All of us at this game. #CHIvsDET pic.twitter.com/zp4jvtnuhK— The Ringer (@ringer) November 22, 2018
Touchdown Blount after a second push. Big play to Allen Robinson for 29 yards. Third down pass goes off Cohen's fingertips in the end zone. A taller man makes that catch.
this game is the tranquilizer dart to the neck we all needed after chiefs-rams— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) November 22, 2018
I can sort of see what the Bears were thinking there...11 points likely wins this mess.— Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) November 22, 2018
I’d like to give thanks to everything but this halftime show.— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) November 22, 2018
Feels like Blount left 15 yards on the table by running directly into a tackler— Riley McAtee (@Riley_McAtee) November 22, 2018
Bears safety Eddie Jackson @EJackson_4 has 3 touchdowns this season. The same number of TD as his Alabama Crimson Tide pal Julio Jones. Go figure.— Charlie Yook (@yookc) November 22, 2018
It's Backup Quarterback Thursday! The good news for Washington is Trent Williams is back. Also McCoy beat the Cowboys in Dallas on a Monday night some years back, if I recall correctly. Cowboys get the ball first. Zach Brown tackles Elliott from behind, postponing a first down, which Amari Cooper picks up on the next play. Tyron Smith NOT starting, and he was expected to have recovered from a stinger but apparently not. Cooper gets 11 yards. Touchdown Elliott, and he pulls out some cash (?!) and drops it in the giant Salvation Army kettle, a callback to his jumping into it his rookie season. Aikman compares Colt to Jason Garrett. McCoy then throws into traffic and barely avoids an interception. McCoy fumbles on a scramble but Washington gets it back, but they have to punt. Buck: "I just hope that money gets into the right hands." McCoy avoids a sack and gets a favorable spot on this third-down pass. The refs missed a face mask and the Cowboys don't challenge the spot. Interception! Sack. McCoy comes back and finds Reed for a first down. He misses Vernon Davis on 3rd and 9. That's a good punt. Dak manages to just avoid a safety. Aikman recalls when this happened in their first meeting this season and it ended with a recovered fumble for a touchdown. McCoy finds Davis down the sideline for a 53 yard touchdown! Did I forget there was a live-action Lion King coming? Michael Gallup making plays. Dak escapes a sack to find him for another first down. QB keeper nets another first down. That throw fell short because of the pass rush, which also led to the following sack. Field goal is good. McCoy almost throws another pick but Doctson did well to turn into a defender and knock the ball away. Then he gets sacked and the Cowboys will get the ball back with two time outs. And do nothing with it.
Its truly impossible to coach this badly. Tremendous drive starter with Cooper gain and of course no timeout and lose the clock and then go backwards. I envy you that root for well coached teams so badly— Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) November 22, 2018
That's a good punt return. The Cowboys give them five more yards immediately with a neutral zone infraction. Then Washington loses 10 on a hold. Williams just went out again. Touchdown! Nice catch. Extra point is... no good? Elliott still getting his against 8-man fronts as Buck and Aikman talk about how Cooper hasn't impacted the Cowboys' offense yet. Third and two and Dak runs a play fake, throws it to Cooper, who runs AWAY from the defense and scores. You could see him accelerate. THIS extra point is good and the Cowboys retake the lead. That must have been quite the hold by Morgan Moses if the Cowboys are this salty about it. They're still fighting. It's offensive holding and it's now fourth down. Dak hits Cooper, who gets free in the secondary AGAIN! Touchdown! 90 yards!
