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The 2025 Football America! Mid-season Awards Show with Mike Ryan Ruiz and Ten Day Tony
07 Nov 2025
Chapter 1: What are the highlights of the 2025 Football America! Mid-season Awards?
Week 10 is upon us. We haven't a second to waste. We have to get to the first ever mid-season awards for the NFL. I mean, but we don't live life fully in the rearview mirror. No, no, no. Philosophically, we like to look ahead to the near horizon. That's why we have our Week 10 picks upcoming for you as well with Mike Ryan, 10-Day Tony, and the fellas. Stick around.
You just have to sit through like a three-second intro here. Start the show. yes hi and hello my fellow football americans welcome to nfl week 9 welcome to episode 23 of football america we're presented as ever by draft kings draft kings the crown is yours we have mike ryan and ten day tony coming in here for the mid-season awards nfl style the first ever
awards of their kind on this show and in the history of mankind also we've got the nfl week 10 countdown best games of the weekend who's gonna win them and by how much did i say at the top of the show nfl week 9 i think i did but there's no time to go back now we're pressing forward first let's honor gino and mike mike and gino fuentes the person who wore this episode's number best today that number is 23 so i think we can have a pretty quick conversation here i'm going with mike jordan
Played for the Bulls, the Wizards. You probably remember him. Anyone else? Who from pro football? Is the best one really Devin Hester? I guess that's kind of good if you're a fan of the U. He's going to get the Hall of Fame representation there.
Isn't Devin Hester? Devin Hester, I feel like, owns a lot of awards that because of new kickoff rules will never be broken. Am I right about that?
Ooh, hot take.
I like that.
That's probably true. He found a good take after pronouncing his name the way that Scooby-Doo would.
I'm going to wait. Is Christian McCaffrey 23? Is Christian McCaffrey 23? No, he's 21. No, 21. Is he 21? Is he 21?
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Chapter 2: Who are the MVP candidates with no chance of winning?
But I don't like how they approach these teams that are not good.
They have a very much of like a play up to competition mentality and then play down severely to competition.
Well, then I got great news for you because they're not going to be playing any bad teams come playoff time. Yeah, that's true.
Right? It might be built for it. It's funny you got them losing the Super Bowl when they're not even going to make it. That's crazy.
Listen, I'm bold, if nothing else. All right, let's bring it home now. The team that's going to win Super Bowl 60, Mike Ryan.
I don't think it ends in heartbreak for Buffalo. I think they get past Patrick Mahomes, and I think they get over this hump. But I think Bill's Bucks, I mean, your kids better be going to bed at 615. They don't need to be seeing this. It's whoever has the ball last, and I'm betting on Josh Allen to have the ball last. Do not leave more than four seconds for Baker Mayfield.
All right, great all-time Super Bowl. I'll be crushed as a Baker backer, but I love the Bills fans. They welcome Browns fans into their stadium when the Browns left Cleveland. Always a weird little kinship over there by the lake. I want their fans to win this. I love Josh Allen. I love their story. I love their team. Bunch of good guys. I'm rooting for them. Buffalo Bills win the Super Bowl. Wow.
Well, I already said Bills are going to the Super Bowl, so that gives away my answer. I think they are going to beat the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl. Of course, the best Super Bowl would be, for one that is realistic still as we sit here midway through the season, is Bills-Lions.
If those two fan bases could go up against each other, but also Packers-Bills, two delightful fan bases as well. What a gay time that would be in Santa Clara. Tony, bring it on home here with a good one.
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Chapter 3: Which teams currently in playoff position won't make it?
Next up. I guess I should make a pick here. I'll take the Jets. If you're putting money on this one, if you're looking to have your quiche on Sunday night because of this game, I don't know what to tell you. Look into some help. Next up, the Jolly Green Giant Bowl. It's the Eagles. It's the Packers. The Packers at home, minus 2.5 total at the time of this recording, 44.5. Mike, I'll say you.
I'm going to take the Eagles and the points here. I think the Tucker Craft injury is one that their offense is going to have a tough time rebounding from. And I don't think the defense is that good. I think the defense has been kind of like wishy-washy all year. Philly can be very methodical. They beat you up inside. So I'm going to take Philly and the points.
I think everybody, when they look at pro football week to week, you react to what you just saw. And so people are a little down on the Packers because they lost at home to the Panthers. But, of course, they're human beings, and they could look at the schedule and say, at Pittsburgh, huge for Jordan Love versus Aaron Rodgers and LeFleur and all the rest of it.
And then on the other side, we host the Eagles. All we have to do is get through the Panthers. They overlooked the Carolina Panthers. That cost them. They get right this week. They win that game outright. Gino, any thoughts on that one?
I think the part of that Micah Parsons trade that stands out is that they made their interior defense weaker when they did that. And now Green Bay, like the way you beat the Philly defense recently is with the tight end down the middle of the field. And now Tucker Graff's gone. So... I'm going to go with Philadelphia.
Okay. Next up, I mentioned the primetime game. It's the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Los Angeles Chargers in save five. The home team is laying two and a half. I'm going to take the Chargers in this one. Easy peasy. I know the offensive line is in tatters, and the pass rush should feast for the Steelers, but I'm taking Justin Herbert in this one to outscore Aaron Rodgers. Mike Fuentes.
I'm taking Pittsburgh just because that'll basically be a home game for your Pittsburgh Steelers in Los Angeles.
Kind of will be. Yeah, I don't think I'm going to be in attendance. A lot of people have asked me. It's so hard getting out of SoFi, especially late on Sunday night. Next up, a team that plays in SoFi Stadium, except they're up in San Francisco or Santa Clara, I should say. Here's the other crazy line out there in my book. The Niners are plus four and a half. What are we talking about?
The Rams are great, but they're not that much better, are they? Especially since the Niners...
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