Latest / NFL Now / Baker Mayfield's Rams Debut, Trevor Sikkema Joins The Show, & Jets - Bills Matchup Week 14

Transcript

Baker Mayfield's Rams Debut, Trevor Sikkema Joins The Show, & Jets - Bills Matchup Week 14 · NFL Now

• 0:05
  Speaker 1: NFL Now is a production of the NFL in partnership
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: with I Heart Radio. Happy Friday, Welcome into NFL Now.
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: I'm Omar Race alongside Kayla Burton here in the NFL
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: Network news room. And I couldn't help but think Kyle
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: last night too, when I was on the field four
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: years ago. Baker Mayfield makes his NFL debut in Cleveland
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football, leads his team to a double digit
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: score victory, come from behind. What was the energy there
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: last night when he seemed like he did it again?
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: The energy was hard to even paint a picture about
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: because this place erupted in that fourth quarter on that
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: final drive. And let me just paint the picture for
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: you guys as media. When we come down from the
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: press box, we plan on interviewing the winning team. Players
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: of the winning team. Here are my two cards, one
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: for Max Crosby, one for Derek Carr. These are my
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: questions I had for them after the game. You know
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: the guy I did not have questions written down for
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: Van Jefferson, the exact player I interviewed after the game.
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: It was unbelievable. And this is a team that really
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: went into this with three different quarterbacks they were preparing
• 1:18
  Speaker 1: for it. Here's Kayla with Van Jefferson after the game.
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: Then I just heard some of your teammates storming off
• 1:25
  Speaker 1: this field yelling what was that? Take me through what
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: just happened? I mean, Baker Mayfield just happened. I think
• 1:32
  Speaker 1: him coming in and lead his office, you know, in
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: the last drive. You know, if they was just shows
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: the type of competitive us, what type of guy is,
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: and you know he led us to his victory. You
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: were part of that victory, scoring the game winning touchdown,
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: described that moment. Yeah, it was great. But we don't
• 1:46
  Speaker 1: get down there without biscerun It's a big catch right there,
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: a couple and there he is right there. But that
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: player that he made to get us down there, and
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: the way Baker handled the office man, that was just
• 1:57
  Speaker 1: you know a small part of the whole drive. But
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: you know, you gotta get a past of other players
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: that made great place too as well. Baker Mayfield wasn't
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: even your quarterback to the same morning. Now all this
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: a sudden he let this win. How is it like
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: having a bouncer quarter rack? It's great, I mean, and
• 2:16
  Speaker 1: just show the type guy used. You know, Um, you
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: know he's been through a lot for him to come
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: in and just do what he did because amazing, you know,
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: and he's just a great, god great competitor. He came
• 2:25
  Speaker 1: in and learned from Matt I studying John and those guys,
• 2:27
  Speaker 1: and he picked up the office quick. So prop to him,
• 2:30
  Speaker 1: and you know, I'm Betty's here go celebrate this one congratulation.
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: After the game, Baker Mayfield revealed that he tried to
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: recruit Van Jefferson to Oklahoma. Didn't happen. He ended up
• 2:39
  Speaker 1: going to Florida, so he owed him and paid off.
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: Big Cooper Cup of course, was paying attention, proud of
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: these guys. No quick, baby, and welcome to l A.
• 2:48
  Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. And of course around the country they were
• 2:51
  Speaker 1: watching Travis Kelsey also tweeting Baker go crazy and go
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: crazy he did. How did they pull it off last night?
• 2:57
  Speaker 1: With composure? They were composed and though they were down
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: sixteen to three, this team did knock him up. As
• 3:03
  Speaker 1: I mentioned, I was coming down from the press of
• 3:04
  Speaker 1: box to the field in that fourth quarter, everyone really
• 3:08
  Speaker 1: believing that the Raiders had this one. But Sean McVeigh
• 3:11
  Speaker 1: really credited the defensive stop in the defensive effort we
• 3:15
  Speaker 1: know that Baker Mayfield, who spent less than forty eight
• 3:18
  Speaker 1: hours up until this point in that locker room, drove
• 3:21
  Speaker 1: it down yards for that incredible touchdown play with Van Jefferson.
