Behind Tha Mike Podcast

Presented by Belly Up Sports! Michael Neal Jr shares his love of NFL history by discussing stories, games, NFL draft, Super Bowls, team origins, and more!

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Family Trees Part II

Wednesday Nov 20, 2024

Wednesday Nov 20, 2024

Apparently, the NFC East is responsible for a number of our current NFL head coaches. And that coaching tree, which traces all the way back to 1926, is directly responsible for ending the AFC’s 13 year Super Bowl drought. Part two of Family Trees! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Family Trees Part I

Wednesday Nov 13, 2024

Wednesday Nov 13, 2024

With all the movement in the coaching realm today, it’s not hard to see where most head coaches come from. Know this, head coaches and assistants got their start somewhere, and sometimes it traces all the way back to NFL legends. Take a four-part journey with me to find out how the coaches of today are connected to some of the greatest head coaches in NFL history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday Nov 06, 2024

Coaches get fired early and some right on time. I’ve always asked myself if Hall of Fame head coaches were coaching today, how fast would they been fired because of early failures and impatience of ownership? The stories of those who were fired early, and the benefits of those who stayed. Part deaux that asks the question “to fire or not to fire?“ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday Oct 30, 2024

In the aftermath of what happened with former Jets head coach Robert Salah, I know there are some coaches that get fired too early and some right on time. I’ve always asked myself if Hall of Fame head coaches were coaching today, how fast would they been fired because of early failures and impatience? The stories of those who were fired early, and the benefits of those who stayed. Part one that asks the question “to fire or not to fire?“ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday Oct 23, 2024

Future Hall of Fame QB Patrick Mahomes is having the worst statistical season of his career, yet his team is undefeated. If the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl, he wouldn’t be the first quarterback to play this bad and still win. It has happened before.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday Oct 16, 2024

Instead of wealth and politics, Bert Bell’s choice of a football life lead him to being an owner, the second commissioner in NFL history, then induction into the pro football Hall of Fame. The proof would be his poetic end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday Oct 09, 2024

There are paths that are chosen for us, and there are those who choose their own. Burt Bell‘s choice was a life of football, one that would lead him to Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giants at 100

Tuesday Oct 01, 2024

Tuesday Oct 01, 2024

As the New York Giants celebrate 100 years this season, we take a look back at the origins of this proud franchise that began with a poor kid from the Lower East side of Manhattan that knew nothing about football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

”...wash your hands.”

Wednesday Sep 25, 2024

Wednesday Sep 25, 2024

When Pete Rozelle became commissioner of the NFL in 1960, he would take the league to a level it had never seen before. Thing is, he wasn’t even a candidate! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding “The Voice”

Wednesday Sep 18, 2024

Wednesday Sep 18, 2024

John Facenda is one of the main reasons I love the history of pro football. But, I wanted to know more about his background, including the details on his famous meeting between he and Ed Sabol that would lead to him becoming “the voice” of NFL films. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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