NFL Weekly Game Previews: Week 16

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This is NFL Game Previews, and I'm game preview guy here with in depth primers on every single game that's going to be played this week. This is the tall box shoved in the corner. At the end of the day, rest of the presents have been unwrapped. Sure, the Hindenberg and fire truck were nice, but yeah no.

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Night days, Christmas night. What a perfectly scheduled time to unwrap the official Red Rider Carbon Action two hundred shot air range model air rifle of Week sixteen, maybe of twenty twenty three. You can't shoot your eye out with this game though. Baltimore's defense number one in points per game allowed.

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I'm doing it, not doing it, not doing it.

Samford Cisco's defense number two in points per game allowed.

Intercepted by Fred Warder. The Great Tigger is having a game.

Holth' Coders Week Ravens Offense fourth and scoring.

Let's send rips gots touchdown.

The Rookies got to go ahead score with a minute sixteen.

Forty nine ers. Offense third in scoring.

Gets chased out of there.

We'll throw on the run.

Why open.

McCaffrey makes the catch, goes down, gets up, touchdown, see m See.

The purple team with the top sack total in the NFL. Justin Madubique. They're leader with twelve parts.

In trouble, we'll lock get away from Betapka. The ball comes out and Boltnor falls on it.

Forty nine ers. Second most QB hits, seventh most sacks Nick Bosa with ten and a half and more QB hits than anybody.

Lock in trouble, lot is dropped. Bosa got their first.

Baltimore secondary holding quarterbacks to a seventy five point eight rating, third lowest.

Get up, Hey, there's Cammilton.

I guess so the back in San Francisco right behind them at fourth.

It's intercepted. San Francisco gets the pick.

It's ward high, kicking it all the way, touchdown, forty nine ers.

It's as top shelf as a pairing can be. Don't really need to say much more, kind of don't want to what if we're talking about this matchup again in a few months. There are three guys in this game who could have a major reward delivered to their house at the end of the season for their play. Brock Purty a one nineteen rating for the season, thirteen points higher than Tua, who's second.

Party fires over the middle touchdown McCaffrey and Party with a dime.

BCB twenty nine TD passes most in the NFL only seven picks, so the highest TD ratio in the NFL. Second, highest completion percentage nine point nine yards per attempt, first by more than a yard point two yards per completion, full yard more than second two hundred and seventy one yards per game.

Fourth most that it's Stevo Samuel touchdown San Francisco.

Brock thirty perfect.

Pass Lamar, though also very much in contention for the leg lamps seventeen passing touchdowns.

As Jackson steps backflixitlys on Tustowown I Sacon.

Likely Jackson averaging two hundred and twenty nine passing yards per game and fifty two point nine rushing yards per game.

Jackson made a man miss and made something happen, so turn a second to a first down run of eleven.

Like not miny Cat, CMC could also end up placing the soft glow of electric sex in his window. McCaffrey twelve hundred and ninety two rush yards, three hundred more than anyone else in the league.

Pitch it, McCaffrey, zig zag, move down the sideline, McCaffrey.

McCaffrey leads the league in rush attempts too. The ground games is where it all starts for them and Baltimore. And that's the thing about this game. Baltimore and San Francisco are last and second to last, and pass attempts ranked first and fifth. In rush attempts.

As Edwards thanks a nice cut, good wiggle and still.

On his feet with a stiff farm and stuff going, Oh what a run by Gus.

Edwards the fuel to each ground attack different. Baltimore's defense primarily focused on CMC, and despite Baltimore having studs at linebacker, they've allowed four point two a carried to running backs. They're below average on that front.

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Ravens also have to be prepared for some debo runs too, of course, so Samuel and McCaffrey versus Rokwan Smith and Patrick Queen. That's top notch stuff, and so is forty nine Ers linebackers Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw versus Gus Edwards, Justice Hill and Jackson Ravens ran for two hundred and fifty one yards versus Jacksonville last week.

It goes cuss Edwards series. Take him to the.

Five led the way ninety seven yards eight point one a carry, Lamar Jackson.

Holds it, keeps it, take some man is the first out of twenty five yard love.

Ravens lost eaton Mitchell for the year. That stink snanks stunks means Hill will have to step up the rest of the way. Forty nine Ers, despite their elite linebacker duo, also haven't played running backs great four point three per run allowed to backs in twenty twenty three.

Head off to Connor, Big Hole. Connor rips through it and a huge game for Connor.

But versus quarterbacks San Francisco holding them to three point eight yards per carry. Look to see if San Francisco employs a similar strategy they used versus Philadelphia's Jalen Hurts, where Bosa and Company didn't over pursue him to avoid giving up big runs.

This pass rush unit is starting to settle in starting to execute the plan of Steve Wilkes. There's a fine line, though, between holding the ball long enough to be a playmaker and holding the ball too long to take these negative plays.

Baltimore's pass rush has no reason not to be lying it to Brock Sacking him a bunch, though, doesn't always bother him. He's been sacked two plus times four times in their last six games, and in each of those Purdy's rating one twenty or better.

Sets lots past Samuel one. He's got a touchdown.

Neither team struggles defensively versus wide receivers or tight ends. Isaiah Likely scored last week for Baltimore's seventy yards. Jackson loves him. The tight end position.

Keeps it alive and flints it in the air. It is luded, likely at the five. It makes a spectacular text.

Obij and z Flowers both had real quiet games versus the Jaguars forty nine ers pass catchers George Kittle fifty four yards and his latest performance.

Kittle first out.

Kittle still going debo hauled in two TV's last week forty eight yards.

Wide open Purty to Samuel walk in touchdown San Francisco.

And McCaffrey caught two touchdowns with seventy two yards receiving fire.

Over the middle touchdown.

McCaffrey running back is the one position Baltimore's defense hasn't played well in the pass game. A ninety seven point nine rate allowed to BAX, which is twenty fourth.

Lawrence Hi got a d ten takes to the forty

Let's check things there. You used up all the glue on purpose. Happy Mary Ho Ho Ho, Holiday season to everybody. Dallas Cowboys head east this week for a Christmas Eve bash with the Miami Dolphins, couple of ten and four's top two scoring teams in the NFL squaring off. The only one of them looked the part last week.

Going deep, going deep, right there, What a perfect pass play and the touchdown the Chalan waddle sixty yards and a touchdown.

These two teams need each other right now. Dallas has to prove it can play the mad Max roll. Lost to Buffalo last week in Buffalo, to the Eagles in Philadelphia, to the forty nine ers in San Francisco. They've struggled being road Warriors and the opponent is mohawk maniac level competition.

Big drop for Prescott, pressure up the middle, he is dropped.

That pressure gets hold for Buffalo.

The Dolphins need Dallas's blood. Two though ten wins, not a single one against a team with a winning record, losses to Buffalo, Kansas City, and Philadelphia.

So a fumbles a snap, now fumbles it again. It is a turnover.

So someone is exercising a demon this week. Dolphins finished with Dallas, Baltimore, and Buffalo, so time to see what they're made of. The big question will they have the cheat code available this week? Sure they cruised without Tyreek Hill last week, but he's an MVP candidate for a reason and has a legate shot still at two thousand yards, harder to catch than the Santa Claus crook.

Trying to get to two up one on one.

Hell, hey found it.

He's doing another long touchdown for Tyreek.

We can see it. Tyreek's springing back at cornerbacks this week. Ho ho ho as he runs away hoping he's back, because it makes for better football and for a better battle with Dallas's cornerbacks. Cheetah and the Penguin versus Deron Bland the Stefan Gilmore. The Cowboys, holding wide receivers to a seventy six point four rating, fourth lowest in the NFL, gets.

Rid of Edney's pegs, and Gilmore is the one who got it.

Dallas got blown out last week. Their pass defense wasn't on the hook, for it only gave up ninety four yards to Josh Allen. Would take a Christmas miracle to keep Tua to that though. Wow, and the touch on this throw and the timing he lets this go shows you how special too is even without Hill. Against a Jets secondary equipped with Sauce and dj Reid Tonguevailoa went twenty one for twenty four, a touchdown, no picks, a rating near one twenty.

I get it back over to Wattle on the other side for a first down. Franks to a tackle.

Jalen Wattle stepped up eight catches one hundred and forty two yards.

Here's a pass across the middle. They got it. It's Waddle running around on the.

Secondary and out after the big game on fourth and five.

Now one box. Miami did check last week. Tu of being sacked three times in a game and winning. Being pressure has led to most of two as poor outings, though how they handle Michael Parsons will be key.

Carson's pressure Parsons with the sack Michael Parsons took out two in Guffer.

Dallas's pass rush only had fifteen pass attempts to work with last week, and that's because, as we just saw, you can beat the Cowboys without throwing on him much. Cowboys defense got trucked last week by James Cook one hundred and seventy nine rushing yards seven point two a carry.

You just the Cook goes behind Talkers through a hole down to the ten to five, then he leaps into the end zone.

