The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Sharp or Square - NFL DIVISIONAL WEEKEND REACTIONS: Rams-Bears, Texans-Patriots, Broncos-Bills, Niners-Seahawks

Episode Date: January 19, 2026

And then there were four! The second round of the 2026 NFL playoffs are over, and Chad Millman and Simon Hunter dive into their betting results from Divisional Weekend, checking in on the gambling action after four thrilling postseason games. Together they recap today's hideous contest between the Houston Texans and New England Patriots, as two young quarterbacks C.J. Stroud and Drake Maye battled amidst countless turnovers and general sloppy play in the snow. They also cover the overtime game that just wrapped between the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears in frigid Soldier Field, as a Caleb Williams miracle touchdown to Cole Kmet wasn't quite enough against likely NFL MVP Matt Stafford. They also discuss the Saturday slate, as we hear our host's recap of another instant classic Buffalo Bills playoff heartbreaker. The Buffalo Bills lose to the Denver Broncos in overtime as reigning MVP Josh Allen falls short versus Bo Nix, who is now lost for the rest of the postseason with an ankle injury. And finally, we hear about a dominate effort in the Emerald City as Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks crush the San Francisco 49ers. All of this, plus their Shame On You and Heroes of the Week, as well as a quick Conference Championship weekend sneak peak, all in one live episode. #Volume 0:03:00 - START 0:06:23 - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS VS SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 0:10:00 - HOUSTON TEXANS VS. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 0:14:15 - BUFFALO BILLS VS. DENVER BRONCOS 0:24:00 - LOS ANGELES RAMS VS. CHICAGO BEARS -- All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet  Subscribe to Sharp or Square for gambling advice, best bets, and predictions from sports betting experts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter. Follow on all platforms:  / sharporsquare https://x.com/SharporSquare_See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen. I'm listening. I watched that play. And as you can imagine, I'm like, oh, Oh, no, oh no, oh no. And when he throws it 50 yards to the back of the end zone over two Los Angeles Rams, and it's a touchdown, I called my house because, you know, I'm in Miami. So I called my house because my son is still home from break.

And no words were spoken because he's got a bunch of people over at the house. And it sounded like it was Soldier Field. There was so much screaming going on. and because I'm in hotel, I can't do the same thing. But I'm like, did we get Patrick Mahomes? Did we get Michael Jordan? Did we get Josh Allen? And then I felt that again when he got that third down and short in the overtime.

I'm like, the guy is just so cool. And then he throws a pick and the Rams kick a field goal and they cover and they break our heart because the bears don't go to the NFC title game. And we don't cover. So, Simon, we're going to get into that game, no doubt, just glorious. I have so many thoughts. I have so many thoughts. A wild weekend of football, you know, we didn't even bet the Broncos and Bills in the contest,

but we're going to probably want to talk about that game more than any of them. Pour one out for our buddy Matt Mitchell. I feel terrible for him. So we're one in four again this week, back to back. first time that's ever happened, lost in the most gut-wrenching ways so many times. Seattle, San Francisco, under 45 and a half. San Francisco plus 7 and a half. New England minus 3 and a half was the win.

New England, Houston, under 40 and a half. And of course, the Rams minus 4 and a half. I think our last one's out were the Broncos bills over, which of course cashed by more than two touchdowns. So that was a kick in the dick. You ready to get into this thing? Stewart, brother. You know what?

Let's just, all right, let's start with Seattle, San Francisco. The under was 45 and a half. The side was seven and a half. You know, we talked a lot about this game. We thought it would go one or two ways. We thought Seattle would blow them out. And the way the game would go because of the injuries for the giant, for the Niners, they just wouldn't be able to score that much.

or it would be really close. It's why it was Chad's choice and it would be tight and low scoring. It was the former. The problem was when you give up a kickoff a turn, then you give up a field goal off a fumble, and then you give up a touchdown and off interception later in the game. They still only covered by, only overcovered by one point.

But it's like the Niners were doing everything they could to help the Seahawks score touchdowns, and the Seahawks were delivering everything they could to not score touchdowns. Yeah, that was just another total meltdown by the four-in-hours, which I can't believe just because the game beforehand, you know, two weeks ago, you know, the obviously only scored three points, 49ers.

