It wasn’t just that Tua threw picks on all three of the Dolphins’ fourth-quarter possessions. It was that each of those picks was so alarmingly awful.
Merry Christmas to you, too, Russell Wilson. Yeesh. And now the Bronco defense has packed it in.
A lot of folks are saying that Baker Mayfield is “auditioning” for his next team next year. I don’t necessarily agree. I think he’ll be the Rams’ starting quarterback next season. He’s a perfect stylistic fit in Sean McVay’s offensive system. You can already see how comfortable they are with each other.
BTW, I have tried hard and often not to like Baker. It’s not working.
This is the first time in Brady’s NFL career he has lost eight games. But he has still often been “Captain Late” in the fourth quarter and OT. That timing throw he made to Mike Evans Sunday night to set up the winning FG and beat the Cards was sweet. I would not dismiss the Bucs just yet. That means you better get ready, Cowboys.
Did anyone else get chills watching J.J. Watt? He’s 33. He has body parts falling off. And he looked like the old three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Houston Texan version of J.J. Watt. That was as good a single-game defensive performance as we’ve seen in the NFL this season. That goes for Nick Bosa, Micah Parsons or anybody else. And he’s doing this on a team that is the definition of a “hot mess.”
Hell, yes, I wrote off the Packers weeks ago. So did you. This game against the Vikings next Sunday is now a must-watch. Aaron Rodgers would call it a “meaningful game.”
This Bengals team is better than the one that went to the Super Bowl last year, mostly because they are finally protecting Joe Burrow. But that is in jeopardy now that the Stripes have lost tackle La’ell Collins for the season.
The NFL has flexed this week’s Steelers-Raiders game to Sunday Night Football. That was a no-brainer. Still, I’m grateful.
If the battle for the AFC’s Super Bowl representative in the SB were a horse race, I would keep an eye on the Chargers closing fast on the rail. Not impossible.
No. I didn’t watch the Hawai’i Bowl Christmas Eve. But Middle Tennessee State beat San Diego State 25-23 despite the fact the Blue Raiders finished the game with minus-66 yards rushing. That’s a helluva party trick.
