“Cincinnati is still terrible”. Very nuanced thanks

Have enjoyed for a long time, but I’m sorry Austin is not ready for regular appearances on the big stage. He seems like his lines and “takes” are rehearsed, or sourced from Twitter. Seems like a good dude but he seems to really struggle keeping up with actual football convo, and tends to turn things towards internet culture or takes or memes. Lots of good stuff, and he’s clearly an entertaining dude but these are pretty technical football pods, and it doesn’t feel like he studies the game nearly enough to keep up with the others on the show. Lots of room for improvement, but in the meantime it makes for pretty disjointed and generic conversation

I love the two hosts for the show dual threat. They know a lot, there are funny. I learn a lot from them. What I like also is they are intelligent! Smart and funny is all a good combo.

Extra Point Taken is worth my time. Kapadia and Solak are thoughtful and entertaining. The Dual Threat pod is like an STI that keeps flaring up, when all I wanted was EPT sex.

Great interesting takes go to football pod

Some okay content, but complete lunacy when it comes to discussing the most and least improved in the NFC east. Spending zero time on the eagles and, little time on Dallas and blithely crowning the Giants as the most improved with their 6 whole draft picks. It’s lazy. It’s not good content.

Extra Point taken is great, but Dual Threat is bad primarily due to Steven Ruiz being completely insufferable. He is unbearable to listen to.

These guys love the smell of their own farts. If you want a podcast that simps for the Chiefs when they look like trash while discrediting legit success from the Broncos, this podcast has the low hanging analysis for you. They misquote stats like it’s their job, for instance “if the bills beat the cowboys and lose their next 3, they still have an 89% chance at making the playoffs”. Garbage, bias commentary. Done trying to make this work. Unfollowed

By far the best show out there. This, Ringer, The Athletic, and Ross Tucker with Greg Cosell are my staples

It is in the title. They either are productive and talk actual football or they are unproductive and talk about things that don’t matter. Sometimes it takes up half the episode. I think they should take after Bill’s and Ryen’s style more.

Love EPT, but can’t stand Austin Gale. He sounds like he’s auditioning for first take instead of just doing the pod.

Thanks Sheil & Ben, tremendous pod!!!

The most recent episode of dual threat “biggest questions” is the perfect encapsulation of what most of the nfl ringer employee has become. They are far more interested in riffing on jokes about Aaron Rodgers relationship with his family as it pertains to his draft experience and how it forebode something. I’m begging you guys to talk about football and leave opinions on people outside of the analysis. It devalues the podcast.

Sheil Kapadia and Ben Solak are tough to listen to. They darts around and repeat themselves. A little hard to follow.

I hate to do this because EPT is a really good show but it baffles me that Nora continues to have a roll as a regular host on Duel Threat. She not only never says anything interesting, she’s literally a progress stopper to someone else making a good point. She will interrupt with a joke that falls completely flat and the does that insufferable giggle. I don’t even know how I feel about Ruiz because he doesn’t have a competent partner.

Love Extra Point Taken. Ruiz being replaced on Dual Threat would be ideal. He’s just not good at this. I stopped listening to Dual Threat months ago because of him. Nora and Austin would make for a better pod imo.

I think we’ve all heard enough of her living in Denver. We get it. So happy for you. Love the duos, tho. Great show!

Can Ben and Sheil get their own feed? Nora is the most annoying personality in football media. Maybe add Ruiz to Extra Point Taken and get rid of Dual Threat altogether

Love the show, for real. But for the record, Sam Darnold had a worse situation in his first 3 years than Justin Fields. Don’t even care about Sam just a fact. Also a fact: Fields is a better qb and played better in his first 3 years than Sam. Sam kept the Jets in more games in year 2 than he gets credit for. Justin Fields is crazy underrated. Really like him

Were discussing the Hunt family and they lazily assumed the Hunt family was behind Hunt’s Ketchup Stephen said “all Ketchup is the same” It most certainly is not all the same… Heinz is the standard, everything else is ghetto

Extra point taken is an entertaining listen. They can provide some insight and generally do so in a palatable way. Dual threat is terrible and frequently leads me to consider deleting the entire podcast from my feed.

For a 5–star review. I love you all

This used to be one of my “go to” podcasts for information and analysis. Now it’s just Ruiz with bad “hot takes,”Nora laughing at her own inside jokes, Sheil trying to be the coolest guy in the room, and Solak getting so excited that his voice reaches levels only animals can hear. Every time one of them starts to say something remotely interesting, the other interrupts them and off on a tangent they go. Bill Simmons might want to take a look at this and bring an adult back into the room. The kids are out of control.

Very disappointing Super Bowl analysis. They don’t even mention the game winning QB Mahomes until 10 min in. Spend most of it talking about Niners and Shanahan out coached Reid & say that taking ball first in ‘sudden death’ overtime is best strategy….uhh…that’s certainly a take.

What’s with Sheil making his entire “personality” revolve around trolling Solak? It’s so boring when he constantly asks Solak for sources, like: who is saying that?!, even though they’re things we all hear friends and sportscasters talking about. Or if Solak misspeaks one word he jumps all over it, even though everyone knew what Solak meant. Is it just insecurity about the fact that Solak is the reason people tune in to Extra Point Taken? He can play it off as being for “team content”, but it’s just lazy—a transparent excuse we see through. Getting old. My friends and I who listen to Philly Special only listen to the episodes when Solak is on.

