The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Top Five NFL Games To Watch in Week 7, Falcons Soar with Bijan Robinson, Dan Campbell Wants Detroit Rocking Again, Plus USC Legend Matt Leinart Shares What's Great About South Bend, Indiana
17 Oct 2025
Chapter 1: What are the biggest NFL rivalries highlighted in this episode?
So we got Notre Dame and USC on Saturday, then Chiefs v. Raiders and Dallas v. Washington on Sunday. Three words for rivalry games, ooh, la, and la.
Chapter 2: What insights does Matt Leinart share about South Bend and the USC-Notre Dame rivalry?
Most rivalries are owed to sharing the same neighborhood, Capulets v. Montagues, Duke v. UNC, Homer Simpson v. Ned Flanders, because whether it's love or hate, proximity engenders strong feelings.
but then they're the rivalries based on more than mere contemptuous familiarity sometimes it's about two teams peaking in different time zones but in the same window of time leading to showdowns that play as cultural reckonings and live on past just one generation among sports best non-regional rivalries lakers celtics is probably number one with the yankees v dodgers right behind but let's rank the top six in football
At number six, extreme lifestyle differences between the ancient rivals at sun-baked USC and dreary old Notre Dame. And I don't just mean the Golden Domers' aversion to using Trojans. I'll also throw Notre Dame v. the U in here, as redundant as the vibes are. At number five, Tom Brady v. the Manning brothers.
Yeah, if Ole Miss BMOC Archie Manning had met his future wife Olivia in Oxford, with future considerations Peyton and Eli, Brady would probably have a dozen Lombardis. Then there are the Dallas Cowboys, who have so many non-regional rivals where you can even leave out their three NFC East foes, all of whom reside 1,500 miles away from Texas. At number four, there's Cowboys v. the Niners.
With Staubach's comeback in 72, and the catch in 81, and in three straight early 90s championship meetings, we knew the Survivor's reward was going to be the Lombardi Trophy. At number three, Cowboys-Packers might be even bigger. If Bob Lilly tackles Bart Starr on the QB sneak at the end of the ice bowl in 67, NFL champs wouldn't hoist the Lombardi Trophy, it'd be the Landry Trophy.
Bigger still, though, at number two, Cowboys v. Steelers. Back in the 70s when pro football was still just rounding the corner on its way to passing baseball in popularity, Dallas and Pittsburgh were fraternal twin heavyweights, shiny stars v. Steely Braun. Nine Super Bowl appearances between them in the decade, twice against each other, then again once in the mid-90s.
To this day, when Dallas or Pittsburgh plays on a road game, the stadium is half-filled with their supporters. That's how deep the roots sank across football America. That and all others go behind number one, though, Army v. Navy.
not many visuals better than the sea of cadets in gray and midshipmen in black preferably with a light snow falling all around in almost any rivalry the participants claim it's the only game on the schedule that matters but as far as i can tell the only head-to-head where that's actually the case is between these two anywho here comes another weekend of football let's get to this show so i can go sit on that couch behind me for the next 72 hours start the show
Yes, hi and hello, my fellow football Americans.
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Chapter 3: What are the top five NFL games to watch in Week 7 according to Chris Cote?
Welcome to episode number 17. Welcome to NFL Week 7. We are presented as ever by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Coming up, Matt Leinart and Chris Cody. Not together, though, I don't think. Let's start this show like we do every show, by honoring the guy who wore our episode, number the best in pro football history, number 17. This feels like an easy one, fellas.
Josh Allen has got to be the choice, right? There's Gino, there's Mike Fuentes, there's Chris Cody along. Welcome, Chris Cody. Hope all's well on your end. Thanks for joining the show. Let's start with you. Any 17s you want to volunteer here?
Best TD Celebration 17, Jalen Waddell. We're going to give him that. I think I can make the argument Philip Rivers over Josh Allen. Josh Allen, win a road playoff game. That's all I want to say. I might be cherry-picking the one stat where Philip Rivers is better than Josh Allen.
Chapter 4: How does Chris Cote justify his picks for the NFL Week 7 games?
He has three playoff wins on the road. Josh Allen, win away from home. Then you'll impress me.
Wow, never had a road playoff win. That's never registered for me, but your larger point feels kind of true, if cynical. I mean, they're kind of Josh Allen's track, and if he ain't careful, he's going to be this generation's Phil Rivers, or as I've said before, Dan Marino, which is to say Lombardi-less, residing the rest of eternity out there on Marino Island.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of the upcoming USC vs. Notre Dame game?
Any Chris or Gino or Mike, any thoughts?
Chapter 6: How does the podcast team analyze the current NFL season's trends?
to the latest non-scandal scandal brewing this week among Bills fans, it seems, which is that Haley Steinfeld is somehow dragging Josh Allen down by turning him into a three-dimensional human being instead of mere football player.
Sounds like they're just reaching for answers. They can't beat a good team.
Well, they've been down this road. They've been hurt before, so I don't blame them for having. But the other side of the coin is, or I guess the question is philosophically, do you care at all? People always do the thing about, like, I don't care what the football player's politics are. Do you care to know that he is, in fact, like I say, a human being who has other interests?
Or do you want him to be Tom Brady, willing to get divorced from a supermodel in favor of grabbing onto another Lombardi?
I want to use my wife as an excuse whenever I have a bad show.
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Chapter 7: What final thoughts do the hosts share about the NFL Week 7 predictions?
That's what I want to do. Great.
Smart. Always got to have places to point at other people to blame.
It works great until you get home. Then you get home and you have to answer for your sins.
Ryan Tannehill, Josh Allen, same amount of AFC Championship appearances. Also had a crazy wife. Same amount.
That's really what it's about. And what you have to do is structure your life and marry a woman who doesn't care at all about football. Nay, doesn't care at all about what you do during the day, at least not enough to consume your work. Then you're in the sweet spot. Then you're threading the needle because you can blame her and she'll never be aware of it. Also.
Hall of Famer Harold Carmichael, the tallest football player I've ever seen. Devontae Adams with the Rams, of course. Terry McLaurin. And then there's Doug Williams in Washington. Unfortunately, because he only wore that number, I believe, when he was on a team whose name we can't say. We agreed a couple of weeks ago here on the show that the politically correct among us have made it. It's weird.
We knew all the bad words, all the racial slurs, all the kind of xenophobic things you could say. But in our lifetime, in this millennium even, we have dropped a new slur into the mix, and now we can't say it anymore. I feel uncomfortable with that. Chris, I'll say you.
What a question to get dropped on you.
How do you feel about racial slurs, Chris? You can say it if you want to. That's your choice. Look. Football America is a free country.
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