Lottery Tickets & Lost Seasons

Rice on the Radio · Dec 19, 2025 · 1h 26m · transcript

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We sort the chaos of December sports: Jets and Giants frustration, why tanking is a myth, the NFL’s shifting power, fantasy semifinal traps, a pragmatic Week 16 betting card, the Knicks’ NBA Cup and how to make it matter more, plus a Mets therapy session and college QB stock watch. The throughline is simple: you can’t game the future, only your next decision.

• Jets’ collapse, coaching shakeup, Burrow speculation

• Giants’ close losses, draft-slot angst, QB flashes

• Tanking as lottery tickets, alignment over slogans

• Bills comeback, Mahomes ACL, Garrett’s record chase

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