Solak doesn’t understand how to have a conversation with his fellow hosts. He constantly interrupts to go off on rapid paced monologues that offer mediocre analysis. I’ve never heard him offer insight that an “expert” would have, rather he just lists things and yells with the world’s most annoying voice. Just write your lame analysis and keep that voice away from a microphone. Nora needs to learn how to make a point without laughing nervously while saying it. Also, listening to Sheil gasp for air after every sentence is unnerving. I’ve never heard anyone so audibly inhale with every breath like Sheil does. And lastly, Ruiz, who seems to be a guy they found wandering the streets yelling at his shadow and they decided to put behind a microphone and call him an expert, because dude is flat out dumb. Dangerously stupid. I don’t know how Ruiz is capable of tying his own shoes with what’s obviously an iq under 40.

Top tier NFL show. I was scared when Kevin Clark and that other dude left but gotta say I like all of them and their personalities and insights and don’t mind the podcast by committee. Now, is it hard to listen to Ben Solak at certain times of day or if I’m feeling some type of way? Nah. Dude is actually hilarious. At first it was a bit much and seemed like a put on but no, I really think he is that much of a football dork. Like foreal foreal. Credit where it’s due, the guy is funny. So is Steven Ruiz. I just don’t ever want to see what he looks like in person because it will ruin the image in my head which is basically a mix between The Dude and Newman in Jurassic Park.

Solak and Sheil are ok. But Steven is trash, they just gave a internet troll a podcast. He’s not funny nor intresting and he just wants to put out outrageous takes. Man. I miss Kevin Clark and Robert Mays. Gave it a try this season but I’m out if Ruiz is involved in 2024.

Dual threat just doesn’t work - if the hosts did not use social media during the season, possible they would be compelling. Way too online. I think what makes ep work is that sheil doesn’t fall down those rabbit holes, so brings some reality to the show. Love everyone’s effort, hope for the best.

Ben & Sheil are awesome but Nora is brutal. I listen to the episodes that Ben & Sheil do, but skip the Nora ones.

That’s it

Ben is ok. The rest of these fools are brutal.

Steven and Nora are a tough listen.

Awful analysis.

I would suggest not putting your smuggest, third string data nerds on this show and just sticking with the A-team. Never listening again.

The two who pod immediately after games are hard to listen to. Their points are unclear and she giggles annoyingly at the end of each sentence. This is the one NFL podcast I usually pass on.

I have been listening to Ringer NFL on-and-off for the past few years. I never felt compelled to write a review for any podcast that I listen to, but I must say- Extra Point Taken is officially a must-listen for me and has been all season. When a new episode comes out I will drop whatever I’m doing to go do a mindless chore or walk on the treadmill so I can listen to it if I’m not in my car. Sheil and Ben have fantastic chemistry and when I listen to how good the product is I am just surprised it’s free. I think some of Ben’s takes and phrasing are just a part of my subconscious now and I love talking NFL because I feel like I know so much. Kudos to Ben and Sheil and the Ringer for recognizing the chemistry of these 2 talented podcasters. They are MJ and Scottie; Kobe and Shaq. Lightning in a bottle.

I have been a fan for years. Tiers Elite- Steven & Nora @ Duel Threat Really good- Extra Point taken. Thanks for another great season. 😃

Ben and Sheil are the best thing on the Ringer.

Want to listen to two people who hate football? If so then Nora and Steven are right for you. Because according to them wins are not a QB stat (unless it fits the narrative ex. Hurts), great stats don’t matter if the team is good (unless you’re Dak), and both do not matter unless you have big hands (Purdy). I have to actively avoid this podcast because the hosts have no chemistry, cannot complete four sentences without say “blah blah blah” (Nora you get paid to talk for a living), and no matter what always manage to mention the Patriots in every conversation.

This lady is awful at talking sports. Hating on purdy the whole way as we go to another Super Bowl. What a trash show

Nora’s misunderstandings of the game hurt my head.

Do you find yourself hankering for less informative but more “diverse” NFL analysis? Well… you have come to the right place. The Ringer: where your melanin and gonads are more important than your merit and abilities.

Love the show, and appreciate Sheil for the clarification that we prefer Western New York!

Great podcast my favorite football podcast of the season

Pretty good show, but as a lions fan stop doubting us! Not saying we are making the playoffs next year, but we just won the NFC North for the first time ever! Why are we talking about next season? I trust someday ya’ll will give us some respect.

Only talk about the same teams over and over again for some reason have a bias against a lot of teams and mostly they just start saying words and hope the sentence makes sense by the end of it. Lazy show

My guy, could you at least mention that the 49ers had BOTH starting tackles out against the Cardinals and maybe that’s why the 49ers run defense suffered a bit? Unfollowed for lack of knowledge from the dude. He really doesn’t watch the games! The girl is awesome! She is lovely and unbiased. I’ll stick to pardon my take though. At least they are funny!

Feels like I’m listening to the analytical skills of a couple of 8th graders.

Steve Ruiz is on this podcast.