NFL Cover Zero: Divisional Round Recap and QB Legacies being formed!
NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Matt Jones and Drew Franklin open with the Bears falling to the Rams. As a Bears fan, Matt feels like the team was playing ahead of schedule. Are the Rams an even bigger Super Bowl favorite now? The Bills may have missed out on their best chance to win a championship. How will the Broncos fare without Bo Nix? Matt explains why he thinks Denver still has a chance!
Will Josh Allen ever win a Super Bowl? Matt notes the rough night for CJ Stroud and how it impacts what the Texans are willing to pay for an extension. The Patriots are back in the Conference Championship and have a chance at another Super Bowl. Matt ranks the networks for his viewing experience.
What are your first thought Super Bowl picks? Matt explains how winning a 2nd QB puts Matthew Stafford in a new category. In other NFL news, Kevin Stefanski is hired by the Falcons. Where will Mike McCarthy land? Drew expresses his hopes for the Titans. We wrap up with Matt's plans for Super Bowl Week in Santa Clara and predictions for the CFB Championship.
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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 podcast. |
| 0:18.9 | Well, it is a sad cover zero for me. |
| 0:22.5 | Just minutes after my Chicago Bears lose a heartbreaker to the Rams. |
| 0:30.2 | We are here for NFL cover zero. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm Matt Jones, Drew Franklin. |
| 0:35.3 | Drew, you know, I don't even get a chance to like, I don't know, I don't even get a chance to sort of recover. |
| 0:41.9 | Just minutes ago, we lost this game. |
| 0:44.9 | And it had a chance if the Bears had won to potentially have one of the two, three, four greatest plays in NFL history. And I wonder if it'll be |
| 0:56.6 | forgotten now that they lost, but the Bayers losing overtime. I feel for you, but what a great |
| 1:02.1 | game. I mean, is it better that that play happened and that you got the little taste of the |
| 1:07.4 | excitement? Or would you rather just not the the false hope there at all with |
| 1:11.8 | the Williams, Hell Mary. |
| 1:13.1 | I kind of felt like the whole playoffs, you were kind of playing with House money a little bit |
| 1:18.7 | because, I mean, I felt all year, I think they, I think they were fortunate to win the division. |
| 1:24.5 | I mean, I think they would have made the playoffs either way. |
| 1:26.9 | And then, of course, the Packers game was ridiculous. And then this game, I mean, that, |
| 1:33.3 | the Bears did a lot of bad stupid things throughout the game. But then, you know, he ran, |
| 1:38.5 | Caleb Williams runs 30 yards in the wrong direction. I mean, that's a play that only works in your |
| 1:42.4 | backyard. And it, and it works. And I mean, that's a play that only works in your backyard, and it works. |
| 1:46.7 | And I celebrated, but then immediately, I kind of thought they were going to go for two |
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