Craft Brewed Sports · Belly Up Podcast Network 🎙

Johnny Manziel Ghosts GameDay | Dodgers Luxury Tax Bill | Matt Stanton’s NFL Secret Santa Rankings

·1 hr 50 min·5 clips

Matt Stanton ranks NFL teams as Secret Santa gifts, starting with the Jets bringing a garbage can.

This episode of Craft Brewed Sports features hosts Mike and Scott alongside regular guests Matt Stanton and Matt Barr, all celebrating in ugly Christmas sweaters. The group drinks a variety of holiday stouts from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, rating each beer on their signature "dog" scale. Matt Stanton presents his final NFL rankings of the year, framing each team as a Secret Santa gift with humorous and critical pairings. Stanton ranks the New York Jets as a garbage can and the Las Vegas Raiders as a knee brace for bettors. He assigns the Cleveland Browns a massage coupon where you give the massage, referencing Deshaun Watson, and gives the Miami Dolphins Tua Tagovailoa's contract. The Kansas City Chiefs offer gloves due to their high drop rate, while the Philadelphia Eagles give a box containing a large middle finger. Stanton picks the Seattle Seahawks as his number one team and Super Bowl favorite, gifting tickets to the San Jose airport to reach the 49ers' stadium. A surprising claim is that DK Metcalf allegedly punched a fan who called him by his "government name," not a slur, voiding over $500,000 in game checks and guaranteed money. The hosts debate the Chiefs' planned 2031 move to a dome stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, arguing it removes their cold-weather playoff advantage. They also discuss the broader trend of northern NFL teams building domes, with only the Buffalo Bills committing to a new open-air stadium. The tone is casual and humorous, filled with inside jokes, playful insults, and tangents about fantasy football losses and video game highlights. This episode is perfect for listeners who enjoy unfiltered sports commentary mixed with craft beer banter and niche NFL humor. Fans seeking serious analysis or those offended by crude jokes and heated debates might want to skip it.

As heard by us

Craft Brewed Sports runs on holiday chaos, a green-screen mishap, and a DK Metcalf segment that keeps circling the fallout.

Craft Brewed Sports opens in full holiday mode, and the setup matches the mood: ugly Christmas sweaters, a green-screen mishap, and a roundtable that keeps sliding from sports talk into side comments.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

Press play for Merry Chroma Key Christmas, ugly green sweaters, and NFL chaos that keeps wandering off topic.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from Craft Brewed Sports