Reaction to C.J. Stroud & Texans OUTDUELING Mahomes & Chiefs on SNF + NFL Week 14
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
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🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL scout John Middlekauff is reacting LIVE immediately following the Week 14 Sunday Night Football matchup between C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans vs. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. John kicks off by reacting to the Chiefs upset loss to the Texans on SNF and what it means for the team as their playoff hopes become more unlikely. John applauds the Texans defense for being dominant and explains why the defense is Super Bowl caliber. John then reacts to the NFC North battle between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. Next, John reacts to Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers big time win vs. Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. Following that, John reacts to Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills surviving a thriller at home vs. Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals. John then reacts to Minnesota Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy's performance vs. the Commanders at home as well as Cleveland Browns QB Shedeur Sanders breakout game in a road loss to the Titans. Next, John reacts to breaking news around the NFL, including the Browns re-instating Deshaun Watson and possibly planning to have them be their starter in 2026 and Indianapolis Colts QB Daniel Jones suffering a season ending Achilles injury. John then dives into the College Football Playoff rankings, which ultimately left out the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and John reacts to the university opting to skip the bowl game vs. BYU.
John wraps up by giving his best bets for the Monday Night Football matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Chargers:
Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Chargers (ML)
A.J. Brown Anytime TD
Omarion Hampton Anytime TD
02:08 - Chiefs-Texans Reaction
04:48 - Chiefs are DONE
22:42 - Texans defense is ELITE
29:13 - GameTime
30:03 - Bears-Packers
38:41 - Steelers-Ravens
44:32 - Bengals-Bills
49:38 - Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy
50:45 - Browns QB Shedeur Sanders
52:52 - Deshaun Watson to return to Browns in 2026
54:26 - Colts QB Daniel Jones tears Achilles
57:06 - College Football Playoff revealed
1:01:03 - Notre Dame
1:06:31 - HRB NFL Week 14 MNF Picks
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody? A late night here, three and out podcast with me, John Middilkoff. |
| 0:26.8 | Obviously brought to you by my friends at Zone Pouches. |
| 0:30.0 | Love these guys. |
| 0:31.3 | Currently have one in, actually. |
| 0:33.2 | And it's been a long day. |
| 0:35.0 | It's been a long couple days. |
| 0:36.1 | Watched a lot of football over the last 48 hours. Some might say it's an unhealthy amount. But I'd say I do this for a living, so that's what I do. Sit on the couch and I consume. And that's what I literally just did watching a dynasty and a run kind of come to an end. Obviously, the Chiefs, their playoff hopes, I would say officially are over. |
| 0:55.2 | And the dynasty is going to come to an end. |
| 0:58.0 | We'll talk about that. |
| 0:59.0 | Obviously, the Texans, red hot. |
| 1:00.8 | We had the Bears Packers. |
| 1:02.2 | We had Steelers Ravens. |
| 1:04.2 | We had Cincinnati and Joe Burrow with the craziest two plays you'll ever see when he was in the midst of one of the great games. |
| 1:12.4 | I've ever seen a guy play to throw a couple picks, change everything, and Josh Allen go superhuman. |
| 1:18.3 | We had a lot of other stuff going on. |
| 1:20.1 | We got stories about Deshawn Watson. |
| 1:22.3 | You got Shador throwing touchdowns. |
| 1:24.8 | You got Daniel Jones, Taryn Achilles. |
| 1:27.0 | You got Notre Dame quitting on football. |
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