The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Richard Sherman Podcast - Reaction to 49ers-Eagles, Packers-Bears, Rams-Panthers | Richard Sherman NFC Wild Card

Episode Date: January 13, 2026

Richard Sherman reacts to an electrifying NFC Wild Card Weekend, breaking down the 49ers’ gritty road victory over the Eagles, the Packers–Bears instant classic, and the Rams narrowly escaping the Panthers. Sherm discusses Kyle Shanahan’s masterclass without key starters, Christian McCaffrey’s impact, Brock Purdy’s toughness, and what this loss means for Nick Sirianni, Jalen Hurts, and A.J. Brown in Philadelphia. Plus, Sherm credits Caleb Williams and the Bears’ resilience, critiques Green Bay’s second-half collapse, and explains why Jordan Love played one of his best games as a pro. We also cover Matthew Stafford’s late-game brilliance, Puka Nacua’s matchup vs Jaycee Horn, Bryce Young’s growth, and what these results mean for the NFC playoff picture moving forward. All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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They went in there without their fourth, and fifth linebackers. They had to play their six and seventh linebackers. And again, they did not waver at all. Kyle Shanahan just stayed consistent. He stayed at it. Christian McCaffrey, give him a ton of credit for the way he's played, how hard he's played this entire season, had over 100 all-purpose yards and two TDs receiving in this game. A huge reason they stayed in the game and this offense stayed moving down the field. His rapport. My guy, Kyle Hughes, checked, did a great job in the past game. especially after they lost George Kittle. They were trying to get plays down the field

and pushed the ball down the field the first drive of the game. They were attacking the all pro Quignan Mitchell. DeMarcus Robinson, the veteran, came through big and the biggest game of the season, had over 100 yards receiving on six catches and a touchdown on the first drive of the game. But then Quinyon struck back multiple times. George Kittle targeting tight ends, interception.

He targeted Skymore, interception. Quinnion, Mitchell made huge plays. I was critical of his all-pro selection because he had not got the football. He had not given up any touchdowns and had a lot of past deflections, but I'm just from the old school where you got to get your hands on a football, and it looked beautiful when he did. He played a heck of a game. He took advantage of the ops that were there, made huge catch and huge stops for his team,

and that's what gave the Eagles a chance. This game, without those two interceptions, this game wouldn't even been close. And you could talk about all the injuries that, the San Francisco 49ers have dealt with, and it did not matter. They were the better team today, and I think the Eagles fans knew it. And I said it earlier, and Eagles fans thought, oh, man, you know, this is the best matchup. This is why Siriani rested the starters because he was hoping for the Niners. He was not. He was not. This team would have beat you if Brock Purdy was healthy the first time, and they beat you with nobody healthy but Brock Purdy pretty much in this game.

Thank goodness, Trent Williams. You see how much difference Trent Williams makes in this game. but it was a back-and-forth doll fight. This is the most points Kyle Shanahan has scored against Vic Fangio coach defense. I think it is the entire coaching career. And so kudos to that. Again, Kyle Shanahan making things happen this year. I think it's one of the few times he beat Swartz in the Browns defense and he beat Fangio. And he's doing it without the superstar.

So he's really having to dig deep in that bag to come up with plays and concepts to be a effective, and that's what he's doing. Shout out to Jawan Jennings, played huge in this game, big catches and big moments. Jake Tonjus made a couple huge catches in his game, and a huge penalty in the game. Joanne Jennings always just the antagonizer and just doing his thing to make things happen. But on the flip side, you talk about the Philadelphia Eagles and that offense, and you can tell the frustration is there. It's starting to boil over. And the most evident play was when A.J. Brown, they threw a deep ball to A.J. Brown.

It was little contact, but it's the playoffs. They're going to let him play. And it drops off his hands. And he made a great move to get even get in position to have a chance at it. And Siriani runs, sprints down the sideline to yell at him. That was odd. That was strange. And I'm not sure what he said. I'm sure we're going to hear the press conference and they're going to explain what happened in that situation. you could see the tide start to change when that happened.

