And then there were eight.

Coming up on the preview show, we break down each of the divisional round matchups.

It's the best time of the year, Sessie.

Sessie is ready for Saturday and Sunday.

Oh, when Sessie's ready, you better be ready.

It's time to heed the call.

Hey, oh, welcome to Head the Call in NFL podcast. I am Dan Hansis, joined as I always am by the great Mark Sessler. If it's a preview episode, and this certainly is. That means Connor Orr is here, Justin Graver, as always, on the ones and twos.

And I don't want to just repeat myself over and over again for 15 years, Mark, but I'm going to do it anyway. Pound for pound, this is the best weekend of the football year. The divisional round

playoffs have arrived four games, four bangers.

It is going to be a lot of fun, the elite eight of the NFL.

Yeah, I think you can repeat it for 15 plus years if it's true.

And it's true.

And I think that the added element or icing on so-called cake this time around

is an icing of mystery. It's a strange group of teams that feel very different than years

past. We've been saying that for weeks. And like, it amps up my curiosity and intrigues. It's

not the same old faces. And I like that.

How about this, Connor? I wrote this down. I was just looking at the teams that are left right now.

We have most likely the top three finishers in MVP voting, Stafford, May, and Allen in some order.

The top three defenses in football, arguably, Houston, Seattle, Denver.

Perhaps the two most influential slash important coaches of their era, Shanney and McVeigh.

And one goddamn maniac who just wants to burn it all down,

Ben Johnson.

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