Congrats to ZigZag for again winning a SportsPredict NFL Week. The prize is a 30 minute phone conversation with yours truly, and I’m happy to re-up on that. In the spirit of NFL content, this week’s pod is with the ever granular Dieter Kurtenbach of the Dieter and Hutch YouTube channel. The overarching topic is an exploration of a) Why the 49ers went from analyzed to ignored by national media and b) How NFL national media arrives at its collective takes.

Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* National NFL games dictate a TON of NFL media takery

* Football games should only be played in domes?

* Jon Gruden’s big secret on what makes plays work

* A smidge of Wemby slander

* An insane aspect of a Brock Purdy interception the Monday Night Football TV broadcast didn’t show you

* The suddenly surging 49ers are being ignored?

* The Rams are the top team. One guy insists they have a fatal flaw?

* Dieter tries and fails to sell me on getting into the San Jose Sharks

* Interceptions are overrated

* Is Jalen Hurts protecting his rep by avoiding INTs?

I was touched by your responses to this article and apologize if I’ve yet to get back to you. Here is the audio, in the meantime.

Our guy Spike has been at ground zero of the Great Jalen Hurts Debate, which might be coming to a head following an astounding Eagles collapse in Dallas. We discuss this, plus many other subjects. Topics include…

* Dumb NFL narratives

* Jalen Hurts’ teammates don’t like him

* Remember when Rush Limbaugh got fired by ESPN for race-ing the Donovan McNabb debate?

* Film geeks too often blame coaches

* Jalen Hurts’ golden moment that immediately went away

* Am I correct that Draymond Green has annoyed people into underrating him?

* Twitter shows what country you’re in now. An aspect of this saddened Spike

* Did Tom Brady really come close to dropping the n-bomb?

* Spike reacts to my pod reacting to Pablo Torre’s pod