What Mattered in Week 17? Steelers/Ravens, Brock Purdy, Eagles/Bills, And More!

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Sheil is joined by The Ringer’s own Billy Gil to take a hard look at all of the Week 17 action and determine what will be the most important things to pay attention to in the final week of the NFL season. (00:00) What mattered in week 17? (1:37) What matters most in next week’s Steelers-Ravens matchup? (5:27) Does the Myles Garrett sack record controversy matter? (12:05) What mattered most from Eagles-Bills? (15:52) Does the Tom Brady glove controversy matter? (24:56) What mattered most from Bears-49ers? (29:22) Does Trey McBride’s tight end receptions record matter? The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil Kapadia Guest: Billy Gil Producer: Chris Sutton Social: Alysha Tsuji Production 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.
0:08.4	I'm your host, Shield Capadia.
0:10.1	Week 17 is in the books.
0:12.6	The NFL season is almost over.
0:14.8	The regular season's almost over.
0:16.6	So what actually mattered this week?
0:18.8	That's what we're talking about today.
0:20.3	We're talking about that Bears 49ers shootout on Sunday night.
0:24.4	We're talking about Eagles, Bills, and Buffalo's decision to go for two at the end.
0:29.7	And of course, we're talking about chaos in the AFC North.
0:33.1	The Ravens are somehow still alive.
0:35.5	Comes down to week 18 between the Ravens and Steelers.
0:39.4	And then maybe a little record talk, Miles Garrett, Trey McBride, some records being chased here at the end of the season.
0:46.0	My guest today is the ringers, Billy Gill.
0:49.4	We will get into all of those topics and more.
0:52.4	Let's take a break.
0:53.2	We'll come back with Billy. This episode of the topics and more. Let's take a break. We'll come back with Billy.
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