Week 11 NFL This Week

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Unbelievable.

Unstoppable.

Hello and welcome to NFL This Week.

11 weeks in now and some

things are clear as day,

like New England and Pittsburgh

controlling the AFC

but over in the NFC,

Philadelphia, Minnesota, New Orleans

and the LA Rams all lead their

divisions, which comes as a surprise

as they all failed to

make the playoffs last year.

Joining me for the ride once again

is two-time Super Bowl

winner Osi Umenyiora and former

NFL corner Jason Bell.

What are you doing?

As a head coach, start the season

with two losses and you'll be

lucky to get a table

at your favourite restaurant.

However, following up two losses

with seven consecutive wins

and the Saints' Sean Payton no doubt

has restaurateurs across

New Orleans lining up to seat him

at their establishment.

The Saints' revival this year has

hallmarks of their 2009 Super Bowl

winning season as they look for win

number eight against

a tricky Washington Redskins.

The start was anything but simple.

That's how you close a team out.

A hellish pair of defeats.

The lights have a habit

of going out in the

Super Dome and this could have been

a fresh plunge into the darkness.

But a rebuild is in

the soul of New Orleans

and the Saints have been

on

a one-way route march ever since.

Seven straight wins.

The fight from this team

to take it to the next level.

A pair of campaign veterans

and a pair of running backs.

Kamara has some running

room, and he will score.

Saints, it seems, come in pairs.

And how will all be

Washington Redskins

come into Louisiana?

Singularly resilient.

And armed with Cousens.

COMMENTATOR: 3rd down and six,

Thompson, touchdown!

Jamison Crowder, he comes up

and he is able to pick off Bell.

That opens Chris Thompson,

who split out with a

wheel route, and that is easy

pickings, right there.

Ingram, what a move,

Ingram,

touchdown New Orleans.

They have been able to get

through this Redskins defense in the

middle when they have run the ball.

Great job by that offensive line.

Can he get it in?

Yes, touchdown Washington.

That is your center,

who comes out and makes a nice clean

block right there in the hole.

So now they give

Nick Rose is a chance

to see if he can come away

with three points for them.

And this just became more difficult.

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False start,

number 92, offense.

That is against Stacy McGeoch.

That is against Stacy McGeoch.

And if he was a lesser

player I'm not sure if

he would see the field again.

Wil Lutz capitalise on Washington's

blunder with this field goal.

Out to his left, can he run for it?

No as he gets hit by Vonn Bell.

Thompson is down.

They have got both

of their best offensive

They have got both

of their best offensive

They have got both

of their best offensive

Thompson, gets rolled up.

Looks like

they are going to be doing without

them for the rest of the year. Big

punt and a 1st down Gary bya

Marshall. Paul, grounded. How about

that? Redskins need yards to try a

field goal. The pass all along and

the walking touchdown for

Washington.

Cousens hangs in a

pocket. And that is a great job by

Kirk Cousins.

A 42 yard field goal

cut the Saints' deficit early in the

fourth quarter.

Jeremy Spring or

getting his first touchdown of the

year.

He has put the dagger into New

Orleans. They just completely turned

them and there was no biggie within

15 yards. Drew Brees. Touchdown for

Wil Lutz. 2.5 brunette. The extra

point returns it to one possession

game. This is the game right here.

They either make a key stop or they

run this clock out. It doesn't go.

Came through and made the stop for a

loss of one, and there is hope here

in New Orleans for the Saints. One

minute 53 left for Drew Brees. Drew

Brees. The pass is picked. But a

flag on the player. If it is against

the Washington Redskins the game is

still alive and it is against

Washington.

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Hands of the face, number

29. Automatic 1st down.

Kendall

Fuller called for illegal hands to

the face and he came away with an

interception after that. It wipes

away what would have been

essentially a game ending

interception. Drew Brees with a

season high of 367 yards. Breeze.

Come on. Touchdown, after a juggle.

But it doesn't mean anything every

Saints don't convert the drive.

Looking for a block.

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The quick throw, not there. Cousins

and crowd are not on the same page

and Saints screaming for an

intentional grounding and they are

going to give it to him.

REFEREE:

Ten yards penalty.

There is

nobody like that out here.

These

guys are running slants, they bring

pressure of the age. And there is

nobody around.

REFEREE:

Please reset the clock to

18 seconds.

They forgot to run the

ten seconds off. They will now. And

only 18 seconds remain. And down

goes cousins! Knocked out by Vonn

Bell, and moving on to overtime.

Cousins does not see the Blitz

coming off his blindside.

Wil Lutz

is thinking about what is the gum,

Mark Ingram now over 100 yards for

his game.

And Atos to Ingram.

Gets

the block, Hall cannot bring him

down. And down to the ten, 31 he

yards the Mark Ingram.

