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Speaker 1: just previews of each wild Card game, little beefier than
Speaker 1: your standard preview f y I. We start with the
Speaker 1: game that will go last. The Dallas Cowboys hit the
Speaker 1: road for wild Card weekend, nabbing the Monday night football
Speaker 1: slot in Tampa Bay, meaning they take on the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: and what will be a bookend for one of the two.
Speaker 1: These two met all the way back in Week one,
Speaker 1: Bucks one nineteen to three. My cobbons reach us up
Speaker 1: with one hand and grabs it in That was the game.
Speaker 1: Dac hurt his hand. He's been back for a while,
Speaker 1: but hasn't played great in a while. Buck's defense is
Speaker 1: taking on a dude who just faced back to back
Speaker 1: teams that had nothing on the line when he played them.
Speaker 1: Two touchdowns to I and T s in a sub
Speaker 1: ninety rating versus Tennessee, who's past deefen is not good,
Speaker 1: mind you, followed by a forty five point eight rating
Speaker 1: game last week versus a Washington secondary that's decent at
Speaker 1: best fourteen of thirty seven, only twenty eight yards. Prescott
Speaker 1: might be a pick six well bag touch the washot
Speaker 1: to Prescott through for three point five an attempt that's
Speaker 1: so low they'd be better off handing to a bad back,
Speaker 1: except last week they didn't even have that. Their run
Speaker 1: game also comes in off a dud, outing sixty four
Speaker 1: yards last week two point four a carry. As a team,
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard and Zeke both under three yards per run.
Speaker 1: Are they going to get some mojo here? Haven't had
Speaker 1: it today and they won't get into the run game
Speaker 1: here with Pollard going absolutely nowhere. Prescott's troubles extend beyond
Speaker 1: the last few weeks too. He can't stop throwing I
Speaker 1: n teams fifteen total, most of any quarterback this year.
Speaker 1: Seven straight games. One of his passes ends up in
Speaker 1: the hands of another team. The fake Prescott run. It's
Speaker 1: intercepted by Sweat. Josh Sweat, breaks of tackle Sweat. It's
Speaker 1: gonna store some sort of good news for Cowboys fans.
Speaker 1: The Buccaneers defense he faces only ten picks. Only five
Speaker 1: teams had fewer this season. Prescott and company are squaring
Speaker 1: off with an unusual past defense not a lot of picks.
Speaker 1: Rating allowed to all three types of pass catcher between
Speaker 1: ninety five and a hundred and eleven. What's coming pretty
Speaker 1: loft and going deep has McCaffrey Freeze got it touchdown
Speaker 1: San Francisco on the flip side. Though their three starters
Speaker 1: at corner, Sean Murphy Bunting, Jamal Dean Carlton Davis, all
Speaker 1: of held quarterbacks to sub eight ratings. Some of their
Speaker 1: overall numbers are a little skew due to some injuries.
Speaker 1: Tampa still held quarterbacks in two to six point seven
Speaker 1: yards per attempt, that's tied for sixth best yards per
Speaker 1: completion allowed just ten point four that's top ten. Good
Speaker 1: intercepted Sean Murphy Bunting. Those corners have Seedee Lamb to
Speaker 1: primarily deal with over hundred yards this season over a
Speaker 1: hundred catches, nine scores deep to the middle. Lamb at
Speaker 1: the five spin dances in touchdown tell us. Dalton Schultz
Speaker 1: usually option number two, over fifty catches over five hundred
Speaker 1: yards close to forty yards per game. He was hurt
Speaker 1: for some time this season. Two Scotland funny at time
Speaker 1: fires touchdown leaping grabbed by Dalton Schultz and take note
Speaker 1: tight end is the position Tampa Bay has struggled with
Speaker 1: more than any other safety. Mike Edwards a hundred plus
Speaker 1: rating allowed. Linebacker Devon White, same boat, Lavonte David plus ninety.
Speaker 1: That's not only an opportunity for Schultz, but for Pollard
Speaker 1: as a pass catcher, He's seen a lot more targets
Speaker 1: the second half of the year. King checks it down
Speaker 1: Pollard on the edge, kings out of the tackle and
Speaker 1: sideways slides in for six slot corner. Antoine Winfield also
Speaker 1: has hundred plus rating allowed. That makes his battle with
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton key. T Y got added late to
Speaker 1: the Cowboys fold fifty plus yards in two of the
Speaker 1: three games he's played for the star Let's call breaking
Speaker 1: a tackle, pick up the first down, and whole lot
Speaker 1: more is t Y hilping. Dallas's O line hasn't allowed
Speaker 1: a lot of sacks, but has allowed to high pressure rate.
Speaker 1: They're battling the Bucks front that's racked up a healthy
Speaker 1: forty five sacks on here. It's a free ball. Devin
Speaker 1: White's got it. They attain a lot of their bags
Speaker 1: by blitzing their plus thirty. Dak has a ninety three
Speaker 1: plus rating against five plus. That's acceptable. It's not as
Speaker 1: high as his counterpart. For all, Tom Brady's struggles in
Speaker 1: his quick pass approach allowed him to post a one
Speaker 1: oh two point five rating against blitzing defenses. Rady over
Speaker 1: the middle, good catch Mike Kevin's go up and get
Speaker 1: it first down. He will need to be quick on
Speaker 1: the draw this week. Cowboys send extra heat twenty seven
Speaker 1: percent of the time. That's high ish. Brady will be
Speaker 1: trying to dodge four guys with six plus sacks this season,
Speaker 1: Dorance Armstrong's second with eight and a half. He deserves more,
Speaker 1: pub he doesn't get it because of Micah Brady knows.
Speaker 1: He met Parsons twice in Week one. Parsons got party again.
