December 22, 2025 • 8 mins
Week 16 has been huge as far as deciding which teams make the NFL playoffs. Monday Night Football looks like it will do the same.
The 10-4 San Francisco 49ers will head to Indianapolis to face the 8-6 Colts.
The 49ers are in 3rd place of the NFC West but still have a shot to win the division. They have already clinched a playoff spot with the results from yesterdays action.
Meanwhile the Indianapolis Colts playoff dreams are still alive heading into tonight's action. But it is getting late kind of early out there. According to ESPN the Colts have a 5.2% chance of making the playoffs. They must win tonights match-up.
Who will prevail in this battle of contenders? Mike and Mo have some ideas....
On this episode of HGF:
0:00 Intro to San Francisco vs Indianapolis
1:31 Mike Steph talks 49ers
2:46 Mike Steph talks Colts
4:03 Mike Steph's Predictions
4:54 Mo's Take and Prediction
5:57 Mike Steph Talks Back Door
6:18 G.I. on 19 Media Group
6:48 Record Update
8:41 The Outro & The Hidden Gems
and more.
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The 10-4 San Francisco 49ers will head to Indianapolis to face the 8-6 Colts.
The 49ers are in 3rd place of the NFC West but still have a shot to win the division. They have already clinched a playoff spot with the results from yesterdays action.
Meanwhile the Indianapolis Colts playoff dreams are still alive heading into tonight's action. But it is getting late kind of early out there. According to ESPN the Colts have a 5.2% chance of making the playoffs. They must win tonights match-up.
Who will prevail in this battle of contenders? Mike and Mo have some ideas....
On this episode of HGF:
0:00 Intro to San Francisco vs Indianapolis
1:31 Mike Steph talks 49ers
2:46 Mike Steph talks Colts
4:03 Mike Steph's Predictions
4:54 Mo's Take and Prediction
5:57 Mike Steph Talks Back Door
6:18 G.I. on 19 Media Group
6:48 Record Update
8:41 The Outro & The Hidden Gems
and more.
Thank you for listening. We truly appreciate you!
Swag: https://19-media-group.myspreadshop.com/
(Buy yourself an HGF T-shirt......you know you want one!)
Hidden Gems Football is a 19 Media Group presentation.
Please like, subscribe and tell a friend so they don't boot us!
All things Mike Steph:
Audio platforms:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/49WaGr5
Spotify: https://bit.ly/43kA2MS
Social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikestephens__
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donnie.oohh
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike__steph/
Email: Donnie.oohh@gmail.com
All things TheMoJoKing:
Twitter: @APowerMoJo
Instagram: themojoking
The Hip-Hop Hidden Gems Podcast: solo.to/themojoking
Hidden Gems Golf: linktr.ee/Themojoking
All things 19 Media Group:
Twitter: @19MGroup
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https://www.19MediaGroup.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Do I know what y'all missing with y'all don't pay attention,
not just to me, but to hitting Gen football for
our prognostications.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
When you look.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Into my eyes, you understand what I'm saying. Let me
say to you slowly, yet it may sound scanless.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I don't think that you can handle this. All right,
Let's move on to the finale of week sixteen, Monday
Night Football, another one with playoff ramifications. The ten and
four San Francisco forty nine Ers are heading to Indianapolis
to face the eight and six Cults. The forty nine
(00:34):
Ers are five and a half point favorites, while Vegas
projects a total at forty five and a half points.
That means Vegas is telling us the Cult will score
twenty points while the forty nine Ers score twenty five
and a half. As far as injuries, Ricky Piersall reaggravated
his PCL injury in his knee and also sprain the ankle.
(00:57):
He will be questionable coming in to this week as
far as Indianapolis goes. Of course, we all know at
this point that Daniel Jones is out with the torn achilles,
which the reason that Philip Rivers is starting. But On
the bright side, Anthony Richardson has just been cleared medically
to return to practice. Of course, he's on ir because
(01:19):
he broke his face. Left tackle Bernard Raymond is questionable
with the ELI Bowl injury. Okay, Mike steph Who you got.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Forty nine Ers.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, I'll start with the forty nine ers rock party.
