Betrayal, Witchcraft & the Coaching Carousel | NFL Wild Card Weekend
The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast
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4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
The Favorites is back for another look at NFL Wild Card Weekend! Action Network experts Stuckey, Kendra Middleton and Brandon Kravitz look at player props, totals and sides while discussing where they see value in the betting market. With all the bad teams out of the way, the crew dives into their top plays for the firsts round of the NFL Playoffs. Plus, they play Action or Distraction, discuss the coaching carousel with Mike McDaniel's dismissal in Miami and put together another 2 Kings and a Queen Parlay on DraftKings. All that and more right here on The Favorites!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the favorites presented by Draft Kings. |
| 0:12.5 | The Crown is yours. |
| 0:14.2 | Super Wildcard weekend is upon us. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm Brandon Kravitz, joined by the favorites crew, |
| 0:19.6 | the prime minister of degenerate nation, |
| 0:21.5 | Stucky, the queen of the pod, Ms. Kendra Middleton on today's episode. |
| 0:26.7 | We have got a loaded edition of action or distraction. |
| 0:30.8 | We've got our stat of the day coming up in moments, a two kings and a queen parlay, courtesy of draft |
| 0:37.0 | Kings. |
| 0:40.1 | See if we do this the same way six games to choose from so we can probably nominate two apiece you'll find out at the end of the episode |
| 0:45.1 | we've got a sling tv look ahead to monday night football and breaking news right before |
| 0:51.8 | we hit record ESPN sources. Dolphins have fired head coach Mike McDaniel, |
| 0:59.9 | dolphins owner Stephen Ross met with McDaniel this week to discuss the season. And after that |
| 1:05.1 | meeting, which I guess did not go well and some reflection. Stephen Ross decided to move on. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm sure that the John Harbaugh dismissal in Baltimore had a little something to do with |
| 1:15.6 | it. |
| 1:16.2 | Ross definitely has an affinity for the Harbauls being a Michigan guy. |
| 1:23.3 | Stucky, your initial reaction to the Mike McDaniel dismissal? |
| 1:30.3 | I'm not surprised, but I think that he becomes a very, very attractive offensive coordinator hire for many teams, including my Ravens. I would love for that to be the case. |
| 1:48.3 | So I'm curious to see where he goes, but I think he would be an elite offensive coordinator. |
| 1:54.9 | He's kind of a little, maybe he's just like a little too quirky to be a head coach in some aspects. |
| 2:03.7 | Maybe he's just not cut out for that. |
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