NFL Playoff Dynamics and Fan Loyalty

Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David begin the week by showing love to Ringer colleague Yasi Salek, who was affected by the L.A. fires (1:07). If you would like to help out Yasi, here is a link to the GoFundMe that Bryan mentions.

Then they get into the stories and sounds from wild-card weekend, including:

• Tom Brady’s Game of the Year and the one-and-done theory (7:19)
• A.J. Brown reading a book on the sideline (15:57)
• The proud franchise tier (20:30)
• Kirk Herbstreit’s promo on the Steelers (23:57)
• The "I Have Seen the Future" Call of the Week (31:27)

Then, in the Notebook Dump, they discuss:

• Barstool’s Big Cat’s interesting revelation (33:46)
• Venu, the sports streamer, is no more (46:23)
• Rachel Maddow returns to MSNBC prime time (49:24)

Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, Only in Journalism, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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