Dak Prescott & Cowboys UPSET by McCarthy & Vikings on SNF + NFL Week 15 Reaction
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
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🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL scout John Middlekauff is reacting LIVE immediately following the Week 15 Sunday Night Football matchup between J.J. McCarthy and the Minnesota Vikings vs. Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys. John kicks off by reacting to J.J. McCarthy's big game in a win vs. the Cowboys on SNF. John explains why it is good for McCarthy to continue to play well so that he can develop his relationship with his head coach Kevin O'Connell and his star wide receiver Justin Jefferson. John then questions what is going wrong with the Cowboys and George Pickens as the reciever seems disinterested for the second time in two weeks.
John then reacts to the major NFL injuries sustained in Week 15, including ACL injuries to Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes and Green Bay Packers' Micah Parsons, hamstring injury to Los Angeles Rams' Devante Adams, and a PCL injury to San Francisco 49ers' Rickey Pearsall. John then admits he was wrong about the Chicago Bears and that they look like a team that could potentially capture the top seed in the NFC. Next, John reacts to Josh Allen's spectacular comeback vs. divisional rival Patriots led by Drake Maye.
John then reacts to Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix playing the game of his life vs. the Packers as well as Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson bouncing back vs. Joe Burrow and the CIncinatti Bengals. John then talks about Cleveland Browns QB Shedeur Sanders' struggles vs. the Bears and he can fend off the organization drafting another QB in the 1st round of the 2026 NFL Draft.John wraps up by debating if Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Caroll should've stayed retired and applauds Indiapolis Colts QB Phillip Rivers for coming out of retirement.
John closes out with his Hard Rock Bet Monday Night Football picks: Miami Dolphins (+3) at Pittsburgh Steelers De'Von Achane 2 TDs (+500)
02:04 - Vikings-Cowboys SNF Reaction
04:42 - J.J. McCarthy
13:55 - What is going on with George Pickens?
19:22 - Patrick Mahomes ACL injury
24:37 - Micah Parsons ACL injury
31:31 - GameTime
32:48 - Chicago Bears
34:07 - Lions-Rams
36:15 - Titans-49ers
38:53 - Bills-Patriots
43:32 - Packers-Broncos
47:07 - Ravens-Bengals
49:35 - Browns QB Shedeur Sanders
52:46 - Raiders head coach Pete Carroll
55:02 - Colts QB Phillip Rivers
58:36 - Hard Rock Bet MNF Picks
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody, John Middlecough, three and out podcast. |
| 0:23.1 | How are we doing? |
| 0:26.0 | Everybody. |
| 0:27.0 | We are presented by my good friends and partners, zone pouches, |
| 0:32.7 | slammed about 20 of those throughout the day, |
| 0:35.6 | starting at about 7 a.m. this morning up until the Sunday night game. |
| 0:40.2 | Really enjoyed football today. We had a lot going on. We just watched J.J. McCarthy. |
| 0:45.0 | Have an excellent game. We'll lead with that. And then we obviously had to, I mean, one of the greatest players of this century, |
| 0:55.9 | Terra's ACL today and Patrick Mahomes, |
| 0:58.9 | Micah Parsons, all indications are he tore his ACL as well. |
| 1:03.0 | So some Devante Adams got injured. |
| 1:05.9 | Christian Watson got injured. |
| 1:07.5 | We had some major, major injuries that we'll have, |
| 1:10.8 | not the Mahomes thing because they got caoed out of the playoffs, but some ripple effects. I mean, the Packers had a devastating day. The Patriots also had a devastating day, given they were up 21 to nothing and could have won the division. And then Josh Allen happened. The Broncos and Bo Nix, I mean, had his defining moment as a quarterback today so far in the NFL. |
| 1:33.6 | You had the Bears now look like they could win the division. |
| 1:36.9 | You got the 49ers who are still alive for like the number one seed. |
| 1:42.0 | The Eagles got some life. |
| 1:43.2 | Pete Carroll just probably needs to retire. |
| 1:46.1 | So we got a lot of football going on that we will talk about. |
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