NFL Weekly Game Previews: Week 13

I get it? Can I Get it? Day? You know? The Miami Dolphins head west after finally answering the age old question every football fan has wondered, What if a good college team played an NFL team. Now it's crambling tours about touchdown Miami and it's the Spike. Dolphins take their show to San Francisco this week, taking on a forty Niners squad who sharpened their defensive skills. Maybe at just the right time, I got to go behind the

forty Niners takeover on Ford Down Again. Niners aren't likely going to come away with another Homer favored on defense this week. It's easy enough to try and discredit their recent showing to facing a challenged offense, So let's just approach it with broader Bob Ross strokes. Forty secondary has to come up with a way to do something no one has done yet beat too a Tyreke and Jalen in a game where tongue of Voloa starts and takes

most of the snaps. No QB has the combination of numbers he has in hands touchdown to his resume as all no built off his ability to find wattle and hill in big moments and for big yards. No wide receiver duo has been more explosive this season or hard to handle back to throw those a touch bowl to hill without Billow Touchdow, No two guys will handle them alone either, But you have to have two good corners to start. Forty niners have tre Various Word on one side.

He's the best candidate to stick on hill. Lots of years practicing with him and he's been locked down in twenty one. Two sixty eight point five rating against makes him one of the best this season. Various Lord, it was back there in coverage. It was close. San Francisco has given up a ninety point nine rating to wide receivers across the year. That's not terrible, but it's not great relative to how other teams have handled white outs. They can't play Waddle and Hill not terribly touchdown. This

is where we get to Nick Bosa. How might he be able to impact the game another sack last week, only has one game where he didn't get home. That's a Saccaroni baby. The Niners have thirty three sacks this season, pressure rate and nice high twenties, and they take on a line without Tron Armstead to have got sacked four times by the Texans, all of them after Armstead left The game too, has been getting racked up this half by this Texans defensive front. Miami running backs Jeff Wilson

and Raheem Moster also faced their former mates. Most didn't play last week with a knee issue. Wilson was quiet last week. Their run game is a built in X factor. The Niners rush attack, on the other hand, the heart of their offense. Here's McCaffrey on a toss. A big player for the forty Niners, Deebo Samuel only ran two times last week. Christian McCaffrey was held at two point nine yards per carry. Elijah Mitchell longest run twelve yards

rough week for their ground games, that's still save. It's jammed that up from the snap. Can the Dolphins keep them quiet? Back to back weeks? Three point seven yards per carry allowed to running backs this season, second hardest team for backs to game yards on. Christian Wilkins a beast in the middle. I think I saw someone say he's the best defensive tackle in the game at this point, or playing the best at the very least. He's dropped the back by Christian Wilkins. That's one quick, big band

right there. Forty Niners passing game like their run game. Also in a week twelve, Jimmy Garoppolo having a Jimmy game manager kind of outing. I gotta throw up at the corner of the end zone. Broke it up. How did you watch yet? It's not the ricochet. Forty Niners weren't great on third down last week. That's something they're going to have to correct this week. And they were kind of rough in the red zone. Their passing attack and run through Debo and Brandon Ay you, George Kittle

at tight end CMC out of the backfield. They're most effective when their ground game sets the table black brand. What a throw to Kittle, Deebo Samuel all the way and they got so McCaffrey sprinting away. Miami's defense has played wide receivers well, holding them to a rating under ninety. For giving up a ninety five point one rating, you're running backs, that's kind of average. Tight ends one twenty

five point six. In fact, even in their blowout win, a touchdown allowed to tight end Jordan Aikin's five catches, five targets, sixty one yards. A kids take a good Tickler's and he bangs his way in for the Sta Dolphins pass rush. It comes in off a five sack performance and he is going backwards again, blown up by

that Miami defense. Miami is Blitz happy. Jimmy g might be staring back and giving them the dirty hairy line versus five plus pass rushers this season, only two quarterbacks of a higher rate than Garoppolo against the Blitz seven touchdowns sixty nine point to completion rate. Here's Kite George kiddles down the photo. Niners Tua is one of the other two, by the way, so go ahead and make

his day to San Francisco. Good game equals disagreement of our ten voters. Four took Miami, six took the home team. The Tennessee Titans take to the road for a big game in Philadelphia. After taking an l in a big game last week, I can now say I saw a team lose a game for pushing the center over and that's where the penalty is called. Watched the middle of the snapper and see where he gets hit right there

and rolled back. That's where the penalty is called. He is protected as a defenseless player, not supposed to have that kind of context. They have to brush off the disappointment so they can figure out how to stop the eagles chameleon like offense. Step got away from members policeing game and Hurts gets the first step of mors. It's a game number one reason the Eagles are so hard to deal with. That's it. Number one is the reason

the Eagles are so hard to deal with. Whatever Tennessee does well on defense, Jalen Hurts in the offense will adapt to it because they can takes off easily the first Hurts on his way. Let's start with the ground game. That's a beefy battle based on how Tennessee has handled runners Philadelphia ran the ball forty nine times versus Green Bay three hundred and sixty three yards seven point for per run, punched it in three times, touched again. Miles Sanders,

the running back Tennessee will be most focused on. Hundred and forty three yards last week six point eight to carry, two touchdowns. He's a five point one per guy in Sanders. Wow Is their opponent last week had not played running backs well. Tennessee has three point eight yards per run allowed to that position, makes them one of the hardest for backs to find room against spin by Pearl and none of that worked for problem is, Sanders is only

half the problem. Hurts also went bonkers along the ground in Week twelve, a hundred and fifty seven yards for him nine point to a carry. Hurts has run sixteen and seventeen times in his last two games, after four straight games with less than ten carries. Titans versus quarterbacks running holding them to four per carry. They faced Josh Allen and Daniel Jones too. No nobody biting on the fake.

Jones is buried to the back field. This in no way means the Eagle style is the same as teams Tennessee is faced it's not apples to apples, just laying out the fruit we have to work with. But should Tennessee give Philadelphia trouble on the ground, then they have to stop Hurts from hurtsing them through the air, which he's just as capable of doing. Hurts throw quick j. He didn't light Green Bay up through the skies, but

he left with a clean box score, two touchdowns. His season numbers with his arm a hundred and five point six rating, twelve yards per completion, over eight yards per attempt, seventeen TVs three I N T S. Titans facing the m v P front Runners trapping other side. This side. The touchdown was walking for the moment. It's mostly a wide out driven passing attack. Titans are contending with Titans. Dbs are going to feel like Spicoli walking in the

class when they across the line of scrimmage. This week, wh I know that, dude? They face A. J. Brown and Devonte Smith. Each guy has a few monster games under their belts this season. Their production often a reflection of what's needed based on how the game is unfolding. Pressure by Smith this time should go here, Hurts growing touchdown, Hey J. Brow gets the fake down. Playing wide receivers well has not been a strength of Tennessee's this season.

Their overall rating allowed as low nineties, but to wide out it's one oh four point one. Last week they allowed te Higgins to go for a hundred and fourteen yards in a score burl unquirks Zo touchdown Higgins. Lucky for the Titans they aren't a blitz heavy squad. They can still get to hurts though three guys with over five and a half sacks pressure rate plus thirty Burrow is dumped at the six sirts has never escaped a game without getting dropped. It's really bothered him. No, it hasn't.

