Sunday's edition Of Week 15 Hit The Books And The Playoff Picture is crystallized. The Seahawks dropped their Sunday Night Matchup To The Packers Opening The Door For The Rams To Take Over The Division As The Third Team To Take The Top Spot In The NFC West Over The Past Four Weeks. The Seahawks Getting That Spot Back Seems Unlikely As They Face The Vikings Next Week In A Game That Could Officially End Their Season. Elsewhere The Jags, Giants, And Patriots All Take Losses As The Race To The Bottom Commences
### Quick Takes
**Ravens vs. Giants**
Lamar Jackson threw five touchdowns, three of which came on passes of over 25 air yards On His Way To A 21/25 For 290 passing Yards And A Passer Rating Of 154.6(near Perfect) In A Blowout Win. A 49-yard reception by Rashod Bateman was a key highlight as Jackson overcame an early fumble to lead the Ravens to a convincing 35-14 victory over the Giants. This win not only keeps the Ravens' hopes alive for the AFC North title following the Steelers' loss but also adds intrigue to the MVP race as Jackson and Josh Allen remain neck and neck as the season progresses.
**Commanders vs. Saints**
The Commanders built an early commanding lead, jumping to a 17-0 advantage thanks to two impressive touchdown plays from Jayden Daniels to Terry McLaurin. However, the Saints fought back, switching between two relatively unknown quarterbacks and going on a 19-3 run in the second half to close the gap. The Commanders managed to hold on and stop a two-point conversion attempt to secure a 20-19 victory, marking their first winning season in nearly a decade. Both of the Commanders' touchdowns highlighted the explosive potential of their offense, with Daniels escaping pressure to deliver a pass in tight coverage, allowing McLaurin to make a play on the ball. McLaurin's second touchdown nearly put the Saints away, but once they started to rattle Daniels and McLaurin was unable to make plays or was taken out of the game, the Commanders lost some offensive punch. McLaurin accounted for one-third of Daniels's targets, finishing with seven receptions for 73 yards and two touchdowns. Daniels also led the Commanders in rushing, tallying 11 carries for 66 yards and completing 25 of 31 passes for 226 yards.
**Broncos vs. Colts**
Both teams entered Week 14 coming off a bye week, facing off in a crucial game. The Colts needed this win more than the Broncos; a victory would significantly improve their playoff chances as they chase the Texans in the division, but it would also hurt the Broncos in the wildcard race. The Broncos did not want to concede ground, but they also aimed to sustain momentum as challengers to the best teams in football. The Colts had a chance to extend their lead to 20-7 in the third quarter following Bo Nix’s second interception of the game. Jonathan Taylor broke free for a 40-yard touchdown run, but he dropped the ball before crossing the goal line, leaving the Colts with a mere 13-7 lead before losing possession. That play epitomized the Colts' struggles in this game. They squandered an early two-score lead, failed to capitalize on a three-interception game by Bo Nix, and allowed 21 points in the fourth quarter without scoring at all in the second half, leading to a blowout loss at 31-13 and ending any hope of a playoff run. The Colts' second half was plagued with turnovers, including three fumbles, one of which—a backward pass by Adonai Mitchell—was picked off the air by pass rusher Nik Bonitto for a Broncos touchdown. The Broncos' offense also struggled, averaging just 3.2 yards per play intertwined with three interceptions. Nix completed 20 of 33 passes for 130 yards, but his performance crushed his Rookie of the Year dreams despite tossing three touchdowns mainly in short-yardage situations. Jonathan Taylor rushed for 107 yards on 22 attempts without finding the end zone. Meanwhile, Anthony Richardson faced challenges, leading to questions about his progress as he struggled with his first reads and finished with two interceptions, completing 17 of 38 passes for 172 yards. The Colts' performance highlighted their mediocrity, unable to secure a win in a game the Broncos nearly gave away. Shane Steichen's position as head coach should be scrutinized. The victory enabled the Broncos to rise to 9-5, which was quite the surprise at the start of the season.
