With the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys kicking off the NFL season today, Grant took the day off to watch his team. Jason Ross covered for Grant and kicked off the show with heavy football talk.

Fantasy Football expert Adam Rank of the NFL Network joined Jason today.

Rank gave advice on drafting, managing bye weeks, how Maurice Jones-Drew and Adrian Peterson will do this season, what to expect from Darren McFadden, avoiding 49ers players, top receivers to pick and his surprise pick of the season.

San Francisco 49ers’ tight end Delanie Walker was on the show with Jason to preview the season.

Walker talked about the 49ers’ offensive potential, the impact of coach Jim Harbaugh, his personal goals on the field and the team mentality of the 49ers.

Baseball analyst and former MLB pitcher John Smoltz came on the show for his weekly baseball season talk.

Smoltz covered the clubhouse atmosphere during September baseball, getting hit by baseballs, September 40-man rosters, Bobby Valentine’s situation in Boston, the upcoming games he will be covering and Roger Clemens’ return to pitching.