And now Dallas faces the team hitting at five point one yards per carry on the ground, which is first in the NFL. Their top five in rushing yards per game devon a chan Raheem Moster leaving the Craigs and day days of the world in the day as well.

Thirds great time the most dirt.

There's the Miami record the nineteenth touchdown of the.

Season, mostered at a four point nine run clip scored twice last week as eighteen rushing tds leads the league.

Let's whoa let's go. We gotta move on to the next one.

No record holder, thank you for the second time you all got jacked by Santa Claus. Yes, and Dallas will get jack to a win for a second week in a row if they can't rebound from a terrible offensive outing. Dak Prescott's MVP type run came to a screeching halt versus the Bills. One hundred and thirty four yards, three point nine yards per attempt, no touchdowns, a pick a rating under sixty.

Prescott rose high and it's intercepted.

And now he faces a defense that just pitched a shutout.

Play action deep ball going deep and.

It's intercepted at the one yard line.

Is Dallas's offense normally that bad? Of course not. Prescott was on a run prior to Week fifteen. C Lamb Brandon Cooks, Jake Ferguson, we're all eating Cowboys have the second highest scoring team even after they're dud versus Buffalo Hud.

That's gonna be caught by Fergusson. Touched up.

Is Miami's defense usually experts at producing Krispy kremes on the scoreboard. No, they're middle of the packing points per game allowed, but they're climbing the ladder. They've held four of their last five opponents under sixteen points.

Pressure and he goes down. Wow, what a big play for that Dolphin defense.

Lamb and Cooks versus Jalen Ramsey and Xavi and Howard will be fun if Howard can go. He was out last week. Dolphins holding quarterbacks to an eighty four point nine rating, ninth best, just six point seven yards per attempt.

We'll get at the pick here and it is intercepted for the second time. Brandon Jones has an interception.

Prescott has a fierce pass rush to deal with as well. Bill's got to him three times, hit him seven. Pressure definitely messed with his game last.

Week, Pressure at Prescott double Pa sacked, Miami cracked a sack six or versus New York, Bradley Chubb bogarted half of them, Dolphin's second most QB takedowns in twenty twenty three.

Ball stripped out of his hands. It's swallow it up right away by Bradley Chubb.

Chubb is their lead bag man now with nine and a half. Christian Wilkins has eight more sacks than Christian Watson. Zach Seeler has seven and a half sacks third.

And eight, and they sack them again, this time at Sailor.

Miami's run defense top shelf stuff, holding runners to three point seven a carry. Cowboys have Tony Paullard writing in the back seat when they want four point one to carry for the year. Okay, remember, don't ever, ever ever eat at Holy Moley Donuts. Ho Ho Ho and Mary

You gonna score zero. I ain't gonna stop the Boys from scoring. I'm not I'm not gonna stop you know. He was on the other side of it last week and just felt a certain way. And both Holsey is here.

Las Vegas Raiders on the road, hoping to give their arch rival a case of the moon days. They bring the hottest offense in the land with them.

Touchdown touchdown number seven for the Raiders.

We became a frenzy right and you saw it on defense, you saw on offense. Special teams jumped in it.

They were in Kansas City, the Chiefs avoiding a three game losing streak with a win over New England last week.

We have to continue to get better and better and we're playing The Raiders are playing great football coming up, So we have to continue to learn and improve.

Kansas City now with a two game cushion in the AFC West, Patrick Mahomes finally coming off a three hundred plus yard passing game. Two touchdowns Mahomes and the flats for McKinnon.

Mckennon's got a touchdown.

Was it a flawless game? No, he threw two. I in T's well, he kind of threw two Kadarius. Tony kind of threw the other over the middle.

Tony juggles and it's picked by Jolani to rise.

So in pickup back basketball, there's a point where if you keep passing the ball to the chucker who's O for seven but he thinks he's Jordan, it's not on him anymore. It's on you, Bro.

We'll just we'll see how things go.

I'm not done on Tony.

He does some good things.

Mahomes. Trust for wide receiver Rashi Rice keeps growing though comes in off a principal Rooney special targeted nine times, caught nine balls, ninety one yards in a TD.

He'll step up into the pocket, throws it late middle Cot twenty five yard line.

Rice, him and Travis Kelsey usually the lead men in Kansas City's passing attack. Kelsey was quiet versus New England. Maybe he felt bad for missing the big Blake Lively B Day bash right, but he and Rice had big games versus the Raiders when they played earlier this year.

Hundred eight one on them All Dude.

R by Mikes Dames of Kansas City text about it.

Chiefs won that Week twelve game, thirty one to seventeen. It was one of the few times Kansas City's offense looked right. Mahomes through for almost three hundred yards, two touchdowns, no picks, a rating over one twenty. Rice had over one hundred yards and a score. Kelsey ninety one yards first and.

Ten Mahomes smith foot blocking downfield, he goes tenn Cassey.

Vegas needs more from its Mad Max led pass rush if they hoped to flip the script. They only sacked Mahomes once in that game, only hit him twice, and that wasn't flukey. Based on where Casey ranks and sacks taken, Mahomes hasn't taken many in twenty twenty three.

Mahomes looking deep on the first play and he drops it in.

For Noah Gray.

Raiders pass rush with a low sacked total for the year, but they do come off a three sack outing now pressure Rock.

Yet jackens Head Ghost Scar Crosby didn't have one either.

If he and the others ever unite in one game look Out Raiders secondary Mahomes Faces gave up three touchdowns to East and Stick after it didn't matter. They picked him off once did give up a race, eating over one ten. Though Raiders play versus quarterbacks this year in mid territory steps. The biggest difference between the Raiders Kansas City faced before and the one they faced this week. The Ride traded in the seventy two Grimlin for a Porsche nine to eleven turbo s.

O'connall on first down, I'm gonna throw it at all day to good receiver it.

Or maybe they got a Bagatti Chyron Supersport or Bugatti Chiron Supersport. Big car guy, can you tell I did not have to google fastest car from zero to sixty I know both those rigs go from zero to sixty two and two point seven seconds or less, and I know the Raiders offense can go from zero to sixty three in just one game.

Just got to move on from everything that happened on Sunday was great for us. He takes the step, takes it to O'Connell. He's gonna run left.

He's got pockets in the face.

Did a really good job and it was really fun, fun to watch and fun to be a part of him.

Only the nineteen thirty something Eagles put up more points after being shut out, but that shouldn't count since it was against a baseball team. The Cincinnati Reds Vegas did it against an actual football team. The fuel to their outburst defense taking the ball away a fat five times in the thirty yard line.

Joshua County that ball is out as well. Raiders think they have it, they do it.

Probably best to tell all Kansas City food handlers do not spit on Aidan O'Connell's burger this week. He's already riled up plenty enough, coming off his best career start almost two hundred and fifty yards, four touchdowns, No picks are rating over one twenty.

He's gonna throw lobs at near side looking for Meyers quick crown to table buyers.

That's down.

It was the dimpest sized version of AOC and it only cost a quarter more too. Can vegas line give O'Connell time. He got good protection versus LA. Kansas City's pass rush much stronger than the Chargers, though four more bags added to their top five total last week.

Chiefs again bring an extra matter too, and they're gonna get there.

Chief secondary has to figure out how to keep DeVante Adams in check. Of course, he finally had one hundred plus yard game last week, only second time he's cracked it this year, first time since Week three it's.

Caught first down the whole more Adams.

O'Connell targeted Adams twelve times versus the Chargers. Mister Taco Bell has seen double digit looks for the last five games, so he's still the starting point to the Raiders passing attack, even if his production hasn't been eye popping. Play accident Earl connell over the middle five Adams went for seventy three yards versus Kansas City in their first meet. O'Connell has put up to one hundred plus rate games in their last three. The other recent triple digit rate game against Kansas.

City three four over the middle.

Chiefs secondary didn't have any issues with Bailey Zappi very few do, but they've been tough on plenty of other qbs as well, holding them to an eighty five point nine to right for the year.

Four and four, they'll go for it. Zappy out of his own ends on throw zero complete.

Raiders rush attack hasn't looked great most games this season. One of the few times it did was versus the Chiefs. Josh Jacobs went for over one hundred yards in that game. Then last week, with Jacob's out hurt, Zamir White got his first start four point one to carry a touchdown sixty nine yards. Vegas's rush attack hit at four point eight. Er runs a mere.

White locations in the backfield posses up it a thinner then the second erect.

For what it's worth, Chiefs held New England and zeke and check along the ground week fifteen. Not especially strong versus the run in twenty twenty three, though, isn't this the same guy that does all the NFL throwback explain stuff? How does he not know the Cincinnati Reds were an NFL team at one point. Raiders trying to pull out a grinch prevent the Chiefs from getting any presence on

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Viking secondary squaring up with the Jared Goff who just went loonies against Denver's defense. Put five on the week fifteen.