We're looking

at 28 yard game-winning field for

Wil Lutz. What a game! The Saints

have won it.

Playing better in some

areas but I wouldn't have said, if

you'd asked the question if we are

really good team, we didn't look

like it for two thirds of that game.

It we came out to a hostile

environment against a team that has

won seven and zero, but we are

getting close.

Be have the

confidence here to win in a lot of

different ways. We have got the

personnel to do it, the right

attitude to do it.

What an amazing comeback

by New Orleans.

In their 51-year history they've

never rallied from a 15-point

deficit in the fourth quarter.

They're also the first team in NFL

history to lose their first two

games and then win the next eight.

Osi is going to take us

through what is giving

New Orleans the edge.

The New Orleans Saints are on an

eight-game winning streak. They have

all of them calibre quarterback and

a head coach who understands how to

get the ball into the hands of his

playmaker Andy does this in a

variety of ways and I'm going to

show you some other ways he does it.

The first thing is what

show you some other ways he does it.

The first thing is what we like to

call a screen. What is a screen, you

may ask? It is essentially windy

quarterback is going to dump the

board of the running back, the

opposite line are going to pretend,

they are going to pretend to block

them released down the field,

essentially set him up, you guessed

it, a screen in front of the running

back to run behind. This is an

incredible player. You look at the

offensive lineman, he's coming to

the outside, you see the pretend

block then they run down the field

and Alban Camara is going to do the

rest. This is what a great head

coach does, he gets the border is

running backs and let them be

outstanding athletes, and make

plays. Take a look at the offensive

lineman right here to set this up

perfectly. He's going to go to the

outside, then boom, released to the

outside and will see Wil Lutz do the

rest. Great running back and great

coaching, getting the ball to your

playmakers. The new Orleans Saints

have been doing this with Sean

Payton for a number of years. Back

in the day they had a guy called

Reggie Bush, this was before they

were trying to make America great

again! And if you watching right

here, the screened are going to run

here is called a halfback slip

screen and what his wing to do is

released not to the outside but

diddy inside. The offensive lineman

are going to do the exact same thing

and pretend to block them released

down the field, giving him space to

get to the end zone. Reggie Wilson

is an incredible football player.

Look at the offensive lineman in

front of him, setting up the screen

and you see him doing the rest.

Great football player, great

coaching again by the New Orleans

Saints. Last but not least, one of

the great things great offensive

coordinator or head coach will do,

he will also put his running back in

a position to expose a linebacker.

In this right here, this is crazy,

this is incredible. This guy right

here is responsible for Alvin

Kamara. He's one of the great

athletes on the field. There is no

way a linebacker will be able to

cover him in space. If I'm a

defensive coordinator, what I am

doing is rather than allowing him to

dictate, I'm going to blitz this guy

right here. Because you know he's

responsible for him he will now have

to stay in and block but Redskins

don't do that. They let Alban Camara

come right up through the middle of

the field, put him in a one on one

situation and the linebacker has no

chance. He gives him a real shake

and they can gets into the end zone

again. You are going to seeing him

go through the middle of the field.

Doing a little shape, the option

rout, still finds a way to get the

job done. New Orleans Saints, Sean

Penkywicz outstanding offensive

coordinator and head coach, and they

came with the job done.

Given that

he showed how they did this with

Reggie Bush, teams will be on their

guard to know what he likes to do,

and how they like to play, and at

the moment they are unstoppable.

Washington did the decent job

stopping this green gang, but like

we said before, when you have Drew

Brees, he can win you games, and he

did. And on that play highlighted it

was the third string against a

linebacker.

We touched on this

before, was it the trade of Adrian

Peterson to the Cardinals operate on

the Saints that revitalised and

revolutionise their season and

improved things? Eugh! It is the way

that they have been playing over the

course of the season. You don't want

to have too many chefs in the

kitchen.

Granted, they are running

the football and powering it down

their throat, you only need two

running backs to do that and they

are executing that to perfection.

You had guys that are thinking that

what is my role now that Adrian

Peterson is not there, but now it is

like, I am a guy that needed it.

When we look at some other teams

later on in the show, the biggest

thing it feels like for the Saints

now is that they are not just Drew

Brees.

Absolutely. That is what

makes them so scary. They can score

with these running backs and draw

the screens, but if he needs the

win, he can make every throw.

A reminder there's a Thanksgiving

special show with the Chuckle

Brothers this Saturday after Match

of the Day where they're

joined by a specal guest.

No, he's not going to be there!

What

position do you want to play? I want

to be quarterback, I want to be the

dictator. That is what I would like

to have been.

You can see more of that

and highlights of the Thanksgiving

games at 11.45pm this Saturday

after Match of the Day on BBC One.

Can the goal that? -- can we draw a

line under that.

Right let's take a look at some

of the other week 11 games.

