Around the NFL after Week 17 12-29-2025
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What does Aaron Rodgers say about the Steelers' playoff chances?
They've got a good defense, but we didn't execute very well in third downs. I didn't have a very good game. I didn't run the ball early like we wanted to. Pretty bad on third down. I have full confidence we'll go home and win next week because we've done it all season. We've handled adversity well, and we had to play our best ball. We did, other than today. Aaron Rodgers, other than today, which was yesterday, and yeah, that's the biggest one. That's the takeaway that they needed to have for a three-win Browns team that came in with nothing to play for other than spoiling their season, and that's what they did. It is currently 1.36. The time is brought to you by Gina Giampietro of Remax Select Realty.
We, you know, I look at this and say to myself, missed opportunity. Can they make up for it? We'll find out. The odds makers don't think so as the Ravens have been installed as three-point favorites. And we have one guy who's been very patient limits on the line here, right? Darrell, he stayed on for a long time and we're sorry we had so much other business to take care of, but man, nice to get to him on the air because he's shown a lot of patience for the program. Darrell, what's up? Oh, no. Terrell, are you there? Oh, all that buildup. That was very nice of you, Bob, to build it up. Build it up. All right. While we wait, perhaps we'll get that rectified. Let's talk about what happened around the league.
And there were some very impactful games yesterday. There were games on Thursday. There were games on Saturday. But we're talking about Sunday. Not Saturday. We're talking about Sunday. We'll begin with the Bengals and the Cardinals because that was just one of those throwaway games. Who wanted to watch that? But the Bengals scored 37 points, and they seemed to have fun, and they got a big offensive line in the ball, and they almost rumbled, dumbled, and stumbled to a touchdown. The Bengals are very good when Joe Burrow is healthy, can play, and their defense plays against an offense as bad as Arizona. Who's their quarterback now? Jacoby Brissett? Yeah. Same guy that beat the Steelers with Cleveland a couple of years ago.
Arizona, man. Kyler Murray is going to be gone probably. They're going to look to move off of him. A lot of people picked that team to win. Joe picked them to win the division. Yeah. And they're the only team from that division that won't make the playoffs. That's how the NFL is, very unpredictable. Yeah, the Bengals, this is why what's happened to the Steelers, if they don't complete this mission on Sunday night, look back at this season with an ailing Lamar Jackson, a 1-5 start for the Ravens, and no Joe Burrow for three months, and they couldn't take advantage of it. That's not what you wanted to see. All right, the Saints and the Titans, another meaningless game, although... If you're the Titans, do you feel pretty good about your team with Cam Ward now?
A full season you saw him. Do you think they can build around him? And what about Tyler Shuck? Is he also the guy who will be their future guy? I don't know. I still haven't made a conclusion on that. New Orleans has won four games in a row? Don't let the Saints get hot, Bob. The Saints are marching in. I can't believe that. They're 6-10 still. Yeah, but I mean, think about what they were. I thought they were going to get the number one pick and draft Fernando Mendoza. Now maybe Tyler Shuck could be a guy that they roll with for another year. I think Mendoza's going to end up with the Raiders as the number one pick, right? He probably will. They have two wins on the season. They've lost 10 in a row. On Tankathon, they like to highlight all the records with their winning streak and their losing streak, where they put the losing streaks in green.
And the Raiders have the shiniest green, like it's a Christmas tree, losers of 10 games in a row. Pete Carroll. People thought that combination with Geno Smith, they're going to be good. They've been far from anything, and they're going to end up with the number one pick in the NFL draft coming up here in Pittsburgh.
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