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The NFL Game Preview Guy has the stats and information you need to be ready for football! For all the top research on your game, jump to the (approximate) times below.

00:00 DAL-MIN

5:37 NYJ-NE

12:48 SF-ARI

18:21 KC-LAC

23:42 CLE-BUF

27:56 WAS-HOU

32:35 PHI-IND

38:40 DEN-LV

45:08 LAR-NO

49:28 DET-NYG

59:20 CHI-ATL

1:04:17 CAR-BAL

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NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in partnership with I Heart Radio. This is NFL Game Previews, Week eleven. Game Preview Guy with you breaking down every game and letting you know who on our ten person prediction panel thinks will win each game. We start with the Purple People Leaders taking on America's team. The Dallas Cowboys are heading north Week eleven, huge matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, who showed they don't need Stefawn Diggs on

their team to pull off a miracle. They just need them on the field. Cousins to the sideline, Jefferson timing pattern fourth to eighties, given time they wants, Jefferson climbs ladder. Oh my godness, zero breathing room. He tries to stick in the blazzs is a text down. Allen steps up and throws it interception. He vidreams with the NATO Ball game of the year, right, and now we might have the one on one matchup of the year. Does it

get any better than tray Von Diggs versus JJ. You just saw it and probably have been seeing it all week because it was probably the catch of the season. But it wasn't the only catch justin Jefferson made against the Bills, and it was his play that put Minnesota in a spot to pull that win out, which has the Vikings moving on up to the east Side. I guess to a deluxe apartment in the sky. Maybe hundred and ninety three yards on the road against a tough secondary.

Got to dance again night yards plus in six straight games, and Cousins looks to throw left into the inside. Jefferson touchdown Minnesota. This has Peter and the Chicken written all over at digs three I n T S twelve passes defense holding Hugh D's to a seventy three rating, get the popcorn out. He knew it was his ball. Something overcame him and you could just tell by his body language. Aside from Jefferson, the Cowboys also have to deal with

Adam Feeling and tight end t J. Hawkinson. Both have been good for around fifty yards per aim for them and Adam Feeling a little chemistry building between Kirk Cousins and t J. Hawkinson going to him at critical times again another really nice feel for that soft spot in the zone. Dallas's past defense beyond digs holding quarterbacks to a sub ninety rating, holding them under seven yards per attempt intercepted by the Cowboys at the two yard lone.

Cow Boys pass rush should come into play. They have the most sacks, the highest pressure rate. Michael Parsons, etcetera, etcetera. Stafford back pressure, goodnight nurse Parsons and the Bills sacked Kirk Cousins four times in Week ten. They hit him ten times and all that pressure led to Cousins throwing two picks. Cousins were all protected second level falls person done.

Minnesota didn't even fully lean on Dalvin Cook last week, only fourteen carries, but he hit a moonshot with one of them, a hundred and nineteen yards eight point five a run when the day was over five yards per carry on the season, Delfin Cook on first down and Cook Scott rolled. Delvin Cup takes off down the sideline.

He now takes on a Cowboys defense that has given up four point eight to carry this season, gave up a hundred and thirty eight yards and five point eight or run and a touchdown to Aaron Jones last week. Jones left side Big Hall Sperkdick to the eend zone touchdown Green Bay Minnesota's defense is also vulnerable to runners four and a half yards per run allowed for the season. However, running backs are not their problem, holding them to just three point eight in attempt back to the ground single

two hit up the last lost to yards. Holding Tony Pollard to anywhere close to that would be a feat. Averaging six yards per carry in a hundred and fifteen yards last week over five a run, a touchdown. Running the ball hasn't been Dallas's issue. Raw Pollard, big hole, Polard, It's side the five He's and father touchdoles He missed again last week. Didn't matter how much Malik Davis gave him thirty eight yards on five runs. But what has to improve this week is their passing attack. It's not

that it's coming in ice fold. Prescott through three touchdowns, two to ceedee Lamb. He caught eleven passes for a hundred and fifty yards. Prescott loft to walk. He's got it, I'm gonna walk in touchdown. Dallas dak also through two I n T s, though, and only averaged five point eight yards per attempt, his rating seventy eight point six.

Lots of failed connections on third down versus the Packers just five or fifteen Prescott over the middle, it's or something again it's four and again Prescott based pressure thirty one point three percent of his dropbacks in Week ten. Remember over thirty is bad. The Cowboys have given up a thirty two percent pressure eight this season, so week ten fit right in there with their body of work stack back. It's that that's what a yard line. Eton

hudsons and got it. That where's aa Darius Smith comes in. He got Josh Allen once has nine and a half bags. Vikings pressure rate right there near that and he's down first second of the day for the Vikings, and it's Darius Smith. Their pressure last week help them hold Josh Allen in check. Ultimately, Patrick Peterson fed off of it to the tune of two I N T s. Minnesota may not have dominant numbers against the past, but he's dominating.

And the team now has ten I N teams just selling into the end song and it's kept by Peterson.

NYJ-NE

Patsa Peterson guess. It tells you what kind of game it could be. Our ten predictors split right down the middle,

five for each club. This is a f C East beef at its finest time to add the next chapter to the Jets Patriots Rivalry, a book that already includes tales of betrayal designed to resign as a tattos in New York s tales of espionage for New England Patriots called video taking arrivals teams coaches as they sent signals to their players, yarns about thanksgiving, the fortune, Mark Sanchez not expecting it and it was the backside of Brandon Moore.

The knock the Ball out the latest addition to their growing novel, made possible by the fact it's week eleven, both teams are over five hundred and in the playoff hunt. The last time that was the case Week six, team Jets pulled some fits magic out of their hat and took it in an O T classic Fitzpatrick and so Eric Decker holds it in the Jets win and over time. This round between the two featuring a coaching matchup whose personalities couldn't be further apart Robert Sala the j to

Bill Belichick's Silent Ball. This matchup also features two of the best defenses in football, so it's all about who can do just enough on offense to scratch out the wind a little more. The Jets have been sitting on that big double you over Buffalo for a while now, but the offense they flashed in that game exactly the kind they would love to see again this week. Untouched Carter touchdown, Jets New York rand the ball thirty four times through it twenty five. Keep in mind, on the

season they have thrown more than they've run. Lots of reasons for that, but their offensive seems for now is still better off letting the ground game lead. They're hoping the week off allows James Robinson to find his footing in greens and the seconds his way to the thirty five. Robinson hasn't made a huge impact as a runner in his two games with the Jets. Still he got thirteen carries in their last outing. Michael Carter got twelve six point three a run seventy six yards into touchdown. They

don't hear who shines. They just need one of those two gents to make a dent in the Patriots defense. Carter gets outside slow down water still four point seven yards per carry allowed. That's New England's rushed inference not good right hold on though, four point one yards per carry allowed that's New England's rush defense against running backs much tougher. What's it back looking for first pality yardage did not get there. It's quarterbacks running that has given