So how do you stop them if they can morph at every turn. The only recipe we've seen work is playing keep away, keep the Eagles offense on the sideline for most of the game, the way Washington did. Titans clearly are built to try something similar. Henry breaks through King. Henry's bruising style has given him ninety five rush yards per game in two and ten scores. Step Dad. We all know Henry's touches have value and it helps set

up Ryan Tannehill for better games. But still for the record, He's gone three straight games now under three point to A carriage to Henry looking for some space doesn't develop. Eagles defense is prone to giving up big yards two running backs four point six per run allowed to that position, and last week versus A. J. Dillon, who's a bruiser type as well, sixty four yards eight yards per run

and a touchdown to the zone touchdown. How that battle plays out will dictate what happens on the back end. Eagles secondary is taking on a hotter than usual Tannehill two yards passing last week, two five plus in three straight games, now nine one plus rating in each tande Hill stop and throw cut us man oh Titans passing attack.

Also wide receiver driven the main man trailing Burke's yeah, trailing Burks finally earning his first round status seventy yards last week after a hundred and eleven yard outing the week before. Gotta take a deep shot, doubt field. Brooks goes up and gets it. How easy a time is he going to have? Keeping his good times going? No team is holding whiteouts to a lower rate than the Eagles have fun with Darius Slay and James Bradberry. He keeps throws passes in complete. Darius Slay Eagles pass rush

seems to have an edge as well. Got to a a ron three times, only two teams with more bags. He's gonna get sacked, Cops. Titans have allowed one of the highest pressure rates in the NFL, but they are bringing it down. Back to back weeks, Tannehill has only faced a rate in the high twenties. Anything helps Robert Woods with the catch. Good game, but nine of our

voters fly Eagles flying. NFL dot Com writer Grant Gordon the lone Tennessee believer from one playoff rematch to another. The Cincinnati Bengals, fresh off a heavyweight bout with the Titans, didn't win it with a knockout punch. But if your opponent knocks themselves out, not much you can do. Blacked out personal fouls for a head on a gofest list player Tennessee. If the field goal is good, you've got a shot. You're down seven, You're gonna get the football back.

The rematch the Longs to Cincinnati. They get back in the ring with another familiar foe this week and the other corner of the Kansas City Chiefs. Everything is still on the table for both these teams, and if they follow the script, we should see some good old fashioned maverick versus iceman, a real action. You can be my wingman anytime, bool something you can be mine over except this Crower Bull just flewing my mouth. Oh, I guess

Burrow is more iceman. Right. He had to grind last week in their win, but he came out with two D seventy yards no I N T S A rating of ninety one and a touchdown. Put it up there, clean Burrow on average putting up over to seventy in the air, completion percentage close to seventy eight, t D two I and T ratio have this urge to go well, Joey B. Patrick will be your Huckleberry Kilmer connection. I guess Mahomes also comes in off a so so game. He had a ball intercepted, but he got the win,

and he threw for three D and twenty yards. Almes floats one oh thacks shoulder beauty to Smith Schuster Mahomes and essence just walks out and hands it to Smith Schuster. On the season, Mahomes good for three D twenty five yards per game as a passer S rating one oh five point three over eight yards per throw. Holmes looking deep, throwing deep, and it is card now that Scanling took a hit held on. Majority of his looks go to whiteouts, though none tend to lead the team and targets. Bengal

secondary is dealing with a committee approach. Kansas City would love to get McColl Hartman back for this game, but if not, Mahomes will use mbs Juju Skymore justin Watson the way he has been recently, a little of this and that based on the looks he's getting. Mahomes is a man. Why no bit more makes you it just been in the catch. Travis Kelsey, of course, is the focal point. He sported the league leading twelve receiving TV last week. He's got a man Kelsey. He stretches out

for the end zone. Touched the Bengals secondary they face. They've made it tough on both wide receivers and tight ends, holding each position under a ninety Ratings said it for Mark Andrews, however, is their play versus the past has slipped a little since losing Cheetah Alousier. Steelers rookie Kenny Pickett had his best game against Cincinnati a few weeks ago.

Last week, they gave up over two d ninety yards to Tannehill over eight and a half yards per throw, so they haven't been quite as stout recently versus passing attacks. Chief secondary does not sport season numbers like Cincinnati. They

played Bryce Perkins break in Week twelve. Billy Madison was also dominant versus those kids in basketball to The Chiefs have allowed a ninety nine point to rating overall plus rating to running backs, wide receivers and tight end going deep down here for Josh your sun stop the gas that powers Cincinnati's fireworks white outs. Te Higgins has been

the number one lately. Seven catches a hundred and fourteen yards a touchdown in Week twelve, back to back hundred plus yard receiving games for that dude, uncork it zo touchdown t Higgins. Burrow tends to use all three types of pass catcher. Tight end Hayden Hurst had nine targets versus the Titans, and it's hauled in by Hearst and running back Soma J. P. Ryan was thrown to seven times. Bengals passing attack could get a big booth too. Joe Mixing could be back this week. He's also great out

of the backfield and j A. Mar Chase. I like to think about how Mr Garvey would say it, but Chase is back, and we remember what he did to Kansas City the last time they played. Caught at the forty. Mr Chase at the fifty. Great speed at the forty of Kansas City, out running the entire secondary ten ten, five touchdown Cincinnati Bengals. Pass rushes for both teams, run games for both teams. Those are the facets that could tilt things. Bengals oh line has allowed thirty five sacks.

Chris Jones has ten. Oh my goodness, look out Chris Jones. He nearly took the handoff Casey. Running Back Isaiah Pacheco has a four point seven yard per carry average. Cincinnati's defense holding running backs to four a carry. Huge matchup,

but only Daniel Jeremiah and NFL dot Com writer Mark Sessler on our panel of ten think Cincinnati wins it. Eight votes for Casey. The New York Jets flying to Minnesota this week. That's right, They're coming in through the skies sort of has a touchdown. I want to start from Mike White and the Jets their opponent the Minnesota Vikings makes for one of the best games of the week because it will have one of the best one on one matchups of the week. And that's just ridiculous.

What happens when you pour sauce on dynamite? Does it extinguish it or does it blow up? Still? The kid versus sauce great one on one when Justin Jefferson and a mod Gardner go at it. Jefferson in the key to Minnesota's wins for the most part, so he's the key to beating Minnesota as well. Jefferson crushed and we twelve nine catches a hundred and thirty nine yards in a touchdown touchdown Jefferson's hem gritty on Thanksgiving? Why not?