You rarely see a head coach yelling at a star receiver. And I know, you know, we've seen Travis Kelsey and Andy Reid kind of go back and forth. That's just the relationship they have. But I don't think A.J. Brown and Siriani have that kind of relationship. And I would not be surprised with all the turmoil, internal turmoil that has gone on this season and frustration from A.J. Brown this season, if he was not in Philadelphia next year by his own choice, He's frustrated with the offensive play calling. I would expect them to make changes.

I don't, hopefully they don't fire Kevin Petulow, maybe just put him in a different position and put somebody else in the coordinator spot. But it's one of those situations where you had all the ingredients and somebody had already cooked the pie the year before, cook the Super Bowl cake. And all you had to do was read the ingredient book and cook it yourself. And you don't always need to put new ingredients

and put your own flare on it. Because sometimes your own flair diminishes and destroys the product that got them where they wanted to go. And obviously, to win a Super Bowl, you need a lot of things to go your way. But the team is just as talented. You got two all pros in a secondary. Jordan Davis played fantastic this year. Jalen Hunt was having a great year this season. Jalen Carter, always a menace.

Bohn is still playing at a high level. You had all the ingredients defensively, offensively. You still got A.J. Brandon, Devante Smith, both with a thousand, if I'm not mistaken, this season. You still got Sequin in the backfield. Tank Bigby was, you know, good in spurts. I think it was averaging 5.8 or so a carry. So all the ingredients were there. There was no excuse for the Philadelphia Eagles, but this is about San Francisco 49ers.

And for them to go to Philadelphia and knock off the defending champs, that's a confidence boost. But the road gets no easier from there. One play that I really loved in this game, and I got to say, you got to give a shout out to Kyle. When he gets it right, he gets it right. Joanne Jennings had an incredible Super Bowl a couple years ago, likely to be a Super Bowl MVP if they could have pulled that game out. And Kyle Shanahan went back to the whale with him and let him pass the ball. With them trailing in this game, I think it was 16 to 10, offense hadn't scored a touchdown in quite a while. He went back to Joanne Jennings, handed the ball off to Sky Moore.

He pitches it to Juan Jennings. Christian McCaffrey sneaks out right past Blankenship, and he tosses up a dime. And Christian catches it over his shoulder. Oh, it was poetic. That's beautiful football. And it was one of the biggest plays in the game. And one of the biggest moments in the game, Kyle trusted his receiver, Joanne Jennings, to deliver a dime of a pass.

And he did it. I could not believe the call. That takes some Cajones to call that in such a big moment. And it's one of the biggest reasons they won this football game. It's Kyle Shanahan trusting his guys, trusting his big-time playmakers who have been in big-time games to make big-time plays. And they did it again. Hey, it's us, the Jonas brothers. And guess what?

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and I know firsthand because I competed there myself. I'm Renee Stubbs, and on the Renee Stubbs' tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening at Roland Garris. Every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on Clay. Jenchian win. I mean, she went down in three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay.

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they have to go to Lumen Stadium, to Lumen Field, and play the Seattle Seahawks, another divisional game, and it's going to be a dog fight. It's going to be an absolute dog fight, And I can't wait to watch that game and see how these two masterminds, a defensive mastermind and Mike McDonald and an offensive mastermind in Calhannahan. Go at it again.

We saw the 1310 game out in Levi Stadium where the Seahawks took the number one seed and came out victorious. But after that game, Brock Purdy had a conversation with Sam Darnel and said, see you in a couple weeks. And a couple of stations made a big deal about it, but not a lot of people made a big deal about it. Guess what? They're meeting again.

