The Consequential Countdown: Lions, Lamar, and the 49ers' Path Home

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

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🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Lions out. Lamar on the brink. Ben Johnson in the drivers seat. And if the 49ers run the table, they'll play home games the rest of the way. Yes, it's that time in the football season where every little game matters a ton. Top seeds to top draft picks. Jonathan Zaslow joins Dave Dameshek on this episode of Football America! They go through the most consequential games of the upcoming weekend. Everything is in play. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/AP) Rundown: -Christmas Complaints -Lamar on the brink -DK's mistake -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 Jonathan Zaslow: https://x.com/ZaslowShow Host: Dave Dameshek Guests: Jonathan Zaslow 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'm
0:02.0	A Wrault
0:03.0	A Wra Hi and hello and happy holidays, my fellow football Americans, welcome to NFL Week 17.
0:36.5	Welcome to round two of the college football playoff. Welcome to Football America. Welcome to NFL Week 17. Welcome to round two of the college football
0:38.5	playoff. Welcome to Football America. We're presented as ever by our pals over there at
0:43.5	Draft Kings. Draft Kings, the crown is your Merry Christmas belatedly. There's nothing worse,
0:49.4	though, than somebody who wishes you Merry Christmas or any evident holiday as soon as the holiday
0:55.7	has come and gone. It's still happy holidays time because we still have the New Year's still
1:01.5	have the New Year's celebration. But there's nothing worse than seeing a commercial for Christmas
1:09.3	the day after Christmas.
1:10.9	We're 364 days away from it.
1:13.2	I don't want to get Scroogey right out of the gate, though.
1:15.6	We have to get you right for NFL Week 17 at minimum.
1:19.5	If we have time, we'll talk about round two.
1:22.0	The U in Ohio State is the first one up in round two of the college football playoff.
1:27.8	Travis Kelsey's career appears to be nearing an end.
1:31.6	Bo Nix and those Denver Broncos just getting started.
1:35.3	So too is Caleb Williams and Drake May,
1:38.2	and we have to talk about all of those cats.
1:40.4	Lamar Jackson may or may not be out there.
1:43.1	It's tracking that he is not going to be out there in Lambo on Saturday night.
1:47.4	Critical for the AFC North, DK.K. Metcalf, we know, is not going to be out there in Cleveland.
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