Mendoza vs. Beck Tape Study, a Wild-Card Losers Flash Mock, and Muench’s Minutes 1.0

The McShay Show

The Ringer

Sports, Football

4.7 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Welcome to The McShay Show! Todd and Steve are back to break down the tape on Fernando Mendoza and Carson Beck ahead of the CFP national championship. Then, they reveal the best prospect fits for NFL teams that lost in the NFL wild-card round. To close, the guys debut “Muench’s Minutes,” a segment that goes behind the scenes with the big guy.0:00 Welcome to The McShay Show!6:18 CFP tape review: Fernando Mendoza21:05 CFP tape review: Carson Beck29:15 CFP Championship Preview: (10) Miami vs. (1) Indiana [-7.5]35:00 Wild Card round draft implications37:15 19th pick: Carolina Panthers42:40 20th pick: Dallas Cowboys (via GB)46:45 21st pick: Pittsburgh Steelers46:58 22nd pick: LA Chargers50:30 23rd pick: Philadelphia Eagles54:12 24th pick: Cleveland Browns (via JAX)1:00:25 Muench's minutesThe Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available.Host: Todd McShayGuest: Steve MuenchProducers: Tucker Tashjian, Conor Nevins, and Daniel ComerSocial: Jon Roemer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We got a busy week, Stevie boy.
0:07.1	I'm telling you, outside of draft week, this might be the busiest week we have.
0:11.2	You get the NFL playoffs in full kick.
0:13.6	National championship games a week away.
0:16.2	And underclassmen have to declare all underclassmen that are not playing in the national
0:21.3	championship have to declare this week as well. So a lot to get to. And guess what? Just a hundred and
0:27.1	one days until the NFL draft. Mitch, you good? I'm good, man. Tucker roll that beat, please.
0:53.4	getting nervous, Mench? One of one kind of a weird number, huh? Yeah, 100 I'll get nervous. So today I'm all right. So tomorrow you'll get nervous. Okay. Yeah, tomorrow it will be worse. All right. Exciting stuff, though. I mean, we've got the underclassmen this week. The NFL playoffs are in full kick. The McShea show is presented by Fanduel.
1:12.1	FanDuel's got it all.
1:15.4	Same game parlays, quick bets for jumping in live,
1:19.2	and your way so you can build the bet that fits your play.
1:21.5	Plus, don't miss out on all the action during the rest of the college football playoffs.
1:23.8	Download the Fandul app or head to fandool.com slash mcshay to get started.
1:30.2	Must be 21 and older in president select states or 18 and older in present DC, Kentucky, or Wyoming.
1:37.0	Gambling problem?
1:38.1	Call 1-800 gambler or visit RG-Help.com.
1:42.3	Call 1-888-78989 777 or visit ccpg.org slash chat in Connecticut.
1:51.9	We're going to get to the teams that lost and where their new draft positions are.
1:57.1	You know, you're kind of depressed if you're one of those one of those teams.
2:00.1	If you're the Jaguars and in Green Bay, it's kind of double depression because you went on all in on this year and traded away your first round picks. And now you don't have them. And so teams like Dallas and Cleveland are thrilled that you lost. So we'll get to that. And we're going to kind of remod. We'll do like a mock five of the five teams of lost.
2:19.2	Obviously, we have one of the AFC wildcard games tonight, Pittsburgh, Houston.
2:25.1	And we can get back to that maybe next week and where their draft slot is with some of the division
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.