Sharp or Square - NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND REACTIONS: Bills-Jaguars, Niners-Eagles, Rams-Panthers, Packers-Bears, Texans-Steelers
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iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.3 • 10K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The NFL playoffs have begun, so Chad Millman and Simon Hunter dive into their betting results from Wild Card Weekend, checking in on the gambling action after a thrilling start to the 2026 postseason. Games recapped today start with Saturday's games, as Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers played heroically in a loss to likely MVP Matt Stafford and the favored L.A. Rams in Charlotte.
And naturally Chad and Simon enjoy a long discussion about Packers coach Matt LaFleur, as Green Bay broke the hearts of fans and NFL bettors alike in an agonizing loss to the Chicago Bears. Caleb Williams uses his heroics once again and the Bears advance to the Divisional Round. Moving on to the Sunday slate, we hear our host's recap of an instant classic, as producer Matt Mitchell's guarantee proved spot-on. Reigning MVP Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills won as small road favorites against the Jacksonville Jaguars, with quarterback Trevor Lawrence throwing a last-minute interception to seal their fate, sending coach Liam Coen home as a loser in his playoff debut.
In the City of Brotherly Love, Jalen Hurts and the reigning Super Bowl winners Philadelphia Eagles made sure they will not repeat as champions. Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers were the better team in Lincoln Financial Field, with Christian McCaffrey putting on another stellar performance in what is likely receiver A.J. Brown's final game as an Eagle. And the final recap is from Sunday night, as quarterback Justin Herbert loses another playoff game with the L.A. Chargers, this time in Foxboro. His team put on a dreadful display, and Drake Maye and the New England Patriots deliver another playoff victory for coach Mike Vrabel. And finally, today's episode wraps up quick breakdown of tonight's game between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers, as C.J. Stroud looks to hand Aaron Rodgers a Wild Card defeat. All of this, plus their Shame On You for the week, all in one live episode. #Volume
0:03:00 - START
0:09:40 - LA RAMS VS. CAROLINA PANTHERS RECAP
0:14:40 - GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. CHICAGO BEARS RECAP
0:22:45 - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES RECAP
0:35:30 - LA CHARGERS VS. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS RECAP
0:40:30 - BUFFALO BILLS VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS RECAP
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | Welcome to Sharper Square presented by Hard Rock Bet. |
| 0:09.9 | We are part of the volume podcast Network. |
| 0:13.0 | This is the betting show that makes the square sharper and makes the wise guys pay attention. |
| 0:18.5 | I am Chad Milton. |
| 0:19.3 | I am joined by my co-host, my companion, my |
| 0:23.9 | confidre, my BFF professional better. Simon Hunter. Hello, Simon. Hello, Chad. |
| 0:33.4 | Simon, I'm laughing at our intro because, boy, we did not do any of the things that we talked about in our intro this weekend. |
| 0:41.2 | This is our wildcard weekend review with a little bit of a preview of the Steelers and Texans game. |
| 0:49.4 | We're going to be back in 18 hours to preview the entire divisional round slate. |
| 0:54.7 | So we will sort of identify any games, sides, totals that are moving, but we're not |
| 1:00.5 | going to go too deep on that at the end of the show. |
| 1:03.4 | Boy, Simon. |
| 1:05.5 | Like, if I could describe our first week in a playoff betting as a team that we thought was doing well at the end of the season |
| 1:16.9 | and then got their asses kicked in the playoffs. |
| 1:23.2 | Who would that be right now? |
| 1:27.0 | I mean, it was, it was, it was, it was ball busting. |
| 1:35.4 | Yeah, if someone here's excited to tune in to hear me, just a beating down man. |
| 1:40.9 | Beaten down. |
| 1:41.9 | This is going to be a big Chad show. |
| 1:43.4 | Chad, you want to talk about your wife and kids? |
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