AFC/NFC Championship Games & Steelers Hire Mike McCarthy

The Rich Eisen Show

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🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A weekly staple on 'The Rich Eisen Show' since 2018, 'Overreaction Monday' is now also an extended podcast with Rich and Chris Brockman debating the latest in the NFL. Today's topics: 1:00 - The NFC Championship Game was the de facto Super Bowl 4:40 - The Patriots are the cliche "nobody believes in this team" in this Super Bowl matchup 9:55 - The Sam Darnold redemption arc is the best storyline of Super Bowl LX 13:15 - The Super Bowl matchup would have been Broncos vs Rams if Sean Payton and Sean McVay had kicked short field goals instead of going for it 18:10 - The Vikings and Titans should fire everyone who chose to get rid of Sam Darnold and Mike Vrabel 21:45 - There's no reason for Matthew Stafford to think about retirement... he'll be back in 2026 25:45 - No more weather games! Championship Sunday should be played at neutral, perfect condition sites 30:25 - It's the most Jets thing of all-time for Sam Darnold to be playing the Patriots in the Super Bowl 33:00 - If the Steelers were just going to hire Mike McCarthy they should have never let Mike Tomlin quit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to this post-championship week edition of Overreaction Monday.
0:14.6	Super Bowl 60 is set, and it is New England versus Seattle.
0:20.2	How about them apples in Santa Clara, California,
0:25.1	the field of jeans. The Seattle Seahawks are going to try and win it all in the home of the San
0:29.8	Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots are the surprise winners of the American
0:34.8	Football Conference after having just four wins the year before
0:39.5	and the year before that. Good to see you, Chris Brockman. Congratulations.
0:42.3	Hey, Rich. Oh, thank you. How are you, my friend? I am doing very well.
0:45.7	They're ready to hit it? You're ready to hit it? Let's go! There's a ton to
0:48.1	overreact to. We've got the coaching carousel still spinning off its axis. Hit it.
0:53.7	That was terrible. That was it. That was terrible.
0:55.2	That was crap.
0:56.2	That was garbage.
0:57.2	That's why it sucks.
0:58.1	Overreaction.
0:59.7	Mondays.
1:00.7	Monday.
1:01.7	All right, Chris.
1:02.6	Super Bowl 60 is set.
1:03.9	Two games that won a snow game.
1:06.8	Another game that was just raining points.
1:09.4	What do we got?
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