The Insiders Podcast: Deshaun Watson Tears Achilles Again, Wild Card Game Changers, and Matt Cassell Joins the Insiders

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🗓️ 11 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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NFL Network Insiders Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo provide injury updates on Jalen Hurts, AJ Brown, Devonta Smith, and Jordan Love ahead of Wild Card Weekend. They also discuss the reports that Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy and Jerry Jones are expected to begin contract talks and that Browns quarterback DeShaun Watson could miss 2025 season after suffering another torn Achilles. Plus, Brian Baldinger and Adam Rank reveal the wildcard game changers and game wreckers, Cameron Wolfe previews the Broncos-Bills matchup, Stacey Dales reports on Packers-Eagles, and Bridget Condon talks Chargers-Texans. Finally, former NFL QB Matt Cassell joins show to share his new Podcast ‘’Lots to Say’’ with Bobby Bones.

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0:00.0	We are less than 24 hours away from kickoff, and our guys, Brian Bolinger and Adam
0:13.6	Rank will be here to tell you who could be the game changers on Wild Card weekend.
0:20.3	Bill Belichick remains the head coach at the University of
0:23.0	North Carolina for now, but the possibility of an NFL return lingers. One of his former players
0:29.7	joins us with some interesting thoughts on his former coach who once traded him away. Meanwhile,
0:36.3	more bad news for Deshaun Watson, who tore his Achilles,
0:39.2	again, and that was in jeopardy of missing the entire 2025 season. So what does that mean for
0:45.1	the Brown's plans to add a quarterback? Perhaps with the number two overall pick, we will tell you
0:50.6	the latest from Cleveland. And yes, we're talking about playoffs.
0:55.5	Welcome Inside with the Insiders,
0:58.1	alongside Mike Garifolo.
0:59.9	I am Tom Pellisero.
1:02.1	We are 30 days away from Super Bowl 59.
1:05.6	We are just one day away from the start of the playoffs.
1:09.4	14 teams still alive, two guys in plaid shirts,
1:12.8	and we've only got one hour to talk about every bit of it.
1:15.6	Let's start out in Philadelphia where, yes, the Eagles will have Jalen Hertz back in the lineup.
1:22.4	He officially has cleared the concussion protocol off the injury report. of course, missed the tail end of the regular season.
1:30.8	That gave him extra time to get through all these steps.
1:33.8	Final clearance by an independent neurologist has come.
1:36.8	Jalen Hertz is going to be out there.
1:38.8	Good to go Sunday against the Packers, and he's going to have some help, Mike.
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