Rich Appel tells TheWrap "Family Guy" is taking big swings with takes on "Only Murders in the Building," "The Bear" and "The Dropout" ...

"In the game of football, to have a guy as passionate as Chris is huge ... And for a time, his whole extended family lived together in his grandmother's modest home, where he slept on the couch.

"In the game of football, to have a guy as passionate as Chris is huge. And I think other guys feed off ... And for a time, his whole extended family lived together in his grandmother's modest home, ...