WEBVTT - NFL Weekly Game Previews: Super Wild Card Weekend 0:00:04.299 --> 0:00:06.659 NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in 0:00:06.739 --> 0:00:10.739 partnership with I Heart Radio. This is NFL game Previews. 0:00:10.819 --> 0:00:14.579 I'm game preview guy. No analysts allowed in this closet, 0:00:14.699 --> 0:00:18.099 just previews of each wild Card game, little beefier than 0:00:18.139 --> 0:00:21.179 your standard preview f y I. We start with the 0:00:21.219 --> 0:00:29.499 game that will go last. The Dallas Cowboys hit the 0:00:29.579 --> 0:00:32.659 road for wild Card weekend, nabbing the Monday night football 0:00:32.699 --> 0:00:35.739 slot in Tampa Bay, meaning they take on the Buccaneers 0:00:35.739 --> 0:00:38.259 and what will be a bookend for one of the two. 0:00:38.579 --> 0:00:40.739 These two met all the way back in Week one, 0:00:41.099 --> 0:00:45.619 Bucks one nineteen to three. My cobbons reach us up 0:00:45.659 --> 0:00:48.459 with one hand and grabs it in That was the game. 0:00:48.619 --> 0:00:51.059 Dac hurt his hand. He's been back for a while, 0:00:51.219 --> 0:00:53.979 but hasn't played great in a while. Buck's defense is 0:00:54.019 --> 0:00:56.139 taking on a dude who just faced back to back 0:00:56.219 --> 0:00:59.259 teams that had nothing on the line when he played them. 0:00:59.299 --> 0:01:01.499 Two touchdowns to I and T s in a sub 0:01:01.579 --> 0:01:05.099 ninety rating versus Tennessee, who's past deefen is not good, 0:01:05.139 --> 0:01:08.019 mind you, followed by a forty five point eight rating 0:01:08.059 --> 0:01:11.899 game last week versus a Washington secondary that's decent at 0:01:11.979 --> 0:01:17.379 best fourteen of thirty seven, only twenty eight yards. Prescott 0:01:17.499 --> 0:01:21.219 might be a pick six well bag touch the washot 0:01:21.219 --> 0:01:24.939 to Prescott through for three point five an attempt that's 0:01:24.979 --> 0:01:27.939 so low they'd be better off handing to a bad back, 0:01:28.179 --> 0:01:30.939 except last week they didn't even have that. Their run 0:01:30.979 --> 0:01:34.139 game also comes in off a dud, outing sixty four 0:01:34.219 --> 0:01:36.979 yards last week two point four a carry. As a team, 0:01:37.099 --> 0:01:40.459 Tony Pollard and Zeke both under three yards per run. 0:01:40.539 --> 0:01:42.939 Are they going to get some mojo here? Haven't had 0:01:42.939 --> 0:01:44.579 it today and they won't get into the run game 0:01:44.619 --> 0:01:49.059 here with Pollard going absolutely nowhere. Prescott's troubles extend beyond 0:01:49.139 --> 0:01:52.139 the last few weeks too. He can't stop throwing I 0:01:52.379 --> 0:01:56.139 n teams fifteen total, most of any quarterback this year. 0:01:56.419 --> 0:01:58.939 Seven straight games. One of his passes ends up in 0:01:58.979 --> 0:02:02.739 the hands of another team. The fake Prescott run. It's 0:02:02.779 --> 0:02:07.219 intercepted by Sweat. Josh Sweat, breaks of tackle Sweat. It's 0:02:07.219 --> 0:02:11.139 gonna store some sort of good news for Cowboys fans. 0:02:11.179 --> 0:02:15.179 The Buccaneers defense he faces only ten picks. Only five 0:02:15.219 --> 0:02:18.659 teams had fewer this season. Prescott and company are squaring 0:02:18.699 --> 0:02:21.899 off with an unusual past defense not a lot of picks. 0:02:22.019 --> 0:02:25.059 Rating allowed to all three types of pass catcher between 0:02:25.139 --> 0:02:28.299 ninety five and a hundred and eleven. What's coming pretty 0:02:28.539 --> 0:02:32.539 loft and going deep has McCaffrey Freeze got it touchdown 0:02:32.819 --> 0:02:36.899 San Francisco on the flip side. Though their three starters 0:02:36.939 --> 0:02:40.979 at corner, Sean Murphy Bunting, Jamal Dean Carlton Davis, all 0:02:40.979 --> 0:02:43.859 of held quarterbacks to sub eight ratings. Some of their 0:02:43.899 --> 0:02:46.819 overall numbers are a little skew due to some injuries. 