The OFFICIAL NFL Power Rankings of Record are back for Week 5! Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler, Conor Orr and Gravy rank every team in the league following Week 4’s results. But first, we recap the Falcons' Monday Night Football destruction of the Saints.
Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler & Conor Orr are LIVE to recap the Wednesday night NFL season opener between the New England Patriots & Seattle Seahawks, as well as preview the Thursday night Australia game between the San Francisco 49ers & Los Angeles Rams.
Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler & Conor Orr are back for our final show before the football starts to unveil our season predictions: records for every team in every division, playoff seedings and results, end-of-season awards, and finally, our Super Bowl LXI picks. But before all that, we open the show previewing the opening game rematch between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks.
Dan announced a couple of changes to the HTC schedule for the upcoming season:
Previously, the Friday Fun Show would sunset once the NFL season began, with the HTC Draft taking its place on the Friday Patreon show.
Not this year.
So, the new weekly setup:
THURSDAY (YouTube/Podcast feeds)
FRIDAY (Patreon)
MONDAY NIGHT (YouTube/Podcast feeds)
Seems like a pretty great reshuffling of the schedule. The Draft is available to everyone again, the Fun Show survives the regular season, and we get all four guys together every Monday night for the Power Rankings!
Get ready for season three of HTC!
Dan & Marc answer as many questions from the Heedonists as we can get to in 68 minutes.
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Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler, Conor Orr and Gravedigger talk through their consensus NFL Power Rankings in advance of Week 1 of the 2026 regular season. All 32 teams, ranked in order of power!
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler are joined by the creator of DVOA, Aaron Schatz of FTN Fantasy, to cover top takeaways from FTN's 2026 Football Almanac! We go through the things that surprised us most about a handful of teams to explain exactly what you all are wrong about when it comes to the landscape of the NFL in 2026. But first, we open the show with an important Ol' Zeuser Media Minute.
Aaron Donald, Fake Players & Surprise Roster Cuts. Aaron Donald returns to the Rams. WR Odell Beckham Jr. makes the Giants. The Browns keep 4 quarterbacks a new trend. We chat with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler of Heed the Call!
We will talk about the Jets & Geno Smith. Will Levis, Evan Neal, Jaydon Blue among surprise cuts. The Bears trade Gervon Dexter Sr.. Brandon Perna of That's Good Sports hosts without Tom Grossi...again.
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Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler & Conor Orr are joined by James Palmer to talk through all 32 head coaches and just how warm their seats are heading into the 2026 NFL season. But first, we catch up on news from around the league after Aaron Donald ended his retirement and the NFL's roster cutdown deadline has passed.
Dan Hanzus is joined by Dave Dameshek to cover everything we've learned from NFL Training Camps this summer. We also react to the death of the NFL Pro Bowl.
ATTENTION HEEDONISTS:
Because apparently fantasy football isn't enough stress for all of us, I've created The UNOFFICIALLY OFFICIAL HTC Survivor Pool on Sleeper.
It's completely free to join! Just for fun, bragging rights, and the inevitable public humiliation of getting knocked out because you trusted the Jets.
THE RULES:
- Pick one NFL team each week to win.
- If they win, you survive.
- If they lose, you lose a life.
- Everyone starts with THREE LIVES, so one stupid upset won't immediately end your season.
- Lose all three lives and you're eliminated.
- You cannot use the same team twice, so choose wisely.
- Last Heedonist standing wins.
Up to 250 Heedonists can join!
Never played Survivor before? That's basically it. Pick a winner every week and try not to die.
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Dan Hanzus is joined by a myriad of guests (including Marc Sessler) and fantasy experts to help you CRUSH your fantasy football drafts this year! First, Dan is joined by the Andy, Jason and Mike of the Fantasy Footballers to talk draft strategies to screw over your friends and take their money. Then, after a short PSA, RotoPat stops by to walk us through his favorite sleepers and scariest stay-aways. Finally, Matt Harmon pops in to help Dan rank some wide receivers into tiers.
MOD NOTE: Sorry for the repost. The old link died. This one should work correctly.
Dan and Bob like The Strokes … a lot. They dig deep on the band’s extensive catalogue and ponder whether New York’s City garage rock conquistadors crack the Mount Rushmore of their favorite shared artists. (Note: Dave gets his own mountain, obvs).
The Throwback Podcast is available to subscribers at the WEEDEN level on the HTC Patreon.
For $11/month, you get access to ALL bonus podcasts, including all archived ICFTS episodes, ROLLING THUNDER with Marc and Jason Zumwalt, the THROWBACK PODCAST with Dan and Bob Castrone, PLUS all the HTC Drafts and Friday Fun Shows as well!
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Dan Hanzus is joined by Gravedigger & James Palmer to recap all the important action from Preseason Week 2: it's A Thinking Man's Guide to NFL Season, Part II, plus reacting to the Browns naming Deshaun Watson the starting quarterback for Cleveland's Week 1 game at Jacksonville.
Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler & Conor Orr are joined by Arif Hasan to unveil the 2026 NFL Team Slogans for every single team in the league!
Dan and Marc put out the call on today's show for mailbag questions next week!
Dan specifically asked for emails, so do not tweet your questions or post them here.
Email your most thoughtful questions to:
heedthecallfootballshow@gmail.com
...for a chance to get your question read on the show!
Thank you for your heedonism.™
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler are joined by Tyler Dunne of GoLongTD.com for the next edition of THE CONTENDERS SERIES! But first, we catch up on some news, including a handful of transactions and a few injury updates. After that, we react to Hard Knocks episode 3 before moving to the Buffalo Bills in a Super-Bowl-or-Bust season under the new leadership of Joe Brady.
Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler & Conor Orr are back to relay everything that actually mattered and everything that did not from the NFL Preseason Week 1 action! It’s A Thinking Man’s Guide to NFL Preseason, Part I.
Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler & Conor Orr are back to catch up on the latest NFL news and rumors coming out of training camps across the league with Training Camp Whissspersss Part 2. We hit on the Lions surging offense under Drew Petzing, a handful of rookie stand-outs, backfield workloads, and MORE!
Dan Hanzus is joined by Sheil Kapadia for the next edition of THE CONTENDERS SERIES! But first, we catch up on some news, including the Vikings naming Kyler Murray their starting quarterback. After that, we react to Hard Knocks episode 2 before moving to the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super-Bowl-or-Bust season. Finally, we close the show celebrating our second birthday.