NFL NETWORK & NFL.COM PROGRAMMING NOTES
(5/20 – 5/26)
- NFL Network Shows & Scheduled Guests
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Players ranked #80-71 revealed; The Top 100 Players of 2014 Reactions show airs 10:00 PM ET
SEGMENT HIGHLIGHT: To air daily from Monday through Thursday on NFL Total Access at 8:00 PM ET
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Cleveland Browns head coach Mike Pettine joins Thursday, May 22
SHOW HIGHLIGHT: Former Pro Bowl DE Adewale Ogunleye in-studio guest analyst Wednesday, May 21 – Friday, May 23
- Hard Knocks – 2008 Dallas Cowboys – Monday – Friday at 7:00 PM ET
- NFL.com Content
PODCAST GUESTS: New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees on The Dave Dameshek Football Program
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The Top 100 Players of 2014 – Wednesday, May 21 at 9:00 PM ET
For the fourth consecutive year, current NFL players have voted to determine the top 100 players in the NFL on NFL Network’s The Top 100 Players of 2014.
The 11-episode, weekly series airs Wednesdays at 9:00 PM ET, followed by The Top 100 Players of 2014 Reactions show at 10:00 PM ET with host Lindsay Rhodes and analysts Warren Sapp, Michael Silver and Dave Dameshek.
This week, players ranked #80-71 are revealed. Among those revealed are:
- Two undrafted players who have played for at least five seasons
- Two players who have made five or more Pro Bowls
- One former Defensive Rookie of the Year
Below are players ranked #100-81:
100. Matthew Stafford – Detroit Lions, QB
99. Cameron Jordan – New Orleans Saints, DE
98. Jason Witten – Dallas Cowboys, TE
97. Louis Vasquez – Denver Broncos, OG
96. Daryl Washington – Arizona Cardinals, LB
95. Brent Grimes – Miami Dolphins, CB
94. Sheldon Richardson – New York Jets, DE
93. Ryan Kalil – Carolina Panthers, C
92. Eric Weddle – San Diego Chargers, S
91. Matt Forte – Chicago Bears, RB
90. Eddie Lacy – Green Bay Packers, RB
89. Charles Clay – Miami Dolphins, TE
88. Evan Mathis – Philadelphia Eagles, OG
87. DeMarco Murray – Dallas Cowboys, RB
86. Duane Brown – Houston Texans, OT
85. Reggie Bush – Detroit Lions, RB
84. Kiko Alonso – Buffalo Bills, LB
83. Jordy Nelson – Green Bay Packers, WR
82. T.J. Ward – Denver Broncos, S
81. Colin Kaepernick – San Francisco 49ers, QB
Returning for the third season, Player Rater – anonymous NFL player(s) – will be prominent throughout The Top 100 Players of 2014 series to give unfiltered reaction to the rankings of his peers. Under the Twitter handle @PlayerRater14">@PlayerRater14, the unidentified, current NFL player will live tweet during each episode. In The Top 100 Players of 2014 Reactions show, the Player Rater will further elaborate on his tweets featured during the episode.
Through the NFL Mobile from Verizon app, fans can watch all NFL Network programming, including The Top 100 Players of 2014 series, on the go.
Fans can vote on the greatest players going into the 2014 NFL Season at NFL.com/Top100. Each week, results will be shown on The Top 100 Players of 2014 Reactions show. Additionally, after players are unveiled at their specific rankings, fans can vote for the most overrated and underrated players.
‘Coach Speak’ with NFL Network’s Andrea Kremer– Monday – Thursday at 8:00 PM ET
The four-part series airs Monday through Thursday at 8:00 PM ET on NFL Network’s NFL Total Access with NFL Media’s Chief Player Health and Safety Correspondent, Andrea Kremer.
‘Coach Speak’ features Jets head coach Rex Ryan, Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians.
Kremer discusses four topics with the head coaches in a roundtable setting. The schedule is as follows:
– Tonight: Staff and Schedule
– Wednesday, May 21: Locker room
– Thursday, May 22: Health
On Monday, the first part of ‘Coach Speak’ aired and focused on family. Provided below is a video link and transcript of the segment:
On how many births they missed:
Rex Ryan: “I missed one. Not recommended. It was my first year coaching in the National Football League; I was coaching under my father in Arizona and you know how you fight that nepotism and all of the kind of stuff. It was actually at a minicamp. My wife was like 10 days over but she was still teaching. She was supposed to hang in there like two more days and [Michelle] is tough. But I got that call and then I realized how stupid it was that I wasn’t there. That’s my biggest regret in coaching. Absolutely.”