0:02:46.939 --> 0:02:50.779 Tampa still held quarterbacks in two to six point seven 0:02:50.859 --> 0:02:54.019 yards per attempt, that's tied for sixth best yards per 0:02:54.059 --> 0:02:57.539 completion allowed just ten point four that's top ten. Good 0:02:57.779 --> 0:03:03.339 intercepted Sean Murphy Bunting. Those corners have Seedee Lamb to 0:03:03.459 --> 0:03:07.259 primarily deal with over hundred yards this season over a 0:03:07.339 --> 0:03:11.899 hundred catches, nine scores deep to the middle. Lamb at 0:03:11.899 --> 0:03:17.179 the five spin dances in touchdown tell us. Dalton Schultz 0:03:17.339 --> 0:03:20.939 usually option number two, over fifty catches over five hundred 0:03:20.979 --> 0:03:23.699 yards close to forty yards per game. He was hurt 0:03:23.739 --> 0:03:26.739 for some time this season. Two Scotland funny at time 0:03:26.979 --> 0:03:33.099 fires touchdown leaping grabbed by Dalton Schultz and take note 0:03:33.219 --> 0:03:36.299 tight end is the position Tampa Bay has struggled with 0:03:36.459 --> 0:03:39.819 more than any other safety. Mike Edwards a hundred plus 0:03:39.899 --> 0:03:44.739 rating allowed. Linebacker Devon White, same boat, Lavonte David plus ninety. 0:03:44.979 --> 0:03:48.179 That's not only an opportunity for Schultz, but for Pollard 0:03:48.219 --> 0:03:51.099 as a pass catcher, He's seen a lot more targets 0:03:51.099 --> 0:03:53.699 the second half of the year. King checks it down 0:03:53.699 --> 0:03:57.419 Pollard on the edge, kings out of the tackle and 0:03:57.779 --> 0:04:03.859 sideways slides in for six slot corner. Antoine Winfield also 0:04:03.939 --> 0:04:06.779 has hundred plus rating allowed. That makes his battle with 0:04:06.899 --> 0:04:10.019 t Y Hilton key. T Y got added late to 0:04:10.059 --> 0:04:12.819 the Cowboys fold fifty plus yards in two of the 0:04:12.859 --> 0:04:15.739 three games he's played for the star Let's call breaking 0:04:15.779 --> 0:04:18.379 a tackle, pick up the first down, and whole lot 0:04:18.419 --> 0:04:22.219 more is t Y hilping. Dallas's O line hasn't allowed 0:04:22.259 --> 0:04:24.979 a lot of sacks, but has allowed to high pressure rate. 0:04:25.179 --> 0:04:27.819 They're battling the Bucks front that's racked up a healthy 0:04:27.939 --> 0:04:32.939 forty five sacks on here. It's a free ball. Devin 0:04:33.019 --> 0:04:35.299 White's got it. They attain a lot of their bags 0:04:35.339 --> 0:04:38.939 by blitzing their plus thirty. Dak has a ninety three 0:04:38.979 --> 0:04:43.139 plus rating against five plus. That's acceptable. It's not as 0:04:43.219 --> 0:04:46.379 high as his counterpart. For all, Tom Brady's struggles in 0:04:47.699 --> 0:04:50.099 his quick pass approach allowed him to post a one 0:04:50.139 --> 0:04:54.539 oh two point five rating against blitzing defenses. Rady over 0:04:54.579 --> 0:04:57.539 the middle, good catch Mike Kevin's go up and get 0:04:57.619 --> 0:05:01.899 it first down. He will need to be quick on 0:05:01.939 --> 0:05:05.139 the draw this week. Cowboys send extra heat twenty seven 0:05:05.139 --> 0:05:07.979 percent of the time. That's high ish. Brady will be 0:05:07.979 --> 0:05:11.339 trying to dodge four guys with six plus sacks this season, 0:05:11.499 --> 0:05:14.859 Dorance Armstrong's second with eight and a half. He deserves more, 0:05:14.979 --> 0:05:18.179 pub he doesn't get it because of Micah Brady knows. 0:05:18.259 --> 0:05:21.819 He met Parsons twice in Week one. Parsons got party again. 0:05:22.179 --> 0:05:25.459 Two sacks from Mike of Parson when the ball is 0:05:25.499 --> 0:05:28.499 in the air, probably going to a wide receiver. Julio 0:05:28.619 --> 0:05:31.259 Jones is back. He's still sort of a threat right 0:05:31.459 --> 0:05:33.939 Russell Gage has carved a bigger role for himself in 0:05:33.939 --> 0:05:36.099 the second half of the year. And then there's the 0:05:36.139 --> 0:05:39.259 go to Chris Godwin a hundred plus catches a thousand 0:05:39.339 --> 0:05:42.459 plus yards in fifteen games. There's the staff quick past 0:05:42.539 --> 0:05:48.099 god touchdoups have a bay Mike Evans went for eleven 0:05:48.179 --> 0:05:53.459 hundred and twenty four yards in his fifteen contests. Seven hats, 0:05:53.739 --> 0:05:57.379 touchstops have a by favorite tiles three fire the cat 0:05:57.419 --> 0:06:01.579 