The Read Option is a new, up and coming sports podcast that takes listeners around the sports world from the perspective of a super-fan. National Sports Radio Producer, Jeff Gimpel, hosts this entertaining and insightful podcast, and gives his unique insi
Jeff recaps round one of the NFL draft on this episode and goes through each pick of round one as well as gives his thoughts on Shedeur Sanders sliding out of the first round!
The boys gather to do their 5th annual NFL Mock Draft ahead of this week's 2025 NFL Draft!
Jeff is back on this episode of the podcast! Jeff talks through what's been going on the last few weeks before diving into the 2025 Masters. Jeff gives his thoughts on what makes the Masters so special and then gives a deep dive into this year's field and gives his picks!
The whole gang is back for this episode of the podcast as the guys get Scotty back and he has a huge life announcement! The guys put a bow on the NFL season and the Super Bowl, before going through their big life changes.
Jeff flies solo on this episode of the podcast and gives his thoughts on the Eagles' Super Bowl win a week removed. Plus he gives his end of the season, State of the NFL before the offseason starts.
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Jeff and Vido host this Super Bowl 59 mega-preview onthe pod as the guys reakdown every angle of Super Bowl 59. Then the guys list out their favorite prop bets and official picks for the big game!
On this episode of the podcast Jeff takes the listeners through the recent NFL head coaching hires and grades them. Then Jeff gives his early Super Bowl thoughts as his Eagles get ready to play in Super Bowl 59.
Jeff and Scotty are together on this episode of the podcast as the guys go through the Eagles' ass-whooping of the Commanders. Then the guys break down another classic Bills-Chiefs game in the AFC Championship team.
The whole squad is together on this episode of the podcast as the guys start off by breaking down Ohio State's win over Notre Dame in the National Championship! Then the boys breakdown both the AFC and NFC Championship games and make their picks for the weekend!
The whole squad is together on this episode of the podcast as the guys breakdown each game from the NFL's Divisional Round and discuss where each of the teams that lost go from here, as well as the Super Bowl chances of the teams that are moving on.
The whole gang is together on this episide of the podcast as the guys preview each game of the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs and they each make their picks for the game. Then the guys preview the college football National Championship!
The whole gang is together on this episode of the pod as the boys go through each match up from the NFL's wildcard weekend, as well as, the college football playoff semi-finals!
Jeff and Scotty host this episode of the podcast as the guys go through Jeff's final QB rankings and go over NFL coach firings, before they go through each Wild Card game in the first round of the NFL playoffs.
The whole crew is together on this episode of the podcast as the guys react to the final week of the NFL reguar season and do an early, first look of the NFL payoff picture. Then the guys give their picks as they preview the CFP semi-finals.
The whole squad is together on this episode as the guys go through the first three games of the college football playoff and give their thoughts on Penn State, Texas and Ohio State all advancing to the semi-finals! Then the guys preview Week 18 in the NFL regular season finale!
Jeff and Vido host this episode of the pod after a short break due to the holidays! The guys start with some College Football Playoff talk and make their picks for the games before diving into Week 17 of the NFL season and some playoff talk for the NFL!
Jeff and Scotty host this episode of the podcast as the guys preview Week 16 in the NFL season, as well as the first round of the College Football Playoff.
Jeff flies solo on this episode of the podcast as he breaksdown everything from Week 15 of the NFL season!
The whole squad is together on this episode of the podcast as the guys breakdown Bill Belichick going to UNC and preview Week 15!
The whole crew is together on this episode of the pod as the guys open the podcast by giving their thoughts on the final college football playoff rankings and the 12-team bracket ahead of the playoff! Then the guys breakdown the biggest games from Week 14 in the NFL!
Jeff and Vido Pod!! The boys go a little off the rails on this episode of the pod, as they always do when it's Jeff and Vido. The guys talk the college football playoff rankings before diving into Week 14 of the NFL season!
Jeff and Scotty host this episode of the podcast as the guys breakdown everything that happened in the college football world during rivalry week, plus the biggest games from Week 13 in the NFL!
Jeff and Scotty host this Thanksgiving preview episode of the podcast where the guys brekadown and preview all 0f the games on Thanksgiving and for Week 13 in the NFL!