on this Thanksgiving, the Bears and Cowboys are thankful for Jon Gruden.— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) November 23, 2018
The lack of urgency by Washington on this drive has been embarrassing. That’s on the coach, the quarterback or both. But either way - they had a chance and acted like they were in no hurry at all.— Mike Greenberg (@Espngreeny) November 23, 2018
And now, backup announcers, as the studio crew (Tirico, Dungy, Harrison) are calling this game. Wait, why does Michele still have to work? RIGGED. Saints get the ball first, which seems like folly on the Falcons' part. Hey, look, it's Michael Thomas. Hey, look, it's Michael Thomas again. Touchdown Tommy Lee Lewis, who makes a leaping backwards catch in the end zone. I'm being told that that touchdown happened so quickly it's being retroactively applied to the Eagles game. Sanu caught that? Wow. Coleman loses five yards trying to bounce it outside. Ryan fumbles! Mad scramble and the Saints recover! That's not what the Falcons needed. Brees goes back to Thomas. INTERCEPTION. That's only the second one Brees has thrown this year. Touchdown? The officials are discussing if Kazee was down by contact. They rule he was, but it's still Falcons ball. Harrison, of all people, thinks that should have been pass interference. (McAuley agrees.) Ryan gets trapped and fumbles again, but he recovers this time. Field goal is good. Brees drops the snap, but still pitches it to Ingram, who gets 15. Not sure how Watson didn't catch that one. He's been around for a long time if Harrison was his teammate once. Dungy spots the illegal formation before it gets flagged. Kamara with a spin move to get three more yards and inside the 10. Another pass gets knocked down.
Sean Payton needs to understand that Taysom Hill is an indulgence— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) November 23, 2018
🗣Stop running the ball.— Robert Mays (@robertmays) November 23, 2018
Ryan sacked AGAIN. Falcons going for it on 4th and 7. Dungy approved. Ryan rolls out and makes it! Jones with a big catch... but he fumbles! Saints ball! 17-3 at halftime.
Falcons going for it on 4th and 2 from their own 48. Tirico points out that they're 4-6 and can't afford another loss. Incomplete. Now the Saints are going for it on 4th and 5 from the Falcons' 43. Did they really just try to draw them offsides? They're not playing the Bengals. Falcons running out of time and it's the third quarter. Brees fires one through Brooks Reed's hands and into a streaking Watson's. Diving catch for a touchdown by... Dan Arnold? All right, then. 24-3 Saints.
The Saints are just picking fans out of the stands at random and putting them in at WR, right? Who are these dudes?— Beef-witted Throttlebottom (@skaboomizzy) November 23, 2018
Falcons outsmarting themselves with that direct snap to Sanu in the backfield. They barely got it off. That interception was tipped. Jones was open but the ball never got there. Touchdown Kirkwood!
The Saints have now thrown another TD pass to an undrafted player. That's four on the night. This time Keith Kirkwood with his first TD catch and a 31-10 lead.— Mike Triplett (@MikeTriplett) November 23, 2018
I’ve lived in Atlanta for almost twenty years and gone native in almost every way but dear god the thought of rooting for this team never even crossed my mind— BUM CHILLUPS (@edsbs) November 23, 2018
and I love bad ideas!
Signal Finder: NYG @ PHI, JAX @ BUF (end), PIT @ DEN
The Eagles have one active cornerback (Rasul Douglas) who was on the roster a month ago. If I'm the Giants, I don't run the ball once. OK, twice. Giants rolling after converting that first third down. Wayne Gallman getting some run for some reason. Barkley scores without resistance. The extra point was good, but there was a penalty on the Eagles, and now the Giants are going for two. Pass is incomplete. Eli didn't see Rhett Ellison in the back of the end zone. Eagles go to Ertz immediately. Josh Adams goes up the middle, finds open space, and scores, but offensive holding brings it back. Explain a screen pass on 3rd and 12. Eagles end up punting. Beckham beats one of the new guys, De'Andre Bausby, and the Giants have first and goal. Defense holds (!) and the field goal is good. Barkley wanted pass interference on Jenkins and he probably should have gotten it. Eagles get a generous spot on that Ertz catch. Eagles are lucky that wasn't intercepted. That's a bad offensive pass interference call on Jeffery. So a first down turns into a coverage sack and the Eagles have to punt again.
