Brock Purdy SHINES as 49ers DEFEAT Bears on SNF + NFL Week 17 Reaction
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
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🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL scout John Middlekauff reacts LIVE following the Week 17 Sunday Night Football matchup between Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears vs. Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers. John kicks off by reacting to another game of the year candidate as the 49ers outlast the Bears on SNF in Week 17. John discusses how it the 49ers control their own destiny for the NFC's number 1 overall seed if they can defeat the Seattle Seahawks in Week 18. John also discusses Brock Purdy's back to back career performances and head coach Kyle Shanahan's Coach of the Year consideration. John then dives into the Pittsburgh Steelers loss to Shedeur Sanders and the Cleveland Browns to set up a win or go home matchup with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in Week 18. John debates whether head coach Mike Tomlin or QB Aaron Rodgers should return in 2026 if the team misses the NFL playoffs. John then dives into the NFC South as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers both lost in Week 17 to the Miami Dolphins and Seattle Seahawks, respectively, and how their Week 18 win or go home game for the NFC South title could forecast them exiting early in the playoffs. John flips the script and discusses the AFC South, which feature two of the hottest teams in the NFL, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans, and how he wouldn't be surprised if either of those teams ended up in the AFC Championship game. John then applauds the Las Vegas Raiders for losing to the New York Giants in Week 17, setting the team up to have the number 1 pick in the NFL Draft heading into their Week 18 game vs. the Kansas City Chiefs. John wraps up by reacting to a report from Jay Glazer regarding the Atlanta Falcons' interest in bringing back former QB Matt Ryan for a front office role.
03:45 - Bears-49ers Reaction
30:45 - Steelers-Browns
35:24 - Eagles-Bills
38:58 - Seahawks-Panthers | Bucs-Dolphins | NFC South
41:07 - Jaguars-Colts | Texans-Chargers | AFC South
43:39 - Giants-Raiders
46:17 - HRB MNF Picks
46:56 - Falcons want Matt Ryan in front office
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.1 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody, John Middil, three and out podcast brought you by my friends at Zone Pouches. |
| 0:28.4 | God, I love them. |
| 0:29.8 | Had about a whole ten of them today as I watch football throughout the day. |
| 0:34.3 | A little boring until Josh Allen kind of came into our life at the end |
| 0:38.3 | against the Eagles. And then the Sunday night game. The 49ers somehow, I don't know how, |
| 0:46.2 | beat the Bears in just a nutty game. Not much defense, a lot of offense. Ben Johnson, |
| 0:52.9 | Kyle Shanahan, flexing their play-calling muscles against not much resistance. |
| 0:57.6 | We will dive into all that. |
| 0:59.3 | The Steelers blow it against the Browns. |
| 1:04.0 | We had the bucks and the Panthers who are not good, the Jags and the Texans who are good. |
| 1:09.9 | And could Matt Ryan be a future GM for the |
| 1:15.3 | Atlanta Falcons? Rumors are that Arthur Blank, Mr. Home Depot, is potentially seeking his |
| 1:21.5 | services, so we will dive into all that. So yeah, we'll talk some football. You know I need to |
| 1:26.9 | subscribe to the podcast. |
| 1:28.1 | If you listen on Collins' feet, subscribe to the YouTube channel so you never miss a thing. |
| 1:31.4 | We'll be live after the Rams game. |
| 1:34.1 | They play the Falcons on Monday Night Football. |
| 1:36.5 | So let's just dive right in. |
| 1:38.5 | Let's go right to the end of the game. |
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