3 & Out - Seahawks DEFEAT 49ers to clinch NFC West & No. 1 seed in NFL Playoffs
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4.3 • 10K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL scout John Middlekauff reacts LIVE to the NFL Week 18 matchup between Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks vs. Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers with the NFC West division title on the line. John will also react to the earlier matchup between Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers vs. Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the NFC South divisional title up for grabs. John will react to the biggest plays of the day, breaking news from around the NFL and college football, and much more!
03:56 - Seahawks-49ers
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody? How are we doing? John Middlkoff, three and out podcasts, brought to you by my friends at Zone Pouches. |
| 0:29.2 | Hopefully everyone is doing well, maybe as well as the Seattle Seahawks, who are the number one overall seed in the NFC. |
| 0:38.2 | Probably not as well as the 49ers, |
| 0:41.7 | who did not look good, |
| 0:44.2 | who got destroyed physically, mentally, |
| 0:48.3 | and probably lost some players to injuries |
| 0:50.1 | because that's usually what happens |
| 0:51.3 | and are now probably going to be the six seed. |
| 0:53.6 | I'm recording this late Saturday night. |
| 0:56.5 | The Rams win. |
| 0:57.7 | Rams will be five, nine or six, Seattle won. |
| 1:01.3 | Now, the NFC West is a little different in the other division that we saw today, |
| 1:05.2 | which felt kind of like a preseason game. |
| 1:07.5 | That was tough to watch. |
| 1:11.1 | So we'll talk the majority about the Niners Seattle game. |
| 1:15.2 | Again, just crowning achievement for Sam, |
| 1:19.8 | John Snyder, Mike McDonald. |
| 1:23.7 | Pretty cool moment for that franchise and rough night for the Niners. |
| 1:26.9 | Wow. Geez. |
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