WEBVTT - NFL Weekly Game Previews: Week 11 0:00:04.299 --> 0:00:06.659 NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in 0:00:06.739 --> 0:00:10.619 partnership with I Heart Radio. This is NFL Game Previews, 0:00:10.699 --> 0:00:14.099 Week eleven. Game Preview Guy with you breaking down every 0:00:14.179 --> 0:00:16.579 game and letting you know who on our ten person 0:00:16.619 --> 0:00:20.179 prediction panel thinks will win each game. We start with 0:00:20.219 --> 0:00:24.419 the Purple People Leaders taking on America's team. The Dallas 0:00:24.499 --> 0:00:27.659 Cowboys are heading north Week eleven, huge matchup with the 0:00:27.659 --> 0:00:30.899 Minnesota Vikings, who showed they don't need Stefawn Diggs on 0:00:30.939 --> 0:00:33.259 their team to pull off a miracle. They just need 0:00:33.339 --> 0:00:36.979 them on the field. Cousins to the sideline, Jefferson timing 0:00:37.059 --> 0:00:42.259 pattern fourth to eighties, given time they wants, Jefferson climbs ladder. 0:00:42.659 --> 0:00:46.539 Oh my godness, zero breathing room. He tries to stick 0:00:46.619 --> 0:00:52.619 in the blazzs is a text down. Allen steps up 0:00:52.659 --> 0:00:57.139 and throws it interception. He vidreams with the NATO Ball 0:00:57.379 --> 0:01:00.259 game of the year, right, and now we might have 0:01:00.339 --> 0:01:02.899 the one on one matchup of the year. Does it 0:01:02.979 --> 0:01:06.139 get any better than tray Von Diggs versus JJ. You 0:01:06.339 --> 0:01:08.499 just saw it and probably have been seeing it all 0:01:08.579 --> 0:01:11.219 week because it was probably the catch of the season. 0:01:11.539 --> 0:01:14.739 But it wasn't the only catch justin Jefferson made against 0:01:14.779 --> 0:01:17.419 the Bills, and it was his play that put Minnesota 0:01:17.499 --> 0:01:20.019 in a spot to pull that win out, which has 0:01:20.059 --> 0:01:22.459 the Vikings moving on up to the east Side. I 0:01:22.499 --> 0:01:25.939 guess to a deluxe apartment in the sky. Maybe hundred 0:01:25.979 --> 0:01:29.659 and ninety three yards on the road against a tough secondary. 0:01:29.819 --> 0:01:34.059 Got to dance again night yards plus in six straight games, 0:01:34.139 --> 0:01:38.379 and Cousins looks to throw left into the inside. Jefferson 0:01:38.859 --> 0:01:43.139 touchdown Minnesota. This has Peter and the Chicken written all 0:01:43.139 --> 0:01:46.019 over at digs three I n T S twelve passes 0:01:46.059 --> 0:01:49.379 defense holding Hugh D's to a seventy three rating, get 0:01:49.419 --> 0:01:52.539 the popcorn out. He knew it was his ball. Something 0:01:52.699 --> 0:01:56.019 overcame him and you could just tell by his body language. 0:01:56.059 --> 0:01:59.139 Aside from Jefferson, the Cowboys also have to deal with 0:01:59.179 --> 0:02:02.099 Adam Feeling and tight end t J. Hawkinson. Both have 0:02:02.179 --> 0:02:08.659 been good for around fifty yards per aim for them 0:02:05.019 --> 0:02:12.859 and Adam Feeling a little chemistry building between Kirk Cousins 0:02:12.859 --> 0:02:15.459 and t J. Hawkinson going to him at critical times 0:02:15.779 --> 0:02:18.579 again another really nice feel for that soft spot in 0:02:18.619 --> 0:02:22.379 the zone. Dallas's past defense beyond digs holding quarterbacks to 0:02:22.419 --> 0:02:25.459 a sub ninety rating, holding them under seven yards per 0:02:25.459 --> 0:02:28.979 attempt intercepted by the Cowboys at the two yard lone. 0:02:29.019 --> 0:02:31.419 Cow Boys pass rush should come into play. They have 0:02:31.539 --> 0:02:35.419 the most sacks, the highest pressure rate. Michael Parsons, etcetera, etcetera. 0:02:35.579 --> 0:02:39.939 Stafford back pressure, goodnight nurse Parsons and the Bills sacked 0:02:40.059 --> 0:02:42.819 Kirk Cousins four times in Week ten. They hit him 0:02:42.899 --> 0:02:46.299 ten times and all that pressure led to Cousins throwing 0:02:46.339 --> 0:02:51.979 two picks. Cousins were all protected second level falls person done. 0:02:52.419 --> 0:02:55.939 Minnesota didn't even fully lean on Dalvin Cook last week, 0:02:55.979 --> 0:02:59.059 only fourteen carries, but he hit a moonshot with one 0:02:59.099 --> 0:03:01.779 of them, a hundred and nineteen yards eight point five 0:03:01.859 --> 0:03:04.419 a run when the day was over five yards per 0:03:04.499 --> 0:03:07.259 carry on the season, Delfin Cook on first down and 0:03:07.379 --> 0:03:11.779 Cook Scott rolled. Delvin Cup takes off down the sideline. 