Cowboys and Eagles both held signor Gritty under fifty yards. Minnesota lost both games, the Vikings of only one once this season when he's under ninety eight yards. He's been near or way over the century marking the rest of their victories Jefferson first time. Just throw to him all day. It's too much fun. Oh and I'm for sure not going to make any more good times comments about j J. Is clear that was said with heavy sarcasm. I get it, man,

but I should get a to shape for that. A couple of fans out there now back to the preview, Gardner nice low sixty point six rating allowed fourteen passes defense no one in the NFL with more intercepted sauce Gardner's cutting, the Jets are in business. Jets defense has more than just justin Jefferson to worry about. Adam Theeland

nine catches last week a touchdown against the Bills. Jefferson covered off New York counters with d J. Reid healthy seventy four point four rating allowed, got hands on seven balls. No shock. The Jets have held wide receivers to the third lowest rating in the NFL at eighty one point two. Not delay the recovery, but read Minnesota will test the Jets skills versus tight ends as well. T J. Hawkinson also prominent to the Purple passing attack five plus catches

in each of his four games after the trade. It flipsis upnota oh look at that. New York hasn't allowed to touch down to a tight end yet four I n t s off throws to that position. Sixty nine point eight rating versus tight ends third lowest intercepted, He's kicked off along the sideline. Jordan's white head, Jett's do face a Captain Kirk who jumped to light speed last week. Cousins in Week twelve, probably his best game of thirty thirty seven two D nine nine yards over eight yards

per attempt, three touchdowns, rating over one fifteen. Cousins looks awfully comfortable in the pocket here. It's always good to get that completion early on in the ball game. How many truck he's have already hit the comments section? How dare you? Who is this idiot? Light speed? And Captain Kirk Minnesota's line just faced off with a high sack total. Team Cousins only got hit four times, taken down just once. They'd take that again this week, kick off first down Cook.

If the Jets hand pressure Cousins a lot, it can help slow Jefferson. That's how Dallas beat him. Cousins this week, facing a pass rush with a pressure rate of thirty point three without blitzing much, He's frushed out of the pocket, He's chased by Clemens, and he throws incomplete and they still have a nice high sack toll too. Jess Hawks only four and still get there, Bryce huff up, bullet

off for the edge for the sack. What about Dalvin Cook Week twelve versus the Patriots more carries than any other game this season, forty two yards and just one point nine a run. Though he got Talvin Cook and took him down. He had a big run in Week eleven. It inflated his YPC in that game to a lot of his runs recently, the under four a carry variety.

Cook was up against the defense tough on running backs last week, and he's up against another one this week, the Jets holding backs to four point one per run. You sit from behind this tided boy his Solomon Thomas for what it's worth. They didn't play David Montgomery as well in week twelve, though, gave up seventy nine yards on five point six an attempt to him and just a great cut out to his right and then just a really good finish on that run. Jets offense has

relied on its defense to keep the score low. And then they handed the QB keys to Mike White. He's on the boat here ready for rolls still complete. So that Tyber White had such a good game versus Chicago last week, It felt like Zach Wilson should go back in to make sure White didn't get hurt. Over three hundred yards over eleven yards per attempt, three touchdowns are rating right under one fifty. Watch his boys in the pocket, a little bit of a slide, resets, goes through his progression,

finds the open receiver. Wilson's like, well, yeah, but they told me they want to see me back on the field at some point this year. Yeah, you know the kid who runs out there and grabs the kicking tea after kickoffs. Tight End Tyler Conklin was happy to see White. Three catches, three targets fifty yards. There is the open cockle in you have to throw from White for the wide open side end for a game of twenty nine.

So was Elijah Moore too, catches sixty four yards in a touchdown there look to throw textdowansats like White about him. But no one was as happy as Garrett Wilson to see White out there. Two touchdowns last week, five catches

ninety five yards. It's weird. He has four touchdowns this season, none of them from Zach Downfield shocks has Garren Lawson makes no glad miss turns on the after burners, he's god touchdown checks New York takes the land that sets up another big one on one Vikings past defense is not good. More on that in a second. But Patrick Peterson has held up his end of things sixty nine point four rating aloud at this point twelve passes defense. That's one of the highest figures in the league. So

he can make things tough on the White. Connection with Wilson is in sumpson Patick Peters said it in this heavy right bout the Vigrans. What the NATO ball pass defense is the number one thing Minnesota fans have been unhappy with. I see it in the comments section all the time, or they're worried about it at least versus Mac Jones, a guy who averages under two hundred yards

passing per game. They gave up three hundred eighty two a rating near one twenty two touchdowns, no picks, touchdown and despite peace words play, they've allowed a one oh one point six rating to wide receivers. Could mean Minnesota needs something extra special from its pass rush. They don't have a terrible sack total because it's a Darius Smith. They have a solid pressure rate to eight point six, made more solid because they don't blitz much either, and

it is set from behind. The Hunter Vikings face of traditional rush attack. They gave up five point one to carry to Romandre Stevenson in their most recent outing. D Stevenson only faced seven carries from him, though, so New York fans know this. Minnesota is holding running backs to three point eight yards per carry this seasons. Side close. The Vikings have never faced Bam before though Bam Bam to some, but no one had faced Zonovan Night in the NFL until last week. He will be the most

picked up running back this week in fantasy football. Jets would love to get a repeat showing from that kid. Sixty nine yards four point nine per against the Bears. Nice way for an undrafted debut in the NFL. There's a good one parts out a good night. Another split board four New York Jets votes six for Minnesota. Hey, let's go to the to the Chargers make the famous track from l A to the Strip this week. Three hundred bucks in hand, feeling very money, I might add

trunk for two. Good dude, A two point conversion and the Chargers are taking along point lead for fifteen seconds to go. It may take more than that to beat the house, though, especially if Vegas can hit the jackpot like they did with their last dollar again, adds off the Jacobs stutters to the right first of the wholly. He's off to the races. Full game eighties six yards and overtime touts down Runners, victory Laws Vegas. Did you know the Chargers face the NFL's rushing leader this week? Yeah,

Josh Jacobs didn't just drop that career highlight. He had already scored and put up over a hundred and forty yards versus Seattle prior to that run he ended with two twenty nine. He now sits on top of the NFL rush world and is lined up to lead the way again this week. Toss play Jacobs gets a plot from Johnson to the thirty puts back inside, Jacobs off to the races. It touts down Runners. Jacobs has been at the center of vegas best offensive play this season.

He's had five one hundred plus yard rush games Raiders four and one in those contests, hand up into the belly of take up bounder. So you have the number one rusher taking on the worst defense when it comes to stopping running backs l A giving up five point six a run to backs James Conner, a sub four yard per carry runner, went for a hundred and twenty yards against them last week. Holy mismatch, Batman and I don't know why you do anything but run the ball.

And this is again another weekend roll where they just they can't set the edge. The tackling has been poor, the angles have been poor. But check this out. Huge mismatch the other way too. As has been the case much of the season, l a's Arizona win rested on the arm of Justin Herbert, or you could argue Keenan Allen, since Herbert has been back to normal since his return last week, Herbert completing almost seventy of his passes, two hundred and seventy four yards, three touchdowns and a passer

rating above a hundred and nine. Here comes a blitz. Herbert able to escape throws that's side talker five and old touch stood sharers only five point eight yards per attempt, but he avoided the type of back breaking mistakes that can cost teams in close games, and it was his arm in the fourth that put the ball in the end zone twice to ensure the l A victory all choice touchdo Herbert could be in for another big game against the Raiders. With the Pottle Blues come together, It's

something's better. It's Vegas. Seventy six percent completion rate allowed, eight point two yards per attempt, three touchdowns, three eight yards given up to Gino Smith. They have given up the highest rating and completion rate in the NFL this season. Do you know looks gonna wein it up? Open the top,

got a man out there, It's got a touchdood. So you have to assume that's how Los Angeles will attack them, especially since l A's average just barely over eighty five yards a game on the ground and at three point yards per carry third worst. He was absolutely swallowed inside. Raiders have to be able to step up versus running backs in the passing game. Austin Ekeler last week eleven catches, one of them a touchdown, greats tackle thirty five, thirty four.