Speaker 1: Two sacks from Mike of Parson when the ball is
Speaker 1: in the air, probably going to a wide receiver. Julio
Speaker 1: Jones is back. He's still sort of a threat right
Speaker 1: Russell Gage has carved a bigger role for himself in
Speaker 1: the second half of the year. And then there's the
Speaker 1: go to Chris Godwin a hundred plus catches a thousand
Speaker 1: plus yards in fifteen games. There's the staff quick past
Speaker 1: god touchdoups have a bay Mike Evans went for eleven
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty four yards in his fifteen contests. Seven hats,
Speaker 1: touchstops have a by favorite tiles three fire the cat
Speaker 1: its fire A Dallas overall versus White outs and ninety
Speaker 1: three point four rating aloud, that's not great. Will need
Speaker 1: to play better than that this week if they want
Speaker 1: to keep it close. The Trayvon Digs Evans one on
Speaker 1: one will be fun to watch. Diggs ended with a
Speaker 1: sub ninety rating. Aloud, he knew it was his ball.
Speaker 1: Something overcame him and you could just tell by his
Speaker 1: body language. Fire the Cannons is really hoping. TV twelve
Speaker 1: Evans and Godwin looked like they did in their last
Speaker 1: full game together week seventeen versus Carolina, when Brady went
Speaker 1: for over four hundred yards Evans over two hundred, Godwin
Speaker 1: over a hundred. By open again, please got it evens
Speaker 1: it's stars, Brady has to have time and a willingness
Speaker 1: to get hit. And we can't leave Lenny out. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's the playoffs for net is the X factor. Dallas
Speaker 1: isn't great versus running backs. Tampa Bay doesn't run much.
Speaker 1: Leonard has only had one really good game this year.
Speaker 1: Let's see who was that hundred and twenty seven yard
Speaker 1: outing against opening into the second area. Probably the biggest
Speaker 1: thing to watch in this game. Bucks on third down
Speaker 1: when they have the ball, they have struggled all year
Speaker 1: to keep the sticks moving. That's what's really handcuffed their
Speaker 1: offense this season. The Boys play top ten third down
Speaker 1: football like they have all year, they could really swing
Speaker 1: things in their favor. A third down and four four
Speaker 1: thirty three to play in a tap game, min shoot throws.
Speaker 1: Who's got it? Looks like Plann has it? Game is
Speaker 1: close late. Ryan suck up kicks for the Bucks thirty
Speaker 1: one thirty eight this season. Seven misses is a lot,
Speaker 1: but five were from fifty plus. He was two for
Speaker 1: seven from deep fifty four his long Brett Mayor the
Speaker 1: kicks through for Dallas only three missed field goals, two
Speaker 1: of those from fifty plus. He was nine for eleven
Speaker 1: from way outside and hit from sixties never misses. So
Speaker 1: we have a split panel, as you'd expect, four votes
Speaker 1: for Dallas, the other six to the Bucks. The top
Speaker 1: three and picks on the panel all took Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: run back am I right. Giants in Minnesota Again playoff
Speaker 1: sequel rematch of what is at least a Game of
Speaker 1: the Year nominee. He Do It Again had a new
Speaker 1: Christmas hero in Minneapolis, Greg Joseph. That masterpiece just happened
Speaker 1: to as in just a few weeks ago Week sixteen,
Speaker 1: and being one of these teams played the Washington General's
Speaker 1: last week, and one of these teams was the Washington
Speaker 1: General's last week, it means they both only played one
Speaker 1: real actual game since facing each other. That makes that
Speaker 1: match up the logical starting points. Vikings pulled out a
Speaker 1: dramatically when Kirk Cousins drove them in the waning moments
Speaker 1: to set the field goal up. He had a great
Speaker 1: game two yards, three touchdowns, no picks, one of his
Speaker 1: league leading fourth quarter comebacks to play action back to
Speaker 1: pass two the ends on touch down. James J. J.
Speaker 1: Good Times twelve catches, a hundred and thirty three yards,
Speaker 1: danced in the paint versus Big Blue. He led the
Speaker 1: NFL and yards in two receptions to looking deep over
Speaker 1: thee Justin Jeffers said the cuts play of the day.
Speaker 1: T J. Hawkinson a hundred plus yards two touchdowns versus
Speaker 1: the Giants. He's second in the Vikings pass catching food chain,
Speaker 1: Dozens walks it to the end zone to j Hawkinston
Speaker 1: Chris shut down Vikings, Dalvin cook in the run game
Speaker 1: not used very much that week, but they were efficient
Speaker 1: versus the Blue efficient that was Cooks two to ended
Speaker 1: with over eleven hundred yards four point four a run
Speaker 1: and off. Dalvin rooms to the left side, gallops to
Speaker 1: the first Dalf kicks the table. Look the party handles
Speaker 1: inside the numbers forty five and Dalvin was some steam.
Speaker 1: All the of stars on each team's OH eight that game.
Speaker 1: That's why it was so fun to watch sa kuon
Speaker 1: Barkley a touchdown eighty four yards, nice rebound season four
Speaker 1: point five a pop for sake, Kuan over hundred rushing yards.
Speaker 1: They're gonna want it and in the biggest moments Sat
Speaker 1: Clark Barkley said he wanted the ball touchdown Giants Danny
Speaker 1: Boy gave him a nice one to ground punch against
Speaker 1: the Vikes, gave him that all year two. Over seven
Speaker 1: hundred rushing yards for Jones. He actually dropped a few
Speaker 1: dimes on the Purple too. Over three hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: yards passing led them back late. Jones hearing it from
Speaker 1: the fans. Now you're a boy blue. What a throw
Speaker 1: by Daniel Jones, picture perfect, Richie James, Isaiah Hodgens, Darius
Speaker 1: Slayton Barkley all involved in the rare New York passing barrage,
Speaker 1: probably the most complete their offense looked all year, and
Speaker 1: it came at the hands of the Vikings. Jones as
Speaker 1: the first own. It is this top target Darius Slatan
Speaker 1: for a pictator from that marker on the schedule. These
Speaker 1: two teams went opposite directions. The Vikings went to Green
Speaker 1: Bay and got embarrassed. The offense completely fell apart. Cousins
Speaker 1: one touchdown against three. I n t s Jefferson the
Speaker 1: worst times he's ever had. He was held to fifteen yards,
Speaker 1: got grittied on sideline and they took place Alexander who
Speaker 1: broke it up all He's got a little gritty right
Speaker 1: next to Jefferson. The Giants they big Seawanda after taking
Speaker 1: the l bounced back. That's how you know you're a
Speaker 1: real one, I believe dismantled the Colts. That still counts
Speaker 1: sort of and within it. Dj had another good dual
Speaker 1: threat performance too, touchdowns through the air too, along the ground,
Speaker 1: along with over ninety yards rushing. Took last week off,
Speaker 1: so he comes and rested and hot rolls to his luck.
