Championship Sunday: Darnold's Moment, Pats Bury Stidham, Steelers Hire Mike McCarthy, and Blue Man Group

The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

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4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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The guys break down the Seahawks’ NFC championship win, with Sam Darnold outdueling Matt Stafford and huge games from JSN and Ken Walker in an instant classic. They also hit Sean McVay’s late-game mistakes and why this playoff run finally feels real for Seattle. (00:00) Intro (01:16) Seahawks Make the Super Bowl (23:04) Patriots Make 10th Super Bowl in 25 years (40:08) Tom Brady (50:34) McCarthy to PIT (01:06:19) Emails Discord link: https://discord.gg/Ge8bbYHrau Check out the 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings: https://fantasyfootball.theringer.com/ Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Kai Grady, Carlos Chiriboga, and Cameron Dinwiddie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.8	Hey everyone. Before we start, we don't always talk about current affairs on the show.
0:41.3	And I know the show is an escape for people, but sometimes these things are inescapable.
0:46.0	And federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this weekend, two weeks after
0:52.7	an ice agent shot and killed Renee Good.
0:55.0	And to be totally honest with you guys, I just felt that if we talked for 90 minutes about
0:59.2	football and didn't bring this up, it would feel inauthentic.
1:04.6	And so we just wanted to acknowledge mass federal agents are killing people in the street
1:08.9	with apparent impunity and we need
1:10.9	accountability. And so it feels weird to talk about football with what's happening in Minneapolis
1:15.8	and other places around the country. And it just feels like a watershed moment in American
1:19.9	history. So we are going to dig in all the action from Sunday, but we think it's important
1:24.0	to acknowledge the impact these events are having on so many people. I have
1:27.5	no good segue from that into football, but we're going to play the music and we're going to do our best.
1:48.6	Welcome to the ringer Fantasy Football Show. My name is Dana Hyattickson.
1:49.5	I'm joined by Danny Kelly and Craig Horobeck Craig.
1:51.6	You're coming to us from Utah.
1:52.7	You're at Sundance Film Festival and you're recording on a potato.
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