New England trouble. They're giving up six point three yards per carry to that position. Zach Wilson isn't that kind of quarterback. Typically he has grabbed pointy four yards along the ground and two of their last three games. Though not major, but you get it. It's X factor material trying to get all he could, did not protect himself go down on the spot, showed the willingness to try and get towards the end. Jets defense is in the same boat as New England's. It's the rush defense that

has pressure to step up. Patriots have run much more than past. They would love to hit New York with a two headed attack. Have to see if Damian Harris's hammy is healed. He's been out for a while. No matter what, Jets will be trying to stop. Romandre Stevenson nice healthy yard per carry figure of four point eight. As a Stevenson look at the running room Gate five e two, though, is going to have a hard time

finding room to run. Jets defense holding runners to four yards per carry, holding running backs to the same at Devin Singletary gets stole rolled by Michael Clemens for no game. Neither team really wants to end up having to rely on their passing games for too much production keeping it simple. New England and New York secondaries are two of the hardest to complete passes on, both of them sitting on elite digits and raiding yards for attempt completion percentage allowed.

They were tied with each other for the second most I n T s at their by for the middle picked up tip and picked off by Jonathan Jones to the ends off for the touchdown. They's kicked off along the sideline Jordan Whitehead, and both teams have had success pastoring the quarterback. Quenin Williams leads the Jets with seven ba as. New York doesn't blitz much yet still has a pressure rate over thirty. Allen has forced to eat

at quit and Williams having a Pro Bowl season. The Patriots for second in the NFL and sacks at their break thanks Matt Judean and the ballroom blitz, they send an extra body over thirty percent of the time. Thirty is the magic number and he goes Josh. New York would love another Week nine Wilson performance. In Week eleven,

it was one of his best showings. Eighteen of twenty five a touchdown, no picks, rating over a hundred, Wilson looking underneath pass the touch the run touchdown just a hundred and fifty four yards only six point two yards per attempt. That's okay, though quality over quantity works for their formula. Can Garrett Wilson come close to repeating what he did versus the Bills? They have an elite secondary, yet he caught eight of nine targets for ninety two yards.

He's definitely the guy. New England will focus it's DV tension on fires. It took Karen Wilson's first out. You will see a lot of New England cornerback Jack Jones holding quarterbacks to a fifty nine point four rating two I n t s hasn't been beat for any touchdowns, Patsy, This is God to the house, Jack Jones. But the pick six Mac Jones is in a similar spot as

Zach also comes in with rough numbers. Also comes in off a game with modest passing stats, but also a game where he didn't make any major mistakes and they won bad Hunter Henry. As dominant as New York's outside corners have been, it's their play against Jacoby Myers that could matter the most. He's the guy that Jones targets the most. He's usually in the slot, Jones going for more than just the one and the catches made by Myers.

That's where we talk Michael Carter again. Dude plays both sides of the ball now, but the dB Carter plays the slot most of the time, point seven rating against versus slot wide receives this year does have three passes defensed against those throws and an I N T NIF Michael Carter. All of this makes it sound like it could come down to the wire. Maybe a kicker's leg

Jets Gregg. The legs are line sixteen for nineteen on the season, three misses from forty plus four for five from fifty plus just a fifty three yard and ten line leans into it and curves it through in truth Nick Faulk nineteen of twenty one. Overall, both misses from forty plus two for three from fifty and beyond its way, and we have points on the board right down the middle. These franchises like each other as much as Chang Wang and those guys trying to order some beet fried rice

SF-ARI

and chicken wings fried hard and stuff. Just two of our ten pickers took the Jets a little surprised. The Pats got eight votes in this one. The Arizona Cardinals are flying south this week to Mexico to continue the NFL International Series. Coming in off of in that keeps their season alive and kicking a j Greed makes the

catch spectacular protardal touchdown. They take on to San Francisco forty Niners, whose offense may have a little mystique to it now event right through the mills of thirteen yards at good game tonight. All that anticipation coming off San Francisco's by what does Pyle Shanahan have cooked up for an offense featuring deebo, cmc and Kittle? How about some

Elijah Mitchell He finally returned from injury last week. I know we were waiting to see McCaffrey Samuel Mayhem, but Mitchell was the star of the show against the Chargers. Close to ninety yards, close to five yards per Mitchell. Welcome back to the Loto for Mitchell. If you aren't familiar with the Book of Eli, it's good. He hit at four point seven to carry as a rook close to ninety yards per game. So Week ten was not a fluke, just sort of unexpected. Not by all, mind you.

I saw plenty of forty Niners fans talk about him in the comments section leading up to that game Run nine. Mitchell's effectiveness just makes it that much harder for Arizona to defend the ground game. San Francisco's Russi attack could feel relentless. Samuel gets his shots to be four handoffs

versus the Chargers almost seven yards per carry. This is a run with demol Samuel the first time we see that, and Samuel in a secondary McCaffrey quiet last week, but you know, still a four point five yard a run. Guy in two for the touchdown. Cardinal's rush defense that Trio takes on not one of the greats allowing round four point five a carry overall. Same to dude who line up as running backs specifically, it doesn't matter what

defective coordinator Advanced Joseph calls. You have to be ready. You just got us line up and tackle like thing is. It was Arizona's defense that propelled them to victory over the Rams last week. They played the run better than their season body of work. As I say, A Simmons comes up to make the tackles job, I say it. They got after the QB better than they had all year. Wilford wrapped up down. He goes J. J. Watt In turn, they played the past better than they had all season. Oh,

this taps picked off. Yes he's playing us after do to the baker. He checked this out. They held Cooper cup Mr. I picked up a hundred yards on him on the toilet to minus one yard. Yes he got hurt, but that wasn't until the fourth quarter. Tonyo Hamilton's touched that ball out. That's a good all the round football. This week they'll be up against Jimmy Garoppolo. He isn't throwing it over any mountains, but he continues to be efficient.

