It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the BetRivers Network.

Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the BetRivers Network.

And we wish all of you a very, very happy and Merry Christmas, a very happy and healthy New Year.

I hope you enjoy the wonderful, the wonders of Christmas with your family

and friends and have a joyous holiday and enjoy one of the real great days of the year.

If you have family, if you have kids and those of us that have kids, even as they grow up uh and you know there's always

additions to the family and everything uh it's just uh it's always a nice scene to see christmas

through the eyes of uh little kids because it's uh the wonders of christmas you know you you lose little that as you get older but uh you see it's the wonders of Christmas. You know, you lose a little of that as you get

older, but you see it in the kids and it's fun. So a very special day and I hope you all enjoy it.

Now, football Friday for week 17.

Obviously some teams playing for nothing, for pride, putting together their tapes, individuals worried about their next job, coaches worried about their next position.

You have obviously some teams playing for draft order, including the Giants and the Raiders.

We'll get to that.

And then there are a couple of places where we're still playing for the postseason.

Right now, 10 teams are in the playoffs.

They might not have clinched the business titles,

but they're in the playoffs.

The pads, the Bills, the Broncos, the Chargers,

the Eagles, the Seahawks, the Rams,

the Niners, the Bears, the Jags, all in the playoffs.

There's four spots open,

and they will most likely go to Green Bay, Houston, Pittsburgh, and either

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