• 3:25
  Speaker 1: But Sean McVeigh also credited this defense. He had a
• 3:28
  Speaker 1: huge stop after the can Makers touchdown on third down,
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: forcing a fourth and one situation where they punted it
• 3:34
  Speaker 1: and the Raiders had an incredible punt. They couldn't have
• 3:36
  Speaker 1: set it up for a better position. But of course
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, and he wore a hat after that said
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: it's not my first rodeo. He was asked about that
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: hat and he goes, this is my first rodeo. As
• 3:49
  Speaker 1: exhilarating as it was for the Rams, you see the
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: scene of Baker Mayfield here walking off the field, it
• 3:54
  Speaker 1: was just as disappointing for the Raiders. What were they
• 3:57
  Speaker 1: saying after the game, just as you mentioned, very disappointed.
• 4:00
  Speaker 1: I went into that locker room afterwards, and it was
• 4:02
  Speaker 1: pure silence. You know, this is a team that was
• 4:04
  Speaker 1: righting a three game win streak, but also in the
• 4:06
  Speaker 1: playoff picture, they were on the outside looking in. I
• 4:09
  Speaker 1: spoke with defensive end Max Crosby and he took a moment.
• 4:13
  Speaker 1: It was pure silence from him for a second, and
• 4:16
  Speaker 1: he said, we just did not make enough place to
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: close this out. This is not their first rodeo when
• 4:20
  Speaker 1: it comes to blowing a double digit lead for the
• 4:23
  Speaker 1: fourth time now this season, that has been the case,
• 4:26
  Speaker 1: and now more than ever they say, as long as
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: well as Derek Carr and this coaching staff say, there
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: is going to be quote no room for error moving forward. Yeah,
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: certainly five and eight a much different story for the
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: Raiders than they would have been even just six and
• 4:40
  Speaker 1: seven when you factor in those other games that they
• 4:42
  Speaker 1: could have should have had. A much different season could
• 4:44
  Speaker 1: have been told about the Raiders here in two but
• 4:47
  Speaker 1: rams a thrilling wins seventeen sixteen. Kayla, thank you very much.
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: Can draw it up any better than that, or like
• 4:53
  Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh, Joe just like they drew it up, Just
• 4:55
  Speaker 1: like they drew it up, pure sarcasm, right, thank you, Kayla. Meanwhile,
• 4:58
  Speaker 1: also last night it was revealed on Amazon Prime Video,
• 5:02
  Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. Gave us is update on all the
• 5:06
  Speaker 1: recruitment pitches. Of course, he's visited multiple teams, most recently Dallas,
• 5:11
  Speaker 1: causing a bunch of headlines, and he had this to
• 5:13
  Speaker 1: say last night. Two things before you get out of here,
• 5:23
  Speaker 1: you're ready to go, and you don't gonna tell us,
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: so we would appreciate if you do in the shop.
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: Have you made the decision up in your own hand
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: and where you're going and are you are you ready? However,
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: I haven't made the decision. And for me, it's like
• 5:34
  Speaker 1: I would like I would like to to be in
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: a stable environment, get up six am, leave at six
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: pm for four weeks and then let's talk about it.
• 5:43
  Speaker 1: I've I've played football for a long song. Like, uh,
• 5:47
  Speaker 1: I'm not saying that I couldn't step in and play
• 5:49
  Speaker 1: regular season, but I don't see the point, all right,
• 5:52
  Speaker 1: So he doesn't see the point of playing in the
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: regular season. So it might be caused for delay on
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: why O b J hasn't seen a team yet? In
• 6:00
  Speaker 1: what more can you tell us about the O b
• 6:02
  Speaker 1: J sweepsticks? We've heard versions of that. Versions of Odell
• 6:07
  Speaker 1: might not be ready for a couple of weeks. We'll
• 6:08
  Speaker 1: need some ramp up period. If he signs this week,
• 6:11
  Speaker 1: he's not gonna get game ready, maybe till the end
• 6:13
  Speaker 1: of the season. Week seventeen eighteen. We have not tom
• 6:16
  Speaker 1: heard any version like that, which is essentially Odell Beckham Jr.