Last three games sixties seven completion percentage or higher mid nineties rating or better. He's the distributor in the purest sense. Outs Sam Francisco passing tack as tricky to figure out as their ground game. You just aren't sure who could shine Samuel and George Kittle didn't put up big numbers against l A. It was Brandon Ayuk again eight four yards. He's really been their most consistent pass catcher lay but prant so the Cardinals offense may need to put up

twenty five plus like they did last week. Tyler Murray sat out. You'd expect him back this week, but hamstrings are tricky. Is Arizona in a rush to get him back? Pulton McCoy filled in versus alloy, solid effort No I n t s two hundred and thirty eight yards twenty six of thirty seven rating mid nineties QB controvert just kidding night and what I love is the throw McCoy puts it on the dime for DeAndre Hopkins to make

that completient tight end. Zach Bert's left last week's match per so it really made and potentially makes them a very wide receiver driven passing offense. DeAndre Hopkins and Rowndale Moore accounted to twenty seven of mccloye's thirty seven pass attempts, ten catches for de hop nine for more, both guys over ninety yards. Well, let's spectacular catch. So how does San Francisco handle the wide receiver position, specifically, not as

well as they've played the pass. Overall, they're holding qubis to amid eighties rating, but to wide receivers they've allowed a ninety two point nine ratings. Still, that's not bad, and it's not bad because they have cornerback to various Ward ready to stick on hop gains. He's held down the four to the two of a nice low sixty five rating against. He has just given them that number one cornerback that they haven't had. Arizona's qube will also

have Nick Bosa breathing down their back. He added another bag to his twenty two shopping part has nine and a half sacks. Now he was gonna slipping. Bossa had this right leg and Nick Bossa gets another sec Murray's legs if he plays in the Card's ground games the X factor. James Conner scored twice last week just three point three yards per carry, though he's under four a carry for the season. Two. Murray, though, is a different matter. He's the one that could create the big ground splash.

Plays six yards per run in the open field, loves pass wo dives down near the forty three yard line. If he did play. Just know this the forty Niners one of the toughest for a quarterback to run on, holding that position to just three point three a carriage.

KC-LAC

It's spit. He's just gonna tumbled down. Aid On. Our panel went with San Francisco, Mark Sessler and m j D calling for the cardinal upset. L A is at home for Sunday Night football this week. The division leading Kansas City Chiefs are in town, which means the Chargers secondary is going to be on center stage. Down Patrick Mahomes rolls into Sophie, coming in off a four TV pass performance over three and thirty yards nine and a

half yards per attempt, rating near one thirty. He still pops in TV passes this season, no one throwing for more passing yards per game than Mahomi's let's touchdown catch. So what are the chances l is up to the task of slowing him down? To start? They have to play the tight end position well. Travis Kelsey, the NFL tight end leader in yards this season, six catches, eighty one yards and a touchdown last week standard fair from

Senor drifts Uple Sargatouse. The Chargers did just play an elite tight end and George Kittle only allowed him to catch one ball on two targets. With Derwin James roaming the field, l A has held tight ends to an eighty two point five rating. They can make it tough on Kelsey. That is not a guy you want to run into. Darwin James one are the best defenders in the league. Can't just play the tight end well though.

With Mahomes the specialness of the season so far, how he's utilized what he has in front of him, targeted ten different players last week. Running back Jerick McKinnon was his top target was dump t he was left alone and while Juju Smith Schuster might not be available at the white out spot, Chargers have this Darius Tony guy to deal with. Tony last week, making his first mark with Ksey, there's the goal, it's over to Tony and

he tiptoes the tight rots a touchdown. Mvs also scored for them last week, and they're hoping to have Micole Hardman back this week. Chargers have played the pass overall respectably in two same It's true for how they've handled wide receivers in coverage and the trapping deflicted in an acceptive cannot fire you with a pack where they've been a little vulnerable in the passing game running backs a hundred and seven point six rating allowed to that position, three T D s allowed and no I N T

s out. But Katherine clearly it would help if l A could frazzle Mahomes. Khalil Mack grabbed his seventh Sackers of San Francisco. Trouble here, Kalil Mack's got it, and he's got him and he's dead for a loss of time. Problem is with Joey Bosa sidelined, he's been a one man band Chargers with a meddling sack total in a low QB hit total so far. So what if Justin Herbert has to try and keep up with Mahomes could

be problematic. Chargers passing attack is in rough shape. Herbert last week unable to make do with the do he had to try to make do with under two hundred yards under six yards per attempt for rating of seventy three. Four straight games now Herbert's yards per attempt has been under six. That's rough four straight games with a sub ninety rating. And it was a great throw and just all the fingertips give Herbert his due though he's like the Black Knight taking on King Arthur out there. No

Keenan Allen, what tis but a scratch? No, Mike Williams, look you stupid, So and so you have no receivers left? Yeah I do? Who look at you? What 'tis a flesh wound? Oh? Look you're starting tight end? Also left hurt last week? Right, I'll do you for that. I'm invincible the toptown car clearly who actually trots out with Herbert for battle could alter things. Playing the guessing game

during the week, though, has proved fruitless. The Chargers offense last week was relegated to lots of Austin Ekeler dumps. He led the team with twelve targets, leads the team and looks for the year. If Herbert does get some of his guys back, he's facing a Chief's defense that can be had through the air. Rating allowed over a hundred two given up, nineteen tds and only three I N T s holds for the touchdown. Chiefs aren't playing the run game grade anymore either, four and a half

per run allowed for the season. They got stopped for a moment, but he keeps going. No real shock red chalk across the board, no one taking the Chargers on our ten person panel. The Cleveland Browns are on the road again this week in the Northeast, this time to take on the Bills, who are in the midst of a little bit of an identity crisis. You the we thought you were, or the one we've seen lose two games in a row and are also sitting in third place, stops up and throws it in seventeen and in this

heavy right cloud the Vikings. What the knock? Phil Dumpy? Take it away? Why the face the game Allen and his mates lost, Probably game of the year. But here's the bottom line. Cleveland is faced with trying to do one or two things, based on recent events, to extend Buffalo's woes. Either play ridiculous defense the way the Jets did against Buffalo in Week nine, holding them to seventeen points socks Gardner's got him, or combined some crazy insane

CLE-BUF

splash plays with a guest performance from Jimmy Walker on your offense like the Vikings did to him in week ten, which led to Buffalo giving up thirty three points fourth eighteen. He's given time he wants, Jeffer said Climes. Oh my godness, Justin Jeffers said that Cats of his life, Bill's mafia right now, So you're telling it takes the eighty five Bears or a matrix video game catch followed by us

stopping them four times? After that, that's fine. Put a step on the n which is then followed by losing a fumble in our own end zone, and then we throw an I N T in O T as we try to win it. That's what it takes for us to lose. After they trail ten, they force over time, and they beat the Bills here in Orchard Park. All right, So let's look it all over. Could the Browns lock

