this is football night in America by Applebee's
the phone for a week 12 recap Maria Taylor alongside Tony
Dungy Drew Brees and over there is Mike Florio and guys we have
to talk about the statement winds that we saw in week 12
and to do that you got to stop with the Bangles for
the first time since 2009 they've been able to sweep
the Pittsburgh Steelers but it really wasn't dominating
fashion what's it out to you drew about the when I flip
the script on them and they just got after Monday fence rush
the passer the back and played
really really well against us some of the Steelers weapons
were able to generate some turnovers but just the fact
that the Steelers came into this tank hey we were
embarrassed the first time we played them we're going to come
out and really you know show them
who the physical team this division is it and they just
got pushed around all day long but you see that stat on
the graphic 294 yards rushing and I love Pittsburgh was last in
the late 4.8 yards-per-carry they were given up on defense in
Cincinnati didn't
say all we got to let Joe throw it all around will run Joe
Mixon and go right at their weakness and they they did and
it was ugly football from Pittsburgh standpoint that is
exactly what Cincinnati should have done
yeah absolutely in Cincinnati coming out of the bye week with
the two straight losses going in now to straight wins and is
Joe burrow told me after the game the idea that he's not
looking for the home run on every play he's not in love
with
the big play he's just taking whatever is out there they're
realizing their offense is diverse enough you don't have
to force its jamarr Chase be getting double somebody else is
going to be open for the running Lane is going to be
available because of safety or
both of them is focused on stopping jamarr Chase so this
is working very well for the Bengals at the perfect time of
the year we were searching for that team it's going to get hot
at the right time and there may be multiple teams like that
the Bengals are sliding into that category. Team so
obviously you were making the Segway straight for the New
England Patriots because they won six straight games of
the Season 2 and 4 but it was an impressive win against
the Tennessee Titans in which they played great
defense Mac Jones just continues to be consistent
completing 70% of his passes while but what have
the Patriots figure it out at this point of the season that's in 4
5 acres is showing up every week and they're doing exactly
what it is that their coaching staff wants them to do when
the average margin of victory for six straight games is 35 to 10
that means that everything is working that you had intended
to have
working on both sides of the ball and during the course of
the 60 minutes if they are playing they are overpowering
every team they face the only clothes gave me a patent this
stretch really with the game against the Chargers every
other game is just did
the Patriots of old and and we're gradually waking up to
this it was just the one your break but the Patriots have all
her back after a very short Hiatus and we all have to kind
of get used to that and I think what has happened
to Meg Jones has given them the ability to go back and do what
they've always done Taylor their game plan to who they're
playing against and Bill Belichick does a great job of
going after the other team's weaknesses and make Jones's
executing what he's asking him
to do you feel like he's the perfect quarterback for this
Bill Belichick team and in that offense is is as good as
they're running the football is Razor playing defense in
generating turnovers giving them opportunities it's really
just asking Matt Jones to manage the game be
very efficient and then make some place in the pass game
converting third downs but he has been highly highly
efficient you know Finding lots of completions you do not a lot
of incompletion just doing what they're asking me to do
the Green Bay Packers doing probably
what Sean McVay would like them to do there were coming off
a bye week through so you're thinking maybe they were able
to work some things out but end up losing to the Green Bay
Packers and you know the Packers possessed of all 19
minutes longer
than they did the Rams struggled to convert on third
down this seems like there's a lot of issues and
inconsistencies with the offense right now we'll start
with this they they basically gave the Packers the ball
inside their own territory for times there were two
fourth-down
conversions they didn't get they had a fumble inside their
10 and then had to pick 6 so it was about twenty points that
they gave up so stop right there and say you're not going
to win any games especially on the road again Green Bay but
offensively they're just they're not really in sync and
when they lost Robert Woods a few weeks ago he was a huge
piece of what they do someone who was just responsible for so
much that you can't really just plug someone into that role all
of a
sudden you have to possibly change up the offense for
the guys at Eddie run get Odell Beckham jr. but it's only been
there a few weeks so he needs to develop a rapport with
Matthew Stafford continue to have Cooper kupp be you know
the focal point
of what you in the passing game but run the football run
the football cuz that's that's when you're truly at your best as
an offense you say Matthew Stafford statistics and a lot
of that correlates with Darrell Henderson getting hurt because
it was that outside Zone
everybody's chasing that then I faked it and I've got some easy
throws off the bootleg the play-action that hasn't been
there they only ran for 68 yards against Green Bay that