He threw for three touchdown passes and the forty nine
Ers marched to a thirty seven to twenty fourth victory
over the Tennessee Titans. This past Sunday, Purty finished twenty
three or thirty for two hundred and ninety five yards
and actually we're using his legs quite often. He could
(01:51):
write it four first downs, including a twenty six yard
scramble that was his longest run of the year. Actually
the longest run for the Niners of the year, which
is crazy when you got to see him seed right there.
But you know, listen all the time is undefeated. Now
when you're talking about Piarsoon, Yeah, he has six catches
(02:12):
for ninety six yards, But like you said, he came
out the game with a PCL injury and springed angle. Now,
Kyle Shanahan said there's a concern that Pison might miss time,
but the team won't know until later on in the week.
He said, and I quote, he landed on his knee
and that's a painful thing when you have that.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
So hopefully it's not at all like it was when he.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
First did it, but it does take time for the
pain to go away, and hopefully that'll be suited than later.
And everybody knows how Shanahan gets down. Can you if
you could walk, you could play now for the Colts.
The Coats have Philip Rivers, and Philip Rivers I will say,
I'll give him this. He did lead the Coats in
(02:57):
position for a sixty yard potential go ahead field goal
with forty seven seconds remaining. He finished eighteen to twenty
seven for a poultry one hundred and twenty yards with
a touchdown interception. But the interception came when he was
really trying to pull a miracle out the hat after
(03:17):
Seattle had kicked the go ahead field goal in the
closing seconds. Rivers will start once again, because, like you said,
Anthony Richardson has a broken face, broken over the bone.
Shane Stiken said on Monday that Richardson has been cleared
from the eye standboyd but with just starting to work
(03:38):
him back in the physical activity of everything. It's not
clear when Richardson will be activated from IR and tell
you the truth.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
If and when he is activated.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Well actually start over Rivers if he was ready to play,
which I think if they got the whole boy of
Aulter retirement, they're not going to say, you know what,
we need you to back up.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
The young boy. That's not gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So this is interesting because as much as I want
to say San Francisco minus the five and a half,
that Indianapolis defense played with such ferocity against Seattle. It's
almost like they knew they had to step up multiple
(04:21):
levels to give them a chance as long as Philip
Rivers did not do anything to put them in peril
i e. Any Turnovers being infected. The game is at
home and Seattle to me has more offensive weapons than
San Francisco, and they was able to help hold Seattle
(04:43):
without a touchdown, and it gets my better judgment. I'm
gonna go Indianapolis plus the five and a half over
under under.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I'm gonna keep this pretty simple for me. I like
the offense of San Francisco. I think that Pierce al
maybe a long term problem, but probably won't be a
problem for a week. On the other side, in Annapolis,
their offense was ranked eighth overall as far as total yards.
That was with Daniel Jones, not with Philip Rivers out
(05:16):
there throwing. I don't know. It looks like the balls
are just floating out there. They're so nice and kind.
There's no umphoom, there's just yeah. He always threw awkwardly anyway,
but now they're just awkward, floating balls. And I'm not
sure if the forty nine ers are quite the team
to capitalize on this, but I do think they'll do
(05:39):
enough to stop the Colts to win this game pretty handily.
I actually think they're going to win by more than ten,
and I guess I will go over. I will go over.
I got forty nine ers minus five and a half
and the over.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Yeah, I mean, trust me.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I don't think the Colts are going to win, And
tell you truth, but I think it's more on the
script that you're talking about. But I'm thinking on a
backdoor cover because the way you're talking, I'm like, darn,
did I really just pick the coat? But I'm a
man in my word, are going to stand in my
square and I'm going to keep with I'm going to
keep with the coats, but please back door cover.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Welcome everybody to the Guminnick Infringement Podcast.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
I am Brad Winchester.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
And I am Tyler McDowell. Blanken join us every week
on GI where we talk about what happened in pop culture,
our lives, and most importantly, professional wrestling.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Mike Staff, we made it through this juggernaut of week sixteen.
