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The Rich Eisen Show

NFL Week 18: Playoffs Preview, Ravens' Need a Shakeup & More

The Rich Eisen Show

ESPN

Sports

4.31.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

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: 1:55 - The Steelers are blessed! They're going to the AFC title game and Aaron Rodgers will be back next season 6:30 - Either Lamar Jackson or John Harbaugh won't be with the Ravens next season 11:15 - The NFC West will win less than three combined games in the playoffs 15:00 - Multiple teams that rested starters this week will regret it and lose in the Wild Card round 18:45-  Sam Darnold is the QB under the most pressure heading into the postseason 21:50 - The Falcons messed up not hiring Bill Belichick two seasons ago 27:30 - Some team needs to throw the bag at Curt Cignetti to be their head coach 30:00 - After the most insane season ever, the Super bowl won't include either a #1 or a #2 seed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:36.1

Overreaction Monday.

0:38.5

Rich Eisen, Chris Brockman.

0:40.0

Hey, buddy.

0:40.2

With the 2025 NFL regular season in the books.

0:44.8

Good to see over there, Christopher.

0:46.0

It's great to see you.

0:47.3

We made it this far, man.

0:48.9

Not to turn this show into a therapy session.

0:52.2

Okay.

0:53.1

But how's that for a start? I, I might be overreacting,

0:58.1

but I don't think I start this overreaction Monday with an overreaction. Okay. You've got a piece of

1:02.9

paper every day. We do this with all the subject matters. I have no idea what's on it. You actually

1:08.7

turn it over. I turn it over. I don't want you to see. I see the blank side. Walking around. And in front of me, I have a bunch of notes, but I also have this

1:15.7

color-coded chart that the NFL network gives me every single year. This is the schedule. This is

1:22.0

the National Football League schedule and it's color-coded for Thursday night games, Sunday night

1:25.5

games, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. This is the first time I'm doing this with this schedule being over. And I look at it and I'm like, I kind of miss it already. You know what I mean? Like it's only standalone games left. Six games and four games and two games and one game. That's right. There's only 13 NFL games last year.

1:45.3

I don't even want to know the number.

1:46.4

13.

1:59.7

You know what I mean? It's, I don't know if I'm overreacting, but I'm, I'm, like, excited for the playoffs, but I'm bummed that the weekly cadence of a regular season is over. It goes fast. That there's 14 teams left. we're wondering, do they have a shot?

2:01.7

And then we're wondering about the rest of the league.

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