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Episode Date: February 13, 2026

The Super Bowl confetti is swept away! Now we begin the long NFL offseason. NFL betting expert Chad Millman and professional bettor Simon Hunter return to discuss burning questions from our audience, including the best futures bets for the 2026 NFL season. Are the Carolina Panthers here to stay in the NFC South? Will the New England Patriots fall back to earth? Can the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs bounce back? Plus, we hear their opinions on the best and worst coaching hires, including some words of discouragement regarding the New York Giants' John Harbaugh and the Pittsburgh Steelers' Mike McCarthy. They also get asked what the worst team situation is across the NFL, debating between the Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets and Cleveland Browns. And finally, what upcoming free agent quarterbacks are worth getting excited about? Daniel Jones? Malik Willis? Jimmy Garoppolo? Is there a world where Joe Burrow is traded? All of this and so much more. #Volume  -- 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: https://www.instagram.com/sharporsquare/ https://x.com/SharporSquare_See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We are part of the volume podcast network. This is the show that makes the square sharper and makes the wise guys pay attention all offseason long because we will be dropping a lot of knowledge about futures, including a little bit in today. episode. I am Chad Milman. I am joined by my BFF, my companion, my co-host, my compadre, professional better, Simon Hunter. Hello, Simon. Chad, how we doing? Look, it's the offseason for football now. There's still a ton to talk about. Like, I was, I have been on the road, no joke. It's February 12th today. Since the season, began. I have been, since the year began, I have been in Atlanta for the Peach Bowl, Miami or the

national championship game. Then I was in Philly to see my older kid, D.C. to see my younger kid. And then this past weekend, I was away for the Super Bowl doing reporting on my book. and I'm going away to L.A. for NBA All-Star this week. Come back, go back to California for a trip, come back, go to Boston for Sloan. I don't feel like it's the offseason, Simon. I feel like it's busier than ever. Yeah, for football, I would say as a pro,

usually I do disappear for two, three weeks here because this is our little offseason. And then obviously, you dive right back in the combine and NFL draft. And, you know, the NFL now really is 365. It kind of never ends. So I'm with you. It's the type of life now where it's always in the back of your mind. And even when you're doing other stuff, you're always thinking, and am I missing something?

Should I be betting some team's futures right now? And just like everyone else, you know, I can't wait for the draft. I have to obviously, but my favorite day is when all the books start leaking those week one lines. So, yeah, like we said, people are die-heart, obviously, will listen to the old offseason. If you're just a football fan and you're checking in and out, definitely check in on our future show. We talk NFL just because we do give out good info. I mean, last year we gave out our favorite long shots for each division. We gave out the Patriots.

We gave out our, gave it, gave out sound reasoning about why we did like the Patriots. And, you know, like we said, every division we're not going to nail, but we'll go through everyone obviously and just try to give a preview about what we're seeing this upcoming season. So, yeah, it's like we always talk about. It's we talk other sports. Obviously, we have really smart guests on that, predict other sports. And, you know, even looking ahead this year, offseason-wise, for the NFL, I can't wait, right? We got the Olympics right now, and then we have the World Cup in the summer.

So obviously, we have all of our major sports in America, but we have a lot of great other sports going on right now that I want to get action on. So yeah, it's a fun time right now for a sports fan. It's fun any time to be a sports fan. I mean, our jobs are so silly. Speaking of silly, it's our traditional NFL offseason mailbag episode. So we get a lot of questions throughout the year and then especially once the season is over. So Matt Mitchell's been going through the mailbag and and compiling them. We're going to look at them today. If you ever have any questions for us,

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everyone's been talking about it for the past 48 hours. I mean, this is what's crazy about media. There is, it's like, there is no rest. There is no celebration. I was flying back on Monday from where I was to, back to Connecticut, and I had a layover. And I'm sitting in one of the lounges, and they got first take on.

and I swear to God, Cam Newton and Ryan Clark and Dan Orlovsky were doing first take from Disneyland. And they looked like they were going to throw down about who were the better quarterbacks than Sam Darnold in the NFC. Ryan Clark looked like he was about to cry about it. Cam Newton was apoplectic about it. Dan Orlovsky was literally standing up.