It's a couple weeks later. I can't wait to watch this game. Three NFC West teams in the final four for the NFC side. It makes him the best division this season, no question about it. It's the Rams going to Chicago and playing the Bears in a very intriguing matchup. And then the NFC West matchup, the historic rivalry of the Seattle Seahawks versus the San Francisco 49ers. You know I'm excited about that. I really can't wait.

But what more can you say about Calh Shanahan? He deserves coach of the year this year. And obviously other coaches do too. Mike McDonald deserves it. Liam Cohen for what they've done in Jacksonville, Ben Johnson for what he's done in Chicago. But to see this roster just continue to be decimated and them not blank is incredible.

Eric Kendricks, veteran presence, was so felt today. And you could see it on every level and almost every play, just the calm of a veteran presence. When Sequan Barkley breaks open on a 20-yard run, here comes Eric Kendricks to get him down and save the touchdown and get us in the next flight. There weren't the huge explosive mistakes that happened in the Seattle Seahawks game.

And you could just see him getting the plays early, him getting in position early, reading the plays, understanding his keys, understanding what's in front of him. And even in the past game, dropping to spots, understanding, having a feel for the route concepts that he's getting. Those are things that you learn over time and experience has taught him that. But sometimes young guys, it takes him a second to learn the lessons. And sometimes as fans and as analysts, you don't have patience for the young guy learning the tricks of the trade. when you see a veteran come in, you can tell, hey, this guy's played a lot of football. He's seen a lot of football. Things aren't surprising him.

Now, it wasn't a perfect game by any stretch of imagination, but you could see him coming in there and understanding the game of football in allowing him to play fast and put himself in position. And I think that was, again, what people thought it would be, addition by subtraction. Him going in and getting the opportunity was fantastic. And you've got to give a lot of credit to that defensive line. When the game was on the line, Bryce Hub, Keon White, Gross Motos. Those guys were getting there. CJ West was getting TFLs. They were getting pushed back on the offensive line.

They made critical plays. And I know we've been critical of them all year, but when they're great, you've got to get credit to them too. Jire Brown went out with a hamstring, and then Segal came in and made a huge stop on a devon. I mean, A.J. Brown, Deep Post, along with Renardo Green, who played a fantastic game. And you've got to give credit. They were flying around. They were playing with energy. You talked about the, they talked about the desperation they had to play with coming into this game. And that's what they did.

They played with desperation because there is no tomorrow. You lose this game. You do not. You go home. And I was just really, really impressed with him. It's just been announced that DeMarcus Robinson was the player of the game. And who would have thought that coming into the game? I think he's earned himself the opportunity to get more targets, get more opportunities to be involved.

He is playing. He has been available, and I think Kyle Shanahan should reward him by giving him the football. Now, let's talk about the future of the Philadelphia Eagles because we'll get to the Seattle Seahawks versus the San Francisco 49ers on another day. You know, I'm going to take my time with that. I'm going to break it down. But I think the Philadelphia Eagles obviously are going to do something else at offensive coordinator. I think Vic is fantastic.

I don't think he's going anywhere unless he wants to go take a head coaching job somewhere. I'm interested to see what A.J. Brown, he didn't talk to the media after the game, what he wants to do if he wants to stay in Philadelphia or get opportunities elsewhere because I know a coach in New England that would be happy to get him back. They traded him away from Tennessee when Vravo was the coach and he was unhappy with that decision, but that's the kind of stuff that happens in Tennessee and the head coach doesn't like it. And that's why they haven't had a lot of success. but if you started beating that drum, AJ Brown in New England, dangerous combination. I'd keep an eye on that if I was you.

There's still a really talented team. What happens with Lane Johnson going forward? We'll see. That's a big part of their offensive line, clearly. They're a whole different run game without him on the right side. We'll see if he wants to continue. These are the reigning Super Bowl champs. You know, but you get banged up.

