We’re Rooting for Absolute Playoff Chaos

09/01/2026 21 min
We’re Rooting for Absolute Playoff Chaos

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Episode Synopsis

The guys kick off Wild Card Weekend by laying out their “selfish rooting interest” list, where Jets bitterness, Giants coaching paranoia, and pure chaos all collide. It starts with Rams-Panthers and a very specific agenda: hope Carolina’s Bryce Young doubt grows just enough to create more QB options for the Jets, while also keeping the Panthers from becoming a real future threat.

Then it turns into Bears-Packers, where personal grudges (Ben Johnson), weather talk, and the dream of a coaching-search circus take center stage. If the Packers lose, does it crack open another job and send the league into full-blown coach chaos? That’s the debate.

They hit Bills-Jaguars with the “maximum pain” theory for Buffalo fans, plus the Harbaugh ripple effects in Eagles-Niners, before the segment swerves into the Saquon billboard drama that feels like a direct shot at Giants fans. The back half includes Knicks-Wizards draft-pick paranoia, Giants OC continuity talk (Kafka and the Dart development angle), and a mini debate on why you can’t blindly trust AI without fact-checking.

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