1. Week 15 Takeaways
Me: It’s time to put Drew Brees in the discussion as one of the five best QB’s of all time
Hal: 49ers with a huge lost opportunity
2. Truth/Exaggeration
-The Browns should fire BOTH Freddie Kitchens and John Dorsey
-The Jaguars problems will only get worse if they retain Tom Coughlin
-Matt Patricia will get fired after the 2020 season if the Lions fail to sniff the playoffs
-The Buccaneers should extend Shaq Barrett by February and give Jameis Winston the franchise tag as opposed to a multi-year deal
-The Indianapolis Colts should use their first-round pick on Utah State QB Jordan Love if he significantly impresses them during the pre-draft process
-With their offense re-discovering its 2018 mojo and their defense playing underrated football, the Kansas City Chiefs are the team the Ravens should fear the most in the playoffs
-Kirk Cousins, Dak Prescott, Fred Warner, and Justin Simmons should have made the Pro Bowl as opposed to Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Luke Kuechly and Earl Thomas
-ALL NFC playoff teams outside of New Orleans should be praying hard that the Saints don’t get the NFC’s #1 seed again
3. Game of the Week: Bills at Patriots
-Should anybody be surprised if the Bills pull off the upset in Foxboro on Saturday?
-Is there a case for Tre’Davious White as already being on the level of Stephon Gilmore?
-Key matchups: Cole Beasley vs. Devin McCourty, Jordan Phillips and Ed Oliver versus Patriots iOL
-Game picks
4. Game of the Week: Packers at Vikings
-While some people may see a high-scoring shootout in this game, I also think a defensive struggle is just as likely, especially given the inconsistencies of the Packers offense and Dalvin Cook looking iffy to play. What do you think?
-X Factors for each team
Packers: Kenny Clark, Jaire Alexander/Kevin King
Vikings: Alexander Mattison, Eric Kendricks/Linval Joseph
-Key matchups: David Bakhtiari/Bryan Bulaga vs. Danielle Hunter/Everson Griffen, Brian O’Neill vs. Za’Darius Smith, Blake Martinez vs. Alexander Mattison
-Game picks
5. Picks for remainder of Week 16 games
-Texans at Buccaneers
-Rams at 49ers
-Jaguars at Falcons
-Ravens at Browns
-Saints at Titans
-Panthers at Colts
-Bengals at Dolphins
-Giants at Redskins
-Steelers at Jets
-Lions at Broncos
-Raiders at Chargers
-Cowboys at Eagles
-Cardinals at Seahawks
-Chiefs at Bears
6. BOLD PREDICTIONS
ME: Matt Prater wins the game for the Lions on an NFL record 65-yard field goal
HAL: Mitchell Trubisky throws 3 TD’s, 250 pasisng yards, 100 rushing yards
7. Challenge Flags
ME: San Francisco 49ers…let last weekend’s loss against the Falcons hurt as bad as it can and let it be your fuel these final two games and in the playoffs
HAL: Jason Garrett, Doug Pederson: WHO WANTS THE NFC EAST????
