The End of the Chiefs' Era 📉 + an AFC collision course? 👀

The Adam Schefter Podcast

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4.2 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Adam and Ty Schmit of The Pat McAfee Show discuss the seeming end of the Chiefs' dynasty, what the Colts will do at QB, the Browns naming Shedeur Sanders the starter for the rest of the season, what the Packers and Steelers have in common, a potential collision course in the AFC, and give out their weekly power rankings. 0:00 Welcome 1:48 Is the Chiefs' dynasty over? 8:31 Colts QB plans 13:32 Shedeur Sanders to start the rest of the season for Browns 19:31 What the Packers and Steelers have in common 25:55 An AFC collision course? 31:21 Power Rankings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	T'was the holidays at Starbucks red aprons tied up, warm wishes and names written on festive red cups.
0:08.7	The chocolatey mousse latte is here to cozy things up, topped with mokker cream moose for a finishing touch.
0:16.1	Two lattes in hand, one for you and one for me, because together truly is the best place to be.
0:24.3	The holidays are served now at Starbucks, subject to availability while stocks last.
0:34.0	Welcome back to the Adam Schaefter podcast as we head into week 15 of the NFL season and the stretch run of the playoff drive with teams coming alive and teams withering and everything across the National Football League happening.
0:50.6	And to help break it down and to help us look ahead and to help us gain further inside
0:56.6	into the wild wacky world of the national football league that's the greatest reality show going
1:01.5	we bring in the co-host of the pat maccabee show my friend my colleague tye smit with this week
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1:19.3	Thank you very much, Shephti. What a weekend. What a Monday night game. We're in that time now. I tell you what, we're getting several kind of de facto
1:28.0	elimination games and seating is being, you know, kind of changed and moved around every single
1:34.7	week. And this upcoming week is no different. We got about three or four games that are going to
1:39.5	have massive implications for teams, playoff chances for the way the seating is going to go in the
1:46.3	NFC and AFC.
1:47.8	It just, you mentioned it.
1:49.1	I mean, it's the best reality show there is every single week seems to one up the
1:54.2	week before, and I can't wait for week 15.
1:57.7	It's going to be great.
1:59.3	It's drama every single week. Teams that you didn't think are in trouble
2:04.4	are in trouble. Teams that you didn't think would have a chance come alive. And it is always
2:10.3	constantly evolving and changing. And that's what makes this such a great drama weekend and week out
2:15.9	tie. Absolutely, Shepty.
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