0:03:11.899 --> 0:03:14.419 He now takes on a Cowboys defense that has given 0:03:14.499 --> 0:03:17.179 up four point eight to carry this season, gave up 0:03:17.219 --> 0:03:19.499 a hundred and thirty eight yards and five point eight 0:03:19.539 --> 0:03:22.179 or run and a touchdown to Aaron Jones last week. 0:03:22.299 --> 0:03:26.299 Jones left side Big Hall Sperkdick to the eend zone 0:03:26.699 --> 0:03:31.579 touchdown Green Bay Minnesota's defense is also vulnerable to runners 0:03:31.779 --> 0:03:35.179 four and a half yards per run allowed for the season. However, 0:03:35.379 --> 0:03:38.979 running backs are not their problem, holding them to just 0:03:39.179 --> 0:03:41.979 three point eight in attempt back to the ground single 0:03:42.059 --> 0:03:45.659 two hit up the last lost to yards. Holding Tony 0:03:45.739 --> 0:03:48.099 Pollard to anywhere close to that would be a feat. 0:03:48.219 --> 0:03:52.259 Averaging six yards per carry in a hundred and fifteen 0:03:52.299 --> 0:03:56.059 yards last week over five a run, a touchdown. Running 0:03:56.059 --> 0:04:00.499 the ball hasn't been Dallas's issue. Raw Pollard, big hole, Polard, 0:04:00.539 --> 0:04:04.699 It's side the five He's and father touchdoles He missed 0:04:04.739 --> 0:04:07.619 again last week. Didn't matter how much Malik Davis gave 0:04:07.659 --> 0:04:10.539 him thirty eight yards on five runs. But what has 0:04:10.579 --> 0:04:13.379 to improve this week is their passing attack. It's not 0:04:13.459 --> 0:04:17.059 that it's coming in ice fold. Prescott through three touchdowns, 0:04:17.139 --> 0:04:20.019 two to ceedee Lamb. He caught eleven passes for a 0:04:20.099 --> 0:04:23.859 hundred and fifty yards. Prescott loft to walk. He's got it, 0:04:24.219 --> 0:04:29.259 I'm gonna walk in touchdown. Dallas dak also through two 0:04:29.259 --> 0:04:31.859 I n T s, though, and only averaged five point 0:04:31.899 --> 0:04:35.419 eight yards per attempt, his rating seventy eight point six. 0:04:35.819 --> 0:04:39.259 Lots of failed connections on third down versus the Packers 0:04:39.299 --> 0:04:43.819 just five or fifteen Prescott over the middle, it's or 0:04:43.899 --> 0:04:47.659 something again it's four and again Prescott based pressure thirty 0:04:47.699 --> 0:04:50.219 one point three percent of his dropbacks in Week ten. 0:04:50.619 --> 0:04:54.259 Remember over thirty is bad. The Cowboys have given up 0:04:54.259 --> 0:04:57.219 a thirty two percent pressure eight this season, so week 0:04:57.259 --> 0:04:59.539 ten fit right in there with their body of work 0:04:59.579 --> 0:05:02.259 stack back. It's that that's what a yard line. Eton 0:05:02.339 --> 0:05:05.899 hudsons and got it. That where's aa Darius Smith comes in. 0:05:06.099 --> 0:05:09.139 He got Josh Allen once has nine and a half bags. 0:05:09.499 --> 0:05:14.899 Vikings pressure rate right there near that and he's down 0:05:15.099 --> 0:05:17.819 first second of the day for the Vikings, and it's 0:05:18.099 --> 0:05:21.619 Darius Smith. Their pressure last week help them hold Josh 0:05:21.659 --> 0:05:25.099 Allen in check. Ultimately, Patrick Peterson fed off of it 0:05:25.179 --> 0:05:27.539 to the tune of two I N T s. Minnesota 0:05:27.619 --> 0:05:31.299 may not have dominant numbers against the past, but he's dominating. 0:05:31.339 --> 0:05:33.659 And the team now has ten I N teams just 0:05:33.939 --> 0:05:37.219 selling into the end song and it's kept by Peterson. 