3 & Out - AFC and NFC Championship Weekend Preview
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL scout John Middlekauff dives into the big weekend in the NFL and previews both games. John also discusses the top storylines and a few of the things that he finds the most interesting heading into Sunday.
Later, John is joined by betting guru Stuckey from The Action Network to break down the upcoming NFL games. They dive into all the action, key storylines, and deliver their expert insight on where the value is for bettors.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.3 | The Volume. |
| 0:18.8 | What is going on, everybody? |
| 0:20.6 | How are we doing? I'm John Midcah. This is the three and out |
| 0:23.5 | podcast. And hopefully you're doing well out there in the real world. And hopefully you're not in an |
| 0:28.2 | area that's too cold. We're having a frigid ice storm or something coming through certain parts of |
| 0:33.0 | the country. So stay safe, stay warm. And let's enjoy football because we only have three games left. |
| 0:39.4 | Two this weekend in the Super Bowl. |
| 0:41.2 | So buckle up. |
| 0:42.0 | We have obviously a lot on the line. |
| 0:45.1 | So what I did is, I said, you know what, let's just do who is the most to gain, what's |
| 0:52.6 | on the line, and I just listed things. |
| 0:55.2 | And I went in kind of no particular order, but just things that excite me about this weekend. |
| 1:00.0 | Because in these games, and even last week, but in the second round, in the championship |
| 1:05.7 | game, and obviously the Super Bowl, are kind of when coaches and quarterbacks and franchises |
| 1:10.2 | and general managers |
| 1:11.0 | really define their career. |
| 1:13.9 | So I wanted to look at just what's on the line for these guys from a big picture standpoint. |
| 1:20.7 | And I didn't go in any particular order, but I just wrote down a bunch of stuff and just |
| 1:25.3 | kind of going to rattle through it. |
| 1:26.5 | Obviously, it's Fugazi Friday. |
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