Speaker 1: Gets a clock Fromtomosey for the five John Prices in
Speaker 1: touchdown Giants cousins. He used the Bears a mouthwash last
Speaker 1: week seventeen for twenty five yards a rating over one thirty.
Speaker 1: It was a little Billy Madison basketball ish. What you
Speaker 1: want some of this, But when he walks out this week,
Speaker 1: he won't have that taste in his mouth, at least
Speaker 1: some of you know. I don't born If the Green
Speaker 1: Bay showing was a partial aberration, Minnesota will expect their
Speaker 1: offense to look like it did versus New York and
Speaker 1: not the pack. So what do the Giants have to
Speaker 1: correct if that's the case. Obviously, the secondary has to
Speaker 1: play better. Specifically, cornerback Fabian Moreau has to lose the
Speaker 1: Waldo hat. In that game, seven receptions allowed eighty four
Speaker 1: yards in a touchdown that pencils out to a one
Speaker 1: forty two point six rating against Jefferson gets separation Tharaus,
Speaker 1: it gets away from Morrow, it takes it to the
Speaker 1: forty yard line. He had the worst individual showing of
Speaker 1: the unit the team collectively didn't play Jefferson well. They
Speaker 1: could get cornerback of Doory Jackson back this week. It's
Speaker 1: been a while though, so it's hard to say what
Speaker 1: kind of impact he might make. Don't mean to ignore
Speaker 1: kJ Osborne and Adam Feeling. All of New York's corners
Speaker 1: will be tested every snap and their issues with Hawkinson
Speaker 1: could be issues again. Tight End has been a year
Speaker 1: long issue for the g Men, finished bottom five and
Speaker 1: rating aloud to the position throws lofting ends and it
Speaker 1: is taught for the touchound. Don't insults. What about the Vikings?
Speaker 1: What do they need to do if they want to
Speaker 1: avoid needing a miracle field goal to win this time around?
Speaker 1: Their secondary needs to show improvement as well their waldo.
Speaker 1: In the first meeting, Slot corner chinned and Sullivan he
Speaker 1: needs to show better. He gave up a one eighteen
Speaker 1: point eight ratings, six targets, five catches allowed, seventy eight
Speaker 1: yards and again connects down field. Patrick Peterson gave up
Speaker 1: a touchdown that game too, along with six catches and
Speaker 1: sixty seven yards, but he also picked off Jones and
Speaker 1: he's held quarterbacks to a sixty five rating this season.
Speaker 1: Maybe DJ doesn't go back to the well again. He
Speaker 1: picked off Patrick. Peter said he was waiting for his
Speaker 1: moment against Touch. This time he got the best of
Speaker 1: us and the best of Jones. Vikings rush defense has
Speaker 1: room for improvement as well. They played running backs well
Speaker 1: this year, only surrendering four run to them, so they
Speaker 1: fared worse than normal versus Barkley, but the success Jones
Speaker 1: found along the ground against them was par for the course.
Speaker 1: Mobile quarterbacks have given them trouble. They faced a lot
Speaker 1: of them too, and all of them have had some
Speaker 1: sort of success against them. So he's gonna do what
Speaker 1: he does. Runs again Lars the Sower again, both passed.
Speaker 1: Russia has made at home plenty against each other appear
Speaker 1: prime to repeat it too. The Giants got to Cousins
Speaker 1: four times, hit him a fat eleven. Remember they are
Speaker 1: a blitz happy team over pass attempts, so the heat
Speaker 1: will be there. Cavon, Thibodeau, Dexter, Lawrence Azizo Julari will
Speaker 1: be after Cousins again. Cousins nearly lost it Oltlari nearly
Speaker 1: brought him down once and then on the second attempt
Speaker 1: a Zizari comes up with the sec do they send
Speaker 1: the heat at Cousins as often as they did the
Speaker 1: last time. Cousins faced the Giants ballroom Blitz twenty one times,
Speaker 1: beat it twice for touchdowns a one twenty two point
Speaker 1: one rating, and he's had good season numbers against the Blitz,
Speaker 1: so it wasn't a fluke. Cousins good put sections, good flits,
Speaker 1: pick up that time from clock and that allows c
Speaker 1: j Hand will wrestle his way to the twenty nine.
Speaker 1: Vikings aren't heavy blitzers themselves. They got to Jones three
Speaker 1: times despite that hit him eleven times as well. Daniel
Speaker 1: Hunter buried him twice. He ended two with ten and
Speaker 1: a half bags. They still get to Jones who watch
Speaker 1: the ball. Danil Hunter got into the backfield to knock
Speaker 1: get free from Jones. Zadarius Smith will be hunting too.
Speaker 1: He was a ten sackman this year. Vikings should expect
Speaker 1: to track down Jones. He knows that Pineapple Express well,
Speaker 1: he likes Seth Rogan checked out all sorts of grass
Speaker 1: strains this year. The Giants gave up forty eight sacks
Speaker 1: and hoping the other world and Jones is gonna get
Speaker 1: shot if it's close. Again. We saw how great Joseph
Speaker 1: handled his biz versus New York. He's twenty six of
Speaker 1: thirty three overall, but six of those misses are from
Speaker 1: fifty out and his long sixty one giants Graham Gano
Speaker 1: onliness three times as well. And if you haven't said
Speaker 1: Graham gay yet to one of his kicks, you were lying.
Speaker 1: But they get a one point game and Graham Gunn
Speaker 1: continues to deliver from distance. Minnesota did not sweep the
Speaker 1: ten Panels Picks Picks leader. NFL dot Com writer Eric
Speaker 1: Edelm took Minnesota along with six others. NFL Media's Calleen
Speaker 1: Wolf and Daniel Jeremiah went Minnesota, as did NFL dot
Speaker 1: Com writer Grant Gordon. The l A Chargers have to
Speaker 1: fly east for their wild Card showdown. Should expect to
Speaker 1: hear some old Aubrey Graham during warmups. That's because they
Speaker 1: take on the new Kings of the a f C South.