• 6:20
  Speaker 1: The free agent that we've been talking about, Oh, I
• 6:22
  Speaker 1: don't know, for the last month or so, more than
• 6:24
  Speaker 1: a month or so, it has been dotting headlines all
• 6:27
  Speaker 1: over the place, all over the internet, all over TV,
• 6:29
  Speaker 1: basically saying himself, Yeah, regular season and playoffs are really
• 6:34
  Speaker 1: where it's out. So what he seems to want to
• 6:36
  Speaker 1: do is to sign with the team as soon as
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: he can get paid a regular season salary the balance
• 6:42
  Speaker 1: of it five weeks or so or four weeks or
• 6:44
  Speaker 1: so at this point, and then play in the playoffs,
• 6:47
  Speaker 1: however much that would be, which would be somewhat similar
• 6:50
  Speaker 1: to what he did with the Rams last year. But
• 6:52
  Speaker 1: he did play in the regular season, he did get
• 6:54
  Speaker 1: acclimated on the field. Only took until the playoffs for
• 6:57
  Speaker 1: him to really hit his stride. I don't know if
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: there's precedent for this, but I guess if you're Beckham,
• 7:03
  Speaker 1: why not give it a shot. Well, and I think
• 7:08
  Speaker 1: that we've been talking about this for weeks here that
• 7:11
  Speaker 1: the closer and closer you get towards the end of
• 7:12
  Speaker 1: the regular season, the less the chances are that we
• 7:15
  Speaker 1: would see Odell in a regular season game. There's not
• 7:17
  Speaker 1: been a great deal of urgency on his part as
• 7:20
  Speaker 1: he makes several different visits flies back to l A
• 7:24
  Speaker 1: doing media obligations. It's always going to be a matter
• 7:27
  Speaker 1: of getting the cardio back and ramping up with the
• 7:29
  Speaker 1: injury and then getting in the playbook. Though Baker Mayfield
• 7:32
  Speaker 1: may be suggested last night that that's not all that
• 7:34
  Speaker 1: important for Odell, it's not a surprise that his viewpoint
• 7:38
  Speaker 1: is let's just look at this as trying to get
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: back for the playoffs. On the flip side of that,
• 7:43
  Speaker 1: I don't know that it necessarily helps Odell to say
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: it in those words publicly, And think about this from
• 7:49
  Speaker 1: a team's perspective to you use the regular season for
• 7:52
  Speaker 1: a lot of different things, but one of them is
• 7:54
  Speaker 1: to be at your best when you get into the postseason.
• 7:57
  Speaker 1: The idea of integrating even a very talented player like
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. Midstream in a playoff game when you
• 8:03
  Speaker 1: haven't played in the game almost a year, that is
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: gonna be tough on coaches. I don't know that anything
• 8:09
  Speaker 1: O'Dell says at this point is going to persuade people
• 8:12
  Speaker 1: one way or the other on whether or not to
• 8:13
  Speaker 1: sign him. This is about, as Ian said, the money,
• 8:16
  Speaker 1: basically signing a guy in advance with a signing bonus,
• 8:19
  Speaker 1: because you don't get paid in the playoffs anyway, You
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: just get your small playoffs share. I don't know if
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: that's gonna change anybody's minds, but it's the reality of
• 8:27
  Speaker 1: the situation. You're talking about integrating a guy at a
• 8:29
  Speaker 1: challenging position at the highest leverage point in the entire season.
• 8:33
  Speaker 1: It might be a good problem to have if that
• 8:35
  Speaker 1: works out that way. Meanwhile, Lamar Jackson certainly another superstar
• 8:39
  Speaker 1: we're keeping an eye on. In what more can you
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: tell us about him? We are not gonna see Lamar Jackton.
• 8:45
  Speaker 1: It appears on Sunday coach John Harbord just confirming what
• 8:48
  Speaker 1: it seemed was pretty clear anyway that Tyler snoopinally going
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: to be their starting quarterback. Lamar Jackson, dealing with a
• 8:55
  Speaker 1: PCL sprain, has not practiced this week, and its Harbor
• 8:59
  Speaker 1: alluded too early in the week, probably seemed not very
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: likely to buy Sunday, so he is going to be
• 9:03
  Speaker 1: out so han He has been the backup for the
• 9:06
  Speaker 1: last couple of years, has played pretty well when he's
• 9:08
  Speaker 1: had the opportunity, including helping close out that game last week.