You just thought Kyle would figure out a way to attack that defense, right? He's one of the smartest minds in football, but, you know, he struggled, pretty struggled, and just like you said, the start of the game, I thought I thought the under was going to be dead, But you get a kick return like that with low totals, it's like, okay, going to need a little help, going to need one quarterback to not show up today.

And I mean, I'm not saying Darnell didn't show up, but I think you only had 12 completions. Either quarterback had a great game. Just the defense, the Seattle defense, was so dominant. Every possession was on a short field for their offense. And, yeah, I mean, they're looking like the best team of football right now. 41 points. They absolutely dominated that entire game. And bad, bad bet, but it's not so much of the total, like you said, bad.

bad beat on the total, but 4-9thor side, we joked a little bit, or at least I did that, you know, I had a couple of asking, is this just like the Carolina number, right? The number was minus 7-5th on Seattle. They nailed it, right? There was just no contest. Seattle totally beat the bricks off that 4-9ers team. And, you know, it's tough.

You know, like you said, it's never that easy when you take them big dogs like that. But we had the 7-5, the clothes and a lot of books is 6-5. And it's like, it didn't even matter. Take your good number and go home with it. We're going to absolutely dominate this team. So it was, what was 17-0-0 in the first quarter. Never felt like everyone had a chance.

I didn't even in a back door. I think they settled for the first field goal. They go down again and kick another field goal. It's like, okay, that's how Shanehan's playing this game. You're settling for three this year, and that was it for the point of course. I'm just totally outclassed by, you know, a healthier and better team right now in Seattle.

Look, it was so frustrating. I landed in Miami last night at 10.30. And I think when I was in a cab on the way back from the airport, the Seahawks went up 34 to 6. And I knew next touchdown, and there's still a quarter left in the game. And they still barely scored another touchdown. They were only doing it because the Niners were giving them zero choices. Like they had to do something with the ball.

Right? Like they were just too close not to move. So I do think it'll be curious. Now we got a Rams, Seahawks, NFC title game. The two probably best teams in the NFC all season are playing each other, which is great. You want that to be the case. But wild, man, totally wild. And like, well, we'll talk about that.

We'll talk about that in a second because I do want to get back to the Bears game in a second. The other game, the New England Houston game, another one. Simon, let me go through this. Matt Mitchell, I apologize. I'm jumping around on the rundown here. But we're going to go to New England for a second. It was the second time this weekend. We had the under 40 and a half.

We had New England minus three and a half. Good call by you, by the way. For the second time, our total completely undone by turnovers. Simon, eight turnovers, plus a couple more fumbles that were recovered by the fumbling team. Wild game. Let me give you some context here. First touchdown was off of a fumble, a 27-yard drive. Second touchdown was a pick six.

Then there was a field goal off of the pick. These are the scores, 17 points directly after a turnover, 17 of the 44 points. The rest of the game, 13 punts and a turnover on downs. So if not for the turnovers, I don't even know if there were 30 points in this game. Like, we were so on about this game, except neither team seemed to want to let the other team have to drive the length of the field. It was excruciating, completely excruciating. Yeah, and honestly, though, I thought. Well, CJ would struggle in the weather.

That was, like you said, shocking because of how bad he was with the ball the week before. You would think the biggest thing they would coach into him this past week is just like, hey, you can take risk if you need to, but just be safe. We have the best defense. Like if you don't give short fields, we're going to be able to put our weight into this New England team, which they did. I mean, their defense was dominant in that game. Like you said, New England had 21 points. I think they had 130 yards, though. It was like the most bizarre stat

they were showing. But yeah, I mean, can we not give a ton of props to Drake? May, three touchdown passes against that defense, you know, big time. Again, he was stupid too with the ball. What, do you have two fumbles he lost? I mean, he was.

He was pulling on to the ball for too long. And, you know, that was just a game where we were just trying to survive with the under. And I honestly always felt like eventually no longer breakthrough and they were going to cover that number just because it just felt like CJ was totally lost. Like he was never going to find it.

Another stat they put up there, I think, in his last seven pass attempts, he had thrown three picks. It was just a total anomaly. So, you know, I know Bears fans have been running around that meme since he tried to tell Caleb Williams, he's going to be a great player this week, which once again, he was right. I don't know why they beat him down about it, but the stats are insane about how bad C.J. has been. So I know what they're going to do.