Bills Vs Lions
When Looking to Bounce Back from A Tough Lost Like The Bills You Don’t Want To See The Best Team In Football In The Lions. Josh Allen’s Historic Performance Couldn’t Overcome The Wizard-Like Play Calling Of The Of Sean McVay. One Play caller Famed For “Mimicking” McVay, Ben Johnson. The Lions Have The Personnel To Exploit every Groove Of The Bills’ Defense the Way The Rams Executed But Jared Goff Isn’t That Stafford Type Of Quarterback Thats Why He Lost The Job. The Lions Entered This Game As The Second Best Defense In Football Since Week 10 In Terms Of EPA per Play and number One in Success Rate But Josh Allen Coming In Off Of A Wasted Historical Performance In His Game Against The Rams came In With A Point to Make. The Bills scored touchdowns On Their First Three Drives To Start The Game All Led By Allen In The Passing And Run Game. Allen Threw For More Than 254 Passing Yards and Ran For Two Touchdowns In The Red zone. Allen Produced Big Play After Nig Play As The Lions Man To Man Defense Struggle To Hold Up In Coverage Downfield. Running back Ty Johnson Caught Multiple 20 Yard Plus Passes and Rookie Receiver Keon Coleman Hauled In A Massive 64 Yard Pass Play In The Second Quarter. Even When The LionsForced A Fourth Down In The Second Quarter Allen Would Convert With A 31 Yard Pass That Netted The Bills A Third Touchdown Of The Half On A James Cook Run. For The First Time All Season, The Lions Struggled To Keep Ground With Another Offense. The Lions Got a Touchdown From an Offensive Lineman In Dan Skipper To Pull the Score To 21-14 In Favor Of The Bills But The Special Teams Missed A Field Goal And The Run couldn’t Get Going Which Would Open Up The Play Action Game Allows Goff To attack The Holes Over The Middle. Instead The Lions Play Calling Had To Resort To a Dropback Centric Goff To Varying Results. S Short Pass From Goff To Tim Patrick Resulted In The Lions First Touchdown For The Lions Of The Game But They Lions Would Go Three And Out On Multiple Drives and The Bills Pressure Would Creep To Goff. in The Second Half The Bills Score The First Two Touchdown of The Third Quarter Starting With a 41 Yard Run By James Cooks. Later A Lions Fumble Would Give The Bills A Short Field and Josh Allen Would Cap A Five Play Drive With A Three Yard Catch By Kahlil Shakir From Josh Allen. The Bills Would Go Up 35-14 Midway Through The Third and Nobody Saw That Coming. Jared Goff Would Connect with Amon-Ra St.Brown On A 66 66-yard catch And Run Touchdown To Get The Lions A Score Before The Fourth Quarter. The Lions Get an Early Fourth Quarter On A Short Pass To Jahmyr Gibbs On A Five Play 70 Yard Drive. Gibbs Would Score Twice In The Fourth as His One Yard Rushing Attempt Cut The Bills' Lead To Ten Mid Way Through The Forth.
The Lions Would Attempt An Onside which The Bills Recover And Return To Five To Set Up Another Josh Allen Touchdown To Ray Davis For Five Yards. At No Point Did Detroit Look Out of This Game But Detroit Simply Couldn’t Buy A Stop As Josh Allen And The Bills Seemingly Got Anything They Wanted Late in As The Bills Melted The Game Away. The Bills Storm Away With The Victory Did The Bills Write The Blueprint For Beating Detroit, Probably Not. Only One Team Has A Superhuman At Quarterback Like The Bills Have Josh Allen. The Lions Have Shown A lot Of Vulnerability On The Back End Of The Defense most Teams Can’t Exploit Detroit's Weaknesses To The Degree Of How The Bills Performed On Sunday. The Lions scored 42 Points, and Jared Goff Throws For Nearly 500 Yards But For The Lions, The Game Felt Like A Down. Josh Allen Accounts For Four Touchdown Two On The Ground and Two Through The Air, 431 Yards Of Offensive Yardage And The Bills Win 48-42. The Lions Turned The Ball Over Once And Came Into The Game Averaging Better Than 150 Yards On The Ground Total But Only Managed 48 Compared To 197 For The Bills. The Lions' Defense Got Some Pressures But No Sacks. Josh Allen 23/34 For 362 and 69 On The Ground. Backup Running Back Ty Johnson led the Team In Receiving Yard Five Catches For 114 Receiving Yards. Dawson Knox Caught A Big Pass In The Fourth Quarter For 23 Yards To Help The Bills Keep A Drive Alive Score A Field Goal But Most Importantly Squeeze Out Six Minutes Of Game Time. The Bills punted just Once and Missed A Field Goal Which Served As The team’s Only Failed Drives This Game. Josh Allen Would’ve Wrapped Up The MVP If Not For What Lamar Jackson Did In His Game Against The Giants.
