INEVITABILITY: Steelers OUTLAST Ravens as Week 18 DELIVERS Unforgettable Drama

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4.6 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

NFL playoff hopes hang in the balance as Week 18 delivers chaos—will upset picks or powerhouse favorites dominate the closing regular season slate? Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs boldly predict every game, weighing key matchups like Buccaneers vs. Panthers for the NFC South crown and dissecting make-or-break lines for fan favorites like the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, and Miami Dolphins. Expect sharp takes on quarterback battles, injury impact, and whether players like Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold can rise to the occasion. Power rankings and FanDuel odds fuel heated debates over divisional races, surprise contenders, and playoff seeding strategies. From the Chicago Bears’ wild card ambitions to the Buffalo Bills aiming for a blowout finale, the hosts spotlight why offensive stats don’t always tell the full story. Will injury woes sway outcomes or will coaching decisions surprise? Get ready for smart wagering angles and insider analysis on pivotal games that will shape this season’s playoff bracket.

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0:00.0	The hay is in the barn on the 2025 regular season or reacting to week 18 and all the implications today on the locked on NFL scouting podcast.
0:16.2	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college
0:23.7	football scouting.
0:25.0	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:31.1	What's better than this?
0:32.7	It's guys being dudes here on the Locked on NFL scouting podcast.
0:37.2	Part of the Locked on podcast network, Now the number one sports podcast network. We're the draft dudes. I'm Joe Marino from Lockdown Bills. He's Kyle Crabbs from Lockdown Dolphins. And we are your NFL experts here with you daily to talk team building across the league on the Lockdown NFL scouting podcast with the draft dudes, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:57.0	One issue, a big thank you.
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1:13.5	lineup.
1:14.4	If you wanted a weird week 18, you got everything that you wanted with some of these
1:22.5	teams choosing not to play players and then how the games kind of become a little bit more unpredictable.
1:31.3	I'm sure the NFL was over the moon with the choice that they put the Sunday night game in.
1:36.7	Oh, geez, yeah.
1:37.4	That they did.
1:38.1	I mean, the fourth quarter was, I don't know how much of it was like good football as compared to like Kyle Hamilton goes down
1:47.4	and the Ravens defense falls apart.
1:49.7	Lamar hits a couple of big, big shots and big moments that is going to get overlooked by
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