3 & Out - Steelers DEFEAT Ravens to clinch AFC North & No. 4 seed in NFL Playoffs
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🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL scout John Middlekauff is reacting LIVE immediately following Week 18 Sunday Night Football as Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers take on Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. John kicks off by reacting to Aaron Rodgers’ late-game heroics and how the Steelers pulled off one of the luckiest wins he’s ever seen despite limited weapons, clinching the AFC North and the AFC #4 seed. John then looks ahead to Pittsburgh hosting the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round. John reacts to the Ravens’ devastating loss, discusses the future of John Harbaugh, shuts down Lamar Jackson trade rumors, and breaks down where Baltimore goes from here. John then reacts to the Atlanta Falcons firing Raheem Morris and GM Tony Fontenot, discusses rumors of Philip Rivers potentially entering the NFL head coaching ranks, and breaks down the Colts retaining Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen. John also reacts to the Raiders securing the #1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, discusses why the Chiefs owning the #9 pick could help reload the dynasty, and wraps up with early thoughts on the NFL Wild Card playoff matchups. John will react to the biggest plays of the day, breaking news from around the NFL and college football, and much more!
03:37 - Ravens-Steelers Reaction
29:42 - Falcons fire HC Raheem Morris & GM Terry Fontenot
34:05 - Phillip Rivers NFL HC option?
38:08 - Colts GM & HC returning in 2026
40:03 - Raiders Hold #1 Pick for 2026 NFL Draft
41:11 - Chiefs can reload dynasty with 9th pick
44:14 - NFL Wild Card Playoff schedule
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.0 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody? How are we doing? John Middletoff, three and out podcast, brought to you by my friends at Zone Pouches, and brought to you by the AFC North champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers. What a night. What an incredible ending of that game. |
| 0:39.2 | That was as wild of a fourth quarter as you will ever see. |
| 0:43.6 | That that was entertainment. |
| 0:47.0 | That was theater. |
| 0:48.1 | That was fun. |
| 0:48.9 | So we'll dive into the game. |
| 0:51.3 | Obviously all the different aspects. |
| 0:53.1 | Tomlin, Rogers, Lamar, the play calls the missed timeouts the |
| 0:59.3 | it was bananas the miss defensive assignments not exactly a defensive |
| 1:05.2 | clinic on on that fourth quarter but we got, you got the Falcons firing everybody, |
| 1:12.1 | you got Philip Rivers, |
| 1:13.0 | a coaching candidate, |
| 1:14.6 | you got the Raiders with the number one overall pick. |
| 1:17.1 | You got the Chiefs drafting in the top 10. |
| 1:19.3 | We know the order of the games next weekend. |
| 1:23.3 | So let's, |
| 1:23.8 | we're going to be talking a lot of football. |
| 1:26.2 | That's what we will do tonight. |
| 1:27.9 | And you guys know the drill. |
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