Season 2, Episode 1: The NFL Playoffs

Jack and Ben kick off 2026 with a preview and history of of the road to the Super Bowl, the NFL Playoffs. Fourteen teams, twelve matches across two conferences with the two conference champions meeting in Santa Clara next month - this is do or die football.

For anyone who watches the Super Bowl every year and wants to know how the teams get there, we have an explanation of that. For anyone who wants to hear some stories of frostbite and blocks or pure unadulterated miracles, we've got them too. And for anyone who wants to know who's who this year, what each teams strengths and weaknesses are, and who are the favourites and who are the Carolina Panthers, guess what? We've got that too.

This year's NFL has turned expectations on its head. The postseason starts with no Chiefs and no Ravens, the Patriots and Broncos as high seeds, the Houston Texans looking like they could make a Super Bowl and the Bills without Mahomes in their way, and that's just the AFC. This is much watch sport, and we've got everything you needs to understand why on this week's Almanac.

Good links from this episode:

The Snow Bowl winning touchdown - https://youtu.be/EX9ycGT6lLM?si=eJghESvZt2uOHesn

Matt Stafford mic'd up touchdown pass with a separated shoulder - https://youtube.com/shorts/hS9JIw9ywC8?si=6cx1TGiq84XpiQZJ

The Music City Miracle - https://youtu.be/FCJFmL4oxPE?si=xOPYGzPzIjbOn_Lp