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The San Francisco 49ers have Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks slated as their Wild Card opponents, and while the Niners defense is nothing to sneeze at, they’ve got a rookie, Brock Purdy, leading the charge on Sunday. Nick Wright weighs the odds of Purdy getting a win on Sunday, and to take it a step further, being the first rookie QB to make a Super Bowl appearance.

It’s a battle of the long-haired Princes. Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars to host Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers for the wild-card round, and Nick Wright is forced to answer… if he backing the right ‘Prince that was Promised’. Watch as he explains why he’s going withe the Jags this weekend, and why Lawrence is the superior long-haired quarterback.

Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins appears to have no interest in intimidating the New York Giants ahead of Sunday’s Wild-Card round against Big Blue.
While the Giants spent most of the week revving up their troops with their new Our Way motto, Captain Kirk is basking in the comfort of his home, kicking up his monogrammed slippers (with socks on) as he talks about retirement and everything other things NOT named the Giants … which could prove to be disastrous for the 13-4 Vikings.

Former commissioner Kevin Warren led the conference through a momentous three years, but his exit adds another moving part to the volatile college sports landscape.
SAN ANTONIO — Here at the NCAA convention Thursday, college administrators listened to a goodbye address from outgoing president Mark Emmert and got a hello appearance from replacement Charlie Baker. Several hours earlier, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren was announced as the new president of the Chicago Bears.
This was a vivid, single-day snapshot of the breakneck pace of change in college athletics.

The Michigan coach is rumored to return to the NFL after coaching in college football for the past eight seasons.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is one of this NFL offseason’s most talked about potential candidates for one of the five available coaching positions.
The 59-year-old’s name has been thrown out in regards to some of the five teams that have open coaching positions. The one he’s been most linked to, however, is the Broncos.
Harbaugh has been at Michigan since the 2015, but before that, he worked as the head coach of the 49ers from 2011–14.

The Minnesota Vikings will host the New York Giants during Super Wild Card Round weekend. While the Vikings have cooled off recently, especially on the defensive side of the ball, Daniel Jones will make his first playoff start at a tough environment on the road. Nick Wright explains why he is taking Justin Jefferson and the Vikings against a Giants squad who runs the ball more than pass it.