Hello podcasting community and welcome to the Shots Fired podcast! We are Tarun, Sean, Ricky, and Nick. In this podcast, we argue over the hottest sports topics. NFL, NBA, UFC, etc. No sports league will escape our takes and discussions.
Huge NFL offseason moves have happened in these past two weeks! The Bears sign Andy Dalton, Dak signs a major contract, and the Buccs, Patriots, and many other teams have been very busy adding key pieces to their roster. So, of course, we have to cover all of that in this episode. To kick off March Madness, we also talk about our brackets and who we think will win the national championship. Time codes are below: 0:00 - Intro 1:07 - The Bears make the worst FA move in the history of the organization 7:09 - Did the Packers get worse? 14:47 - Buccs looking to build a dynasty? 15:58 - Dak Prescott signs 4-year $160 million contract 21:50 - Washington sign Ryan Fitzpatrick and Curtis Samuel 27:45 - Patriots make major offseason moves 38:08 - Raiders sign John Brown and Kenyan Drake 39:48 - Chiefs release both their tackles 43:53 - Is Juju still a good receiver? 45:12 - Will the Jets stay with Sam Darnold? 51:31 - Our March Madness brackets 1:22:00 - Outro
We're back with Episode 6 of Shots Fired! We got a little bit of a different format in this episode, since we couldn't all find time to get together this week. So, for the beginning of the episode, Sean and Tarun are going to talk about the recent UFC championship fights and some football news. In the second half, Ricky and Nick will discuss basketball news and their thoughts on the All-Star weekend. Time codes below: 0:00 - Intro 1:10 - UFC championship fights recaps 1:51 - Petr Yan vs Jose Aldo 6:23 - Amanda Nunes vs Megan Anderson 8:37 - Israel Adesanya vs Jan Blachowicz 12:37 - Ravens propose new overtime rules 25:04 - When will Tom Brady retire? 37:33 - Dak Prescott drama 51:51 - Blake Griffin signs with Brooklyn Nets 56:19 - Chris Paul's impact on the Suns 57:30 - All-Star weekend thoughts 1:10:19 - The future of the Bulls 1:17:30 - Are the Warriors good? 1:20:20 - Outro
Welcome back to another episode of Shots Fired! We got the whole group back together again, but, unfortunately, Sean had to leave midway through our NBA segment after choking on some steak (don't worry he's ok now). Anyways, there was some major NFL news this week! We discuss JJ Watt going to the Cardinals, Brees hinting at coming back, and Russell Wilson potentially getting traded. We also talk about the recent downturn of the Lakers and Nick gives his opinions on the All-Star picks. On a more somber note, we did briefly address Tiger Woods' accident. Just to provide a recovery update: He seems to be in stable condition and it looks like it will be a long recovery. However, Tarun thinks Tiger, being as tough as he is, will get through this and be back to playing golf like he was before. Here are the time codes: 0:00 - Intro 0:38 - Tiger Woods car accident 1:00 - JJ Watt chooses Cardinals 11:26 - Is Drew Brees coming back? 13:20 - Packers draft woes 17:57 - Russell Wilson coming to the Bears? 27:04 - Steelers resign Big Ben 28:55 - Back to Russell Wilson rumors 33:19 - Nick's take on the All-Star picks 34:43 - The Miami Heat are catching heat 35:30 - What's going on with the Lakers? 37:00 - Are the Jazz legit? 43:08 - MVP front runners 47:06 - Sean starts to choke on steak 49:50 - JJ Redick ejection 52:07 - Close playoff race in the East 58:30 - Outro
The NFL season is over, but the offseason has started off with a bang! Sorry for the late upload this week. I promise we will be more consistent in the future. Unfortunately, we also couldn't get Tarun for this episode, so Sean, Ricky, and Nick will be the hosts for this episode. We talk about the massive Carson Wentz trade and Nick, the basketball expert of the podcast, goes in depth of who he thinks should be starting in the All-Star game. Time codes: 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - Carson Wentz traded to Colts 28:37 - Teddy Bridgewater unfollows the Panthers 30:54 - NBA All-Star starters and reserves (Nick carries this segment) 48:43 - Outro
Our thoughts on the Super Bowl are finally here! We had some pretty heated discussions about what happened, so the majority of this week's episode will be concentrated on the Super Bowl. We talked about the significance of Brady's victory, what the Chiefs did wrong, Patrick Mahomes' legacy, and more. Other than the Super Bowl, we also discussed the most likely destinations of Deshaun Watson and JJ Watt, and some other interesting topics. Here are the time codes: 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Super Bowl talk 45:07 - Most likely destination for Watson 46:57 - Bill Belichick's legacy 49:10 - Tom Brady's GM skills 1:01:12 - Jimmy Graham is the GOAT 1:03:02 - JJ Watt to Packers? 1:12:50 - Outro
We're back with another episode of Shots Fired! Sean managed to avoid eating sushi this week, so we got everyone in this episode. This week, we give our Super Bowl predictions and talk about other NFL news like the Matthew Stafford trade and Carson Wentz supposedly going to the Bears. We also discuss LeBron's incident with a Karen and other NBA stuff. Time codes below: 0:00 - Intro 2:26 - Super Bowl predictions 50:30 - Aaron Donald wins DPOY and other NFL awards 51:36 - Stafford traded to Rams 1:06:33 - Aaron Rodgers wins MVP 1:07:20 - Carson Wentz to the Bears? 1:18:27 - Courtside Karen 1:26:40 - Lakers going to repeat? 1:35:51 - NFL HOF class 1:37:26 - Outro
Welcome back to our first official episode of Shots Fired! We got a massive pilot episode this week. Unfortunately, Sean got a little sick eating some sushi while we were recording our thoughts on the results of the NFL Conference Championships. So, in the beginning, Tarun, Ricky, and Nick will discuss what they thought about those games and the current quarterback market in the NFL. However, later in the episode, Sean and Tarun did get a chance to talk about McGregor vs Poirier and other fighting news. 0:00 - Intro 0:49 - Packers vs Bucs recap 31:23 - Bills vs Chiefs recap 45:37 - The Deshaun Watson situation 54:43 - The Steelers receivers are babies 57:34 - Where's Matthew Stafford going? 1:02:19 - Sean and Tarun talk about UFC 1:03:38 - McGregor vs Poirier 1:13:51 - Jake Paul vs McGregor? 1:22:54 - Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather 1:26:00 - Messi contract (we got a little off topic) 1:29:31 - McGregor vs Pacquiao speculation 1:33:45 - Dana White vs illegal streamers 1:39:32 - Outro
Welcome to the “first” episode of Shots Fired! This is our trial run of the podcast, so we apologize for any inconsistencies in the audio. These are the best NFL Conference Championship matchups we've seen in a long time, so of course we're going to start our podcast on this topic. This week, we'll reveal our predictions for the Bills vs Chiefs and Patriots vs Buccaneers games.