• 9:11
  Speaker 1: He assumes the job is starting quarterback this week. We
• 9:14
  Speaker 1: will see based on where Lamar is rehab wise, if
• 9:17
  Speaker 1: he's able to miss just one game. And I remember
• 9:22
  Speaker 1: this is a time where Lamar Jackson is unsigned for
• 9:24
  Speaker 1: the three season, likely looking at either a franchise tag
• 9:27
  Speaker 1: or a long term extension with the Ravens, who tried
• 9:30
  Speaker 1: to get a long term deal done prior to the season,
• 9:33
  Speaker 1: but it did not in large part because Lamar wanted
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: to have a fully guaranteed contract that the Browns gave
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: to Deshaun Watson. As you watch this playout, keep in
• 9:40
  Speaker 1: mind it's not the first time that Lamar has suffered
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: an injury down the stretch. Last year, it was a
• 9:45
  Speaker 1: bone bruise in his ankle. The concern with Lamar, even
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: going back to his days coming out of Louisville, would
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: be based upon his frame and his play style. Would
• 9:52
  Speaker 1: he have the longevity. Longevity is one reason that teams
• 9:56
  Speaker 1: are skeptical at times about giving people fully guaranteed contracts.
• 10:00
  Speaker 1: Beyond obviously the president and the funding rule and other
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: challenges that go into that, but it certainly is a
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: part of this. We'll see, John Harbaugh said week to
• 10:08
  Speaker 1: week here this week was always unlikely. Let's see if
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: he gets back on the field the next week or two.
• 10:12
  Speaker 1: Here almar Well Lamar's injuries something will be keeping an
• 10:14
  Speaker 1: eye on in terms of the a f C North
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: Playoff for race, especially when the Bengals are surging. Meanwhile,
• 10:20
  Speaker 1: the Ravens opponent this week the Pittsburgh Steelers, who all
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: of a sudden now are just two games back up
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: a spot in the a f C playoff picture. What
• 10:28
  Speaker 1: more can you tell us about their injuries? In Yeah,
• 10:31
  Speaker 1: they're also a little banged up for really some of
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: their best players to start with. T J. Watt, the
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: star pass rusher mr big portion of this season, now
• 10:39
  Speaker 1: has come back and really come on just like his
• 10:40
  Speaker 1: old self. He's dealing with a painful rib injury, was
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: limited all week in practice, officially listed his questionable total
• 10:47
  Speaker 1: reporters earlier today. It sounds like he's optimistic about getting
• 10:51
  Speaker 1: out there, but we'll see about his status as we
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: move forward the next day or so. Deonte Johnson, their
• 10:55
  Speaker 1: standout receiver, he's been dealing with a hip injury. Officially
• 10:58
  Speaker 1: listed his question what little cause concern. Was not able
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: to practice yesterday, but it sounds like there's some optimism
• 11:04
  Speaker 1: that he goes there as well. And then Naji Harris,
• 11:06
  Speaker 1: they're starting running back kind of a nagging oblique injury
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: he's had the last couple of weeks. He was a
• 11:11
  Speaker 1: full participant today, a sign that he will likely go
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: on Sunday. Yeah, ahead of that divisional showdown, we have
• 11:17
  Speaker 1: another one between the Eagles and the Giant. Se Kwon
• 11:20
  Speaker 1: Barkley popped up on the injury report, Tom, what more
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: can you tell us about that? Lomar Sae Kwon Barkley
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: officially listed as questionable for that showdown with the Eagles
• 11:30
  Speaker 1: after popping up on the injury report on Thursday because
• 11:33
  Speaker 1: what the team is referred to as a neck injury. Now.
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: Coach Brian Dable didn't completely dismiss the injury when he's
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: booked reporters today. Also didn't cause too much for a sound,
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: too much of an alarm. They're saying he's dealing with
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: a sore neck. It's week fourteen. Said he hopes sa
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: Kwan is going to be out there, but also was
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: not firm and saying that he's actually going to be
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: on the field. So this is one monitor here over
• 11:55
  Speaker 1: the next forty eight hours. Hard to imagine that if
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: it is indeed just a sore neck for Sae Kwon Barkley,
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: he's not gonna find a way to be out there
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: for a massive game coming up this weekend. But again,
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: keep an eye on that one, am. Yeah. Giants certainly
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: in the sixth spot right now in the NFC playoff picture,
• 12:09
  Speaker 1: clinging to that as it seems they've only won once
• 12:12
  Speaker 1: since October twenty three. Tom and Ian, thank you both
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: very much. I Meanwhile, you can see the difference in
• 12:17
  Speaker 1: the running performance in Se Kwon Barkley the first nine
• 12:20
  Speaker 1: games of the season, very much an m VP candidate.
