What happened in Buffalo, John Harbaugh introduced in New York, Jeff Hafley goes to Miami
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Former NFL scout John Middlekauff dives into the report about a power struggle in Buffalo being the main reason why Sean McDermott got fired as the Bills head coach. Next, John talks about John Harbaugh's first press conference as the Giants head coach and how he is likely the right guy to turn the Giants around. Later, John discusses the Dolphins hiring Packers DC Jeff Hafley as their new head coach and where this hire leaves GB.
Finally, John answers your questions in this episode's mailbag segment.
03:38 - What happened in Buffalo
10:32 - John Harbaugh's presser
25:56 - Jeff Hafley goes to Miami
32:43 - Will we see an 18-game season
43:12 - Mailbag
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.3 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, everybody, John Middle Cop 3 Now podcast. How are we doing, my friends, my people, |
| 0:25.4 | out there in the real world? Hopefully you're sleeping well and catching some Zs that I am not. |
| 0:30.9 | But today, we will power through and talk some ball because some stories breaking out of Buffalo about the details |
| 0:39.5 | of the power struggle who was clearly won by the front office. I found time to watch John Harbaugh's |
| 0:45.6 | press conference made some notes there. Jeff Halfley, who was just hired by the Miami Dolphins, |
| 0:52.5 | did something that's pretty interesting that deserves a lot of credit for. |
| 0:56.0 | Bob Kraft had some comments and we will do a mailbag as well. |
| 1:00.6 | At John Middlecough, at John Middlecough is the Instagram. |
| 1:03.3 | Fire in those DMs and get your questions on the show. |
| 1:07.9 | Me and Colin have done multiple podcasts this week. |
| 1:10.6 | Did one last night, did one Sunday night. I've done podcasts Saturday, Sunday, Monday, |
| 1:16.9 | doing one Tuesday. All the videos are up on Netflix, so go check them out. And yeah, |
| 1:23.9 | hopefully everyone's doing well. And let's, I guess before, make sure you, obviously all of our videos are up on Netflix, go check that out. |
| 1:30.9 | Apple, Spotify, if you listen on Collins feed, make sure you subscribe so you never miss a podcast. |
| 1:36.1 | And we'll be talking some national football league, and that's what we'll do today. |
| 1:40.0 | So let's dive right in. |
| 1:41.3 | Let's dive into Buffalo. |
| 1:43.9 | And it's been pretty well documented. |
| 1:47.3 | 48 hours after the firing, there was a power struggle, which happens a lot. |
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