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Worst to first: 5 non-playoff NFL teams that could take the leap next season | Football 301

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🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Nate Tice, Matt Harmon & Charles McDonald are LIVE from San Francisco for Super Bowl LX as they break down which teams could pull a Seahawks or Patriots next season and make a deep playoff run after missing the postseason this year.

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0:00.0

This episode of Football 301, we are in San Francisco at the Yahoo offices.

0:06.6

Charles McDonald and Matt Harmon, join me.

0:09.5

A little worse to first.

0:10.8

We look at teams that did not make the playoffs that can make a leap next year.

0:14.4

Maybe not a Super Bowl run, but maybe win a playoff game.

0:17.3

Some surprise teams that we think can make the jump.

0:19.8

On top of that, we also round up some coaching news because the NFL does not stop. No yon is straight yet, but we do talk

0:25.9

about everything in the NFL. Super fun show with the guys. See you guys in a sec.

0:34.7

Hello, welcome to Football 301. I'm your host, Nate Tice, and we are live from downtown San Francisco, near Radio Row. Radio Row adjacent here. I'm joined, as always, to talk about some fun things today. We got Matt Harmon, Charles McDonald. We'll start with you, Chuck, Mr. Forberts. Great to see you. How you doing? I'm doing good. It's a lot better than the negative 7 degrees. I left in New York City.

0:57.0

So we'll take the 60s. But we are near Radio Row. We are not anywhere near where the 49ers play

1:04.2

or where media events are this week, where the players are staying. But you have to have some

1:10.2

foothold in San Francisco

1:11.4

to keep claiming that. So even though we are an hour away from where they play, it's still a good

1:15.9

time because it's warm. You said last night everyone was talking about how far away it was.

1:20.3

It's like the scene in Jaws are comparing scars. They're like, how long did they take you?

1:24.2

Hour 40? It took me too. Okay. So this is my first time here. I think, like, the scope of California gets lost to East Coasters sometimes because this is the same, this is the same thing as calling, like, the Baltimore Ravens, the D.C. Ravens, or, like, the Baltimore, the commanders. It's the same distance. Like, just go, let's go move down there. You know, why do I take a bus ride to go to media events?

1:46.7

Come on. Fair enough. The whole area. Multiple cities. Hey, you, Matt. Two shows in a row, two days in a row. Good to see you. I'm also here. Can I just say, too, by the way, in a week full of, like, you know, media members, you know, maybe perhaps myself included,

1:59.8

you know, really trying to dress well.

2:01.1

I think Charles really brought it with the

2:02.6

Pigley Wiggly shirt.

2:03.8

I think he's the best outfit I know, media members, you know, maybe perhaps myself included, you know, really trying to dress well.

2:01.1

I think Charles really brought it with the pigly wiggly shirt. I think it's the best outfit I've seen so far here. That's right. Shout to my people. Hell yeah. I have the subtle, you know, color matching too with the oilers tag. Oh, right there. I see. I know it's great. I know you said something to me when you first saw me today.

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