He's played a lot of football, played for a long time, means a lot to this team, means a lot to that city. So I think he deserves the respect and space to make that decision, and I'm sure they'll get it to him. Today's show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet. The Wild Card delivered in a big way, and now we're getting ready for the divisionals. And you know what I love doing in these big stand-alone playoff game?

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and daily promos, hard rock bet has you covered all postseason long. Download the hard rock bet app and make your first deposit today. Another incredible game that I got to watch was Saturday night in Chicago, a NFC North matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the shift. Chicago Bears, and what a game it was. Instant classic. And it's scary because that game went just like the other games went throughout the season. These teams had already played twice. I think they played, this was the third time they played in 35 days or something like that.

And you could see the familiarity, but it seemed like LaFleur had a fantastic plan for Dennis Allen in that defense. they were running the ball. Well, you can see Josh Jacobs was healthy and spry. He looked fresh. He ran the ball really effectively in the first half. Jordan Love. Look, Green Bay Packers fans, you know I've been hypercritical of Jordan Love since Aaron Rogers left.

And you cannot be hypercritical of him in this game for his performance. He played lights out four touchdown passes, the three in the first half. He was threading the needle. dime after dime after dime from beginning of that game to the end of that game to that last drive. And I think even that last drive, there was a play where it looked like he gave Matthew Golden a chance on one of those footballs where you got to put your body in danger and go get that football. But, you know, that's a story for a different day. But you can't blame him. And honestly, I know they're going to be critical of LaFleur because this year,

I think they blew four leads in games, games where they led by almost double-ditches. and they blew the leads and lost those games. But the Chicago Bears need to be applauded for their resilience. To go into the half, losing by 18 to a team that's really good and been fantastic offensively, and to regroup that defense, say, hey, man to man, we got to step up, we got to play better. And to hold that offense that scored 21 points in the first half to only six points in the second half. you got to give credit words to do. That's fantastic.

But what happened to the Green Bay Packers' offense is the question, what did you change? And what changed was they tried to get cute. And that's been the Achilles heel of a lot of the McVeigh, Shanahan, you know, offensive genius play callers that have struggled to have success in the playoffs. Because when they get ahead, they got to get cute. They got to get cute. They got to show all the cool plays. that they've come up with and a cool schemes

and a cool concepts that they've created. Instead of just saying, hey, this old school, let's get back to the grit and grind, hand Josh Jacobs to ball and get three, four yards, to carry, get the third and two, and live in that world until the game is over. When the time of possession in the second half and in this game.

By not doing that, they gave the bear's chance after chance to come back. And the bears, they blew a couple of them. There was a chance where they forced to fumble, where Jordan Love, threw its one of the offensive lineman. They forced to fumble and couldn't get on the ball. And then they had, who was it? Was it Matthew Golden or Christian Watson running into the end zone where he jumped up in the air and then fumbled the football? And the ball's just sitting there

and you don't take advantage. That was two opportunities, two opportunities for the number one turnover defense in the land to change that game and help themselves. But in the end, Caleb Williams ends up coming through on the coach, 361 yards, 24 of 48. Not a great passing game in terms of accuracy, but two touchdowns. He did throw the two interceptions, but one of them was a miss cue where the receiver just didn't run the right route, and the other looked like a mistake. Colston Loveland had a great game, eight catches for 137 yards, DJ Moore, the game ceiling touchdown at the end on a fake screen and go.

Again, just staying calm and stay on the course. DeAndre Swift, 13 carries 54 yards in the one touchdown. It was a group effort by the Bears, and it's what they have done all season long. Like I said on TV last night, the Packers got in that situation, the pressure was high, and they were like, what's going on? But the Bears are like, hey, we were born in this. We have been living this way all year long, and sometimes you get. get so used to thinking, hey, no matter what the score is, we know we can come back.

That mindset is empowering to a team because you never really feel like you're out of it. You never feel like you're done or you're dead in the water when you can do that. And I think that's what's helped the Chicago Bears in this game is that experience all season long. They had, I think, seven comebacks this season where they were down almost double digits in the fourth quarter. that gives you confidence. Now, you don't want to be in that situation, and I'm sure they wish they could start a little faster and get where they need to go a lot faster than they did.

