#433: 2023 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend Preview + Coaching Carousel Analysis (with Hal Bent)

Sports Krunch w/DKROM

1. Biggest Takeaways From Week 18

-DKrom: The football gods couldn't have scripted Super Wild Card Weekend any better

-Hal: Eagles and Dolphins limping into the playoffs and blowing their division leads

2. Weekly Honors

-GOAT Of The Week (DKrom: Jordan Love/Matt LaFleur/Brian Gutekunst, Hal: Sean McVay)

-Dunce Of The Week (DKrom: Trent Baalke/Doug Pederson, Hal: Mickey Loomis/Dennis Allen/Jameis Winston)

3. 2023 NFL Awards (FINAL)

4. Coaching Carousel Latest

-If Jim Harbaugh does indeed return to the NFL for a second head coaching stint, will it be with the Raiders or with the Chargers?

-How good of a fit would Bill Belichick be in Atlanta?

-With Mike Vrabel now gone, is it a good bet that the Titans are likely destined to spend the next three years or so in the AFC South basement? With Belichick now out in New England, on a scale of 1-10, how shocked would you be if Vrabel is not among the two finalists to succeed him?

-Say the Cowboys get eliminated either this week or next week, and Jerry Jones decides to fire Mike McCarthy and then hands Dan Quinn a blank check. Should that come to fruition, do you think it's more likely Dan Quinn stays in Dallas as the Cowboys next head coach, or do you think he returns to Seattle to replace his mentor Pete Carroll no matter what?

-Do the Bears have to make clear to any OC candidate that they and Eberflus will have at least two years together with a rookie QB selected with the #1 overall pick?

5. Ranking the Head Coaching Vacancies

6. Packers at Cowboys Preview

7. Rams at Lions Preview

8. Super Wild Card Weekend Picks

-Browns at Texans

-Dolphins at Chiefs

-Steelers at Bills

-Eagles at Bucs

9. Bold Predictions

-DKrom: Just like in their Wild Card game against the Cardinals 14 years ago, the Packers and Jordan Love battle the Cowboys to a shoot-out with little to no defense that goes to OT tied at 35. But in addition, a la Aaron Rodgers and Karlos Dansby in that aforementioned game, Love throws a pick-six in OT to DaRon Bland

-Hal: Josh Allen throws 3 INT that lead to 3 Mason Rudolph TD's to Darnell Washington, Allen Robinson and Connor Heyward for the game-winner in the fourth quarter

10. Challenge Flags

-Hal: 8 teams with head coaching vacancies... keep your mind open and don't sleep on young, under-the-radar assistants!!

-DKrom: Eagles...play to the biggest strength on your team...the OL and the ground attack!!!