Buffaloes passing attack up like New York did? Alan Still threw for three hundred thirty yards in Week ten, Stefon Diggs caught twelve balls for a hundred and twenty eight yards, gave Davis close to a hundred yards roll on Brown's passing defense versus the two a cheetah penguin powered Miami offense. Two d ninety six yards allowed through the air, over nine yards per attempt, three touchdowns, no picks rating allowed over a hundred and thirty five. They're rating allowed for

the season point two touchdown. So what about Cleveland's ability to shock and awe On the O side. They have to be able to get Nip Chubb involved early. He's having a great year on paper. He looked good last week, but just eleven carries, the game gets away from the Browns early like it did versus Miami. He can't help control the flow breaks through touchdown. He is the key of keys because Buffalo was not able to contain Dalvin Cook and their latest loss, and they didn't play the

Jets ground game well either. That's the common denominator in their last two losses. So that's the Browns biggest opening. Bills gave up eight point five a run close to a hundred and twenty yards and a touchdown to Cook last week. Cook scot Room vint takes off touchdown. Cleveland's passing attack Jacoby Brissette still behind the wheel six point one yards per attempt, eighty nine point two rating, touchdown, no picks. Versus Miami utilizes a Marie Cooper and Donovan

People's jones most of the time. They accounted for a hundred and thirty of percepts two hundred twelve yards last week. It's like it is what it is. Browns do take on a rattled secondary. Their body of work is in good shape, and they held Kirk Cousins to a seventy one point eight rating and picked him off twice. But their Week ten overall body of work more like game

preview guy in the mirror. Bills aren't used to giving up three hundred and fifty seven yards through the air a hundred and ninety three to one, Guy Cousins, given time his thrower is right there, that Browns want any chance of sending the Bills to three straight ls, Myles Garrett and Jadavian clown you can't go sackless against the time. The middle ten votes all for Buffalo in this one

at straightforward in their minds. Houston is at home this week, the Texans welcoming in the Washington David's fresh off slinging that stone and taking out the last NFL Goliath instead Heineck wisely, and now a flag that's gonna in essence end a game, hey man, Taylor, Heineke didn't make the rule or throw the flag. He just knew what he

was doing, and it doesn't matter anymore. Washington is five and five and feeling like they have a great shot at getting over the five hundred mark based on their opponent this week, only having one wind Mills spins out of trouble. Mills try to break away, can not. The Giants get to him. Washington's offense in their upset wing over Philadelphia three yards in a cloud of dust, over and over and over again. Forty nine rush attempts. No one averaged over three and a half a carry didn't matter.

Pound it set up short third downs that are easy to convert, so you keep the ball and the clock running.

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He keeps it, gets the first out. They could employ a similar strategy based on Houston's twenty two defensive play, Texans are giving up five point two yards per carry this year bottom five figures, Yeah, Henry. Plus, they also just got beat by a team that employed the same strategy Washington used. Houston faced forty seven New York Giant Russia attempts, only seventeen pass attempts Barkley. That acceleration for

Barkley pounding it through. The Texans have played the past better than the run in two, but they weren't great against Daniel Jones gave up a super fat one hundred and fifty three point three raiding to him over eleven yards per attempt. Allowed rookie safety Jalen Petrie coming in off a rough outing that saw him give up two TVs and eighty six yards of course to throw coming back forking a tackle, Slay down the slood Sliky toucksdown.

Washington's passing attack was scary list like, that's all it really looks kind of can only through for two hundred and eleven yards. Terry McLaurin was sponsible for a hundred and twenty eight of them, and most came against Darius slay, who was the league's top corner. The fundrais off the line of scrimmage and and mclauren gets in behind him. This ball is as good as it can possibly be,

so give McLaurin some. Derek Stingley, the rookie corner, continues to sparkle rating against still a nice low seventy point one. He wasn't able to get there. Stingley read it so well Buckley tried to bounce it. Stingley was there. Another key to Washington's win. They created four turnovers. Might not need that against Houston, but it wouldn't hurt either out down field intercepted. Texans offense hasn't been overly turnover prone.

Can't say that's true for Davis Mills, though, Commanders taking on a quarterback with nine I N t s, the second most in the NFL. Float up in the air, intercepted Dane Belt, he steps in for the pitch. Houston turns it over again. Mills and their passing games seemed to be the key to them pulling off an upset. Their run game is fine, but it hasn't led them

to wins. So Mills has to play above his two levels on the year, low sixties completion percentage, only eleven t d passes, low eighties, rating under seven yards per ten. Fourth quarter at Soldier tied, it's what I stepped back two Bills, Yes, intercepted in the end, he did throw for over three hundred yards last week, over eight yards per Mills. That one is complete tour set he in the offense. They'll have to be able to convert more third downs. They were unable to last week and have

been unable to all the season. Mills, let's fly up, float back it up the Washington defense. He and his mates take on this week Top ten. It's stopping teams on third down. Its broken up, well timed by Kendall Fuller, who knocked it away from a J. Brown. Can't call

the Commander's past defense terrible, but they're not great. Mid nineties rating allowed one of a handful of teams allowing over all the yards per completion given up the second most tds through the air, rolls left still looking, throws left side of the ends, one leaping wrap ends up

put stop and sure the Texans will roll. Damian Pierce at Washington plenty four point seven to carry for two better than five a run two weeks straight, eighty plus yards rushing in six of his last seven games, ninety four yards on seventeen carries last week, Davia Pierce, look at him, go hs Pierce. The Giants Commanders are tough on running backs, holding that position at just four point to a run got two votes for the Texans taking it. Daniel Jeremiah and Adam Rank rest of the ten person

panel went with Washington. Well, this matchup has taken on a very different field, the Colts showing they can win with a head coach who've never coached above the high school levels one for Adams broken up, there's no foight and on downs the Colts hold. Philadelphia Eagles finally getting their first taste of are cast a ball instead Heinick wisely and now a fly. That's essence and the game. So we're beyond two hand touch now just have to

tackle by what trying to use psychic powers? Just checking is all No, no, no, Heineck gave himself up. Brandon Graham took responsibility, didn't blame the rafts. Still don't think it's wise for that raft to vacation in Philly in timing soon. Now the Eagles have to try and do something they haven't done all year, rebound after a loss.

PHI-IND

Pretty sure. The focus this week ball security, down field intercepted. You don't see many eight no teams turn the ball over four times in one game. They've only given it away three times all year, and that's why we have ants. Jalen hurts through one I n T. That's going to happen occasionally, but they can't lose three fumbles again this week if they expect to get back into the wind.

Call is a diving catch, ball comes out, Commanders pick it up at the fifteen yard loss Task number two, don't let Jonathan Taylor and the Colts run game dictate the terms. Wondered what a guy with no experience as an NFL coach would do the same thing as the rest of us would have done. Hey, let's run the ball with jt. How hard is this coaching thing? Right?