But if you're not going to be able to do that, you want to be able to know that you have a history that tells you, hey, we can still get this job done. And I think they're going to be really confident watching this film of the Carolina Panthers and Rams game. The Carolina Panthers gave the Rams all they could handle. Their secondary covered really well. My guy, Mike Jack, had an incredible game.

He earned himself a lot of money. He had four PbUs and an interception in the game. Great tackling, great coverage. And J.C. Horn had the tough matchup of Pooka and Kua Allgame, and he did a great job. And unfortunately, they gave Matthew Safer too much time to mount a two-minute drill. And he did that. And he is the MVP of the league this season. And he looked like it on that last drive.

No question about it with a dime to Colby Parkinson to take the lead in that game. But I think the Bears are going to feel pretty good. This Rams offense, I mean, defense has given up 30 plus in at least, I think, five of the last seven games or so. So they're getable. Their corners have been getable. They have a formidable defensive line, especially if you get an obvious passing downs. But what a playoff game, man.

These playoff games have been outstanding, all of them. Now, if you watch my preview, you'll know I caught almost all of them. It wasn't perfect. It didn't go exactly how. I didn't expect the bears have to come back from 18. But I think I know something. Now, the question is, is Matt LaFleur's job in Jeopardy? I don't know.

I'm not making decisions for the Green Bay Packers. If it was me, I wouldn't. I wouldn't fire him. Because the question is, can you do better than him? Who has been that much better than him? And sure, people are saying, oh, John Harbaugh has been better than him. But if you ask the people in Baltimore, they would say his message got stale and it got stagnant and all these other things.

So sometimes the new toy is the better toy, just because it was somebody else's. And sometimes if you really just let the emotions calm, let things calm down, you'll realize you have one of the best coaches in football, and this was just an unfortunate series of events this season. It didn't go how you want to. They'll learn from it going forward, and they'll be better.

You lost one of the best players in the National Football League in Michael Parsons at a critical time. If he was playing in these games, I think you win. I think you beat the Chicago Bears. I don't even think you're the seventh seed if he's playing. I think they would have a better chance to win that division if Michael Parsons was healthy. The entire pass rush, the entire way you game plan and prepare for the Green Bay Packers changed when Michael Parsons was out of the lineup. And I think it affected Rashon Gary.

It affected Van Nuys. It affected Edron Cooper, everyone on that defense. It affected how Jeff Hathley is calling the defense. And it'll look a lot better when he's been. back. That's why he's getting paid the big bucks. That's why you trade all those assets to go get him. Unfortunately, he wasn't there. So hopefully they don't make a knee-jerk reaction and fire a really good football coach because I don't think that helps him. I don't think that gets them any closer to winning in a Super Bowl in the near future. And I think that's the goal for this franchise.

Hey, it's us to Jonas Brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news? Huge news. We created our own podcast called, Hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how did we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember.

I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Oh, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing. a bit for the podcast where people could call in and say, hey Jonas.

And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy, not quite.

Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funny. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and headwriter, Streeter Seidel, help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and friends on the I-Heart Radio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The French Open is one of the toughest tests in tennis, and I know firsthand because I competed there myself. I'm Renee Stubbs, and on the Renee Stubbs Tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening at Roland Garris. Every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on Clay. Jenchian win. I mean, she went down in three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted.

She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay. Listen, Lina Rabakina is arguably the best player in the world right now, and I actually can win on any surface. Because if she's serving, well, good luck. Consider this your court-side seat to the French Open. Listen to the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports.

