NFL Cover Zero: It's Conference Championship Time!
NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Matt Jones and Drew Franklin are preparing for the AFC and NFC Championship games! Matt wants to know more about Jarrett Stidham because he wants to root for the Broncos over the Patriots. Looking at the news, how do you feel about the Bills moving on from Sean McDermott? Matt sees three coaching moves where the teams may not improve next season.
Mike McDaniel and Eric Bienemy have both been hired as Offensive Coordinators. Robert Saleh is headed to the Titans as head coach. Matt notes the coming rivalry between Baker Mayfield and Kevin Stefanski.
John Harbaugh was introduced as the Giants Head Coach. Does Harbaugh make New York 'bigger' in the league? What are the biggest franchises in the NFL and all sports right now? Looking at the games this weekend and the quarterbacks left playing. Matt and Drew make their picks for this weekend and which teams will face each other in 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 podcast. |
| 0:18.1 | All right. |
| 0:18.9 | Welcome. |
| 0:19.5 | It is championship weekend of the NFL Cover Zero podcast. |
| 0:25.2 | We are going on a Thursday, getting ready for the two championship games on Sunday, |
| 0:31.0 | AFC, NFC. |
| 0:33.0 | Drew Franklin is here with me, along with Billy R. Sports and Drew, I have really enjoyed these |
| 0:42.8 | playoffs. There have been some great games, only a couple of duds. Everybody's been into it. It's |
| 0:48.1 | been exciting. With that said, I can't get the fever about these two championship games. |
| 0:56.0 | Help me get some fever about what's happening. |
| 0:59.0 | Help me get some hot Sam Darnold, Jared Stidham, Drake, May, Matthew Stafford, fever. |
| 1:06.5 | You know, all year, you know, AFC is the loaded conference. |
| 1:10.1 | But now that we're here i'm more excited |
| 1:11.5 | about the nfcc game because of that bo knicks injury i wish bo necks were healthy completely changes |
| 1:16.8 | the dynamic dynamic of the game maybe they win but from an excitement standpoint having stidum |
| 1:21.9 | respectfully a guy hasn't thrown a pass in two years started an a fc championship game feels weird |
| 1:26.7 | all right so yeah let's talk just a minute about what |
| 1:28.9 | Jared Stidham is. He has |
| 1:31.3 | not thrown a pass |
| 1:33.2 | in two years. |
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