AFC and NFC Conference Championship NFL Preview
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks preview Championship Weekend, starting with the AFC showdown between the Patriots and Broncos in Denver. (0:44) They break down how Josh McDaniels might protect Drake Maye against Vance Joseph’s aggressive defense, the challenges of playing at altitude and why this game could be closer than expected despite Denver starting a backup quarterback. Then, DJ and Bucky turn to the NFC for the third edition of Rams - Seahawks, diving into Seattle’s physical, violent defense, how Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford can handle the environment at Lumen Field, and what each team must clean up to punch a ticket to the Super Bowl. (9:38)
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.9 | And now, Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. |
| 0:11.5 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome to Move the Sticks, DJ and Buck with you. |
| 0:14.9 | Buck, what's going on, man? |
| 0:16.0 | Nothing, man. |
| 0:16.7 | I mean, it's the final weekend. |
| 0:19.4 | I mean, this is it. I'm excited about the championship games. I know people talk about it. They lost a little, man, it's the final weekend. I mean, I mean, this is, this is it. |
| 0:21.1 | I'm excited about the championship games. I know people talk about they lost a little bit of lustre with the quarterback. O'Nex being out, but I'm excited. There's some new faces, some fresh quarterbacks that we're talking about with the old guy, Matthew Stafford. It should be a lot of fun to watch. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a war up in Seattle with the Rams. |
| 0:39.6 | That's going to be a heavy of fun to watch it. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a war up in Seattle with the Rams. That's going to be a heavyweight matchup. And then I'm excited to see what Jared Stidham does with his opportunity. It's fun to see somebody, you know, get up. You talk about a big, big chance. And I was thinking beyond just this game, like here, Jared Stimham's not old, you know, |
| 0:56.8 | and Jared Stim's got ability and talent. |
| 0:59.2 | How about the stage for him to do something and maybe open up an opportunity for him |
| 1:03.9 | somewhere else next year with a draft. |
| 1:06.1 | It's a little overwhelming at the quarterback spot. |
| 1:08.2 | 100%. |
| 1:08.7 | But how about this? |
| 1:09.3 | How about Sean Payton? |
| 1:27.7 | Remember when they paid to get him from the Raiders, they paid a hefty penny to get him. And look, he hasn't played, but when he got his opportunity to start with the Raiders, this first start, he threw for over 300 yards. He had three touchdowns or whatever. This preseason, the preseason is vastly different than the postseason, but he can play it almost 79% of his passes. He had four touchdowns and those |
| 1:32.3 | things. And I will say this, Sean Payton is just arrogant enough or confident enough to feel |
| 1:38.7 | like he can pull this off. And I think we have to understand who Sean Payton worked for. He |
| 1:43.4 | worked for Bill Parcells. When Bill Parcells did this with Jeff Hosteller when |
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