Taylor last week a hundred and forty seven yards six point seven to carry one touchdown call, He's off to the races and if kest the Colts rushed for over two hundred yards versus Vegas, Jalen Hurts has nothing on Matt Ryan Stems the iceman broke off a thirty nine yard or in week ten, Ryan for thirty nine yards? Did the Raiders think the play was over? Eighties got a fund style look at the thirty seven year old quarterback being that seems unlikely to happen. Again, Let's focus

on Philadelphia's skill versus standard backs. They faced forty nine rush attempts versus Washington, held them the three point one yards per carry, held both primary backs under three and a half of them. That sounds pretty stout. Robinson bottled up back to the line of scrimics. That's it. The However, that showing doesn't fit the body of work. They have given up a fat four point six yards per carry

to running back, specifically this season to Cutch Left. Plus the strategy of three yards in a cloud of dust was meant to avoid throwing two off and at Philadelphia secondary while helping them set up short third downs, which it did. Philadelphia will be looking to correct that issue. They allowed Washington to convert twelve of twenty one of those chances good protection passes wide open to mclart. Philadelphia's secondary will obviously get tested something they've been lights out.

But Darius Slay will be looking to reassert himself as the top cornerback in the league because he wasn't last week. He did not lay all day. He gave up a hundred and four yards on six catches. The fund raikes off the line of scrimmage and and McLaurin gets in behind him. This ball is as good as it can possibly be. Horseshoe fans might be thinking, if the Heineken and Terry McLaurin can do that to him, Shirley Ryan and Michael Pittman or Paris Campbell can do a little something.

Ryan made a triumphant return two hundred and twenty two yards isn't much, but almost eight yards per attempt. No picks a rating of one O nine point five. Tell him the middle, he goes. There, goes Campbell, Puff to the races touchdown. This primary targets Pittman and Campbell nine targets each last week, seven catches each slip the block at the right tack going down the field, they go those it's Campbell block here on the checket down in

five and they find the receiver. Michael Pittman can't ignore tight end Kyl and Grandson either. Four targets, four catches, fifty seven yards and he's got his receiver that's caught with the Tuten Grimson. Back to the Eagles offense. Now, how easy will it be for them to get back on track versus and E's d Hurts won't have Dallas Goddard for a while hurt shoulder, So it puts pressure on A. J. Brown and DeVante Smith to carry things. Brown comes in off his worst showing. He had just

one catch on four targets, just seven yards. Good play and he's playing soft and he just drives on it. He beats A J. Brown to the ball Smith, on the other hand, score passes Cot Smith touchdown Philadelphia, but just thirty nine yards. That's four straight games now he's ended with less than forty five and he was one of the fumblers, and so was Quaz Watkins. But he did have eighty yards, so he should also factor plenty with Goddard's absence. Let's why about prin pass Cot by Watchinness.

Colts aren't tough to pass on overall rating allowed mid nineties, allowing close to passes to be completely play by play to the ones cot for the touchdown. They're not terrible by any means, though only seven yards are attempt allowed. Stefan Gilmore likely shadows Brown quite a bit. He has come up huge for them over and over this year, has held qvs to an eighty point to rating too. I know he's going to Devanta Adams one on one. Gilmore's imposition Eagles run game. Both Hurts and Miles Sanders

picked up four point five or better versus Washington. It's Chiefs right up the gun. Sanders only got twelve carries though Philadelphia running the ball just twenty times overall. How often will they try the ground game versus Indianapolis? They're holding Runners to three point eight yards per carry, second lowest in the leaves. That's the call. I'm first and send Crimin whoa look at this? Mark Sessler, the lone believer in Indy on our ten person panel, put on

a sight. Divisional matchups are always fun, aren't they? I mean, they're way more fun when you're not battling for last place. But we can't have everything we want, can we? Broncos and Raiders fans wish everybody in that room felt the same way about this place. And as a leader, that pisces me off. I'm being honest. It's a week four rematch between these two teams, which the Raiders won thirty two to twenty three. Will Denver get their revenge at

home against Vegas? Let's break it down? Come on, come on, hey, Speaking of breakdowns, that might be the best way to describe what the Raiders endured during their twenty five to twenty loss to the Colts last weekend by stud Hillbore, that's its black hole. Keeps thinking the black hole there in each week is the blackest of the holes. How

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about taking their third loss in a row? All the teams with losing records their latest loss to a guy who had just taken over as head coach days earlier and had never coached even a college team. They have to be at the bottom now, right. Derek Carr didn't play horribly thirty eight with two touchdowns, no picks WI Week ten was cars m O sort of some good numbers, but six and a half yards per attempt and another loss. I'm sorry. Car has to find more ways to move

the offense against the Denver defense. That maybe it's best since their Super Bowl fifty winning unit is gonna be intercepted, that it may have sealed the deal here in London back in second yards allowed first against the past, tough to run on the way you beat Denvers by stopping their offense. Same is true in two Come Jose. The Raiders relied on their playmakers to get that Week four victory over Denver. Josh Jacobs held serve in the fourth quarter and route to a hundred and forty four yards

and two touchdowns. Hands it up with jacobs cars through the middle touch back at the five dependo touchdown lenders and he might have just sealed Las Vegas. His cars right of the heir Davante Adams had a day nine catches for a hundred and one yards on thirteen targets, back to pass, look at Adams right side on the sideline the Broncos. It ended up being the raiders second highest point total of the season, which is a big deal, and that it came against the team leading the league

in scoring defense. Broncos defenders Patrick sir Kan Kawan Williams and de Marie Mathis will work to keep Davontae Adams, mac Hollins and Foster Moreau and check for car looks for Adams those ball dr way five passer Dan incomplete feels pretty good about that play. Why not? In fact, had Moreau not dropped a pass in the end zone against Indy, we'd be talking about the Raiders going on a ride right now. Speaking of ride, Broncos fans surely hoped let's ride would be the catchphrase of two instead

of the meme it's ended up being. Who would have expected a Russell Wilson led offense to have the struggles Denver has had so far this season. Alright, it's timid seats. They're gonna win this football game. As good as Denver's defense has been, you still need at least some offense

to win championships. And while the Broncos have been fine at gaining yardage if you had the run in the pass, they've been terrible at actually, you know, scoring, like worst in the league level terrible, like fourteen point six points a game terrible. And there are three wins they've scored sixteen,

eleven and twenty one points. Let's ride indeed broken up in the end zone and somehow, some way, the Indian Atholis Colts pulled out a twelve none Perhaps ironically, their best point total this season came in that loss to the Raiders, a whopping twenty three points. The Broncos need more from their skill players like Melvin Gordon, Courtland Sutton, and Jerry Judy. This week, Gordon is tied for his lowest yard per carry average of his career side Sutton

