NFL Says ‘Move the Sticks’ Episodes Were Repackaged YouTube Previews, Not AI

Overview

• Two new NFC East and NFC West preview episodes appeared on the Move the Sticks podcast feed on Tuesday while Apple Podcasts still listed Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks as hosts, and listeners flagged an unfamiliar voice and suspected AI.
• The NFL issued a statement saying the August 11 episode was not AI but a compilation of team-preview audio from the league’s YouTube page voiced by a recurring narrator described in video notes as “Game Preview Guy.”
• The NFL posted a YouTube clip in which the same voice identified itself as Game Preview Guy, apparently responding to the online backlash over the origin and authenticity of the audio.
• Daniel Jeremiah publicly said he is no longer affiliated with the old feed and confirmed he will launch a new podcast in a different home, leaving the Move the Sticks brand separated from its former on-air hosts.
• The episode’s bland, collage-like production and an iHeart “guaranteed human” stinger intensified audience distrust and highlighted broader issues about reusing platform-specific audio, clear host attribution, and listener trust during the post-acquisition rebrand.