NFL Cover Zero: A Wild, Wild Weekend!
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iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790
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🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Matt Jones and Drew Franklin were amazed at the games from Wild Card Weekend. As a Bears fan, Matt walks through the biggest moments. What changes are we going to see from the Packers? Matt feels like this is the start of a long run for Chicago.
The Panthers held their own and Matthew Stafford played like an MVP QB. Josh Allen led the Bills over the Jaguars. What do you see in the Jags future? The Eagles season came to an end as the 49ers continue to find ways to win. Matt wonders about AJ Brown's future and other issues with the Eagles.
What are the best NFL coaching jobs available? Matt was shocked the Ravens moved on from John Harbaugh. Matt was disappointed by the Chargers performance against the Patriots. Matt lays out the upcoming schedule for the Divisional Round next weekend. Matt wraps up with the show heading to the Super Bowl!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is a production of the NFL and IHeart |
| 0:09.4 | podcast. |
| 0:18.4 | We are five of the six games into the NFL wild card playoffs and cover zero is here. |
| 0:27.2 | I was talking to Matt Jones drew frankly and I was talking with the guys at the NFL. |
| 0:31.7 | I say the guys, you know, like Roger and those guys. |
| 0:34.3 | And I was talking about this podcast and they said, we love that you guys |
| 0:37.9 | just start. Yeah. Like there's no intro. Right to the point. You just go, all right, well, it's week's and I didn't realize I did that. Now I'm self-conscious about it. That was one of the first things they mentioned. And they're like, they said they liked it. Yeah. That we did it that way. I didn't expect that to be the feedback. |
| 0:53.9 | I feel like these are pretty normal intros. |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.7 | And also you wonder, though, is that something you liked it. Yeah. That we did it that way. I didn't expect that to be the feedback. I feel like these are pretty normal intros. |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.7 | And also you wonder, though, is that something you say when you don't know what else to say to people? Or they're only listening in the first two minutes. Yes, and they stop. Do you do an episode this week? Okay. All right. We're good. Maybe we could just read God with the win for 30 minutes in the middle and they wouldn't know. |
| 1:11.0 | But for four of the five games 30 minutes in the middle and they wouldn't know. |
| 1:11.1 | But for four of the five games so far in the wild card playoff, as exciting a round of, |
| 1:19.5 | exciting four games as you could have and then just finished with the Patriots and Chargers. |
| 1:25.7 | But for the first four, we'll throw the Patriots and Chargers to the end. |
| 1:29.8 | How awesome were these games? |
| 1:31.3 | It's been a great weekend. |
| 1:32.8 | We knew this field would be wide open without the usual names we see in the mix. |
| 1:37.4 | And then even with the big point spreads, like our first game on Saturday, still coming down to the wire. |
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