Golf back and looking look at throwing middle cat gifts touch down Detroit Lions.

Two of them from a sock. Three from the backpack. Aerial attack was almost perfect. Rush attack blew up for a one hundred eighty five yards six point six a run. Detroit hit an improved Denver defense for forty two points.

Giffs to Gift's here it goes forty yard line, Ridge quarter to thirty five. It's not the twenty five lightning with a football in his hands.

Now Goff faces a Minnesota secondary entering after giving up over three hundred and twenty yards and two tds to Jake Browning the second setting of overtime, a rating allowed near one hundred.

Browning looking pressure, throws it deep and the ball is caught by ten Higgins at the one yard line and it's actually called a touchdown.

Now it's not that Gough is facing a terrible secondary. Minnesota is holding quarterbacks under seven yards per attempt this year to a ninety rating, and Detroit's tackles have the QB hunter known as Daneil to contend with. Minnesota had four sacks last week, Hunter nabbing two. He has fifteen and a half now four forced fumbles.

That is a huge hit from Danil Hanster Right there, a guy has been unbelievable. This year's name should be in the conversation for a defensive player.

Of the Vikings pass rush none Blitz Happier in the land goth five iron ts versus five plus this year ninety point five ratings, so not great.

And goth he is picked up by Jaylor Johnson.

None of Minnesota's dbs have a sub ninety rating allowed in twenty twenty three, but the Vikings are holding wide outs to a ninety rating. That's respectable at least. Now they take on one of the best there is, Amanra Saint Brown. Seven catches over one hundred and ten yards last week, a touchdown, seven triple digit games for him this season. Roast middle, I'm rock.

Five to the two bleeps head flip into the end zone? Are you kicking? Oh? I haven't rot that even.

Beautiful Josh Reynolds chipped in forty one yards last week. Jamison Williams splashed forty seven and tight end Sam Laporta three paint jobs in one game. He scored three of his last four now.

GoF to the Nzel tuxtown third time to Laporta. He is quick show.

Viking's pass defense is very generous to tight end, so watch him. Rating allowed by Minnesota to gronk heads is one oh five point one. And then there's the battle along the ground and it's a big one. Minnesota holding running backs to three point six a carry. Only a few have been tougher on the position. Detroit's run game one of the best there is, and it sets their table that set up a feast versus Denver David Montgomery eighty five yards five per carry.

Montumbery on first and ten because he runs into.

The secondary Jamier Gibbs one hundred yards nine point one a run plus a score.

Oh a rocket here it does. He gets Aroun to turn number one.

Making Detroit's offense one dimensional would be big for Minnesota, but it won't be easy. Minnesota's offense look better balanced as well. They don't always get a lot from their ground game, but Ty Chandler was a key to them, even making it to ot last week over one hundred and thirty rushing yards, five point seven a carry and a TD and off to Chandler spins and he is in Detroit's defense even tougher on backs than Minnesotas, though, holding them to three point five a carry for twenty

He's got him cool five to play you a fun room with a terrific sweat.

Now they set their sights on Nick Mullins. He made a few mistakes against the Bengals through a couple Iront's in his first twenty twenty three start, but he's not down yet.

He throws it up, it deflects off of Beta Hill and he a will as the ball bounce around.

That is an interception, but he doesn't come in ice cold. Over three hundred yards, over nine yards per attempt, two TDS in a rating right under one hundred Bullins.

Looking down the middle of the field for Addison. He's got him inside Bengals territory.

So Detroit secondary will get tested because three hundred plus yards means all those Vikings pass catchers are threats. Justin Jefferson the biggest threat. Seven catches eighty four yards last week, fighting through injury, and it's a.

Completion to Justin Jefferson. A gutty throw a catch to start the drive.

Jordan Addison over one hundred and ten yards to TDS.

Throws it off his back foot cut. It's cut by Anison. He's gonna go all the way in for it. Touchdown.

The Lions defense they face allowed a ninety eight point three rating to wide receivers this year. Gave up seventy plus yards to Courtland Sutton and Jerry Judy week fifteen and.

Caught by Sutton bunts his back up, then drilled down the side by Dorsey.

Detroit hasn't been great against tight ends either, and now they take on their old buddy TJ. Hawkinson. His most recent outing sixty three yards.

Hawkinson goes up almost like grabbing the rebound and gets the first.

Down nineteen ninety three. The last time Detroit took the North Rodney Pete and some dude named Barry. He wasn't a hitman, though. Is this the week or does Minnesota deliver the gift of hope to skull faithful Mary football everybody? La Chargers head back from the strip having to try and shake off a hangover. Even the wolf Pack would have a tough time recovering from Oh.

Baby, unbelievable they do it again. I mean, there are bad dreams, and there are crazy bad dreams, and for the Chargers, been that kind of the night.

Hey, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right, The GM and the head coach did anyway, they better hope that old saying is true, because they have the Buffalo Bills coming to town and they are starting to look like the Bills again.

Sort of back to pass.

I'm gonna roll out to his right and leaves it to the end zone for James Cook for an eighteen yard touchdown reception.

The Cook is in the kidget.

Buffalo comes in off wins against Dallas and Kansas City dominated the Cowboys on defense put up thirty one points on offense.

It's Murray, he is sucked.

I think maybe not still going no signal.

Touchdown the driving course behind their O success in both games. Mister James Cook.

Give us the Cook goes behind Dougas through a hole down to the ten.

The five Benny leaps into the end.

Zone, James Cook with his second touchdown.

Of the game.

Cook has taken over as the centerpiece for Buffalo's offense recently one hundred plus scrim and yards in four straight games. Last week, he blew up as a pass catcher two catches, forty two yards in a TD as a runner one hundred and seventy nine yards seven point two per run, one score.

Still chugging inside the forty five fans love it. He's got eight, he's got nine, he's got eleven.

Wow, what a Lon Chargers defense. He tries to keep it rolling against. Gave up four point eight to run to Vegas's runners one hundred and twenty four yards two scores.

Randon Bolden Hill keep it and hell all in the end zone.

Cook's play last week meant the Josh Allen Stefon Diggs passing attack didn't have to do much. He didn't even throw for one hundred yards, but he ran one in and he threw for one. He's the NFL TD leader there that make it better.

Let's coming.

Allan sees it, steps away, says, go over there to the hole.

Days, are you serious?

One hander at a first down he did not turn the ball over. Which TD leader or not has plagued their offense. It'll be hard for them not to load back up on the passing game this week. LA's secondary represents a big fat early Christmas present to Allen and company for tds allowed by the Chargers to Rodney Farva a rating over one twenty almost two hundred and fifty yards twenty twenty three. Pass defense in LA has been a dad body of work. Not like Mark Wahlberg's like Will ferrellsw.

Tush when we are talking about forty one nothing in the first half.

Buffalo's pass defense, on the other hand, comes in looking pretty ripped. After holding the hottest quarterback in the league to one hundred and thirty four yards. They left Dak with a fifty seven point seven rating, no touchdowns, one pick, held him to a ron measlely three point nine yards per attempt.

This Buffalo defense man, they have been impressive all game.

Bill's defense, though, has never dealt with the Chargers offense like this one. Is this your ride? Yeah, you want to go for a ride? No, I want to drive it? But can you drive Stick?

Eastern Stick Office pat Quote lines down the field and he's got a wide off the receiver Plomber at the fifty streak into the thirty Bomber at the ten.

Had he looks it.

I can learn and Chargers fans learned a little something about Easton last week. He's no quitter. Chargers may have gotten blown out, but Stick had a good second.

Half shot down to Stick throws over the middle.

As the man down the scene, it's caught touchdown Eric Ston in the end zone.

Maybe he carries the momentum over to this game. He threw three touchdowns, finished with a rating over one hundred and ten two hundred and fifty seven yards eight yards per a teen.

Stick goes the other way touchdown, making that his Quentin Juhnston.

And it should be noted he beat a Meek Robertson for two of those scores. A Meek is twenty twenty three cornerback e Lead. So Stick didn't produce against third stringers or anything, and he didn't have Keenan Allen either. Have to see if he returns for this one. Stick's go to last week was tight end Gerald Everett. Eight targets, five catches, forty one yards.

Stick. He could move bros. That's cut, that's ever making the catch.

LA's most productive pass catcher Joshua Palmer one hundred and thirteen yards in TD.

The ghos and this Palmer right there.

Stick also threw at Austin Eckler six times, four catches. Eckler didn't do much with those looks or his handoffs, though he comes in icy and Stick has to cut back on the turnovers. LA gave it up five times. He threw a pick and lost two fumblest no offense to LA, but Buffalo is looking at this as their ninth win. Paid triots follow then a Week eighteen matchup

They're gone for it all with aj Brown.

Catch is made by Seattle for the interception.

Both teams come off losses, both teams offenses stink stinks stunk. Last week, Jalen Hurts no touchdown passes, two interceptions, just four point six yards per attempt of forty rating versus Seattle and.

