What's Wright - Best Of - Brock Purdy & 49ers SUPER BOWL bound? Stafford vs. Maye MVP, NFL Week 18 Picks
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🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Nick Wright breaks down the Matthew Stafford vs. Drake Maye MVP debate, and what's wrong with it, after the New England Patriots' second-year QB became the favorite over the Los Angeles Rams veteran following Week 17. Later, Nick shares his thoughts on Brock Purdy's hot streak and whether the San Francisco 49ers are a serious Super Bowl threat besides an injury-plagued defense. Next, Nick shares his best bets for Week 18 of the NFL season. #Volume
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | Welcome to the best of the week for What's Right with Nick Wright. |
| 0:07.7 | The best takes and moments from this week on the show. |
| 0:10.9 | Enjoy. |
| 0:12.7 | All right, so Bejohn rolled through the Rams last night in the upset. |
| 0:17.2 | Stafford messed himself up a little bit, dropped to number two in MVP. |
| 0:21.1 | He's at plus 300. |
| 0:22.9 | Drake May is now at minus 450 after his three interceptions. |
| 0:27.2 | How do you think last night impacts the MVP race? |
| 0:33.3 | So I think last night Drake May won the MVP, |
| 0:36.1 | and I do not like that at all. |
| 0:38.5 | And it is not because I don't like Drake May. |
| 0:41.7 | I said on this show and on the TV show two months ago that there aren't five guys in the league. |
| 0:51.3 | I'd rather have it quarterback than Drake May. And that's not just moving forward. |
| 0:56.5 | That is right now this moment. I think he is, I've been telling Wilds all year how legit, how much I do believe in Drake May. |
| 1:08.7 | And he is having an unbelievable season. |
| 1:13.7 | And it is not as if him winning MVP, |
| 1:17.8 | I would find it to be a travesty or an outrage. |
| 1:21.1 | That's not my issue at all. |
| 1:23.6 | My issue is MVP has slowly started to turn into December player of the month amongst the MVP candidates. And I don't like that. We saw this. There have been, listen, |
| 1:52.1 | 2018 MVP Mahomes was a no-brainer. He ran away with it. 2019 MVP, Lamar was a no-brainer. He ran away with it. 2019 MVP. Lamar was a no-brainer. |
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