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The Herd with Colin Cowherd

Sharp or Square - Sharp NFL Week 18 Bets: Ravens-Steelers, Packers-Vikings, Panthers-Bucs, Lions-Bears, Cardinals-Rams and more

The Herd with Colin Cowherd

iHeartPodcasts and The Volume

News, Football, Sports News, Sports, Basketball

4.310K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year, gamblers! Today proud Indiana Hoosier alumnus Chad Millman and professional sports gambler Simon Hunter deep dive into their best bets for Week 18, the final week of the NFL regular season. They tell their fellow New Years bettors their favorite remaining NFL matchups across the board, leading up to their final five against the spread bets in their weekly NFL pick 'em pool contest https://sharporsquare.thevolume.com/ as our audience competes for a fabulous grand prize trip to South Florida, courtesy of our sponsor Hard Rock Bet!

We also have Simon's weekly Sharp Calls segment, where Simon recaps the conversations he's had with fellow professional gamblers responding to our show earlier this week. NFL betting picks and predictions provided today include their best bets for two blockbuster Saturday games, as Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers battle Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Bucs, before Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks battle Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers in prime time. We also hear about the Buffalo Bills against Brady Cook and the New York Jets, in the finale of Buffalo's Highmark Stadium.


The sputtering Kansas City Chiefs play the tanking Las Vegas Raiders, and a brutalized Green Bay Packers team goes on the road versus the Minnesota Vikings. Simon and Chad debate Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens against Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Shedeur Sanders and the Cleveland Browns against Joe Burrow and the surging Cincinnati Bengals, as well as Jared Goff and the Lions in a NFC North showdown vs. Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears. And of course we hear about the LA Chargers visiting Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos, and the Miami Dolphins looking to hand MVP frontrunner Drake Maye and the New England Patriots a rare loss. Do the Washington Commanders have anything left to throw at the Philadelphia Eagles? And can the Arizona Cardinals cover against MVP candidate Matt Stafford and the LA Rams? More importantly: will our hosts find more winners for our audience?


Answers to all these, plus picks and predictions for NFL Week 18 including our Brass Balls Bet of the Week, Round Robin parlays, over/under picks, survivor pool picks, Simon's biggest bets of the week, moneyline favorites, parlays, and so much more. #Volume


 0:03:00 - START 0:08:00 - SHARP CALLS 

0:12:15 - CAROLINA PANTHERS VS. TAMPA BAY BUCS

0:16:55 - SEATTLE SEAHAWKS VS. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

0:24:30 - NEW ORLEANS VS. ATLANTA FALCONS

0:28:30 - CLEVELAND BROWNS VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS

0:34:55 - DALLAS COWBOYS VS. NEW YORK GIANTS

0:35:00 - GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. MINNESOTA VIKINGS

0:37:00 - LA CHARGERS VS. DENVER BRONCOS

0:40:34 - DETROIT LIONS VS. CHICAGO BEARS

0:45:50 - ARIZONA CARDINALS VS. LA RAMS

0:49:50 - BALTIMORE RAVENS VS. PITTSBURGH STEELERS

0:59:00 - SIMON'S BIGGEST BETS, MONEYLINE PARLAYS, ROUND ROBINS

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.9

Welcome to Sharper Square, presented by Hard Rock Bet.

0:09.7

We are part of the volume podcast network.

0:12.2

This is the show that makes the squares sharper and makes the wise guys pay attention.

0:16.8

I am Chad Millman.

0:17.9

I'm joined, as always, by my BFF, my companion, my cabadre, professional, better, my co-host,

0:26.4

Simon Hunter.

0:29.0

Hello, Simon.

0:31.2

Chad, happy year to you, my friend.

0:33.1

How you doing?

0:33.8

Happy near to you.

0:34.9

Happy new year to Matt Mitchell.

0:36.0

Happy new year to all of our friends and

0:39.8

listeners and watchers who have spent the season with us, who found us anew in the Sharper Square

0:49.3

world who came with us from the old world. We are incredibly appreciative and lucky as we kick off 2026.

1:02.0

Good Lord, 2026.

1:05.0

Yeah, it doesn't sound real yet.

1:10.0

I definitely had one of those moments last night.

1:13.2

We were just saying out loud.

1:14.6

I turned to my friend and I said,

1:16.1

it is weird every time you hear that we're closer now to 2050 than we are to the year 2000.

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