Jamal Adams air it out, Quinz Watkins contact in effect.

Tommy Cutlets no touchdowns against the Saints, only five point two yards per attempt a low seventies rating. So did his pizza apparents feed drop to five K after the game? How does it work?

Doing d per slate hitplete.

Giants only put up six points, went two for sixteen on third down. They are thirty first in scoring for the year.

Were down at eight Davido CRUs pass incomplete.

Saquon even comes in Chile Barkley fourteen yards last week, one point six a carry.

There's park playing at Tomorio Davis.

Sue makes another tick play for this Saints defense.

Philadelphia's defense maybe the cow bell to their offensive fever, though they gave up four point five a run to Kenneth Walker last week, eighty six yards and a TD.

All those tight ends back there again.

Nice cutback by Walkers, still going waiting for the ploting to get there.

It does touchdown Seahawks.

The secondary DeVito's up against was holding their own versus Drew Locke until the last drive of the game, and they are twenty ninth and rating allowed to quarterbacks for twenty twenty three. So that last drive more in line with how they've fared versus the past this season.

Lock end zone, it is tot touchdown, say out.

Eagles need more from their pass rush too, only hit lock three times all game. Their middle of the pack and sacks for a reason.

They're down in ten.

He's got a rookie and Smith and Jig Bu's got a first.

Down, you'd think they'd get home versus DeVito. He went down seven times last week alone. He's taken five plus sacks in a game five of his seven appearances.

We don't shot five times. Today they get six.

Kurtz didn't have a sack problem versus Seattle, like none taken and no one even hit him. He did at least use his legs effectively last week. Eighty two yards rushing, six point three a run, two touchdowns, and one of them he actually ran in Bert's.

Trying to take it in time to day for the touchdown.

DeAndre Swift also went for seventy four yards four point one to carry Philadelphia going for one hundred and seventy eight rushing yards overall last week.

They're Swift just sig zagging his way for another first down, got.

A good block from Jason Kelson's.

The passing attack that needs the most fixing. Aj Brown, DeVante Smith, doll Us Goddard and none had sixty yards versus Seattle. All are more than capable. Philadelphia's offense trying to get right against a Giants defense that's thirty first in sacks, but they've held quarterbacks to a nice eighty five point nine rating, almost averaging an I int a game too. You just cannot even attempt this throw.

You've got basically double coverage. Pinnock will not get an easier interception than the one I just had.

Giants didn't look quite as sharp versus a new car last week though three touchdowns allowed, no picks, a rating allowed over one hundred and thirty.

Car looking got falls catch touchdown to what chuck six.

This is round one between these two face each other again last game of the year. Eagles fans aren't the type to wake up on Christmas morning to find their homes robbed and then just go out and sing and hold hands. They're expecting some loot, in this case shaped like a w Giants steal it from them. They aren't

The snap's good, the hold.

Is good, and the Bengals and come back to beat the Vikings and overtime.

Both these teams understand the Santa Claus each of their Saint Nix has slipped off the proverbial roof having to hand their keys to the sleigh to someone else. The Bengals think they got themselves a Tim Allen who delivered a little early Christmas miracle last week.

Browning, looking pressure, throws it deep and the ball is caught by t Higgins at the one yard line and it's actually called a touchdown.

Okay, T Higgins deserves the cred on that one. Wow, nothing but respect anyway. I don't know if Jake Browning thinks Denny's is an American institution, but I do know the Steelers are facing a more refined version of him compared to when they first met him a few weeks ago. And it wasn't that Browning was bad then Week twelve, his first ever NFL start, he goes nineteen for twenty six, a touchdown, a rating over ninety five, flashed plenty of signs that showed he knew what he was doing.

Browning fake it, flip it, catch, made simple fangs into his.

Own man for the touchdown.

Cincinnati did not win that game, though it was their last loss Pittsburgh's last win. Steelers took a defensive battle

Looking wet throws that pass intercepted at the fifteen yard line.

Pittsburgh didn't put up many points, but Kenny Pickett put up two hundred and seventy eight yards on Cincinnati, a season high, one of his better twenty twenty three outings. And there's a chance he returns this week.

It back throws it down the air sideline. That's Pickett's pay poles in it.

Even with Pickett putting up that big game only sixteen points, though, Pittsburgh hasn't been able to score nineteen points in five straight games now, the last two with Mitch Trubisky at QB, who had Steelers fans feeling like Billy Bob Thornton found their Santa Suit. Two interceptions last week, only one touchdown, a sub seventy rating, only one hundred and sixty nine yards.

The ball, you see it the feet arc set tries to flip it out, There goes high.

Easy interception for the Colts.

If Picket can't go, I mean it's a no brainer, right A couple days before Christmas, just get Rudolph to guide the sleigh. Clearly, it's that time of the year. It should work.

Turning to their backup quarterback, benching their starter in the final two minutes of a game and saying, try to go win it.

Look whether it's urinating Tree Chisel to Donnis pe Daddy or deb at QB for Pittsburgh for that matter, they will be facing a secondary that has been giving up big yards through the air this season, over two hundred and fifty per game on the year, eight yards per attempt. That's not good, and neither is giving up over twelve yards per completion. And their latest loss they gave up over three hundred yards, two touchdowns and a rating near one hundred to Nick Mullen.

Pressure it again, throws it off his back, quick cut, let's cut my ass, gonna go all the way in for it.

Touchdown.

Yes, CTV, you are what they call a difference maker. Who day knows now. Bengals did pick Mullens off twice. That's their defensive strength. They have one of the highest iront totals in the game.

Mullins pressured again and he gets dropped by PJ.

Hill.

Did he lose the ball off top of it?

The ref say yes, and they sacked Mullen three times. Trey Hendrickson one and a half of those fifteen for the year now has a half a bagger more than twelve of fourteen games.

A really good top. I've said that Darresol has held him in check, and for the most part he has. But right there, Henderson goes.

Up the field and passed a quarterback, which is.

Usually a good top.

But at offensive tackle, Muller's looking the five space Hedgerson comps away with the set.

Pittsburgh's run game has been non existent the last two games, but Najee Harris and Jalen Warren will not only be looking at a run defense they both fared well against when they squared off in Week twelve. It's one that gave up one hundred and thirty two yards to Tyson Chandler on five point seven yards per carry last week.

Hand off to Chandler spins and he is in.

Pittsburgh's own run defense doesn't come in feeling very cheery either. They gave up a hundred seventy rush yards to the Colts five yards per carry, and they were facing Indianapolis's second, third, and eventually fourth running back option.

Nice to be able to have your third back come in make some seek plays for you.

Zach Moss has been great.

Goes into the tunnel after that touchdown at Trey Sermon.

Nice job there, hitting it off tackle so Q.

Joe Mixon right four point seven per carry last week he scored, takes the.

Hit from Cincinnati Ivan pace and barrels in so Mixes stays up off the ground, reaches the ball across that gola running through him, angry.

As it gets into the ex on only ten carries. Though Mixon isn't the one Pittsburgh's defense should be worried about. Bengals are still chucking it more than toking it Rounding, leading Cincinnati back to victory last week on the back of a three hundred and twenty four yard outing.

Browning flush throws it down field. The balls butt bye boy, keeps his footing inside the thirty tucks in.

Side the twenty have to keep cabs on Jamar Chase's status. He left last week hurt. His absence could be pretty big.

As Jason I open thy next to one heavy gad inside.

The twenty five.

But still, Browning has completed over seventy percent of his throat since stepping in in the last two games he's played. The Santa role to a tee making sure all his pass catchers get something. Tried to drop a ball on twelve different guys last week.

Looks throws to the zone and Higgins touchdown.

Browning did get bagged four times by the Vikings. Probably goes down a few more times this week. With TJ. Watt out there, he picked up two more QB takedowns versus the Colts. Has sixteen on the season.

Minsheet captain and TEJ Watt is saying thank you.

Watt's play, though last week didn't translate to good pass defense. Three touchdowns allowed to Bardner Minshew, no i iNTS a rating over one hundred and twenty allowed mis.

To minsheet to the episode touchdown Oh.

Willy Cops only two hundred and fifteen yards, though they dealt with their offense, handing the Colts short fields three times. The season has three weeks to go. Mikeland has to win two of three to keep his street alive and a shot at the playoffs alive. Bengals are trying to hold their spot down Mary Football season to all and all of good night. Houston Texans back at home for a Christmas Eve game. Playoff hopes alive and well after a dramatic ot win last week, odd.

Weeks to Statber Kim Johnston the whole.

Their fane bends kitchas good Texans win it pill Nashto.

They welcome the Cleveland Browns, another team currently holding a ticket to the dance, also works some late game magic.

A week ago, Holya and Cleveland's on top Hail Mary end Zone deflect a tip Dad intercepted, almost caught, and then a deflection into the hands of the Anthony Bell.

