WEBVTT - NFL Weekly Game Previews: Week 16 0:00:04.299 --> 0:00:06.659 NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in 0:00:06.739 --> 0:00:10.219 partnership with I Heart Radio. This is NFL Game Previews, 0:00:10.259 --> 0:00:13.339 a breakdown of every Week sixteen game with a recap 0:00:13.379 --> 0:00:16.179 of how our ten person panel voted on the game's 0:00:16.179 --> 0:00:19.779 expected winner. If you've come looking for an analyst, you're 0:00:19.779 --> 0:00:22.939 in the wrong place. I'm just game preview y. We 0:00:22.979 --> 0:00:25.939 start things off with the rumble in the lone Star State. 0:00:30.019 --> 0:00:32.939 There would be less tension on Christmas at the Griswolds 0:00:32.939 --> 0:00:37.579 than there will be for this game. Dallas at home 0:00:37.699 --> 0:00:40.339 having to put aside what might have or should have been? 0:00:42.499 --> 0:00:46.619 What a race ticket? Mad six? Are you kidding me? 0:00:47.499 --> 0:00:50.459 How good is that? Hosting the number one team in 0:00:50.499 --> 0:00:53.979 the NFL and the team America's team's fan base is 0:00:54.059 --> 0:00:57.339 just waiting to shower with holiday greetings and your number 0:00:57.339 --> 0:01:01.139 one salutes greetings from Jerry World. This was supposed to 0:01:01.179 --> 0:01:03.979 be a cartoon version of the Grinch that stole Christmas 0:01:04.219 --> 0:01:07.059 level match up, but now Jalen Hurts might not play 0:01:07.099 --> 0:01:10.499 and that would throw everything off. He's feeling a little Italian. 0:01:10.579 --> 0:01:13.659 He's very fregil. Don't get me wrong. I love me 0:01:13.779 --> 0:01:17.259 some Uncle Rico and Gardner Minshew can make things interesting. 0:01:17.419 --> 0:01:20.779 Gardner Minshew at quarterback, I think show he slights it up. 0:01:20.979 --> 0:01:23.019 He's got a first out of the passcal of more 0:01:23.499 --> 0:01:26.219 all the way up across the flour. He actually played 0:01:26.219 --> 0:01:29.259 for Philadelphia against Dallas last year. It was a good 0:01:29.259 --> 0:01:32.539 game for a quarter and then Dallas destroyed Philly dropped 0:01:32.539 --> 0:01:36.259 a Bob's fifty burger on him. Jeff One Harty, you 0:01:36.459 --> 0:01:39.299 get a touchdown. The thing is Philly still has some 0:01:39.339 --> 0:01:41.899 work to do to quinch home field advantage. They could 0:01:41.939 --> 0:01:44.739 try and lean on the Miles Sanders train. It's zipped 0:01:44.739 --> 0:01:51.299 through most defenses like the Polar Express breaks away at 0:01:48.179 --> 0:01:55.579 the Families tuckdown. Cowboys rush d four point four yards 0:01:55.579 --> 0:01:58.299 per carry allowed to running backs. Gave up seven point 0:01:58.339 --> 0:02:01.139 one yards per carry to Jacksonville a hundred ninety two 0:02:01.179 --> 0:02:04.099 yards total allowed Travis Eaton to hit him for over 0:02:04.259 --> 0:02:07.419 five a carry. Stopping the run not their strong suit. 0:02:07.739 --> 0:02:10.379 E t cuts up the middle with a big run 0:02:10.739 --> 0:02:13.139 et It's got a first down, but it runs his 0:02:13.219 --> 0:02:17.379 way out to the fort Eagles. One defensive vulnerability run 0:02:17.459 --> 0:02:19.939 defense five point to a run allowed to the Bears 0:02:20.019 --> 0:02:23.339 last week. Four point four allowed to David Montgomery four 0:02:23.339 --> 0:02:26.499 point four allowed to running backs this year. That's relevant 0:02:26.539 --> 0:02:31.539 to Dallas's two headed rush monster. Neither Tony Pollard or 0:02:31.579 --> 0:02:35.579 Ezekiel Elliott cracked the four per run barrier versus Jacksonville. 