And I'm thinking to myself, you guys just can't care that much about who you're saying are better quarterbacks in the NFC than Sam Darnold right now, who 12 hours earlier had won the freaking Super Bowl, one of the best postseason performances we've ever seen, the voice of reason on the show. The only person who was calm was Stephen A. Smith. That was it. everyone else was losing their shit. Stephen A. Smith was like, guys, guys, this is what it is. This is why DAC Prescott can't be listed as a better quarterback than Sam Darnold. Right now in the NFC, my point for all this is I've given it some grace.

We like to celebrate. But now it's Thursday. It's time to start talking about NFL offseason futures. Super Bowl 61 odds at Hard Rock Bet right now. The Los Angeles Rams, the Seattle Seahawks, the Buffalo Bills at plus 1,100. The Rams and the Seahawks are both at plus 900. Those are the shortest odds right now. The Ravens plus 1,300.

Packers plus 1,400. Simon, they're a plus 1,400. Have you looked at any of these yet? Have you given any serious thought to these yet? Not really. Like I did put a single bet on the Chiefs because I booked it did hang them at 15 to 1. And it's like, all right, I can't walk by that number and not bet it.

Even though I really do think the Chiefs feel like they might be in the middle of a little bit of a rebuild here because they haven't drafted too great. But the coaching they have and the quarterback, I just feel like if any team could find a way, we know it's them. And at 15 to 1, I know Pad's coming off a serious injury here, but that one felt too egregious. And yeah, for long shots, I'm already 0 for 1 this year. I said it was kind of a fun bet to throw a flyer on Cleveland at like 50 to 1.

Yeah, they've only gotten worse. Jim Schwartz is out the building. It's all bad there. So I'm definitely moving off that position. jumped out to me. Our guy shuck 125 to 1 Saints for Super Bowl.

I thought that was a little bit of interest in. And the Panthers are 110 to 1. I thought that was a little interesting. So the NFC South, they're just the two teams that popped out to me right away. And I know some pros who have bet the Giants at 70 to 1.

I don't feel like that's good enough odds. I feel like I need 80 or 90 to 1 to bet on DART to stay healthy for a whole season with a new coaching staff and Harbaugh. So if people want to know what pros have taken a position on, I know a couple pros have taken position on the Giants, not so much these other long shots I've talked about. I'm glad you're bringing that up. You just mentioned a couple things that are in the questions that people have been asking us about. And we're going to get to it in a second. One is about

the chiefs. One is about coaches that were on, coaches that were off, Harbaugh, Monkin. There's other coaches, you know, Michael Flore just signed with Arizona, Clint Kubiak, going to the Raiders. Like there's a lot of new names and old names and new places that we're going to get to. Look, you've got the two AFC South teams, the Texans and the Jags at 20 to 1. The Bears, 22 to 1. I won't get sucked in with the Bengals. I won't get sucked in with the Colts. I won't get sucked in with the Chargers.

I'm lions curious at 15 to 1. Like if their defense ever stays healthy, they've got a new offensive coordinator. That's intriguing to me. I'm looking for second year coaches. I should reframe that because I probably will get sucked in with the Jaguars. I like the second year coaches. who I think had proven in that first year,

they understand how to build a system and they showed improvement over the course of the year. The Jaguars had that. Can you get over Trevor Lawrence? The Texans have shown it. Can you get over C.J. Stroud? The Broncos, can you get over Bo Nix? I'm curious why you didn't mention any of those three teams

all at 20 to 1. I just don't like the value. They're all so clustered. and I just with those type of teams I have a feeling if one of them start 0 and 2 I get way better value and that's what I'll be picking because this year the books have simply said

we have no idea right usually in the year we have a team that's plus 500 plus 400 odds on Super Bowl favorite the Seals are double that they're plus 800 like that's really telling by the books about how wide open everything is so you know I talk all the time I'm wide open about what I look for with people

and what's been great and beneficial to me long term where I find success in winning, offensive line, defensive line. If I'm making a Super Bowl future of bed right now, if I only can make one bet, you must pick a team that either has a dominant offensive line or a dominant, well-known defensive line. And sounds very lazy and boring.