So we've got a couple of clubs coming in off late game winning kicks, both relying on backup quarterbacks to lead their offenses to victory last week. If Houston has its way, though, they'll get their starter back. CJ. Stroud is in concussion prote fall if he doesn't return. More case Keenum, he came up with some clutch throws late, gave him two hundred and twenty nine yards at least.

By some time, and he puts a compit pass into the hands of Singletary, who's.

Off and running.

Keenum though didn't tear it up either. Only one touchdown got picked off sub eighty ratings.

Canam looking for a.

Big times and he set Eliza and it's gonna win big sex.

Houston could really use CJ and wide receiver Nico Collins back, as the Cleveland defense they face this week is one

Throws over the middle and it's deflected away. Ronnie had been diving in front of Darnell Mooney.

If Brown's dbs are facing Stroud, Nico Dalton Schultz, Noah Brown, that's squash party material, beef squatch if you're more Bob than more. Stroud averages almost two hundred and eighty yards per game a rating year one hundred, has twenty tds against just five.

Picksking flushed out to the right. DJ cubs it long daff Field and caught touchdown.

Amazing wanna throw by Stroud and down with the reception.

Tremendous adjustment by both players as Stroud was flushed out.

Just a bit to the right.

Collins averages almost eighty five yards per game, receiving six touchdowns.

Throws lefts out of the ends of cut Nico Collins touchdown Houston.

Nico has got them on fire.

Sholtz a week ago, fifty eight yards in his return.

Everyone's covered to don't and no one isn't. Next unbelievable, Dulton.

Schultz ground stepped up in Collin's absence eight catches eighty two yards in.

A TV thirty goal ketom to thousand. It's caught. No touchdown with the real star.

Last week for Houston versus Tennessee, Devin Singletary as a pass catcher forty nine yards as a runner one hundred and twenty one four point seven a run, so four point five plus and five of his last six.

Now, but how big is Singletary been shut out of the cannon?

Right there?

The Cleveland rush defense Singletary faces has been giving up four point two a carried to running backs so he could keep it rolling. Brown's rush attack was not rolling at all. Week fifteen eighteen carries twenty nine yards, one point six a run. It was pretty much the Joe Flacco show, which early was filled with int Joe threw three of them versut.

The Bears looking over the middle, and it's in a sad nicked off by Tyreek.

Stevens said that.

He battled through it though through for over three hundred and seventy yards.

Two scores looking deep over the middle, good one is out four he drops it in good one down inside the twenty five.

Now we'll do battle with the Houston secondary that held Will Levis to an i int no touchdowns under two hundred yards a rating under seventy five.

For the Levis throws across his body, slaves went fur side and what is that picked?

Yes, it was Blacko targeted ten different guys week fifteen. Guys that saw the most targets Cedric Tillman four catches fifty two yards and Cleveland's top pass catchers both come in off one hundred yard games. Amari Cooper one hundred and nine yards in.

A TV in downfield open and Cooper makes the ball, head breaks right. Cooper tiptoes all the way put a touchdown.

Tight end. David and Joke, who also cracked the century mark with one hundred and four on ten catches.

Rose jump ball. The Joku falls it in for the touchdown.

Houston's rate allowed to tight ends ninety four point three, which is actually eleventh best. How about some Derek Stingley versus Cooper Texans holding wide receivers to an eighty nine rate.

Levis airs it out near side and it is broken out. But it's Derek Stingley junior, and he was with him step for step. We played it perfectly.

Joe got bagged four times by Bears pass rushers.

Lack of under pressure.

There's sweat, he's got him, but the football is loose.

What's the call here?

Boy?

You could hear the gas here at Nashville it looked like Jonathan Grenard knocked it loose.

Texans five and two at home, Browns two and four on the road, both teams hoping for an early present in the shape of a dove. Wish you all out there the merriest football season you can have. Jacksonville Jaguars jumping on the E ten, headed south to Tampa Bay for a little in state Christmas eve fun Baker pulls it on the.

Run, connects with Godwin for another Tampa Bay christof down.

The Saba Hodens take it down in sub twenty five.

The I ten on the I ten Interstate ten. What do you want from me? I mapped it both teams at the top of their respective divisions, but in ties with three games to go. Jacksonville got there by losing three in a row, their defense giving up twenty three plus in each l.

Jackson steps Flixley, it's a touchdown, I say, I like Wait.

Buccaneers got there by winning their last three, their offense going for twenty nine plus in back to back games.

Bayfield, who said it's off by chief, the ten is in.

This is a touch show.

Jacksonville's defense faces off with the NFL's version of cousin Eddie showed up in Tampa kind of unannounced, didn't have a home, but the show would be nowhere near his fun without him. And remember there's no Christmas bonus without him.

Mayfield to Conway. Wow did he speak that growing?

You can picture Baker out on the sidewalk with his headband right grappers full. Mayfield comes in off his best showing as a buccaneer, his best showing ever actually, twenty two to twenty eight, three hundred and eighty one yards, four touchdowns, no picks, a fat thirteen point six yards

Mayfield, He's got right at the ten five.

Touchdown all on the road, Lambeau. It was a real butte Clark.

Mayfield over the middle. There's Mike Evans with his first catch of the afternoon.

Jacksonville DB's will be tested at every level. Mayfield regularly uses all three types of pass catchers, mister auto one thousand, Mike Evans, of course a touchdown last week, fifty seven yards.

Mayfield to the end zone. Evans touchdown. What a dark from Mayfield.

Chris Godwin comes in off his best twenty twenty three outing ten catches one hundred and fifty five yards.

Mayfield to Godwin and midfield Dick Godwin spins his way for a first down with a doubt find.

Chris Godwin is our crapper fold Honey. Mayfield utilized wide receiver David Moore for sixty eight yards in a TV last week. Jacksonville's defensive rating allowed to wide receivers ninety one point three.

That's average.

Then there's tight end Kate Otten forty four yards last week, and running back Rashad White has turned into Tampa's very own Jelly of the Month club certificate fifty yards receiving in a touchdown.

Scott Rason White in the Green Bay Territory. In White set of bouts around the thirty five yard line.

White is the gift that keeps on giving. He's turning into one of the best dual threatbacks to eighty nine rush yards last week, eighty four plus rush yards in four straight games, four point one or better in all four.

To the middle first down and Mark ver Sad what and he wisely goes to the ground.

Jacksonville's run Dee has played running backs really tough in twenty twenty three, but not in Week fifteen. Gave up over five yards per carry to Baltimore's running backs. Gave up two hundred and fifty one rush yards on six yards per carry to Baltimore. When you add what Lamar did do on Lamar Jackson pulls it.

Keeps it takes up. He is the first out of twenty five yard lock.

Jacksonville played Jackson the passer well, though only one hundred and seventy one yards allowed one touchdown, one pick a rating under eighty.

Bags went to the motes, intercepting undercut by ray Sad taking.

A ray shot. Jakins is a sneaky one. You saw this work coming all the weight.

Teams have grown on Jacksonville much more than they've run it. Their secondary middle of the pack kind of unit, very much like Tampa Bay's. Even in their win, they gave up a one to eleven point five rating to Jordan Love, no interceptions, two tds allowed, over two hundred and eighty yards allowed.

Love here it comes to Rush Love as a lame to run. He throws a zound minutes touchdown.

They gave up four point one to run to Aaron Jones on the ground too, but they only allowed twenty points. They're holding teams to twenty a game. Good for thirteenth best.

Lex is coming Love, that's little bit and it is jablit.

Put on board down.

Green Bay will kick.

So stack that against Jacksonville's offense, which is tenth in scoring, and you've got a good roast beast matchup.

Larrence far open cuts in sound, he go stock.

Jaguars only managed seven points last week, ran into the top defense in the league. Trevor Lawrence still threw for over two hundred and sixty yards a touchdown.

No picks Larrence to the air in the middle of its clubbing by Luke Farrell.

It's tight end.

Zay Jones caught five passes fifty nine yards.

Lawrence firing side right.

Holds on nope, timeouts five seconds left.

Alvin Ridley just thirty nine yards. Tight end Evan Ingram twenty eight. Buccaneers have not played wide receivers well, though ninety nine point six rating allowed to a position this season. Play versus tight ends falls in the middle of the pack. Buccaneers three and three with their cannons behind them, Jaguars five and one on the road this year, eighth time ever, the two will face off. Jacksonville up four to three overall.

They're gone for it all with aj brown.

Catches made by Seattle.

For the interception.

Tennessee Pittsburgh Arizona. Those are the three teams left on Seattle schedule, none with a record like the team they just faced and defeated last week.

Lock Enzo. It is taught touchdown.

Seattle Hawks now seven and seven Titans Aro, what's our current draft slot team? They just dropped their ninth game to a team that had a really good rush attack with a backup QB who didn't really do much but came up big late.