0:02:35.619 --> 0:02:38.659 But Zeke has ten tds averaging four point one a 0:02:38.739 --> 0:02:41.499 Toke goal from the one Elliot. How about you, Zeke 0:02:41.859 --> 0:02:48.259 spin off. We got Pollard five point five a scamper 0:02:48.459 --> 0:02:57.899 nine touchdowns. It's a formidable duo three four potto. Dak 0:02:57.899 --> 0:03:02.259 Prescott also comes in off a head scratcher type game 0:03:02.499 --> 0:03:05.259 that O T pick. Maybe you don't force it, but 0:03:05.339 --> 0:03:10.339 the result was a minor Christmas miracles. Prescott did throw 0:03:10.379 --> 0:03:12.819 two I n T s. He countered it with three 0:03:12.859 --> 0:03:15.699 touchdowns two hundred and fifty six yards are rating near 0:03:15.739 --> 0:03:19.499 one ten. Prescott spins away and look at it from 0:03:19.899 --> 0:03:23.699 the Touchscow's top for the touchdown. Dallas needed their best 0:03:23.739 --> 0:03:26.299 players to come up and in that drive, Dak Prescott 0:03:26.419 --> 0:03:29.699 was on him. For what it's worth. Dack's passer rating 0:03:29.779 --> 0:03:33.299 triple digits one week, under eighty, the next, triple digits 0:03:33.339 --> 0:03:37.459 the next game, low nineties the next, followed by triple digits, 0:03:37.659 --> 0:03:41.459 then seventy point one, then last week back to triple digits. 0:03:41.819 --> 0:03:47.179 Just pointing out the pattern Ceedee Lamb, Noah Brown, Tony Poulard, 0:03:47.299 --> 0:03:50.619 Dalton Schultz. His primary targets. His tight end was quiet 0:03:50.699 --> 0:03:54.699 versus Jacksonville. Brown caught two touchdowns. Though here's a play 0:03:54.779 --> 0:03:57.219 fagon a rollout and Prescott throws it back into the 0:03:57.219 --> 0:04:01.579 middle to knock Brown touchdown. Cowboys c d moved him 0:04:01.579 --> 0:04:04.379 down the field seven catches a hundred and twenties six 0:04:04.459 --> 0:04:11.339 yards cuts back, gets block still color. Those two draw 0:04:11.459 --> 0:04:14.979 Darius Slay and James Bradberry for the first time. Sligh 0:04:15.019 --> 0:04:18.459 holding his guys to a low sixties rating. Bradberry mid 0:04:18.539 --> 0:04:22.179 forties Eagles as a whole, holding Whiteouts to a seventy 0:04:22.259 --> 0:04:25.579 five point six rating. Bunch of scrooges at corner. I 0:04:25.659 --> 0:04:32.019 tell you he lets a sup If Dak tries to 0:04:32.059 --> 0:04:35.059 hold the ball too long, look out, he just held 0:04:35.099 --> 0:04:37.779 it too long. They're just too good up front. He's 0:04:37.819 --> 0:04:41.059 facing the top pass rush in the game. Yes, better 0:04:41.099 --> 0:04:43.779 than his own. They have cracked a sack sixer in 0:04:43.899 --> 0:04:46.819 three straight games. After getting to justin fields a half 0:04:46.859 --> 0:04:50.499 dozen times. Last week, younglings all around hair cup rush 0:04:51.939 --> 0:04:56.219 at a stuck upper six the defunds is rory. It's 0:04:56.259 --> 0:04:59.059 an avalanche of pass rushers when the ball is snapped. 0:04:59.339 --> 0:05:03.019 Five guys have six plus sacks on the year. Javon Hargrave, 0:05:03.099 --> 0:05:06.819 Hassan Reddick in Josh sweat to each last week. Look, 0:05:07.739 --> 0:05:12.339 they've done him again. They've got him against Dallas's pass 0:05:12.419 --> 0:05:15.979 rush does rival Philadelphias. They've gone a little Frosty the 0:05:16.019 --> 0:05:22.019 Snowman lately though, just one sack in their last two games. 0:05:22.019 --> 0:05:26.059 Coming rolls away, Stepson has a man. Jones's open, He's 0:05:26.219 --> 0:05:28.939 got it. Michael Parsons did grab the one they had. 0:05:29.099 --> 0:05:32.539 He has thirteen. Now the Cowboys with five guys at 0:05:32.539 --> 0:05:35.219 four plus Laurence pressure right up the middle and he 0:05:35.539 --> 0:05:39.299 is sacked. Michael Parsons gets home. No matter who the 0:05:39.379 --> 0:05:42.019 quarterback for Philly is, they are armed with some nice 0:05:42.019 --> 0:05:44.219 pass catchers, so it's not crazy to think of them 0:05:44.259 --> 0:05:49.299 hanging with Dallas. No matter what A J. Brown last week, 0:05:49.339 --> 0:05:52.619 a hundred and eighty one yards hurts once at all 0:05:52.739 --> 0:05:59.219 of J. Brown said stand take him downside. That's en 0:05:59.579 --> 0:06:02.899 Gavante Smith five catches a hundred and twenty six yards 0:06:02.939 --> 0:06:06.299 twenty five yards perk. Hatch hurts over the middle as Smith, 0:06:06.619 --> 0:06:10.859 what's wrong Jnis Smith, who screen bend the Bear's territory. 0:06:11.099 --> 0:06:13.579 One of them ends up with Trey Von Digs rating 0:06:13.619 --> 0:06:16.819 against under ninety grows a deep fall o the left 0:06:16.859 --> 0:06:20.739 side grof up my Digs again, full it own. Dallas, 0:06:20.779 --> 0:06:23.699 though has not been great against whiteouts as a whole. 