NFL Week 17: 49ers, Patriots, Lions, Steelers-Ravens Stakes & More

The Rich Eisen Show

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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A weekly staple on 'The Rich Eisen Show' since 2018, 'Overreaction Monday' is now also an extended podcast with Rich and Chris Brockman debating the latest in the NFL. Today's topics: 1:05 - The 49ers should be the favorites to win the NFC 5:30 - The losing coach in Steelers vs Ravens in Week 18 won't be back in 2026 10:34 - The Patriots are the most likeable great team heading into the postseason 14:40 - The Bills have maxed out with Sean McDermott... he's coaching for his job in the playoffs 18:45 - Either Jared Goff or Dan Campbell has to go for the Lions to get over the hump in the NFC 21:45 - Tyler Shough will win OROY and the Saints over .500 next season 25:40 - Malik Willis is the next Baker Mayfield/Sam Darnold... he'll be starting for someone next season 29:45 - The Chargers are the playoff team you have the most concerns about heading into January Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is time for overreaction Monday with a week 17 that topped a week 16,
0:11.8	that topped a week 15 that we thought could not be topped the last month of this NFL season
0:17.4	has been off the hook. Rich Eisen along with Chris Brockman. Good to see you, Christopher. Hey, friend. How are you, man? So much to talk about. There are, I can't believe it, 16 regular season games left. That is it. That is it. And a handful still to be decided. We don't know what we just saw, including a Sunday night game that is the new game of the year.
0:40.0	All right.
0:40.7	So I don't know what's on your piece of paper as always, week 17 with the exception of Rams at Falcons in the books.
0:49.0	But based on what we saw all the way up until this game, the Rams no longer have a shot at their division or the one seed. They will be starting the playoffs on the road, regardless about Monday night football's result. Are you ready, sir? Let's do it. Hit it. That was terrible. That was crap. That was garbage. That's like sucks. Overreaction. Mondays. Monday.
1:29.4	All right, Christopher, what do you have over there? I'm going to start with Sunday and football. At one point, man, that game, so many points, I was like, what is the record for points in a game? Because it felt like it was kind of on that pace. Ultimately, San Francisco holds on. And the 49ers should be the favorites to win the NFC. I'll still call this an overreaction. It's so wide open. On NFL game day morning,
1:36.4	on Sunday morning, our crack producing staff came up with a great idea in advance of New
1:43.3	Year's Eve, where I had one of those confetti,
1:46.6	you know,
1:46.9	machines that you pop,
1:48.2	you know,
1:48.4	you twist it and it pops and then the confetti flies.
1:51.6	And each of my colleagues came up and explained why their team that they've been assigned
1:59.2	could be the Cinderella of the upcoming playoffs and
2:02.9	going on to winning it all.
2:05.0	Jaguars, Texans, just keep naming one team.
2:08.8	Bears.
2:10.5	You could also choose in the AFC, the Patriots, just keep going on and on and on and on with teams that you think
2:18.4	coming into the season didn't have any chance.
2:21.5	And if I agreed with them, I would pop the confetti and I had six tubes.
2:27.6	I popped all six of them.
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