

This is Football with Kevin Clark
Omaha Productions, ESPN, Kevin Clark
"This Is Football" is a digital show and podcast that runs multiple times per week through the NFL season. It's where you'll find fun and insightful interviews with some of the top NFL players, pundits and coaches with stories and nuggets you won't find anywhere else.
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Sep 29, 2023 • 1h
Are the Bills equipped to handle the Dolphins offense?
Kevin Clark is going to have a meltdown if the NFL bans the Eagles' Tush Push.PFF's Brad Spielberger joins to discuss how to build a good NFL team. He and Kevin also discuss how the Dolphins should handle Tua Tagovailoa's contract, whether the Vikings should trade Kirk Cousins and why the Chargers are screwed over the next few years.The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia joins to preview Dolphins - Bills. Are the Bills equipped to handle the juggernaut that is the Dolphins offense through the first three weeks? Was the Bills' Week 1 loss to the Jets a fluke? Are we just going to have to live with Josh Allen's weird throwing tendencies? How do the Bills stack up against the rest of the AFC? Is their window actually closing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2023 • 37min
Swift/Kelce, Dolphins Offense & Browns as a SB contender with Mina Kimes
Kevin Clark says that there are only ten teams capable of winning the Super Bowl this season. Mina Kimes joins to discuss the Dolphins offensive explosion, why the Browns are a surprise Super Bowl contender and everything you want to hear about Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2023 • 45min
Week 3 NFL Recap: Sean Payton is heading for disaster unless one thing happens
Kevin Clark recaps everything from Week 3 in the NFL. He thinks Sean Payton, Russell Wilson and the Broncos could be in a "Death Spiral" and the only thing that can get them out of it is a 2024 Top 2 Pick.If the Vikings keep losing will we see them trade Kirk Cousins in the last year of his deal?Should the Bears be tanking for Caleb Williams? Should Caleb Williams stay at USC if the Bears have the #1 overall pick?Plus Taylor Swift watches Travis Kelce and the Chiefs win... Kevin predicts that we're about to enter Taylor Swift Mania in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 22, 2023 • 36min
NFL Week 3 Preview: Quarterback Panic Theater
Kevin Clark is joined by ESPN Bengals reporter Ben Baby & CHGO Bears' Adam Hoge to discuss the level of panic over Joe Burrow and Justin Fields. Adam also discusses the weirdness surrounding the resignation of Bears Defensive Coordinator Alan Williams. Kevin asks: what does the NFL's Deion Sanders look like? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2023 • 38min
Ep. 7: The NFL's Deion Sanders, Belichick stories and Nick Saban bathroom chats with Channing Crowder
Kevin Clark is joined by Channing Crowder to discuss which retired player could become a Head Coach and become the 'Deion Sanders' of the NFL. Crowder also tells stories of what made Brady-Moss such an impossible duo to cover, the time he tried to make small talk with Nick Saban at a urinal and the time a naked Bill Parcells got into a hot tub with him.Kevin explains why Deshaun Watson has the worst contract in NFL history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2023 • 36min
Ep. 6: Week 2 NFL Recap: Lamar Jackson can win you a Super Bowl this year
Kevin Clark recaps everything on a wild Week 2 NFL Sunday. The Baltimore Ravens were unbelievably impressive with their win over the Cincinnati Bengals and Kevin believes Lamar Jackson could win MVP AND the Super Bowl this season.Did the Giants save their season? Kevin argues they saved their version of a season.Are the Bengals in trouble? Or can they turn an 0-2 season around again?What would be the most hilarious Deion Sanders-to-Colorado NFL comparison? Tom Brady? Peyton Manning? Deion himself?Should the Bears be ready to give up on Justin Fields?Which team is the "villain" of the NFL? Chiefs? Eagles? Jets? Cowboys?Kevin once again asks how long Brandon Staley has left as Head Coach of the Chargers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 15, 2023 • 46min
Ep. 5: Did the Dolphins break Brandon Staley and the Chargers for good? Is Aaron Rodgers going to retire?
Kevin Clark believes that the Dolphins win over the Chargers may be the beginning of the end for Brandon Staley in Los Angeles. The Athletic Packers beat writer Matt Schneidman answers whether Aaron Rodgers will retire and whether the Packers knew Jordan Love was this good. Deebo Samuel joins to discuss the 49ers' winning culture and what's impressed him about Brock Purdy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2023 • 43min
Ep. 4: Aaron Rodgers' injury is one of the worst things that's ever happened to an NFL team; Dan Marino & Ryan Fitzpatrick join
Kevin Clark compares Aaron Rodgers' injury to other franchise-altering devastations in NFL history.Dan Marino joins to react to Rodgers' injury and to discuss his own Achilles injury and how he never truly healed from it. He also explains why he could throw for 6,000 yards against today's defenses and how his advice to Tyreek Hill led to the Dolphins Week 1 win.Ryan Fitzpatrick joins to discuss why Tua Tagovailoa's confidence is the key to his success, the weirdest thing about playing for the Dan Snyder Commanders and whether he'd consider an NFL comeback.Finally, Kevin believes that Sean Payton will fix the Broncos... but he's not sure that applies to Russell Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 2023 • 37min
Ep. 3: Week 1 NFL Recap: Tua’s Amazing, Burrow’s Not
Kevin Clark recaps Week 1 of the NFL season. He’s ready to admit that Tua Tagovailoa is legitimately great and that people need to stop arguing differently. He’s worried about Joe Burrow though. We answer your mailbag questions about which teams should be tanking for USC Quarterback Caleb Williams... Vikings? Bears? Cardinals? One thing's for sure: it's not Aaron Donald, Sean McVay and the Rams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 8, 2023 • 44min
Ep. 2: Bill Belichick's Biggest Coaching Month in 20 Years
Kevin explains that Bill Belichick is not untouchable... and the first month of the season is going to be something he hasn't experienced in 20 years. WGN's Jarrett Payton & ESPN Steelers Reporter Brooke Pryor join to preview this Sunday's big games in the NFC & AFC North. Jarrett Payton explains how Sean Taylor and Ed Reed were the biggest badasses he ever played with and tells the story of when his father, Walter Payton, took him to the White House and spent time with President George H.W. Bush. Plus - what would have to happen in Dallas for Jerry Jones to make Deion Sanders the Head Coach of the Cowboys? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