Take us home.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
We here, Hey, HGF Hitt and Gym football Is would
like to thank you, yes, you for making us the
football podcast. Y'all choose to view in the Football Podcast
you choose to listen to. But more importantly, before I
get out of here, we gotta have a record update.
Yes we do.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
For the week, I was two and one, and that
brought my total for the season to a pristine, not
even a pristine, a sparkling thirty and nineteen against the spread.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Thirty and nineteen against the spread.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Do you know that there's people that's on ESPN, Fox
Sports being doo all that that don't have the record
of thirty and nineteen? Do I know what y'all missing
with y'all don't pay attention, not just to me, but
to hitting Gens football for our prognostications or because we're
(07:43):
the little engine that could. Don't mean we don't know
what the hell we're talking about. Thirty and nineteen now
mo for on the other hand, he was one and
two last week and by no shade whatsoever, and tell
you truth, I really mean that. I mean that sincerely,
one and two for last week, and he has a
record of twenty five and twenty five.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
He is five hundred once.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Again, better than I want to say eighty percent of
all these football shows that's out there, ESPN included.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Y'all need to listen to us. Y'all need to get
in tune. You need to get in touch with all that.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Being said, Hidden Gym's football have been a part of
the ah. You thought I was gonna screen this time,
didn't you? The nineteen media group goodbye.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Like Stephs Loves the.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Chicken, Yes I do. Presentation Dave Chappelle's yelling in my ear.
He broke his face. He broke his face. I don't
know why.
Do I know what y'all missing with y'all don't pay attention,
not just to me, but to hitting Gen football for
our prognostications.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
When you look.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Into my eyes, you understand what I'm saying. Let me
say to you slowly, yet it may sound scanless.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I don't think that you can handle this. All right,
Let's move on to the finale of week sixteen, Monday
Night Football, another one with playoff ramifications. The ten and
four San Francisco forty nine Ers are heading to Indianapolis
to face the eight and six Cults. The forty nine
(00:34):
Ers are five and a half point favorites, while Vegas
projects a total at forty five and a half points.
That means Vegas is telling us the Cult will score
twenty points while the forty nine Ers score twenty five
and a half. As far as injuries, Ricky Piersall reaggravated
his PCL injury in his knee and also sprain the ankle.
(00:57):
He will be questionable coming in to this week as
far as Indianapolis goes. Of course, we all know at
this point that Daniel Jones is out with the torn achilles,
which the reason that Philip Rivers is starting. But On
the bright side, Anthony Richardson has just been cleared medically
to return to practice. Of course, he's on ir because
(01:19):
he broke his face. Left tackle Bernard Raymond is questionable
with the ELI Bowl injury. Okay, Mike steph Who you got.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Forty nine Ers.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, I'll start with the forty nine ers rock party.
He threw for three touchdown passes and the forty nine
Ers marched to a thirty seven to twenty fourth victory
over the Tennessee Titans. This past Sunday, Purty finished twenty
three or thirty for two hundred and ninety five yards
and actually we're using his legs quite often. He could
(01:51):
write it four first downs, including a twenty six yard
scramble that was his longest run of the year. Actually
the longest run for the Niners of the year, which
is crazy when you got to see him seed right there.
But you know, listen all the time is undefeated. Now
when you're talking about Piarsoon, Yeah, he has six catches
(02:12):
for ninety six yards, But like you said, he came
out the game with a PCL injury and springed angle. Now,
Kyle Shanahan said there's a concern that Pison might miss time,
but the team won't know until later on in the week.
He said, and I quote, he landed on his knee
and that's a painful thing when you have that.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
So hopefully it's not at all like it was when he.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
First did it, but it does take time for the
pain to go away, and hopefully that'll be suited than later.
And everybody knows how Shanahan gets down. Can you if
you could walk, you could play now for the Colts.
The Coats have Philip Rivers, and Philip Rivers I will say,
I'll give him this. He did lead the Coats in
(02:57):
position for a sixty yard potential go ahead field goal
with forty seven seconds remaining. He finished eighteen to twenty
seven for a poultry one hundred and twenty yards with
a touchdown interception. But the interception came when he was
really trying to pull a miracle out the hat after
(03:17):
Seattle had kicked the go ahead field goal in the
closing seconds. Rivers will start once again, because, like you said,
Anthony Richardson has a broken face, broken over the bone.
