Divisional Round preview, Most to Gain & Lose, Mahomes comeback, Upset Alert & Nick’s Picks

First Things First

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Basketball, Sports, Football

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

(0:00) Wildes GUARANTEES Patriots beat Texans, Will Mahomes come back Week 1? (25:57) Most To Gain & Lose (42:45) Bears vs. Rams preview, Trust Caleb or Stafford more in the 4th quarter? (48:16) Upset Alert & Nick’s Picks (01:10:37) Will Matthew Stafford outplay Drake Maye? (01:23:24) Purdy or Darnold have more to gain? (01:27:27) Parkins’ Picks, What would a loss mean for Josh Allen? (01:49:24) How confident should the 49ers be? (01:57:10) Most Impactful Players: Divisional Round Edition (02:08:53) Patrick Mahomes’ comeback? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In that note, it is.
0:05.0	Live from New York.
0:07.0	It's a show that's wishing you a happy Friday wherever you are.
0:10.0	It's the special episode of first things first.
0:13.0	The eve of, for my money, the best sports weekend of the year every year.
0:20.0	Divisional round playoff weekend of the year every year.
0:25.9	Divisional round playoff weekend with the college football national championship is a little dessert on Monday night.
0:27.8	That is like a little dessert.
0:29.3	It is my favorite sports weekend of the year.
0:32.7	Some people might argue March Madness, opening weekend.
0:37.0	That's up there. Master's weekend forness, opening weekend. That is a good one.
0:38.2	That's up there.
0:39.3	Master's weekend for some, I get it.
0:42.3	But of all the NFL playoff weekends, this is my favorite one.
0:46.0	I'm a little annoyed at the coaching news taking up so much of the news this week when we have
0:52.7	these four great games.
0:53.9	Best sports weekend of the year for my money is. Well, look, if it's anything like opening weekend. Unreal. The playoffs, which was fantastic. Unreal. Thank you. I was saying that, and you guys were making fun of it. Well, you tweeted. You don't have to tweet. Yeah, you weren't saying it. You were tweeting, what a great game. It was great game.
1:11.2	It was great.
1:12.0	C.C. Magic Johnson.
1:13.6	Today, do we trust Caleb or Matthew Stafford more in the clutch of this game comes down to the wire?
1:22.6	Meanwhile, a special divisional round edition of most to gain. One of the more popular segments. You want to buy stock in First Things First segments? Put a lot of money in Most to Gain. You might gain some money. Good one, okay. If you bet that Michael Jordan's in it, you're starting. He was in it last. No, he'll be in most of lose. Bro, there's no chance. Really? is going to's in it. He was in it last. No, he's not going to be a most of looom.
1:45.4	Bro, there's no chance. Really? Oh, there's no chance he's going to be in it. Dinner. I will, you can, Danny Parkins owes me a seafood tower. What's that got to do? That's a no. I can parlay my seafood tower to, bro. You're just trying to get out of hanging out with Danny.
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