Sharp or Square - Sharp NFL Wild Card Weekend Bets: Rams-Panthers, Packers-Bears, Bills-Jaguars, Niners-Eagles, Chargers-Patriots, Texans-Steelers
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
The kickoff of NFL Wild Card Weekend 2026 is almost here, and betting expert Chad Millman is joined by professional sports gambler Simon Hunter! Before loyal Indiana Hoosier Chad Millman flies to Atlanta for a huge College Football Playoff game, they discuss every game for this opening round of the NFL Playoffs!
But first, they react to the unexpected firing of Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh. 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/
They begin with Saturday's massive matchups, as Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers host Matt Stafford and the favored L.A. Rams in Charlotte. Later in prime time, Jordan Love returns from injury for the Green Bay Packers as they look to settle the score against Caleb Williams and the rival Chicago Bears in frigid Soldier Field. Does genius new Chicago coach Ben Johnson have what it takes to win in the playoffs? Moving on to betting picks and predictions on the Sunday slate, we hear our host'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. The Jaguars are 0-19 in games with totals higher than 49. With a total of 52, can coach Liam Coen buck this trend for good?
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, quarterback Justin Herbert leads the L.A. Chargers to Foxboro to take on Drake Maye and the New England Patriots. Will wily veteran coach Jim Harbaugh get the better of Mike Vrabel? 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 get Simon's biggest bets, an underdog moneyline parlay, and so much more! #Volume
0:03:00 - START
0:12:40 - SHARP CALLS
0:15:00 - LOS ANGELES RAMS VS. CAROLINA PANTHERS
0:20:20 - GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. CHICAGO BEARS
0:28:30 - BUFFALO BILLS VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
0:36:30 - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
0:41:35 - LOS ANGELES CHARGERS VS. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
0:52:45 - HOUSTON TEXANS VS. PITTSBURGH STEELERS
1:00:40 - BIGGEST BETS, MONEYLINE PARLAYS, ETC
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to Sharper Square, presented by Hard Rock Bat. |
| 0:09.2 | We are part of the volume podcast network. |
| 0:12.0 | This is the show that makes the squares sharper and makes the wise guys pay attention. |
| 0:16.7 | I am Chad Milman. |
| 0:17.6 | I'm joined as always by my co-host, my BFF, my companion, my confidre, professional better, Simon Hunter. |
| 0:27.8 | Hello, Simon. |
| 0:30.9 | Chad, we were at the beginning of, I guess you could say, the best football week of the year. |
| 0:35.9 | And it starts tonight with college football obviously it's not your |
| 0:38.6 | team you're tomorrow night but how you feeling buddy 24 36 hours out what are we at dude it's it's |
| 0:43.9 | probably the greatest 24 hours of football opportunity in my life i will fly to fly to Atlanta immediately after the show for the |
| 0:56.3 | college football playoff semifinal between Oregon and America's sweethearts, the Indiana |
| 1:03.0 | Hoosiers. I will tell you, there have been a lot to talk about ratings and ratings have been |
| 1:08.0 | great for the college football playoffs. I think Indiana has truly become America's team. |
| 1:14.0 | People are so captured by the story, the turnaround by Signetti, Matt Mitchell, |
| 1:21.4 | a regular better of Indiana football and a day one super fan of coach Kurt Signetti. Best of luck to all the Hoosiers, which is everybody |
| 1:34.9 | right now. Nothing gets people excited like winning. It's pretty simple. I win. Google me. |
| 1:45.0 | I may piss you people off, but so what? This is the entertainment business. |
| 1:48.0 | We had to wake some people up and create some excitement. |
| 1:51.0 | Whatever you knew about Indiana and past, you got to race the tape. |
| 1:55.0 | Now you're missing with a son of a bitch. Matt Mitchell has been texting with a son of a bitch. |
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