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On today's podcast:

John makes his official prediction for Super Bowl LVII between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs ahead of Sunday's big game.

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John determines the winners and losers of the blockbuster trade that sent star guard Kyrie Irving from the Brooklyn Nets to the Dallas Mavericks, reacts to the Minnesota Vikings hiring former Dolphins head coach and Steelers linebackers coach Brian Flores as defensive coordinator, and the New York Islanders finalizing an eight-year contract extension with new co-star Bo Horvat, whom they acquired in a big trade with the Vancouver Canucks last week.

In today's podcast, John discusses the (second) retirement of the GOAT of football, we have our Super Bowl matchup set with the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs ready to duke it out in Arizona on Feburary 12, and three of the five head coaching vacancies in the NFL are filled.

John picks the NFC and AFC Championship Games as the Philadelphia Eagles take on the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC title game while the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs meet in the AFC title game for the second straight season.

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John discusses the highlights (and lowlights) of the Divisional Playoffs from the weekend, including the Cincinnati Bengals blowing out the Buffalo Bills 27-10 in the snow at Orchard Park, the San Francisco 49ers ending the Dallas Cowboys' season in the playoffs for the second successive season with a grueling 19-12 victory to advance to the NFC Championship Game for the 3rd time in the last 4 years, the Kansas City Chiefs' 27-20 defeat of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Philadelphia Eagles destroying their division rival New York Giants 38-7.

Then, after a brief discussion on who will be in the MLB Hall of Fame and Arte Moreno keeping ownership of the L.A. Angels, John offers his midseason rankings on the top 5 teams in both the National Hockey League, and the National Basketball Association.

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John goes through everything for the divisional matchups across the NFL this upcoming weekend, including what to look for, and who will advance to Championship Sunday around the NFL.

Then, as per annual tradition, John offers his predictions for the upcoming season of "The Bachelor" on ABC, the premiere is on Monday, January 23 at 8/7 Central on ABC and stream is available on Hulu, from who will receive hometown dates from Zach Shallcross, and who will receive Zach's final rose.

John discusses all six results from Super Wild Card Weekend across the NFL, the San Francisco 49ers' dominant 41-23 win over the Vikings, the Jacksonville Jaguars' epic comeback down 27-0 to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 31-30, the Buffalo Bills maximized their margin for error in a 34-31 win over the Miami Dolphins, the New York Giants downed the host Minnesota Vikings 31-24 on the right arm of QB Daniel Jones, the Cincinnati Bengals doomed their AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens 24-17 on a 98-yard fumble return touchdown by Cincinnati native Sam Hubbard, and the Dallas Cowboys pick up their first road victory in 30 years as they dominated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-14.

Then, John discusses some names to watch in the head coaching carousel in the NFL, and why the Arizona Cardinals are a better organization than they were 24 hours ago with the hire of Tennessee Titans player personnel director Monti Ossenfort to be their next general manager.

In today's podcast:

The 2022-23 NFL playoffs begin this weekend with six games on tap for Wild Card Weekend, with three storylines to get you guys set up for the weekend: How the matchup between the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars underscores two realities of the AFC: Patrick Mahomes is the elder statesman of the top quarterbacks in the conference (even though he's been starting for just five years for the Chiefs), and the conference is in great hands with several top young QB's in the same conference. Then, the New York Giants appear to have a significant advantage over the Minnesota Vikings going into their clash on Sunday afternoon, but not the one you're probably thinking of. Then, the Dallas Cowboys, 30 years removed from their last road playoff win, are under an immense amount of pressure to beat the 8-9 NFC South champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but nobody is under more pressure this weekend than Dallas QB Dak Prescott, who has thrown at least one interception in seven straight games.

Then, John makes his NFL picks against the spread for Wild Card weekend following a successful regular season, after he went 143-120-8 against the spread and 174-95-2 straight up.

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John give retrospect to Georgia's dominant 65-7 victory over TCU in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game last night, and why everybody should have seen this coming from Labor Day Weekend onwards. Then, John goes over the Green Bay Packers' season of misery, the Detroit Lions success, the Seattle Seahawks, Miami Dolphins, and Jacksonville Jaguars making the playoffs, the major red flags the Dallas Cowboys showed in their 26-6 loss to the Washington Commanders, and the head coaching carousel that contains five teams this time. The Houston Texans fired Lovie Smith and the Arizona Cardinals fired Kliff Kingsbury as head coaches, while the Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, and Indianapolis Colts searches begin for replacements for Matt Rhule, Nathaniel Hackett, and Frank Reich, respectively.

In today's podcast episode:

John talks about what an inspirational story Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is authoring with his survival, and how his cardiac arrest brought together fans of all teams and all backgrounds in support of him.

Later, he talks about successful weeks for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packer, and the New York Giants, and why Ron Rivera may coach his last game as head coach of the Commanders this weekend. 

Then, Week 18 NFL Picks against the spread as per usual football podcast are on tap with many games with seeding implications.