0:05:37.619 --> 0:05:41.499 Patsa Peterson guess. It tells you what kind of game 0:05:41.499 --> 0:05:44.859 it could be. Our ten predictors split right down the middle, 0:05:45.059 --> 0:05:48.419 five for each club. This is a f C East 0:05:48.579 --> 0:05:51.419 beef at its finest time to add the next chapter 0:05:51.499 --> 0:05:55.099 to the Jets Patriots Rivalry, a book that already includes 0:05:55.179 --> 0:05:58.739 tales of betrayal designed to resign as a tattos in 0:05:58.739 --> 0:06:02.459 New York s tales of espionage for New England Patriots 0:06:02.499 --> 0:06:06.659 called video taking arrivals teams coaches as they sent signals 0:06:06.659 --> 0:06:10.859 to their players, yarns about thanksgiving, the fortune, Mark Sanchez 0:06:10.899 --> 0:06:14.579 not expecting it and it was the backside of Brandon Moore. 0:06:14.739 --> 0:06:16.979 The knock the Ball out the latest addition to their 0:06:17.019 --> 0:06:20.379 growing novel, made possible by the fact it's week eleven, 0:06:20.659 --> 0:06:23.619 both teams are over five hundred and in the playoff hunt. 0:06:23.699 --> 0:06:27.499 The last time that was the case Week six, team 0:06:27.739 --> 0:06:30.379 Jets pulled some fits magic out of their hat and 0:06:30.459 --> 0:06:34.619 took it in an O T classic Fitzpatrick and so 0:06:36.259 --> 0:06:40.099 Eric Decker holds it in the Jets win and over time. 0:06:40.499 --> 0:06:43.859 This round between the two featuring a coaching matchup whose 0:06:43.899 --> 0:06:47.899 personalities couldn't be further apart Robert Sala the j to 0:06:48.059 --> 0:06:55.139 Bill Belichick's Silent Ball. This matchup also features two of 0:06:55.219 --> 0:06:58.179 the best defenses in football, so it's all about who 0:06:58.219 --> 0:07:00.659 can do just enough on offense to scratch out the 0:07:00.739 --> 0:07:07.219 wind a little more. The Jets have been sitting on 0:07:07.219 --> 0:07:09.979 that big double you over Buffalo for a while now, 0:07:10.019 --> 0:07:13.139 but the offense they flashed in that game exactly the 0:07:13.219 --> 0:07:17.059 kind they would love to see again this week. Untouched 0:07:17.419 --> 0:07:21.899 Carter touchdown, Jets New York rand the ball thirty four 0:07:21.939 --> 0:07:25.019 times through it twenty five. Keep in mind, on the 0:07:25.059 --> 0:07:28.299 season they have thrown more than they've run. Lots of 0:07:28.339 --> 0:07:31.619 reasons for that, but their offensive seems for now is 0:07:31.619 --> 0:07:34.779 still better off letting the ground game lead. They're hoping 0:07:34.819 --> 0:07:37.579 the week off allows James Robinson to find his footing 0:07:37.579 --> 0:07:43.179 in greens and the seconds his way to the thirty five. 0:07:43.379 --> 0:07:45.899 Robinson hasn't made a huge impact as a runner in 0:07:45.979 --> 0:07:48.699 his two games with the Jets. Still he got thirteen 0:07:48.779 --> 0:07:52.379 carries in their last outing. Michael Carter got twelve six 0:07:52.419 --> 0:07:55.619 point three a run seventy six yards into touchdown. They 0:07:55.619 --> 0:07:58.059 don't hear who shines. They just need one of those 0:07:58.059 --> 0:08:00.659 two gents to make a dent in the Patriots defense. 0:08:00.819 --> 0:08:06.499 Carter gets outside slow down water still four point seven 0:08:06.579 --> 0:08:10.579 yards per carry allowed. That's New England's rushed inference not 0:08:10.739 --> 0:08:14.219 good right hold on though, four point one yards per 0:08:14.259 --> 0:08:18.139 carry allowed that's New England's rush defense against running backs 0:08:18.539 --> 0:08:22.979 much tougher. What's it back looking for first pality yardage 0:08:22.979 --> 0:08:26.099 did not get there. It's quarterbacks running that has given 0:08:26.099 --> 0:08:28.659 New England trouble. They're giving up six point three yards 0:08:28.659 --> 0:08:31.859 per carry to that position. Zach Wilson isn't that kind 0:08:31.899 --> 0:08:35.259 of quarterback. Typically he has grabbed pointy four yards along 0:08:35.299 --> 0:08:37.779 the ground and two of their last three games. Though 0:08:37.939 --> 0:08:40.819 not major, but you get it. It's X factor material 0:08:40.939 --> 0:08:43.339 trying to get all he could, did not protect himself 0:08:43.339 --> 0:08:46.299 go down on the spot, showed the willingness to try 0:08:46.299 --> 0:08:48.659 and get towards the end. Jets defense is in the 0:08:48.699 --> 0:08:51.699 same boat as New England's. It's the rush defense that 0:08:51.739 --> 0:08:54.699 has pressure to step up. Patriots have run much more 0:08:54.739 --> 0:08:57.019 than past. They would love to hit New York with 0:08:57.059 --> 0:08:59.939 a two headed attack. Have to see if Damian Harris's 0:08:59.979 --> 0:09:02.579 hammy is healed. He's been out for a while. No 0:09:02.619 --> 0:09:05.979 matter what, Jets will be trying to stop. Romandre Stevenson 0:09:06.259 --> 0:09:09.339 nice healthy yard per carry figure of four point eight. 