0:06:24.019 --> 0:06:26.779 Christian Kirk had over ninety yards against him in remote 0:06:26.859 --> 0:06:30.419 past of lost Say Jones over a hundred and three scores, 0:06:30.779 --> 0:06:35.059 Cowboys rating allowed to wide receivers in two over ninety 0:06:35.139 --> 0:06:38.779 five deep follow He's got say Jones alone, Joseph feeding 0:06:38.899 --> 0:06:42.539 like a draw six Cowboys votes or for the Eagles 0:06:42.939 --> 0:06:47.259 hurt situation obviously affecting things for some. The Miami Dolphins 0:06:47.299 --> 0:06:50.259 are at home for Christmas, thawing out welcoming the Green 0:06:50.339 --> 0:06:53.019 Bay Packers, still with plenty of motivation to try and 0:06:53.099 --> 0:06:56.579 get another w They might need a defensive performance similar 0:06:56.619 --> 0:06:58.499 to the one they got last week to get a 0:06:58.659 --> 0:07:02.499 fake field half well in complaints. Packers need to run 0:07:02.579 --> 0:07:04.979 the table, but they're still in the game. At least 0:07:05.219 --> 0:07:08.299 their defense needs to handle to a tyreke and waddle 0:07:08.539 --> 0:07:13.899 the way they did. Sagittarius, jefferskin E and Dan Smith 0:07:14.059 --> 0:07:16.939 last week held Baker Mayfield to a hundred and eleven 0:07:17.059 --> 0:07:21.859 yards five point three yards per attempt, a rating under seventy. Ah. 0:07:22.099 --> 0:07:27.259 So that's why Carolina Tutter got ahead. They have to 0:07:27.299 --> 0:07:30.339 go from playing on rookie level to Madden level. Now 0:07:30.419 --> 0:07:32.579 they have to slow two up. He snapped out of 0:07:32.619 --> 0:07:35.619 as many slump last week, impressive because of the magnitude 0:07:35.659 --> 0:07:38.619 of the game and the conditions Tonga vloa over seven 0:07:38.659 --> 0:07:40.619 and a half yards per attempt to t d S 0:07:40.699 --> 0:07:43.699 no I n t S rating over a hundred. Back 0:07:43.779 --> 0:07:45.619 to looking like he has most of the year. The 0:07:45.699 --> 0:07:49.299 middle one open at the forty yard line is Jalen Waddle, 0:07:49.579 --> 0:07:53.019 and he turns on the speed. Nothing unusual when it 0:07:53.099 --> 0:07:55.899 comes to who he threw two versus the Bills, Cheetah 0:07:55.939 --> 0:07:59.259 and the Penguin both scored first big game from Waddle 0:07:59.299 --> 0:08:01.299 in a few weeks. I mean, an excellent job going 0:08:01.379 --> 0:08:03.699 up high point in this football. You got the Penguin, 0:08:03.779 --> 0:08:07.859 you got the Sita. You're like David Adderbora out here hill. 0:08:07.979 --> 0:08:10.819 You can't really capture him with numbers. Fully, he puts 0:08:10.939 --> 0:08:13.539 up plenty of them, but the attention secondaries have to 0:08:13.619 --> 0:08:16.139 give him the penalties he draws and still is one 0:08:16.179 --> 0:08:18.419 of the one percent who averaged more than a hundred 0:08:18.499 --> 0:08:21.099 yards per game receiving. He's too quick, and he gets 0:08:21.179 --> 0:08:24.699 up the top speeds so fast. Green Bay's upset bid 0:08:24.739 --> 0:08:27.939 would have a much better chance of happening if Jayra 0:08:27.979 --> 0:08:32.179 Alexander can contain Hill. He's the Pack's Numero un cornerback 0:08:32.459 --> 0:08:34.819 and he's lived up to the title. Rating aloud on 0:08:34.939 --> 0:08:39.099 the year under seventies looks intercepted. Alexander's got it. It's 0:08:39.139 --> 0:08:41.499 not like Wattles going to have it easy either, Pack 0:08:41.619 --> 0:08:44.339 holding wide receivers to an eighty nine point seven grading 0:08:44.419 --> 0:08:47.739 this season, nine I n T s on throws to whiteouts, 0:08:47.939 --> 0:08:52.939 only ten touchdowns given up, cities intercepted. Bat'll put the 0:08:53.019 --> 0:08:56.259 way It's key Shan Nixid hackers would love another showing 0:08:56.339 --> 0:08:58.819 from its pass rush like it had versus the Rams. 0:08:59.139 --> 0:09:03.419 Five sacks hit Baker nine times, the thirteen may feel 0:09:03.539 --> 0:09:07.379 feats can Donny goes. Miami