Wild Seasons End, Wild Playoffs Begin | NFL Wild Card Weekend
The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast
Playmaker and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
The NFL postseason is officially here and The Favorites is back for an early look at Wild Card Weekend! Action Network hosts Brandon Kravitz, Kendra Middleton and Stuckey discuss a sad ending to the season for the Baltimore Ravens, a strange regular season in the league overall and more. Plus, the crew each plants their flag early on a game they like this weekend and dives into some nuggets from the weekly NFL Primer, courtesy of Action Director of Research Evan Abrams, delivering everything needed to start betting the NFL each week. Jump in and enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the favorites presented by Draft Kings. |
| 0:12.6 | The Crown is yours. |
| 0:14.0 | We are an Action Network podcast. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Brandon Kravitz back at it on this Tuesday morning. |
| 0:20.1 | The first lady of the pod, Kendra |
| 0:21.4 | Middleton is with us. The prime minister of DGEN nation Stucky is here and on today's episode, |
| 0:28.0 | we plant the flag for the wild card round of the NFL playoffs. The postseason is here. I am |
| 0:34.1 | fired up. I know all of you are as well. Kendra's deepest thoughts are coming |
| 0:39.7 | our way on this podcast. And of course, the main event, Evans Tuesday Primer. If you thought |
| 0:46.1 | this season was bizarre, it's because it was. This is straight from the primer. I recommend that |
| 0:52.6 | before you place any wagers, you go and read |
| 0:54.8 | through this thing thoroughly. One preseason division favorite ended up on top. It was the |
| 1:00.8 | Eagles, the fewest that we've seen since 2008. Two teams with win totals of 11 plus before |
| 1:08.4 | the season miss the playoffs entirely the Chiefs and the Ravens. |
| 1:13.1 | It's the first time that's happened since the year 2000. |
| 1:16.2 | We have made it to the most unpredictable postseason imaginable putting everyone on |
| 1:21.9 | the spot here that is on this podcast to open up the show. |
| 1:25.8 | If your life depended on it, |
| 1:30.3 | who would you bet or perhaps you have already to win the Super Bowl this year? |
| 1:32.4 | Kendra, your go. |
| 1:34.8 | I don't think anybody's going to be surprised with my answer. |
| 1:37.9 | Actually, some people might be it. |
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