Drew and I spent a good amount of time on all the matchups of interest in the Championship games this weekend on the live stream. My initial opinions haven’t changed much since Monday outside of my (very warranted) fear of liking an under in a game featuring Patrick Mahomes possibly playing from a deficit.

Sunday morning early I’ll have a full card of action including some props and derivatives I’ll sprinkle for the AFC/NFC title games.

Catching Up

• Mark Andrews - Activated!!!

• Pacheco nursing a hurting toe, has not practiced yet this week. He did take part in the team walkthrough and more than likely will be active and playing Sunday

• Lions center Frank Ragnow has damn near EVERYTHING listed as hurt for this week (ankle/toe/back/knee). LG Jonah Jackson is expected to miss the game.

• Deebo was seen getting work in at practice, but it’s still tough to tell how healthy that shoulder is (I think he plays, even if it’s just in a decoy role)

• Panthers nab Canales

• Tennessee hires Brian Callahan, says he will call plays

• Raheem Morris returns to the Falcons as the Head Coach

• Harbaugh lands where everyone thought he was going to for the past month

Coaching Circus

Just two spots remain and it looks like the greatest coach of all time is taking a gap year at age 71.

It’s wild to me, but apparently, the eggs were all in the Atlanta basket and the discord in the front office was real. Raheem Morris gets the job and Bill may be SOL for the ‘24 season.

The two remaining openings are being patient, but some of that comes from the interest in coordinators who are still coordinating. There are rules about interviewing these guys and you cannot hire someone until they are eliminated. A Lions/Ravens Super Bowl may push decisions even further out.

Seattle

Have interviewed eight coordinators and reportedly are also interested in Mike Vrabel. Second interviews with Mike Kafka (NYG OC), Patrick Graham (LV DC), and Dan Quinn (DAL DC) were completed this week with another scheduled with Ejiro Evero (CAR DC).

Honestly, not a ton of signal coming on which direction they are headed here, but they were looking to schedule a second interview with Raheem Morris as well before he took the Atlanta job. The apparent lean towards a defensive-minded HC is interesting as teams often tend to change direction with this after having one or the other for some time and are looking for a change.

This could be an even tougher transition considering what they’ve lost in offensive coaches over the past year or so (Dave Canales, Shane Waldron). Sometimes a team just knows who they are though. I’d love to see them try something different, but it feels like they won’t.

My Prediction: Dan Quinn

Washington

Dan Quinn is getting a third interview after a virtual meeting early and one in-person interview so far. They’ve been linked to eight other candidates and appear to be taking their time as well. They are unable to conduct second interviews with coaches on teams still alive in the playoffs until this coming Monday.

They are rumored to have both Lions coordinators scheduled to come in on Monday and have done virtual interviews with Ravens DC Mike Macdonald and DL Coach Anthony Weaver as well. They are free to move ahead immediately with other candidates and have already completed a second interview with Texans OC Bobby Slowik. 

My Prediction: Ben Johnson

Free Prop Friday!

Connor is back and has prop in the late game Sunday! As a Niners backer, I sort of love this one.

Jared Goff under 261.5 passing yards -115

And for the second to last time this season, he, Noonan, and Slop will get together and talk through another handful of props they like for this weekend at 3 pm EST today ⬇⬇⬇