its fire A Dallas overall versus White outs and ninety 0:06:01.659 --> 0:06:04.739 three point four rating aloud, that's not great. Will need 0:06:04.779 --> 0:06:06.779 to play better than that this week if they want 0:06:06.779 --> 0:06:10.019 to keep it close. The Trayvon Digs Evans one on 0:06:10.019 --> 0:06:12.379 one will be fun to watch. Diggs ended with a 0:06:12.419 --> 0:06:15.379 sub ninety rating. Aloud, he knew it was his ball. 0:06:15.899 --> 0:06:18.899 Something overcame him and you could just tell by his 0:06:18.979 --> 0:06:22.459 body language. Fire the Cannons is really hoping. TV twelve 0:06:22.539 --> 0:06:25.179 Evans and Godwin looked like they did in their last 0:06:25.259 --> 0:06:29.219 full game together week seventeen versus Carolina, when Brady went 0:06:29.299 --> 0:06:32.739 for over four hundred yards Evans over two hundred, Godwin 0:06:32.859 --> 0:06:37.739 over a hundred. By open again, please got it evens 0:06:37.779 --> 0:06:42.699 it's stars, Brady has to have time and a willingness 0:06:42.779 --> 0:06:45.499 to get hit. And we can't leave Lenny out. I mean, 0:06:45.539 --> 0:06:48.939 it's the playoffs for net is the X factor. Dallas 0:06:49.019 --> 0:06:52.299 isn't great versus running backs. Tampa Bay doesn't run much. 0:06:52.739 --> 0:06:55.579 Leonard has only had one really good game this year. 0:06:55.979 --> 0:06:58.539 Let's see who was that hundred and twenty seven yard 0:06:58.579 --> 0:07:03.899 outing against opening into the second area. Probably the biggest 0:07:03.939 --> 0:07:07.139 thing to watch in this game. Bucks on third down 0:07:07.219 --> 0:07:09.939 when they have the ball, they have struggled all year 0:07:09.979 --> 0:07:13.139 to keep the sticks moving. That's what's really handcuffed their 0:07:13.139 --> 0:07:16.539 offense this season. The Boys play top ten third down 0:07:16.579 --> 0:07:19.739 football like they have all year, they could really swing 0:07:19.739 --> 0:07:22.379 things in their favor. A third down and four four 0:07:22.499 --> 0:07:26.419 thirty three to play in a tap game, min shoot throws. 0:07:26.419 --> 0:07:29.779 Who's got it? Looks like Plann has it? Game is 0:07:29.819 --> 0:07:32.619 close late. Ryan suck up kicks for the Bucks thirty 0:07:32.619 --> 0:07:35.539 one thirty eight this season. Seven misses is a lot, 0:07:35.659 --> 0:07:38.499 but five were from fifty plus. He was two for 0:07:38.659 --> 0:07:42.019 seven from deep fifty four his long Brett Mayor the 0:07:42.139 --> 0:07:44.979 kicks through for Dallas only three missed field goals, two 0:07:45.019 --> 0:07:47.659 of those from fifty plus. He was nine for eleven 0:07:47.699 --> 0:07:53.739 from way outside and hit from sixties never misses. So 0:07:53.819 --> 0:07:56.899 we have a split panel, as you'd expect, four votes 0:07:56.939 --> 0:07:59.979 for Dallas, the other six to the Bucks. The top 0:08:00.099 --> 0:08:03.459 three and picks on the panel all took Tampa Bay 0:08:03.859 --> 0:08:08.099 run back am I right. Giants in Minnesota Again playoff 0:08:08.179 --> 0:08:10.659 sequel rematch of what is at least a Game of 0:08:10.699 --> 0:08:21.339 the Year nominee. He Do It Again had a new 0:08:21.419 --> 0:08:26.179 Christmas hero in Minneapolis, Greg Joseph. That masterpiece just happened 0:08:26.179 --> 0:08:29.259 to as in just a few weeks ago Week sixteen, 0:08:29.579 --> 0:08:32.339 and being one of these teams played the Washington General's 0:08:32.459 --> 0:08:35.339 last week, and one of these teams was the Washington 0:08:35.459 --> 0:08:38.459 General's last week, it means they both only played one 0:08:38.579 --> 0:08:42.219 real actual game since facing each other. That makes that 0:08:42.299 --> 0:08:48.059 match up the logical starting points. Vikings pulled out a 0:08:48.139 --> 0:08:52.619 dramatically when Kirk Cousins drove them in the waning moments 0:08:52.659 --> 0:08:54.979 to set the field goal up. He had a great 0:08:55.019 --> 0:08:58.939 game two yards, three touchdowns, no picks, one of his 0:08:59.019 --> 0:09:02.299 league leading fourth quarter comebacks to play action back to 