Broncos Vs. Colts
Both Teams Enter Week 14 Coming Off A Bye Week To Face Each Other In a Crucial Game The Colts Need This Win More Than The Broncos As Their Playoff Chances More Than Double A Win The Colts Chase Behind The Texans in The Division But also Hurt the broncos In The Wild Card Race. The Broncos Don’t Want To Concede Ground But The Team Also Wants To Sustain Momentum As A Challenger To Any Of The Best Teams In Football. The Colts Had A Chance To Take A 20-7 Lead In Third Quarter Following Bo Nix’s Second Interception Of The Game. Jonathan Taylor Takes Off To The End Zone For 40 40-yard touchdown Run And Scores Instead He Drops The Ball Before The End Zone And The Colts Maintain A 13-7 Lead And lose The Possession. That Play Symbolized The Colts In This Game As they Did not follow Through and Squandered An early Two Score Lead, Failed To Convert An Three Interception Game By Bo Nix, And Give Up 21 Points In The Fourth without scoring At All In The Second Half AnD Getting Blown Out 31-13 Ending Any Hope Of A Playoff Campaign. In The Second Half, The Colts Suffer A Slew Of Turnovers Including Three Fumbles One Fumble On a Backwards Pass By Adonai Mitchell Picked Out Of The Air By Pass Rusher Nik Bonitto For A Broncos Touchdown. The Broncos' Offense Didn’t Look Good By Any Stretch On Top Of Three Interceptions, The Broncos Produced just 3.2 Yards Per Play. Bo Nix was 20/33 For 130 Passing Yards In A Game That Crushed His Rookie Of The Year Dreams But He Put Up Three Touchdowns In Mostly Short Yardage Situations. Jonathan Taylor Amassed 107 Rushing Yard and 22 Attempts Without A Touchdown. Anthony. Richardson is Something Of a back Game But You Could Question If He Ever Took A Forward, He’s Still Possessed To Lock In On His First Read Which Resulted.
In Two Picks He Finished 17/38 with 172 Passing Yards. The Colts Remain a Generally Mediocre Team And Showed They Couldn’t Win A Game That The Broncos Nearly gave Away. Shane Steichen's Status As A Head Coach Should Come Under Fire. The Broncos Defense Helps Overcome The Offensive Inefficiencies and The Team Rise to 9-5 And Who Saw That Ahead Of The Season?
Chiefs Vs Browns
At No Part Of This Season Have The Chiefs Not Ranked As One Of The Best Teams In Football Even If They Have Always Look The Part And Continue To Escape With Victories Over Teams Who Simply Can Find A Way To Best Mahomes And Reid. The Browns Enter This Week As A Dangerous Team Who Defense Can Flicker Like A Dying Light Bulb Bit When The Stars Of The Browns Shine An Upset Looms For Any Wandering Team Thinking The Browns Would Just Roll Over. The Browns' Defense Performed Well Holding the Chiefs To Multiple Three And Out In The First Half But The Browns’s Offense With Turnovers and A return Fumble led to The Chiefs' First Touchdown ON A Patrick Mahomes Connection To Juju Smith-Schuster. The Chiefs Patrick’s Mahomes For Part Of This Game With an Ankle injury But The Didn’t Lose The Game As The Browns Offense Managed Just 7 Points and Nearly As Much Turnovers(6) As The Chiefs Move On With a 21-7 Victory. The Browns' Defense Held The Chiefs' Offense To Just 4.1 Yards And Forced Multiple Punts But the Brown's Offense Would Just Give The Chiefs Opportunity In Which Kansas City Capitalized. The Benched Quarterback Jameis Winston But Not Before He Threw Three Picks and Called The Browns Only Scoring Drive A 62 Yard Yard Run By Runningback Jerome Ford. The Browns’s Starting Runningback Nick Chubb broke His Foot In This Game And Will Miss The Rest Of The Season. Patrick Mahomes Left The game With a Pretty Pedestrian outing 19/38 For 159 Passing and Two Touchdowns. The Chiefs Didn’t Luck As The Browns Could Look To Choke Away The Rest Of The Season. Browns Vs. Chiefs