I mean Simmons just hit Hi with everything he had, just bounce right off of him and Keenan Allen of course also a score five receptions, takes the handoff rows to Chain and Todd's but st Chargers perverts check Cheena and Allen dj I can't believe I'm saying it for the first time this season, So how about one Vegas throws? Can Derek Carring company keep the hopes of a postseason trip alive for the Raider faithful Jacobs tosses back to car step forward, quite open halls, all kinds of great

fifteen ten, He's gonna watch it. Carr and company facing a Chargers defense bottom half against the past rating allowed for the year ninety two point three rating allowed to wide receiver. It looks like a Loie Gildman just ran right b M. He's spun off of him and waltzed into the ins before Kenneth Murray could catch up to him. The Cardinals have made it look easy, Obviously. L A

has to keep an eye out for Davante Adams. The league's fourth leading receiver, always presents matchup issues, like back in Week one, when the Chargers couldn't keep track of him, Adams running wild on them with ten catches for a hundred and forty one yards in a score. Somehow, Davante Adams found himself wide open, breaks a tackle and is still running. E g. There was not a bolt within

fifteen yards of Adams when he caught that ball. Last week, Adams went for a little over seventy yards, mac Hollands scored on over sixty yards and l A may have to cover a running back in the past game two Jacobs as a receiver last week six catches seventy four yards, throws up to Jacob's honest land why open thy breaks a tackle forty five and he's tripped up in the midfield. Josh Jacobs can do it all. Like we said, this

is a week one a f C West rematch. L A took the first one nineteen that may as well have been last year. Car clients of pockethead crap pretty has dropped the ball itself and the Chargers have it a sack attack for the sixth time today. Pass rushers for both teams are your X factors. Both teams thought they would be sack machines. Turned out to be true. Sort of have to really think about that one disagreement

once again. It means we have a good week. Four Las Vegas boats six for the Chargers winning on the road. What had at football World ready for what could be the most intense atmosphere for a week thirteen game between two teams with five wins combined. Shawn Watson is all the active roster and he is their quarterback. This isn't running into your ex when you're out for dinner. This is having them over for dinner and they get to

sit right there at the head of the table. It's an all court, an uncomfortable situation for many the crowd for this one, the atmosphere around it outside. Hard to preview amotion right, hard to know how Deshaun Watson is going to deal with it all. Hard to know how he'll play since we haven't seen him on the field, since I'm looking forward to just moving forward in my career.

We know what he's capable of. We know what he's supposed to do for Cleveland's offense, and we know it's an offense that has been built around the run for the last few years, was built around the run. And

their upset win over Tampa Bay touchdown Nip Chubb with the walk off touchdown versus the Bucks. It was a fat cherry on top of a hundred and fifteen yard day Sunday. Here's the gip running leaf. He's got a block thirty five. If you could argue, keep it simple. You know, Houston is allowing five point to per run to running backs. Derrick Henry two fifty pounds, just shook the shoes off Jonathan Olds and then got in the

end zone, carrying about two to Texans with him. I'm not saying I have a horse and the Chubb should be the star of the game race. I just wondered, do Texans fans really need to have the year they've had and have Watson make his first start in Houston and sparkle salt meat wound If that happens, and the Texans, even against a four win team, would need to play way over their heads to pull this off. Ballout picked up scope score Miami and the Dolphins go up to

what he's seven nothing. Texans offense points per game, third down, red zone passing yards per game, total yards per game. You find their name at the bottom of all those lists. Alan back to path looking and he throws it bobbily and it gets up, It gets picked up by fan Cakell. He takes it to his left and he takes it inside the five yard line. What was that? Defense has been their one saving grace. They're not terrible there until last week though, game was over at halftime. Different sense

of deflation after that last loss. So the Picks cashed in for a TV with a three yard run on the next play. This game does have russ going back to Seattle vibes. We saw how that turned out. No one saw it coming for the most part. Back to that E word. Sometimes teams find something deep down, like Ralphie when he unloads on his nemesis in the alley. Nope, nope, nope. They do have a couple of theoretical matchups they could exploit along the ground. On offense, Damian Pierce needs to

change the track and his earbuds. No more foreigner before games, dude. Last two weeks have been abysmal. He's been as cold as ice. And here's a gift to Pierce. Put side left a lot of traffic. No games, just go where to go. But the kid has rushed for eight plus yards six times. If he could grind and keep the score close, you know, there's breaking tackles, here's still any streak and they finally bring him down to taste running from Pierce. How father is back to watch and look

at this. Cleveland's defense has given up five point to a run to running backs. He gets it to Whitey White open forty fifty forty five forty and m J. Everson hipps him into the Brown sidelines. There was nobody at harm over on the right side of the brownste Texans passing attack is in shambles right now. Brandon Allen got plugged in last week. According to some outlets, then Kyle Allen didn't make a difference two d and fifteen

yards two picks. Success needs to happen for Kyle Allen here soon or you run the risk of guys in the huddle not quite believing that he can get it. Dot Alan got sacked five times too. Teams that take that many sacks seem prone to a dude like Miles. Garrett corrawded the goat one and a half times in his latest game. He's got ten bags now here, couple of browns right out right. I got up, he got up by the right. I said there were two possible

thermal exhaust ports. Cleveland is allowed a plus thirty pressure rate this year. Not good when you're over thirty. That's the line. And Watson has always been prone to taking a lot of sacks. Please drop what a sack like a professional wrestler. Texans pass rush a pressure rate over thirty. Jerry Hughes has eight takedowns. It's a trouble like that. He's gonna go to Jerry you It's not a full brown out. Nine votes for Cleveland. Adam Rank, though, calling

for the upset. He has the Texans defending their home field. It's the oldest rivalry in NFL history. First objections in NFL history. Packers Bears The hit list, Packers Bears, I still own you, Packers Bears. The next chapter. Jordan's Love versus Trevor Simeon, Oh Man, I hope not. If that's what it is. And you want to break down how a game like that could play out, you are in the wrong place. Aaron Rodgers could play. He's had a

terrible year based on a rod expectations. Pressure up the fire sports miss Sunday sucking two feet down, But don't Siah Scott. But Rogers has dominated the Bears, and his enjoyment of that fact has been made apparent, and it could be enough incentive for him to feel good enough to play this week. Bizzar more incentive the Bears past

