3 & Out - Reaction to Brock Purdy & 49ers DOMINATING Philip Rivers & Colts on MNF
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4.3 • 10K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL scout John Middlekauff reacts LIVE following the Week 16 Monday Night Football matchup between Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers vs. Philip Rivers and the Indianapolis Colts. The 49ers dominate 48–27 on the road, improving to 11–4 and keeping their NFC No. 1 seed hopes alive. John opens by reacting to Brock Purdy’s career night, as he throws a career-high five touchdown passes and leads San Francisco to its fifth straight win. John discusses Kyle Shanahan’s offensive approach, Brock Purdy’s ability to make plays on the move, the impact of George Kittle, and why winning out for the NFC’s top seed would be “the craziest football thing in my life,” with a massive Week 17 home matchup vs. the Chicago Bears looming.
John then breaks down Philip Rivers’ “exceptional and brilliant” performance in his second start since returning to the NFL, before examining the Colts’ late-season collapse and roster decisions. John also reacts to the NFL suspending Steelers WR DK Metcalf for two games without pay, the financial implications of the decision, and questions his future in Pittsburgh.
John wraps up with his thoughts on Bill Belichick hiring Bobby Petrino as his offensive coordinator at North Carolina.
Finally, John answers your questions in this episode's mailbag segment.
06:52 - 49ers-Colts Reaction
11:41 - 49ers 24:22 - Colts
39:21 - DK Metcalf Suspension
48:12 - Bill Belichick hires Bobby Petrino
59:21 - Mailbag
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:18.8 | What is going on, everybody, John Middilkoff, three and out podcast. |
| 0:24.5 | Brought to you by my friends at Zone Pouches. |
| 0:28.8 | How is everybody doing? |
| 0:30.5 | Probably not as well as Brock Purdy, who led the 49ers to five touchdowns, |
| 0:37.8 | and a blowout would be strong, |
| 0:40.0 | but a commanding victory over the, |
| 0:43.6 | I almost just said the San Diego Chargers. |
| 0:46.7 | The Indianapolis Colts, 48 to 27, |
| 0:50.0 | the Niners are 11 and 4, |
| 0:51.4 | and the Colts, I would say, |
| 0:53.3 | are unofficially done for the season, |
| 0:55.2 | especially with that defense. |
| 0:56.5 | Good luck against the Jags. |
| 0:58.4 | But we'll dive into that game off the top. |
| 1:01.1 | Obviously, Christian McCaffrey dominated, George Kittle dominated, but got injured. |
| 1:06.4 | Philip Rivers, I think we got to give him his flowers. |
| 1:10.2 | I thought he was really good. |
| 1:12.0 | It definitely was not his fault that they lost by a couple touchdowns. That's for damn sure. |
| 1:17.6 | I mean, the Colts defense was just atrocious. |
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