Three Numbers That Explain the MVP Race, the Micah Parsons Injury, and Seahawks-Rams Stake

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Sheil is joined by Seth Walder from ESPN to dive into the crucial data surrounding some of the biggest hot-button topics buzzing around the NFL. (00:00) Three numbers: The MVP race, the Parsons injury, and Seahawks-Rams(1:22) The MVP betting odds(9:14) Micah Parsons's pass rush win rate for the Packers(16:30) Rams vs. Seahawks playoff ramifications(26:42) The Hurry Up: The end of Patrick Mahomes’s second phase Shopping. Streaming. Celebrating. It’s on Prime. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Seth WalderProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show.
0:08.1	I'm your host, Shield Capadia.
0:09.4	Today, we are looking at three interesting numbers after week 15.
0:14.4	Our guest is ESPN, Seth Walder.
0:17.4	I asked him to come to the table with three things he finds interesting and he brought it
0:22.0	with nuggets on. The MVP race. The impact to the Michael Parsons injury. And Thursday night's
0:28.7	massive Rams Seahawks matchup. He's going against the grain with some of these. We'll see
0:34.3	if I agree or I disagree with him. So let's take a break.
0:37.8	Come back with ESPN, Seth Walder.
0:42.0	This episode of The Ringer NFL show is presented by State Farm.
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1:23.2	Music Farm is the real deal. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. All right, we are back here on the Ringer NFL show with ESPN's.
1:27.7	Seth Walder, love having him on. He always makes me think, you know, tells me something I don't know. Seth, I feel bad. I gave you like homework this time, which I don't like to give the guest's homework. But I'm like, I want to know what does Seth find interesting here? Give me some nuggets. So you did the work. three nuggets, numbers, takes, whatever, however we want to frame them.
1:46.1	What's the first one you have for us? Firstly, I like it. I appreciate it. And
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