The Chiefs Missed the Playoffs?! Waking Up to the Craziest Year in Football

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

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🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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We've been thinking this season has been crazy. So what is the craziest thing to learn about if you fell into a coma last New Year's Eve and are just waking up right now? The Chiefs and Lions missed the playoffs. All-Pro Micah Parsons got traded to the Green Bay Packers. Jimmy Kimmel got pulled off the air. Jayden Daniels did zero, but the 2nd year QBs Bo Nix, Drake Maye and Caleb Williams all won their divisions. The Steelers followed up their awful idea of starting Russ Wilson by signing another mercenary. Or the Indiana Hoosiers destroyed the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl. Our good pal The Dutch Mook Paul Koehorst joins the show to answer this question and give his thoughts on the top games of the week on this episode of Football America! (Photo by Matt Durisko/AP) Rundown: -Dave on the Hoosiers -Hall of Fame -Waking up from a Coma -Top Games of the Week AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek Host: Dave Dameshek Guests: The Dutch Mook Paul Koehorst Team: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Bradley Campbell Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Commanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I understand the enthusiasm.
0:07.0	Confusion even.
0:08.0	The Hoosers aren't just beating Alabama.
0:10.0	They're kicking the shit out of them.
0:13.0	And I'm pretty sure this is the Rose Bowl.
0:15.0	Hoosias!
0:16.0	Let's f*** go, baby!
0:20.0	Weird times.
0:21.6	Moments after the biggest miracle in sports since the 1980 U.S. hockey team.
0:39.3	Moments away from three NFL division titles being settled.
0:43.5	Hi and hello and happy New Year, my fellow football Americans.
0:47.9	Yeah, it's a whole new world order.
0:50.5	The Indiana Hoosiers didn't just beat the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl.
0:55.3	They destroyed them.
0:56.8	Welcome to NFL Week 18.
0:59.0	Welcome to, I guess, in between college football playoff, rounds two and three.
1:04.2	Welcome to Football America episode number 39 presented as ever by our pals over at Draft Kings.
1:10.3	Draft Kings, the crown is yours we have a
1:12.9	lot to cover here only two maybe three really important pro football games we're going to dig in
1:19.8	on those also going to look back at some college football stuff maybe even get to a sheki award
1:24.6	good times for sure if you are a fan of the U, the Ducks,
1:30.5	Ole Miss, Wild game, wild fourth quarter against Georgia, but it's still only kind of
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