It's a quarterback that is a rookie. was incredible. And from having bad offensive line play, it feels like they've ruined them. Where it's like he's got happy feet. And his decision making was really pissed poor. Because like you said, their defense was so good. Like they didn't like to put up anything. And, yeah, New England now, a game away, playing a backup quarterback from going

of the Super Bowl. We would talk all the time, like a quarterback with the right head coach. It's just crazy out just changes everything. And, yeah, I think Millen Williams was talking about. He never thought in his life. obviously from the Eagles to that team for a bag of money. He was like, I thought I was going to be a three, four year rebuild, not two years. And I know Caleb didn't do it.

He didn't come through, obviously, and they didn't win that game. But we were a play away from him not throwing that pick away on that pick that we would have four quarterbacks all in the championship game, all brand new, basically, to these teams. All them have been on these teams for less than two years. So it was a pretty wild, I mean, no Stafford's in there now, but still, yeah, these second. your quarterback's incredible, almost have three of them in the championship finals. Well, look, we would have been, if not for Bo Nix breaking his ankle on the second to last play of the game before they win that game in overtime. And look, that was a great call by you.

Simon says was the Broncos plus one and a half. And of course, the very first thing that I said this week in that game was, I feel like I want to take the over. I know we're talking about the best defense with the Broncos, but these two teams lighted up in the second half. And then we completely chickened out on that bet when it came to putting our picks in. And look, we're all going to feel terrible for Josh Allen, but I do want to point out at the end of the game that the tools he was working with

were Nicole Hardman, who if he had run that route a little bit flatter to the left instead of fading a field, then he probably catches that ball that was the one right before. And by the way, Mikkel Harbin, who had just gotten off the practice squad. So he's barely got any practice time. He hadn't been on the team all year. And then Brandon Cooks, who caught that ball and then didn't catch that ball, he's been on the team for a month.

I mean, if I'm the bills, if I'm the bills, I don't care what it costs. I know I have Josh Allen and I've seen what Josh Allen did with so little help this year I'm giving up whatever it takes to get the Steelers to let me have Mike Tomlin because you just said it Simon. The coach makes such a difference and we've seen what a difference he makes with such bad quarterbacks. What he could do with Josh Allen, I don't care who else is on the team.

Potentially. I mean, the man is 0 and 7 or whatever his last playoff games, Tomlin. So I don't know what they're going to do. But the first step is what you just said, fire and Sean McDermy. I mean, if you had an owner with a pulse as a bill, you never would have got off that plane, especially when he's calling up a reporter on the plane complaining about the refs where it's like, dude, own it, own it. Josh Allen, yeah, was that suck that he cried because it's not a good look?

I know you probably have compassion because once again, Chad has kids. I don't love kids. So you're going to grow a cry like that. Get your shit together. But I get why he's so hurt for turnovers. He isn't there's, you can't blame the refs in the game you have. where three points decides the game. Three points off of a fumble at the end of the first half. That's my point right there. That, to me, you just nail out where it's like,

that's why you need to fire your head coach. If you maybe a Tomlin does have the ball just say, hey, man, we have 17 seconds, no timeouts. I get it. You want to get every point. Just take the knee, going to half. And, yeah, they're just, you know, he knows that he missed the guy there at the end, too,

where, you know, he probably could have got a touchdown or whatever with Kincaid. But, you know, like you said, Josh, they've been failing them. We've been talking about it. They've tried to get them in a one receiver. It just has not worked since they let Diggs go. You know, even Gabe Davis, I know he's not obviously that great, but you see Diggs making place for New England. It's like, couldn't they use a Diggs?

They could use a Diggs type. It's just Josh Allen's been missing that. So I don't know. Got to fire the coach, got to spend a ton of capital, obviously. But that game, to me, I mean, it sucks, obviously, the Broncos fans. but Bo Nix, what a game by him. I honestly, a roller course of a game where it's like, you know, the Bill's defense were getting stops.

They kept getting on those turnovers and the bills kept holding them for field goals, which again, that was the most shocking part of that game. They kept getting stops. And Bo Nicks, big time at the end of the game, you know, they couldn't run the ball, lick. I think he had to throw the ball 46 times or 45 times. And they won that game. So I really couldn't get over watching it.

like you said, you know, I'd bet it. I think I had, or at least I gave on the show of them first half as well. Yeah, we did do the Broncos first half. And that to me was the game changer of the game where I was just hoping for three and he took that deep shot for a touchdown. It's like, okay, this is a moment. Bo Nix is living up to it. That was a big time throw before the halftime.