is averaging his lowest yards per catch total. Wilson loads it up, throws a ball that is caught by Sutton up incomplete for a bottom five Raiders defensive unit trying to get right. This may be the perfect opponent. Raiders are the worst at getting sacks. You cannot give a quarterback this much time. It's hard for these defenders to defend that long. Wilson is the third most sacked QB

in the league. Wilson Wilson in trouble. Raiders give up the highest completion percentage ring back to pass Flack caught Cambell sorry fangling less like pad breaks tap, oh my godnes touchdown cold. Broncos are the worst at completing passes. Wilson Judy end zone and it's like you never saw. Raiders are fifth worst at keeping other teams from scoring. There's have three chances to bring him down. Patty stepped the whole three tackles and we already told you how

bad the Broncos are at putting up points. McManus next, Hennessee Hawks are gonna win this game. Someone ends this game with their sights on three. Someone ends with Lloyd Christmas dreams. Eight votes for the Broncos splitting the series. Marcus Grant and m J D rolling with Vegas Week eleven. Rams and Saints, two teams desperately clinging to their two playoff hopes, but both despite their records still very much

a lot. Both teams come in off losses, the Saints going down to a one win Steeler squad with a QB sporting the worst pass or rating in the game rives the read holds it back fives fireball for the first step, but is that worse than this? The Rams coming off a loss at home to Colton McCoy not trying to be rude, but that's all you need to know. A j Grid makes the catch spectacular. Suppose the easiest place to start with is l A's offense. Will Rams fans be rooting for a backup QB again? This week?

John Wolford filled in against Arizona for Matthews Stafford, who was in concussion protocol. If it's Wolford again, he didn't embarrass himself twenty four or thirty six through a touchdown rating just under eighty. What do you want from Wolford? So the episode it is caught for a touchdown by Van Kemper Ship Stafford was supposed to be a game time decision against the Cardinals, so you'd assume there's a

good chance he's back for New Orleans. At sixty eight point four, his completion percentage is actually improved over his numbers last year. Well, write Stafford looking for a target run, He'll take it up till look at two to the pilot cut down Matthew Stafford. I'm trying to keep it positive. His season has been pretty brutal, as has the entire passing game and offense so great. Googly moogalie. Now we have to see what they look like without Cooper cut

injured ankle landed him on ill land. You can't put anyway on that right leg, so stopping the rams won't be as tall in order for New Orleans. Plus, they've played the pass well the season, holding quarterbacks in their seven yards for attempt, holding teams under two hundred yards

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passing like beat right here. Look at him stand up. Now watch him undercut this, undercut the route, get your hand inside above. Despite that lofty status against aerial attacks, the Saints have an excel at keeping opposing teams out of the end zone, though they're tied for twenty five in the league in scoring and pitching off the right touchdown Pittsburg seems odd, right. They play the past pretty well and give up gobs of points. Their defense is

generated the second fewest turnovers in the NFL. Their offense, You're two Santa claus tipped into the air. It's picked off of the thirty yard line, running left to the twenty, park O Wilson to the ted. He high steps and then he does a flip into the ends off of the touchdown. Saints want to get back into the wind column. Stopped listening to the red hot Chili Peppers. No offense has given it away, giving it away, given the ball

away more than New Orleans last week. Andy Dalton was the culprist those in the pocket looks for lady offers. Had it puffed off, Let's take it away. Jersey Dalton through two picks in a game where the Saints offense only had the ball for a little more than twenty one minutes, in a route to just a hundred and eighty six yards of total. Oh, he goes up eyeball. That's just perfect defense right there by Wallace. So maybe we see Mr Famous make his return at this point.

Why not? If you're a Rams fan, you don't think it matters who they throw out there, Winston or the red Rifle. L A secondary may not have lights out numbers, but you would assume Jalen Ramsey can make things real tough on the Saints. Number one white out Chris Olava, oh Si LaVey didn't have Ramsey on him last week, still wasn't able to make much of an impact in their lost to Pittsburgh only forty yards. You see it right there. Attack the ball in the air, don't let

it get to your body. The key to New Orleans hopes of dictating terms when they have the ball is Alvin Kamara. He only has one one hundred yard rushing game, back against the Seahawks in Week five, was held at twenty six yards three point three a carry. Last week, Albert Cabara stretched to the sideline, it will be a loss of a yard. Obviously. He's more of a total yardage guy, averaging a hundred of those per game. For one area where Los Angeles excels is at stopping the run.

Ninety six yards a game is fourth fest and only four yards per carry allowed, tied for third. Bats three rams votes in this one. Seven going with the Saints. Detroit heads to New York City this week. Now they head to New Jersey actually to take on the Giants, which means their defense is once again going to get tested along the ground park for the cutdown. Good news for the Lions. They are bottom three in rush defense.

They just gave up two hundred and fifty eight yards to ball carriers last week, allowed seven point four yards per run, gave up two rushing tdsh cleaing glons. It was word touched down. Yep. They gave up all those splash plays along the ground and they want so sure, Bring on Sa Kwan Barkley and Daniel Jones. Jones can't be any faster than what Detroit just saw with fields. Barkley, though, is the focal point everyone's aware of. His two rebirth comes in off a hundred and fifty two yard game

one touchdown again, don't touch down Giants. Barkley prop two yards down. The Giants ran forty seven times last week. Sa Kwan thirty five carries. Please stand in salute this man. If he isn't the NFL version of Leonidas from three hundred, I don't know who is this is sake Wan dancers, look you the don't touch down. So if the Lions were able to win while not being able to stop the line, then what well the next key battle lands

with New York secondary versus Detroit's passing attack. Jared Goff comes in off a Jared Gossip outing look that would work on Bob's Burgers. He put up a hundred thirteen point six rating over nine yards per attempt one t D no I n T saw touchdown. Detroit Lions Giants would appear to need someone for aman Ras st Brown. He leads the Lions in targets a hundred and nineteen yards last week eleven targets next highest on the team three comin raw tossing bear sters like Giants pass defense,

