The Half Yard Line
The Half Yard Line is a weekly NFL podcast for people who don’t hear the game talked about the way they think about it. Tim (the Steelers via Kentucky) and Luke (the Titans via the United Kingdom) take an objective look at the whys and wherefores of America’s Game, and analyze the good, the bad, and the downright baffling of the National Football League. We’ll talk about everything football, whether it’s the use and abuse of statistics, an in-depth discussion of how a game unfolded, the plight of a franchise that’s perennially stuck in the doldrums, or the simple pleasure an NFL player with a fantastic name. Join us every Wednesday as we talk about the one thing everyone can both agree and disagree on just as strongly: football.
Episodes
Tim and Luke come to you MOMENTS after the championship games wrap, serving up their thoughts on the Chiefs and 49ers marching onto Vegas, in a Super Bowl that NOBODY could've predicted (except that loads of people did predict it).
Join the fellas to try and figure out what the Ravens offensive gamplean, why the Football Gods are so mean to the Lions, and chat about the reality or fiction that is Momentum. One game to go.....
Well, we can all agree that was a LOT better. The Divisional round mercifully didn't pick up what the Wild Card round was putting down, and delivered 3 exciting games (and a snoozer but can't win 'em all). Jump into all 4 games with Tim and Luke, to discuss Buffalo's ongoing misery, the Ravens' ongoing dominance, the Lions' ongoing GOOD VIBES and the Packers' ongoing... flight home.
Plus the p...
The Half Yard Line turns 100! And we celebrate by talking extensively about... a weekend filled with uncompetitive blowouts. It's not a telegram from the Queen, but it'll have to do.
Tap in with Tim and Luke to natter about Eagle embarrassing, Ram rasslin', Dolphin drubbing and other things that sound questionably like animal cruelty but were in fact NFL (Super?) Wild Card Weekend football games.
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The Half Yard waves farewell to the 2023 regular season and sets the table for the Wild Card Round, whirring through each and every Super (ugh) Wild Card Weekend game. Guaranteed All Predictions Wrong or Your Money Back!
In addition, Tim and Luke eulogize about the great Derrick Henry after what may have been his final game for the Titans, and discuss the newly-created coach openings across the league on Black Monday (as w...
Tim and Luke close out the penultimate week of the regular season with a trawl back through the tar pit that is the Downtrodden Franchise Index, looking at all TEN (un)lucky teams and how they've fared this year, as well as where they go from here!
Who is fated for more years of futility? Who's on the climb? And who wants to coach under an owner who might throw a drink at them? Tap in and find out...
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Join Tim and Luke for another ramble through the thoroughly confusing NFL, this week featuring yet another MVP candidate faltering, another thought-to-be-good team taking a beating, and the playoff picture remaining muddy as ever.
The fellas talk about the surprising Ravens beatdown of the Niners, the cloudy wildcard races, and look at how Detroit may finally be rising from the Downtrodden Franchise Index. Plus crown anoth...
Tim and Luke wade back into Week 15's NFL action - featuring what's now become the usual lack of precision, confusing coaching calls and wayward execution. The 2023 season rolls along apace.
The fellas delve into 4 choice cuts of weirdness - Raiders-Chargers, Bills-Cowboys, Vikings-Bengals and Bears-Browns - and wonder if there's anything to learn, or if they should just learn to embrace the pandemonium.
Soci...
The passion. The drama. The intensity. The athleticism. That's right, nothing gets the blood pumping more than NFL football. And nothing in the game of football gets more fans out of their seats, hearts beating like crazy, screaming in ecstasy or agony, than...
Kickers and punters, obviously.
Join Tim and Luke for this week's pod talking about the INSANE evolution of the NFL's legmen. How they kick it further...
Join Luke for a special solo (read: unsupervised) pod this week, putting all the runners and riders through the Playoff Machine to see how they stack up, and giving his predictions on the final field.
Learn how <your favorite team> is definitely NOT making the postseason while <your least favorite team> does, bate your breath for the return of Tim's sane presence, and as always join the jubilation as another Jo...
