Seahawks DOMINATE 49ers, Broncos BEAT Bills in OT, Nix breaks his ankle
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
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4.3 • 10K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Former NFL scout John Middlekauff reacts following Saturday nights playoff games that saw the Seahawks destroy the 49ers from the opening kickoff and talks about how this Seattle team looks like they can not only get to the Super Bowl but also win it. Later, John dives into the exciting AFC game that had the Bills exiting early from another playoff despite the Broncos losing Bo Nix with a broken ankle. Lastly, John talks about the Falcons hiring Kevin Stefanski.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:24.7 | I'm John Middilcoff. This is the Three and Out podcast brought to you by my friends at Zone Pouches. Hopefully everyone's doing well. I'm doing |
| 0:31.6 | pretty good. I've slept about five hours in the last couple nights. And I have a son now. |
| 0:38.1 | He's at home because we came home today. |
| 0:40.2 | He must be my son because we got discharged well before kickoff of the Bill's Bronco game, |
| 0:48.3 | which turned into an absolute bananas game that went to overtime. |
| 0:53.0 | It felt like it was going to go to a couple overtimes. And the bills lost in devastating fashion. The Broncos lost their quarterback to a broken ankle or a broken bone in his ankle. Who knows? I mean, just, he's out. I mean, he's getting surgery Tuesday. Which was like, what? When did that happen? |
| 1:11.7 | So the Broncos are hosting the AFC championship game with a backup quarterback. |
| 1:15.7 | The bills were in tears because it does feel like their coach might get fired. |
| 1:21.6 | So we will discuss that after just some crazy shit happening in that game. |
| 1:25.9 | They have a bunch of turnovers, still make it to overtime, have a late lead in the |
| 1:29.4 | fourth quarter. |
| 1:32.8 | Bananas. |
| 1:33.5 | And then Seattle just absolutely destroys the 49ers, who are going to host the NFC |
| 1:37.0 | championship game. |
| 1:38.8 | And honestly, it would be my pick to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl right now if |
| 1:42.1 | their defense is going to look like that. |
| 1:43.6 | They have absolutely destroyed the 49ers two weeks in a row. |
| 1:47.8 | 49ers played a game in between. |
| 1:49.4 | Seattle did not. |
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