Speaker 1: Dobbs is hit from behind the balls out. They're calling
Speaker 1: us a fumble at the moment, and they returned by
Speaker 1: Alan put a Touchdow started from the bottom. Now they're here,
Speaker 1: started from the bottom. Now the whole team's here. Great job, boy,
Speaker 1: this is fun when hot. And not only is l
Speaker 1: A facing a team that pulled off the worst of
Speaker 1: first feet, they get a Jacksonville Jaguars club barreling into
Speaker 1: the playoffs on a five game winning street dogs airs
Speaker 1: it out, berks. That's this contest is a complicated case.
Speaker 1: Lots of ends, lots of outs, a lot of strands
Speaker 1: to try and sort through. This is two young qbs,
Speaker 1: both starting their first playoff games. Trevor Lawrence on one side,
Speaker 1: twenty five touchdowns against eight I n t s this season,
Speaker 1: two forty one yards per game, mid nineties ratings. You
Speaker 1: got play with comference play. We've got plenty of time.
Speaker 1: We're all over it, Come go with it. On the
Speaker 1: other side, another nice head of hair. Feels like zoo
Speaker 1: Lander all of a sudden, Justin Herbert t d s
Speaker 1: ten I n T s very similar to Lawrence three
Speaker 1: point two rate also alike also has played better as
Speaker 1: the year wound down, but he's not as broad, both
Speaker 1: passing out through three seasons in the history of the NFL.
Speaker 1: If l A is having its way, Herbert will be
Speaker 1: utilizing Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Joshua Palmer, Austin Ekeler, maybe
Speaker 1: a little Gerald Everett. They don't have anyone named Jimmy,
Speaker 1: but their pass catching group runs deep. Alan is the
Speaker 1: key fires out of the slot of Loft these days.
Speaker 1: Herbert is at his best when Alan is on the
Speaker 1: field and healthy on the outside. Palmer seven hundred plus yards,
Speaker 1: Williams eight hundred plus as well to Mike Williams for
Speaker 1: the first step the track. His status. He suffered an
Speaker 1: injury last week. Unclear how bad it is right now.
Speaker 1: So what kind of corners are they up against? Alan
Speaker 1: may have the best matchup with Trey Herndon a one
Speaker 1: twelve point six rating, Aloud, Palmer and Williams if he plays,
Speaker 1: have it tougher. Cornerback Arius Williams holding it down to
Speaker 1: a seventy point eight rating, Tyson Campbell seventy five point nine.
Speaker 1: There are the reason the Jaguars are holding wide receivers
Speaker 1: overall to a ninety rating plenty respectable. Another key battle
Speaker 1: in the passing game. We've got the second best defense
Speaker 1: against pass catching running backs versus the best pass catching
Speaker 1: back in the game, Austin Ekeler over one hundred catches
Speaker 1: in two All right, yeah, we got get the ends
Speaker 1: on end the Jags. They haven't allowed one passing touchdown
Speaker 1: to a running back three i n t s, holding
Speaker 1: them to the second lowest rate in the NFL. That
Speaker 1: was gonna go play action side steps and it's incomplete.
Speaker 1: The Jaguar soft spot in past defense is tight end
Speaker 1: like really soft. Hundred nineteen point three rating allowed to
Speaker 1: the position. That's one of the highest seven touchdowns against
Speaker 1: just one pick. Lyres that way into the end zone.
Speaker 1: Hi money, the ball is Gelanti Woods, He's got it.
Speaker 1: Touts down Herbert can take advantage of that weakness. He
Speaker 1: has Gerald Everett. He's not the focal point usually, but
Speaker 1: over five d and fifty yards how much time will
Speaker 1: all those battles have to play out? Chargers our middle
Speaker 1: of the pack and sacks taken, but have allowed a
Speaker 1: plus thirty pressure rate, which is not good. And while
Speaker 1: Jacksonville's pass rush doesn't always make it home, they spend
Speaker 1: a lot of time in the neighborhood plus thirty pressure rate.
Speaker 1: They planted Joshua Dobbs four times and hit him thirteen
Speaker 1: times in Week eighteen. They take that again this week.
Speaker 1: All week long, Dobs is brought down by Roberts Harris
Speaker 1: the pass rush versus O line battle will be just
Speaker 1: as beefy the other way around. The Jaguars pink Floyd
Speaker 1: Lawrence has to hope his tackles can keep Khalil Mack
Speaker 1: and Joey Bosa at bay long enough for him to
Speaker 1: do his thing. Most game, Lawrence has received pretty good
Speaker 1: protection their top five and sacks allowed. They gave up
Speaker 1: less than two a game this year, but for the touchdown.
Speaker 1: Mac has eight sacks this season, most collected without Bosa.
Speaker 1: Bosa hoping he didn't re injure his groin had a
Speaker 1: QB takedown last week and he left that game hurt.
Speaker 1: If he and Mac were at full strength, it could
Speaker 1: present more problems for Lawrence than Mr Hand did. A
Speaker 1: sack by Khalil Mack the fourth for the night. When
Speaker 1: Lawrence has time. Marvin Jones is the X factor guy
Speaker 1: over five hundred yards in the primary whiteouts, Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: over eleven hundred yards. A t d s Lawrence to
Speaker 1: the end, holds on for the touchdown. That's the guy
Speaker 1: right there is a Jones over eight hundred yards for him.
Speaker 1: A man Jones is open, He's got it. It's the
Speaker 1: ten diving for the inso touchdown Chargers versus wide receivers,
Speaker 1: holding them to an eighty eight point four rating fourteen
Speaker 1: to ten t D two I N T ratio. Thank
Speaker 1: you for those numbers, Michael Davis. These locking dudes up
Speaker 1: seventy one point for rating against a nice fifteen passes defense.
Speaker 1: Cha Davis was one of the step up players for
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers. Chargers play versus tight ends also
Speaker 1: in healthy shape, holding them to an eighties seven rating.
