The Deep Fade: 2024 MLB Season Mega-Preview! (February 27th, 2024):
Description: Baseball season! Today, Zach and Raven dive into every single team headed into the MLB season. They dive through the AL then NL, touching base with every team’s offseason, make their picks for over-unders, and forecast division winners.
The Deep Fade: Post All-Star Bonanza, QB Rumors, Prospect Highlights Top 10 Mock Draft (February 23rd, 2024)
Description: With a 12-game slate coming out of the All-Star break, Zach breaks down some key takeaways as we hit the home stretch of the NBA season. Then, he and Brendan go back and forth on QB rumors swirling the last few weeks and jump into their first mock draft!
The Deep Fade: All-Stink Weekend, ASG Solutions, Teams to Watch Post-Break, MLB Preview Teaser with Tassos & Raven (February 20th, 2024)
Description: After an underwhelming All-Star weekend, Zach, Raven, and Tassos dive into what went wrong and the NBA can do going forward. Zach then looks at a few teams to watch moving forward post-break, and the guys dive into what they’re most excited about in the MLB season to come as we approach spring training.
The Deep Fade: Warriors Tipping Point, Clippers’ Weakness, Post-Super Bowl Clarity + All-Star Top 25 (February 16th, 2024)
Description: With a few days’ separation in the rear view, Zach and Brendan discuss their finals thoughts on the Super Bowl and the offseason to come. Then, Zach runs through some of the top NBA storylines entering the All-Star break, and gives his top 25 players this season compared to the actual all-star rosters.
The Deep Fade: Super Bowl Recap! Mahomes for 3, the Shanahan Debate, Bad Bets, and Weird Commercials (February 13th, 2024)
Description: After a great Super Bowl, Zach and Raven recap Mahomes third win, defend Shanahan’s decision making, and examine the future of these teams, Mahomes, and Andy Reid. They wrap up by lamenting their betting losses, Brock Purdy’s resemblance to historical figures, and misleading ads.
The Deep Fade: A Middling, But Fun Deadline + The Despicably Mediocre Bulls, and Raven’s Super Bowl Pick (February 9th, 2024)
Description: After a relatively underwhelming NBA trade deadline, Zach and Raven break down what they still liked amongst the trades made around the league. Later, Zach laments the Bulls’ elite levels of complacency, and Raven gives his Super Bowl pick!
The Deep Fade: Super Bowl LVIII Mega Preview! Matchups, Bets, Predictions, and Picks (February 6th, 2024)
Description: In the days leading up to Super Bowl LVIII, Zach and Brendan dive into individual positional matchups, each teams’ strengths, and what they look forward to most as the 49ers face off against the Chiefs. They wrap up documenting their favorite prop bets and who they think is going to win the Big Game!
The Deep Fade: Trade Deadline Matchmaker, All-Star Reserves + Macdonald, Quinn Hiring Implications, and Hamilton to Ferrari (February 2nd, 2024)
Description: Zach opens the podcast breaking down the implications of Mike Macdonald’s and Dan Quinn’s recent hires, and what it means for the NFL coaches left standing. Then, he and Raven play NBA Matchmaker and try to find the perfect team for trade targets ahead of Sunday’s deadline. Finally, Raven explains how Lewis Hamilton joining Ferrari fundamentally affects the F1 landscape.
The Deep Fade: Championship Games Aftermath, Mahomes-Usher-Purdy-Swift Bowl, Lions & Ravens Long Road + NBA Notebook Dump (January 30th, 2024)
Description: Zach leads the show with a quick NBA notebook dump after a huge Monday NBA slate. Then – with the Super Bowl in sight – Zach and Raven breakdown their thoughts on the championship games, plus what the Lions and Ravens face to get back. They also question how long Dan Campbell actually sleeps, what Mahomes’ should be allowed at the game, and what we’re most looking forward to in Super Bowl LVIII.
The Deep Fade: Harbaugh and Morris Hired, Belichick’s Next Move, Bucks’ Bail, Trade Deadline Targets and Teams (January 26th, 2024)
Description: After two big coaching hires, Zach opens by talking Jim Harbaugh’s potential effect on the Chargers and Raheem Morris getting the Falcons’ job. Then, he and Raven dive into the Bucks transient coaching situation, Terry Rozier on the Heat, and run through what teams are buying, selling, or sitting at the trade deadline. They wrap up with their final NFL Championship game predictions.
The Deep Fade: Tortured Bills, Overwhelming Ravens, and More from Thrilling Divisional Round + Huge Scoring Nights, and Brian Callahan is Titans HC (January 23rd, 2024)
Description: Zach leads off talking about Joel Embiid, Karl Anthony-Towns, and Kevin Durants big scoring nights and how they reflect the balance of power in the league. Then, he and Brendan recap an awesome divisional round weekend featuring heartbreak, triumph, and a dominant performance from the final four left in the NFL field. They round off discussing Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan being hired as the Titans’ head coach.