defense he would face not good this year. Chicago gave up over three hundred yards to Mike White last week. Kind of par for the course, and they have not played wide receivers well on the season either. White. That's good news for Christian Watson's six touchdowns in his last three games. Directing traffic. Puts one up in the air. Let's the young guy go up and make a play other side of the coin. Justin Fields sat out last week. Come on shoulder, He'll up. He's why the Bears are

fun to watch. He's the new and improved lamar QB position keeps evolving. Phil dona Angle, try it out. Race Okuda for the touchdown. The Fields is the top running quarterback in the NFL, seventh most rush yards in the entire league. He's after the racist. He got a turfic rock down he sent for six. What might he do if he faces green Bay's defense? A green Bay defense that just faced Jalen Hurts and let him run for a hundred and fifty seven yards on nine point to

a carry. This young man very much in the m v P race because the play is just like that. Hey, David Montgomery, you could also make an impact. He comes in off a game where he hit at five plus Montgomery again another gap. The hole Hackers also weren't sure how to deal with Miles Sanders in week twelve. Either gave up a hundred and forty three yards to him on six point eight per run to t D sso

touched out the Packers could go ground game two. The Bears have given up four point seven yards per carry this season, four point eight to running back sending a secondary stays at his stars. Green Bay got a good game from A. J. Dillon in week twelve. Aaron Jones was quiet versus Philadelphia, but he's hitting at five point three to carry. And if we do get some Beatles tunes and love is all we need. Jordan's struck it big versus Philadelphia, saying a lot of stuff here tonight.

This one is the stutter handle of Ken went eight to two in favor of Green Bay, Adam Rank and Mark Sessler siding with Chicago. Who wants it? NFC South title rights? Anyone you learn anyone, ball is out, Ball is out, carling around, pinballing around at the one yard line. San Francisco's got it. The New Orleans Saints hit the road after getting shut out last week, there's still one win behind the division leader, who they play this week, the Bucks, both squads coming in off losses, both under

five hundred after twelve weeks. The South in the NFL is dirty for the wrong reason right now. Pluck Bears had a chance to win on the road. We go to overtimes. But whoever cleans up their act with six weeks to go, we'll go to the dance. No different than those teams with the shiny records which disappear the moment they let you through the door. That makes this a huge game. Tom Brady's stat line in their upset loss to the Browns looks good. Over two hundred and

forty yards, couple of TVs, no picks, ninety seven point six ratings, fires down Phil have that is caught at midfield by Folio Cholls. Number of problems he in the O have to try and correct this week. They aren't getting enough of those good kind of numbers on third down four for fifteen versus the Browns season figure not great. Eight there it is god but not nearly enough, so the box strolls three and out. Their red zone rate is also not good, so in turn, they lead games

without many points like they did last week. Play action and al Brady looking to go deep that pass complete. Brady also has to correct the issues he had connecting with Mike Evans Chris Godwin no problem, thirteen targets, twelve catches, ten yards a touchdown in week twelve. Look at falls Godwin first alf touchdown, Evans nine targets to catches thirty

one yards, no shock. Then Brady only averaged five point seven a throw, So not enough gash plays going deep for Mike Evans and you can see he's frustrated, But those are some of the throws that he wished. You could have bat Saints secondary allowing a low nineties rating overall, but to wide receivers who Brady relies on a one oh eight point five rating allowed, you won't find many struggling that bad with white outs setting up over the

cat at the first step. They are at least coming off a game that saw them hold their own against Sam Francisco's group. New Orleans also has to be ready for Brady to throw to his running back. He targeted Rashad White nine times. He caught all nine of them righty to the outside to place White out of the backfield. Saints. They just took on CMC held in the seventeen yards receiving well defended from the jump, good pressure, and Tyronne Matthew finishes it off a loss of two. The Bucks

could try and load up White as a runner. He was efficient again last week, sixty four yards four point six a run. His play lately gonna make it hard to take him out even when four Nette is back. Rashaw White across backfield goes for thirty five, and that's a new season long Saints haven't played backs great four point five or run aloud, but again better In their most recent showing, held San Francisco's potent rush attack at three point three per run. Going nowhere's McCaffrey. Saints jammed

that up from the snap. Flip it around. Now you've got an offense coming in off a Randy's doughnut again third down looking for Taysom Hill and come late versus a defense coming in off a game where they not only got ran over, but they fell down in overtime to set up the lost there right open Cooper Banks

to catch inside the check. Andy Dalton in New Orleans passing attack have just as much to correct as Tampa Bay two hundred and four yards last week, eighty three point one rating for Andy Dalton zero t ds Dalton it was looking for a Lava who had curled back to the midfield. Strike Alvin Kmara two fumbles lost in

both only averaged one point nine a carry. He's now in a five game bender under four a pop. The last showing has to be his rock bottom the ball popping out at the edge of the carry ended a ball to the San Francisco point ers. Tampa Bay gave up the game winner to Nick Chubb last week and a hundred and sixteen yards on four point five a run. They've allowed four point four a carry to running backs. Overall,

there's chop chop. The touchdown Camara in the passing game cost six balls thirty seven yards, so he was solid there. At least. Dalton targeted Cristal Lavvy the most in week twelve. That standard now on the run and he fives o Lava. Nothing wrong with that connection. Tampa Bay would love to keep him to what San Francisco did, though you can live with sixty two yards on nine targets and only five receptions. Is long just twenty yards over the middle for a la. He cannot pull it in that it

just looked like it went right through his fingertips. The Bucks have played wide receivers well enough. They were in good shape last week against Cooper until Carlton Davis slipped still holding White outs under a ninety rating, but Camara could be in for a nice game. Tampa Bay is allowed a hefty one oh six rate to running backs this season. Cats made by Grave Hudson and it's Devin White made to tackle Brady and the Boys did already beat in Orleans back in Week two, held them the

ten points. It was a long time ago, but I bet some of those dudes have good memories despite their woes. Nine of ten on our panel think Tampa Bay wins it. Daniel Jeremiah the Lone Saints Vogue. How the tables have turned for this matchup. The Giants hoping the clock didn't strike midnight on their season. Washington hoping they get to feel how it is to rock the glass slipper since deflected that is that's Kendall Fuller, back to back games

with an I N T both Big Ones. Commanders fans, Come on, now, you know what you've been saying about that man this year, he's waiting for your apologies. Anyway, here we are again another run Forest run matchup. Thirty seven rush attempts for Washington last week twenty three pass attempts. The Commanders have now won six of their last seven games, a hundred and twenty eight plus rush yards in five

of the six wins. Phosphoros steps into Atlantic story. In lots of their victories, they haven't cared if they're overly efficient while doing it. They're the Mike Tyson little Knack body blow team. However, last week they used some of their stars. They racked up hit the start button a few times. Brian Robinson comes in off his best showing of the season, a hundred and five yards five point eight to carry for a guy who was averaging under three and a half before that game, and at seven

seams last tier problems. Robin said, I thought they're Giord Wasson to So what kind of rush defense does he face this week? The Giants looked great against Tony Pollard in week twelve, held one of the hottest backs, going to three point three a run on the reverse. He's in trouble and he's got a long win ago and he's gonna be paraded. All the Giants were ready. Washington also faces a rush defense that made Zeke look great again. Gave up ninety two yards to Elliott on five point

eight to carry. They've allowed five point to a run to running backs this year, so their play versus Elliott more in line with their body of work. We've talked about him a lot today. He looks fresh, he looks fast.