0:09:02.379 --> 0:09:09.379 pass two the ends on touch down. James J. J. 0:09:09.699 --> 0:09:12.699 Good Times twelve catches, a hundred and thirty three yards, 0:09:12.819 --> 0:09:15.219 danced in the paint versus Big Blue. He led the 0:09:15.299 --> 0:09:19.299 NFL and yards in two receptions to looking deep over 0:09:19.419 --> 0:09:25.419 thee Justin Jeffers said the cuts play of the day. 0:09:25.899 --> 0:09:29.139 T J. Hawkinson a hundred plus yards two touchdowns versus 0:09:29.139 --> 0:09:32.539 the Giants. He's second in the Vikings pass catching food chain, 0:09:32.619 --> 0:09:38.099 Dozens walks it to the end zone to j Hawkinston 0:09:38.419 --> 0:09:45.259 Chris shut down Vikings, Dalvin cook in the run game 0:09:45.339 --> 0:09:48.019 not used very much that week, but they were efficient 0:09:48.139 --> 0:09:52.579 versus the Blue efficient that was Cooks two to ended 0:09:52.619 --> 0:09:55.179 with over eleven hundred yards four point four a run 0:09:55.259 --> 0:09:57.539 and off. Dalvin rooms to the left side, gallops to 0:09:57.619 --> 0:10:00.019 the first Dalf kicks the table. Look the party handles 0:10:00.059 --> 0:10:03.339 inside the numbers forty five and Dalvin was some steam. 0:10:03.779 --> 0:10:06.979 All the of stars on each team's OH eight that game. 0:10:07.059 --> 0:10:09.259 That's why it was so fun to watch sa kuon 0:10:09.339 --> 0:10:13.299 Barkley a touchdown eighty four yards, nice rebound season four 0:10:13.299 --> 0:10:16.899 point five a pop for sake, Kuan over hundred rushing yards. 0:10:16.899 --> 0:10:19.939 They're gonna want it and in the biggest moments Sat 0:10:20.019 --> 0:10:24.139 Clark Barkley said he wanted the ball touchdown Giants Danny 0:10:24.179 --> 0:10:26.779 Boy gave him a nice one to ground punch against 0:10:26.779 --> 0:10:29.379 the Vikes, gave him that all year two. Over seven 0:10:29.459 --> 0:10:32.379 hundred rushing yards for Jones. He actually dropped a few 0:10:32.419 --> 0:10:35.179 dimes on the Purple too. Over three hundred and thirty 0:10:35.259 --> 0:10:38.819 yards passing led them back late. Jones hearing it from 0:10:38.819 --> 0:10:41.859 the fans. Now you're a boy blue. What a throw 0:10:41.939 --> 0:10:47.459 by Daniel Jones, picture perfect, Richie James, Isaiah Hodgens, Darius 0:10:47.459 --> 0:10:51.739 Slayton Barkley all involved in the rare New York passing barrage, 0:10:51.939 --> 0:10:55.259 probably the most complete their offense looked all year, and 0:10:55.339 --> 0:10:58.419 it came at the hands of the Vikings. Jones as 0:10:58.459 --> 0:11:01.819 the first own. It is this top target Darius Slatan 0:11:01.899 --> 0:11:05.219 for a pictator from that marker on the schedule. These 0:11:05.259 --> 0:11:08.259 two teams went opposite directions. The Vikings went to Green 0:11:08.299 --> 0:11:12.339 Bay and got embarrassed. The offense completely fell apart. Cousins 0:11:12.379 --> 0:11:15.699 one touchdown against three. I n t s Jefferson the 0:11:15.779 --> 0:11:19.179 worst times he's ever had. He was held to fifteen yards, 0:11:19.419 --> 0:11:23.739 got grittied on sideline and they took place Alexander who 0:11:23.779 --> 0:11:26.179 broke it up all He's got a little gritty right 0:11:26.539 --> 0:11:31.059 next to Jefferson. The Giants they big Seawanda after taking 0:11:31.059 --> 0:11:33.499 the l bounced back. That's how you know you're a 0:11:33.579 --> 0:11:37.139 real one, I believe dismantled the Colts. That still counts 0:11:37.179 --> 0:11:39.699 sort of and within it. Dj had another good dual 0:11:39.739 --> 0:11:43.219 threat performance too, touchdowns through the air too, along the ground, 0:11:43.219 --> 0:11:46.579 along with over ninety yards rushing. Took last week off, 0:11:46.659 --> 0:11:50.099 so he comes and rested and hot rolls to his luck. 0:11:50.179 --> 0:11:52.779 Gets a clock Fromtomosey for the five John Prices in 0:11:53.139 --> 0:11:57.299 touchdown Giants cousins. He used the Bears a mouthwash last 0:11:57.339 --> 0:12:01.939 week seventeen for twenty five yards a rating over one thirty. 