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The Rams were the better team coming in here. Matthew Stafford coming in as the MVP favorite, the likely. MVP candidate this year. But they went ahead, 14-0-0 early on, and then the Panthers started to figure it out. They started to figure out, start to claw their way back, got back in this game, forced a few interceptions, started to put pressure on Matthew Stafford, who made a few mistakes. He missed a few guys down the field.

There was a Pooka-Kua drop that could have been a touchdown right before the half. you know, uncharacteristic mistakes like that happen that allowed the Panthers to just stick around. Bryce Young battled through, made some plays with his legs, made some plays with his arm. Obviously, still a work in progress. They decided to pick up his fifth year option, which is expectation of a quarterback that took you to the playoffs regardless of how it happened. I know, I know.

It could easily not happen. But you got to give this team a lot of credit. And I think just battling in the way they deep. and having a lead with two minutes to go in this game gives a team like this confidence that, hey, we belonged here. It wasn't like, hey, we got here and we were just happy to be here, and we got blown out and sent home, and we were just like, hey, here's our participation trophy. They went out there to win that game, and it gave themselves a chance.

Unfortunately, Matthew Stafford and his club were better that day. But give Idrao Ederall, a lot of credit for what he did. Dave Canales and his staff, a lot of credit for the way they prepared their team and the way their team paddled after a very up and down season for him. On the other side, I'm sure Sean McVeigh was, pray it's at a good Lord that this game ended up the way it did because that would have been a devastating loss for the Rams after an incredibly promising season where Matthew Stafford has played

some of the best football he's ever played in his career. You've got Pooka Nacua and Devante Adams, two of the best receivers in the National Football League. You got a really good running game and Blake Horm and Kiron Williams. You got an offensive line that has been fantastic running the football. And you would have lost to the Carolina Panthers who a lot of people who said didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. So that would have been crazy, but it didn't happen. But I think it's going to be an intriguing, very intriguing matchup against the Chicago Bears.

I think you can make an argument either way for both teams. Both teams have their shortcomings on defense and have their strengths on offense. But Caleb Williams is a wild card. Matthew Stafford is consistent. Matthew Stafford is the ultimate gunslinger, and he's had a fantastic season. He's going to make an impact on this game. Can the Bears defense, who have led the league in turnovers this season, create turnovers? Now, they created them last game, but they didn't take advantage of them.

The ball was on the ground multiple times, but they did not get it. Will they be able to take the football away from Matthew, He threw a few errant passes in this game. He gave the football away to the Carolina Panthers. Can that pass rush get a little hotter and put pressure in his face? Can Dennis Allen come up with a plan to really move Matthew Stafford off the spot? Not that that really saves the day. Matthew Stafford is fantastic.

It has great arm angles, does all the special things that you expect a quarterback that's up for the MVP to do. But we got to see it. We got to see it. I can't wait to watch that game. There's going to be some snow potentially. it's going to be a frigid game. How does that affect Matthew Stafford? How does that affect the Rams who are an indoor team?

Yes, they played the Philadelphia Eagles in a very similar condition game last season, and he played well. It came down to the last play, and if they don't find a way to, if they don't leave Jalen Carter unblocked and allow him to come sack Matthew Stafford on that play, I think the Rams win that game and eliminate the Super Bowl champs from the play, last season, but, you know, if it was a fifth, you know, you know the rest. It didn't happen. But this is going to be a really good game between the Rams and in the Bears. It's guaranteeing

that an NFC West team will be in the NFC championship this year, whether it's the Rams, the Seahawks, the San Francisco 49ers, or maybe two NFC West teams in the NFC championship game, which would be fantastic. I'd look forward to that matchup. I love divisional matchups in the playoffs because it just means more. This isn't the SEC, but it just means more. It means more because it gives your bragging rights. It gives the fans bragging rights and you just see how teams do under pressure. I can't wait to watch it. Let me tell you about ready or not. The tactical SWAT game where you really feel the weight of the badge. Recently, I reunited with my Legion of Boom teammates, Cam Chancellor, Cliff April, Mike Bennett, and Walter Thurman. We've put

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Welcome back. Here are the Richard Sherman podcast picks. All odds and lines are brought to you by our partners at Hard Rock Bet. We've got the Texans at the Steelers on Monday night football tomorrow. Hard Rock Bet has the Texans as a three-point spread in this game. And I think that's right. I think the Houston Texans dominant defense with all these all pros in the secondary. Petrie, I thought he should be an all pro.