0:09:09.459 --> 0:09:11.819 As a Stevenson look at the running room Gate five 0:09:12.419 --> 0:09:14.259 e two, though, is going to have a hard time 0:09:14.379 --> 0:09:17.939 finding room to run. Jets defense holding runners to four 0:09:18.019 --> 0:09:21.099 yards per carry, holding running backs to the same at 0:09:21.179 --> 0:09:25.539 Devin Singletary gets stole rolled by Michael Clemens for no game. 0:09:25.739 --> 0:09:28.059 Neither team really wants to end up having to rely 0:09:28.179 --> 0:09:31.619 on their passing games for too much production keeping it simple. 0:09:31.899 --> 0:09:34.539 New England and New York secondaries are two of the 0:09:34.579 --> 0:09:37.099 hardest to complete passes on, both of them sitting on 0:09:37.139 --> 0:09:40.939 elite digits and raiding yards for attempt completion percentage allowed. 0:09:41.179 --> 0:09:43.899 They were tied with each other for the second most 0:09:43.899 --> 0:09:46.459 I n T s at their by for the middle 0:09:46.739 --> 0:09:50.779 picked up tip and picked off by Jonathan Jones to 0:09:50.859 --> 0:09:55.859 the ends off for the touchdown. They's kicked off along 0:09:55.979 --> 0:10:00.539 the sideline Jordan Whitehead, and both teams have had success 0:10:00.619 --> 0:10:03.939 pastoring the quarterback. Quenin Williams leads the Jets with seven 0:10:03.939 --> 0:10:06.899 ba as. New York doesn't blitz much yet still has 0:10:06.939 --> 0:10:10.379 a pressure rate over thirty. Allen has forced to eat 0:10:10.379 --> 0:10:12.939 at quit and Williams having a Pro Bowl season. The 0:10:12.979 --> 0:10:16.099 Patriots for second in the NFL and sacks at their 0:10:16.179 --> 0:10:20.179 break thanks Matt Judean and the ballroom blitz, they send 0:10:20.179 --> 0:10:23.379 an extra body over thirty percent of the time. Thirty 0:10:23.539 --> 0:10:28.899 is the magic number and he goes Josh. New York 0:10:28.939 --> 0:10:32.539 would love another Week nine Wilson performance. In Week eleven, 0:10:32.739 --> 0:10:35.259 it was one of his best showings. Eighteen of twenty 0:10:35.299 --> 0:10:39.059 five a touchdown, no picks, rating over a hundred, Wilson 0:10:39.179 --> 0:10:44.139 looking underneath pass the touch the run touchdown just a 0:10:44.219 --> 0:10:47.019 hundred and fifty four yards only six point two yards 0:10:47.059 --> 0:10:51.059 per attempt. That's okay, though quality over quantity works for 0:10:51.099 --> 0:10:54.459 their formula. Can Garrett Wilson come close to repeating what 0:10:54.499 --> 0:10:57.579 he did versus the Bills? They have an elite secondary, 0:10:57.699 --> 0:11:00.779 yet he caught eight of nine targets for ninety two yards. 0:11:00.939 --> 0:11:03.939 He's definitely the guy. New England will focus it's DV 0:11:04.259 --> 0:11:07.659 tension on fires. It took Karen Wilson's first out. You 0:11:07.699 --> 0:11:10.619 will see a lot of New England cornerback Jack Jones 0:11:10.699 --> 0:11:14.059 holding quarterbacks to a fifty nine point four rating two 0:11:14.099 --> 0:11:18.379 I n t s hasn't been beat for any touchdowns, Patsy, 0:11:18.499 --> 0:11:22.019 This is God to the house, Jack Jones. But the 0:11:22.139 --> 0:11:25.099 pick six Mac Jones is in a similar spot as 0:11:25.179 --> 0:11:29.339 Zach also comes in with rough numbers. Also comes in 0:11:29.379 --> 0:11:32.219 off a game with modest passing stats, but also a 0:11:32.299 --> 0:11:34.779 game where he didn't make any major mistakes and they 0:11:34.819 --> 0:11:40.539 won bad Hunter Henry. As dominant as New York's outside 0:11:40.539 --> 0:11:43.699 corners have been, it's their play against Jacoby Myers that 0:11:43.739 --> 0:11:46.819 could matter the most. He's the guy that Jones targets 0:11:46.819 --> 0:11:49.979 the most. He's usually in the slot, Jones going for 0:11:50.179 --> 0:11:53.579 more than just the one and the catches made by Myers. 