PMS 2.0 1481 - TOP 5: NFL Week 18 Recap, Coach Firings, & the Playoff Field

The Pat McAfee Show

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Sports, Football

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, Darius Butler, and the boys break down the biggest storylines from week 18 of the NFL season in the TOP 5, chat about coaches and GM's being fired, and look ahead to the playoff field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's time to get to our top five.
0:01.8	Top five, top five headlines.
0:04.5	Coming out of the end of the NFL season,
0:06.3	let's start with number five.
0:07.6	This is driven by RAM. And, you know, anytime you drive a RAM, you're going to think to yourself, wow, this thing's all all power. Oh, hell, this thing's so comfortable. Wow, this thing's so easy to use. Oh, look at all the space I got. And then whenever you hit that gas pedal, it's going to sound like.
0:19.6	And that's going to be that power.
0:22.0	You know, I believe the hemi is coming back.
0:24.4	That's right. base I got. And then whenever you hit that gas pedal, it's going to sound like. And that's going to be that power.
0:22.1	You know, I believe the hemmy is coming back. That's right. But I also know that the ram truck, even if it doesn't have a hemmy, he's got a stronger engine than you. Let's get to the top five. Number five, we're dancing. Okay. This is what we've been waiting for. Super Wildcar weekend is officially locked.
0:38.4	It is Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Magical. Okay, this is what we've been waiting for. Super Wildcar weekend is officially locked.
0:38.4	It is Saturday, Sunday and Monday of magical NFL football. Now, throughout the season, you think to yourself, who's going to get to one C, who's going to get to one C, who's going to get home field advantage? Are we going to make it? Are we not going to make it? There's teams on a bubble. We need this to happen, Tampa Bay Buccaneers. who make him make for a long day.
0:53.8	Yeah, he did.
0:54.2	Man.
0:54.7	Nice house.
0:55.5	Mm-hmm.
0:56.3	Real nice house.
0:56.9	Look like getting some work done to yeah we're
0:58.8	him sent up on that island oh yeah kitchen she's bumped on that's good house yeah
1:04.3	marble hey you earned that big you earned that bang is a walk on i think at one point yeah
1:08.8	it was beggar was a walk on at one point. Yeah, he was. Baker was a walk-on at one point. Or the store.
1:11.2	Yeah, what a story. Yeah. Literally, Instagram story and metaphorically, Baker-Mafield story as a whole. He's watching along, seeing how people are doing. Everybody's waiting for something. Now we got it officially locked. 14 teams make it on Saturday. Rams take on the Panthers. Rams favored by 10 and a half on draft Kings
1:29.3	just five weeks ago 14 teams make it on Saturday. Rams take on the Panthers. Rams favored by 10 and a half on draft kings.
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