0:12:02.259 --> 0:12:05.739 It was a little Billy Madison basketball ish. What you 0:12:05.779 --> 0:12:08.259 want some of this, But when he walks out this week, 0:12:08.259 --> 0:12:10.899 he won't have that taste in his mouth, at least 0:12:11.219 --> 0:12:16.779 some of you know. I don't born If the Green 0:12:16.819 --> 0:12:20.499 Bay showing was a partial aberration, Minnesota will expect their 0:12:20.539 --> 0:12:22.899 offense to look like it did versus New York and 0:12:23.019 --> 0:12:25.419 not the pack. So what do the Giants have to 0:12:25.539 --> 0:12:29.019 correct if that's the case. Obviously, the secondary has to 0:12:29.059 --> 0:12:33.659 play better. Specifically, cornerback Fabian Moreau has to lose the 0:12:33.699 --> 0:12:37.619 Waldo hat. In that game, seven receptions allowed eighty four 0:12:37.699 --> 0:12:40.419 yards in a touchdown that pencils out to a one 0:12:40.499 --> 0:12:45.579 forty two point six rating against Jefferson gets separation Tharaus, 0:12:45.619 --> 0:12:47.859 it gets away from Morrow, it takes it to the 0:12:47.899 --> 0:12:50.699 forty yard line. He had the worst individual showing of 0:12:50.739 --> 0:12:53.939 the unit the team collectively didn't play Jefferson well. They 0:12:53.979 --> 0:12:57.139 could get cornerback of Doory Jackson back this week. It's 0:12:57.139 --> 0:12:58.859 been a while though, so it's hard to say what 0:12:58.979 --> 0:13:01.579 kind of impact he might make. Don't mean to ignore 0:13:01.699 --> 0:13:05.659 kJ Osborne and Adam Feeling. All of New York's corners 0:13:05.659 --> 0:13:09.219 will be tested every snap and their issues with Hawkinson 0:13:09.379 --> 0:13:12.019 could be issues again. Tight End has been a year 0:13:12.139 --> 0:13:15.099 long issue for the g Men, finished bottom five and 0:13:15.219 --> 0:13:19.139 rating aloud to the position throws lofting ends and it 0:13:19.259 --> 0:13:23.939 is taught for the touchound. Don't insults. What about the Vikings? 0:13:23.979 --> 0:13:25.379 What do they need to do if they want to 0:13:25.379 --> 0:13:28.619 avoid needing a miracle field goal to win this time around? 0:13:28.859 --> 0:13:32.419 Their secondary needs to show improvement as well their waldo. 0:13:32.499 --> 0:13:35.619 In the first meeting, Slot corner chinned and Sullivan he 0:13:35.739 --> 0:13:38.219 needs to show better. He gave up a one eighteen 0:13:38.259 --> 0:13:42.179 point eight ratings, six targets, five catches allowed, seventy eight 0:13:42.259 --> 0:13:46.539 yards and again connects down field. Patrick Peterson gave up 0:13:46.539 --> 0:13:49.339 a touchdown that game too, along with six catches and 0:13:49.459 --> 0:13:52.659 sixty seven yards, but he also picked off Jones and 0:13:52.739 --> 0:13:55.779 he's held quarterbacks to a sixty five rating this season. 0:13:55.979 --> 0:13:58.659 Maybe DJ doesn't go back to the well again. He 0:13:58.779 --> 0:14:02.659 picked off Patrick. Peter said he was waiting for his 0:14:02.859 --> 0:14:06.059 moment against Touch. This time he got the best of 0:14:06.139 --> 0:14:09.419 us and the best of Jones. Vikings rush defense has 0:14:09.499 --> 0:14:12.499 room for improvement as well. They played running backs well 0:14:12.579 --> 0:14:15.659 this year, only surrendering four run to them, so they 0:14:15.699 --> 0:14:19.379 fared worse than normal versus Barkley, but the success Jones 0:14:19.419 --> 0:14:22.099 found along the ground against them was par for the course. 0:14:22.459 --> 0:14:25.819 Mobile quarterbacks have given them trouble. They faced a lot 0:14:25.859 --> 0:14:28.259 of them too, and all of them have had some 0:14:28.299 --> 0:14:30.859 sort of success against them. So he's gonna do what 0:14:30.939 --> 0:14:35.699 he does. Runs again Lars the Sower again, both passed. 