Tau again feels.

The pressure buy some time and it puts a perfect pass in the defensive Singletary po's.

Off and roving their opponent this week, a team with a backup QB who just came up big late in his most recent game, and with Kenneth Walker going for four and a half yards per carry eighty six yards and a TD.

Those tight ends back down again.

Nice cutback by Walker still calling, waiting for the blocking to get there.

It does, touchdown Seahawks.

Walker now goes after a defense that just gave up one hundred and twenty one yards to Devin Singletary on

The biggest Singletary big shut out of the Channon Right.

There, Titans didn't struggle too much with Houston's handcuff passing attack. Though four sacks held case enam, the one touchdown picked him off, held him to a sub eighty rating.

Can't it looking for a big plans? It s a look molding and it's gonna play big six.

Tennessee is not used to playing quarterbacks or wide receivers very well, though, so Jackson Smith and Jigba Tyler Lockett DK Metcalf not an easy draw for their secondary DK dominated their final game winning driversus. Philadelphia ended the night with seventy eight yard lock hares it out Metcalf downfield.

He's Johnnie.

Whether it's Gino or Drew Locke again, Seattle would welcome a pass protection outing like they got last week. Again this week, Lockley got hit three times by a Philadelphia pass rush ranked near the top.

They're down in ten.

He's got a rookie, and Smith and jig Buzz got a first down for Seattle's strong throw from Locke for thirteen yards.

Seattle's own defense didn't produce any sacks against Philadelphia, but now they face a Titans offensive line that saw Will Levis get buried seven times by Houston.

Levis well, the football is loose wants to call here where you can give a gas here at Nashville.

It looked like Jonathan Grenard knocked it loose.

And Levis faces a Seattle defense that held Jalen Hurts to one hundred and forty three yards, passing only four point six yards per attempt. A forty point one rating held aj Brown and Devonte Smith to less than sixty yards each.

And Jamal Adams aired out.

Quez Watkins contact in a pack intercepted by Seattle and Julie in love.

Now that group sets their sights on the Levis d Titans pass offense. Hopkins targeted nine times in week fifteen, only two catches twenty one yards.

Levis fires up to Saint Hawkins up the Cats.

After a view.

The Crown is an incomplete pass.

Player to throw the ball going the round, Levis only managed the one hundred and ninety nine yards versus the Texans, a low seventies rating. No touchdowns got picked off.

Play action from Levis throws across as got these slaves went full side and what is that picks?

Yes it was and King Henry made tiring of the Crown. Sixteen attempts nine yards rushing. That's point six yards per We haven't.

Seen Henry break the line of scrimmage without getting contacted or.

Slowed down yet in this gase, Seattle did allow one hundred and seventy eight rushing yards to Philadelphia. A lot of those too, hurts, but seventy four are running back dere Swift on four point one to carry.

He's swift breaking a tackle or two, got around the edge and slides with a first out.

Titans can only play the role of a thirteen year old telling a five year old Santa isn't real. Twelves though, hoping Saint Nick is on the way with his first of three presents. Does he come through or does Tennessee leave them with polling your stocking?

Ho ho ho.

Happy New Year's in a jolly football season to everybody. This right here a great game to kick off the week. Two teams that just fought back to get to even steven.

It feels good and it feels good that we're improving. If we don't take care of business on Thursday, it won't feel good again.

Both teams with playoff aspirations with three games to go, isn't.

Too soon to even think about using the key word now.

One hundred percent unless you told me the season ended right now, it doesn't mean anything to me.

On one side in Nordlands, Saints club built around its defense ranked sixth then points per game allowed.

Talk about it's seventh to vet all seventh sack. Well, the Saints defense.

Today squaring off with an la Rams offense ninth in scoring.

What's that thing? Now, let's go make him feel us right here, Let's.

Go that matchup alone as Beefy is Arnold and Sinbad fighting over the Spaceman toy for Anakin Skywalker did.

Doubles side little and their cup Conny touch.

To the heads.

Okay, the mailman wasn't trying to buy it for future Vader. But LA's offense as hot as any turboman on the shelves, twenty eight plus points in four straight games. And the guy it all starts with, not Stafford, not Pooka Cooper, Kyron Williams.

He's made a lot of plays he's made, you know, a huge difference with the.

Big basality boss, Like if it's a Williams Williams.

News to them when he's in the lineup and when he's not, it's a it's a very different theme for us.

Williams is on fire. One hundred and fifty two rushing yards last week, five point six a carry, a touchdown over for a run. In his last seven games in a row one hundred and fourteen plus rushing yards and four of his last five.

A little toyams last a touch too exst to his last. He's inside of Commander's territory.

Williams did lose two fumbles to Washington. Got to clean that up. Will Rams rush attack is as good as any in the game right now. Saints defense just got done facing Saquon Barkley, held him to fourteen yards one point six of carrey nine tries. Couldn't play him any better.

Barkley gets it at Jess, who warn he's a man possessed today to Mario Davis.

Loss of two New Orleans is not usually as grinchy versus running backs, though they've given up four point two a carry to the position. Overall, their scrooge like tendencies show up against aerial attacks, Saints holding quarterbacks to the second lowest rate in twenty twenty three.

As steps up over the sept it again and that's a depot again his second of the day.

How about Nakua Cup versus a Lante, Taylor, Paulson Adebo and hopefully Marshaun Lattimore. He's due back from high Are this week. In theory, Saints locking up wide receivers to the second lowest rate on the season.

Get it good to it's anccepted my side. I don't know, hey, if you just had to be passing up last night? Oh I thought it.

Cooper Cup comes off an eight catch, one hundred and eleven yard TD game, back to back games with one hundred plus for him.

Don't look now, but the Rams cheek code is back sixty two yards.

I'm back you, Stafford, hey Worth, hookup, Worth, hooka, hookup hooka.

Nakua over eleven hundred yards on the season, fifty yards last week.

Okay, but he's got it for first out at Pooka.

Akua has an opportunity to break most of the rookie receiving rerecords.

Can't ignore DeMarcus Robinson either a touchdown in three straight games, forty four plus yards in each of those.

Let's it go end zone right side comes back right.

Palm on the Marcus Robinson and Stafford uses his tight ends plenty. Tyler Higbee Davis Allen combined for fifty yards last week, pressuring Stafford certainly would go a long way and slowing the Rams train. Saints don't have a very high twenty twenty three sack total. They do come in off their best QB shopping spree though, bagged Tommy DeVito seven times him eight.

Saints break presser defeato Zick trouble and he's going to go down again.

He everybody get into the show today and I can't wait and the cast go.

I can't wain that CA's go.

Rams defense isn't on the same level as New Orleans.

Oh way, are you seriousness?

But LA has seen improvement on that side of the ball recently. They've held teams under twenty one points five of their last six games.

That was a track throws, the pocket directed traffick throws on their run, and a one ended up great are set.

Jay LA has climbed to middle of the pack and points per game allowed as a result. Ad in company facing a Saints offense putting up twenty two a game.

There's a lot of work it we've been putting in. We're trying to get.

Better, which is twelve best Derek Carr last week, three touchdowns, no picks, a rating near one thirty five.

I thought quarterback played really well, so they're sure we did that.

A record looking to right and it's looking for a line up inchon Johnson and that is going to be a touchdown.

Are you irritated by the Amodel criticism that he gets.

I just think it's unfair first full opinion, but I know it by that right to their own opinion.

He didn't have Chris Olave either. Have to see if he returns from injury. He's Car's typical go to with well being out.

I'm really proud of the guys that stepped up.

Takes the snap Giants Green four. Car throws it across the middle, diving catch. Highland voted.

It wasn't perfect, but efficiency and the timing and it needed him to be there.

They were there.

Still Car may do without him. Completed passes to ten different players versus New York.

I've always felt the best football team's always spread it out.

The worst car throwing out its complete for the tight end, Gerrod Johnson.

Whoever could have a big days. You know, whoever can have the touchdowns. But it's good for the team.

Alvin Kamara always involved in their air game. Last week five catches forty four yards.

I sets up the screen, it's Carbara takes the ball, picks up the first stout at walk.

Saints run as often as they throw though Alvin sixty six yards rushing four point one to carry Week fifteen.

Twelve of forty five Camara on first down, big hole out to midfield.

Rams have to defend Taysom Hill taking off as well. They're allowing four point to a run overall this season. Kind of man, they represent a bigger challenge to car. They've held quarterbacks to an eighty six point two rating, under seven yards per attempt, under a sixty percent completion rate.

Waunch his left side, it is intershecond it's den.

Kendrick goes to get it.

LA's playoff season basically started last week. They probably can't afford an l down the stretch if they want to make the actual postseason.

And there's a lot of football left, and there's a lot of teams that are in contention, and hey, let's see what the hell we can do moving forward against a great challenge on Thursday.

New Orleans has a little more wiggle room due to their division. I just want to win here, you know, That's all I want.