0:11:53.779 --> 0:11:56.619 That's where we talk Michael Carter again. Dude plays both 0:11:56.659 --> 0:11:59.499 sides of the ball now, but the dB Carter plays 0:11:59.539 --> 0:12:02.939 the slot most of the time, point seven rating against 0:12:03.059 --> 0:12:06.179 versus slot wide receives this year does have three passes 0:12:06.179 --> 0:12:11.139 defensed against those throws and an I N T NIF 0:12:11.459 --> 0:12:15.379 Michael Carter. All of this makes it sound like it 0:12:15.459 --> 0:12:18.139 could come down to the wire. Maybe a kicker's leg 0:12:18.419 --> 0:12:21.379 Jets Gregg. The legs are line sixteen for nineteen on 0:12:21.459 --> 0:12:25.059 the season, three misses from forty plus four for five 0:12:25.259 --> 0:12:28.339 from fifty plus just a fifty three yard and ten 0:12:29.019 --> 0:12:32.779 line leans into it and curves it through in truth 0:12:32.979 --> 0:12:36.179 Nick Faulk nineteen of twenty one. Overall, both misses from 0:12:36.219 --> 0:12:39.899 forty plus two for three from fifty and beyond its way, 0:12:39.939 --> 0:12:42.459 and we have points on the board right down the middle. 0:12:42.659 --> 0:12:45.739 These franchises like each other as much as Chang Wang 0:12:45.739 --> 0:12:48.259 and those guys trying to order some beet fried rice 0:12:48.299 --> 0:12:52.499 and chicken wings fried hard and stuff. Just two of 0:12:52.539 --> 0:12:55.219 our ten pickers took the Jets a little surprised. The 0:12:55.259 --> 0:12:58.579 Pats got eight votes in this one. The Arizona Cardinals 0:12:58.579 --> 0:13:01.419 are flying south this week to Mexico to continue the 0:13:01.499 --> 0:13:04.819 NFL International Series. Coming in off of in that keeps 0:13:04.859 --> 0:13:09.299 their season alive and kicking a j Greed makes the 0:13:09.379 --> 0:13:13.659 catch spectacular protardal touchdown. They take on to San Francisco 0:13:13.699 --> 0:13:16.339 forty Niners, whose offense may have a little mystique to 0:13:16.419 --> 0:13:20.619 it now event right through the mills of thirteen yards 0:13:20.899 --> 0:13:24.459 at good game tonight. All that anticipation coming off San 0:13:24.499 --> 0:13:27.619 Francisco's by what does Pyle Shanahan have cooked up for 0:13:27.659 --> 0:13:31.339 an offense featuring deebo, cmc and Kittle? How about some 0:13:31.419 --> 0:13:34.979 Elijah Mitchell He finally returned from injury last week. I 0:13:35.019 --> 0:13:37.739 know we were waiting to see McCaffrey Samuel Mayhem, but 0:13:37.899 --> 0:13:40.379 Mitchell was the star of the show against the Chargers. 0:13:40.419 --> 0:13:44.699 Close to ninety yards, close to five yards per Mitchell. 0:13:44.779 --> 0:13:48.259 Welcome back to the Loto for Mitchell. If you aren't 0:13:48.259 --> 0:13:51.259 familiar with the Book of Eli, it's good. He hit 0:13:51.299 --> 0:13:53.659 at four point seven to carry as a rook close 0:13:53.699 --> 0:13:56.139 to ninety yards per game. So Week ten was not 0:13:56.219 --> 0:13:59.619 a fluke, just sort of unexpected. Not by all, mind you. 0:13:59.779 --> 0:14:02.219 I saw plenty of forty Niners fans talk about him 0:14:02.259 --> 0:14:07.339 in the comments section leading up to that game Run nine. 0:14:07.539 --> 0:14:11.099 Mitchell's effectiveness just makes it that much harder for Arizona 0:14:11.179 --> 0:14:14.539 to defend the ground game. San Francisco's Russi attack could 0:14:14.579 --> 0:14:18.259 feel relentless. Samuel gets his shots to be four handoffs 0:14:18.379 --> 0:14:21.499 versus the Chargers almost seven yards per carry. This is 0:14:21.499 --> 0:14:24.099 a run with demol Samuel the first time we see that, 0:14:24.379 --> 0:14:28.699 and Samuel in a secondary McCaffrey quiet last week, but 0:14:28.739 --> 0:14:31.059 you know, still a four point five yard a run. 0:14:31.139 --> 0:14:37.859 Guy in two for the touchdown. Cardinal's rush defense that 0:14:38.019 --> 0:14:41.459 Trio takes on not one of the greats allowing round 0:14:41.499 --> 0:14:44.419 four point five a carry overall. Same to dude who 0:14:44.499 --> 0:14:47.419 line up as running backs specifically, it doesn't matter what 0:14:47.699 --> 0:14:50.739 defective coordinator Advanced Joseph calls. You have to be ready. 