At 3-10, The Browns Follow Up Season To Their Playoff Performance Comes To an Unceremonious End. Jameis Winston Has Provided Some Bright spots But The Browns Must Now Turn To The Housekeeping Aspects As Their Early Offseason Looms. The Team announced Plans To Retain Both Head Coach Kevin Stefanski and GM Andrew Barry. Stefanski's Retention Comes As A No-Brainer He’s A Two Time Coach Of The Year Winner And He’s Lead The Browns To The Playoffs Twice In His Six Years Despite Constant Upheaval At Quarterback. He’s Won with Guys From Baker Mayfield To Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco And Recently Winston Stefanski Has The Chops To Weather The Browns. Barry’s Retention Expires Some Censure. Barry Has Held The Helm of The Browns For A Few Years And The Team Has Seen Success, They’ve Drafted Well, Barry Has Orchestrated The Acquisition Of Player Especially Wide Receivers Amari COOPER, Jerry Jeudy, And Elijah Moore But His Position In The Deshaun Watson Trade Remains a Sticking Point. Watson Hasn’t Lived Up To Hype And Barry Again worked ed The Chief Conductor Of That Deal But we Can Only judge The Deal Based On What We Knew Then. The last Fans Or Anyone Saw Of Watson On The Football Field He’d Just Wrapped A Season Like The One Joe Burrow Just Had With MVP numbers On A Losing Team, Watson Still Held His Star Potential. The Browns Also Won A bidding War Beating Out Favorites Like The Falcons and Panthers For Watson’s Services In Most respect by Offering Watson Fully Guaranteed Money. Barry Doesn’t Control The Results Of The Deal Only the procurement Of The Product And/Or Services.
Dolphins Vs Texans
A Sloppy First Hafl For Tua Which Included An Interception and Sack Fumble Negated A Strong Effort For Both Teams. The Dolphins Defense Held Strong The Texans To Just 86 yards In The First Half but Stroud Got The Games First Touchdown Connection on A Short Yard Pass To Nico Collins After A Tua fumble Gave The Texans A Short Field. The Texans Would Amass A 13-6 Lead As The Dolphins Offense Only Managed Two Field Goals After Two Long Extended Drives. Out of the First Half The Dolphins Defense Force A Punt But The Texans Put To work The Old fake Punt Run By Dare Ogunbowale Who Rushes 35 To The Texans Down In The Red Zone. Stroud Again Links Ip With His Favorite Target Nico Collins For Collins Second Receiving Touchdown Of The Game And The Texans extend Their Lead 20-6. Tua Get The Dolphins Back In Business Late In Third Quarter And His Team Facing A Two Score Deficit Tua Got To work. With His Passing Attempts Without Interception. The Dolphins Drive 11 Plays For 73 Yards, 50 Yards By Tua, A Penalty Helps the Dolphins Get A Shorter Down And Distance At 4th And Two In Red Zone And Tua Connects with Jonnu Smith For A Seven Touchdown To Cut The Texans Lead 20-12 And Dolphins Found Life. Tua Stood Pat In The Pocket Going Through His Progression And Locating.
Smith In The Back Of The Texans End Zone.
Jason Saunders Missed The Extra Point. The Dolphins Get The Ball Back after A Texans Punt And Continue Driving. Despite Stitching Together A String Of Completions The Texans Intercept Tua In The Red Zone At 18 13 Plays Into The Drive This Time, Derek Stingley Jr. Who Got Burned On The Touchdown Pass Gets The Pick Off Of Tua As Stingley Covered Tyreek Hill. Stingley Would Strike Twice Against Tua Picking Him Off on theolphins' Final Drive Dropping The Dolphins To 6-8 To End The Dolphins' Season And Secure The Win For The Texans Despite An Ugly Offensive Performance. A Tough Game Offensively For Both Teams, The Dolphins and Texans Both Averaged 3.6 Yards Per Play The Texans Produced Five Three-outs But Tua Turned The Ball Over Four Times Compared To One By Texans Even Though The Dolphins Gained The Texans Offensive Yards 224-181. The Texans By No Means Look Like A Contender As They Move To 9-6 Six On The Season. Tank Dell Started Hot With A Couple Of Catches But Stop Showing After His Initial To Catches To Star The Game. No One On The Texans Stood Up To Support Nico Collins And Joe Mixon. The Dolphins Pass Rush Harassed Stroud Who Finish With just 131 on 18/31 passing All Game And He Took four Sacks. The Texans Defense remains A Force. The Dolphins Heroic Run To End The Seasons Comes To Somber Close As Tua And The Dolphins Run Into A Defense Prepared To Face The Passing Attack Of The Dolphins.
