AFC Wild-Card Round Predictions, Plus Dolphins Fire Mike McDaniel!

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4.0 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Sheil and The Ringer’s own Austin Gayle start the pod by sharing their instant reactions to the news of the Miami Dolphins firing head coach Mike McDaniel. They then analyze all of the AFC matchups in this weekend’s slate to determine what story lines will have the NFL media buzzing when the final whistle has been blown on the wild-card round of the playoffs. (00:00) Predicting the AFC wild-card round headlines (1:42) Miami Dolphins fire Mike McDaniel (6:58) Bills-Jaguars (12:13) Chargers-Patriots (18:50) Steelers-Texans (25:04) The Ringer 107 The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit ⁠www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil Kapadia Guest: Austin Gayle Producer: Chris Sutton Video Editor: Stefano Sanchez Social: Kiera Givens and Brian Waters Production Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.5	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show.
1:09.7	I am your host, Shield Kapadia. Today we are talking about the
1:12.7	AFC playoff matchups, bills at Jaguars, Chargers at Patriots, and of course, Monday night,
1:20.9	Texans, at Steelers. What are the headlines or the storylines that are going to come out of
1:26.1	those games? We're going to predict them.
1:27.6	We'll also talk about the Mike McDaniel firing here at the top of the show. Our guest today is my friend
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