Did a nice job winding that thing all the way back out what they called the back door. The Giants are also run first types on offense. Is se Kwan tired or is it the line the commander is not getting the Barkley other defenses faced earlier this year. Last week thirty nine yards three point five a run. Three of his last four games hasn't topped three point five a carry. Surprise, surprise, Giants have lost three of their last four key common denominator under a hundred yards rushing

As a team, Barkley gets stuffed. He's gonna lose yard as that time. Keep saying it because it's the obvious. Sa Kwan and the run game have to assert itself early. DJ This goes for YouTube. Daniel Jones only ran three times last week. What are Jones and Barkley up against this week? It depends Washington. Four yards per carry allowed to quarterbacks, that's good. Four point one yards allowed to running backs in also good. This time he gets paid hard by Geron will be a loss of a yard

of the play. Last week, though they gave up forty nine yards to Marcus Mariota on six attempts, allowed four point seven a run or better to all three of Atlanta's running backs. Mariota just run it up, run it Hard's feeling it right here. It's like his young days back at or passing games for both teams, right in

the backseat most games. Daniel Jones versus Taylor Heineke Heineke last week a hundred and thirty eight yards and I n t a couple of touchdowns eighty eight point seven rating, and so it's top touchdowns Jones two d and twenty eight yards a t D no picks eight eight point seven rating. I wonder if this is the first matchup between quarterbacks who both come in off of eighty eight point seven ratings. Jones Thrones are the little cocks. It's Jones wasn't able to rally New York to victory passing

last week. Neither aerial attack being piloted by Maverick or the Iceman. Both secondaries are solid groups. Jones and company up against a Washington defense that's held quarterbacks to a ninety point eight rating, completion percentage allowed in the low sixties. No major issues versus Marcus Mariota and the Falcons pass catchers. In Week twelve, Mariota climbs the pocket to Giants secondary can make it tough on Heineke too. They're coming in off a two I n T game. They've had good

numbers against the past this season, and it's intercepted. Julia loves the rebound pass rush Heineck will attempt to elude. Last week, it was a happy Gilmore put attempt hit the QB nine times, but they were too good for their home. Zero sacks for the touchsound. Washington only took down Mariota once. He isn't a hard guy to sack either. Just know this, Blue fans, this is a team with one of the highest pressure rates in the game. You

don't want them pinning their ears back. Jonathan Allen, Deron Payne Montez sweat all with six plus sacks, sweat, letting the rhythm move him to a seven, and last week Ariota nothing that field stay Jeff. You may see some Commanders fans in the comments section saying, hey, Plus, we should have Chase back this week. Yeah. Sure, Next thing you're gonna tell me is Bigfoot exists? He might? I

don't know, which means Young could return. Hard game to Gauge five on the Picks panel took Washington five took the Giants l a Rams back at home this week relegated to the role of spoiler. Realistically, they will try and spoil the Seattle Seahawks season, who are no longer in first in the NFC West. Before the season started, who'd have thought that in week thirteen would be the Seahawks on the verge of making the playoffs and the

Rams the postseason long shots. But that's where we stand, getting ready for the first of their two matchups this season, round one before these two teams lock horns again in the five in a week of the year, Seattle doing itself no favors this past week against the Raiders at home with a fort o t loss falls to six and five in the NFC W. What a game for all the concern over an offensive drop off this season,

that hasn't been the Hawks issue. In fact, the team has the league's fourth highest scoring offense, and they were eight points better last week. Walker Walker to the Enzo touchdown, but Gino Smith cost his team with two untimely turnovers, a pick and a fumble the old schoolyard criss cross the criss cross apple sauce. Aside from that, he was solid three twenty plus yards, two touchdowns, averaging almost nine yards an attempt you know, gonna go deep down the

side while I got him in touchdown. Gino loves Burger King. Did you know that every game you hear him d K. Have it your way, Have it your way. Eleven of Smith's week twelve rows were to Metcalf, who totaled ninety yards On the games It's going to go down the sideline, Tyler Lockett had three grabs for sixty eight yards and a touchdown. The Hawks passing attacks still very much about

that duo. Where's the beef going to be in this game? Look at me? Including the Wendy's legend. Well, it'll be sizzling when Jalen Ramsey and Metcalf square off those dudes are not fond of one another. Ramsey and the Rams defense has not played the past great this season. Ramsey, with the rating allowed of one goes back in Dayla.

Ramsey has no idea where Travis Kelsey is. Will Gino have time to throw more than you might think given the Rams of only tally twenty two sacks this season, and they're coming off a game where they didn't get to Patrick Mahomes once part. So the middle has a quicklytion. It's justin Watson wide open. L A has been stronger this year against the run, allowing less than a hundred rushing yards game and only three point nine yards to carry,

top five in the NFL caliber number. Second down on the kid, but check he breaks a tackle, strong run, but then he runs into Ramsey and others. It was a tough slog for the Seahawks against Vegas. Kenneth Walker carried at fourteen times just twenty six yards. That's two games in a row he's been under two a run going nowhere wrapped up before he even got started. Much of the Ram success against Seattle may depend on who's

taking snaps. Matthew Stafford left their Week eleven game against the Saints with a potential concussion and didn't play versus the Chiefs. Instead, it was Bryce Perkins getting the start. A hundred yards four point three yards per attempt, average, touchdown, two picks, not idea work, it's tipped down the line of that's intercepted. Nick Bolton's got that. He now goes up against the Seattle defense that just picked Derek Carr twice. They also gave up three t d s and two

hundred ninety five yards. Seattle secondary hasn't shined against a lot of qbs now throwing and why I'll put his Matt Collins collars down the sideline from the touchdown even if Stafford starts. He certainly hasn't been lighting up opposing defenses. How do you spell Super Bowl hangover? Ten touchdowns to eight interceptions and one of the lowest passer ratings of his career. That's how to the air and it's inaccepted. Picked off by Dante Checks at his first of the

year and a pick six. Given the Rams Arrows they're averaging just two hundred passing yards a game this season, maybe they should take a page from the Raiders playbook and just pound the rock Vegas ran the ball forty times for two hundred eighty three yards against Seattle. Raf from the touchdown. Hawks have the NFL's fourth worst rush defense, Seattle giving up more than a hundred and fifty yards a game at almost five yards of pop, bottom ten in the league. Running in close, l A counters with