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: In the last three games fallen off in a big way,
• 12:27
  Speaker 1: especially in the rush yards per game a hundred three
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: more than that the first nine game average and just
• 12:33
  Speaker 1: forty one yards per game they're the last three. So
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: certainly the Giants have been looking for answers Judy, how
• 12:40
  Speaker 1: to improve that running games certainly won't help if Sa
• 12:43
  Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley is bagged up in that factor. Huh. Right
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: before Giants fans go into a full blown panic. Brian
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: Table used the word probably when he was asked if
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: he expects him to be able to play on Sunday.
• 12:55
  Speaker 1: So I don't think that this is a full blown
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: catastrophe we have on our hands here with the Giants,
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: but certainly something to monitor. And and frankly, uh se
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: Kwon bar Lee has not been the se Kwon Barkley
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: that he was early in the season. In the last
• 13:08
  Speaker 1: three games, he's been under seventy yards rushing for gaming
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: hasn't had big plays in the passing game either. It
• 13:16
  Speaker 1: is critical that they get him and the running game
• 13:19
  Speaker 1: as a whole going. They first of all, they want
• 13:20
  Speaker 1: to keep that pass rush off Daniel Jones, So I'm
• 13:22
  Speaker 1: sure they're gonna move Daniel Jones around trying to use
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: his legs, but they want to get the running game
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: going because Washington showed how you beat the Philadelphia Eagles,
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: and one of the ways is just keep Jalen Hurts
• 13:34
  Speaker 1: off the field. They ran the ball a ton. They
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: didn't get a ton of yardage, only about a hundred
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: and fifty yards, but they ran it almost fifty times.
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: That allowed them to control the clock. That is what
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: the new York Giants want to do. That's how they've
• 13:47
  Speaker 1: won this season, and it is really the only way
• 13:50
  Speaker 1: their offense functions if they can run the ball. Omar, Yeah,
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: there's no quan. Obviously, they'd be asking a lot of
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. They are fifth worst in the league in
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: passing output this season. The Giants are, and they're facing
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: an Eagles team that is number one ranked offensively against
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: the past one of many different ways the Eagles can
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: beat you, Judy, how might that has helped the season? Well,
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: I think what makes the Eagles so daunting, other than
• 14:16
  Speaker 1: the fact that they've got the best record in the NFL,
• 14:19
  Speaker 1: is they can beat you any which way. Right, two
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: weeks ago they ran the ball over three hundred yards
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: and that's how they won. Then last week against the Titans,
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: they were throwing the ball all over the place. A J.
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: Brown went off like crazy. So what is so daunting
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: about them is that Jalen Hurts is having an m
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: v P caliber season through the air and with his legs.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: He is on page he could have ten rushing touchdowns
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: and a quarterback rating of a hundred if he finishes
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: the season that way. That's the first time in NFL
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: history that would have happened for a passer. So what
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: is so challenging about them is you can't just say, well,
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: we'll take away the one thing they do well. They
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: do everything well, and we haven't even touched on the
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: fact that their defense is fantastic too. This is an
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: enormous ch allans for the New York Giants, who have
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: been struggling in the last month and need to get
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: back on track if they're going to hold onto their
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: playoff position. But the Eagles are rolling. Yeah, to your point, Judy,
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: the Eagles were the first team since n to have
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: back to back games in which they passed for more
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: than three hundred fifty yards one game and rushed for
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: more than three hundred fifty yards in another game. So
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: certainly they can beat you in many, many different ways, Judy,
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: great points there against the New York Giants. Here on Sunday,
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: still to come. Here on NFL Now, Mike White and
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: the New York Jets, getting ready for their showdown against
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: the Bills, were breaking it down next in NFL Now,
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins and Jared Goffs set to go off against
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: one another like they did in Week three earlier this
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: season Cousins and the Vikings coming back from downten in
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter to beat Goff and the Lions. Looking
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: to win their tenth out of their last eleven games.
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: The Vikings are against the Detroit Lions, and you look
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: at the NFC playoff picture, the Vikings can clinch the
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: NFC North simply by beating Detroit on Sunday. Who you
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: see still in the hunt There just two games out
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: of the playoff picture, two games behind the Seattle Seahawks.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: Much more on this matchup. We welcome in our Tom
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: Palaceero and Tom, what are you looking forward to ahead
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: of this one? Well, m are you mentioned it? It's
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: a lot clearer path for the Vikings to clinch this week.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: They need a win or a tie against the Lions,
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: no other help, and they will be the NFC North
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: champions for the first time in the Kirk Cousins era,
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: first time since when case Keenum had his magical run.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: Coach Kevin O'Connell last Saturday night before their game against
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: the Jets had the captain's addressed players and just talk
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: about what a special group this is, how it's all
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: come together, and that opportunities like this don't come around
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: very often, so what they've tried to do is real,
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: just go week by week here, even with that hugely
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: in the NFC North, try to wrap it up as
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: quickly as possible, and they'll have a challenge on Sunday
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: against the Lions team that's won four o their last five.
