Richard Sherman Podcast - NFL Divisional Predictions: 49ers-Seahawks, Rams-Bears, Bills-Broncos, Texans-Broncos | Richard Sherman Podcast
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Richard Sherman and Mitch analyze every Divisional Round matchup in this NFL playoff preview, with predictions, key matchups, betting lines, and storylines for San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams vs. Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos, and Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots. He discusses the NFC West rivalry, Brock Purdy vs. Mike Macdonald’s defense, Sam Darnold’s playoff pressure, George Kittle’s injury, and the Seahawks defense as a potential game-changer. Sherman covers Rams vs. Bears in cold Chicago conditions, Caleb Williams’ creativity, Matthew Stafford’s playoff pedigree, Ben Johnson’s offense, turnovers, and the advantage of cold-weather running. In the AFC, he previews Bills vs. Broncos, Josh Allen vs. Patrick Surtain, Bo Nix’s challenge, Denver’s defense, James Cook’s role, and Texans vs. Patriots, focusing on Houston’s defense, C.J. Stroud’s growth, Drake Maye’s playoff debut, and the impact of momentum and pass rush. The episode covers betting spreads, injury news, quarterback pressure, defense, and postseason experience.
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| 0:04.8 | Welcome back to the Richard Sherman podcast, and I just want to say I appreciate you guys. |
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| 0:19.7 | All love. |
| 0:20.6 | Hope you guys are having a great new year's, |
| 0:23.0 | accomplish it all your New Year's resolutions, and staying healthy. |
| 0:32.4 | Welcome back to the Richard Chairman podcast, and you know what time it is, Mitchell, |
| 0:36.6 | the divisional round |
| 0:38.3 | previews. And we have some fantastic matchups going on this weekend. Obviously, the conversation |
| 0:44.4 | is the short week again for the San Francisco 49ers playing on Saturday after just battling |
| 0:51.8 | it out with the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia on Sunday. There's a lot of, a lot of, a lot of, a lot of conjuncture and conversation about that, Mitchell, a lot of frustration. But that's usually when the one seed's playing. You know, you could save yourself a lot of time and a lot of headache if you get the one seat. And that's what the Seattle Seahawks were able to do. so it is what it is to me. You know, it's one of those things you just got to deal with. You got to you win your games, you win, you move on, you deal with the circumstances that the hand that you dealt of sorts. But it's great to see Fred Warner opening his practice window. That's what I would have expected from them if he had any chance of playing at all |
| 1:28.5 | during his playoffs is during this divisional game, him opening his window and just seeing what he |
| 1:34.0 | got. You know, maybe having him do some, some practice squad reps, some scout team reps, |
| 1:41.3 | and just getting his legs back under him sprinting around, you know, |
| 1:45.7 | getting his shoulder pads, getting some real live contact, which is all the things you need to see |
| 1:50.7 | from a veteran player in order to see if he can actually play this game at a high level, |
| 1:54.6 | because you do not want to walk into a playoff game with a limp or gimp or are trying to compensate |
| 1:59.9 | for a body part that isn't working properly. |
| 2:03.1 | And that's what I'm sure the San Francisco 49ers are wary about in that situation. |
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