0:14:50.739 --> 0:14:52.979 You just got us line up and tackle like thing is. 0:14:53.019 --> 0:14:56.139 It was Arizona's defense that propelled them to victory over 0:14:56.179 --> 0:14:58.699 the Rams last week. They played the run better than 0:14:58.699 --> 0:15:01.579 their season body of work. As I say, A Simmons 0:15:01.659 --> 0:15:03.899 comes up to make the tackles job, I say it. 0:15:04.699 --> 0:15:07.219 They got after the QB better than they had all year. 0:15:07.339 --> 0:15:11.259 Wilford wrapped up down. He goes J. J. Watt In turn, 0:15:11.339 --> 0:15:14.339 they played the past better than they had all season. Oh, 0:15:14.459 --> 0:15:17.659 this taps picked off. Yes he's playing us after do 0:15:17.939 --> 0:15:20.939 to the baker. He checked this out. They held Cooper 0:15:21.019 --> 0:15:23.579 cup Mr. I picked up a hundred yards on him 0:15:23.579 --> 0:15:27.539 on the toilet to minus one yard. Yes he got hurt, 0:15:27.579 --> 0:15:30.619 but that wasn't until the fourth quarter. Tonyo Hamilton's touched 0:15:30.699 --> 0:15:33.139 that ball out. That's a good all the round football. 0:15:33.219 --> 0:15:35.859 This week they'll be up against Jimmy Garoppolo. He isn't 0:15:35.859 --> 0:15:38.819 throwing it over any mountains, but he continues to be efficient. 0:15:39.059 --> 0:15:42.859 Last three games sixties seven completion percentage or higher mid 0:15:42.939 --> 0:15:46.539 nineties rating or better. He's the distributor in the purest sense. 0:15:48.419 --> 0:15:55.139 Outs Sam Francisco passing tack as tricky to figure out 0:15:55.179 --> 0:15:57.739 as their ground game. You just aren't sure who could 0:15:57.819 --> 0:16:00.979 shine Samuel and George Kittle didn't put up big numbers 0:16:00.979 --> 0:16:05.059 against l A. It was Brandon Ayuk again eight four yards. 0:16:05.339 --> 0:16:11.659 He's really been their most consistent pass catcher lay but 0:16:11.819 --> 0:16:15.179 prant so the Cardinals offense may need to put up 0:16:15.179 --> 0:16:18.379 twenty five plus like they did last week. Tyler Murray 0:16:18.419 --> 0:16:21.379 sat out. You'd expect him back this week, but hamstrings 0:16:21.419 --> 0:16:24.379 are tricky. Is Arizona in a rush to get him back? 0:16:24.539 --> 0:16:27.939 Pulton McCoy filled in versus alloy, solid effort No I 0:16:28.139 --> 0:16:30.379 n t s two hundred and thirty eight yards twenty 0:16:30.459 --> 0:16:34.779 six of thirty seven rating mid nineties QB controvert just 0:16:34.859 --> 0:16:37.499 kidding night and what I love is the throw McCoy 0:16:37.619 --> 0:16:40.219 puts it on the dime for DeAndre Hopkins to make 0:16:40.259 --> 0:16:43.619 that completient tight end. Zach Bert's left last week's match 0:16:43.699 --> 0:16:46.459 per so it really made and potentially makes them a 0:16:46.579 --> 0:16:51.019 very wide receiver driven passing offense. DeAndre Hopkins and Rowndale 0:16:51.099 --> 0:16:54.939 Moore accounted to twenty seven of mccloye's thirty seven pass attempts, 0:16:55.299 --> 0:16:58.619 ten catches for de hop nine for more, both guys 0:16:58.699 --> 0:17:07.899 over ninety yards. Well, let's spectacular catch. So how does 0:17:07.939 --> 0:17:12.059 San Francisco handle the wide receiver position, specifically, not as 0:17:12.099 --> 0:17:15.059 well as they've played the pass. Overall, they're holding qubis 0:17:15.099 --> 0:17:18.499 to amid eighties rating, but to wide receivers they've allowed 0:17:18.499 --> 0:17:21.739 a ninety two point nine ratings. Still, that's not bad, 0:17:21.779 --> 0:17:24.459 and it's not bad because they have cornerback to various 0:17:24.539 --> 0:17:27.659 Ward ready to stick on hop gains. He's held down 0:17:27.659 --> 0:17:29.739 the four to the two of a nice low sixty 0:17:29.779 --> 0:17:33.339 five