This officiating crew is just plain horrible and that's hurting both teams.— Dave Weinberg (@PressACWeinberg) November 25, 2018
Touchdown Barkley. Douglas didn't even try to tackle him (but he hasn't practiced all week, either) These are two not-great defenses. How does Ertz get that open? Goedert picks up a key first down on a tight end screen. Touchdown Ertz and he's now the Eagles' all-time leader in catches by a tight end. Eagles go for two (?) and get it (!) thanks to a good block by Ertz, who isn't known for that. Some fantastic confusion on the ensuing kickoff ends with the flag being picked up after a 45-yard return. Two straight catches from Fowler put the Giants in field goal range. Eli does some Eli shit and Jenkins INTERCEPTS it! Eli didn't see Barkley at all.
Eagles' first INT since Oct. 11 vs Giants— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) November 25, 2018
Reminder: Donovan McNabb has as many wins (4-0) in the last 22 Eagles vs. Giants games as Eli Manning (4-18).— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) November 25, 2018
During Giants-Eagles, Cincinnati guy Thom Brenneman said that Bengals fans, already pissed that they're down 21-0 to the Browns, would revolt if Hue Jackson (brought back to the Bengals' staff after his firing) ended up succeeding Marvin Lewis. Then THIS happened:
Wow!!! Randall just picked the ball off and gave it to Hue. Hahahahhahahahhahahahahahha😂ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚😗 Will Blackmon (@WillBlackmon) November 25, 2018
It's week 12 and the Browns still get to be in the AFC Playoff Picture graphic, what a year.— thecubsfan (@thecubsfan) November 25, 2018
Jump ball to Moncrief for a TD in Buffalo. He and the defender battle for the ball. Bills and Jaguars get into a fistfight around them. A full minute later, they’re still cuddling and fighting for the ball as the fight stops. Beautiful, to be honest— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) November 25, 2018
Philip Rivers is ON ONE. (Chargers 45, Cardinals 10)
Broncos in their old helmets. I dig it. Audience? Steelers get the game's first first down after a Broncos three and out. Brown picking up yardage. Samuels (Conner's backup) makes a nice move to get a first down. Field goal is... blocked? Partially blocked and no good, yes. That's not the right shade of orange. Big pass play from Keenum to Heuerman. This field goal is good. Ben hits Ryan Switzer for a first down. Roethlisberger to McDonald: "Dude, what? Why are you standing here?" *calls time out* Grimble trucks this defender in the end zone — but it's ruled that he fumbled it through the end zone! It's the Austin Seferian-Jenkins rule and Broncos ball! Wow. They didn't change that rule? Idiots. T.J. Watt headed to the locker room as the Broncos cross midfield. Drive stalls and the Steelers take over. Brown gets caught short on 3rd down and Boswell tries again. This one's good. I don't know the Broncos' tight ends but one of them just scored. Just sat down in the zone, it looks like, caught it, and walked in. This is still a good Broncos secondary, but they're being challenged by the Steelers, who will throw to anybody and everybody. Juju gets stopped cold. FAKE FIELD GOAL! TOUCHDOWN ALEJANDRO VILLANUEVA! Good throw by Boswell, too!
FICHTNER, U DAWG— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) November 25, 2018
Don't look now, but the Colts have won five in a row and that second AFC wild card spot is there to be had. (Colts 27, Dolphins 24)
What if THIS game ends in a tie, too? Highlights montage reminds you that the Packers should have won the first game on at least two occasions. That spot will leave the Vikings just short. They line up to go for it but false start. Good job, guys. They punt . Nope, Adams stepped out of bounds first.
