Saturday 12 December 2015

Concluding Week 13 as the offences start to roll into postseason mode


Tyrod Taylor gives the Bills a weapon both running and throwing the ball and he kept the ball alive time and time again against the Texans. Meanwhile Sammy Watkins had several long plays as the Bills kept their playoff hopes alive.

 

Odell Beckham was making plays all day long against the Jets as he made their vaunted defence look ordinary on his way to his fifth straight 100 yard game. Revis is no longer the elite player that he once was.

 


Blake Bortles to Allen Robinson looks quite the combination. Bortles set the Jaguars single season record and Robinson became the first Jaguars receiver to reach 1000 yards since 2005. They did this without injured WR Allen Hurns on the other side. The Jags are really assembling some good pieces to the puzzle.

 

The Blaine Train continues to roll! Blaine Gabbert continues on his road to redemption with two huge plays to lead the 49ers to an overtime win against the Chicago Bears. He pulled the game level with his 44 yard TD run and won the game with a 71 yard touchdown pass to Antonio Smith.

 

The Giants blew a 10 point lead and saw their game go to overtime before eventually losing to a Brandon Marshall led Jets team. Marshall became the first ever player to have 1,000 yard seasons for four different teams. For all his personality issues Marshall, like TO before him, is an outstanding playmaker.

 

Regardless of how the rest of the season turns out and whether Chip Kelly stays or goes, the Eagles need to be more disciplined. They had 4 penalties on one drive in the first quarter! Although they went on to defeat the Patriots they relied heavily on special teams and defence. The defence was hugely improved from the unit that has allowed 90 points over two games. The main reason for this, I believe, was the fact they were able to consistently put pressure on Brady. Eagles defensive end Fletcher Cox is having an amazing season and should make the Pro Bowl.

 

After another embarrassing loss the Browns have named Johnny Manziel as their starting quarterback, something they should have done weeks ago (and technically did before Manziel made the front office think twice with his off-field hijinks). The Browns look like favourites for the first overall pick and so essentially get four games to see if they have their QB of the future in place or need to look to Paxton Lynch or Jared Goff.

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