151: Championship Sunday Picks in the NFL, Bengals vs. Chiefs, 49ers vs. Rams, NFL news & GM/HC searches

In today's podcast: (00:57-23:06) John discusses the latest breaking news surrounding the NFL this week, including the shocking departure of Sean Payton, who stepped down as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday to focus on other ambitions, but is his NFL coaching career over. The New York Giants, Chicago Bears, and Minnesota Vikings all made decisions on their general managers over the last seven days. The Giants selected Buffalo Bills assistant GM Joe Schoen, the Bears hired Kansas City Chiefs executive director of player personnel Ryan Poles, while the Vikings made an ambitious call with hiring Cleveland Browns Vice President of Football Operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. What does John think of the hires? Now that leaves the Las Vegas Raiders to choose their next general manager, and they can go at whatever pace they want and need to. Then, John goes over who should be the next head coaches of the nine teams that need successors at the position. (23:45-34:39) Then, John picks the AFC and NFC Championship Game winners, and we have two games with rematches of thrillers at the end of the regular season. The AFC Championship Game has the Cincinnati Bengals travelling to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs. The Chiefs are looking to go to the Super Bowl for the third year in a row representing the AFC. Meanwhile, the NFC Championship Game features two historic division rivals from the NFC West, as the Los Angels Rams play host to the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers won both matchups in the regular season, including a win in Week 18 to bring the team back to the playoffs, so will Sean McVay and the Rams take down Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers this time?