Goff and st Brown faced this week. Overall, New York

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has played the past game well. Completion percentage allowed under sixty, rating allowed under ninety mixed bag. In Week ten, nineteen yards allowed to Davis Mills gave up over eight yards per attempt, but they also picked him off and held him to an eighty five point three rate. High ball javel up sideline are excepted by Pelton end for a touchback. Being Detroit's passing game runs through a wide receiver, how

has New York handled that position? Kind of like they've played the pass overall, which is to say, solid chaps a deep drop passers holding white outs to an eighty four point eight rating that's top ten action. Goff got sacked a couple of times in week ten, but only got hit three times, only faced fresher roughly of his dropbacks. He faces a much different situation this week. He's gonna get blitzed a lot. It's New York specialty. They lead the NFL on that front by a wide margin. They

racked up four sacks last week. Bills or sack se Goff versus the blitz this season ninety three point eight rating not bad, but four of his seven I and T s have come against five plus pass rushers deep ballust side. You could make the case Quill mcpringleberry could swing things. Jamal Williams is averaging four point three a run this season. He punched in his ninth TV last week. He didn't pump the hips three times he wanted to, though the Shakira the hips don't lie. What's something reason

Williams and or DeAndre Swift could make an impact. New York also has a porous run defense. Gave up five and a half yards per carry to Damian Pierce last week, five and a half two runners overall this season, and five point four to running backs specifically. That was an easy thirty yard touchdown run for Kenyan Drake. We are left with New York's passing offense versus Detroit's passing d Neither is the star of the show each week. Usually.

With that said, can't ignore what Jones did against a decent Houston secondary two touchdowns, no I n T s eleven point six yards per attempt a rating of a hundred and fifty three point three to do Lions pass defense he faces gave up a ninety nine point four rate to justin Fields season rate allowed ninety nine point eight. Stopping the pass hasn't been a strength of theirs. Touchdown touchdown there. Mark Sessler and Colleen Wolfe believe in the Lions making it three in a row. The other seven

voters went gem in. The Pittsburgh Steelers are at home for Week eleven, feeling much more like themselves again. Get to Alvin Cabert to begin to day, you get stallowed up a T T WAT is right at the thick of things. Now they get the task of trying to slow down a rested Cincinnati offense throw his past touched out. Regardless of how they looked the last time we saw them, the Steelers will still be focused on Joe Burrow and

the Bengals passing attack. Joe Schist, completing sevent his passes so far eighteen touchdown only six picks, over two d and eighty yards per game, rating over one oh two touchdown Bengals. As Joe Burrow plugs up pertly well down the middle of the field, Pittsburgh secondary doesn't have to worry about Jamaar chasing this one. He's still out hurt, so most of burrows throws will likely be directed at Te Higgins and Tyler Boyd, both gents averaging right near

xp yards per game this season. Bro grows it is caught by Tyler Boyd, touchdown Brow It grows it heap down the side by Hagen. The tackle down yea worth noting, though tight end Hayden Hurst and running back Joe Mixing both average over four catches a game as well to Girl under a little peak hits it into the tightest windows and hayden Hurst spins it forward for a first game of the screen from Mix and Mix a Little Road and looks at some speed stepping out of tackles.

Those dudes now take on t. J. Watton Company. Steelers defense can only truly be evaluated with him in the lineup. Last week only gave up one passing touchdown, picked off two passes, called Andy Dalton to a sixty two point nine ratings, stays in the pocket, puts handing, alters hands a bit, Brits taking a line by Yes, the only thing Andy Dalton and Joe Burrow haven't common at this point they both played quarterback for Cincinnati. Still, it's all

we can work with. When it comes to the Steelers defense, what is that good? He didn't even sack Dalton, but Alex Highsmith did twice. He like others on their defense, so much more dangerous when what is out You watched the spin move it inside gets him with that back elbow. And when high Smith is war all one, high Spith is twice Steelers and what don't need maps to figure out how to get home versus Burrow. They've paid him

plenty of visits in the past couple of years. And Burrow is faced at twenty nine point five pressure rate. That's high taken thirty sacks and nine games. What if the Bengals go heavier with their ground game than we might expect. Steelers are either getting a twenty two Joe Mixon back who's under four yards or carry or they could get pulk Hi Joe Mixon, except he outdid alban He by catching a touchdown as well. But four TV runs a hundred and fifty three yards almost seven to

carry the last time we saw him in action. First down they run it with Rix and Mix on the sideline and stuffed out about Steelers rush defense versus running backs in four point two allowed. That's not terrible again though last week with what they held Alvin Camarat to twenty six yards three point three a character but on a broad with Camara very close to the stakes and it looks to be short. Pittsburgh's defense has pressure to keep the score low based on their typical two offensive output.

Their defensive play last week allowed them to rely on their rush attack versus the Saints forty three attempts, Henny Pikett using his legs to make an impact over fifty yards six point for a run and a touchdowns the rights to Xel touchdown pos part. But the Steelers also

got a productive game from Nausea Harris. In fact, it was his best showing of the season, close to a hundred yards five a run do the straights w all extends Timexis has got some more so Bengals versus runners four point four yards per carry allowed overall, four point one yards per carry allowed to running backs and four point three to quarterbacks, which is pretty good. So they're well equipped on this front. If Pittsburgh's passing game was

called upon, it's not their strength. Pick It at least generated close to two hundred yards last week, didn't throw any I N T s and for now, that kind of performance is almost good for him. Shut out it's caught us. Yes, Steelers have to try and give him more time if they expect more than that from him. He took six sacks last night. Think Collapsie goes down. Bengals do have Trey Hendrickson and Sam Covered that could do something with that, but Cincinnati has only got fourteen

sacks in nine games. That makes their against quarterbacks even more impressive. Pickt facing a defense that's held quarterbacks to a sub eight rating, sub sixty completion percentage, Bengals with a nine to eight E, D, T, I and T ratio, and it's an accepted. Look at the forty five by Germainet, you'd assume all ten voters would take Cincinnati. But Colleen Wolf calls for the Steelers upset trying to get in

good with Pittsburgh Dad. Maybe the Atlanta Falcons in the Chicago Bears get together in a matchup that could make the Rhode Island Stapleton's in Decatur, Staley's jealous for a Falcons touched out. These two teams offensive philosophies right in line with the legend John Madden's preferred way of travel. What a start? Twenty eight yards on the fields, rock, I'd say this will be the battle of three yards in a cloud of dust. But the game is in Atlanta,

So three yards in a spritzle of little black plastic pellets. Wow, that sounds just as tough. You get what the preview headline is though, Right both off fences are run dominant, justin fields, maybe the most dominant runner in the game right now, down Bimody. This six hundred and seventy eight yards in week nine follows that up with a hundred and forty seven and week ten Bears offense looking more

and more like Lamar in Baltimore. With each passing week field Tommy Angle, try it out race Okuda for the touchdown fields runs have either kept them competitive or have led to wins. So Atlanta's ability to handle running qbs six point three in attempt allowed. As a young Sarah Lynn would have put it, that's too much man. Girl's gonna take off its surprise everybody and get the first

down and more. Falcons will get tested plenty by traditional runners Khalil Herbert and David Montgomery nineteen attempts combined in Week ten. Montgomery hit at four point one to carry. He gets his touches, but he's under four a run for the year. Still, the more explosive of the two continues to be Herbert fifty seven yards five point seven a carry last week, five a carry or better in three of his last four games, straight up a gut

and in to the other zone front touchdown. Herbert did get hurt last week, so I have to monitor that. And for what it's worth, Falcons have allowed four point