has not had too many 0:09:07.419 --> 0:09:10.939 issues keeping two upright, though. Might the Dolphins run game 0:09:11.059 --> 0:09:14.099 factory in Normally it's as hard to spot as Santa 0:09:14.219 --> 0:09:16.939 on Christmas Eve, but he most at himself a day 0:09:17.019 --> 0:09:20.019 last week he loves the snow. I guess a hundred 0:09:20.059 --> 0:09:22.979 and thirty six yards eight per runs Closter with a 0:09:23.059 --> 0:09:27.859 carry against shitty tackles Tallas sideline. He's got speed and 0:09:28.099 --> 0:09:30.459 Green Bay gave up five point for a carry to 0:09:30.539 --> 0:09:32.939 cam Acres in a week fifteen on the very first 0:09:33.019 --> 0:09:34.939 snap they get the ball to cam Akers and a 0:09:35.019 --> 0:09:37.459 big cats there on that left Hackers are still at 0:09:37.499 --> 0:09:41.179 a disadvantage on defense based on Miami's points per game levels. 0:09:41.259 --> 0:09:44.379 They're a high scoring bunch, Green based defense. Middle of 0:09:44.419 --> 0:09:48.179 the packing scoring Packers offense, though, may have an advantage 0:09:48.219 --> 0:09:51.659 over Miami's d not because they're proficient at scoring, but 0:09:51.779 --> 0:09:55.419 because the Dolphins are very generous to other offenses. Only 0:09:55.539 --> 0:09:58.179 five teams have given up more points per game than 0:09:58.259 --> 0:10:01.459 Miami this season. On the run. Throwing for the insolid 0:10:01.739 --> 0:10:05.579 is to twit tell Morris Josh Allen in the snow 0:10:05.739 --> 0:10:08.739 three hundred four yards allowed four touchdowns a rating near 0:10:08.819 --> 0:10:11.459 one twenty. As I like to say, it fits their 0:10:11.499 --> 0:10:18.339 body of work. For watch looking throws Touchdow. It wasn't 0:10:18.339 --> 0:10:20.819 any one guy they struggled against, and that's good for 0:10:20.939 --> 0:10:23.619 Aaron Rodgers. He doesn't have any one guy he likes 0:10:23.699 --> 0:10:26.339 to throw to two hundred twenty nine yards last week 0:10:26.379 --> 0:10:28.819 could touch down a pick a rating of ninety two 0:10:28.859 --> 0:10:31.099 point two. It was good enough to win the game. 0:10:31.219 --> 0:10:36.579 There is Jones bit touch stop. Christian Watson snapped his 0:10:36.659 --> 0:10:39.419 t d run. Rogers just found whoever he could against 0:10:39.579 --> 0:10:42.339 l a Green Bay ran more than they threw. A 0:10:42.499 --> 0:10:45.859 j Dillon scored twice before leaving her stay on the ground. 0:10:45.979 --> 0:10:50.019 Why not dill it pounding his way for a touchdown. 0:10:50.259 --> 0:10:53.499 Aaron Jones gave him ninety yards five point three a carry. 0:10:53.979 --> 0:10:57.899 Under rated battors hand off to Jones over the left side, 0:10:57.979 --> 0:11:01.499 good hole got died. Dolphins defense might have some soft spots, 0:11:01.579 --> 0:11:04.299 but stopping running backs is not one of them. Are 0:11:04.339 --> 0:11:07.099 holding that position to a stinge three point eight yards 0:11:07.179 --> 0:11:09.579 per carry. It's a single art he's blown up in 0:11:09.619 --> 0:11:13.939 the backfield. Sex Sailor one lone packer believer NFL dot 0:11:13.979 --> 0:11:16.779 Com writer Grant Gordon. The other nine votes going to 0:11:16.899 --> 0:11:20.379 Miami Houston Texans on the road this week Christmas Eve 0:11:20.459 --> 0:11:23.619 action in an aptly titled a FC South. The Titans 0:11:23.659 --> 0:11:26.499 are the King's there despite losing four in a row. Hey, 0:11:26.579 --> 0:11:28.819 at least we're not the NFC South and I right, 0:11:29.659 --> 0:11:34.139 I got that's not gonna win. Titans need this when 0:11:34.299 --> 0:11:36.619 the Jaguars have won three of their last four and 0:11:36.659 --> 0:11:39.219 are nipping at their heels. So just like in a 0:11:39.259 --> 0:11:41.659 pickup basketball game and you have the six ft four 0:11:41.739 --> 0:11:44.339 guy and everyone on the other team is six foot 0:11:44.659 --> 0:11:47.819 even if it's boring and seems unfair, you give him 0:11:47.859 --> 0:11:52.739 the ball because you can't chance it anymore. As long 0:11:52.779 --> 0:11:55.099 as we get it into Derrick's