It's held true. It feels like almost every year. I mean, you could say that Patriots are a little fluky, they'd have a great offensive line. I think they had a pretty dominant defensive line in many ways, right? They had a really good defensive line. And by the way, let me just reiterate your point. Last year it was the Eagles, dominant offensive line, dominant defensive line.

This year, the Seahawks, dominant offensive line, dominant defensive line. When the chiefs were winning, they had a really good defensive line. Like, that's not a- You have their Hall of Famer on your offensive now in the bear. Yeah, Joe Turing. Offensive linemen of the year. Yeah, exactly. So it's like that's, it sounds like I'm being a dead horse here, people, but look for that.

That's something that the general population, they still overlook it. They don't realize how important it is. And they're just all blinded by the big names. I was honestly tempted to take, you know, Josh Allen, 11 to 1, 12 to 1 right now. Like that's very tempting. This guy is the best. He played on a broken foot. If he didn't have a meltdown in that Denver game, they could have easily won the Super Bowl this year.

Like he would have gave real problems to that Seahawks defense, his running style, and his deep arm ability. Like you saw the Seahawks, their real Achilles was being beat downfield on certain type of passes. That's why Stafford could rip them, right? Those two tight end sets, they dominated the Seahawks. Guess you runs a ton of two tight end sets, the bills. So you're looking for an AFC team that could challenge a Seahawks team. The bill's got to be a run up there. The only reason I'm not giving them out is just it doesn't feel like it's enough value here for me.

Like if they had an established number one receiver, that feels like good odds to me. But without a number one receiver, I can truly trust still, which I think is something they'll address. I don't know if I can be putting money on money on the bills yet. Well, that leads directly into the second question from our fans, which is we've got 10 new head coaches in the NFL this upcoming season. Of those 10 situations, and I'll read them, let's pick two we love and two. we hate. Arizona Cardinals, Michael Flore, previously with the Rams. Falcons, Kevin

Stefansky, previously with the Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Jesse Minter, Buffalo Bills, Joe Brady, Cleveland Browns, Todd Munkin, Clint Kubiak coming from the Seahawks to the Raiders, Jeff Hathley, going from the Packers to the Dolphins. John Harbaugh, from the Ravens to the Giants, Mike McCarthy, from the Cowboys to the Steelers, and then Robert Salah to the Titans. I've got a very... Who I hate. I just...

Hold on. I was going to say one thing. Sure. I've got a counter take on the one I hate the most. That's what you stop me, Jesus Christ, Chad. Yeah, for the two I hate, I mean, I don't know how anyone has confidence in Arizona or Miami. those feel like total tear down rebuilds how do you have faith into it he's just regressed every year his head injuries his body's breaking down and kailor's got ex-teammates telling jets ownership

do not bring this guy in this guy does not love football does not care about football it is a bad teammate so nightmare nightmare nightmare if i was an arizona or miami fan i just i don't see a future especially in their division so i feel bad for them and you know i guess tad monkins are horrible hire too by the Cleveland, but for just, if we're going just two, I would say Arizona, Miami, that just feels like total loss causes. You ready for my take? I'm not a John Harbaugh guy. That's fair.

I mean, he's, someone said he's a better looking Mike McCarthy, which I totally agree with. It's like, we hype him up because they won a Super Bowl years and years and years ago, and that's carried them now for 15 years. So I agree with you. He's a little overrated. I think he'll improve the culture. I think he'll make them better players. I think he'll keep them in more games.

