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Boomer & Gio

NFL Championship Sunday Picks

23 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What are the predictions for the Patriots vs. Broncos game?

0.031 - 24.026 Boomer Esiason

All right, the Boomer and Geo football picks are presented by FanDuel Sportsbook, America's number one sportsbook and the official sportsbook of WFAN. Boomer won the regular season, and I don't believe he can be caught here in the postseason with only three more games to pick. Jerry was nipping at his heels and then choked like a dog. Like a doggie choked. So there you go.

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24.247 - 43.879 Boomer Esiason

One of the worst years we've ever had. Collectively, everybody under 500 that we sit here right now, Boomer's the only one that's got an opportunity to finish above 500. So this is championship weekend, Jerry. You are on one hell of a run. Yes, we do. Losers. Yes, we do. So what do you got for the championship Sunday?

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43.919 - 62.86 Unknown

Let me get this out of the way because I suck. Broncos, Patriots, we'll start there. I am going to take Denver plus the four and a half. It's a bigger number than I thought it was going to be. Everyone is telling me Jared Stidham is going to play well. Defensively, I think they'll be good. I don't know if they're going to win this game, but I'm going to take Denver plus four and a half.

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62.84 - 83.38 Unknown

The second game, I'm going to give you two picks. I'm going to take the Rams plus the two and a half to win this rubber game. I've been impressed by what they've done on the road. The Bears win was very impressive. And I'm also going to take over 46 and a half for the game. So I'll give you two there. So listen, Patriot and Seahawk fans, enjoy Super Bowl 60 because I got the Broncos on the Rams.

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83.36 - 90.193 Unknown

Yeah, but you got the points. Yeah, that is true. I got the points. So those are my three picks for Championship Sunday. All right.

90.454 - 115.715 Boomer Esiason

Well, I agree with you. I'm sorry. I've got the Denver Broncos as well, plus four and a half. But I also am taking the Denver Broncos to win the game. Okay. On the money line, plus 198. The Broncos are a solid top-to-bottom football team, and Bo Nix is a good player. He's not Josh Allen. He's not Patrick Mahomes. He's not Matthew Stafford.

116.055 - 131.575 Boomer Esiason

The drop-off is not going to be significant if everybody that's talking about Jared Stidham is right. And, you know, we were just talking about something. You know when you'd be standing on a tee box and a golfer's going, you know this one's going to go right, and that happens? Yes.

Chapter 2: What factors influence the decision to pick Denver plus the points?

131.555 - 154.372 Boomer Esiason

Drake May in that last cut you played where he was like, I think the ball's going to go further and it's like in his head already. Nah, no good. No good at all. Patriots are going to go down. The Denver Broncos and Sean Payton win the game. And I am taking the Rams as well. Plus two and a half and also to win the game. Plus 120 on the money line. And this is a simplistic one.

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154.412 - 167.859 Boomer Esiason

I know how good top to bottom the Seahawks are. It's head coach, it's quarterback. It's head coach, it's quarterback. And the best quarterback left is Matthew Stafford by a mile. And Sean McVay's done it before. The Rams are going back to the Super Bowl.

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167.879 - 170.946 Gio Benigno

Well, I've had the Rams going to the Super Bowl since week one.

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Chapter 3: What are the predictions for the Rams vs. Seahawks game?

170.966 - 188.629 Gio Benigno

So I'm going to stick with them. I think they... The 2.5 points, they're going to win outright. I think they're going, and I'm going to take the over of 46.5, just like Jerry did. So I'm going to take the Rams and the over in this game. And over the Broncos and the Pats, I'm going to take the Broncos and 4.5. Earlier in the week, it was 5.5.

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188.609 - 204.065 Gio Benigno

So, obviously, a lot of people were on the Broncos, and that's why it's coming down. So, I'm going to take the Broncos, stay with the 4.5, because I think it's a three-point game. And I'm not worried about Jared Stidham. I think he's going to be fine. I think Sean Payton's going to have a lot of completions behind the line of scrimmage, like he always does.

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204.646 - 222.559 Gio Benigno

I don't think Jared Stidham's going to be running around you as much as Bo Nix has done in the past. But the one thing I will say about the Patriots, you talk about the Denver as being a solid football team, so are the Patriots. And they got great coaching, too. Come on, guys. What are we talking about? We're talking about Mike Frabel, and we're talking about Josh McDaniels.

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222.74 - 239.447 Gio Benigno

They haven't been in big games before, haven't coached in big games before. They will have their team ready. I guarantee you. And their defense has stuffed every single quarterback that they have played in the playoffs thus far, only giving up one touchdown in each of the two games.

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239.768 - 241.11 Boomer Esiason

And you're taking the Broncos.

241.09 - 242.191 Gio Benigno

I'm taking the Broncos.

Chapter 4: How do the hosts justify their picks for Championship Sunday?

242.252 - 244.995 Boomer Esiason

It's going to be close.

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245.015 - 255.99 Gio Benigno

It's going to be close, but I'm just saying that it's going to be close because the Patriot defense needs to get its respect as well. So I will take the Broncos to four and a half, and I'm going to take the under in this game.

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256.43 - 262.578 Boomer Esiason

Oh, okay. All right. So all of us agree. And that doesn't generally work out.

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Chapter 5: What insights do the hosts share about the strengths of the Broncos and Patriots?

262.598 - 266.203 Gio Benigno

Well, we don't all agree. You picked the Broncos to win outright.

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266.437 - 274.268 Boomer Esiason

Yeah, but we all agree on the picks with the spreads. With the spreads, yes. So you think that the Patriots are going to the Super Bowl, but the Broncos are covering?

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274.488 - 282.86 Gio Benigno

Yes. Oh, okay. I think it's going to be like a 20-17 game, 21-20, something like that.

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283.561 - 290.05 Boomer Esiason

All right, so let's just assume we didn't make the picks and we're not rooting for our picks. What Super Bowl matchup do you want to see, Jerry?

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291.732 - 295.397 Unknown

That's a good question. Probably Broncos-Rams.

295.563 - 300.067 Gio Benigno

I would say. Without Bo Nix on the field, I want to see the Patriots and the Rams.

300.988 - 321.046 Boomer Esiason

If the Broncos win, we got a story. A backup quarterback coming in, winning a championship game, going to the Super Bowl. So I'm rooting for the Denver Broncos and also the Seattle Seahawks because Jared Stidham and Sam Darnold in the Super Bowl, it gives hope to everybody. It does. Those two guys can play in the Super Bowl.

321.066 - 324.289 Gio Benigno

Anybody can play in the Super Bowl. Fernando Mendoza just won a national championship.

324.309 - 331.611 Boomer Esiason

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