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From Pittsburgh to pure chaos across the NFL, this episode of The Inner Circle is a ride.

We open with Aaron Donald going home: Pitt rolls out the red carpet, his jersey hits the rafters, he jumps on College GameDay, and yes… the shirt comes off. AD gets real about being overlooked in high school — only three offers, Pitt, Toledo and Akron — and what it felt like seeing that banner drop: “I never dreamed that big… it all came from just working my ass off.”

Then we pivot hard to the moment lighting up the league: Jamar Chase spitting at Jalen Ramsey. The crew doesn’t sugarcoat it. “You don’t spit on anybody,” and “that’s the ultimate disrespect,” AD says, while Todd breaks down how a one-game suspension plus per-game active bonuses turns that loogie into hundreds of thousands of dollars lost.

Matt and AD take listeners onto the field with a brutally honest grass vs. turf debate, reacting to the futuristic hybrid surface in Madrid and explaining why Mondays hurt a lot more after turf games.

We hit Lane Johnson’s injury and what losing an elite right tackle really does to an offense. Matt ranks O-line positions, explains why tackles are king, and how game plans quietly shift to protect a weak link.

Plus: Shador Sanders’ zero reps with the ones, why that’s actually normal in today’s NFL, the accountability message behind benching CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens, AD’s “I’ll tell you when you’re bad and when you’re good” apology to the Dallas defense, and his Defensive Player of the Week love — including an ode to Rams punter Ethan Evans as a secret weapon.

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