AFC Championship Game Burning Questions with Ben Solak!

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Sheil and Ben Solak from ESPN get together to take a hard look at the AFC Championship matchup between the Patriots and Broncos, and debate who’ll be the most likely team to make it to Super Bowl LX. (1:37) AFC Championship game preview(2:14) Broncos offense vs. Patriots defense(16:27) Broncos defense vs. Patriots offense(23:20) Buffalo Bills press conference The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Ben SolakProducer: Chris SuttonVideo editor: Stefano SanchezSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.1	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm your host, Shield Capadia. We are breaking down the championship
0:41.5	games over the next two episodes. We'll do the AFC today and the NFC tomorrow. So today we've got
0:47.6	Patriots Broncos. What will Sean Payton's plan be with Jared Stidham? What is the blueprint for
0:53.8	an upset? We'll talk about all
0:55.5	aspects of the matchup. And then had to finish the show with the story everyone's talking about.
1:00.7	What is going on in Buffalo? Just a wild press conference with their owner, Terry Pagula,
1:06.1	in the aftermath of them firing Sean McDermott. So my guest today is our old friend ESPN's Ben Solac. He's
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