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three a run to running backs. Not terrible, not great, But let's keep the run game convo going because Atlanta's offense has also spent the season relying on their rush attack to lead the way close to a hundred and forty yards last week five point five per Co and Marcus with a good run. Falcons have one of the highest rush attempt potals in the NFL, but never know who it is that's going to be effective. They roll

with sort of a committee approach. Last week, Caleb Huntley, Avery Williams, Marcus Mariotta all hit at six or better running in and Mariota is going to get it with his legs. So what kind of run defense are they facing? Chicago has played quarterbacks and running backs exactly the same. So far not great. Four point six allowed to both positions. Welcome to the pitch Show. Tony Polar Star touchdown of the day. The passing offenses and defenses of both teams

all fall under the X factor umbrella. Neither team throws a ton Fields is on the best run of his career as a passer, though, even if it doesn't include a lot of passing yards per game, He's been incredibly efficient, rating of nine plus in three straight games, seven touchdowns, just one I n T in that span. More often than before, he's finding the guys who get wide open due to defense is creeping in to stop him from bolting.

Come at. Probably he's got it. The house still has to learn when not to force it, though that picky through last week. Hopefully a teachable moment, as they say, who go with the pick? Had Little one picks big one and takes it for a touchdown. Falcons haven't faced any quarterbacks or offenses that utilize Chicago or fields style, and part of that stile is getting taken down. His sack total is Jeffrey Lebowski High got up close with the grass three times in Week ten, the most sacked

QB this year. Many times you actually have to sack them. Look at there's a lot, there's two three. So what happens when a stoppable force meets a completely movable object. Fields sacks taken total is on one side of the spectrum. Falcon sack total on defense also an extremely rough territory, just thirteen QB takedowns in Atlanta's lack of pressure is shown up on the back end and a half rate

allowed close to passes being completed against them. So Fields might be able to keep his mojo Street going for the end zone. Come bait thing high to pull it in. Here's the thing, though, Chicago's defense only has fifteen sacks a low twenties pressure rate, but the same deal they face a quarterback who just faced forty pressure last week that's not dude level, that's Cheach and Chong levels. If the old Dirty South melody is true, the Falcons want the Bears on the fifty yard line while the Dirty

Birds kick for tree. I think it's supposed to say kick for three. It's probably a typo. And the Georgia Dome isn't around anymore. That's a long field goal to from the fifty. Who takes the Battle of the ground games eight votes for Chicago, Marcus Grant and DJ dissenting, with votes for Atlanta. The Carolina Panthers are on the road this week, feeling a little Lloyd Christmas. We're saying there's a chance, no matter what the down, if it's

sad Tames does it again. They are heading north to Baltimore, which means they have to figure out how to stop Lamar Jackson and the Ravens run game. He's at the thirty. It's a like Grace forty. Lamar Jackson been building going forty, Ravens sitting six and three thanks to their run past split being back in line with previous successful seasons they've had in passing and fourth in RUSSI attempts after by five point five yards per carry second in Russia yards

per game, ring to the left. He's got a crease, he's got a hole, he's got a touch. Yes, Lamar is the centerpiece. How Carolina handles him as a runner is crucial to them. Pulling an upset averages seven point for a run, leads the team and yards per game with seventy point six. And that is what Lamar Jackson can bring to a game. So how does Carolina handle quarterbacks that take off against Marcus Mariota? Not great? Three carries last week fourteen yards per six carries forty three

yards the first time Mariota. But they also faced Daniel Jones and Kyler Murray earlier this season and held them and check their body of work against quarterbacks running in good shape, flushed out, look out out about the kim k. However, Baltimore isn't back to its roots because Lamar is all of a sudden good at running, he still runs less on average than both the running backs Carolina has some try and off. Panthers have three different guys to try

and contain on the ground. Gus Edwards, Kenyan Drake averaging twenty three attempts combined per game, both averaging four point seven or better per run Ti Baby. So the Panthers

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have to be able to play running backs well too. On that front, not as good as the quarterback front four point seven per run aloud. If Carolina cann holder ground against the action on the ground and force Baltimore to throw, then they have to be able to play the tight end position well. Lamar has solid numbers this year as a passer, but put it this way, Herkele could line up at tight end and he'd pull in a couple of catches a game from Jackson. He's targeted

Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely ninety four times. Talk too wide receivers on the team, sixty two targets. He says, I'm supposed to read, did I do that? Fires across a middle? Andrews hasn't the five turns and he's in for up touched out. How does the most popular target in Baltimore get that all. Panther's ground game can lead the way for their offense too, and at least try and keep it close. They have a mild advantage down low.

Deonte Foreman last week a hundred and thirty yards and a touchdown to the outside went rome and into the end zone. Touch the foreman now a hundred and eighteen plus yards and three of his last four games. Carolina has won two of those games and kept the other clothes. Pair that with Baltimore's rush defense four point three allowed overall, four point three allowed to running backs, So sort of

basic against the run. To use a phrase from the parlance of our times, to do alright, I know this Raven super fan P two who I can already hear hold on man on sixties. You know we just got Ropewan. You know what that man did in his first game with the Raven Smith was all over Alvin Camara's a Baltimore three point two yards per carry allowed to the Saints in their last game. They're down at one camera.

It didn't get it, but beyond X factor matchup in this contest, Carolina's passing attack Baltimore secondary P. J Walker through six team passes last week Carolina ran forty seven times and now it's back to Baker. Mayfield has been named starter because Walker is hurt. Baker did look good and mop up duty a couple of weeks ago. So there's that look down the sideline hatch ripped away by terrorists Marshall. Their entire passing attack is built around d J.

Moore most games. More is the only significant threat Carolina has to offer up in this game. But this is what we're talking about. Nine yards last week, under fifty yards per game for the year, trying to find the right combination d J. Mura even more problematic for Baker more spelled Marlin Humphrey. He's the Baltimore Racer holding two vs. To an eighty two point six rating. Two picks protect the holds up, be froze, and it's intercepted, picked up

by Humphrey flock chalk. No one thinks Baker can overtake Baltimore on our panel of ten. NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in partnership with i Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit the i Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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