By the second quarter the Broncos

led by seven. Finding Ericson from

29 yards. AJ Green caught another

daughter touchdown pass in the

fourth quarter

daughter touchdown pass in the

fourth quarter to stretch it to

daughter touchdown pass in the

fourth quarter to stretch it to

pinpoint. The Broncos were on their

worst run since the early 90s.

That same person could have done the

job for Buffalo. Nathan Peterman

over Tyrod Taylor starting. He took

five pics inside the first half. LA

scored 54/78 points. They go to four

and six and they are starting to

look slick. Talking of slick, the

Giants seem to be back, against the

Chiefs in New Jersey. Only touchdown

of the game in the second quarter.

The kicks were crucial. This 23 yard

goal tied it at the end of the third

quarter and then in overtime watch

this for a catch from the Giants'

Roger Lewis.

That is how you get a

free state dinner in New York!

You

have never had a free state dinner

in New York! The Giants winning, the

Chiefs have lost again. Jamie

Swinson was out for the Bucs. Jay

Cutler channelled his inner Nathan

Peterman. He threw three first-half

pics. Fitzpatrick had a good game. A

six yard pass to Howard to put them

13-7 up. Even the entrance of Matt

Moore 's could not save Miami. That

fumble sealed it for Tampa Bay.

The international series ended with

a New England Fiesta against Oakland

in Mexico City, Tom Brady putting

Dion Lewis in from 15 yards in the

first quarter. It was 17-0 at

half-time. Tom Brady found Brandon

cooks in the third quarter.

It is

very difficult to breed out there.

The altitude is nasty.

New England

are flying in the AFC, which cannot

be said for Kansas City whose form

has fallen off a cliff. Why?

be said for Kansas City whose form

has fallen off a cliff. Why?

They are not able to run the

football effectively. Offensively

they are an mess.

He is not an

all-weather quarterback will stop

what do you mean?

all-weather quarterback will stop

what do you mean? He cannot play in

different elements. There was a lot

of wind out there and he was off

with his throws and you have to be

able to play in all-weather.

Have

the defense of worked out some of

the weapons available to him and

nullified them and put the pressure

on him?

Take away the big game

receiver and you force essentially

Alex Smith to be the guy to beat

you. Over a long period of time he

will not be able to do that.

We

spent some time over the month

praising the Bills and now we are

going to criticise them heavily. Why

bench Tyrone Taylor and bring in a

rookie in Nathan Peterman who had

one of the worst first halves

quarterback has had?

I have no idea

what he was thinking. They are not

playing good on defense. It was not

that Tyrone Taylor all of a sudden

started losing them games. He did

not turn the ball over.

Coming into

this game only four quarterbacks

have thrown ten plus touchdowns this

season. Brady, Smith, Rogers and

Taylor. He also has the lowest

interceptions for quarterbacks,

Tyrone Taylor, he is a safe pair of

hands.

No question about that. That

is why I like the call. He tried to

outsmart himself in starting a

rookie quarterback against a team he

had no business playing against.

That is one of the hardest defenses

for a quarterback to make his debut

in?

They are like, are you going to

do that against us? We will show

you, you will pay.

And that is what

they did. Tyrone Taylor might not be

that future for this franchise under

me and I want to see what else we

have. But surely you have got to

judge the opposition before throwing

someone in? That could ruin a kid's

career.

Especially a rookie

quarterback and you do not want to

put him in a position where he goes

out and failed ethically. Now he

will have to live with this for the

rest of the season and the code

also.

rest of the season

and the code also.

The people of Dallas talk fondly

about the house that

owner Jerry Jones built.

Each week 80,000 people

make their way to "Jerry World"

in hope of adding to their five

Super Bowls, however the NFC

East has a new force,

one that heads to Dallas with enough

power to level the house.

It's the form team 8-1

Philadelphia Eagles

at the 5-4 Dallas Cowboys.

Ready to receive. Philadelphia won

the toss and this should be an

exciting one from Texas. The 3-yard

line.

Gets to midfield and finally the

kicker is able to knock them down at

the 35-yard line. Jake Elliott saves

the day. A 61 yard return by the

rookie switcher.

Mike Nugent had a 48 yard field

goal.

He makes the catch.

One foot down.

It is in.

A 22 yard gain. Back to

the ground they go. He is in for the

touchdown.

The linebacker is going

to shoot into the gap. Watch the way

he adjusts. The linebacker is going

to hit him in the mouth. He bounced

around to Marcus Lawrence.

Nugent's

27 yard goal cut the Eagles' lead to

7-6. He struck again from 47 yards

to give Dallas a 2-point lead going

into half-time.

2nd & 2 from the

11-yard line. Through the middle and

into a gaping hole into the end zone

with a touchdown.

He is not

physically the superior athlete

amongst these running backs, but

here he is again having a

significant role in this game.

Converting on two point attempts.

Look at this formation. He throws in

that direction and it is Clement.

