permanently move their league schedule? / Wisconsin Badgers are NCAA Tournament Champs (kind of)
My first time visiting Vegas, be wary of Blackjack! / The Houston Astros sign stealing scandal and how there can still be a way to punish the players, officially / Final thought and FINAL FINAL thoughts on the Coronavirus and how it has taken over the sports world, bringing it to the forefront for everyone, including those just trying to live in a sports bubble, like myself
My roommate and coworker at NFL Network Jordan Anderson joins me to share his experience of working in Indianapolis at the NFL combine last week / Who impressed, who stood out, who struggled at the combine. FINAL thoughts: Bears vs Packers 2020 NFL draft / Is Mitchell Trubisky the QB for the Bears? From a Bears fan perspective you may be interested to hear his take / FINAL FINAL thoughts: Tom Brady. Is he a Patriot at the beginning of the 2020 NFL season?
I introduce myself and the transition from the radio show The Final Final, to the podcast version / My move from Wisconsin to California to work at NFL Network / I share my thoughts on the passing of Kobe and Gianna Bryant as a relatively new resident to Los Angeles and the impact that I see he had, everyday