Wild Card Weekend DELIVERS| Rams, Bears, Bills, 49ers & Patriots ADVANCE to the Divisional Round

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Wild Card Weekend brings chaos as underdogs nearly topple favorites, last-minute heroics define outcomes, and coaching futures hang in the balance. Josh Allen powers the Buffalo Bills past the Jacksonville Jaguars with clutch fourth-down conversions, while Caleb Williams rallies the Chicago Bears to a stunning comeback over the Green Bay Packers, leaving fans to question if Matt LaFleur’s days in Green Bay are numbered. The San Francisco 49ers survive a fourth-quarter Eagles surge, and the Rams' vulnerabilities are exposed by a resilient Panthers squad led by Bryce Young. Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs break down the shifting playoff landscape, analyzing key plays, quarterback performances, and the impact of injuries on teams like the Chargers and Patriots. The episode also spotlights potential head coaching moves, from Mike McDaniel’s interview circuit to surprises that could shake up the NFL hierarchy. Which franchises will make bold moves to secure their future, and who will thrive as the coaching carousel gains momentum?

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0:00.0	It was a wild, wild card weekend, and we're going to get into all of it today on Locked on NFL scouting.
0:12.6	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting, part of the Locked-on
0:22.5	Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.4	What's better than this?
0:29.0	It's guys being dudes here on the Locked-on NFL scouting podcast.
0:33.5	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network.
0:55.9	We're the Draft dudes. I'm Joe Marino from Lockdown Bills. He's Kyle Crabs from Lockdown Dolphins. And we are your NFL experts here with you daily to talk team building across the league on the Lockdown NFL scouting podcast with the draft dudes. Part of the Lockdown podcast network, your team every day. One is you a big thank you. Shout out and welcome to our everydayers.
0:58.2	Those of you who never miss a single episode,
1:00.9	we appreciate y'all being here very, very much.
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1:15.8	Joe, happy victory Monday.
1:16.7	Thank you.
1:25.8	To Joe Marino, the Buffalo Bills, the San Francisco 49ers, the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and New England Patriots.
1:27.9	One left to go.
1:29.6	I have two high-level thoughts that I think kind of cover just about every playoff game before we get very specific with them.
1:35.7	The first one is that it felt like these games, notwithstanding the Chargers and Patriots, kind of had like a defensive struggle for three quarters. Everyone's trying not to lose the game in the first three quarters and then the haymakers come in the fourth quarter. And they were really fun, all of these games. And the other piece just had a high level is for as much as we talk about running the ball and stopping the run and how it matters at this point in the season, it wasn't that, man. It was it was about quarterbacks making throws.
2:04.8	That's what these playoff games are about to me. Yeah. And, and you had just about every
2:12.4	variety of game, where the first four games that were played, we had what?
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