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Teresa Blaes rides solo again this week to break down three Week 3 games. She starts with the Arizona Cardinals, who dropped to 1-2 after a 36-30 loss to the 49ers. Jacoby Brissett played well and the late fourth-quarter comeback showed signs of life, but penalties, a late start, and a defense that could not get a stop against Brock Purdy were too much to overcome. Later in the show she adds one more complaint: fourth-quarter clock management that left Arizona without enough time to finish the comeback. In Denver, Teresa says the real story is the Rams, who led 16-0 at halftime and let it slip away. The Broncos showed up when they had to have a win, and Talanoa Hufanga delivered a pick six right when they needed it. Kansas City’s 24-10 win was steady and unremarkable outside of Kenneth Walker carrying the load on the ground, with Mahomes and Kelce doing what they do. The Chiefs and Raiders both sit at 3-0 atop the division, with the Broncos right behind at 2-1, and Teresa asks whether winning the games you have to win, even the ugly ones, is what this Chiefs season is going to look like. She closes by turning to Paul’s use of sports in scripture: wrestling, running the race with endurance, and disciplining the body. Her encouragement to anyone who feels like things are crashing is to keep people around you who can hold up your arms, lean on Jesus, and refuse to give up. Nobody in an NFL locker room throws in the towel, and when you are in the middle of it, you do not have time to give in to defeat. The post No Time for Defeat: Cardinals Fall Short, Broncos Rally, Chiefs Roll to 3-0 appeared first on Blaes and Gottsch.

Teresa Blaes and Mischelle Saunders-Gottsch are back together, and they open with the story that has fans fired up: Arizona Cardinals cornerback Kei’Trel Clark was fined more than $6,600 by the NFL for writing a message giving glory to God on his eye black. Both hosts call it an overreach, arguing that if the league is going to ban messages on equipment, it has to apply the rule evenly, and they give Clark huge props for standing his ground. From there they turn to the games. The Chiefs edged the Colts 33 to 30 in a back-and-forth barn burner, with Mahomes and Kelce doing what they do, but a handful of questionable calls, a scuffle, and a razor-close fumble review had both hosts saying they would never want to be a ref. The Broncos looked lethargic in the first half at home before rallying with 17 unanswered points to get to 1 and 1. The Cardinals were the low point, falling flat against the defending champion Seahawks after an early 82-yard touchdown run, though Teresa isn’t ready to write them off. They close with a simple charge: bring God wherever you are, don’t worry about the consequences, and let Him shine. The post Glory Be 2 God: The NFL Fines Faith appeared first on Blaes and Gottsch.

Teresa Blaes goes solo this week while Mischelle Saunders-Gottsch sits out for football coverage, and Teresa breaks down two games that felt like statements. The Arizona Cardinals beat the L.A. Chargers 26 to 14 behind complementary football, a strong defensive push late, and a big afternoon disrupted only by a third-quarter injury to Chargers receiver Ladd McConkey. Teresa is impressed but not ready to call the Cardinals a finished product, especially with a tougher test coming against Seattle. She then turns to Monday Night Football, where the Chiefs blew out Denver behind Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, and a 62-yard pick-six, and asks whether Kansas City can keep the momentum going. She closes with a faith message about trusting God in the fire, drawing on the story of the three Hebrew boys and the promise that there is a fourth man standing with them. The post Statement Season: How Arizona and Kansas City Answered Their Doubters appeared first on Blaes and Gottsch.

Teresa Blaes and Mischelle Saunders-Gottsch look back at the full preseason for their three teams and get ready for real football to start. Denver gets the nod as the best overall preseason performer of the group, even though Teresa cautions that none of the three teams were playing their true starters. The pair are watching closely to see whether Bo Nix can stay healthy for the Chiefs–Broncos opener on Monday Night Football, and whether Denver’s defense can slow down Kansas City. The Chiefs are a bigger question mark. Their preseason record sits at 0-2-1, they never found the end zone in the finale against Seattle, and penalties are the recurring worry heading into the year. Teresa and Mischelle agree the Chiefs still have the pieces, veteran coaching, and Mahomes, but the margin for error is thinner than usual. Arizona is the wild card. They are moving on from Kyler Murray under new head coach Mike LaFleur, and the big question is whether Jacoby Brissett can be a franchise quarterback behind an offensive line that needs to give him time in the pocket. Both hosts came away impressed with backups Carson Beck and Gardner Minshew in preseason, and Mischelle names the Buccaneers as her dark-horse pick to surprise people this year, while still hoping Arizona finds a way to make some noise of its own. They close on the bigger picture: doing your job with excellence and enjoying it, leaving the results to God, and getting back up after the setbacks that come with any season, on the field or off it. Teresa also teases a new project: a band she is launching, plus a podcast built around it. The post Fun, Fundamentals, and Faith: Getting Ready for Kickoff appeared first on Blaes and Gottsch.

eresa Blaes hosts solo on Blaes and Gottsch (Michelle returns next week) to wrap up the 2026 NFL preseason, recapping three teams’ final preseason games: Arizona put up impressive offense (492 yards) but blew a lead, letting Green Bay score 15 unanswered points in the final five minutes to lose 38–42. Big question mark: can they close out games? Green Bay had the standout performance of the preseason, routing Minnesota 34–6, outgaining them 412–269 yards and keeping them out of the end zone entirely. Teresa’s genuinely excited about their trajectory. Kansas City managed only 9 points in a low-scoring game at Seattle (Seattle’s Jason Myers missed a potential game-winning field goal), moving the ball well but repeatedly failing to finish drives in the red zone. Teresa ties it together with a broader theme: the preseason’s biggest recurring failure across these teams was an inability to finish, closing out games, finishing drives, and closes with a reflection on finishing well in whatever work you do. The post Fireworks, Failures, and Finishing: Preseason Recap appeared first on Blaes and Gottsch.