On how to maximize time spent with family while being a head coach:
Bruce Arians: “You have to have a very special woman. I’ve moved mine 16 times. Worst thing that could happen is my daughter had to go ninth, 10th and 11th grade to different schools. And I said I will not move you your 12th grade year – I got fired. I moved so she stayed.”
Tom Coughlin: “I moved my daughter when she was going to be a senior, moved her to Green Bay. I said I’m sorry to do this Kelly but we have to work, we have to eat.”
Ryan: “There are two kinds of coaches wives: great ones and ex ones. There is so much truth to that. One of the huge reasons that all of us are in the position we’re in is because of our wives.”
On what from their wives is non-negotiable:
Coughlin: “She has to have five days at the end of the season. She calls it her contract; we’re going, there is no dispute, there is no discussion.”
John Harbaugh: “All I know is that when the season is over and they finally get us back, and we start getting involved in the daily routine, I always get scolded. ‘We have a routine, you can come along if you want but don’t mess up my schedule.’”
Coughlin: “It used to be I come roaring in after the end of the season, start giving orders. ‘Who do you think you are? You just got here, I’ve been running this ship here for four, five, six months and you haven’t even been around.’ You learn your place real quick.”
Coughlin: “Because of the nature of the game and what the game has given to all of us, it has benefited our children tremendously. My youngest is so passionate. She is unbelievable, and my two sons think they’re personnel directors. They’ll text me stuff, I don’t know how they do it. They get information before anybody else does.”
Harbaugh: “My wife, she has the app on her phone and she calls me up and says you guys just did this. I’m like, we did? She has a ding on her phone sometimes before I know what we’ve done. It’s like hey Ozzie, what did we do [laughing]?”
On Friday nights with his daughter:
Harbaugh: “I can’t wait to get home to see her. The best time is one of her practices or one of her games sitting in the stands and watching your kid do the sport. That’s what Friday night is for us. So Ingrid and I, our date is to go watch her practice and stop by Chipotle on the way home. That’s what we end up doing. I can’t wait for it.”
On Rex Ryan’s decision to go watch his son Seth play for Clemson and the criticism he received for it:
Coughlin: “If that’s all you have to write about, then you have to think about your job.”
Ryan: “It was the first college game. It’s something that I’d do a zillion times over again. What’s great is that I think there were five other coaches that did the same thing – I’m the only one they singled out for some reason…But you know what, they can write it next year too. If I get that opportunity, I’ll go again.”
On their children:
Harbaugh: “Right before the Super Bowl, Allison was on the sideline and just when they got done with the National Anthem – and your kids are a part of this thing whether you want to believe it or not; they know. So she looks up at me and this right before the kickoff, she says, ‘Daddy, we can do this.’ I got a lump in my throat.”
Coughlin: “I was an assistant and we won the Super Bowl against Buffalo in Tampa. I went around to the back door and opened it and I let my two sons in. I said all of the moving and all of the things that you guys have gone through, I asked them if they thought it was worth it. ‘Yeah Dad, it was worth it.’ That meant a lot to me.”
Ryan: “I was in college when the ‘85 Bears [won the Super Bowl]. So my brother and I – and I think there was a reason why we were on the sideline. Number one I think my dad had sold the tickets [laughing]. But literally, we’re down there on the sideline and that was when they picked him up on their shoulders and carried him out. I think the only time it’s ever happened in the history of the National Football League [they carried] an assistant coach. You talk about feeling great, that was unbelievable. And then being there yourself as a coach and then looking around like, ‘Oh my gosh, I made it myself.’ It’s incredible.”
NFL AM – Daily Episodes at 6:00 AM ET; Re-Airs at 10:00 AM ET
Start the day off with the NFL. NFL AM airs Monday – Friday at 6:00 AM ET offering analysis, reports from correspondents in several NFL cities and interviews with players and coaches.
