Sharp or Square - NFL Wild Card Weekend Bets: Packers-Bears, Rams-Panthers, Bills-Jaguars, Patriots-Chargers, Niners-Eagles, Texans-Steelers
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.3 • 10K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
The betting slate for 2026 NFL Wild Card Weekend is here, and betting expert Chad Millman is joined by professional sports gambler Simon Hunter to discuss every game for this opening round of the NFL Playoffs!Together the duo provide initial betting picks and predictions for the Wild Card games, covering both spreads and totals as their free SHARP OR SQUARE PRO FOOTBALL PICK 'EM CONTEST continues throughout the playoffs at https://sharporsquare.thevolume.com/
Today's betting action starts with two huge Saturday matchups, as Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers play host to Matt Stafford and the favored L.A. Rams. Then in the nightcap, Jordan Love returns for the Green Bay Packers as they square off against Caleb Williams and the rival Chicago Bears in frigid Soldier Field.
Moving on to betting picks and predictions on the Sunday slate, we hear our duo's opinions on Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills as they hit the road to battle the Jacksonville Jaguars with red-hot quarterback Trevor Lawrence. In the City of Brotherly Love, Jalen Hurts and the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles defend their crown against Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers. And on Sunday night, coach Jim Harbaugh and captain Justin Herbert lead the L.A. Chargers to Foxboro to take on Drake Maye and the New England Patriots.
And finally, today's episode wraps up with a breakdown of Monday's game between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers, as C.J. Stroud looks to hand Mike Tomlin yet another Wild Card defeat. Plus, we hear Simon's favorite NFL playoff futures and longshot bets! #Volume
0:03:00 - START
0:13:20 - LA RAMS VS. CAROLINA PANTHERS
0:23:30 - GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. CHICAGO BEARS
0:32:55 - BUFFALO BILLS VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
0:38:35 - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
0:45:30 - LA CHARGERS VS. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
0:55:55 - HOUSTON TEXANS VS. PITTSBURGH STEELERS
1:04:50 - FAVORITE NFL PLAYOFF FUTURES & LONGSHOT BETS
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.9 | Welcome to Sharper Square, presented by Hard Rock VAT. |
| 0:09.2 | We are part of the volume podcast network. |
| 0:13.3 | This is the show that makes the squares sharper. |
| 0:16.3 | It makes the wise guys pay attention. |
| 0:18.7 | I am Chad Milman. |
| 0:20.0 | I am joined as I am every week. |
| 0:24.4 | By my co-hoes, my companion, my compadre, my BFF, professional better, |
| 0:30.0 | Simon Hunter. |
| 0:32.5 | Hello, Simon. |
| 0:35.0 | Chad, it is a bittersweet show as it's over for the regular season. I know. Like for us, our contest keeps going and the playoffs keep going and it only gets better here. It's the best football of the year. And you know the deal as a team who, a fan of a team who's in the playoffs. And it's anybody's game. When you make it to the, the you feel that way i know it's usually the |
| 0:54.9 | best teams but is you just want to get to the dance you want to at least get to the dance and um yeah |
| 1:00.3 | when i woke up yesterday after the sunday games i was like my god thank god i still got a team left |
| 1:05.5 | and some football left because it's it's just the best feeling the chase i mean we got it we got a |
| 1:10.5 | bill's fan here a guy who's lost four straight two footballs it's the best best feeling. The chase, I mean, we got it, we got a Bill's fan here, a guy who's lost four straight |
| 1:12.2 | two for bowls. It's the best run of your life, but also can be the most crushing and tone-setting run of your life. But it's, it's the best feeling. Like, I just can't believe the playoffs you're here and running through all these matchups, all the conversation. The island's going crazy. of Bermuda. |
| 1:25.7 | Everything's going crazy right now talking NFL with Knocked our weekend. |
| 1:29.8 | It's the crazy right now talking NFL we've knocked our weekend it's it's the best right now i uh I'm in a little bit of football |
| 1:34.6 | ecstasy because on Friday night I will be in Atlanta to watch the Indiana Hoosiers play the |
| 1:41.0 | Oregon docs in the college football playoff semifinals. I'm so happy you're going |
| 1:44.9 | because that was hard broken. We need to go to the Big Ten championship. So this makes up for it. |
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