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: The only loss in that stretch was on Thanksgiving to
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: the Bills, who they took to the wire. This is
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: probably the most meaningful December game for the Lions in
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: five years. So a lot of stake for both these teams,
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: including for Detroit Omar, Yes, a chance to stay in
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: the NFC playoff picture. Yeah, with five games to play.
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: Two games behind in the standings is nothing at this point,
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: so certainly a lot to play for for Detroit. Like
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: you said, a rare thing in recent years in December,
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: Tom Pella, sero, thank you very much. Meanwhile, in Buffalo,
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: it's a rematch of Week nine. Josh Allen his worst
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: statistical game of the season. There you see the numbers,
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: they're eighteen of thirty four two hundred five yards, two interceptions.
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: He was sacked five times in that Week nine loss
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: against the New York Jets. Here's a look at the
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: a f C Playoff picture. The Bills, though they've rebounded
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: by winning three in a row. That was the first
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: of back to back losses for the Bills, but they've
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: rebounded in a big way and are now the number
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: one seed in the a f C Playoff picture nine
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: and three thanks to the tiebreaker the win they had
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: over Kansas City earlier in the season. And the Jets
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: still there at the seventh seed. And when you talk
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: about the Jets, Judy, they have a different quarterback than
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: they did the last time they faced the Bills. How
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: might Mike White make a difference in this matchup? Well,
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: Mike White has actually faced the Bills for the Jets before.
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: That was last season and the Bills were his undoing.
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: He had four interceptions in that game. He talked about
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: it this week. He said he was playing hero ball.
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: He since he's learned from it, he's looked back on
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: that game. He still thinks about that game. He says
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: he doesn't want it to beat him twice, meaning he
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: has learned from what he did there. And actually we
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: saw in the game against the Viking last week, the
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: Jets fell into a hole early and Mike White did
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: not try to play hero ball. He just ran the
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: offense and almost brought the Jets all the way back
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: against the Vikings, So he has made progress to This
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: offense that the Jets are running is much more productive,
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: much more wide open than it was with Zach Wilson.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: To Zach Wilson's credit, they beat the Bills with Zach
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: Wilson as the quarterback and he played well in that game.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: But this offense is using the young receivers much more
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: now with Mike White in there. To be fair, however,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: the Bill's defense that they are going to face is
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: also going to look different than the Bills defense that
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Zach Wilson faced. It was only five weeks ago, but
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: both teams are very different. The Bills defense is much
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: healthier now. We've spent all week, of course talking about
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: the loss of Von Miller, and that is a big one.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: But many other big names on that defense, Jordan Lawyer,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: Met Melano, Tradeabus White, are going to be on the
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: field this week. They were not when the Jets faced
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: them previously, when the Jets beat the Bills. So two
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: very different teams only five weeks apart, and an awful
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: lot on the line in this game. Yeah, I've been saying,
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Judy that it was no coincidence that the Bills had
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: that little loose in streak while Jordan's player was out.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: Since his return, they've won three in a row and
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: that defense looks much much different to report their Judy Batista,
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: thank you very much. Meanwhile, Josh Jacobs, he went off.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: I don't really play fantasy, but my buddy asked fantasy advice.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: I said, ride Josh Jacobs last night, and he delivered
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: twenty seven carries, nine nine yards and a touchdown. Here
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: is our fantasy live through. What's much more on the
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: sleepers ahead of your week four team matchups. It is
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: week fourteen. This means playoffs are on the line in
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: plenty of fantasy leagues. We've got injuries, We've got six
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: teams on a buy. That means sleepers are of paramount importance.
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: So rank who is somebody we shouldn't be sleeping on
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: this week? Well, before you run to the Google machine,
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: I will tell you who this player is. Chick o'conqua. Uh.