Aaron Jones runs right past Everson Griffen. Solid running inside. Touchdown Adams, who beats Xavier Rhodes. That's a lot of yards to Diggs. Touchdown Cook! How about that. LIMBOOOOOO. Packers coming right back. They're actually running the ball. How novel. This drive has been all Jones and Adams. (Cobb is out tonight.) Jones gets the corner and scores. Cousins pass gets tipped and Rudolph ends up with it. Another drop by Treadwell. Diggs doesn't drop those passes. Somehow he gets behind the defense in the end zone and catches a touchdown. Not a lot of defense being played so far. Thielen makes a tough catch in tight coverage. Jaire Alexander's been very good for the Packers this season.
Also: don’t think I’m not noticing the NBC music guy playing The Replacements and Husker Du heading to break here. MVP— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) November 26, 2018
106 Grey Cups! Canada's been playing football longer than we've had football. REVENGE FOR CALGARY. Oh, man, this game's in Edmonton and half the crowd is DEAD after the Stampeders won. The game's best Canadian player gets his own trophy, which seems so very Canadian. (Stampeders 27, Redblacks 14)
The refs possibly missed at least a running into the kicker call on the Vikings' field goal attempt before halftime. Speaking of, Mike Zimmer declared he's going for it on 4th downs to take the game out of his kicker's hands. Al points out that these teams are still tied. Jones is stopped just short at midfield. McCarthy's angry because it took the refs too long to spot the ball and he has to burn a time out now. They go for it and Jones didn't get it. Turnover on downs. This is the problem with McCarthy. Why not sneak it?
Mike McCarthy really needs to sack up and just Ask Madden— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) November 26, 2018
do the packers know they’re allowed to block or what’s going on here— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) November 26, 2018
This is actually ridiculous now. It's like Aaron Rodgers made a deal with the devil at halftime of Week 1 and the rest of this season is the price he paid— Riley McAtee (@Riley_McAtee) November 26, 2018
Bob McNair feature. Mariota gets lucky when Eric Reid's brother drops a sure interception, then gets flagged for interference. Field goal is good.
Fourth down returns to Monday Night Football after a one-week hiatus.— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) November 27, 2018
Didn't watch the Packer game. "Go for it" doesn't mean "Run your 15th-best offensive player right at JJ Watt."— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) November 27, 2018
I just want to point out that Tennessee threw their season away because they handed the ball off to their 19th string tight end on a 4th and 1.— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) November 27, 2018
Marcus Mariota is 12-of-12 for 157 yards and a touchdown and his team is down 17 points.— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) November 27, 2018
Titans return the punt to midfield. Corey Davis gets open, makes a man miss, and walks into the end zone. Mariot gets hit again and fumbles! Watt caused that chaos. Who's got it? Titans recover but it's fourth down. Witten: "As a tight end, the answer's not putting Jonnu Smith one-on-one with J.J. Watt, I can tell you that." Watson sprints down the middle after thinking about it. Titans challenge that he actually fumbled at the end. This is... kinda close. Call STANDS. It almost looks like he starts to lose it, gets it back, and loses it again after he's down. Touchdown to Thomas. Always love offensive holding on a sack. Mariota — who still hasn't thrown an incompletion with seven minutes left in this game — scrambles for 8 on 3rd and 16. What is that mustache, Marcus? Titans still not bothering with defense. Receivers have been open all night long. Booger absolutely savaging the now-benched Blake Bortles, as well as Tom Coughlin for extending him (which was absolutely a terrible decision). Tessitore reports that the league office told them that on the Watson non-fumble, he didn't lose control of it, which was my theory. Mariota throws his first incompletion with 1:25 left to play. Whoa, this game ended quick. (Texans 34, Titans 17)
RANKINGS:
TOP 4:
1. L.A. Rams (10-1) — Rest and recharge
2. New Orleans (10-1) — The beat goes on
3. Kansas City (9-2) — See the Rams
4. Houston (8-3) — Not out of the woods yet
BOTTOM 4:
29. Jacksonville (3-8) — Sunday felt like a low point
30. N.Y. Giants (3-8) — Can't beat the Eagles
31. San Francisco (2-9) — How do you lose that badly to a team as bad as the Bucs?
32. Oakland (2-9) — Ouch
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