Clearly, we have never been that impressed with his decision-making in the game. More importantly, his offenses are pretty unimaginative, meaning he doesn't go out and hire guys that inspire a ton of confidence. And we saw that with the Ravens. I mean, he's had the single greatest weapon. in the NFL for almost a decade. A guy has won multiple MVP's and consistently in the playoffs,

they will do the exact opposite thing of what they need to do to win those games. And then he'll come out and defend the offensive coordinator and the play calling to the point where it's reportedly one of the reasons

why he left is they wanted him to fire Todd Monkin and he wouldn't do it. So I'm just, I'm not a hard about that. I'm not that much of a believer. I actually think Mike McCormack Carthy to the Steelers is more interesting. But the one that I love is Clint Kubiak to the Raiders. I mean, we saw it all season and we saw a lot of it in the Super Bowl. The guy was a magnificent

play caller and took a very good talent in Sam Donald and put him in positions to succeed. He's going to have Brock Bowers with the Raiders. He's going to have Ashton Genty with the Raiders. He's going to have Colton Miller who missed most of the year as an offensive alignment for the Raiders, their best offensive lineman, he's going to have him back. And then they're going to get Fernando. Now, I'm not being crazy or rational about what I think a rookie quarterback can do. But I do think if there's going to be any rookie quarterback who can marry with what Kubiak did, we saw a really, really good comp with Sam Darnold.

So I like that choice. It gives it a little bit of shine and momentum in Las Vegas. Vegas. Yeah, for me, I'll go with Minter to the Ravens. I think they're trying to correct the errors of their ways, which is letting Mike McDaniels walk out that door. And, you know, they know they let Mike McDonald, you mean Mike McDonald, yes. They let one of the best defensive minds walk out that door. And Minter, you expect he is going to be that type of guy, right? Like, he's going to be this great defensive mind that can come in and set up that franchise now defensively because that's what's been missing with the Ravens, right?

They just, the last two years, their defense has been so far since he left. And, you know, Mitt Dermite might come in and totally change that, which is what they need. And, you know, if it is over for Lamar, right, if he does get banged up again next year and they just can't rely on them once again, he's just inconsistent, you know, that's the kind of coach you want to be in there evaluating quarterbacks going forward because obviously this guy knows quarterbacks because he's such a great defensive mind. So I did really like that hire by the Ravens. And again, I like the hire because of how much I hate it, I'm going to go with Mike McCarthy.

I hate the hire times a thousand. I can't believe they're going from Tomlin to McCarthy. So I have a history when I hate hires. Usually that's a great hire by that organization. So I'm going to go the other way on it where Pittsburgh, they've been so great at hiring these coaches. Who am I to doubt them and question them? I did not understand that hiring at all. and I know he's a local guy and he absolutely loves Pittsburgh

and he grew up rooting for them and all that noise, but this to me was bizarre. I mentor I thought would go to Pittsburgh. That to me felt like a Pittsburgh guy, a young, smart, defensive mind, come in and be the coach there for 20 years. Instead, they went with a McCarthy, a journeyman now at this point. Yeah, bizarre, bizarre, bizarre, bizarre, bizarre hire.

And especially the fact that after Rogers leaves, now you're having Mike McCarthy, I evaluate with your quarterback. He's going to be the guy that's dictating your next quarterback. So I don't know where you're at with that one. But again, I like it because how much I hate it. So my two favorites were Kubiak and Minter. Full stop.

Super excited about those. My second tier was Sala to the Titans. Stefanski intrigues me. Joe Brady feels uninspired and like the leftovers in Buffalo, for some reason they couldn't get anything better. I don't know what the situation is there. I agree with you about McCarthy and the Steelers. They have always been a team that goes out and gets a super young talent.

Chuck Null, Bill Cowler, Mike Tomlin. And then that person is in the job for 20 years. That's obviously not going to be Mike McCarthy at 16 years old or whatever it is. So it was interesting to me that they sort of went away from that. But the flip side is, I do think he's a good thing. a really good offensive coach. And we've seen what he can do when he has a semblance of a competent quarterback. And I think they're playing. I think they expect Aaron Rogers to come back. I think they want to get as much juice out of the can as the end of that era with that defense.

And this is going to give them the best opportunity to do it. I also think there is, no one's ever going to stop going to Steelers games. But there are rumblings on that, from that fan base about how unimaginative the offense has been. and that it's been super hard to watch these games. And with McCarthy, at least you're getting a little bit more creativity and a little bit more offensive expertise. So I don't hate it. It's not in line with what they've done historically.

