NFL Cover Zero: Bears/Bengals Madness, Celebrity Couples, and Upset wins!

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🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Matt Jones and Drew Franklin dive into NFL Week 9 after Matt was in attendance for Bears/Bengals! Matt had never witnessed a Bears victory in person, but explains the roller coaster of emotions through the Bengals comeback and ultimate Chicago win.

The BIlls notch their 5th straight regular season win over the Chiefs. Turnovers found the Colts, who take a loss to the Steelers. An extra point makes the difference in the Patriots win. Matt pauses to rank the celebrity couples in the NFL. The Broncos get a game winning FG over the Texans. The Jaguars hold off the Raiders for an OT win, including a recording setting 68yd FG for Cam Little.

JJ McCarthy throws 2 TDs in the Vikings win over the Lions. An upset win for the Panthers over the Packers. The Chargers hold off the Titans. Mac Jones leads the 49ers to a win over the Giants. Sam Darnold and the Seahawks cruise past the Commanders. We wrap up with Survivor League picks and the TD Parlays.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.4	NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is a production of the NFL and IHeart podcast.
0:18.2	It is NFL Cover Zero Week 9 and you are talking to a happy Matt Jones who has come home from maybe one of the best sporting events that I've been to, certainly the best regular season up there sporting events of my lifetime.
0:37.5	I mean, if you'd look at, if I was at the Bears Bingles game today, most NFL shows
0:42.9	will lead with Bill's Chiefs, not this one with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin, because
0:48.2	Drew, Drew, I was in attendance in Cincinnati for the spectacle that was Bears bingles today.
0:55.7	I'm wearing my Bears shirt.
0:57.2	It was wild.
0:58.4	It was fun.
0:59.8	And I don't know how it came across on TV, but in person, one of the strangest and coolest sporting events I've been to.
1:05.8	I was watching from the couch, and it was still pretty awesome.
1:08.5	With all due respect to the Bill's Chiefs, I think most shows will lead with this because that was just a crazy finish. I know these aren't Super Bowl
1:14.9	contenders, not teams get talked about a lot, but that was just a wild ending and fun to watch
1:19.4	from home. 4742 is not, that's a big 12 score, right? That's not an NFL score. That's a
1:25.1	big 12 score. And it was insanely fun. I just want to, if you will, if you'll bear with me, I want to go through what all happened in this game.
1:36.6	Okay. Because it's wild. First of all, I want you to picture the environment. It's Cincinnati, Ohio. We've talked about drunkest fans in the NFL. Games at 1 o'clock. I did by ESPN pregame show at a bar,
1:49.4	Holy Grail in Cincinnati. People were already drunk before the game. Okay. So when I walk to the game,
1:57.8	as you know, I hurt my back a few days ago. So I'm hobbling a little bit. I walk from Holy Grail to the stadium. My show ends at 1257. By the time I get into the stadium, it's already 7 to 7. You know, they run the opening kickoff back. Yeah, that was unexpected. The Bears drive down the field and score immediately. Right? So the time I get to my seat, it's 7-7.
2:18.8	The game that followed, the Bengals might have the worst defense that anyone has ever
2:26.7	had.
2:27.9	Caleb Williams was just owning them.
2:31.8	They would get, the Bengals have a decent defensive line.
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