To do, really, only as good as your last outing. And so we've got to go back and make whatever the corrections are that we need to make from this game and get ready for a really good you know, La Rams team.

New England Patriots are off to Denver this week, the final Christmas Eve game on the slate. They get the Broncos, who are back to the even steven mark.

Outside it goes, look, hoorido gets kind of chosey two to the polo.

Okay, Denver is seven and seven, but they got the Patriots, Chargers and Raiders to go, So Orange Crush feels like there's a realistic shot at ten and seven still, and that's probably danceworthy. Plus there's no offense putting up fewer points than their opponent, the Patriots only accounting for ten points versus Kansas City.

The movie's in trouble and he throws at an interception lighter to the heaves of really game.

So that means you have the thirty second ranked offense and points per game facing the twenty ninth ranked defense and points per game allowed. Bailey Zappying Company face a Broncos defense feeling like Willie and the Alley at the start of Bad Santa Forty two points allowed. Last week, gave up five tds to Jared Goffer, rating near one to thirty five, almost two hundred and eighty yards.

Fourth and two GoF to the then time touchdown, third time to party.

Zeke is facing a Denver run defense that allowed one hundred and eighty five rushing yards on six point six a carry to David Montgomery Engameer.

Gibbs Gibbs's in first and ten Florida up lock. Gibbs turns to quarter through the touchdown.

Want me to fix you some sandwiches? No, they want you to fix their defense. To do that, Denver maybe steals a page from Willy's Shady Side Gig playbook. Maybe rob New England's offense of a ball or two. Denver's last two losses no takeaways, whereas two plus thefts in their previous five wins a.

Third out his passes to fleck it at the line and Cooker picks it up.

Who makes better sandwiches, Granny or Thurman? Is Granny Spry? New England's offense one of the more turnover prone in the league this year, have only made it through one game without giving it away. Last week's was a zappy I int He only managed one hundred and eighty yards one TV under six yards per attemp ends up.

What a great job you know. You can see the quarterback is in the posture. He's ready to turn that thing loose. So try and get a tip ball at the line of scrimmage.

What is with you with fixing flip and sandwiches. The Zapster has one good start in twenty twenty three, two bad ones and the bad ones four and five sacks taken any Watch.

The pocket just start to collapse and squeeze around Bailey zappy and he's got to move, and he's moving right into Derek Noddy, who's able.

To come off that block and get the sack.

Denver has a middle of the pack pass rush when it comes to sacks. The recipe for most of their wins Bailey is simply limit the QB on defense, get just enough from Russ, Courtland and Jerry to scratch out a win.

He's gonna take a deep shuck Sutton in the end. Zole and Courtland's Sutton in a bout makes the catch, we're a touchdown.

At Broncos offense most games, not many runs. A passing

Wilson on the moves and caught by sudden, he picks up twenty three yards. He's up to the forty yard line.

Judy seventy four yards versus the Lions.

The faith the throw caught by Judy, a quick hitter, the explosive Judy, you'll pick up a four d.

Wilson threw for two hundred and twenty three yards in that loss, just one touchdown, no picks rating your ninety. Last three games, he hasn't cracked a ninety e eight.

They've lost back by ball to the end zone and it was granted out of bounds for Brandon Johnson.

Wilson has twenty four touchdowns, eight i in t's on the year, a rating just under one hundred. Last seven games, he's been ninety plus on the rating scale. All Denver wins, Bill Brook keeps it is chuding get a touchdown Patriots defense. He's up against an even lower bag counting theirs. Yet still they've been tough on qbs for the most part. Secondary players kept on competitive in general and helped make them a top ten red zone defense.

Tennis on third down, the pressure started by Christian Barmore right there forces Patrick Maholmes to throw a great competition at the point of the catch right there beats out Blake Bell to steal that.

Patriots middle of the pack and points per game allowed Denver middle of the pack and points scored. First game back at mile High for the Broncos in a month. They have won their last four in the thin air. Patriots only have three wins, but two of them are on the road. Ho ho ho, And a merry Week sixteen to all Atlanta Falcons at home this week following a brutal loss to Carolina last week. It's the NFC South, though, so hope lives still. They welcome the Indianapolis Colts for

Down touchdown that should be a horse collar If this should.

Stand, Atlanta's offense better be on the highest who Vill alert possible. Indianapolis's defense the grinchiest defense is in football. It was on full display last week too.

Throwing back to his left for pickings, chuck ballas picked.

Ron Nick Cross stole it from the Steelers offense three times. Stockings were the first thing to go. But they've been taking flu fluvors from teams all year. Not many teams with more takeaways than Indianapolis in twenty twenty three, and that passes ten.

Or something off to the flection. The Colts are going to get a pick six Ronny Harrison.

His secondary that came up with two i in T's last week versus Mitch Krubisky, the Colts held them to under one hundred and seventy yards under a seventy rating, just one touchdown, Indianapolis holding qbs on the year to a sub eighty five rating after fourteen games.

Whisky all us picked off in and out of the Hans.

That group now tries to sneak into Atlanta's house to try and steal some hoho hash. Falcons turned the ball over twice versus Carolina last week. Rare or threw a pick one hundred and fifty two year yards under an eighty rating.

He was just able to get away from the pressure when he throws up back taken.

Away by Xavier Woods at a turnover.

Buck comes up by Desmond, winner of the Falcons at the worst possible time.

Atlanta managed just one touchdown Week fifteen. Drake went from non stop one week to just three targets two catches last week. I guess London isn't a rollie yet you can stop him?

Well, I guess rid of this one pretty quickly.

Drake London is anil to hold on after being twisted around his first catch of the day.

Ritter didn't even face much pressure versus Carolina. He only got hit once. So how does he look against Indianapolis's top five bag unit. Colt's pass rush comes in off a three sack showing nine QB hits.

I Psico runs at the time. Fucker n crew up a cup.

Indianapolis's run defense had no issues with Pittsburgh's ground game. Steelers rush attack on the subpar end of things, though Atlanta's Week fifteen was it even sub good. Thirty one rush attempts only fifty two yards one point seven yards per carry. That's bad banana with a greasy black peel kind of production.

Robinson looking for three will not get it.

Carolina against the ball, Falcons offense average less than twenty per game. But it's not that they're up against an elite defense Colts allowing twenty four point five per that's

Fox in to the end zone.

Atlanta's defense, on the other hand, holding teams under twenty one a game. They didn't give up a single TD last week. What else are they supposed to do?

By s lost of football that was loose on the deck.

The Falcons have held the opposition under sixteen points in three of their last four games. Now, Carolina, the Jets, and the Saints. So not offensive juggernauts the Colts. I mean, maybe they're not Juggernauts, but they are top ten in points per game this season. So slugger knots maybe.

At you over the middle, that's coming.

That's a touchdown for cover Gardner Minshew the best ugly Christmas sweater in the league. Right last week three tds no I INT's a rating your one twenty five.

Shooting the episode touchdown will it?

Toks don't get it twisted. Didn't use Ai for that either. A good Christmas ugly sweater steals the show. Uncle Rico only threw for two hundred and fifteen yards, but didn't need a ton to help Indie rack up thirty points. Michael Pittman, He's typically Minshew's most targeted was again last week. Four catches, seventy eight yards.

Stay have to throw it he does. Let's pet a little bit of minstew magic right there.

He should see plenty of AJ Terrell then Atlanta's secondary a tough draw for wide receivers this year, Falcons holding the position to a sub ninety rating. That's top ten.

Good look in Epan's direction, but a terrific defensive play by a J.

Terrell is off to a terrific start.

Colts run game. They lost Zach Moss to injury versus Pittsburgh, but Trey Sermon hit for eighty eight yards over five a carry, Tyler Goodson almost seventy yards over six a carry. Colts ran for a fat one hundred and seventy yards on five a run thirty four attempts.

It's three served with a whole bunch of yards.

Falcons defense also tough on running backs, holding him to three point seven a carry. Colts five and two on the road, Falcons four and three at home. They need to stay alive though. Indianapolis, though, has magic on its side, and it's a magical time of the year. Happy football and a merry new Year to one and all. Green Bay Packers take to the road for a Christmas Eve clash with the now two win Carolina Panthers.

Break out the cigar, Chris Tagler, it's the first win of your fattal Victoria in the NFL.

Who needs to score tds to win games? Overrated? According to the Panthers, didn't need a single one to tick off Bears fans everywhere last week. Panthers defense took care of things versus Atlanta, only allowed seven points, held Atlanta his ground game to under two yards per carry, held Desmond Ridder to one hundred and fifty two yards only one touchdown picked him off sub eighty rating.

Trust Able to get away from a pressure, somebody throws a pack take it away by savios.

The Panthers are holding quarterbacks to a sub ninety rate for the year still, so we'll keep saying it. Their secondary the one Panthers unit that can at least scare the opposition. They'll try and scare Jordan Love next. He actually looked pretty good in Green Bay's loss last week. Twenty nine to thirty nine, two hundred and eighty four yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions are rating over one ten.