Bengals Vs. Titans
Despite Boasting similar records The Bengals And The Titans Don’t Compare In Much Respect. The Titans Remain With Obvious Questions At Quarterback With Will Levis Remaining A Fury Of Flashes In The pan And Not A Sustainable Burn. This Bengals’ Defense Has Made Stars of Quarterbacks This Season Giving up Big Games To Players Like Russell Wilson, Lamar Jackson, And Justin Herbert With 9 Touchdowns and One Pick In The past three Games. Will Levis Doesn’t Compare To Those Talents But He Can Sling As The Bengals Allow 11.3 Yards Per Carry. Could Levis Have a statement Game In His Quest To Earn another Shot To Compete As The Titans starter? Have The Titans Done Enough To Support Levis? I Believe For The Right Quarterback What The Team Has Serves As enough And Levis Will Assume A Backup Role In Some Shanahan System Next season. Joe Burrow Has Earned Universal Acclaim For His MVP Type Numbers Despite A Lost season For The Bengals. Burrow Leads The League in Multiple Relevant passing states But His second Pass Of The first Drive Against The Titans results In A Turnover in The Form Of An Interception. With A Short field The Titans Would Drive 29 In Six Plays Mostly Runs By Tony Pollard To Get The Titans On The Board First In This AFC Matchup. Joe Burrow's Next Few Passes Would Better Represent His Style Of Quarterback He Connects with Jamar Chase for 29 Yards Before Linking With Chase Brown For A Touchdowns. The Bengals' defense Continues To Expose Their Guilt In The Bengals Let Downs Season The Titans Ochestrats Another Scoring Drive This One Set By A 40 Yards catch and Run By Former Bengals Tyler Boyd and A 29 Yard Pass Interference Call that set Up a Yard Rushing Touchdown This One By Tyjae Spears And In Five Plays The Seventy Yards And We Look In Line For A Shootout But Turnovers Would Strike Again. Rookie Defensive T’vondre Sweat Stripes Joe Burrow Of The Ball As The Look To Cash In A Red Zone Drive And The ball To Near Mid Field With A 6’4 366 Lbs Of Him Running Through Tacklers. The Titans wouldn’t capitalize On this Turnover As Titans Quarterback Will Levis Would Cough Up His Turnover On A Sack fumble And Joe Burrow Again Not Twice Drives The Bengals To The End Zone Connecting With Edge Rusher Sam Hubbard To Tie The game. The Bengals Would Take A 21-14 Lead Before The End Of The Half After Will Levis Throws An Interception And Joe Burrow Connects With Ted Higgins For 38 Yard Touchdown. Despite A Rough Start Joe Burrow Threw Three Touchdowns In the First Half on 20/27 Passing. The Bengals Pulls Away From the Titans Who Closed The Gap On The Score To Make The Game Look A Lot More Cosmetic The Bengals Won 37-27. The Titans Out-gained The Bengals In Total Offensive Yardage Only Slightly, 374-370 But Four Interceptions Including A Pick Six and two Fumbles Doomed This game for The Titans. Joe Burrow 26/37 For 271 Passing Yards, Three Touchdown And Two Interception. Chase Brown 97 Yards On The Ground. The Titans Benched Levis In The Second Half For Mason Rudolph Who Throws Two Touchdowns, 209 Passing Yards From What Amounted from Four Drives In The Second Half. The Titan's Offense Produced A stretch Of Offense In The Second Half Of Three Straight Turnovers One Fumble The Bengals Fail To Convert into A Score Which Gave The Titans The Ball Back Only For Rudolph To Throw An Interception. The Titans Would Proceed To score Back To back Drives Of Touchdowns To Close The Game. The Titans Coaches Appeared Frustrated With Levi’s Who Could Find himself Benched For The Rest Of The Year As The Titans Begin To Look Towards The Draft For A new Helmsman.