It's not a forward thinking, here's our future for the next 20 years coach. But I don't hate it. He's been a good coach and he's won a lot of games. That's fair. Again, I'm super negative and down on him where I look at all the stuff he does in the playoffs. Chad, talking about how imagine it, offensively, his offenses have always laid an egg in the playoffs between Aaron Rogers, DAC, all these corrections had.

John Harba. Yeah, that's fair. But I don't know if Harbaugh is involved in the offense like McCarthy is like we're talking here. And Pittsburgh fans, I get it. Being 500 every year and losing the first run of playoffs, probably got old, right? It was a long run. You guys might have, after this McCarthy run, four or five years, bottom of the barrels,

you might become the Browns now. You might be 3 and 14, 4 and 15 every year. Like, again, I get why you need to change. I am worried about the way this Pittsburgh organization is going right now. So, yeah, it's, I'm with you. I feel like two best hires, definitely Raiders and the Ravens. They knocked at the Parcubiac, because I see what you can do with Fernando Mendoza.

Simon, it's like you're a professional podcaster because you just mentioned Cleveland. And one of the questions, what team is currently in the worst overall situation? Arizona, New York, Jets, Cleveland Browns, I think it's got to be the Jets. I think with LaFleur in Arizona, you're getting a guy who's got a really good pedigree, and you've got a fresh start. And even if you do try to figure out how to get rid of Kyler, you got Jacoby Preset there. there's some semblance of something and you've got optimism.

I think in Cleveland, terrible situation, it's on par with the Jets, but you still got an elite defense. And if Todd Munkin can figure something out, you'll be in some games. I think the New York Jets are poisonous. I think it's one of the worst organizations in sports. I think they're desperate.

I think they're grasping. I think they don't really know what they're doing. I think players don't want to play there. I think their ownership is sour. And their quarterback room right now is Justin Fields and I forgot who else. Tyrod Taylor? It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.

And they're not really in a position to get a good quarterback because it's not a front-loaded quarterback draft. No, this is a horrible draft. Again, no disrespect for Neimanendoza. In a normal draft year, he's by no means a slam dunk number one. Right. Like, he is not that. But I don't know how you don't pick Arizona.

They're in a division with right now the three best top, with top five coaches in the NFL and Shanahan McVeigh and McDaniels. McDonald. McDonald. I don't know what they can do. I, I didn't.

don't know how Arizona can get out of this. It's so bad. And, you know, they didn't make the right move going from Rosen, obviously, to Kyler, but that was a bust. And it set them back. It's been a waste of six, seven years. And now they're going to have to do that once again. Six, seven, six, seven. So, yeah, it's a, it's a nightmare. Like we just said, I just can't get over how good their division is and the coaches where the Jets, I don't know if, as bad as it is for them, there is an avenue where they can get they have all this draft capital now they can get the coach they can get the quarterback the next three four years and change this thing i don't see how a irisona does that next three four years i don't know if a quarterback or the right coach can

fix that team because that division is just so brutal fluky things happen can they steal division sure but then being consistent like we've talked about the seattle seahawks and you know them and the eagles right now the nfc they're the two teams that have now won multiple super bowls in the last 10 years like they're the cream of the crop of nfc or the a fc or the a fc has just been so dominated by the chiefs and the Patriots. It's just hard for me to see, like, I don't know, the Jets, the Jets thing I'm with you on, but Arizona of all the teams,

I feel the most hope is just lost on there right now, which I just, I don't want to beat them while they're down. I know they're the biggest losing organization, the history of the NFL, but my God, their ownership is just so bad. Their ownership is terrible, by the way, the bidwells. You know how they made other money? I do, I forget.

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A couple of personal questions. One more football question. You know, Ben Solac put out an article this morning on ESPN.com about free agent QBs. We were just talking about the Cardinals, Daniel Jones, Malik Willis. Gardner Minchew, Kirk Cousins may be released. Kyler Murray is potentially available. Tua is potentially available. Nothing here feels exciting to me.

