NFL Wild Card Weekend Preview & Picks!
Heed the Call NFL Podcast with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
4.9 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler are joined by Conor Orr to preview Wild Card Weekend with our picks for all the games, plus our locks of the week! We start with a scientific experiment to determine our Super Bowl winner predictions before getting into the games. Halfway through, we take a timeout to discuss the Dolphins firing head coach Mike McDaniel.
0:00 NFL Wild Card Weekend Preview
10:57 Rams at Panthers Preview
19:52 Packers at Bears Preview
28:07 Bills at Jaguars Preview
37:59 49ers at Eagles Preview
46:32 Halftime: Dolphins fire HC Mike McDaniel
53:06 SNF: Chargers at Patriots Preview
1:00:09 Texans at Steelers Preview
1:08:50 Wrap Up
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| 0:00.0 | Sessie, the NFL playoffs are finally here, and we're going to dig into all the games. |
| 0:04.0 | We're going to make predictions. |
| 0:05.2 | We're going to make our locks. |
| 0:06.3 | We're going to talk about NFL head coaches that got fired. |
| 0:08.8 | We're going to do it all, and we're going to have some fun. |
| 0:11.1 | All of life has been meaningless until now. |
| 0:13.8 | Let's heed the call. |
| 0:26.9 | Hey, oh, welcome to He the Call in NFL podcast. |
| 0:30.1 | Wildcard weekend edition. |
| 0:35.9 | Dan hands us here with Mark Sessler, Connor, or Justin Graver on the ones and twos. |
| 0:45.3 | And then there were 14, Mark Sessler. |
| 0:51.4 | Doesn't it just feel like, in another way, like the beginning of spring? |
| 0:52.9 | Like, everything is new. |
| 0:56.8 | New stories, narratives, and heroes are going to bloom. |
| 0:59.8 | And like it feels like something very different to me. |
| 1:00.5 | And I love it. |
| 1:03.2 | I'm excited for this playoffs especially. |
| 1:04.0 | There's a weird. |
| 1:07.1 | A weird. |
| 1:09.0 | Weird what? |
| 1:16.2 | You said there's a weird. i said these playoffs are weird they're strange there's something about these no you said you said there's a weird you said there's a weird a hundred |
| 1:20.8 | percent you was so we laid out we were waiting for you to finish that old sento off uh justin |
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