hands and everybody knows 0:11:55.179 --> 0:11:58.219 the play, that's the most important thing. Derrick Henry and 0:11:58.299 --> 0:12:01.899 Tennessee's first game versus Houston two hundred nineteen yards, six 0:12:01.979 --> 0:12:09.619 point eight per carry, two touchdowns. Yeah, Henry up. Last 0:12:09.699 --> 0:12:12.019 week he hit the Chargers for over a hundred yards, 0:12:12.099 --> 0:12:14.419 his second game in a row, over the century mark. 0:12:14.859 --> 0:12:17.939 If you are a defensive pack in your five eleven 0:12:17.979 --> 0:12:20.499 two hundred five pounds, you don't want to see number 0:12:20.499 --> 0:12:22.339 twenty two coming at you and you gotta stop him. 0:12:22.619 --> 0:12:25.859 Couple all that with Houston's run defense, which still isn't 0:12:25.859 --> 0:12:27.939 any better than it was the first time he saw him. 0:12:28.099 --> 0:12:30.699 Five point one yards per carry allowed to running backs 0:12:30.739 --> 0:12:34.619 in over five yards per carry allowed to every case 0:12:34.859 --> 0:12:37.619 back who ran on them last week. Running Backs in 0:12:37.699 --> 0:12:40.019 need of a good game don't write Santa this time 0:12:40.099 --> 0:12:46.139 of the year. They write the Texans. Ryan Tannehill should 0:12:46.219 --> 0:12:49.179 ride shotgun if things go well for Henry. They're passing 0:12:49.219 --> 0:12:52.379 attack is a little weapons deficient, though Trailan Burke's missed 0:12:52.419 --> 0:12:56.059 another game last week, he's their best pass catcher Without him, 0:12:56.219 --> 0:12:59.099 Tannehill posted a whopping hundred and sixty five yards no 0:12:59.299 --> 0:13:03.939 touchdowns in a pick. Tannehills fires field and the passes. Yes, 0:13:04.779 --> 0:13:06.939 it's not like the Titans are asking him to carry 0:13:06.979 --> 0:13:09.419 the load. That's up to Henry, but Tennessee would still 0:13:09.459 --> 0:13:11.779 like to see him step up in December when every 0:13:11.899 --> 0:13:18.979 game matters. Tannehill wasn't under center when these two teams 0:13:19.099 --> 0:13:22.419 met earlier in the season in Week eight victory for 0:13:22.579 --> 0:13:26.059 the Titans. Malik Willis filled in, so no direct comparisons 0:13:26.099 --> 0:13:29.819 to find there. Speaking of wins, the Texans have just one, 0:13:30.139 --> 0:13:32.219 though it looked like they were headed for another in 0:13:32.339 --> 0:13:35.299 both of the last two weeks. They led the Cowboys 0:13:35.419 --> 0:13:38.059 late in Week fourteen, and they took the Chiefs to 0:13:38.219 --> 0:13:43.059 overtime touchdown. Jordan Naked's the Texas or take the league? 0:13:43.339 --> 0:13:46.219 It feels like this team is playing four. Head coach 0:13:46.339 --> 0:13:49.339 Lovey Smith lately in finding ways to take two double 0:13:49.419 --> 0:13:52.419 digit win teams to the brink, was right, He's gonna 0:13:52.419 --> 0:13:55.899 throw tap field. It's caught by a Marie Rogers touchdown. 0:13:56.379 --> 0:13:59.059 Last week they went with a two QB system. Love it. 0:13:59.219 --> 0:14:03.259 Why not used Davis Mills and Jeff drisk go in tandem. Okay, 0:14:03.339 --> 0:14:05.899 maybe it wasn't a true through two quarterback system, rather 0:14:06.019 --> 0:14:09.379 playing situational football with drist goal and it helped. Okay, 0:14:11.579 --> 0:14:16.419 touchdown David Hills on the road seventeen yards. Nothing to 0:14:16.459 --> 0:14:20.019 see here but ten votes for the Titans. The Washington 0:14:20.059 --> 0:14:24.419 Commanders fly across country this week a twofold challenge to conquer. First, 0:14:24.659 --> 0:14:28.859 clear zebras from your mind that passers more on the 0:14:28.939 --> 0:14:31.659 really cool flag that flew right before that. Later on 0:14:32.179 --> 0:14:34.259 second though, they have to figure out how to score 0:14:34.379 --> 0:14:37.099 enough points on the San Francisco defense to beat them, 0:14:37.459 --> 0:14:41.699 and this number one defense is ruling. I know BCB 0:14:41.939 --> 0:14:43.899 is all the rage in the Bay Area these days, 0:14:43.939 --> 0:14:46.899 but Washington should be more concentrated on how