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great, watchable moments - particularly in the hands of Bill Croskey-Merritt who shined again for the first time in a long time. But the game was still barely watchable, and that's in large part due to truly putrid and amateurish officiating that continues to gobsmack viewers of this multi-billion dollar business. You already made us watch two truly bad teams face off on Christmas, and to top it you heap a serving of garbage referees? I hope Santa dropped a bag of coal and left an upper decker in Roger Goodell's mansion. In any case, Washington fans only have 60 minutes left of football this season before our misery ends and is replaced by optimism for at least 9 months. And good riddance to this season - what a disaster.
28. | (/TEN) | Titans | -- | 3-13 | The Titans played in an entertaining 34-26 loss to the Saints in Nashville on Sunday. The Titans got out to an early lead but couldn’t hold on and let up a late surge by the Saints. During the game, Chimere Dike set the NFL record for all purpose yards for a rookie passing the record set by Tim Brown’s 1988 season with the Raiders.
29. | (/ARI) | Cardinals | -2 | 3-13 | The Cardinals have now lost 12 of their last 13, but more importantly aren't playing with much fight. Opening with three 3 and outs, it felt like the game was out of reach by halftime. On the bright side, McBride and Wilson are playing like a true 1-2 punch regardless of Harrison Jr's status. Gannon remains on the hotseat not even a win against the Staffordless Rams will change.
30. | (/NYG) | Giants | -- | 3-13 | If you didn't think the Giants would come out and win handily in a meaningless end of season game where winning would hurt their draft stock, then you haven't been watching enough Giants football. Despite the negativity surrounding the win, getting Jaxson Dart his first post-Skattebo W has to be good for his confidence. While the defense showing up is likely as much on the Raiders' paltry offense as it is an endorsement of the defensive unit themselves, the clear progression of Abdul Carter the last few weeks from being essentially a ghost on the stat sheet and field to playing a lot more like a guy you'd wanna spend a top 3 pick on has been nice to see. Congrats to the Raiders on getting a fast track to their next QB, but one benefit of the G-Men not having the #1 overall pick is that we won't all be subjected to "should the Giants trade Dart for a day 2 pick and draft Mendoza??" for 4 straight months. Now it's onto Dallas, who the Giants nearly beat way back in week 2 with Russ at the helm.
31. | (/NYJ) | Jets | -- | 3-13 | Sunday was a pathetic showing against a hated rival. This Jets team is going to have a lot of turnover in the next season or two. The lone bright spot continues to be the offensive line, which should provide reasonable protection for Mendoza or Moore or whatever rookie QB finds themselves on the Jets next year.
32. | (/LV) | Raiders | -- | 2-14 | WE WON THE TANK BOWL

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Caleb Williams has a league leading ten 20+ yard touchdown passes.

Including going for 5/5, 150 yards, and 2 TDs on deep ball passes Sunday night against the Niners. His two main critiques coming out of his rookie year was his deep ball accuracy and his tendency to take sacks.

Amazing to see this kind of improvement and is a testament to why coaching matters!

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The Packers could lose 4 straight and still make the playoffs. This is how rare that is.

With the Packers heading into Week 18 against the Vikings in Minnesota, there is a real chance they finish the regular season on a four-game losing streak while still locked into the NFC 7 seed.

This game is basically meaningless for both teams standings-wise. Green Bay is already in, Minnesota is out, and the Packers are currently underdogs with a lot of people expecting them to rest starters or at least not push key guys.

That got me wondering how often this has actually happened before.

From what I can find, it is extremely rare:

• 1999 Detroit Lions
They lost their final four regular season games. Entered the playoffs cold and lost in the Wild Card round.

• 2024 Pittsburgh Steelers
Finished 10-7 but dropped their last four games. Several outlets noted they were only the third team in NFL history to enter the playoffs on a four-game losing streak.

• 1986 New York Jets (a little different but worth mentioning)
They lost five straight to end the season, still made the playoffs, and actually won their Wild Card game before losing the next round.

So if the Packers lose this Vikings game and head into the playoffs on a four-game skid, they would be joining a list that is basically two teams long, or three if you include the Jets with the longer streak.

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Report released detailing incident involving Barmore: “She intended to open the door and scream for help but Christian grabbed her before she could and threw her to the floor. I asked her if she was injured and she told me she had bruises from being throw to the floor.”

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Full report in attached IMGUR link pulled from the filings published online. Photos of her injuries were taken and provided when the report was filed

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[Knowles] Was messing around with DVOA taking out a player's top targets. Like, Drake Maye's DVOA falls to 13.9% if you take out targets to Stefon Diggs, and Matt Stafford's falls to 12.6% without Puka Nacua. Sam Darnold falls to -15.2% without Jaxson Smith-Njigba. That's your JSN for OPOY stat.
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Flaws of current playoff teams

Red flags for teams still in the playoffs (NFL rank)…

NFC

🚩Seahawks* – 28 giveaways (31st)

🚩Bears* – 357.3 total YPG allowed (28th)

🚩Eagles* – 29.2 three & out pct (32nd)

🚩49ers* – 18 sacks (32nd)

🚩Rams* – 29.4 PPG allowed since Week 13 (28th)

🚩Packers* – 23 points off takeaways (31st)

🚩Panthers – -67 point differential (23rd)

🚩Buccaneers – 1-7 since Week 10 (30th)


AFC

🚩Broncos* – 12 takeaways (28th)

🚩Patriots* – -17 sack differential (29th)

🚩Jaguars* – 125 penalties (32nd)

🚩Texans* – 45.1 red zone TD pct (30th)

🚩Chargers* – 56 sacks allowed (29th)

🚩Bills* – 140.4 rush YPG allowed (29th)

🚩Steelers – 245.3 pass YPG allowed (29th)

🚩Ravens – 245.3 pass YPG allowed (29th)


*Clinched playoffs

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[Rapoport] Packers QB Jordan Love has cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol, but coach Matt LaFleur announced that Clayton Tune will start vs the Vikings.
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