Speaker 1: Nice having Derwin James back there, let James will be
Speaker 1: keeping tabs on Evan Ingram, who had a great two
Speaker 1: over seventy catches over seven hundred and fifty yards to
Speaker 1: be caught for the touchdown by most lopsided matchup of
Speaker 1: the game. When Travis E. T N gets handed the ball.
Speaker 1: He's rushed for over eleven hundred yards on the year
Speaker 1: and has a five point one yard per harry average.
Speaker 1: He did it help filled fifty ten five touchdown tlaveth
Speaker 1: Chargers defense a running backs dream five point six yards
Speaker 1: per carry allowed to backs, almost a half yard worse
Speaker 1: than the next worst. Last week versus Latavious Murray hundred
Speaker 1: and three yards six point nine a run, a touchdown.
Speaker 1: It's like that almost every week with them small rick
Speaker 1: the touchdown. In fact, it was that way when these
Speaker 1: two teams played back in Week three. Jacksonville still had
Speaker 1: James Robinson. He went for a hundred yards. E t
Speaker 1: n went for forty five. The Jaguars blew the Chargers
Speaker 1: out thirty eight to ten. You've got it in more
Speaker 1: forty five touchdown on fourth down, Lawrence threw for over
Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty yards three t ds in that game.
Speaker 1: Chargers run game. Beckler only averages fifty three yards per game,
Speaker 1: but he hits at four point five a run. They
Speaker 1: want efficiency as much as anything. There we go touchdown
Speaker 1: Chargers Austin Deckler for the second time to day slam
Speaker 1: that door shut. L A doesn't run a lot, though,
Speaker 1: and being Jacksonville's holding acts under floor a carry, wouldn't
Speaker 1: expect them to run much this week. If you think
Speaker 1: it's a tough game to call, you're not alone. Ten
Speaker 1: person panel split five to five. NFL dot Com writer
Speaker 1: Eric Adam leads the panel and correct picks. This season,
Speaker 1: he took Jacksonville. We got a bunch of a bunch
Speaker 1: of fighters. I to love our guys. I love the
Speaker 1: way they play, I love the way they compete, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know we're looking forward to the playoffs. The Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens are on the road for the playoffs. No coin needed.
Speaker 1: Back in the jungle for Round three. Sunday Night football,
Speaker 1: last game of a triple header Inner Division rivals. You
Speaker 1: know what it is, facing off for the second time
Speaker 1: in two weeks. I don't have any feelings about it.
Speaker 1: I don't have any feelings about it. Donal feelings. These
Speaker 1: Bengals will look a little different when they walk out
Speaker 1: this week, though finished the second half of the season
Speaker 1: eight no the right way going into the playoffs with
Speaker 1: with a lot of momentum. You know, they'll have a
Speaker 1: f C North Crowns on their heads about one up.
Speaker 1: I feel like flow from that commercial. I remember talking
Speaker 1: about how if the Ravens didn't have Lamar toppling the
Speaker 1: Bengals would be a tall order. Maybe he'd come back,
Speaker 1: No one knows. And then the Wednesday, like Emo worker
Speaker 1: Lady pops up from behind me. You know you're going
Speaker 1: to talk about all of this again next week, don't you.
Speaker 1: They're in our division, so we play them all the time.
Speaker 1: They know our scheme. They know our guys, they know
Speaker 1: what we're trying to do. Sure, the Ravens gave the
Speaker 1: Bengals a pretty good fight for that fifty cent piece
Speaker 1: last week, and that was despite Baltimore's third string quarterback
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown, throwing two I n T s no touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Are rating a forty six point two over the middle
Speaker 1: and it's dropped and intercepted. Yeah, that's tough for Anthony Brown.
Speaker 1: That wasn't his fault. This is a tough start for
Speaker 1: a young quarterdeck. So here we are again. It's deja
Speaker 1: vu all over again, I tell you, or as Yogi
Speaker 1: would tell you. Let's treat part of this like an
Speaker 1: episode of Obi one. We quickly recap for anyone who
Speaker 1: might have forgotten, some Star Wars fans are really old now.
Speaker 1: And for those who missed it, Joe Burrow had a
Speaker 1: great year. Jamaar Chase, Tyler Boyd Te Higgins best wide
Speaker 1: receiver trio in the game. Right, Burrow doesn't have protection
Speaker 1: issues anymore. That old issue has been snipped for a while,
Speaker 1: eight straight games without being sacked more than three times.
Speaker 1: They have one of the highest scoring offenses in the game.
Speaker 1: He's gonna take a dose founds of the franchise director
Speaker 1: Ravens defense. They face hot heading into the playoffs. They
Speaker 1: shop a lot. Not many have more bags than they do.
Speaker 1: This year, they've been locked in on d for a while.
Speaker 1: Even last week, wait for it, they've held wide receivers
Speaker 1: to a sub ninety rating. That Garner's respect. We also
Speaker 1: hit last week. The fact that Rave win over Cincinnati
Speaker 1: in Week five, when they won nineteen to seventeen, was
Speaker 1: Ravens ball. It was a little lamar to Mark Andrews.
Speaker 1: Jackson got him on the ground. Defense took care of
Speaker 1: Burrow and Chase Night for they come back to beat
Speaker 1: thee and the reality is their defense fared well enough
Speaker 1: against Burrow last week. There it is. By the way,
Speaker 1: Brown didn't just throw two picks. Sammy Watkins turned it
Speaker 1: over and Brown lost one to four turnovers, one that
Speaker 1: gave the other team six points. What thing looks as
Speaker 1: little text. Cincinnati flock will squawk, that's flukey, something like
Speaker 1: that won't happen again. Most likely right did win the game.
Speaker 1: Let's go their previous giveaway high too, So you can't
Speaker 1: hang last week's twenty seven on their defense. They held
Speaker 1: Burrow to five point one yards per attempt at eighty
Speaker 1: point nine rating. They didn't dominate at him, but they
Speaker 1: got the upper hand. Let's go. Ravens sacked Burrow a
Speaker 1: couple of times, hit him six. They held Cincinnati's run
Speaker 1: game to two point eight per carry on twenty attempts.