to handle 0:14:46.939 --> 0:14:50.819 the forty niners B d D. It's the combination of 0:14:51.059 --> 0:14:55.419 speed and power from Nick Bosa big d defense. That 0:14:55.499 --> 0:14:58.179 seems repetitive, but what do I know? And their defensive 0:14:58.219 --> 0:15:01.219 showings seem repetitive. Remember when the Chiefs lit them up 0:15:01.219 --> 0:15:04.339 for forty four points. That was Week seven. Since then, 0:15:04.419 --> 0:15:07.339 not one team scored more than seventeen points against them. 0:15:07.739 --> 0:15:10.859 That's seventh straight. No look at that. The forty Niners 0:15:10.899 --> 0:15:13.779 are on a seven game win streak and they are 0:15:13.819 --> 0:15:17.899 the Western Division champions. Washington's offense is usually a run 0:15:18.019 --> 0:15:21.619 first unit, their ball carriers facing among others, Fred Warner 0:15:21.739 --> 0:15:24.459 Dre Greenlaw not sure you can find a better one 0:15:24.539 --> 0:15:27.059 to punch at linebacker. And I know you can't find 0:15:27.099 --> 0:15:30.659 a tougher team to run on in the pursuit and 0:15:30.779 --> 0:15:34.299 that team effort on. This defense never let see down. 0:15:34.499 --> 0:15:38.019 If Washington could have its way, Brian Robinson would scratch 0:15:38.099 --> 0:15:40.819 out like four a run against them. They feed him 0:15:40.859 --> 0:15:43.499 all day. He only got twelve carries versus New York 0:15:43.619 --> 0:15:46.699 eighty nine yards seven point four a run. He started 0:15:46.739 --> 0:15:49.659 the year slow, but his last three games four point 0:15:49.739 --> 0:15:52.739 five per run or better, eighty nine yards per game 0:15:52.939 --> 0:15:56.859 or better. He just will go down touchdown. If they 0:15:56.979 --> 0:15:59.899 can't get anything going on the ground, it could be problematic. 0:16:00.019 --> 0:16:03.259 San Francisco's defense top five and rating allowed yards or 0:16:03.299 --> 0:16:06.819 catch allowed. It's pert tempt allowed, touchdowns allowed, I N 0:16:06.899 --> 0:16:12.859 T Sun touchdown San Francisco pick six passing offense they 0:16:12.939 --> 0:16:16.939 faced this week Kenny Rossmore at quarterback. Sorry Taylor Heineke 0:16:17.099 --> 0:16:20.859 to get them confused with the trio of receivers Terry McLaurin, 0:16:21.139 --> 0:16:24.939 Curtis Samuel Johan Dotson. Scary Terry is the focal point 0:16:25.099 --> 0:16:28.539 six catches on six targets seventy yards last week, cracked 0:16:28.579 --> 0:16:31.059 the thousand yard mark for the year. Just get the 0:16:31.139 --> 0:16:34.459 football to your best players. Let him go make plays. 0:16:34.619 --> 0:16:36.619 McLaurin is going to have to work to get open. 0:16:36.659 --> 0:16:39.139 He's gonna have their various word on him. Most routes 0:16:39.739 --> 0:16:45.099 on interception like bony Ward awards two fantastic. His most 0:16:45.179 --> 0:16:48.619 recent outing took on Mr Metcalf. He found out the 0:16:48.699 --> 0:16:51.699 CASA dead. Ward is not like Burger King d K. 0:16:51.899 --> 0:16:54.379 Didn't get to have his way at all. Ward held 0:16:54.459 --> 0:16:57.739 him to fifty five yards on nine targets. Scarious words, 0:16:57.779 --> 0:17:00.379 not going anywhere. Dotson is coming off of four catch 0:17:00.499 --> 0:17:03.339 hundred and five yard t d outing and amazing grab 0:17:03.419 --> 0:17:07.339 in there. Just catch up over the top, Samuel three 0:17:07.419 --> 0:17:12.019 catches forty four yards about Yeah, he was the one 0:17:12.059 --> 0:17:14.739 who gave his Giants buddy a piggyback ride. I bet 0:17:14.819 --> 0:17:16.899 that's all it was. You wouldn't throw a flag on 0:17:16.939 --> 0:17:19.459 a guy for giving a piggyback ride, would you? During 0:17:19.499 --> 0:17:22.859 the holidays? This is America still right. As for the forty, 0:17:22.939 --> 0:17:26.499 Niners play versus wide receivers in the Big picture fourth best, 0:17:26.579 --> 0:17:29.899 holding them to an eighty five point six rating, semi 0:17:29.979 --> 0:17:35.179 ward superman dive and an interception. These teams play on 0:17:35.299 --> 0:17:38.619 Christmas Eve. That seems like trouble