Tim and Luke are back, and so is the time-honored NFL tradition of firing your coach / coordinator because your team stinks / the offense stinks / the defense stinks / you're trying to save your own job / the owner is pissed (pick as appropriate).
Join the guys to talk about firing, sh*tcanning, ejection, the ol' heave-ho, defenestration (look it up) or whatever you want to call it, and discuss which teams have alread...
Tim and Luke bring you a bumper episode ahead of Thanksgiving talking all things signal-caller. Tap in and be the most interesting person at your family dinner (if your family are all really into football...)
The boys chat about why QBs are consistently overhyped as college players, why they are unfairly judged as rookies, why coaching matters (but is rarely brought up) and why all NFL media covers them wrong All. The. *******....
A lot of bad teams. A lot of bad games. A lot of unhappy fans. Join Tim and Luke to try and dissect why the 2023 season has caused such consternation - namely, by trying to work out how many teams are actively trying to win games right now.
Who's transitioning to the next era? Who's Super Bowl or bust? And who's stuck in the dreaded land we call... Nowheresville??
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Tim and Luke are back from their one-week hiatus to bring you a special Midseason review of the Downtrodden Franchise Index!
Who’s up? Who’s down? Who’s got a shot at getting out and who will be back in the DFI swamps next year (and let’s be honest, probably in 2025 too…)
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You like starting quarterbacks? Well it's a bad week for you. Join Tim and Luke on this week's pod, talking in depth about all the backups making waves in the NFL in Week 7 and beyond.
The fellas chew on how they've fared so far, who might snatch a job from a fancied big-money starter, and which ones are fated to a life of clipboard-holding (it's probably a Microsoft Tablet now but whatever...). It's a...
Long-suffering fanbases, lift up your voices and join Tim and Luke in singing your praises, as this week's pod highlights the Herculean exploits of two Downtrodden Franchise Index stalwarts. The Cleveland Browns (DFI rank: 1) spoil the perfect record of the ballyhooed 49ers, then for an encore the New York Jets (DFI rank: 3) do the same to the all star Eagles.
Tap into the pod this week for an in-depth look at both ga...
Tim and Luke wander into the wild brush of the NFL once more, and delve into just HOW miserable the Ravens' Monday morning coaches' meetings were. They talk terrible drops, terrible decisions, terrible... well everything really.
Then they try and cheer themselves up by discussing how bad the Patriots look, but really it's just depressing. Save us, Jonas Gray!!!
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Join Tim and Luke for another swing through the wild jungles of week 4 in the NFL, and touch on how everyone's cookin' and lookin' through the first almost-quarter of the season.
The fellas check in on how the rookie QBs are doing, and stop by the sodden swamps of the Downtrodden Franchise Index to see how their favorite lovable strugglers are getting on. Finally, the guys revisit their preseason picks, and cemen...
Tim and Luke dive into Week 3, taking a specific look at the teams who got thrashed, and how on earth it all went so wrong. Join them to ponder the Bills' wipeout of Washington, the Chiefs' chopping of Chicago, and of course the borderline X-rated carnage that was Miami's record-setting beatdown of the Broncos.
They'll delve into the common threads that link these whippings, as well as reflect on the pleasin...
Join Tim and Luke for a ramble through Week 2 in the NFL, looking deeply at a series of bafflingly bad things: the Broncos and Cardinals collapsing! Soon-to-be Downtrodden Franchises! The entirety of Browns/Steelers!
It wasn't a banner week for high quality NFL play, but it was a helluva week for bizarre occurrences and inexplicable decisions: tap in with the fellas and bask in the joyous carnage of the week that was, and ...
The NFL has returned! And The Half Yard Line is right here with you, stepping through all the good (not much) and bad (plenty) of Week 1!
Join Tim and Luke for a meander through the league, starting with the iconic Downtrodden Franchise Index moment that was the Aaron Rodgers injury, before moving onto which teams worry them, which teams impressed, and whether, really, Week 1 matters at all...
Welcome back fo...
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