Summer Break: 100 Bold Predictions for the 2026 NFL Season
6/18/202651 min
Marc Sessler, Conor Orr & Justin Graver are LIVE to talk about football as we prepare for the long summer break ahead. We start by reviewing Conor's piece for SI, 100 Bold Predictions for the 2026 NFL season before answering some chat Q&A questions.
0:00 Heed the Ball
3:22 100 NFL Predictions
28:12 Live Chat Q&A
49:19 Wrap Up
Check out Conor's BOLD PREDICTIONS piece for SI: https://www.si.com/nfl/conor-orr-100-bold-predictions-2026-digital-cover
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First 90 secondsMarc Sessler· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Heed the Call, a very special summer break live edition. We just threw this announcement out about an hour ago. So if you're here, you are part of the very special Heedonis crowd, the core crowd. I'm Mark Sessler, here with Connor Orr, Justin Graver. Uh, we've got our friend Dan Hanzus, our friend and partner, on a very much deserved... This is that time of year. It's June. The coaches have start hitting the s- the skids. Players are going out. Dan is on a much-deserved little family getaway. Um, I'll be out next week. We had talked about doing our... We- we've all compiled our best players, um, of the past this d- this century basically for every team, and that's a project that we started to fall in love with that we're gonna divide it into two big shows when everyone's back. So this is a fun summer, um, hangout. Justin, Connor. Connor, how you doing? Thanks for joining us on the fly as well. We, uh, threw your calendar into a jumble.
Conor Orr· Guest1:03
[laughs] No, this is great. I am like, it's T minus exactly 24 hours until we smash that tiny little island nation of Australia to [beep] damn pieces- Okay ... in the cup. [laughs] So I am so excited. I am fired up. And, uh, like this is... We- we are, we are just in the thick of it right now. So I'm, I'm at a 10.
Marc Sessler· Host1:26
Justin, are you feeling the same hostility towards, um, not