that's not the Rams game and then they've got to get that
running game back Mike
maybe he can give us some insight into these Rams
Darrell Henderson it was supposed to be this goes all
the way back to July when he suffers the torn Achilles
during his final individual workouts before training camp
which is like a maniple no problem 12 over the course of
a long season it does become a
problem in acres was ready to break out this year and how
much better that offense would be in coach you made
an excellent point earlier today this is the game that the Rams
had to have circled when they went to get Matthew Stafford
when they load
it up with Von Miller when they lured obj to Ale instead of
Green Bay the limit to their ceiling last you that loss in
Green Bay they went back there this year and it got some some
garbage time points to make it look a little prettier
in the newspapers they said there are newspapers anymore
but they got blown off the field I got blown off the field
and they have to be three straight losses they have to be
wondering what's going on yeah those
big Acquisitions didn't really make a difference they had
the same result and somehow that's going to change I don't know
what will be the difference but they've got to get some
production from that defensive line staffers got to get back
to playing like he did the
first four weeks of the Season up next for the Rams and floral
thank you so much for showing your age on that one with
the newspaper reference let's go to its speed around we're going to
speed it up a little bit and I want to start
with the dolphins in their four-game win streak at first
I said no no no one I saw this but you know what if you look
at their schedule coming up Giants by death at New Orleans
that's three games they can win and they would be right
in the thick of things if they were in the NFC I would say yes
so I'm going to say 7 Mike by
in three straight home game they're literally home for
the holidays they don't go anywhere until December 27th when they
play the Saints and and you know you got to keep me focused
and not distracted but you don't have any travel you can
settle in you can
get into a routine and they took care of the Panthers
pretty convincingly today I think they will be seven and
seven going into that 27th Monday night game against
the blitz book on Lamar they went and got the win against
the Panthers Jaylen waddle looks great
why not yes look out for the Niners I think they've got
their mojo back they've got their formula if their defense
continues to get healthy and in rounds back in the form this
offense can score points
running the football
I agree and I think the defense is playing well again too so
the combination of Run game and defense that's always been
there for me left that'll get me to the playoffs have that
desperation that comes in handy down the stretch their they're
already in
the playoff mode to a certain extent we saw today against
the Vikings team that did had or at least should have had that same
mindset alright the Broncos have won three of their last
four games but have 11 straight losses to Kansas City and
Kansas City
coming off a bye and coach knows what it's like very good
started back in the late to 2000 decade when I was coaching
he's been great that way I think they're focused and
dialed in and then Denver Vic fangio as a
solid defense that he plays I don't see them deviating and
everybody has had success with this she'll keep the ball in
front of you that's not the way Denver play so icy points going
on the board I see a lot of which one of the more
they're just trust and Kelsey Wright Chelsea's your number
one tyreik and if I did a little bit of the Run game but
I think they're showing more patience is an offense and
they're only going to take the shots when they're given to
a flame better they've
been hot his last 34 weeks
not much of a chance didn't get much of a chance today and they
made me look like an idiot not that I need any help the Chiefs
a few weeks ago I said the rest of the AFC West should be upset
that they blew their chance
to knock out the cheapest I think the rest of
the conference now should be looking at Kansas City saying
we thought they were done we thought it was over and now
it's bubbling up Kansas City New England the best two teams
in the conference alright obviously
the Bucs went on the road they got to win and Indianapolis was
this a bigger loss for the Colts or a bigger win for
the Bucks coach for the Colts they did a lot of things well had
control of the game they're up to scores really
going in to go up three scores and get a sack fumble but this
is a game that they outplayed them but the turnovers did it
in and this is a loss is going to be hard to recover from yeah
I agree they lost the Tennessee Titans
twice already you know when they're two games back from
them to really their three games out of me being in front
of their division so they really need to be on
the stretcher now they to do have a formula but they have to take
care of the football that's where I got to
be today
is there a mad Scramble for that 7 seed in the AFC in
the Colts are still alive but it have a lot better chance if
they had closed out opportunities at against
the Titans at home and the Buccaneers at home while
the Colts sit at 6
and 6:11 see it right now in the AFC and that's all we have
for the week 12 recap guys pretty good we'll see you for
week 13 we've got the Broncos gone on the road to the city
after a bye in a coach that no one
really wants to be a part of that but we wish the Bronco
good luck we wish you luck the rest of the week and Hope you
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