And obviously they got gifted to three and that was just a total game changer. So yeah, sucks. We missed on that one. I will say, I went back to look. I did give you a 50-50 chance. I said it's up to you, Chad. Rams or Broncos, unfortunately. You went Rams, which again, I get it.

You're trying to protect against your feelings. But also, I do think we're scary. But getting against Josh down is terrifying. So even with whatever that was, you know, four turnovers by Hammack Cooks a turnover. Still a three-point game. out and he's just he's terrified the dude was ahead was behind he came back with a minute down to tie it and if not for a quirky 50-50 ball they win that game i mean that game came down to so many

millimeters of judgment calls meanwhile you know met mitchell and i were talking this morning and he made a really good point he said if anyone thinks the nfl is rigged then the nfl would have made sure that Josh Allen, who has created some of the most exciting moments in the NFL playoffs over the last six, seven seasons, who has been in the middle of some of the most exciting games in the NFL playoffs, the last six seven seasons, would make sure that he gets to the AOC title game instead of Jared Stidham. And again, another, another region of fire, Sean McDermott, we all agree. Josh Allen's not the problem, even though I guess you could say it was a problem in that game, four turners, obviously,

but he is the first quarterback and the first coach in NFL history that have eight playoff wins in zero Super Bowl appearances, which again, it's at the end of the day, you look at all the stats over his career in the playoffs. You cannot blame Josh Allen. You just have to fire this head coach. I can't believe he sells a job right now. It's crazy.

We're going to dig deep, deep, deep into the Jarrett Stidham, starting for the Broncos in the AFC championship game against, excuse me, against Drake May when we get to the show on Tuesday. But for everybody in the world who is freaking out that it's Jared Stidham starting in the AFC championship game and saying, oh, my God, the Broncos are in serious, serious trouble. I think we all agree, but don't forget, we have all been saying we're not even sure Bo Nix is the answer for about two seasons. So I don't know if we want to overreact for the fact that it's not Bo Nix.

I'm not saying it's good as Jared Stidham, but Bo Nix has not been Joe Montana yet. So to me, the reaction in this is just hilarious that all of a sudden it's like, because it's Bo Nix and it's, it's Joe Stidham and not Bo Nix, the reactions have been enormously funny to me. That was very disrespectful to Bo Nix.

I think Stadham is one in his career, and he's just... I'm not saying, listen, I'm just saying, for two years, people have been ripping Bo Nix, saying he's not even that good. And now all of a sudden, everyone's like, how can the Broncos get to the Super Bowl without Bo Nix? That's all I'm saying. That's true.

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and front of the show, Fyodor Dostoevsky, because don't forget, we are the most literate sports betting podcast in America. Let me get my glasses on to make sure I don't miss anything here. I exist in thousands of agonies.

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right into their accounts. So be sure to check it out. All right, buddy. One last game. We had the Rams minus four and a half at Chicago. Look, the good news is that the bet we really loved. We kept telling people to take all week was the under in the first half, a 25 and a half, 24 and a half.

Covered, no sweat, fantastic. 14 quick points, but then things settled down. And then, as always with the Bears, pure freaking chaos. Holy tamale. That Caleb, it's just, we talk about coaches, right? Last year he had Matt Abrasluss. Can you imagine what a waste of a year it was to have Matt Iberfus coaching that team? I can't, no one telling me the GM knew that Ben Johnson was going to be available,

and that's where we were going to get him. Like, what a waste of a year and how glorious is Caleb Williams at Corby. back. I hope it's not a Josh Allen thing. He's good, but he's got to find consistency somewhere eventually. That was just the type of game where it's like your defense gave you Super Bowl-worthy game. Like Brisker, how many times did we hear his name in that game? Just an incredible safety play. McVeigh and Stafford, they acted like they'd never seen a corner of Blitz before.

It was before. They should have let you guys. guys up for 400 yards passing. They couldn't figure it out. And on top of that, it felt like they could get seven yards of pop anytime they ran it. But McVeigh couldn't stop trying to drop back and just throw the ball.