If you're Heineke, means 0:17:38.659 --> 0:17:41.139 he likely gets a visit from St. Nick and here 0:17:41.259 --> 0:17:44.459 comes Bosa. Bosa has fifteen and a half bags filled 0:17:44.539 --> 0:17:46.979 so far this season, filled his latest with the number 0:17:47.059 --> 0:17:51.259 seven Seahawks jersey commanders. Fans, tell your kids no asking 0:17:51.339 --> 0:17:54.779 Santa for Heineken jerseys till after Christmas. Looking for space 0:17:54.859 --> 0:17:58.059 to get rid of it. Pad the Heineken got shook 0:17:58.139 --> 0:18:00.459 up three times versus the Giants, and one of them 0:18:00.539 --> 0:18:02.979 caused the ball to burst out, got run back to 0:18:03.059 --> 0:18:07.699 the House of Bob still didn't start touch stage chants. 0:18:07.979 --> 0:18:10.579 So you have a twenty five ranked scoring offense, trying 0:18:10.619 --> 0:18:13.499 to do business with the number one scoring d You 0:18:13.579 --> 0:18:16.019 know what that spells on the other side of the coin. 0:18:16.099 --> 0:18:19.139 It's a fair fight. Commanders fans know this for all. 0:18:19.219 --> 0:18:21.979 To talk about brock Purty, it's the San Francisco run 0:18:22.099 --> 0:18:25.419 game that sets him up. Commander's defense has to deal 0:18:25.499 --> 0:18:28.459 with a two headed attack as well. CMC the lead 0:18:28.579 --> 0:18:32.339 man McCaffrey scoring last week over a hundred yards back 0:18:32.419 --> 0:18:35.059 to back games. He's hit the rushing century mark, but 0:18:36.139 --> 0:18:41.739 up the middle us to form McCaffery for six. Washington 0:18:41.819 --> 0:18:44.779 can't sleep on Jordan Mason sixty four yards on just 0:18:44.899 --> 0:18:47.979 four carries. He's piling up plenty of really nice runs 0:18:48.019 --> 0:18:50.459 as of late. He's hit at five yards per carry 0:18:50.699 --> 0:18:53.299 or better in four straight games. Keep telling you to 0:18:53.419 --> 0:18:56.179 keep this number in mine. Over these games go on. 0:18:56.379 --> 0:18:58.979 Washington then has to be able to stop running backs 0:18:59.139 --> 0:19:02.139 from running. This week four point one per allowed for 0:19:02.219 --> 0:19:04.739 the year is pretty good. Gave up four eight per 0:19:04.859 --> 0:19:07.899 carry to seek one Barkley last week eighty seven yards 0:19:07.939 --> 0:19:10.459 in the TV. So then you finally get to Mr 0:19:10.619 --> 0:19:15.859 undefeated Purty last week versus Seattle seventeen seventeen yards to 0:19:16.019 --> 0:19:18.979 t d s note picks to fashes and then the 0:19:19.179 --> 0:19:23.259 Kittle over the middle touchstoff San Francisco. He has come 0:19:23.299 --> 0:19:26.259 through with exactly what the forty Niners offense has needed. 0:19:26.419 --> 0:19:29.179 Didn't have debo last week, won again this week. He 0:19:29.219 --> 0:19:32.259 doesn't seem to mind. Washington can't really hone in on 0:19:32.419 --> 0:19:35.379 any one guy from week to week. Purty has mixed 0:19:35.419 --> 0:19:38.539 it up pretty good. Great protection and wine open his 0:19:38.659 --> 0:19:42.339 tittle pitch can't take him down. Nobody else cannons a 0:19:42.499 --> 0:19:46.059 touchdown clearly. Tight end George Kittle has to be accounted for. 0:19:46.579 --> 0:19:49.619 He had been quiet statistically over their last few games 0:19:49.779 --> 0:19:52.699 Week fifteen. He was the difference maker in the past game. 0:19:53.139 --> 0:19:55.779 McCaffrey will always get so many throws a game to 0:19:55.979 --> 0:19:58.619 of course, led the team of eight targets versus Seattle, 0:19:58.899 --> 0:20:01.859 and he likely sees plenty of looks versus Washington. They 0:20:01.899 --> 0:20:05.139 have not played running backs as receivers. Well backs their 0:20:05.179 --> 0:20:08.899 biggest trouble spot, allowing a one rating to them six 0:20:08.979 --> 0:20:15.299 touchdowns by Swift. I'll check him all the way. Okay, 0:20:15.419 --> 0:20:18.339 so real quick, what did Mr Zebra think McLaurin was 0:20:18.419 --> 0:20:20.859 asking him, Hey, you get my d M you want 0:20:20.899 --> 0:20:22.939 to go grab a drink after the game. You've done 0:20:22.979 --> 0:20:26.099 with