Look deep drop, not buyers for readiest for a first down. If you're a Packers fan, this is what you want to see.

Eight different Packers caught passes. Romeo Dobbs gave him thirty yards, Jayden Reid six catches over fifty yards in a tdn's.

Good Dude, Great.

Tucker Kraft fifty seven yards in a score. Dontevian Wicks six catches almost one hundred yards.

This young group of three Bay receivers continue to step up.

The Packers are averaging twenty one points per game on offense. That's middle of the pack, no pun intended, Carolina bottom dwellers, and points per game allowed. Yet they are the ones under pressure to keep Green Bay's offense under twenty points. They're two wins nine to seven and fifteen to thirteen. Panthers offense hasn't scored twenty one in eight straight.

Now, we'll just look at all the guys they have four over three and they're taking those routes away and force and.

Young out of the bogget.

Carolina doesn't usually run the ball great. They didn't last week. They don't usually throw it great. Didn't last week. Bryce Young only one hundred and sixty seven yards, no touchdowns. He didn't turn it over, though, and he put up a rating over ninety on eighteen for twenty four. Passing for him wasn't terrible twice Young.

Out round shot and megap re stupid inside the Atlant forty.

Five and the secondary he faces this week, just let Baker Mayfield go Uncle Leo's cigar to their secondary. Christmas Tree lit up for four touchdowns by Mayfield, gave up a perfect one fifty eight point three rating, exploding to.

The end une fifty two yard strike.

It was a bad enough outing. People were asking if they make a defensive coordinator change. With three games to go, Packers still have a shot at an above five hundred record.

Running for his life again. They have three yards of offense.

How about this face off? Might be in line with travolten cages from back in the day. Washington changed did its look last week? Mid game? Sam Howell wasn't looking great, despite Ron Rivera Toutingham as the next big QB in Washington lore. He benched him up great.

John Johnson plucked it out of the air.

So throw some Jacoby Brissett in there. He sparked a little something for him. At least eight for ten, one twenty four yards, two tds, no picks, a rating over one fifty five down two scores.

Perset looking for mcclaurin's god stop, how about this.

Sure commander's faithful or really wanting to see what this kid is all about down the stretch? Maybe he's the future. Jets had to swap the face of their offense to last week. Zach Wilson left the game with a concussion. Wasn't like he was looking like Week fourteen. Zach Prior to the injury anyway, Trevor Simeons stepped in one hundred and ten yards, two picks, no tds, a low thirties rating, going deep and.

It's intercepted at the one yard line and the miscommunication easy Cats.

Jets didn't score a single point versus Miami. Last eight games had that thirty spot week fourteen, under fourteen points in the other seven.

Don't want to burst Aaron's bubble I suit, that's what you're doing.

It's thirty nine, like the weight the Jets offense forces on its defense, too much to bear At times. New York's defense can give any offense a run for its money. Jets offense turned it over four times last week, and that wasn't a fluke. They've listened to way too much red hot chili peppers this year. Few have given it away as much as they have.

Ball stripped out of his hands and swallow it up right away by brad Lee Chuff.

So this stacks up as a matchup between a turnover prone offense ranked thirtieth in points per game taking on a Washington defense that doesn't take it away often and is last ten points per game allowed.

Like, what are we looking at two guys just letting them run completely free.

Commanders gave up one hundred and fifty two yards on the ground to Kyron Williams last week five point six a run. They gave up over two hundred and fifty yards in the air to Matthew Stafford two tds no picks a near one twenty for.

Going to the ex after Womens He's got up.

They allowed over one hundred and ten yards to Cooper Cup, fifty to Pooka Nakua, forty four to DeMarcus Robinson, all wideouts. The Jets do at least have Garrett Wilson to watch finish out. He needs a little over one hundred yards to crack one thousand yard mark for the second time in two years.

There's a nice little move by well So to see why they have to get him the ball right.

This has that unique ability.

You just had Sagittariat Jefferspin throwing in passes for two seasons too, So it's more impressive than it seems. Terry

He's got a touchdown Commanders.

He's going up against the Jets secondary that didn't have the cheetah to contend with last week and still gave up one hundred and forty two yards to Jayleen Waddle and the TD DJ Reed getting burned for a sixth the yarder.

Going team right there. What a perfect pass play.

Jets didn't show well versus tu a rating allowed near one twenty, no picks over nine yards per attempt given up twenty one of twenty four. That was Miami's passing attack, though Jets still have held quarterbacks to a sub eighty rating for the season, fifth best.

It's Gardner Ann Reed, one of the best tandems in the entire NFL.

Their pass rush got to Tungo Iloa three times. They have a forty one point four pressure rate for the season, fourth highest as he gets.

Sacked and they are playing great defense right now.

And Washington signal callers third most sacks taken this season.

You see your left side just get collapsed. Guys.

Guys there have a great Mary Cheery Ho Ho Holiday week, My friends, it is a renewal of the oldest rivalry in NFL history. The league's oldest franchises reunite in the city their hatred was born in.

Go the other direction. Now fields on the run. Pros for the end.

Zone come beat with the catch, the toe tap, and the touchdown.

With the original battle for Chicago. Every inch paid for in sweat and blood.

Murray thrown off at back foot, It's caught by Higgins with a touchdown.

To twenty twenty three iteration of Cardinals Bears. Maybe a little more like South Park versus Denver. Chicago's fans like Cardinals. You guys would look much better with four wins. You know now that Carolina has two Hail.

Mary end zone deflected, Old tim Dan intercepted, almost caught, and then a deflection into the hands of the Anthony.

Bell Arizona fans.

No.

No.

Three isn't such a terrible number, especially if Carolina can pull another one out of their half.

See guy's gone side. Sadly, he sees it all the way. This ball is just overthrown and he becomes the receiver.

Okay, well, someone has to win this. This is America, Still, isn't it. The focal point in this matchup lands on each team's quarterbacks, each team with a dual threat QB they're trying to get a better read on before the season and ends, And that's what this game kind of boils down to. Justin Fields, Kyler Murray, both guys capable of some high popping stuff.

Third and three Fields down the sideline to DJ Moore, who makes the adjustment and he makes the catch.

Protection holds up, Murray hangs in there, deep shot Murray Scott.

McBride, neither guy popping too many eyeballs. In twenty twenty three, though, Fields comes in off a one hundred and sixty six yard four point two yard per attempt one touchdown two i in t outing a rating under fifty.

Grows over the middle and it's deflected away. Ronnie Hip been diving in front of Darnell Mooney.

Murray two hundred and eleven yards under five and a half yards per attempt one touchdown two i INT's rating under seventy.

Deliver it's interception, San Francisco gets the pick.

It's ward high kicking in all the way touchdown forty.

Nine ers both guys faced top tier defenses last week. Neither guy does this week. Arizona gave up four TD passes to Brock Purty last week, a rating over one thirty five. Fields facing a defense giving up the second highest rate to quarterbacks in twenty twenty three.

Curls out of trouble downfield, wide open, but Caffrey gets up to.

Run with it.

Fields one of the most sacked quarterbacks in the league against a Cardinal's pass rush that only hit Purty once last week. No sacks at all on twenty eight pass it has.

Thirty lofts it It's caught on a juggle by Kittle, first and goal inside the ten.

Now to Murray. He faces a Bears defense that gave up over three hundred and seventy yards to Joe Blaco, got beat twice for fifty plus yard passes.

Looking deep over the middle, Goodwin is out four. He

Five Chicago season numbers against the pass are not that bad, though they picked Flacco three times too, held him to a seventy seven point three rating.

Over the middle of the deflection, it's tremde edm Edmund's on the move flackco trying to make the stop.

He can't do it.

Ed Edmonds is in what a pick six?

Murray has to be able to run from a dude. Leading two teams in sacks, Montese sweat two and a half bags last week, leads the Bears and Commanders in QB takedowns. He'd be the first to ever do it.

If it sticks black of under pressure, there's sweat. He's got him now.

One of the guys who burned Chicago Secondary last week. Tight end David and Joku one hundred plus yards and a TV Bears rating allowed to tight ends over one hundred and twenty twenty three. Arizona's McBride comes in off a ten catch, one hundred and two yard game.

Bang bang on consecutive plays that one covers thirty eight yards.

And back to back plays he bribed the second year tight end from big chunks of yard.

Cardinal's ground game is also usually worth something. James Connor last week eighty six yards six point one to carry in a TV.

It's a running play to Connor comes through for the touchdown.

Cardinals strike first.

Connor had a forty four yarder. Arizona broke two forty plus yard runs versus the forty nine ers. Bears are tough on running backs of health them under four yards per carry for the season. These two have been getting it on since nineteen twenty. Who do you have winning? The latest installment Mary Holiday Football.

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