The only one that feels remotely exciting that I'd be interested if my team got him and didn't have a quarterback, I guess is Malik Willis. But you just said it about Kyler. too was pretty ineffective unless it was Mike McDaniels coaching him. So it feels like a desperation moment if you don't have a quarterback. Yeah, like the Sam Darnold experiment obviously worked. But if Sam, he had won 14 games the year before, like he had shown some potential.

Sure, but honestly, though, if you put Sam Donald on the Arizona Cardinals this year, they win five games. he was not great this year. And that played out, right? He had the most turnovers in the league. So they went to a super conservative offense. That's what the big change was for them. And the playoffs, he really didn't need to do much of the 49ers game. He was all world in the Rams game.

That's why we give them so much credit. And then he wasn't so great in the Super Bowl. And that, to me, that is right aligned with a guy from, you could rank him from number 12 to number 20. Like he is in that range of quarterback where on the right day, Sam Darnock can be a top five guy. On the wrong day, he can be a bottom 25 guy. And you're going to get a mixed bag with Sam Donald.

What's been consistent for him is he's at two years now where the Vikings had a top three defense and then Seattle had a top three defense. And if you're a team, you know, we've talked about it in Minnesota that has a good defense with a great defense of mine and Flores. Go out there, get him Mack Jones. Go out there and get him a league. Go get someone to challenge JJ because you got your number one receiver coming out there and just shitting on the kid.

And now they've unfollow each other on social media. And it's like that's a whole can of worms, right? You do need to. If you're the Vikings, go out there, the new GM they bring in and go get a guy that we've just talked about. Go trade for Mac. Because Mac has one year left on his deal in the 49ers. Go make a deal fourth round or whatever you need to do.

Go get him. Same for Malik. Like I just, we both saw it. Like he changed going from Tennessee to Green Bay. Like you design an offense around. him, we're using his legs, rolling him outside the pocket. He is a weapon. Now, can he hold up? I would say it's not looking great where he basically had limited snaps and he'd take him had multiple little injuries and those little limited snaps. So I'm with you, Chad.

There's not much out there. Like there's, and that's normal, right? There's, it's rarely anything out there. That's why Pittsburgh, they were fighting over Aaron Rogers. That's how dark it was last year. So, yeah, it's Sam Darner, a very unique situation, and that was, you know, something that I wish I'd take advantage. I know we had fans reach out. They bet, I believe 60 to 1 in the Sioux and Gina Smith was still their quarterback. So you just never know. You just never know. It's Bill Murray's set in stripes. You just never know. Simon, we talked about this on Tuesday. you happily trolled all the Patriots fans with all their takes and all they're chirping

from the Super Bowl. Next season, they have a first place schedule. You assume Drake May I'll be healthy. Well, Campbell will be healthy. They'll still have the same coaching staff. What is your prediction for next year when they have their first place schedule? I would obviously expect the major regression.

You know, we've also seen the Super Bowl hangover. Yes. Very real. For the losing team especially. The losing team especially, yeah. Like the teams that can get away with it, they usually had Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes, and that was it. Any other team that didn't have those two guys usually have total meltdowns in season.

And last year you saw the chiefs had their meltdown of season, the first time ever. And what is it? It was a year after they lost the Super Bowl. So, you know, I was being gracious saying they could maybe get the 500 and maybe become the seventh seed next year. year just because the schedule is so brutal. Like even going through it, I mean, they play your division chat. Your division is not easy by any metric. So yeah, if you're the Patriots and I'm a fan of their team, I be over the moon. You have a 23-year-old quarterback, almost one MVP. You have two really good coaches in McDaniels. And obviously we know variable is a genius. And yeah, when I

look at their team and I say, well, they have $60 million in cap to spend if crap's how cheap and spends that money, spend some on the offensive lines, spend some more either on the D-line or a linebacker, they could easily win their division again, but we just, I think we're both on the same page. We expect major regression. So I'm excited to what the books hang there are a total at. I feel like a nine and a half would be right. But if it opens anything above that, if it opens at 10, hammer, hammer, hammer that under. I wouldn't be surprised if they open a 10 and a half, given the hype, you know, just wouldn't it wouldn't surprise me.

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