It's Playoff Time: Previewing NFL Wild Card Weekend
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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The NFL playoffs are finally here! Today, Conor Orr breaks down all six first round matchups and gives us his insights on what to expect from a potentially wild Wild Card Weekend.
Guest: Conor Orr, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the lead Add Free on Amazon Music. |
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| 0:15.3 | After 18 long and drama-filled weeks, the NFL playoffs are finally here. |
| 0:20.6 | And with the wildcard games spread out over three days this year, many football fans could |
| 0:25.5 | spend their entire holiday weekend glued to the TV. |
| 0:29.3 | It's illustrated Connor Orr is here to help every football fan who is looking to veg |
| 0:33.2 | out as he breaks down all six first round matchups and gives us his insights on what to expect |
| 0:38.7 | from a wild, wildcard weekend. |
| 0:41.4 | From Wondery, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 0:43.5 | It's Friday, January 13th, and this is The Lead. |
| 0:50.6 | Connor Orr, welcome to The Lead. |
| 0:52.7 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:53.7 | I really appreciate it. |
| 0:54.7 | I'm very excited to have you on the show. |
| 0:55.8 | Connor, you are a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, covering the NFL. |
| 1:00.3 | How would you say your job and your life shift as the NFL goes from regular season into |
| 1:06.4 | the playoffs? |
| 1:07.6 | It's wild, especially as the dad of two young kids, you're like, okay, I'm here, I'm here, |
| 1:12.2 | I'm here, I'm gone. |
| 1:13.2 | And then it's from January, I don't know, I would say like second week of January through |
| 1:19.2 | the Super Bowl, you're sort of just this jet-setting person, which is fun. |
| 1:23.3 | I think it's fun to have that part of your life where you're exploring new places and |
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