NFL Cover Zero: Playoff berths being clinched!
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🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Matt Jones and Drew Franklin start off with another thrilling victory from the Bears to clinch a playoffs spot. Has Caleb Williams answered all the questions about him this season? The Jaguars get past the Broncos, are they a contender? Matt explains how he's been practicing calling games in preparation for the New Orleans Bowl.
Matt recaps the wild ending to Steelers-Lions and another winning season for Mike Tomlin. The Ravens put up a fight against the Patriots. What is the future of Lamar Jackson? The Eagles clinch the NFC East with a testy win over the Commanders. The Saints notched a 3rd straight win behind Tyler Shough. The Bills held off the Browns.
More on Matt getting ready for the New Orleans Bowl with facts about both teams. The Titans post a victory over the Chiefs, who suffer another QB injury. The Chargers come back against the Cowboys. Matt wonders what changes the Dolphins will make in the offseason. Another loss for the Bucs has them under .500 after a 5-1 start. We preview Philip Rivers leading the Colts against the 49ers on MNF and wrap up with TD and Survivor picks for NFL Week 17.
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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. |
| 0:14.3 | Welcome everybody to Week 16 NFL Cover Zero podcast. |
| 0:24.1 | I am in New Orleans, Louisiana, where earlier today, the Saints got a big victory, |
| 0:31.3 | but we're not leading with the Saints. |
| 0:33.2 | We are leading with the fact that there were some great games today. |
| 0:36.9 | Drew is in Lexington. |
| 0:38.7 | Drew, I am in a very good mood because my Chicago Bears made the playoffs today, thanks to |
| 0:45.4 | the lost by the Detroit Lions. |
| 0:47.4 | And if they can win one more game, we'll win the division after what Saturday night |
| 0:51.8 | was probably one of the best Bears wins of my lifetime. |
| 0:55.8 | Yeah, you've got to be on Cloud 9 right now. |
| 0:58.0 | I mean, you had the exciting comeback, the way it ended, the celebration after, |
| 1:02.0 | and then you get what you needed today with the Lions. |
| 1:05.2 | I saw you haven't won a playoff game in 15 years. |
| 1:07.8 | Do you think you all can go in there and win one? |
| 1:10.1 | Well, I worry that right now we're scheduled to play the Packers again, which I think would |
| 1:13.9 | be the worst luck. I'd rather like to play anyone but them. But yeah, I mean, I guess we'll |
| 1:20.1 | start with that. I mean, the games today, a couple of them are very important. But I mean, |
| 1:25.0 | I think you could make a strong argument that I have seen, well, first of all, |
| 1:31.9 | that the Bears have played two of the three most exciting games of the year, right? |
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