Perkins and cam a Kers. Perkins is a mobile. QB got forty four yards on almost five a run versus the Chiefs acres thirty seven yards four point six per acres. The strong run from ten Akers Seattle blue chalk picks for this game. All ten voters believe in the Seahawks. The Atlanta Falcons are at home, half game out of first. It's still very very much money time. Forget the record, call it early Christmas. They welcome the Steelers, a team kind of in their same waters. Save their division leader

isn't sub five hundred after twelve weeks. There's they hit at the end by Fitzpatrick, but Cameron Sutton was there and no flags were look. Pittsburgh has one two of their last three. Their rookie quarterback is at least holding his own lately. The Falcons losers of three of their last four most recent loss coming in week twelve. They got beaten at their own game because when the Falcons are down and they have to pass, well you ever

see an Alba Stross compilation landing video on YouTube. It's just not what the Falcon's current makeup is designed for. Mariota climbs the pocket too tall four US Pittsburgh would love nothing more than to make Marcus Mariota have to beat them through the air first, because they just picked off Matt Ryan while holding him to under two hundred yards a rating under eighty Ryant steps and finds, plus they gave up four point three yards per carry to

Jonathan Taylor eighty six yards into touchdown. I mean that's kind of a draw, I guess. But the Falcons have no problem running efficiently even in losses. Everyone knows it at this point there the Atlanta ostrich is hundred and sixty seven yards last week five point eight per four different guys hit at four point seven or better. Mariota just run it up, run it hard. He's feeling it right here. Is like his young days back at Origin. They need that run game to dominate early though. Put

them in the lead. Then Marcus hits you with a couple of nice throws. Since we're talking to run game, the dirt led the way to the Steelers a recent win. Thirty six runs, twenty eight passes, four point eight a run, two touchdowns, a hundred and seventy two yards in their

win over the Colts. As he hands here, Harris touchdow. It wasn't just a running back attack either, Kenny Pickett. Listen to some zz top before last week's game. Six carries thirty two yards, five point three a run eleven and that's a quarterback drop pick it died. Made me wonder how have the Falcons handled rushing quarterbacks? Four touchdowns allowed, five point five yards per carry. He's got the ball

with blockers ahead, and he's got a touchdown. Why mostly that dude and Taysom Hills five touchdown picket isn't that kind of guy. But he's not a Brady or a Manning either. Yes, that's a Kelso burn On two grades at the same time. Up inside climb that pocket kit pick it doing a nice job keeping his team bower. By the way, Falcons defense versus running backs four point three allowed per run, so not great. Pick at the passer. No one can joke about his last name. Again, that's

a couple of weeks in a row. What a thrill pass is? Complete? The Friar vote first and goal. Nothing special versus the Colt. It's a hundred and seventy four yards six point two yards per attempt, a rating of eighties seven point five. Hey, that's a three game streak where his rating has risen nineties. Here we come. What a catch? That sure look like it a really good

catch that far down the field. Falcons, the defense he could do it against mid nineties rating allowed, completion percentage allowed high sixties, low end of the totem polling yards per tempt allowed and so thanks to touch that, John Bates, Alright, your turn, you have the rest. I didn't mention t J. Watt he didn't get a sack last week, but the Steelers got three. Falcons tend to give up a lot of those Steelers the big favorite according to our panel

nine votes for them winning. Marcus Grant breaks from the pack taking Atlanta. The Indianapolis Colts are off to Jerry's world this week, taking on too Dallas Cowboys, whose new slogan might be how about that Cowboys run game? We've talked about him a lot today. He looks fresh, he looks fast, did a nice job. I guess it made sense. The man made eating his signature. So on Turkey Day, Ezekiel Elliott led the way, got by Leonard Williams in a nice game for Elliott. I kept yelling at the screen.

There goes Pollard, but it was twenty one. Like every time, five point eight per carry, nine two yards into touchdown, and they're going to run it up touchdown Dallas. Tony Pollard will still get his carries. He just comes in off a three point three yard per run game. Colts defense they face they gave up five point to a run to Benny Snell last week three point five to nause. Harris Survey says the Harris stat line is more indicative

of their skill set. They're holding running backs to three point eight yards per carry in tw two before the Steelers. Is not jee Harris's hit and dropped with a loss of one if they pushed the action to the passing game. Dak Prescott comes in off an uneven outing, got picked off a couple of times by the Giants. Hey, it's intercepted. Julia Love has it off the rebound. He did also throw two touchdowns over two hundred and sixty yards over eight and a half per throw over a ninety rating,

and he also didn't take a single sack. Prescott throws lofty heads on it is caught for the touchsound will he escape with a clean jersey versus the Colts DeForrest Buckner five and a half sacks, Yunique and Gockway eight and a half after grabbing two last week, and got Quay gets another absolutely untouched coming off the edge. You can make the case defending the tight end should be something Indianapolis prioritizes this week. Prescott connected on seven of

seven attempts to that position in week twelve, eighty eight yards and two touchdowns Prescott back foot roll, shlts and touchdown Dallas. We mentioned that because the Colts defense is generous when it comes to tight ends, they've allowed a one twenty two point five rating to that position. Five touchdowns, no picks, pick it fires, passes, caught, and he put it in a perfect spot as Pat Friar Booth makes

the ground for ten ceedee. Lamb is the top white out in Dallas is passing attacks six catches over a hundred yards in week twelves third and law Prescott in trouble lads, it's it's caught lamb inside the test Stefon Gilmore, the Colts w R one tracker sub ninety rate allowed in nothing noteworthy in his week twelve resume and throwing four Adams broken up Gilmore. There's no yellow on the front. Michael Gallup can't be ignored either. Caught five balls for

sixty three yards for the Cowboys. Scott stands in delivers gallop again. Cults play versus wide receivers as a whole. A tough defense on white outs eighty seven point four rating allowed. That's top ten. They're down in two passes high and in complete for Since Cowboys know they have JT to deal with when they are on defense this week, they need another. Week twelve. Showing from their rush D they've allowed four point five a run to backs in two they held sake one to three point five a

carry just thirty nine yards. Again, if Barkley gets stuffed, he's gonna lose yard as that. Jonathan Taylor comes in off a twenty carry eighty six yard four point three per run t D game. Here's Taylor Taylor touchdown. That's a fine performance for Joey fatone or Fatny or whatever that guy's name was, but not JT. Coults. Passing attack Matt Ryan production a hundred ninety nine yards versus Pittsburgh touchdown a pick under six yards per attempt, rating under eight,

not scaring too many secondaries. Ryan steps through and finds majority of passes Ryan through last week to Michael Pittman. That's the k most games Pittman cost seven balls a touchdown, sixty one yards second a goal. Ryan and zon Pittman touchdown Colts. So he gets Trayvon Diggs. Cowboys pass defense as a whole, still playing solid digs thirteen passes defense, only one guy has more, holding quarterbacks to a seventy eight point nine rating three picks. Then, of course there's

the question how much time will Ryan have. I looked up top five individual pressure rates, Dorn's Armstrong number five, Dante Fowler number one, Micah number two. Parsons is close enough to print status one name covers it right part. Let's got it. Just go down, Kurt. I'm not saying he's prince status right now, for the record, Calm down, No. One jumping on the Saturday expressed ten votes for the Cowboys.

When you feel you have had it up to hear because you matt an to scream, but you're sad enough to tear, then you're either Marshall Mathers or a Denver Broncos fan because you're now at rock bottom. Russell Wilson the Broncos taking on the Baltimore Ravens, who finally found out Justin Tucker is human chick on the way, I thought it was good. I had no reason to believe he was capable of missing. So both teams come in off losses. Ravens now with the same record as the Bengals.

