Sharp or Square - NFL WEEK 18 REACTIONS - Jets-Bills, Saints-Falcons, Lions-Bears, Cardinals-Rams, Browns-Bengals and more

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The NFL regular season is almost done, so Chad Millman and Simon Hunter dive into their betting results from NFL Week 18, checking in on the gambling action after a tremendous Sunday of pre-playoff action. Plus, we get all their early 2026 NFL playoff predictions.

Games recapped today include Shadeur Sanders and the Cleveland Browns defeating Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, as Myles Garrett sets the NFL sack record. The guys discuss an epic Caleb Williams performance as the Chicago Bears battled Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions, and an easy victory of Mitchell Trubisky and the Buffalo Bills over the hapless New York Jets, in the Highmark Stadium finale. We hear about Matt Stafford's performance for the LA Rams as they defeated the Arizona Cardinals, and Clayton Tune's Green Bay Packers rolling over to the Minnesota Vikings.

And of course, we hear plenty of praise for potential Offensive Rookie of the Year Tyler Shough, who helped the New Orleans Saints cover against the Atlanta Falcons to send the Carolina Panthers to the playoffs. All of this, plus their Shame On You and Heroes of the Week, all in one prime time episode! #Volume

0:03:00 - START

0:06:33 - NEW ORLEANS SAINTS VS. ATLANTA FALCONS

0:11:36 - CLEVELAND BROWNS VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS RECAP

0:16:36 - DETROIT LIONS VS. CHICAGO BEARS RECAP

0:21:39 - ARIZONA CARDINALS VS. LA RAMS RECAP

0:28:36 - DALLAS COWBOYS VS. NEW YORK GIANTS RECAP

0:30:30 - WASHINGTON COMMANDERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES RECAP

0:36:00 - SHAME ON YOU, HERO OF THE WEEK

0:50:00 - EARLY NFL PLAYOFF BETS

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.1	Welcome to Sharper Square, presented by Hard Rock Bet.
0:09.8	We are part of the volume podcast network.
0:13.4	This is the show that makes the squares.
0:15.6	Sharper makes the wise guys pay attention.
0:18.5	I am Chad Milman.
0:19.5	I am joined tonight, as always, by my co-host, my BFF, my
0:24.6	companion, my compadre, professional better, Simon, Hunter. Hello, Simon. Chad, what a insane day,
0:33.2	my friend. The early games were so disgustingly bad in the in the first five, first 15 minutes
0:42.8	of combined game action for the Giants Cowboys, the Bengals, the Browns, and New Orleans and Falcons, first of those three games, 15 combined minutes,
0:59.2	meaning the first five minutes of each game, four total turnovers and a blocks extra point.
1:06.7	That's how bad these non-playoff teams were playing in these early windows.
1:13.9	And then in the afternoon, we got some freaking burn burners, which was awesome.
1:20.8	Our final five were New Orleans plus three and a half, Cincinnati minus seven and a half, Detroit plus three and a half. Rams minus seven and a half.
1:28.7	We got the Steelers plus three and a half tonight.
1:31.4	So we're three and one on the day.
1:33.2	We're hoping the Steelers can close it out.
1:36.2	Ooh, boy, dude.
1:39.0	The other thing I'd be worried about, Simon,
1:43.5	as a Bears fan, I watched them get shut out in the first three quarters.
1:49.1	The Rams nearly gave the game away.
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