The whole gang is together on this episode as the guys go through everything from week 12 in the NFL!
Jeff flies solo on this episode of the podcast and he starts off this episode by updating his top 10 QB rankings for the season and he then goes through each game of Week 12 in the NFL and makes his picks for the week.
The whole gang is together on this episode of the podcast as the guys go through all of the action from Week 11 in the NFL and they dicuss the College Football Playoff rankings and the potential chaos that might insue.
The whole gang is on this episode of the podcast as the guys go through each game of Week 11 of the NFL season and gives their picks and locks of the week in the NFL!
The whole gang is on for this episode of the podcast as the guys go through everything from Week 10 in the NFL including heart-breaking Broncos and Commanders losses, the Chiefs miraculous game-winning blocked field goal and more from around the NFL.
The whole squad is together on this episode of the podcast as the guys breakdown every game and make their picks for Week 10 of the NFL season!
Jeff and Scotty host this episode of the podcast as the guys breakdown all of the action from Week 9 in the NFL season after opening the pod by talking through Penn State's loss to Ohio State.
Jeff and Scotty host this episode of the podcast and the guys go through each game heading into Week 9 of the NFL season as well as the top college football games this weekend.
The whole gang is back together to recap an absolutely wild week 8 in the NFL!
The whole gang is together on this epsiode as the guys breakdown every game going into Week 8 of the NFL season!
Jeff and Scotty host this episode of the podcast as the guys break down everything from Week 7 in the NFL!
A rare Jeff and Vido pod today as the boys recap Jeff's trip to Arizona, as well as all of the action from Week 6 in the NFL!
The whole gang is together to recap Week 5 of the NFL and the chaotic, upset-filled weekend in college football.
Jeff and Scotty host this episode of the podcast as the guys go through all of the games from week 4 in the NFL!
Jeff flies solo on this episode of the podcast and he opens the pod by ranking his top 10 QBs in the NFL through three weeks, but based on the context. Then Jeff previews and gives his picks for Week 4 in the NFL!
Jeff flies solo on this episode of the podcast as he breaks down all of the action from Week 3 in the NFL including the Eagles dramatic win vs the Saints, the Vikings looking like the best team in the NFL and he talks about what in the world is going on with NFL Offenses.
The whole gang is together on this episode as the guys start the pod by adding some more thoughts on the Falcons-Eagles game from Monday night, before previewing Week 3 in the NFL!
Jeff starts this pod solo by recapping the Eagles horrendous Monday Night loss to the Falcons before he is joined by Scotty as the two breakdown everything from Week 2 of the NFL season.
Jeff and Scotty host tis episode of the podcast and the guys open the show by recapping the Niners Week 1 Monday Night Football win over the Jets. Then the guys dive into this week's slate of games and make their picks for Week 2!
The boys are all together on this episode as they dive into all of the action from Week 1 of the NFL season!
Jeff and Scotty host this episode of the podcast and the guys finish their preseason preview with the AFC/NFC East previews, before locking in their picks for Week 1 of the NFL Season!
The boys are back together on this episode of the podcast after being reunited for the first time in 2 years! The guys go through the AFC West and Vido's Broncos, as well as the NFC West and Scotty's Niners.
The whole gang gets together on this episode of the pod and the boys dive deep into the AFC and NFC South divisions of the NFL, after opening the podcast with NFL news and notes.
The whole squad is back together on this episode of the pod and the boys get back into football mode! After the guys catch up a bit, they drive straight into the AFC North to kick off their Division previews and wrap up the pod by previewing the NFC Preview!
The boys are back!! Afer a bit of a break from the podcast, the gang is back with an extra-special long podcast where Jeff and Scotty explain where the pod has been, recapping some of what the guys missed while they were gone, and then finally power rank all 32 NFL teams as we get ready for the 2024 NFL season!
The whole gang is together on this episode as the guys recap all of the major storylines from the 2024 NFL draft including their thoughts on Penix to Atlanta, Bo Nix to Denver and their biggest winners and losers of the draft.
The whole gang is together on this episode as the guys go through their 4th annual Read Option Mock Draft!