Shane Stiken said on Monday that Richardson has been cleared
from the eye standboyd but with just starting to work
(03:38):
him back in the physical activity of everything. It's not
clear when Richardson will be activated from IR and tell
you the truth.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
If and when he is activated.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Well actually start over Rivers if he was ready to play,
which I think if they got the whole boy of
Aulter retirement, they're not going to say, you know what,
we need you to back up.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
The young boy. That's not gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So this is interesting because as much as I want
to say San Francisco minus the five and a half,
that Indianapolis defense played with such ferocity against Seattle. It's
almost like they knew they had to step up multiple
(04:21):
levels to give them a chance as long as Philip
Rivers did not do anything to put them in peril
i e. Any Turnovers being infected. The game is at
home and Seattle to me has more offensive weapons than
San Francisco, and they was able to help hold Seattle
(04:43):
without a touchdown, and it gets my better judgment. I'm
gonna go Indianapolis plus the five and a half over
under under.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
I'm gonna keep this pretty simple for me. I like
the offense of San Francisco. I think that Pierce al
maybe a long term problem, but probably won't be a
problem for a week. On the other side, in Annapolis,
their offense was ranked eighth overall as far as total yards.
That was with Daniel Jones, not with Philip Rivers out
(05:16):
there throwing. I don't know. It looks like the balls
are just floating out there. They're so nice and kind.
There's no umphoom, there's just yeah. He always threw awkwardly anyway,
but now they're just awkward, floating balls. And I'm not
sure if the forty nine ers are quite the team
to capitalize on this, but I do think they'll do
(05:39):
enough to stop the Colts to win this game pretty handily.
I actually think they're going to win by more than ten,
and I guess I will go over. I will go over.
I got forty nine ers minus five and a half
and the over.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Yeah, I mean, trust me.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
I don't think the Colts are going to win, And
tell you truth, but I think it's more on the
script that you're talking about. But I'm thinking on a
backdoor cover because the way you're talking, I'm like, darn,
did I really just pick the coat? But I'm a
man in my word, are going to stand in my
square and I'm going to keep with I'm going to
keep with the coats, but please back door cover.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Welcome everybody to the Guminnick Infringement Podcast.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
I am Brad Winchester.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
And I am Tyler McDowell. Blanken join us every week
on GI where we talk about what happened in pop culture,
our lives, and most importantly, professional wrestling.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Mike Staff, we made it through this juggernaut of week sixteen.
Take us home.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
We here, Hey, HGF Hitt and Gym football Is would
like to thank you, yes, you for making us the
football podcast. Y'all choose to view in the Football Podcast
you choose to listen to. But more importantly, before I
get out of here, we gotta have a record update.
Yes we do.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
For the week, I was two and one, and that
brought my total for the season to a pristine, not
even a pristine, a sparkling thirty and nineteen against the spread.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Thirty and nineteen against the spread.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Do you know that there's people that's on ESPN, Fox
Sports being doo all that that don't have the record
of thirty and nineteen? Do I know what y'all missing
with y'all don't pay attention, not just to me, but
to hitting Gens football for our prognostications or because we're
(07:43):
the little engine that could. Don't mean we don't know
what the hell we're talking about. Thirty and nineteen now
mo for on the other hand, he was one and
two last week and by no shade whatsoever, and tell
you truth, I really mean that. I mean that sincerely,
one and two for last week, and he has a
record of twenty five and twenty five.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
He is five hundred once.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Again, better than I want to say eighty percent of
all these football shows that's out there, ESPN included.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Y'all need to listen to us. Y'all need to get
in tune. You need to get in touch with all that.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Being said, Hidden Gym's football have been a part of
the ah. You thought I was gonna screen this time,
didn't you? The nineteen media group goodbye.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Like Stephs Loves the.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Chicken, Yes I do. Presentation Dave Chappelle's yelling in my ear.
He broke his face. He broke his face. I don't
know why.
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