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: He is the tight end of the Tennessee Titans, and
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: I think that he's got a great matchup this week.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: Against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who have allowed a lot of
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: fantasy points to opposing tight ends this season. And as
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: a matter of fact, Chick has actually become the leading
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: receiver for the Tennessee Titans over the past couple of weeks.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: So as we're sitting, you're trying to work through this
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: bye week. Of course, guys like Cole Commet are on
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: a buy. I think this is a perfect opportunity to
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: go pick up the Titans leading receiver and get him
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: into your lineup. Listen, not only you're a man of
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: great fantasy advice, you're also a man who can say
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: any name possible. But I picked an easier one, Lavisca Chanel.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: He has a great opportunity against the Seattle Seahawks this weekend.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: Last week we saw more volume for him, and I
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: think it's going to be a game where they were
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: playing from behind, meaning more passing for Chanel, who's very
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: versatile and his yards after the catch are really helpful
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: for your fantasy team. Not only did I go with
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: the player with an easy name to say, what were
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: the one that I think you'll like a lot? Cynthia
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: Jamison Williams Detroit Lions I know he didn't play a
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: whole lot last week. He doesn't really bring a safe
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: floor or anything like that. But the upside of sky
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: high The Vikings have allowed these second most fantasy points
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: to receivers. They've allowed these second most production on deep
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: passes this year, and I think the Lions, whose secondaries
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: banged up in their own right and maybe chasing points
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: or need to put up points, I think they'll take
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: a couple of deep shots with Jamison Williams. I'm very
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: curious to see how Williams gets integram it into that offense.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: We already know that Deonta Foreman has been integrated into
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers offense. In their last game, even with
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: a healthy Chuba Hubbard, it was Foreman that led the
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: team in running back snaps and in carries, and he's
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: playing in the offense and for the last few weeks
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: has been the run heaviest outfit in the National Football League.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: And yes, everybody remembers the big three hundred yard game
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: that Josh Jacobs had against the Seahawks, but let's not
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: overlook the fact that the week before that, Rashad White
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: had gone for over a hundred yards and then last
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: week it was Cam Akers rising from the fantasy graves
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: to score two touchdowns, So former teams like he's in
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: a great opportunity to put up some good points for
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: for fantasy managers who really needs some help at the
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: running back position. One thing you should not sleep on
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: is watching us here on NFL Fantasy Live each and
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: every weekday on NFL Network. Do right now into NFL Network.
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson has officially been listed
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: as doubtful to play against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: The Big A f C North showdown between these two
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: rivals will not likely feature Lamar Jackson, so in fact,
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Snoop Huntley is in line to start again. Lamar Jackson
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: listed as doubtful with that spring knee ahead of the
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: Ravens showdown with the Steelers. Speaking of showdowns, Sunday Night
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: showdown features to a tongue of Violoa and Justin Herbert.
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: Of course, these two quarterbacks linked together forever because of
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: where they were picked in the NFL draft. To Ah
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: was picked five, one spot ahead of Herbert at number six.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: This is the second time these two have met one another.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: They did so as rookies in two. I got that one,
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: and here is a look at these two in prime
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: time to a tongue of Ioloa three and one all time,
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: while Justin Herbert is four and six. For much more
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: on this matchup, we welcome in our Pro Football Focus
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: discussion with Trevor Sikoma and Trevor when we look at
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: these two quarterbacks, a lot to like. Certainly NBC liked
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: this matchup. They flex that one into Sunday Night Football.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: What have you seen from both of these quarterbacks here
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: in their third year, oh two up becoming quarterbacks? You know,
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: he had it reflected in this Sunday Night But there's
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: a lot to look forward to in this game with
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: these two going up against each other. But honestly, when
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: I look at this between these two really talented quarterbacks,
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: the difference seems to be in their situations. You know,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: two is having a phenomenal year, and I don't mean
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: this to take anything away from him whatsoever, but he's
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: dealing with a fantastic wide receiver corps that's separating very
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: well for them. They've got three wide receivers or three
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: passing weapons, I should say that are all averaging more
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: than three yards of separation. Mike vic Daniel as scheme
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: and things up like a genius for them on offense,
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: and they're reaping the rewards on the other side of
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: the ball. Just In Herbert feels like he's a man alone.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: It just doesn't feel like he has any wide receiver
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: that can consistently separate for him. Joe Lombardi doesn't seem
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: to be designing things to get multiple guys open in
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: play designs, and that seems to be really hurting them
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: if the defense really takes away that primary option. Plus,
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: we've seen Herbert's average step to target as one of
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: the lowest in the NFL, which is crazy for a
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: guy who has it much arm strength as Justin Herbert does.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: I hope we get the best of both roles between
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: these two guys, because they have the talent to really
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: put on a show, really give us some fireworks here.