It was very bizarre. You know, I'm, I'm, obviously, I'm hurt that we didn't get the cover. I mean, that was brutal. But the end of the day, it's like, what are you going to do, people? It was a fourth and four, 25-yard backdrop off his back foot, to well probably was a pushoff but at the same time you can't throw a flag there even if they even if

Rand's fans are like dude that's clear a push off which it was it's like dude you really want them to throw a flag on that type of play like they that's what like again the bills game I know it ruined a lot of bad taste in people's mouth you can't let the refs dictate this stuff and like as a bitter egos fan from the chief

Super Bowl three years ago I hate it so it's like I love they let the boys play in that one they let that play stand because they would have called a penalty there just would have been awful. Again, brutal, we didn't get the cover. But yeah, that, you know, that stat I gave out, held true, basically these teams that are dogs in the wildcard round that are dogs again in the divisional round. It's just so hard to win. Whatever it is, NFL, it's just so brutal to win as a dog the books know. And, you know, coming into this

game, since 2018, those teams in that exact spot were three and 20 straight up. They went 0- and three this weekend, right? 49ers lost. Bill's lost. And, obviously the Bears law. So yeah, that was, you know, Brunel not to have to first get the cover. That one hurt. But, yeah, that's, you know, playoff football. It's crazy.

And like you said, thank God, our biggest, if they ever bet on this game, was that first half under, which I won't lie to, Chad, that first drive of the Bears, I'm like, my God, bears might put up 21 points themselves in this first half. But what happened is what do we expect, right?

They get jitters. You know, I think they've failed on a fourth down, down the Red Zone and all the Bears. And it 10-10 first half. So went way under, I think we got it. We gave it out 25 and a half and let it close at 23 and a half. It's still hit. Well, we gave it out 25 and a half, 24 and a half.

It was, Chad, it was my choice in Sharp v. Square, which we'll get to in a second. Let me ask you a question. As an impartial better and a professional. Yeah. This game, that play, it's magnificent. It will go up there as one of the greatest fourth and four. it's one of the greatest playoff plays that we've seen in a generation. He didn't need anything.

Still. Still. No, I'm sorry, buddy. He blew it with that pick. It was an incredible play. I mean, if you're a Bears fan, that's, again, you get, you get 15 more years of it. I'd be happy, but maybe they show on the highlight reel, but it means, it means nothing. I mean, it was an incredible play, but come on.

Now it's, here's my point. He threw a pick in overtime. Like, you should have just. No, no, no, no. You're missing it. You're missing it. You're missing it. Hold on.

The point is, as a sports fan, the opportunity to see that play, so you have that happen and actually experience it. Oh, it's all-timer. It's a all-timer. Yeah, it was the best to rock. Is it worth it to lose the bet to having seen something like that? No, it was a, I should have a ton of money in my account. That's the dumbest way to lose money.

It's like an improbable pass. He was deader than dead. just you know he's like we talked i said coming in the league he's got the same type of ability that that rogers mohams type right this yeah weird contortion of their body back foot so much raw talent and power in their arm and that's why you love the guy it's like he that was not that's just a true god-given ability play right there is no thinking he's thrown off his back foot last second corner of his eye he sees just a flash of color of his own team in that corner and just threw it up like that he's could have been a pick as well. So it's just incredible that talent that he threw it to the only

spot of his guy was going to be where everything else is going on. So now like you said, it's an incredible play, but it's for Nata. So that's what that's what kind of sucks where it's like, you know, if they were to one, I mean, come on. We'd be talking about that play for nonstop for six days. Like it would just be all we could talk about. It's incredible. But yeah, that was a tough loss, brother. I normally, I normally don't feel this way, but I do feel like we had three there. Like last week was a bad week. This week feels like we had just three fluky, bad beats this week with those two totals and the rash of turnovers and

losing that Bears game, which I'm happy to do, given the thrill and the opportunity to keep playing on that fourth and four, Hail Mary. We flew with that Denver game. We should have stuck through our guns with the over, should have stuck through our guns with Denver. But, you know, that's why this contest is so fun and hard where it's like, I think we would have three plays. We would have Patriots first half.

We would have had Denver first half. We would have had the Bears under first half in our contest. And that's why I like our contest because it's so hard where it's like, you don't get those easy outs. You got to pick cider total. But yeah, like you said, just not, did not bounce our way this week. And hopefully, you know, another week next week. We hope we can turn it around.

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Hey, it's us, the Jonas brothers, and guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, name? 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 was...

