Hour 3: NFL Divisional Round ‘Higher Register,’ plus the MMQB’s Albert Breer

The Rich Eisen Show

ESPN

Sports

4.3 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Sports Illustrated/The MMQB Senior Writer Albert Breer tells Rich what the two main factors were that sold John Harbaugh on taking the New York Giants vacant head coaching job, why Mike Tomlin walked away from the Pittsburgh Steelers after 19 seasons and if we’ve seen the last of him as a head coach, and breaks down the key storylines heading into the Divisional Round Rams vs Bears, Bills vs Broncos, Seahawks vs 49res and Texans vs Patriots matchups. Die-hard Chicago sport fan Adam the Call Screener rejoices in the Bears’ Wild Card win over their NFC North In this week’s ‘Higher Register’ Rich, Brockman and TJ present their less-than-ringing Divisional Round predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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