0:14:35.779 --> 0:14:38.499 Russia has made at home plenty against each other appear 0:14:38.619 --> 0:14:41.499 prime to repeat it too. The Giants got to Cousins 0:14:41.539 --> 0:14:44.819 four times, hit him a fat eleven. Remember they are 0:14:44.819 --> 0:14:49.059 a blitz happy team over pass attempts, so the heat 0:14:49.099 --> 0:14:53.939 will be there. Cavon, Thibodeau, Dexter, Lawrence Azizo Julari will 0:14:53.979 --> 0:14:58.819 be after Cousins again. Cousins nearly lost it Oltlari nearly 0:14:58.859 --> 0:15:01.539 brought him down once and then on the second attempt 0:15:01.819 --> 0:15:04.979 a Zizari comes up with the sec do they send 0:15:05.019 --> 0:15:07.219 the heat at Cousins as often as they did the 0:15:07.299 --> 0:15:11.619 last time. Cousins faced the Giants ballroom Blitz twenty one times, 0:15:11.699 --> 0:15:14.819 beat it twice for touchdowns a one twenty two point 0:15:14.859 --> 0:15:18.059 one rating, and he's had good season numbers against the Blitz, 0:15:18.099 --> 0:15:21.059 so it wasn't a fluke. Cousins good put sections, good flits, 0:15:21.099 --> 0:15:23.419 pick up that time from clock and that allows c 0:15:23.659 --> 0:15:25.859 j Hand will wrestle his way to the twenty nine. 0:15:26.099 --> 0:15:29.579 Vikings aren't heavy blitzers themselves. They got to Jones three 0:15:29.619 --> 0:15:33.419 times despite that hit him eleven times as well. Daniel 0:15:33.539 --> 0:15:36.899 Hunter buried him twice. He ended two with ten and 0:15:36.939 --> 0:15:39.459 a half bags. They still get to Jones who watch 0:15:39.499 --> 0:15:42.779 the ball. Danil Hunter got into the backfield to knock 0:15:42.739 --> 0:15:45.859 get free from Jones. Zadarius Smith will be hunting too. 0:15:46.059 --> 0:15:49.459 He was a ten sackman this year. Vikings should expect 0:15:49.499 --> 0:15:52.579 to track down Jones. He knows that Pineapple Express well, 0:15:52.859 --> 0:15:55.739 he likes Seth Rogan checked out all sorts of grass 0:15:55.739 --> 0:15:58.579 strains this year. The Giants gave up forty eight sacks 0:15:58.579 --> 0:16:01.379 and hoping the other world and Jones is gonna get 0:16:01.379 --> 0:16:04.739 shot if it's close. Again. We saw how great Joseph 0:16:04.819 --> 0:16:07.739 handled his biz versus New York. He's twenty six of 0:16:07.819 --> 0:16:10.739 thirty three overall, but six of those misses are from 0:16:10.779 --> 0:16:14.419 fifty out and his long sixty one giants Graham Gano 0:16:14.619 --> 0:16:17.259 onliness three times as well. And if you haven't said 0:16:17.299 --> 0:16:19.779 Graham gay yet to one of his kicks, you were lying. 0:16:20.099 --> 0:16:23.219 But they get a one point game and Graham Gunn 0:16:23.499 --> 0:16:27.539 continues to deliver from distance. Minnesota did not sweep the 0:16:27.579 --> 0:16:31.139 ten Panels Picks Picks leader. NFL dot Com writer Eric 0:16:31.259 --> 0:16:35.659 Edelm took Minnesota along with six others. NFL Media's Calleen 0:16:35.699 --> 0:16:39.739 Wolf and Daniel Jeremiah went Minnesota, as did NFL dot 0:16:39.779 --> 0:16:43.499 Com writer Grant Gordon. The l A Chargers have to 0:16:43.499 --> 0:16:46.619 fly east for their wild Card showdown. Should expect to 0:16:46.659 --> 0:16:50.099 hear some old Aubrey Graham during warmups. That's because they 0:16:50.099 --> 0:16:52.619 take on the new Kings of the a f C South. 0:16:52.819 --> 0:16:56.819 Dobbs is hit from behind the balls out. They're calling 0:16:56.899 --> 0:16:59.579 us a fumble at the moment, and they returned by 0:16:59.619 --> 0:17:03.339 Alan put a Touchdow started from the bottom. Now they're here, 0:17:03.539 --> 0:17:07.219 started from the bottom. Now the whole team's here. Great job, boy, 0:17:08.259 --> 0:17:11.779 this is fun when hot. And not only is l 0:17:11.819 --> 0:17:13.819 A facing a team that pulled off the worst of 0:17:13.899 --> 0:17:17.499 first feet, they get a Jacksonville Jaguars club barreling into 0:17:17.499 --> 0:17:20.459 the playoffs on a five game winning street dogs airs 0:17:20.499 --> 0:17:25.379 it out, berks. That's this contest is a complicated case. 0:17:25.539 --> 0:17:28.339 Lots of ends, lots of outs, a lot of strands 0:17:28.379 --> 0:17:31.299 to try and sort through. This is two young qbs, 0:17:31.419 --> 0:17:35.059 both starting their first playoff games. Trevor Lawrence on one side, 0:17:35.259 --> 0:17:38.219 twenty five touchdowns against eight I n t s this season, 0:17:38.499 --> 0:17:42.099 two forty one yards per game, mid nineties ratings. You 