This week, the following guests join the show:
Monday, May 19
- Host: Molly Qerim
- Analysts: Steve Wyche, Shawne Merriman & Jordan Babineaux
- Guest: Chicago Bears tight end Martellus Bennett on “Bro to Bro”: on.nfl.com/1jvLqw7
Actor Eric Braeden: on.nfl.com/1lGwI2t
Tuesday, May 20
- Host: Molly Qerim
- Analysts: Mark Kriegel, Terrell Davis & Jordan Babineaux
Wednesday, May 21
- Host: Molly Qerim
- Analysts: Steve Wyche, Terrell Davis & Eric Davis
Thursday, May 22
- Host: Molly Qerim
- Analysts: Steve Wyche, Terrell Davis & Eric Davis
- Guest: Cleveland Browns head coach Mike Pettine
Friday, May 23
- Host: Paul Burmeister
- Analysts: Steve Wyche, Jordan Babineaux & Eric Davis
For more updates throughout the week, please follow @InsideNFLMedia
NFL Total Access – Monday – Saturday at 8:00 PM ET on NFL Network
NFL Total Access airs Monday – Saturday at 8:00 PM ET on NFL Network.
This week, the following guests join the show.
Monday, May 19
- Host: Amber Theoharis
- Analysts: Solomon Wilcots & Heath Evans
Tuesday, May 20
- Host: Amber Theoharis
- Analysts: Solomon Wilcots & Heath Evans
- Guest: New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees & Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley
Wednesday, May 21
- Host: Dan Helle
- Analysts: Solomon Wilcots & Shaun O’Hara
- Guest Analyst: Adewale Ogunleye
Thursday, May 22
- Host: Dan Hellie
- Analysts: Solomon Wilcots & Shaun O’Hara
- Guest Analyst: Adewale Ogunleye
Friday, May 23
- Host: Dan Hellie
- Analysts: Solomon Wilcots & Shaun O’Hara
- Guest Analyst: Adewale Ogunleye
Saturday, May 24 – Week in Review
For more updates throughout the week, please follow @InsideNFLMedia
America’s Game MarathonStarts Saturday, May 24 at 10:00 AM ET
For Memorial Day Weekend, NFL Network will play a marathon of America’s Game starting at 10:00 AM ET on Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25, and Monday, May 26.
To view the entire America’s Game marathon schedule, visit:
Hard Knocks 2008 Dallas Cowboys – Monday-Friday 7:00 PM ET
This week from Monday through Friday, NFL Network will air every episode of Hard Knocks: 2008 Dallas Cowboys each day at 7:00 PM ET.
NFL Network Programming Schedule
Day-by-Day Programming Schedule:
To view the entire NFL Network programming schedule, please visit: http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/networkschedule
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NFL Editorial Content – Daily on NFL.com
- NFL.com’s Around the League Blog
- Get all of the latest news from around the NFL with the Around the League blog: http://www.nfl.com/news
- NFL.com’s College Football 24/7
- For all of the latest news and analysis of the 2014 NFL Draft, visit: http://www.nfl.com/cfb247
Catch all of NFL Media’s writers work here: http://www.nfl.com/news
The Rich Eisen Podcast Highlights NFL.com’s Six Different Podcasts Each Week
NFL Digital Media offers six different podcasts, including The Rich Eisen Podcast which has amassed more than 11 million downloads and can be downloaded at NFL.com and iTunes.
This week on The Rich Eisen Podcast, the episode features some of Rich Eisen’s favorite excerpts and highlights from guests over the past year and beyond. It includes recaps with Bill Courtney, high school football coach featured in winning documentary “Undefeated”, Peter Berg, film director talking about Friday Night Lights and Heads Up Football, and Brian Banks who was wrongfully incarcerated for rape in high school, but was given a shot last season to make the Atlanta Falcons roster.
Other excerpts from Adam Sandler, Charles Barkley, Frank Caliendo, Bobby Cannavale, Hank Azaria, and more.
Other NFL.com podcasts include:
- Dave Dameshek Football Program – New Orleans Saints QB, Drew Brees
- Around the League
- The Coaches Show
- College Football 24/7
- NFL Fantasy Live
To listen to all six of NFL.com’s podcasts, visit:
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