The GM Shuffle with Michael Lombardi and Femi Abebefe

AFC/NFC Conference Championship Preview, Analytics in the NFL, Jason Garrett & the Giants

“The war between analytics and football people is pointless. The real challenge is finding someone who can properly understand the data, and then make the right decisions in how to deploy it. NFL teams are filling out their assistant coaching personnel and Jason Garrett may resurrect his career with the New York Giants. The conference championship games are locked in and we preview which teams will have the best chance of going to the Super Bowl. Plus, Seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Luke Kuechly announced this week that he will be retiring from the NFL at age 28.
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Throughout his three-decade long career with the NFL, Michael Lombardi worked as an NFL executive with the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles, and Oakland Raiders alongside NFL legends including Bill Belichick, Bill Walsh and Al Davis. On The GM Shuffle, Lombardi and co-host Femi Abebefe will tackle a wide range of topics weekly within the world of the NFL and break down everything listeners and fans need to know about players, coaches, organizations, the draft, free agency, and all the NFL storylines in a way that only they could with the success and credibility they bring to the podcast audience.