0:17:42.179 --> 0:17:45.819 got play with comference play. We've got plenty of time. 0:17:45.979 --> 0:17:48.059 We're all over it, Come go with it. On the 0:17:48.099 --> 0:17:51.339 other side, another nice head of hair. Feels like zoo 0:17:51.379 --> 0:17:54.779 Lander all of a sudden, Justin Herbert t d s 0:17:54.859 --> 0:17:58.139 ten I n T s very similar to Lawrence three 0:17:58.179 --> 0:18:01.859 point two rate also alike also has played better as 0:18:01.899 --> 0:18:05.539 the year wound down, but he's not as broad, both 0:18:05.739 --> 0:18:09.419 passing out through three seasons in the history of the NFL. 0:18:13.139 --> 0:18:15.419 If l A is having its way, Herbert will be 0:18:15.539 --> 0:18:20.259 utilizing Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Joshua Palmer, Austin Ekeler, maybe 0:18:20.299 --> 0:18:23.419 a little Gerald Everett. They don't have anyone named Jimmy, 0:18:23.539 --> 0:18:26.499 but their pass catching group runs deep. Alan is the 0:18:26.579 --> 0:18:29.419 key fires out of the slot of Loft these days. 0:18:29.419 --> 0:18:31.819 Herbert is at his best when Alan is on the 0:18:31.859 --> 0:18:39.779 field and healthy on the outside. Palmer seven hundred plus yards, 0:18:39.899 --> 0:18:45.859 Williams eight hundred plus as well to Mike Williams for 0:18:45.899 --> 0:18:48.739 the first step the track. His status. He suffered an 0:18:48.779 --> 0:18:51.939 injury last week. Unclear how bad it is right now. 0:18:52.299 --> 0:18:55.219 So what kind of corners are they up against? Alan 0:18:55.299 --> 0:18:57.899 may have the best matchup with Trey Herndon a one 0:18:57.979 --> 0:19:02.379 twelve point six rating, Aloud, Palmer and Williams if he plays, 0:19:02.499 --> 0:19:05.699 have it tougher. Cornerback Arius Williams holding it down to 0:19:05.739 --> 0:19:09.779 a seventy point eight rating, Tyson Campbell seventy five point nine. 0:19:10.139 --> 0:19:12.859 There are the reason the Jaguars are holding wide receivers 0:19:13.019 --> 0:19:20.099 overall to a ninety rating plenty respectable. Another key battle 0:19:20.179 --> 0:19:23.659 in the passing game. We've got the second best defense 0:19:23.739 --> 0:19:27.979 against pass catching running backs versus the best pass catching 0:19:28.059 --> 0:19:31.659 back in the game, Austin Ekeler over one hundred catches 0:19:31.699 --> 0:19:38.059 in two All right, yeah, we got get the ends 0:19:38.139 --> 0:19:41.579 on end the Jags. They haven't allowed one passing touchdown 0:19:41.619 --> 0:19:44.619 to a running back three i n t s, holding 0:19:44.659 --> 0:19:46.899 them to the second lowest rate in the NFL. That 0:19:47.099 --> 0:19:50.259 was gonna go play action side steps and it's incomplete. 0:19:50.259 --> 0:19:53.499 The Jaguar soft spot in past defense is tight end 0:19:53.699 --> 0:19:57.419 like really soft. Hundred nineteen point three rating allowed to 0:19:57.499 --> 0:20:00.979 the position. That's one of the highest seven touchdowns against 0:20:01.019 --> 0:20:03.699 just one pick. Lyres that way into the end zone. 0:20:03.899 --> 0:20:07.099 Hi money, the ball is Gelanti Woods, He's got it. 0:20:07.139 --> 0:20:10.539 Touts down Herbert can take advantage of that weakness. He 0:20:10.579 --> 0:20:14.059 has Gerald Everett. He's not the focal point usually, but 0:20:14.179 --> 0:20:21.779 over five d and fifty yards how much time will 0:20:21.819 --> 0:20:25.059 all those battles have to play out? Chargers our middle 0:20:25.099 --> 0:20:27.419 of the pack and sacks taken, but have allowed a 0:20:27.499 --> 0:20:30.659 plus thirty pressure rate, which is not good. And while 0:20:30.779 --> 0:20:34.099 Jacksonville's pass rush doesn't always make it home, they spend 0:20:34.139 --> 0:20:37.219 a lot of time in the neighborhood plus thirty pressure rate. 0:20:37.379 --> 0:20:40.619 They planted Joshua Dobbs four times and hit him thirteen 0:20:40.699 --> 0:20:43.979 times in Week eighteen. They take that again this week. 0:20:44.139 --> 0:20:50.019 All week long, Dobs is brought down by Roberts Harris 0:20:50.059 --> 0:20:52.979 the pass rush versus O line battle will be just 0:20:53.139 --> 0:20:56.619 as beefy the other way around. The Jaguars pink Floyd 0:20:56.699 --> 0:20:59.419 Lawrence has to hope his tackles can keep Khalil Mack 0:20:59.459 --> 0:21:02.419 and Joey Bosa at bay long enough for him to 0:21:02.459 --> 0:21:05.899 do his thing. Most game, Lawrence has received pretty good 0:21:05.899 --> 0:21:09.459 protection their top five and sacks allowed. They gave up 0:21:09.539 --> 0:21:13.059 less than two a game this year, but for the touchdown. 