The Deep Fade: Divisional Round Picks, Sengun vs. Sabonis, Young vs. White, and Other All-Star Debates (January 19th, 2024)
Description: Zach and producer Raven start off recapping Zach’s pitiful Wild Card performance before running through the game slate and making divisional round picks. Then, as NBA all-star voting comes to a close they reveal their all-star selections and Zach toils on who to put in the final few spots.
The Deep Fade: Stroud’s Dominance, Cowboys’ Curse, Lions Masterclass, and an Underwhelming Wild Card Weekend (January 16th, 2024)
Description: Zach and producer Brendan break down a relatively weak, but storyline-rich Wild Card Weekend, starting with a CJ Stroud love fest, whether Rashee Rice is the most important player on the chiefs, and a look back at a lengthy history of Cowboys failure. They wrap up with a reflection on Rams-Lions and the Stafford-Goff trade, questioning a Steelers’ rebuild, and lay into Nick Sirianni and the Eagles incompetence.
The Deep Fade: Playoff Teams’ Strengths and Weaknesses, Massive Coach Turnover, Blizzard NBA Slate (January 12th, 2024)
Description: Zach and producer Brendan recap and huge week of coaching turnover in the NFL and Nick Saban’s retirement. They then run down the strengths, x-factors, and Achilles’ heels for each playoff team, before Zach finishes off running down the NBA slate and things to watch for everyone stuck inside this weekend.
The Deep Fade: Regular Season Wrap-up, a Bears Soliloquy, Wild-Card Round Picks, and Congrats Michigan! (January 9th, 2024)
Description: Zach and Raven tie the bow on the NFL regular season, the offseason outlooks of non-playoff teams, and wrap up with a tear down of how the Bears have handled this season and Justin Fields’ career in Chicago. They finish up with some wild-card round picks and a celebration of the National Champion Michigan Wolverines.
The Deep Fade: NBA Notebook Dump, 2024 League Predictions, Fake Trades, and Week 18 Lightning Round (January 5th, 2024)
Description: Zach starts off by running through some key NBA games this week and gives his thoughts on the Notebook Dump. After, he & Raven run through some predictions for the new league year, including Darvin Ham’s job status, fake trades for DeMar DeRozan and Draymond Green, and questioning Trae Young’s capacity to win. The guys wrap up some lightning round picks for the last week of NFL action.
The Deep Fade: NFL Week 17, Fields Makes his Case, Most Exciting Playoff Matchups, and Bad Bets (January 2nd, 2024)
Description: Happy New Year! In the first show of 2024, Zach and Raven go through a big NFL week as the playoffs approach, accepts Justin Fields is going to remain the Bears’ QB, and talks some exciting potential playoff matchups. They then wrap up with Bad Bets and make their picks for the college national championship.
The Deep Fade: NBA State of the Game, NFL Week 15 Storylines, RIP Staley, and #1 Seed Picks (December 15th, 2023)
Description: Zach kicks off by running through his “State of the Game” ranking NBA teams, touching on Coby White’s recent success, the Clippers emergence, and the Timberwolves ascension. Then, Zach and Brendan bid Brandon Staley farewell before running through NFL Week 15 picks and predict their #1 seeds.
The Deep Fade: Bills Supremacy, Cowboys Dominance, Fields Debate, IST Compliments and Suggestions, Bad Bets and a Mind-Blowing Contract (December 12th, 2023)
Description: Zach, Raven, and Brendan debate the Bills place in the AFC, the Cowboys’ hierarchy in the league, and wrap up Week 14 around the league. After some minor suggestions for the massively successful In-Season Tournament, the guys make Bad Bets and talk Shohei Ohtani’s historically singular contact.
The Deep Fade: Save Herbert, Dak or Purdy MVP, & In-Season Predictions with Raven and Brendan (December 5th, 2023)
Description: Zach, Raven, and Alithio newcomer Brendan Tegethoff go around the NFL after Week 13, lamenting the plight of Justin Herbert and debating MVPs. Zach finishes up seeing how In-season tournament contenders got here, where we think they’re going, and discussing Florida State’s exclusion from the playoffs.
The Deep Fade: NFL Burning Questions, Week 12, NBA Thanksgiving, and Bad Bets (November 28th, 2023)
Description: Happy return from Thanksgiving! Zach asks some big questions for each NFL team, talks NBA players we’re thankful for (and not) and tries to get on track with Bad Bets.
The Deep Fade: Goldilocks Teams, Best NBA Rooks, Week 11 and Bad Bets (November 21st, 2023)
Description: Zach opens the pod lamenting the sorry state of the Bears and Fields’ future, before recapping the Week 11 slate across the NFL. Then, he and Raven discuss the NBA’s best rookies so far, do a Goldilocks test on some of the leagues’ best and worst players/teams, and wrap it up with some Bad Thanksgiving Bets and a short Vegas F1 Roundup.
The Deep Fade: Welcome to the Deep Fade! Around the NFL & NBA, Praise Counsell and Bad Bets with Raven (November 14th, 2023)
Description: Welcome! In the inaugural episode of the Deep Fade on the Alithio Podcast Network, Zach, Tassos, and Raven go around the NFL after a busy week 10, a full day of the NBA, make some ill-advised wagers and both lament and praise Craig Counsel becoming a Cub.
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