The all pros on the D line, the pro bowler in the middle of that defense, and Zies Al-Shayor are going to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a lot of trouble. I know that Aaron Rogers will look to get the ball out quick, but can you get it out quick enough when you got Camari Lasseter and Derek Stingley on the end with Petri in the middle? And then you got Kalin Bullock at the safety. It's just so much talent and speed on that defense. It's going to be tough to deal with all night.

And then you got C.J. Stroud and Nico Collins on the other side, and they can do damage. If C.J. Stroud gets in rhythm, this game can get out of hand, and I can't wait to watch it. But we will see, we will see. I'll give y'all three players who can score in any time touchdown. For the Texans, it's, of course, Nico Collins and Woody Marks. And for the Steelers, it's D.K. Metcalfe making his return back into the lineup.

He'll get in the end zone. However, I'm taking the under on Aaron Rogers having more than one and a half interceptions. He's going to be careful with this football, no question about it. I don't think he's going to put it in harm his way. He's not going to take too much time back there. He knows how quick this pass rush can get home. This San Francisco Seattle game, it's going to be a classic. The last time these two teams played in the playoffs, I was there.

I was there. It was a whole tip play, came down to last play. Fantastic game. Instant classic. You know, they still talk about that game to this day. Will this be another one? I know San Francisco 49ers are panged up. And you want to just say, oh, man, the Seattle Seahawks are too stacked.

They're going to run off the field, and they may. But it just usually doesn't shake out like that. Kyle Shanahan is going to have a great plan. They know the Seattle Seahawks are going to be stout against the run. You're not going to be able to move the football. You're not going to be able to move Sharon Reed and Byron Murphy and Leonard Williams up front, DeMarcus Lawrence. You're going to have to find a way to create gaps or create misdirection

to get away from those guys. And then on the other side, the San Francisco 49ers defense benefited from a Miss Fieldgold and a mistake by Sam Donald early on in that game where he could have had a touchdown to the flat and just held on to the ball. They're going to have to find a way to get pressure on him, no question about that. And I'm not sure they can. It's going to be better because Eric Kendricks is a veteran and does all the things we talked about earlier. He's going to be in better position than Bethune was in necessary. And at some points in that game, does Dee Winters come?

back. We'll see. He was limping in this game when he tried to test it before. Another week may help, but this is going to be a good game. Two teams that know each other really well, two coordinators that have a lot of respect for one another. But again, Mike McDonald has had Kyle Shanahan's number since his days in Baltimore. He has limited Kyle Shanahan in a tremendous way. I think the most he scored on him was 20 points, or 17 points in Baltimore. in 19 maybe, and he hasn't had a lot of success any other time. And this year, he's scored three and 13, if I'm not. So 16 points in two games. Can he overcome that? Can he find some solutions? Can he and Brock Purdy manipulate this to get more yardage? Now you're going to have

Trent Williams back in this game. He injured himself, I think, early on in that game, if I'm not mistaken. And will you have Ricky Persol? That don't matter. The Seattle Seahawks team is going to come out fresh. They're off for rest. And it seems like Mike McDonald and their staff has done a great job of allowing them to rest, get, you know, away from the building, but still stay locked in and diligent with their preparation. So it's going to be everything we needed. This is, the NFL has done a great job with these playoffs. I can't wait to see it. As always, you can be anywhere in the world, but you're here with me and I surely do appreciate it. Enjoying some great NFL content in these great NFL games. If your team lost, don't lose hope.

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