Speaker 1: On third down Bengals just five for fifteen, and the
Speaker 1: Ravens defense gets stiff in the red zone and forces
Speaker 1: that kicked team on for Cincinnatic. That's the evidence of
Speaker 1: Baltimore fans will point to when they explain why they
Speaker 1: genuinely believe they can win this week. They just need
Speaker 1: their offense to work with them, not against them. Now,
Speaker 1: he ripped the ball. The way the Bengals recover the
Speaker 1: ball is pumple. It is unlivable. So if Jackson comes
Speaker 1: to the rescue, which version shows up? We all know
Speaker 1: what the A plus version of Lamar is all about.
Speaker 1: Hot down, Then there's the two version. He hasn't played
Speaker 1: since Week thirteen, hasn't had a ninety ratings since week eight.
Speaker 1: We're going in the playoff version one in three records
Speaker 1: sixty eight point three rating, three touchdowns, five picks, and
Speaker 1: accept it two yards deep in the end zone, he
Speaker 1: may go all the way. Whoever the Ravens quarterback is.
Speaker 1: They face a top rated defense in every way. Past
Speaker 1: defense finished with elite numbers top five versus tight ends,
Speaker 1: which is important when you play Baltimore. Good pass rush,
Speaker 1: stingy run defense against both running backs and quarterbacks also
Speaker 1: vital versus the Ravens. They will give it to Drake,
Speaker 1: not get variables. Bengals lost guard Alex Cappa track that one.
Speaker 1: They're already down a starting right tackle. Ravens lost Gus
Speaker 1: Edwards to a concussion last week, so we have to
Speaker 1: see what happens with him. Ravens sat J. K. Dobbins
Speaker 1: and Mark Andrews, so they're back and maybe Lamar, which
Speaker 1: could make for an exciting third installment. Touched off if
Speaker 1: it's a nail biter. Justin Tucker kicks On one side,
Speaker 1: he's the old vet, best in the game history, Jerry
Speaker 1: for a long time. On the other side, the cocky
Speaker 1: kid coming after him. Evan McPherson has five misses, all
Speaker 1: under forty nine yards. He's five or five from fifty plus.
Speaker 1: The Lamar uncertainty has all ten of our voters on
Speaker 1: the Bengal train. The Miami Dolphins are in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Who cares if they only kicked three field goals to
Speaker 1: get there with distance? Who cares if they stumbled into
Speaker 1: the dance looking like Spalding at the country club gala.
Speaker 1: They are on the road in Buffalo, meaning round three
Speaker 1: between these two, the Bills writing an emotional wave into
Speaker 1: the playoffs like no others. On the run back, they've
Speaker 1: taken it past five the down, decide that he goes.
Speaker 1: This is story. Great to see how the story of
Speaker 1: number three turned out. Three we've got Meanwhile, this is
Speaker 1: the rubber match between these two. Dolphins beat the Bills
Speaker 1: twenty one nineteen in Week three in a defensive nail.
Speaker 1: By then, the Bills beat the Dolphins in a shootout
Speaker 1: type game in week fifteen, thirty two to twenty nine.
Speaker 1: Still went down to the wire. Hold is good, the
Speaker 1: kick is up, the kick is Bills win at thirty
Speaker 1: two to twenty nine. Amazing, amazing. Unfortunately, this part three
Speaker 1: is going the route of home Alone or the original Batman.
Speaker 1: The headline to this preview twa is out tongue of Blois.
Speaker 1: Concussion issues won't allow him to make it back. Starting
Speaker 1: his place, the guy behind the guy behind the guy,
Speaker 1: Skyler Thompson. He at least can say he won his
Speaker 1: last start twenty of thirty one no picks. Skyler Thompson
Speaker 1: scrambles and throws a Jen rattles on the other end
Speaker 1: of it for the first step. No t ds either,
Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty two yards four point nine yards
Speaker 1: per attempt, didn't lead a single t D drive. He's
Speaker 1: had relevant playing time in four games this year, sixty
Speaker 1: two point two rating touchdown against three I N T
Speaker 1: s reflected by mostly an incomplete cheetah and the Penguins
Speaker 1: stuck in their cages for the most part, with Skyler
Speaker 1: leading things. Last week, of course, Thompson's last start came
Speaker 1: against the staunch Jets defense. Hill and Waddle had elite
Speaker 1: corners on them. They were up against one of the
Speaker 1: toughest secondaries on whiteouts. Buffalo did not defend the position
Speaker 1: nearly as well as in New York did in over
Speaker 1: the middle. One open at the forty yard line is
Speaker 1: Jail and Waddle living the bells in the dust. Of
Speaker 1: the three pass catching types, that's the position they were
Speaker 1: most generous too. They've allowed a rating over ninety two
Speaker 1: wide receivers. That's not terrible, but it's not good either.
Speaker 1: To look at Waddle is there. He's got it on
Speaker 1: some level. Miami's hopes on offense hinge on whether Waddle
Speaker 1: and Hill can make Thompson looked good. You can't rule
Speaker 1: it out. They're the best wide receiver duo in the game.
Speaker 1: Waddle a hundred plus yards and each game versus Buffalo
Speaker 1: hundred plus yards for the year eight waddles a touch
Speaker 1: stoff for Waddle right down the pedal. Gad, nobody was
Speaker 1: gonna catch up. The Cheetah scored on Buffalo in their
Speaker 1: most recent meeting and in the end, Tyreek running up
Speaker 1: that hill for seventeen hundred ten yards this season ran
Speaker 1: up that road for a hundred nineteen receptions. So what
Speaker 1: he ran up the building for sevent t d s.
Speaker 1: That's a stretch and it's a weird direction for that
Speaker 1: song to go. Well, I'll vote a vote vote. Miami
Speaker 1: could very well triumph pull to keep the other team
Speaker 1: off the field with lots of long drives driven by
Speaker 1: the run game. Buffalo's run defense is their weakness, so
Speaker 1: to speak. They've given up four point four yards per
Speaker 1: carry two running backs. What it's steven s Herb. They
Speaker 1: gave up a hundred and thirty six yards on seventeen
Speaker 1: carries to Miami's Raheem Most in that last game. He
Speaker 1: probably isn't playing either, though, so it will be up
Speaker 1: to Jeff Wilson, a burner who's hitting at four point
Speaker 1: seven to carry. It is a run for Jeff Wilson,
Speaker 1: got a good plot for Robert Hart. Wilson went for
Speaker 1: over four and a half a carry last week, and
Speaker 1: he was facing a tough Jets d. With all that said, though,
Speaker 1: eleven points probably doesn't do it this week. Jets and
Speaker 1: Bill's oh faces aren't anything alike, and Miami has seen both.
