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Last Week of the 2025 NFL Season: 3 Key Games to Decide 3 Division Titles, No. 1 Seed in the NFC

from H20man & Friends Sports Podcast · host Howard Waterman

Segment 1: Quick rant about the Jets' disasterous season, not showing up to play New England in season home game finale (0:57) Pats 42, Jets 10: Jets D gave up TDs on each of the Pats' first possession Pats QB Drake Maye had 4 TDs and only 2 incompletions (one of which was a dropped pass) The team has regressed in all phases with the exception of special teams Jets playing with third string QB, traded away two best defensive players, missing best offensive weapon in WR Garrett Wilson, fired defensive coordinator...understood. Still, team unprepared to play -- unacceptable Have gotten blown out each of the past 4 games NFL considering draft lottery for bottom 5 teams to avoid tanking in future Segment 2: Latest NFL Playoff Picture Heading into Week 18 (7:47) Key matchups on Sunday to determine final playoff seedings AFC (Seedings leading up to Week 18): With the Chiefs eliminated from the playoffs, the AFC is wide open and will not go Kansas City for the first time in nearly a decade Broncos currently ranked No. 1 (would have first round bye)  New England clinched AFC East, currently No. 2 seed able to retool with new, competent head coach (Mike Vrabel), a franchise QB (Drake Maye) and really good offensive coordinator Josh McMichaels Jaguars No. 3 Ravens at Steelers to determine AFC North, AFC No. 4 seed: chance the losing coach is looking for work after the game Texans currently have the No. 5 seed Chargers at No. 6 Bills No. 7 (will be on the road for all playoff games) NFC (Seedings leading up to Week 18): Surprising Seahawks are the No. 1 seed, leading the NFC West; will play the Niners in SF on Saturday for the No. overall seed and the NFC West title Chicago has No. 2 seed, winners of the NFC North Eagles seeded No. 3, winner of the NFC East again No. 4 seed: will be determined on Saturday as the Panthers play the Bucs in Tampa Bay  Niners currently seeded 5th, but could jump to the No. 1 overall seed in the NFC by beating the Seahawks No. 6: Rams No. 7: Green Bay 7th seed Detroit eliminated in Minnesota with third string QB: historic loss: Vikings QB Max Brosmer only NFL QB since the 1960s to play entire game, finish with under 70 yards passing and sacked 7+ times AND STILL WON Segment 3: Latest (with one left to play in NFL Season) NFL Draft Order (29:47) 1 - Raiders 2 - Giants 3 - Jets 4 - Titans 5 - Cardinals 6 - Browns 7 - Commanders 8 - Saints 9 - Chiefs 10 - Bengals Segment 4: Debate: Should the Jets Draft their next QB from college (unproven at pro level), or trade for proven veteran? (31:15) Joe Burrow trade? Lamar Jackson trade? Reports out of Baltimore indicate Jackson and/or Head Coach John Harbaugh are going tired of each other...funny how we did not hear stories like that when Jackson was winning MVPs... Need a great QB to win in the NFL but the Jets need to add talent in a variety of positions. Give up major draft capital? Joe Burrow to have same level of success playing for the Jets? Team is NOT just a QB away from competing. Jets need draft capital acquired this season to replenish talent and fill many, many roster holes -- need WR, TE, defensive lineman, linebackers...build quickly through the draft given multiple needs QB plan: bring in stop gap for a season. then draft a college QB for the future in 2027 draft (Jets have 3 No. 1 picks, and two No. 2s in April 2027 draft)??? Segment 5: Has Jets First Year Head Coach Aaron Earned The Chance to Come Back for his Second Season? (41:05) Argument 1: Glenn to come back to see if he can mold a winning team with another offseason, and learn from his mistakes as a rookie head coach Argument 2: NYJ lost by 24 to Dolphins, Jaguars hung 48 points on them, Saints scored 29 and the Pats scored 42...the team is not competitive; this experiment not working out, and too many decisions (QB, defensive coordinator, in game debacles) should mean a new HC is needed If the team chooses to move on from Glenn, strongly recommend they hire an experienced NFL head coach with a resume of success and winning track record...challenge is will anyone with those credentials be attracted to this "empty cupboard" with this owner Last 6 Super Bowl champions have had offensive head coaches... Question: do you have confidence in Aaron Glenn to turn things around? Huge red flag re: several blowouts and being non-competitive Which coach would you prefer to have: John Harbaugh, Mike Tomlin or Aaron Glenn? The Giants are a much more attractive team to coach because of rookie QB Jaxson Dart Jon Gruden an intriguing option for Jets head coach? 

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