Sharp or Square - Sharp Conference Championship NFL Playoffs Bets: Patriots-Broncos & Rams-Seahawks
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Only three games remain in the 2026 NFL Playoffs, with Super Bowl LX looming in San Francisco. To discuss this Sunday's Conference Championships, betting expert Chad Millman is joined by professional sports gambler Simon Hunter to discuss each matchup in an episode sponsored by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/SHARPORSQUARE and use code SHARPORSQUARE at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics.
Together hosts provide initial betting picks and predictions for the games, including spreads, totals, and select player props as their free SHARP OR SQUARE PRO FOOTBALL PICK 'EM CONTEST continues at https://sharporsquare.thevolume.com/
On Sunday, gambling action starts with the AFC Championship between the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos. Quarterback Bo Nix is now out with a broken ankle, so Denver turns to backup and former Auburn Tiger Jarrett Stidham as a sizable home underdogs. He'll face MVP finalist Drake Maye, who looks to keep the Patriots' incredible Super Bowl dreams alive for Coach of the Year finalist Mike Vrabel.
On Sunday night, the NFC Championship game is a showdown between NFC West foes. The Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks face each other for a third time this season, as quarterback Matthew Stafford comes off an overtime win to play Sam Darnold. Will Darnold see more ghosts in the defensive backfield? Or is he ready to exorcise his demons and take the Seahawks to a special west coast Super Bowl? All their final and official betting picks, all in one fast-paced episode! #Volume
0:00:00 - START
0:08:30 - SHARP CALLS
0:12:10 - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. DENVER BRONCOS
0:29:00 - L.A. RAMS VS. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
0:42:00 - SIMON BIGGEST BETS OF THE WEEK
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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. |
| 0:09.0 | We are part of the Volume podcast network. |
| 0:11.2 | This is the show that makes the square sharper and makes the wise guys pay attention. |
| 0:15.2 | I am Chad Milman. |
| 0:16.5 | I am joined, as always, by my co-host, my companion, my BFF, my compadre, professional better, |
| 0:21.6 | Simon Hunter, hello, Simon. |
| 0:25.8 | Chad, how we doing? |
| 0:27.3 | Dude, I'm a champion. |
| 0:31.0 | So for the past 72 hours, |
| 0:34.5 | I've pretty much just been watching every video, reading every tweet, looking at every |
| 0:40.2 | Instagram post. Last night at dinner, my wife and I went out, and we were talking about the game |
| 0:47.3 | and the Indiana game. And she goes, I feel like you think you were on the field and you won the game. I'm like, I committed |
| 0:56.7 | 36 years of my life to this team. I'm going to enjoy it. I'm going to absorb it. I'm going to live it. |
| 1:07.6 | I deserve it. My son asked me like, what did I talk about like all day? My son likes to ask |
| 1:13.8 | like, what did you guys talk about? What did he say? What he said? He likes to get into the weeds |
| 1:17.3 | on the details. And he said, what were you talking about with Matt and Andy on Monday? I'm like, |
| 1:24.3 | we talked about Indiana. At the game, we talked about Indiana. |
| 1:29.2 | At halftime, we talked about India. |
| 1:31.2 | All we did was talk about, are we going to win this game? |
| 1:32.0 | We're winning this game. |
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