Speaker 1: Josh Allen in their Week fifteen triumph over three hundred yards,
Speaker 1: four touchdowns, a rating just under one on the run
Speaker 1: throwing for the INDs Boss and his elbow that had
Speaker 1: given him trouble for a while sure looked good last
Speaker 1: week through three t d s versus New England's upper
Speaker 1: tier past defense forty nine yard dot. There's your elbow
Speaker 1: for you, So Dolphin's corners top priority. Stefon Diggs his
Speaker 1: season hundred and eight catches over fourteen hundred yards eleven
Speaker 1: scores China. Dolphins at least held digs and check in
Speaker 1: their two face offs. Miami playing the white out position
Speaker 1: well this season, holding them to an eighty six point
Speaker 1: six rating, and Xavian Howard, who had struggled, is playing
Speaker 1: better down the stretch one on one. Garrett Wilson ahead
Speaker 1: and at first, but then it's knocked out Xavian Howard.
Speaker 1: But the coverage John Gabe Davis will be testing Miami
Speaker 1: deep on the other side eight hundred plus yards this year,
Speaker 1: seventy d s. But the guy who may be especially
Speaker 1: important to Allen this week Dawson Knox Miami ten touchdowns
Speaker 1: allowed to tight ends, zero I n T S rating
Speaker 1: allowed to the position over one Knox nos last time
Speaker 1: he played him, six catches ninety eight yards into touchdown,
Speaker 1: fires into the end zone, and knocks touchdown Buffalo. How
Speaker 1: will Alan handle the Dolphins sending the house. They have
Speaker 1: one of the highest blitz rates in the NFL to
Speaker 1: Alan has been okay enough versus the blitz as a passer,
Speaker 1: but he's even more dangerous against it as a runner.
Speaker 1: He's racked up over seven hundred yards on the ground
Speaker 1: this year, ten attempts seventy seven yards versus the Dolphins
Speaker 1: in Week fifteen. His legs played a big role in
Speaker 1: them staying close to Miami in Week three and beating
Speaker 1: them in Week fifteen. He's part of the reason the
Speaker 1: Aqua has allowed the fourth highest yards per carry average.
Speaker 1: Two quarterbacks, Alan headed for the sideline, shosh Ellen chugging
Speaker 1: down the sidel Both these teams run games right in
Speaker 1: the backseat most games, but they can both factor if
Speaker 1: the other defense is having trouble on the back end.
Speaker 1: Dolphins are better equipped to handle Buffalo's backs. They finished
Speaker 1: the year holding them to three point seven a run
Speaker 1: third best. So you've got a safety flits coming off
Speaker 1: the edge, and you've got a guy that gets beat
Speaker 1: quit right at the point of attack. Bills will hit
Speaker 1: them with Devin Singletary. He's a four point six guy.
Speaker 1: James Cook five point seven per runs on the right side,
Speaker 1: has first down yard Egen more inside the five tuchsdown
Speaker 1: bill Bill's special teams showed how they can impact a game.
Speaker 1: Nihim Hines took two kickoffs to the house last week,
Speaker 1: and if it's close and they need to call on
Speaker 1: Sea Bass Tyler has been pretty money for them all year.
Speaker 1: Jason Sanders got Miami here. He hit all three of
Speaker 1: his field goals last week, one from fifty, so they
Speaker 1: trust him plenty too. Great stuff. It's all the mechanics right,
Speaker 1: snap hold everything perfect. They're like the Ravens. Miami's quarterback
Speaker 1: question has all our voters taking Buffalo. Hey boys, here
Speaker 1: we go. The Seattle Seahawks made it to the dance,
Speaker 1: so they'll be doing the tango with a familiar partner.
Speaker 1: They get a third chance to try and figure out
Speaker 1: the combination of the San Francisco defense. Better signed that
Speaker 1: dude from Ocean's eleven, because they got one heck of
Speaker 1: a safe to try and figure out. Frank the tank
Speaker 1: is in San Francisco's rear view mirror. At this point,
Speaker 1: ten straight wins is beyond streaking, and their opponent this
Speaker 1: week they've already beaten them twice. They only gave up
Speaker 1: twenty points combined. No defense was harder to score on
Speaker 1: all season in the NFL than the forty niners, so
Speaker 1: those two games very much fit their body of work.
Speaker 1: You're really the first meeting between the two was all
Speaker 1: the way back in Week two, but the second bout
Speaker 1: took place Week fifteen much more relevant. Most of the
Speaker 1: pieces in play for that one will be in play
Speaker 1: this week. Seattle only managed thirteen points against San Francisco
Speaker 1: out of Travis Over, Jimmy wall Go re cover back,
Speaker 1: her Various Ward running back the other n what a
Speaker 1: fly by Bony Van. They couldn't get Kenneth Walker going
Speaker 1: on the ground. Gino Smith pretty much nothing but short
Speaker 1: stuff to Calin Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Both held under
Speaker 1: ten yards per catch. D K. Yeah to Calin I
Speaker 1: like it, but he did not like having her various
Speaker 1: Word in his back pocket all game. He only managed
Speaker 1: fifty five yards. Well, I've laft in Sarvarious Ward all
Speaker 1: over GK Meccan. Great coverage there and then there is
Speaker 1: and was the Nick Bosa problem. Bosa is gonna destroy
Speaker 1: Geno Smith if you've got to hold the ball, I
Speaker 1: promise you they cannot block him. Can't agree more. NFL
Speaker 1: sack leader eighteen and a half Bags was on Gino's
Speaker 1: back almost every snap in Week fifteen, sacked him two
Speaker 1: times in Week two to a sack of larterback Dude
Speaker 1: Man is on the back of just about every quarterback
Speaker 1: he plays, pressuring hurrying, hitting, planting, my d p o
Speaker 1: y vote goes to him. Oh my power is getting him,
Speaker 1: chase my prower, get Sacrifiedaroni baby. So what's changed since
Speaker 1: they last played? Making matters more problematic for the Twelves.
