With not even a sleep to go in time for the start of the season and a full house of hosts, it's a bumper last pod before the season begins in earnest.We've got perhaps our greatest ever intro, a bum rush through the news, our hottest takes going into the season (and Tom's lame thoughts) as well as a look at a brand new way to play fantasy football at https://www.nflnondraftfantasyfootball.com/There's many debates about which kicker to take, whether to draft Gus Edwards (we did) and in generala good time for all.

The pre-season is over and now we wait for the real action to begin...And while we wait let's get into who's won all the starting jobs, take a last look at the rookies in pre-season, celebrate the success of Mac Jones and Rhamondre Stevenson which makes Brad one of the best scouts in the NFL (Tom's paraphrased words).Football has nearly come home to Sunday nights, we just have the honour of Dallas versus Tampa to start us off on Thursdays before seven hours of glorious football for 18 Sundays. We're nearly there!!

It's the 50 burger and we're bringing back one of Brad's favourite and least favourite segments - the fantasy hits or misses!That's right a year after decrying the RB2 (Dalvin Cook) and the TE7 (Rob Gronkowski), while hyping up the WR12 (Robert Woods) and TE13 (Hayden Hurst), Brad has decided to hang his hat on a few more names busting through and breaking down.We also have a recap of the preseason QB battles - Winston versus Hill, Mac Daddy versus Cam, Lawerence versus Minshew and Fields versus Dalton - as well as the mandatory mention of Rhamondre Stevenson!It's a bumper episode and we hope you enjoy - just remember to follow @thekickisup on Twitter and that nobody cares about your fantasy team (except maybe Brad)

Football is back baby!Okay not all starters are playing, yes there's a lot 'let's get it done' but we've kicked up another gear to the NFL being back.There's coverage of all those rookie QBs, the big plays, the guys that we called out in the draft (Rhamondre Stevenson anyone?) and a how bunch of news along the way - including a Colum house update!So come along and remember to follow us @thekickisup on Twitter!

We're nearly there (well by the time this is live we are there!) and pre-season football is upon us. That's right, it's time to get real familiar with your third string WRs and practice squad linebackers because it's football time!In the meantime we have you covered with all the news - from Kirk Cousins becoming a bank teller, the Hall of Fame Game, Peyton Manning for Commish & 'Are they making more money than Fred Warner?' aka new contract talk.Join us won't you for the last episode of the pre-pre-season. It's finally here!

That's right - Brad's out this week and Tom is in the kitchen!It's another week of news - this time COVID Edition as you have the Vikings with a COVID outbreak, Kirk Cousins being decidedly anti-vax, heads coaches losing their respective minds at key players and Lamar Jackson getting COVID for a second time.There's also discussion of that Aaron Rodgers press conference and the return of Randall to the home that he calls Green Bay!Regular editing excellence will resume next week.

Training camps have started and the news oh it is a flowing.Decisions were made across the league from both the league, teams and players. Whether it's potential forfeited games, contracts being signed, players being traded or if you're scared to put a needle in your arm and get a boo boo - there's a lot to get into this week, so we got into it!

It's a bumper week for news (and even more coming next week!) as we have stolen cars, historical records and franchise tags!That's right the deadline for those on the tag has passed and instead we're looking at what that means for th e teams and players who are now on the hook for payment. Will they be there in 2022? How many hot takes can Brad throw out? Listen and find out!

There's a lot of land available in Ohio and only one man has the perfect blend of football, real estate and Amazon distribution centre knowledge to know what to do with it... somehow it's Brad? We have no idea either.We also cover the all week's news, as problematic as it is, and like most Patriots fans we try really hard to forget about N'Keal Harry, while like most 49ers fans, Colum is determined to talk about this WR3 'with upside'.Just a few more weeks of the off-season to go. We're nearly there!

It's time to play matchmaker - which team or player would benefit from  moving to another team in their divsion? We have our takes and we try to stay away from moving Mahomes to the Broncos or Donald to the Cardinals... alright one of us does that and it's Brad.We also cover a variety of news items from contract extensions, contract valuations versus reality and also the lack of actual punishment for the Washington Football Team.Oh and there's also a new segment - TikTok talk!Remember to follow us on Twitter @thekickisup and that it's coming home!