NFL Cover Zero: Halloween Costumes, Trade Deadline, and Early Playoff Picture!

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Matt Jones and Drew Franklin prepare for NFL Week 9 with a BIG announcement for the show! Halloween is around the corner and Matt wants to rank NFL player costumes. Aidan Hutchinson gets an extension from the Lions. The season is over for Carson Wentz. Will Marcedes Lewis make history signing with the Broncos?

Onto NFL Week 9, Lamar Jackson is back on the field as the Ravens visit the Dolphins. Does Drew need to find a new NFL team after getting an email from the Titans? Matt is looking forward to going to Bears-Bengals this weekend. The NFL Trade deadline is around the corner, which teams do you expect to be active?

An early look at the Playoff picture has several surprises. Matt and Billy pick their favorite games in NFL Week 9. Chiefs-Bills is still an exciting matchup and Matt still sides with Buffalo and wants more Taylor Swift. We wrap up with Survivor Picks and TD Parlay plays!

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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's week nine of NFL cover zero coming to you one day late.
0:24.8	So I'm sorry for all of you all that are used to seeing this on your feet on Wednesdays.
0:29.0	You had to wait one more day.
0:30.1	But you know what?
0:30.7	Sometimes life gets in the way.
0:32.8	But we are excited to be here previewing everything you need to know about the NFL season where it's
0:39.7	midweek Thursday tonight there's a football game drew good to see it's it's rainy and
0:45.4	junkie here in kentucky but getting ready for another big week yeah rainy and junkie means a
0:51.5	good reason to not do anything but stay inside and watch more football.
0:54.7	So bring on the rain.
0:55.7	I got a nice fresh pot of chili ready for the weekend.
0:58.6	I'm ready to watch some of the big games we have coming up.
1:01.9	I unfortunately, as I talked about Sunday, I had a back injury this weekend.
1:05.3	So I watched the most football I've ever watched probably while I was also in pain.
1:11.1	It was a bad weekend to pick that.
1:13.7	But, you know, backs aren't fun.
1:17.9	And it's getting better now.
1:19.7	I'm ready.
1:21.1	I saw Tracy McGrady, the basketball player.
1:24.6	He was talking about how before every season he would get
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