Speaker 1: They're once high scoring offense enters the playoffs sputtering, starting
Speaker 1: with that loss to San Francisco. Four straight games now
Speaker 1: without scoring twenty four or more points, under twenty points
Speaker 1: in three of their last four. So you know it's
Speaker 1: looking that way, looking left, going to throw towards the
Speaker 1: back of the ends. One, it's intercepted. Gino threw the ball,
Speaker 1: It's sailed over the receiver. Gino post that San Francisco loss,
Speaker 1: a great outing versus a tough Jets defense, sandwiched around
Speaker 1: two duds. He was picked twice by the Rams in
Speaker 1: week eighteen. He comes into this game wobbly. Good for
Speaker 1: telling a set it by Ramses he came Metcalf was
Speaker 1: the intended receiver. Metcalf hasn't scored in four straight either,
Speaker 1: last two games. Thirteen targets total, four catches, only forty
Speaker 1: three yards. DK Metcap his hammer that ball was on.
Speaker 1: So yeah, just not in sync with k today it's big.
Speaker 1: They got lock it back after hurting his hand. He
Speaker 1: scored last week his ninth of the year. Looking for
Speaker 1: the end zone and lock it Tyler, look it with
Speaker 1: the touchdown? You kidding me? Also good they have Walker going.
Speaker 1: He might be the key to Seattle's hopes. Since the
Speaker 1: forty Niners game, he's gone on a tear. Finished the
Speaker 1: year with three straight one d plus rush yard games,
Speaker 1: ended with over a thousand yards for the season. That
Speaker 1: can Walker the rookie rush. He's their hottest offensive player
Speaker 1: hands down. If he can find a way to keep
Speaker 1: that mojo going this week, then it could open things
Speaker 1: up a little for Gino. Problem. No one is rushed
Speaker 1: for a hundred plus yards against the forty Niners. Their
Speaker 1: rush defense is no. Number one in yards per carry
Speaker 1: allowed to running backs. It happens when your linebackers are
Speaker 1: named Fred and dret Right now, if Seattle can flip
Speaker 1: the script even a little on the matchup on that
Speaker 1: side of the ball, there's still another problem stopping an
Speaker 1: offense that's put up thirty plus points and five of
Speaker 1: their last six and have scored thirty seven plus and
Speaker 1: three straight, and that is moor Chittle touchedown five touchdowns
Speaker 1: against the Arizona the last two days. Rock Purty isn't
Speaker 1: just sitting behind the wheel. He's got his foot on
Speaker 1: the gas. Two plus t ds in every game since
Speaker 1: taking over, thirteen touchdowns against three picks since Week thirteen,
Speaker 1: rating of one ten plus, and four of his last
Speaker 1: five pass open to the five. What touched that, aren't you?
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, it's twenty seven sacks. Don't bother him.
Speaker 1: Took four last weekend, was still on cruise control. Rock
Speaker 1: Purty the final pick take in this year's NFL drafts.
Speaker 1: I wonder how everyone else is feeling about that right now?
Speaker 1: This looks amazing today. And as my friend Jeffrey L
Speaker 1: Might put it, I guess Brock is a positionally pretty
Speaker 1: cool then, because Seattle has to be good at guarding
Speaker 1: every type of pass catcher. He likes using them all
Speaker 1: on the outside. Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel came back
Speaker 1: from his injury in last week's game. George Kittle at
Speaker 1: tight end, CMC out of the backfield. Everyone should be
Speaker 1: aware at this point the forty Niners passing attack is
Speaker 1: as diverse as it gets down, said McCaffrey was a
Speaker 1: problem for Seattle both through the air and on the ground.
Speaker 1: In the Week fifteen game, he hung a se no
Speaker 1: and change on them in rushing currency and McCaffrey prevolve
Speaker 1: party party all the way on to the forty four
Speaker 1: yard line at caping hole for Christian McCaffrey. See how
Speaker 1: Alls defense has just as many corrections to make as
Speaker 1: its offense does if they want to turn this game around.
Speaker 1: They've given up four point seven to carry to running
Speaker 1: backs this season, so cemc the runner remains an issue.
Speaker 1: They've allowed a one hundred plus rating to running backs
Speaker 1: as receivers, so that could still be a problem. And
Speaker 1: they have also given up a fat rate to tight
Speaker 1: ends and look at that Kit'll score two times on
Speaker 1: them last months and then to the middle touchdown San Francisco.
Speaker 1: Tell me this guy doesn't look like he's in the
Speaker 1: seventh year in the lake. Notice we didn't mention Auk
Speaker 1: or any white outs from Week fifteen because they didn't
Speaker 1: do much versus Seattle and most white outs don't. That's normal.
Speaker 1: Michael Jackson and Tariq Woolen, your cornerback tandem no one
Speaker 1: talks enough about, mostly because m J doesn't get a
Speaker 1: lot of pub Who to thunk it, MJ is the
Speaker 1: one not getting a lot of pubs. It's the second
Speaker 1: pick out the game, and Michael Jackson that was just
Speaker 1: what it might help Seattle's cause if they could win
Speaker 1: the war in the trenches too. They only got to
Speaker 1: Purty once in that game. That's not the norm for
Speaker 1: the Hawks. They finished top ten in sacks and created
Speaker 1: pressure on almost thirty percent of snaps despite not blitzing
Speaker 1: very often. Yes, should it be close at the end?
Speaker 1: Forty Niners believe in Robbie It's goal. Jerry five misses
Speaker 1: this season, three in the forties, one in the twenties.
Speaker 1: Two for two from fifty plus fifty one is long
Speaker 1: the Friday the thirteen Halloween guy kicks. On the other side,
Speaker 1: Jason Myers thirty four or thirty seven, six for six
Speaker 1: from fifty plus fifty six is long to shay, pretty
Speaker 1: scary and it is scood. No brave souls here. All
Speaker 1: ten picks when chock spelled four four or nine e
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