Five questions:

• How would you try to contain Ja’Marr Chase if you’re the Rams?
• How would you try to stop Aaron Donald if you’re the Bengals?
• What player that nobody is talking about will play a big role in this game?
• Which approach to team-building would you prefer to take: Rams or Bengals?
• Which one of these teams will ultimately make more Super Bowl appearances?

Final predictions

Rundown!
The Super Bowl matchup is set ... but it's been overshadowed 

The Brian Flores lawsuit

-- Of course the NFL had discriminated against Black coaches

-- Of course the league will move to settle and make this story go away

-- But will this ultimately change anything at all other than Brian Flores' future employment prospects?

Tom Brady has retired

-- He's bitter about *something* that went down in New England

-- How will his legacy change in the coming years?The Super Bowl

-- The Bengals are good AND lucky

-- The Rams were built for this but ... is Matthew Stafford OK?

-- Let us now praise Aaron Donald again and again and again

-- How worrisome is Mahomes' second-half meltdown?

Quick thoughts on new coaches

-- Josh McDaniels to the Raiders

-- Brian Daboll to the Giants

-- The Vikings appear to favor Jim Harbaugh

Rundown:
We're here: Championship Sunday

Bengals-Chiefs

-- Wow, Cincy's offense got good fast

-- The magic of Joe Burrow

-- Why they aren't using more blockers

-- The Chiefs don't have answers in their secondary

-- Nothing the Bengals do will matter if Mahomes plays like he did last weekend

49ers-Rams

-- Two really smart coaches enter the game with very different QBs

-- Jimmy G has been here before ... with mixed results

-- Matthew Stafford has not ... but this is why he was brought here

-- Man, these defensive lines are ferocious

Coaching moves

-- This Broncos hire makes sense if it helps with a certain QB

-- This Bears hire makes sense if he knows a really, really good OC

Rundown:

That was one of the best weekends of football we've ever gotten.

Chiefs-Bills
— Greatest game of all-time?
— Yeah, let's change the OT rules
— Is this who Josh Allen is now?
Rams-Bucs
— Guess that trade for Matthew Stafford paid off (so did the one for Von Miller)
— Is Tom Brady actually done?
49ers-Packers
— Bye for now, Throw Rogan. What's next for Aaron Rodgers?
— How the 49ers did it: By realizing what they do best
Bengals-Titans
— The Titans were frauds, but it didn't help that Henry wasn't all the way back
— The Bengals found a way despite not protecting Joe Burrow at all
Coaching carousel
— Sean Payton stepping down
— Other rumors

Rundown:
Wait, Mason Rudolph thinks he should be Steelers starter?

On to the real football: Divisional Round breakdown

-- Will the Titans be able to slow the Bengals' offense?

How efficient will Tennessee's offense be with Derrick Henry back?

--  How much success will the 49ers have running the ball and will Kyle Shanahan stick with it?

-- Can Matthew Stafford disable whatever magic Tom Brady uses to win everything all the time?

-- The Chiefs have no room for error against Josh Allen and the Bills

A few coaching carousel thoughts 

Rundown:

The hypocrisy of NFL's MLK messaging

Was Wild Card Weekend truly bad?

Breaking down each game:

-- Wait, the Cowboys aren't going to fire Mike McCarthy after that?

-- So long, Big Ben. You won't be missed.

-- Are the Chiefs ALLLLL the way back?

-- Bill Belichick did not, in fact, have any answer for Josh Allen

-- Hey, good for you, Bengals. 

-- The Bucs did what we expected them to do to the Eagles

-- Why does Kliff Kingsbury get so much worse as the season goes on?

-- The Rams are good enough to go far ... as long as Mathew Stafford can stay steady

Rundown:

It's playoff time!

Let's make some predictable predictions

-- How will Bill Belichick try to contain Josh Allen?

-- What's the key factor in Rams-Cardinals this time around?

-- Tom Brady is about to ruin everything, isn't he?

A look at the NFL coaching vacancies and who should fill them

-- The Dolphins' baffling decision

-- The Giants got it right, but the process is off

-- Where do Vikings, Broncos, Raiders go from here?

-- The Bears and Jags have what every coach should most want

-- Give Jim Caldwell another shot, somebody

MOCK DRAFT

-- Let's take some wild guesses

-- Four edge rushers lead a class without any standouts

-- Figuring out which QBs will get most overhyped

-- Players likely to deliver strong value later in the round

Run down:

What we got wrong back in September ...

-- The Bengals aren't awful (but still need to make some changes)

-- The Eagles didn't tank (and maybe didn't need to after all)

-- Urban Meyer flamed out as a human but ALSO couldn't coach at all

-- The Texans didn't lose every game by 30

Week 18 picks against the spread

-- The Chargers are in position to beat the Raiders for a playoff spot

-- No, the Jaguars won't pull off the unthinkable

-- How the 49ers' messy QB situation impacts the game against the Rams

-- Will the Saints jump into a spot if San Fran falters?

Rundown:

Four Verts!

-- Tua is in limbo

-- How De'Vondre Campbell got so much better (and will get paid)

-- What's next for Jimmy G? (And why Trey Lance has earned his shot)

-- The Falcons' plan may force them to trade away talent, again

Let's talk about CTE and TBI and the way football damages players

-- What we can learn from Casey FitzSimmons' story. Former Lions TE told us about his last concussion and the struggle of former players to find help.

-- Why it's OK to talk about Antonio Brown and how football may have impacted his decision-making and impulse control

That awful college football take from Kirk Herbstreit-- No, today's college athlete doesn't care less than previous generations

Rundown:

We did it: Urban Meyer is gone

-- What's next for the Jaguars?

FOUR VERTS

-- The Falcons are bad

-- The Cardinals are probably still good, but should be embarrassed

-- The Colts are very legit (but what if they need Wentz to win them a game?)

-- John Harbaugh made the right call and John Harbaugh is a good coach

Closing thoughts: There are a lot of strange Bowl sponsors. Chuck reads some of them.