0:21:14.539 --> 0:21:18.539 Mac has eight sacks this season, most collected without Bosa. 0:21:18.579 --> 0:21:21.739 Bosa hoping he didn't re injure his groin had a 0:21:21.819 --> 0:21:24.619 QB takedown last week and he left that game hurt. 0:21:25.099 --> 0:21:27.899 If he and Mac were at full strength, it could 0:21:27.939 --> 0:21:31.459 present more problems for Lawrence than Mr Hand did. A 0:21:31.659 --> 0:21:34.819 sack by Khalil Mack the fourth for the night. When 0:21:34.899 --> 0:21:38.059 Lawrence has time. Marvin Jones is the X factor guy 0:21:38.179 --> 0:21:42.659 over five hundred yards in the primary whiteouts, Christian Kirk 0:21:42.779 --> 0:21:45.619 over eleven hundred yards. A t d s Lawrence to 0:21:45.659 --> 0:21:50.099 the end, holds on for the touchdown. That's the guy 0:21:50.259 --> 0:21:53.859 right there is a Jones over eight hundred yards for him. 0:21:53.739 --> 0:21:57.339 A man Jones is open, He's got it. It's the 0:21:57.499 --> 0:22:02.219 ten diving for the inso touchdown Chargers versus wide receivers, 0:22:02.259 --> 0:22:05.219 holding them to an eighty eight point four rating fourteen 0:22:05.259 --> 0:22:08.179 to ten t D two I N T ratio. Thank 0:22:08.219 --> 0:22:11.739 you for those numbers, Michael Davis. These locking dudes up 0:22:12.019 --> 0:22:15.899 seventy one point for rating against a nice fifteen passes defense. 0:22:16.059 --> 0:22:19.219 Cha Davis was one of the step up players for 0:22:19.339 --> 0:22:22.379 the Los Angeles Chargers. Chargers play versus tight ends also 0:22:22.499 --> 0:22:25.379 in healthy shape, holding them to an eighties seven rating. 0:22:25.659 --> 0:22:34.499 Nice having Derwin James back there, let James will be 0:22:34.579 --> 0:22:37.939 keeping tabs on Evan Ingram, who had a great two 0:22:38.179 --> 0:22:42.179 over seventy catches over seven hundred and fifty yards to 0:22:42.299 --> 0:22:47.579 be caught for the touchdown by most lopsided matchup of 0:22:47.659 --> 0:22:50.419 the game. When Travis E. T N gets handed the ball. 0:22:50.659 --> 0:22:53.139 He's rushed for over eleven hundred yards on the year 0:22:53.419 --> 0:22:56.219 and has a five point one yard per harry average. 0:22:56.259 --> 0:23:00.379 He did it help filled fifty ten five touchdown tlaveth 0:23:02.979 --> 0:23:07.499 Chargers defense a running backs dream five point six yards 0:23:07.539 --> 0:23:11.019 per carry allowed to backs, almost a half yard worse 0:23:11.139 --> 0:23:14.899 than the next worst. Last week versus Latavious Murray hundred 0:23:14.899 --> 0:23:17.579 and three yards six point nine a run, a touchdown. 0:23:17.859 --> 0:23:23.539 It's like that almost every week with them small rick 0:23:23.659 --> 0:23:26.739 the touchdown. In fact, it was that way when these 0:23:26.739 --> 0:23:29.659 two teams played back in Week three. Jacksonville still had 0:23:29.739 --> 0:23:32.379 James Robinson. He went for a hundred yards. E t 0:23:32.499 --> 0:23:35.339 n went for forty five. The Jaguars blew the Chargers 0:23:35.379 --> 0:23:37.499 out thirty eight to ten. You've got it in more 0:23:37.779 --> 0:23:42.499 forty five touchdown on fourth down, Lawrence threw for over 0:23:42.539 --> 0:23:45.419 two hundred and sixty yards three t ds in that game. 0:23:45.859 --> 0:23:49.459 Chargers run game. Beckler only averages fifty three yards per game, 0:23:49.499 --> 0:23:51.859 but he hits at four point five a run. They 0:23:51.859 --> 0:23:55.219 want efficiency as much as anything. There we go touchdown 0:23:55.419 --> 0:23:59.779 Chargers Austin Deckler for the second time to day slam 0:23:59.899 --> 0:24:02.579