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Green Light with Chris Long

Chris Long

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Football with playoff implications in 2026. The Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers do battle to see who will be the NFC South's representative in the NFL Playoffs. Carolina wins and their in but Tampa needs a win and a Saints win over the Falcons to head to the postseason. Then the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers play to determine the NFC North's playoff participant. The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers meet to determine the NFC West winner and NFC's #1 overall seed. Chris breaks down these games, talks WK18 incentive watch and talks about his favorite storylines from the other games this Sunday! (00:00:00) - HAPPY NEW YEAR! (00:13:39) - Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (00:37:42) - Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers (01:00:00) - Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers (01:18:20) - NFL Week 18 Previews: What To Look For (01:40:17) - Chris' NFL Incentive Memories & Favorite Incentive in Week 18 Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ Also, check out our paddling partners at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Appomattox River Company ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠to get your canoes, kayaks and paddleboards so you're set to hit the river this summer. Green Light's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can catch all the latest GL action: If you want some Black Friday merch, check out our sale:https://greenlightpodcast.shop/?fbclid=PAZnRzaAOR1RFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAad3Jup6i1N2qH77pK8eUeSbKt2Y0OXMldIw1dRTq_xDRuY3Ctp99Qj4pfyGAw_aem_w9tp_XwGL-ZptFIHvlrM1g Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you.

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0:00.0	For Carolina, you walk into this game, you are undoubtedly the team playing better football.
0:05.0	If I came back to the NFL right now, my short list of coaches I want to play for for
0:08.6	Grable might be one. If you are Seattle's offense, if you're Clint Kubiag, what a gift
0:15.3	going after Ben Johnson. What a gift it is to see Ben Johnson point out the little inefficiencies.
0:24.3	Oh, when you hit that incentive, man, oh, they feel so good. What did you guys do last night,
0:31.3	or last year? Got freaking wild. Yeah, what'd you do, cowboy? With a little college football.
0:37.9	Oh, I was, you know, I watched the ball drop and then eyes shut.
0:41.5	It was a quiet night.
0:43.5	What about you, Noel?
0:45.3	Just stayed in.
0:46.4	Actually, I hung out with a friend of the program, Ricky from Roxborough.
0:50.2	Oh, I love him and his lovely lady recently made a free agency acquisition of a golden retriever puppy.
0:56.7	So got to meet Lily from Philly and we were hanging out.
1:01.4	That's awesome.
1:02.6	Yeah.
1:03.0	So definitely got the puppy fever.
1:05.5	I think my wife and I will be making a free agency acquisition this offseason ourselves.
1:11.1	What kind of, what breed of dog are you scouting? We're looking at Goldens. I feel like
1:16.5	that's a good like first dog breed. Boy, you sound like Kyle Shanahan. What do you mean?
1:23.7	Lightest dog you can get. Well, funny enough, we're particularly looking at the English cream goldens.
1:35.0	As what as the breed can be.
1:38.6	I don't want everybody to see what exclusive resort I'm at in Florida.
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