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Thursday Night Football<\/h3>\n
Jacksonville 19 @ New York Jets 3<\/strong><\/p>\n The jags took a big step towards clinching an unexpected playoff place with a nice win at the faltering NY Jets. Zac Wilson had another poor game and one has to wonder how much longer the Jets will persevere with him under centre. Conversely, Trevor Lawrence continues to improve putting in a mistake-free performance which included a running jumping TD for good measure. With Tennessee losing again it now looks like the Jags can pinch the AFC South.<\/p>\n Image: April Visuals\/Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n Plenty of interesting games here which kept fans entertained in the final run into Christmas. The Lion’s playoff hopes took a nose dive with a brutal loss to the Panthers. They gave up an incredible 320 yards rushing while only managing a partly 45 themselves. One has to feel sorry for Jared Goff. It’s not often you have 355 yards passing and 3 TDs and end up well beaten.<\/p>\n The night’s most entertaining game was saved for last as the Cowboys knocked off the Eagles with a fourth-quarter rally. Still, the Eagles were a bit below strength and should still get the top seed. Gardner Minshew filled in adequately for the injured Jaylen Hurts and on this showing the Eagles at full strength will go deep in the playoffs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Buffalo 35 @ Chicago 13<\/strong><\/p>\n New Orleans 17 @ Cleveland 10<\/strong><\/p>\n Seattle 10 @ Kansas City 24<\/strong><\/p>\n New York Giants 24 @ Minnesota 27<\/strong><\/p>\n Cincinnati 22 @ New England 18<\/strong><\/p>\n Detroit 23 @ Carolina 37<\/strong><\/p>\n Atlanta 9 @ Baltimore 17<\/strong><\/p>\n Houston 19 @ Tennessee 14<\/strong><\/p>\n Washington 20 @ San Francisco 37<\/strong><\/p>\n Philadelphia 34 @ Dallas 40<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The night started off with a whimper and ended with a bang! The opener is one that will not live long in the memory outside of the final game-winning drive where Kenny Pickett showed flashes of the promise that led the Steelers to draft him in round one. Derek Carr had a night to forget for the Raiders and this performance pretty much cemented his exit.<\/p>\n The Packers-Dolphins game was won by Green Bays’ defense which forced four turnovers. This included picking Tua off three times including a game-ending one.\u00a0 This leaves Green Bay with an outside chance of making the Wildcards and one has to wonder how their season would have gone had they not traded away their No1 & No2 receivers!<\/p>\n The night ended with a Christmas cracker for anyone except a Denver fan. Plenty of points and offense to entertain the neutral and of course some badly needed seasonal cheer for the much-maligned Baker Mayfield who scored his first TDs for his latest team. It was another dismal night for Russel Wilson though who threw 3 interceptions and ended with a QBR of 3.4! Lets hope Santa is kinder to him next year.<\/p>\n Las Vegas Raiders 10 @ Pittsburgh 13<\/strong><\/p>\n Green Bay 26 @ Miami 20<\/strong><\/p>\n Denver 14 @ AL Rams 51<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tampa continued their limp into the postseason beating the hapless Cardinals in OT.\u00a0 Tom Brady did what he does best, engineering a late comeback for the win. The Buccs have been poor this year but one more win and they will win the NFC South.<\/p>\n Tampa Bay 19 @ Arizona 16 (OT)<\/strong><\/p>\n The Chargers had a routine win over the hapless Colts, who will look to begin a rebuild in 2023 most likely starting with a rookie QB after their veteran experiment of the last few seasons failed to produce. At least they will have an early draft pick to address this with.<\/p>\n The Chargers booked their wildcard slot with this win. This will be their first appearance since 2018<\/a> and only their 3rd since 2010.<\/p>\n LA Chargers 20 @ Indianapolis 3<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So ends our quick recap of the week’s games.\u00a0 You can check out our other round-ups here<\/a> and if you like quizzes then give one of our many sports quizzes<\/a> a try.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Week 16 saw the NFL give fans a bit of a Christmas treat by scheduling three games for the day itself.\u00a0 As it turned out they picked two good ones and a bit of a damp squib obe. 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