They're gonna come into this game as favorites. Broncos were the lowest scoring team in football prior to last week, walked out of Carolina with ten points. It lowered their average. Wilson over the head of Chill and Virgil. I don't know if it's so bad the Ravens could just throw some purple pylons out there and call it good. But it's been pretty brutal for Denver this season. Orange Crush,

plug your ears. This is for Baltimore fans who don't know Here are the scores of all but one of Denver's law twenty two to ten, twenty two to sixteen, seventeen to ten, sixteen to nine, nineteen to sixteen, twelve to nine, seventeen to sixteen. What is that? They're like a bad volleyball team And you can see Brian Burns kind of smack in that hand just before it starts to boot forward. Poster child of Denver's woes, the guy who has more bathrooms in his house than tds thrown.

No need going over Russell Wilson's season numbers. It's the holidays. Not trying to overly depress the die hard Broncos fans who still listen or watch for fun. Just know Wilson's nightmare got worse in Week twelve. Loses to Sam Donald Miller fans while putting up a hundred forty two yards and just four point one yards per atten, the ball hung in the air and quickly closing. What's Xavier Woods?

What about the Baltimore secondary he faces this week? They got eaten up by Trevor Lawrence allowed him to look like he did in college. Over three hundred and twenty yards allowed, three t d s, no I n t s a rating, give up your one thirty. Only reason Tucker is kicking from six seven is because the secondary couldn't stop Lawrence from shredding them when the game was on the line. The late TV and the two point there's a number one pick in the track lash year,

Trevor Lawrence. Now, to be fair, some of those throws and catches magny feet like what can you do as a defender? But tip your cap to some of those dots. Ravens are not usually that bad against the past, but they aren't elite either. They'd still have the advantage on this front if they play to the two levels. Lamar Jackson and company would seem to have less pressure to pile up major points. Interesting matchup along the ground. The Ravens hit some big pass plays versus Jacksonville, but their

rush game kept them in it. Thirty five carries total, mixed results. What makes it interesting? Gus Edwards comes in cold. He scored but only fifty two yards three point three a run Edwards and nowhere. Broncos defense against running backs sits at four point seven yards per carry allowed after giving up a hundred and thirteen yards to Deante Foreman, on four point seven a scamper Lamar Jackson. He's obviously

the gas to their engine. He went for eighty nine yards over six a run last week, all the way down to the twelve yards Bronchos versus quarterbacks on the ground just three point eight yards per carry allowed. Impressive unless you want to factor in which dual threat quarterbacks they faced, because then you know it's like, who cares about that stat This is their first test versus someone with Lamar skill set. What Baltimore does not want to have to do is try to beat Denver through the air.

Broncos only faced nineteen pass attempts last week, so the hundred and sixty four yards and touchdown allowed to Donald don't tell much other than Carolina knew the best way to beat them on that side of things was to run. The Broncos past defense wasn't perfect and week well, they gave up a long one to d J. Moore, but they remain one of the hardest secondaries to pass on Sir t Han knocked it away from Terence Marshall. They square off with a Lamar that came up big with

his arm. Late in that loss. He threw for over two or in fifty yards a touchdown, No picks, Lafar play action. He's got a wide open man Oliver touchdown. Broncos have to be ready to defend the tight end position more so than others. Josh Oliver scored last week, led the Ravens and yards with seventy six. He's got a man down there. It's Oliver into Jacksonville territory. Mark Andrews led the team in targets with seven. You need

a big play that go to Mark Andrews. Broncos versus tight ends then not as good as their overall play versus the past, but holding that position to an eighty eight point seven right, so pretty good. Broncos running back Latavius Murray had a nice week twelve ninety two yards seven point one A run broke a fifty two yards Avias Murray. Just will he be able to do anything like that versus Baltimore. They're only allowing backs for a carry. Broncos woes have left them as one of those teams.

Purple Chalk picks all ten votes in the Ravens. The Detroit Lions are at home this week, the latest team to feel the wrath of the sarcasta flag. Hey, ref, was that really a flag? Oh? It was? That's apparently a h of the time technically, Oh, you can't hear me what some fans see flags like that the same way Jeff's wife sees her husband sitting on the fence in that commercial. Anyway, they get the Jaguars this week, who are especially dangerous because they are playing with a

nothing to lose attitude. Lawrence and the shotgun looking left PRIs left sat Jones go up. Welcome to the NFL, Trevor Lawrence Detroit. You are facing the best NFL version of Lawrence we've ever seen. He didn't just hit that two pointer for the win last week. He drove the team on the field in the waning moments of the game, hit the big one with seconds to go, the seconds to go, lock it touchdown. And Lawrence wasn't just good

on that last drive either. Three yards for the day, eight point seven yards per throw, three touchdowns, rating near one thirty. That's what Duval expected when they used the number one pick on him. Gonna hear a lot of he has arrived this week, dude. Touchdown What a drive to Lawrence Lyon's secondary will be mostly preoccupied with whiteouts. Christian Kirk is the Jacksonville touchdown leader. Lawrence through to him nine times in Week twelve. Chat by Kirk and

the Baltimore Territory. Nine targets, four receptions is a little rough, though. Za Jones is the one coming in Colliente eleven catches for him a hundred forty five yard versus the Ravens.

The Lions secondary Lawrence and company face this week hasn't been good in two, but they come in feeling good. Josh Allen. They held him to two hundred and fifty three yards six yards per attempt, a low eighties rating while picking them off. One of their best showings versus

a quarterback this season. Great defensive timing by Hughes the point of attack, get the arm around red glass second Lions passing attack now Jared Goff low nineties rating guy for the year, eight point nine rate last week two hundred and forty yards to tds, no picks versus Buffalo back at the ten. Goff did all that while getting hit ten times to two sacks. Jags have to pay special attention to Aman Ross st. Brown because he's special.

Averages a little over seventy receiving yards per game, slapped down a hundred twenty two and found the paint versus the Bills. They take it to win if they go up top of stew Jaguars defense has played the past solid this season. Haven't played wide receivers as well, though, good example that d Jack's catch almost cost them the game last week. Run games or the X factor. Travis Eaton got hurt early last week. They think he's gonna go this week though, and if he can, he may

have trouble sleeping the night before the game. Lions rush defense thirteen year olds have a harder time sneaking by a buzzed carney at the County Fair than runners do. Picking up five yards against Detroit along the ground that took some work. Only a few teams allow more than five yards per carry. They're one of them. Allowed five point one to Devon Singletary in Week twelve. Singletary's golf, He's going all the way down. You can't sneak by any parney either. You have to know how to read

the room. Detroit's run game in the hands of DeAndre Swift and Jamal Williams. He has thirteen t d s on the year his late just in Week twelve. I'm always disappointed. Now though forget Attica free hankle, I say, can you tell I'm not a huge fan of certain rules? There is Williams for the Typestown. Jack's Big wind didn't

sway people as much as you might think. Only m J D and Adam Rank took them to beat Detroit eight votes for the Lions NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in partnership with I Heart Radio. For more podcasts for my Heart Radio, visit the i Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.