rating against. He has just given them that number 0:17:33.339 --> 0:17:37.299 one cornerback that they haven't had. Arizona's qube will also 0:17:37.379 --> 0:17:40.459 have Nick Bosa breathing down their back. He added another 0:17:40.539 --> 0:17:43.099 bag to his twenty two shopping part has nine and 0:17:43.139 --> 0:17:46.059 a half sacks. Now he was gonna slipping. Bossa had 0:17:46.099 --> 0:17:49.579 this right leg and Nick Bossa gets another sec Murray's 0:17:49.659 --> 0:17:52.259 legs if he plays in the Card's ground games the 0:17:52.499 --> 0:17:56.059 X factor. James Conner scored twice last week just three 0:17:56.059 --> 0:17:58.739 point three yards per carry, though he's under four a 0:17:58.859 --> 0:18:01.739 carry for the season. Two. Murray, though, is a different matter. 0:18:01.899 --> 0:18:04.099 He's the one that could create the big ground splash. 0:18:04.259 --> 0:18:09.059 Plays six yards per run in the open field, loves 0:18:09.099 --> 0:18:12.219 pass wo dives down near the forty three yard line. 0:18:12.419 --> 0:18:15.339 If he did play. Just know this the forty Niners 0:18:15.379 --> 0:18:18.219 one of the toughest for a quarterback to run on, 0:18:18.539 --> 0:18:21.459 holding that position to just three point three a carriage. 0:18:21.619 --> 0:18:24.539 It's spit. He's just gonna tumbled down. Aid On. Our 0:18:24.619 --> 0:18:27.859 panel went with San Francisco, Mark Sessler and m j 0:18:27.979 --> 0:18:31.259 D calling for the cardinal upset. L A is at 0:18:31.259 --> 0:18:33.899 home for Sunday Night football this week. The division leading 0:18:33.979 --> 0:18:36.659 Kansas City Chiefs are in town, which means the Chargers 0:18:36.659 --> 0:18:43.779 secondary is going to be on center stage. Down Patrick 0:18:43.859 --> 0:18:46.539 Mahomes rolls into Sophie, coming in off a four TV 0:18:46.659 --> 0:18:49.819 pass performance over three and thirty yards nine and a 0:18:49.819 --> 0:18:53.179 half yards per attempt, rating near one thirty. He still 0:18:53.259 --> 0:18:56.179 pops in TV passes this season, no one throwing for 0:18:56.259 --> 0:19:02.499 more passing yards per game than Mahomi's let's touchdown catch. 0:19:02.819 --> 0:19:04.739 So what are the chances l is up to the 0:19:04.819 --> 0:19:07.299 task of slowing him down? To start? They have to 0:19:07.379 --> 0:19:10.379 play the tight end position well. Travis Kelsey, the NFL 0:19:10.459 --> 0:19:13.539 tight end leader in yards this season, six catches, eighty 0:19:13.579 --> 0:19:16.539 one yards and a touchdown last week standard fair from 0:19:16.619 --> 0:19:23.299 Senor drifts Uple Sargatouse. The Chargers did just play an 0:19:23.339 --> 0:19:26.059 elite tight end and George Kittle only allowed him to 0:19:26.099 --> 0:19:29.459 catch one ball on two targets. With Derwin James roaming 0:19:29.539 --> 0:19:31.499 the field, l A has held tight ends to an 0:19:31.539 --> 0:19:34.219 eighty two point five rating. They can make it tough 0:19:34.299 --> 0:19:36.299 on Kelsey. That is not a guy you want to 0:19:36.379 --> 0:19:38.619 run into. Darwin James one are the best defenders in 0:19:38.699 --> 0:19:41.259 the league. Can't just play the tight end well though. 0:19:41.299 --> 0:19:44.379 With Mahomes the specialness of the season so far, how 0:19:44.499 --> 0:19:47.459 he's utilized what he has in front of him, targeted 0:19:47.579 --> 0:19:51.179 ten different players last week. Running back Jerick McKinnon was 0:19:51.259 --> 0:19:54.539 his top target was dump t he was left alone 0:19:54.859 --> 0:19:57.739 and while Juju Smith Schuster might not be available at 0:19:57.779 --> 0:20:00.939 the white out spot, Chargers have this Darius Tony guy 0:20:01.059 --> 0:20:04.099 to deal with. Tony last week, making his first mark 0:20:04.299 --> 0:20:07.259 with Ksey, there's the goal, it's over to Tony and 0:20:07.459 --> 0:20:12.939 he tiptoes the tight rots a touchdown. Mvs also scored 0:20:12.979 --> 0:20:15.139 for them last week, and they're hoping to have Micole 0:20:15.219 --> 0:20:18.379 Hardman back this week. Chargers have played the pass overall 0:20:18.459 --> 0:20:22.059 respectably in two same It's true for how they've handled 0:20:22.099 --> 0:20:25.419 wide receivers in coverage and the trapping deflicted in an 0:20:25.459 --> 0:20:28.579 acceptive cannot fire you with a pack where they've been 0:20:28.579 --> 0:20:31.379 a little vulnerable in the passing game running backs a 0:20:31.459 --> 0:20:34.179 hundred and seven point six rating allowed to that position, 0:20:34.379 --> 0:20:36.659 three T D s allowed and no I N T 0:20:36.899 --> 0:20:42.099 s out. But Katherine clearly it would help if l 0:20:42.179 --> 0:20:45.539 A could frazzle Mahomes. Khalil Mack grabbed his seventh Sackers 0:20:45.619 --> 0:20:49.259 of San Francisco. Trouble here, Kalil Mack's got it, and 0:20:49.379 --> 0:20:52.019 he's got him and he's dead for a loss of time. 0:20:52.299 --> 0:20:55.179 Problem is with Joey Bosa sidelined, he's been a one 0:20:55.259 --> 0:20:58.259 man band Chargers with a meddling sack total in a 0:20:58.339 --> 0:21:04.499 low QB hit total so far. So what if Justin 0:21:04.579 --> 0:21:07.219 Herbert has to try and keep up with Mahomes could 0:21:07.259 --> 0:21:11.179 be problematic. Chargers passing attack is in rough shape. Herbert 0:21:11.259 --> 0:21:13.619 last week unable to make do with the do he 0:21:13.739 --> 0:21:16.379 had to try to make do with under two hundred 0:21:16.459 --> 0:21:19.859 yards under six yards per attempt for rating of seventy three. 0:21:24.459 --> 0:21:27.339 Four straight games now Herbert's yards per attempt has been 0:21:27.459 --> 0:21:30.739 under six. That's rough four straight games with a sub 0:21:30.859 --> 0:21:33.859 ninety rating. And it was a great throw and just 0:21:34.299 --> 0:21:37.859 all the fingertips give Herbert his due though he's like 0:21:37.979 --> 0:21:40.659 the Black Knight taking on King Arthur out there. No 0:21:40.859 --> 0:21:44.259 Keenan Allen, what tis but a scratch? No, Mike Williams, 0:21:44.539 --> 0:21:47.299 look you stupid, So and so you have no receivers left? 0:21:47.659 --> 0:21:50.619 Yeah I do? Who look at you? What 'tis a 0:21:50.699 --> 0:21:54.019 flesh wound? Oh? Look you're starting tight end? Also left 0:21:54.099 --> 0:21:57.059 hurt last week? Right, I'll do you for that. I'm 0:21:57.099 --> 0:22:04.259 invincible the toptown car clearly who actually trots out with 0:22:04.379 --> 0:22:07.579 Herbert for battle could alter things. Playing the guessing game 0:22:07.699 --> 0:22:10.859 during the week, though, has proved fruitless. The Chargers offense 0:22:10.979 --> 0:22:14.059 last week was relegated to lots of Austin Ekeler dumps. 0:22:14.339 --> 0:22:16.779 He led the team with twelve targets, leads the team 0:22:16.819 --> 0:22:22.619 and looks for the year. If Herbert does get some 0:22:22.779 --> 0:22:25.259 of his guys back, he's facing a Chief's defense that 0:22:25.379 --> 0:22:28.179 can be had through the air. Rating allowed over a 0:22:28.259 --> 0:22:32.299 hundred two given up, nineteen tds and only three I 0:22:32.539 --> 0:22:38.179 N T s holds for the touchdown. Chiefs aren't playing 0:22:38.219 --> 0:22:40.579 the run game grade anymore either, four and a half 0:22:40.659 --> 0:22:42.979 per run allowed for the season. They got stopped for 0:22:43.059 --> 0:22:46.339 a moment, but he keeps going. No real shock red 0:22:46.499 --> 0:22:49.419 chalk across the board, no one taking the Chargers on 0:22:49.499 --> 0:22:52.819 our ten person panel. The Cleveland Browns are on the 0:22:52.899 --> 0:22:55.459 road again this week in the Northeast, this time to 0:22:55.539 --> 0:22:57.219 take on the Bills, who are in the midst of 0:22:57.259 --> 0:23:04.459 a little bit of an identity crisis. You the we 0:23:04.619 --> 0:23:07.099 thought you were, or the one we've seen lose two 0:23:07.179 --> 0:23:10.339 games in a row and are also sitting in third place, 0:23:10.619 --> 0:23:13.779 stops up and throws it in seventeen and in this 0:23:14.059 --> 0:23:19.299 heavy right cloud the Vikings. What the knock? Phil Dumpy? 0:23:19.419 --> 0:23:22.579 Take it away? Why the face the game Allen and 0:23:22.659 --> 0:23:25.499