Week 14 Other Games Thread

[Joemailman]

14 Thu 2023-12-07 7:15PM New England Patriots @ Pittsburgh Steelers

14 Sun 2023-12-10 12:00PM Jacksonville Jaguars @ Cleveland Browns

14 Sun 2023-12-10 12:00PM Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints

14 Sun 2023-12-10 12:00PM Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Atlanta Falcons

14 Sun 2023-12-10 12:00PM Houston Texans @ New York Jets

14 Sun 2023-12-10 12:00PM Detroit Lions @ Chicago Bears

14 Sun 2023-12-10 12:00PM Los Angeles Rams @ Baltimore Ravens

14 Sun 2023-12-10 12:00PM Indianapolis Colts @ Cincinnati Bengals

14 Sun 2023-12-10 3:05PM Minnesota Vikings @ Las Vegas Raiders

14 Sun 2023-12-10 3:05PM Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers

14 Sun 2023-12-10 3:25PM Denver Broncos @ Los Angeles Chargers

14 Sun 2023-12-10 3:25PM Buffalo Bills @ Kansas City Chiefs

14 Sun 2023-12-10 7:20PM Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys

14 Mon 2023-12-11 7:15PM Tennessee Titans @ Miami Dolphins

[Joemailman]

NATIONAL BROADCASTS
Thursday Night: New England @ Pittsburgh (Amazon)
Sunday Night: Philadelphia @ Dallas (NBC)
Monday Night: Green Bay @ NY Giants (ABC; Joe Buck, Troy Aikman)
Monday Night: Tennessee @ Miami (ESPN; Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky)
NE-PIT will be simulcast on WFXT (FOX/25) Boston and WPXI (NBC/11) Pittsburgh.

CBS Early - Most of the country, including Alaska will get Jacksonville at Cleveland. Ian Eagle and Charles Davis with the call. Much of Illinois and Indiana will get Indianapolis at Cincinnati. Tom McCarthy, James Lofton and Jay Feely with the call.



CBS Late - Most of the country, including Alaska will get Buffalo at Kansas City. Jim Nantz and Tony Romo with the call. Some of the mountain states and southern California will get Denver at L.A. Chargers. Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber and Matt Ryan with the call.



Fox Single - Most of Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois will get Detroit at Chicago. Adam Amin and Mark Schlereth with the call. Western Wisconsin, Minnesota and most of Iowa will get Minnesota at Las Vegas. (Late) Kevin Kugler and Mark Sanchez with the call. Much of the west, including Alaska will get Seattle at San Francisco. (Late) Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen with the call.

[Joemailman]

Teams Packers fans should probably be cheering for:

Panthers over Saints
Falcons over Buccaneers
Bears over Lions (If you still have hopes of Packers winning division).
Ravens over Rams
Raiders over Vikings
49ers over Seahawks

[sharpe1027]

Teams Packers fans should probably be cheering for:

Panthers over Saints
Falcons over Buccaneers
Bears over Lions (If you still have hopes of Packers winning division).
Ravens over Rams
Raiders over Vikings
49ers over Seahawks

Great cheat sheet!

[bobblehead]

Teams Packers fans should probably be cheering for:

Panthers over Saints
Falcons over Buccaneers
Bears over Lions (If you still have hopes of Packers winning division).
Ravens over Rams
Raiders over Vikings
49ers over Seahawks

I never get caught up in cheering for other teams to help us when we are in control of our own destiny. If you can't beat the Giants, which is all we need to focus on right now, then we don't deserve the playoffs.

[RashanGary]

Odds are kind of against it, but we’re a week of things going our way, away from starting to talk division.

[Joemailman]

Odds are kind of against it, but we’re a week of things going our way, away from starting to talk division.

Lions need to lose 3 for Packers to have a chance. Pretty sure Packers need to finish with a better division record, so Lions need to lose at least 2 in the division. Things could get very interesting if Bears pull the upset this week. If not then Vikings would need to sweep the Lions in weeks 16 and 18. Lions do have a fairly tough schedule.

14 Sun December 10 1:00PM ET @ Chicago Bears
15 Sun December 17 1:00PM ET Denver Broncos
16 Sun December 24 1:00PM ET @ Minnesota Vikings
17 Sat December 30 8:15PM ET @ Dallas Cowboys
18 Sun January 7 1:00PM ET Minnesota Vikings

[MadtownPacker]

Bear lose but Vikings pull the sweep because the NFL wouldn’t have it any other way.

[RashanGary]

The Bears really aren’t that bad. In the secondary they have Eddie Jackson and Jaylon Johnson. Their linebackers are pretty good. Sweat is a big pick up for their pass rush.

Fields is bad. Really bad. He’s baffled by NFL defense. But the combination of accuracy and mobility, there’s no one better. He can throw dimes when he throws the ball. He just stands there confused and doesn’t throw is the problem.

But DJ Moore is a top 5 or 10 receiver. Mooney is solid. Kmet is solid. Their running back looks good. If Fields has one of those days where the first read is open a few times, the Bears can hang with anyone when things fall Fields way. They could easily win. And their OL isn’t that bad either.

[Sparkey]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1732972818533376451

Another terrible call last night, although not a lot of arguing as I think even Tomlin knew that MrTribble at QB wasn't going to do anything with it.

[RashanGary]

Lifelong Bears fan here. Bear down!! Lfg! Beat the Lions!!

[RashanGary]

The Bears are a damn good up and coming team. It the Bears offensive staff can find creative ways to simplify the game, Fields could be the guy and they could load up on talent in the draft.

Or they could draft a true franchise guy if they think one is there.

Don’t sleep on the Bears. They have a chance to come up really soon.

[Joemailman]

Hey Justin Fields. You can't hold on to the ball for 8 seconds against Aiden Hutchinson.

[Joemailman]

The Bears are a damn good up and coming team. It the Bears offensive staff can find creative ways to simplify the game, Fields could be the guy and they could load up on talent in the draft.

Or they could draft a true franchise guy if they think one is there.

Don’t sleep on the Bears. They have a chance to come up really soon.

I wonder if the Bears might try to go after Kirk Cousins rather than start over with another rookie QB.

[RashanGary]

I wonder if the Bears might try to go after Kirk Cousins rather than start over with another rookie QB.

That’s interesting. Never thought of that. But they’d be able to load up on talent around whoever they decide upon.

Maybe it’s the coaches. I don’t know for sure. I’ve seen enough of Fields in the traditional drop back passing game to know he can’t do it. But maybe there are ways to greatly simplify it that they haven’t figured out. He can throw any pass in the game accurately. And run. If it’s simplified he can be great. I don’t know if it’s possible to make it simplified enough for him to handle.

I think they need a QB.

But even still, Fields is talented enough that on a lucky day where enough plays line up ideally where he can go to his first read, he can win any game. But it’s not often enough to want to stick with him.