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: We've seen that in the PF numbers, but to have
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: an unbelievable numbers there, but unfortunately it's just a difference
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: of scenarios that what we're seeing at the results between
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: these two quarterbacks. It's a fascinating matchup, not only because
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: of the comparisons between each other and the draft status
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: and all that, but to a coming in with a
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: pressure to rebound after that bad game against San Francisco,
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert the pressure on him to keep the
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: Chargers in that playoff race. So certainly something to keep
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: an eye on there. Meanwhile, on Monday night, we saw
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: Tom Brady do what Baker Mayfield did last night, lead
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: his team down with two touchdowns in the last four minutes.
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: They're down sixteen to three, they pull it out seventeen
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: to sixteen. What did we learn about that Buccaneers offense
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: that we might see on Sunday against his hometown team,
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty Niners. You say Tom Brady pull
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: the Baker maybe said that before, But look, it was
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: an exciting fin certainly with how Tampa was able to
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: win that Monday night football game. But the overarching feeling
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: is it doesn't have to be that way. It just
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: doesn't have to be that way with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: They are talented enough, even amongst their injuries, to really
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: be able to be the team that they should have
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: been able to handle decently easily with the New Orleans Saints,
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: I think the two areas that you recognize on offense
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: specifically because that was where the drought was coming up
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: tempo plays and play action. This is one of the
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: best play action teams in the NFL. They are top
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: five and e p a per play when it comes
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: to play action, and yet they are bottom five in
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: the NFL in total play action attempts. It's something that
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: a lot of fans have been clamoring for them to
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: use a lot more than it becomes to up tempo.
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: You saw what Tom Brady was able to do when
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: he has up tempo. Mike Evans has said himself, it's
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: like this guy takes greatness to another level when he
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: gets in those two minute drill moments. Number one team
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: in the NFL in e p a per play when
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: they are running tempo. So Byron Left, which share offensive coordinator,
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: said that they would hopefully be able to do a
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: little bit more of that. But those are the two
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: areas that I look for for the Bucks to hopefully
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: get some wins down the stretch and not half to
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: stress their fans out too much. Yeah, the forty Niners defense,
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: led by Damiko Ryan, certainly will be ready for Tom
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: Brady and eager to show that they can carry the
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: team without Jimmy Garoppolo. Of course, the rookie Brock Pritty
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: will get the start for San Francisco. Meanwhile, the Buffalo
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: Bills have won three in a row, and we've documented
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: how they were all in adverse situations. That was, of course,
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: coming off a little two game losing streak. Has they
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: have they gotten back to the spot where you think
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: they're the best team in the NFL right now, Trevor, Oh,
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: you're trying to get Bills mafia, Madam here omar, but look,
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: look they are in that top tier right there, in
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: that number one tier. I would still lean to the
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs would be my favorite. So far. We
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: have them as the number one right now highest percentage
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl at PFF dot COM's simulation.
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: So I still got to think it's the Chiefs. And
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: the reason I say that's because of the schedule itself.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: Chiefs had the third easiest schedules movie forward. Meanwhile the
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills they the nineteen toughest schedule, so it's
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: decently easy. But I really do think it's gonna all
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: come down to that Bengals game near the end of
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: the year. The biggest question mark though, it's von Miller.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: Von Miller had twenty two more pressures than the second
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: best guy on the Bill's defense. That's been a big
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: catalyst for why that team has been so successful all year.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: What does it look like without von Miller? Is that
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: enough to really still edge out some really good teams
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: in the a f C. That's, of course, what everybody's
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: going to be looking forward to when it comes to
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: whether or not the Buffalo Bills can get that one
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: seed and ultimately get to the super Bowl. Yeah, Trevor,
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: we were both just talking in the commercial about how
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: epic these games down the stretch are going to be
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: throughout the NFL. Of course, we saw Josh Allen, Patrick
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: Mahomes earlier this season, and don't forget later in the
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: year on Monday Night Football, we're gonna see Josh Allen
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: versus Joe Burrow another potential playoff preview there. Trevor Sikama
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: all around extraordinary for PF analyst, reporter, podcaster. He does
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: it all for them. Check him out on PF dot
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: com or download the app. NFL Now is a production
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: of the NFL in partnership with I heart Radio. For
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit the i heart
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.