Predicting the Week 16 NFL Headlines

The Ringer NFL Show

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Sheil and The Ringer’s own Diante Lee get together to analyze some of the biggest matchups from the Week 16 slate to determine what story lines will have the NFL media buzzing on Monday morning. (00:00) Predicting the Week 16 NFL headlines(1:13) Rams-Seahawks(10:33) Packers-Bears(18:50) Jaguars-Broncos(26:52) The Hurry Up: Steelers-Lions The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit ⁠www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Diante LeeProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.6	I'm Shield Capadia.
0:39.5	Today we are predicting headlines for three week 16 matchups.
0:44.0	We've got some big ones.
0:45.3	Seahawks Rams on Thursday night, Bears Packers on Saturday night,
0:50.6	and Jaguars Broncos on Sunday afternoon.
0:54.0	Who would have guessed that Jaguars Broncos in Week 16 would have such huge implications?
0:59.4	Then at the end and to hurry up, I want to talk about Lion Steelers really quick as well.
1:03.7	All right, my guest today is the ringers.
1:05.5	Deonté Lee, we will predict what we think is going to happen in those games and break down
1:10.5	the matchups.
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