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.

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TR1 is asking something that I meant to ask, so I'm glad he's bringing it up, and he's in the live chat right now. I don't know what direction. I was going to be really excited to talk about C.J. Stroud when we do our previews next year, because I think he's gotten the benefit of doubt, the doubt the past two years, but he has not progressed. He's regressed consistently. It's been a couple offensive coordinators.

It's been bad offensive line play. He's had issues with his receivers being injured. But when we're talking about C.J. Stroud in the summer, are we talking about C.J. Stroud as a quarterback who can lead his team to the Super Bowl? Are we talking about C.J. Stroud? This is the question being asked from TR1, like, are they, are they, are they excited to pick up his fifth year option? Do they have him play into it?

What's your take on that? Yeah, you got to pick it up. You got to pay them. If your cousin gets paid millions and millions of dollars, you've got to pay CJ. Like this is, yeah, he's looked bad and he's underperformed, but he's now won a playoff game. Every season he's been a pro in the NFL.

And we talk all the time, like, I know we poo-poo it when it comes to jail and Hertz, but these other quarterbacks, the playoffs matter. It really does. You see how hard it is. It's so intense. every little play matters. And, you know, CJ, something's up with him for sure in these playoffs, right?

You can't ignore how bad he's been in the playoffs. And, you know, in a meanless game against the Colts in October, he lights him up. But when he's playing a legit defense here in the playoffs, he's just, every time seems a struggle. He just can't play smart. And with that defense, yeah, it's a big weakness. But I think they're stuck. Like, I don't know what they could do.

you got to pick up the fifth option. I think you got to give him a contract and you just got to let it play out. But they just have to, every year draft offensive linemen. Like this offense, he's never had a good offensive line. So to me,

it's a built-in excuse, of course, but it's the same thing we say with Justin Herbert. Like, give the man time. I think he'll be better in the playoffs and the same thing with CJ. I think if CJ has more time, he loses some of these bad habits. I think he can get back to what he was.

But, yeah, I mean, we do a top 10 list. I don't know if we need either of us, I'm our top 10 next year. It's definitely not been a good two seasons now for us, EJ. Definitely below Justin Herbert. Simon says was Denver plus one and a half. Chad's choice was Seattle, San Francisco, under 45 and a half brass balls, was New England, Houston, under 40. A half.

Rock and a Hard Place was Chicago and L.A., first half under 24. Sharp versus Square, I had Chicago, L.A., first half under 24. I can't remember who you had, and I left my notes in Connecticut. Do you remember who you had? Yeah, sharp for square. I was on on the Patriots, baby. Oh, that's right. You had the Patriots minus three and a half.

Yeah. Great bet. All right. Honestly, I didn't do the spread that. I said I just did the money line, but still. You bet big enough, that's the way to go play it safe. Patriots minus three and a half. That was the win this week.

New England, Houston, under 40 and a half. Loser, San Francisco plus seven and a half. Loser, Seattle, San Francisco, under 45 and a half. Tough loss. Rams. and a half tough loss. This has been Sharper Square. Presented by Hard Rock Bet, part of the volume podcast network, we will be back with our next

Sharper Square on Tuesday to go over the... Wait, wait, one sec before you run out of here, Chad. How are you feeling the number is now down to minus seven and a half on your Hoosiers? Sharp money coming in on Miami. How are you feeling 24 hours out? Well, listen, I bet the Hoosiers at minus seven and a half while I'm here in Florida because I've been getting that number here. I feel great.

I feel fantastic. Like I have no reason not to. I was nervous before Alabama. The way we played against Alabama and then the way we played against Oregon made me remember that we're a super disciplined football team

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By the way, we're going to talk about this in much more detail, obviously, but early lines, Denver plus five and a half at home against the England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams plus two and a half on the road at the Seattle C Hawks. This has been Sharper Square presented by Hard Rock Bet. Part of the Volume podcast network. We will be back with our Sharper Square on Tuesday to go over the entire NFL slate. watch or listen on YouTube at Sharper Square. Like this video. Subscribe to the channel. Also download some Spotify, Apple Pods.

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I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick. And guess what? We created our own podcast called Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it.

We get to ask other people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it, but, you know. Tired and sick. 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.

on Humor Me with Robert Smygel and Friends, me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, S&L's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform?

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