all your Christmas shopping? Oh yeah, you are thumbs 0:20:26.139 --> 0:20:29.259 up man, great Mary. What the what are called? It 0:20:29.419 --> 0:20:32.419 races the touchdown? It's a clean sweep. The Niners got 0:20:32.499 --> 0:20:35.139 all ten votes from the panel. The New York Giants 0:20:35.179 --> 0:20:37.419 are on the road for Christmas Eve, coming off a 0:20:37.539 --> 0:20:43.379 nail biter that snapped their four game winless Street got 0:20:43.459 --> 0:20:46.979 up my darnay home, and the Giants are on their 0:20:47.019 --> 0:20:49.859 way to getting this one over Washington. They are in 0:20:49.979 --> 0:20:52.859 Minnesota taking on the comeback Kings because when the Chips 0:20:52.899 --> 0:20:55.779 are down, they're like the guy on the commercial, pretty 0:20:55.819 --> 0:21:07.579 clear have come play that the greatest comeback in the 0:21:07.899 --> 0:21:13.339 history up the National Football League. The Vikings are NFC 0:21:13.659 --> 0:21:19.419 nords Chaptiins. Forget the miracle on thirty fourth Street. Vikings 0:21:19.459 --> 0:21:22.659 are cool hanging on thirty third and forget Santa Claus. 0:21:22.779 --> 0:21:29.059 Minnesota has Santa Cousins. It is d J. Hoshinson for 0:21:29.259 --> 0:21:33.619 the two and we're tied at thirties days. Giants defense 0:21:33.699 --> 0:21:36.099 up against a quarterback coming off back to back four 0:21:36.179 --> 0:21:39.299 hundred plus yard passing games, Captain Kurt going for four 0:21:39.419 --> 0:21:42.899 or sixty versus the Colts four touchdowns, came up big 0:21:43.059 --> 0:21:45.939 late when it mattered, which he's actually done more than 0:21:46.019 --> 0:21:50.539 some realize. Seven fourth quarter comebacks this season. Kirt Well 0:21:50.579 --> 0:21:54.139 for the middle time, Yes, that's up forty yard line. 0:21:54.539 --> 0:21:58.779 Adams feeling just came up cold blooded heads toted Kirk Cousins. 0:21:59.139 --> 0:22:02.219 New York secondary will be tested on all fronts. They 0:22:02.259 --> 0:22:04.619 have to try and keep Justin Jefferson from having more 0:22:04.699 --> 0:22:07.459 good times. A hundred and twenty three yards in week fifteen, 0:22:07.659 --> 0:22:10.659 averages a hundred and fifteen yards per game most in 0:22:10.739 --> 0:22:16.379 the NFL study's got chip for same touchsdown funny games. 0:22:17.699 --> 0:22:20.419 Then the gene man have to try and cover kJ Osborne. 0:22:20.499 --> 0:22:22.339 He went for over a hundred and fifty yards in 0:22:22.379 --> 0:22:26.539 their comeback when Osborne has been a superstar today funding 0:22:26.619 --> 0:22:29.379 for those ex three yards. Adam Delon he scored in 0:22:29.499 --> 0:22:39.019 three of their last four t J Hawkinson at tight 0:22:39.179 --> 0:22:42.779 end quiet versus the Polts, but nine targets. Cousins throws 0:22:42.819 --> 0:22:45.499 to him a lot, Why would he back off? This week? 0:22:45.659 --> 0:22:48.499 The Giants have allowed a rating over one thirteen to 0:22:48.619 --> 0:22:52.739 tight ends in two. It is called for the touchdown. 0:22:53.179 --> 0:22:56.499 New York has shined versus running backs as past catchers, 0:22:56.539 --> 0:22:59.059 though holding them to an eighty two point to rate 0:22:59.219 --> 0:23:01.259 comes near side of power in the flat. Oh, well 0:23:01.339 --> 0:23:03.659 done on the tackle, he might lose your yard. That's 0:23:03.739 --> 0:23:06.619 relevant because Dalvin Cook was huge out of the backfield 0:23:06.659 --> 0:23:09.219 for the Vikings last week. Was good for ninety five 0:23:09.299 --> 0:23:20.339 yards and a score to get to the left. Yes, 0:23:21.499 --> 0:23:24.099 Cook the runner could also be an issue for the Giants, 0:23:24.219 --> 0:23:28.059 maybe a huge issue. Ninety five yards seventeen runs last week. 0:23:28.179 --> 0:23:31.059 Five point six a carry. Look out for Calvin Cook. 0:23:31.659 --> 0:23:35.139 Turn off the burners, young man the Giants versus running 0:23:35.179 --> 0:23:39.099 backs five point four a run allowed. Let Brian Robinson 0:23:39.219 --> 0:23:41.939 go for seven point four on twelve tries last week. 0:23:42.379 --> 0:23:46.939