Pardon My Take
NFL Championship Sunday, Patriots Are All The Way Back and The Seahawks Win An All Timer + Who's Back Of The Week
26 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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On today's part of my take, presented by DraftKings Super Bowl 60 is set, and we're going to talk about Conference Championship Sunday. We had two very different games, but we have a Super Bowl rematch. Patriots and Seahawks are going to be playing in two weeks. in Santa Clara for the Super Bowl, for the Lombardi. We're going to break down both games.
We're going to talk about Mike McCarthy to the Steelers. We have who's back of the week. We have fastest two minutes. And it's all brought to you by our friends at GameTime. The GameTime app gives the advantage back to fans. It's the hack for unlocking amazing tickets and experiences in just a few taps. It's incredibly easy to use.
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Hank, what are we looking at for the big game?
We're looking, we're thinking soupy. Sorry, I got a smile. We're thinking big game right now on the GameTime app.
It's going to be such a smirk episode for Hank. Hank, for the first time, was locked in on this ad read for GameTime because it's the Super Bowl that the Patriots are in.
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Chapter 2: How did the Seahawks perform against the Rams?
Got it.
Okay.
Oh, so if they hadn't lined up correctly, it wouldn't have got tipped.
Sweetie, that's not a penalty. That's just you can line up wherever you want to line up.
God, I thought you were talking about the center, but that's all right. No, no, no. Yeah, you're right. I don't know, Paul. I just know championships.
You do. You just know winning. So it's a sickening game for, I mean, even I think Nick Benito said, like, it's sickening knowing that we were the better team. Well, you weren't because you lost. Yeah. Can't say that. Knowing we're definitely the better team. No. I have a question. If Bo Nix starts that game, do you think the Broncos win?
Yeah, well, Patrick Sertan retweeted a tweet from someone saying, safe to say Bo Nix would have Bo Jangle fried these. Word I can't say.
That's a shame.
Is that true?
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Super Bowl matchup?
I'll do that. I'll do that.
Okay. Dana-Farber Foundation. PFT, do you want to do that? Do I want to? Well, see, Big Cat made it sound like he was offering the double. He did offer. I offered Hank the double or nothing off the air beforehand, and Hank got really scared and ran away.
He got scared as fuck. I said, I don't know. You said Big Cat was bullying and being like, you have to do it, you have to do it, you have to do it. I said, I don't have to do shit. You got scared. But if you're going to donate five grand. Yeah, I'll do it. Dana-Farber, I'll do it.
No problem. So 80 grand?
Chapter 4: What happened in the Patriots vs. Broncos game?
Yeah. Just straight up. Money line. Yeah.
Yeah.
I love this.
So if the Patriots win the Super Bowl, you give them 80?
You owe me 80 grand. Well, this kind of sucks because I rented the cash machine for like $1,400. We can still do some fun with it. We'll have some fun with the cash machine.
I'm sure Big Cow will be able to take care of it.
Yeah, we'll take care of the cash grab. We'll have some fun with the cash machine. You feel good about that?
Yeah. Fuck yeah.
Yeah. Okay. I love it. But you were hesitant at first.
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Chapter 5: What were the biggest surprises from NFL Championship Sunday?
Do you want to? So I have a list of. Do you think that the injury before the season when McVay was like, yeah, I don't know. I don't know if he's going to even be able to play football. Can we look back now and be like, that was. So that was a load of shit. Yeah.
We'll do the exact same thing this year.
Yeah.
Chapter 6: How did the injuries affect the teams' performances?
Yeah.
He just doesn't want to do like offseason preseason. Yeah.
Which makes sense. Yeah. All right.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of Mike McCarthy's hiring for the Steelers?
So I have a list of biggest losers today. Do you guys want to go through it? Yes. All right. This is in no particular order. Wait, Hank, what are you smiling at me for? PFT's smiling, so I'm smiling. I smiled because Hank smiled. That made me happy. By the way, PFT's not on this list because his bet has not concluded with you yet. Of course not. Yeah. That bet is pending. Why would he be?
I don't know.
Chapter 8: Who are the notable players mentioned in the Who's Back segment?
You're smiling at PFT. I got a kick-ass troll doll. I mean, sorry, gnome doll. Okay, so biggest losers. One, the Titans for the stat that you gave. What was that stat again? That was December 21st. Since that date of 2025, the Patriots have more wins than the Titans have had since they fired Vrabel. Since they fired Mike Vrabel. That's a brutal one. How about the Atlanta Falcons?
Because they interviewed Mike McDonald and Mike Vrabel and then hired Raheem Morris. That's definitely in the biggest losers conversation. This one, I always like it sucks because he's not a loser. He's a very, very good football player. Devontae Adams is now 0-5 in NFC Championship games. That's brutal. He's never been to a Super Bowl. 0-5. That's so tough.
I think you have to throw the Vikings in there because Sam Darnold has shut up all the haters and they're going to the Super Bowl with Sam Darnold. And you basically said last year, you know, they were a very good football team last year. They were a game away from the one seed and playoffs go through Minnesota. And they said, yeah, I mean, J.J. McCarthy's our guy.
And now Sam Darnold is taking the one seed to the Super Bowl. Yep. Russell Wilson, one of the biggest losers today. Four. One, Seattle. He wants to leave Seattle. He decides to leave Seattle. Seattle turns it around and gets back to the Super Bowl in pretty quick fashion. And two, the Broncos are in the AFC Championship game, and he is the highest cap hit on the Broncos.
His fingerprints were all over Championship Sunday. That's got to be tough.
And the interception is going to be replayed for the next two weeks.
Yeah, good point. Also a really good point. I've already seen it a million times. I think you've got to throw the Bills in there. Yep. Just because the last six years they've been right there, and then we had the press conference earlier this week, and then the Patriots are just back in the Super Bowl. That's really tough for Bills fans. Yeah, that's tough for Bills fans. The Dolphins.
The Dolphins. Memes. Yeah, memes.
Personally. Memes, personally.
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