3rd & 10. To hide. That was intended

for Beasley. Overthrown. 2nd & 6.

Through the middle. He is out in

front. Can they get him from behind?

And they do at the 15-yard line.

Byron Jones saves the touchdown.

It

is 71 yard. Going to see the traffic

going the other way this time and it

just pops. Byron Jones saves the

day. But the Eagles feel good about

the fact they made that trick.

A

flag is thrown. Smith had crossed

the goal line, so the signal is in.

That is Anthony Browne. We see this

more and more in the NFL, the wide

receivers going outside and hopping

back inside, or going inside and

hopping back outside. We continue to

see some explosive plays.

A

conversion attempt. They are trying

to make it a 14 point lead. Under

pressure and gets away and throws

and another flag. The conversion for

the moment is good.

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Holding.

3rd & 3 from the 15. And he

breaks away and he goes in for the

touchdown.

Unless his knee goes

down, it looks like it bounced off

the turf. Has it hit the ground?

Right there. Looe what do you do

now, coach? The Eagles are going to

go for it in these situations.

What a catch by Jeffrey. Into the

end zone. On 4th down. Watch this

catch. Oh, my goodness. Wow. These

guys are magicians catching the

ball. Everything has been working in

the second half.

Prescott was the

oncoming player. They say the play

is still alive. He runs it in for

the touchdown. And the ball comes

out and goes backwards, so this bevy

of past rushers continued to haunt

the Philadelphia Eagles. They have

been putting on a show for a

sustained period of time. I think

the realisation of life without

Ezequiel Elliott is starting to set

in. Picked off in the end zone.

Nine and one by the Eagles and five

and five other Cowboys. It is a

four-game lead at the end of week 11

for Philadelphia. The best record in

the league and they meet Chicago

next week.

I think we knew coming in

at half-time we left a lot out

there. We are much better than that.

It shows we have a lot of belief in

each other and we can get the job

done.

No doubt that it was a bit down,

Philadelphia impressive in all

aspects. They have three different

running backs who can provide all

different things for them.

They

certainly can, breaking big play

after big play.

And that line is out

there pushing people around. When

you see a team come out and

dominate, they are out there pushing

around. You have big running backs

like that and you make those big

gaping holes to run through shows

how dominate the car. That should

help dominant they are.

Cory Clement

is a bit lighter and a bit slimmer

and those gaps are bigger for him to

run through.

And you see it right

there. It just opened up like the

Red Sea.

It feels like they are

complete football team at the moment

because their defense demolished

Prescott.

They are good at the back

and they come at you wave after

wave, after wave.

They are an

outstanding football team. And they

are young. What is impressive is

Roby just came back from injury and

he did not miss a step. That is

scary, they are getting healthier!

They come in in waves and they wear

you down. It is kind of scary. They

do not miss tackles.

You talk about

them coming in waves and they are

able to rotate and you talk about

them being young, but is their

roster deeper than other teams?

It

is deep enough in the fact they have

good players in every position. A

lot of teams will be going to be

good on the front side. They have

guys who are just as good as the

starters coming in.

The Eagles

should be starting to dream.

This is

a good team that has every element

covered.

If we get to February and the Super

Bowl and it is the Philadelphia

Eagles against the New England

Patriots, is that your worst

nightmare?

It will be a tough day. I

am in a loose - lose situation no

matter what.

It is going to be a joy

for me and you. I am not biased, but

fingers crossed just to make him

comfortable.

On Monday evening the defending NFC

champions Atlanta headed to Seattle

looking to keep their season alive.

With Carolina and New Orleans

stealing a march in the NFC South

and their playoff hopes in severe

danger, a win was required at one

of the most intimidating

places to place football.

Terry Cole, defensive lineman,

comes in on the game line to block.

There is flag down

and a touchdown for

Trevin Coleman.

72 says, the 06 lines.

He fires, and it is picked off,

right into the hands

of Trufant.

And culminating in

a happy homecoming.

Wilson tackled him

and the ball came out.

Trufant got it back.

Russell Wilson with a great

effort to almost knock

this ball away from Trufant.

But what a start for the Falcons.

Interesting formation.

Levine Toilolo was

moving back and forth.

The tight end was

staying in the block.

By the sideline.

Jones in a crowd.

They are going to confer,

they want to see if he was

inbounds when he came down

with the ball.

Yes.

He goes up and gets it

at its highest point.

Does he have them both in?

Yes.

Indeed.

What a catch by Julio Jones.

3rd & goal.

Ryan, that quarter at the endzone.

He says, if you can do

it, I can outdo you.

What a catch.

Three minutes to go in the quarter.

Wilson to the end zone

and it is caught.

Jimmy Graham with a touchdown

for the Seahawks.

Wilson, he's swung down, back at 11,

the ball's on the field and

for the moment it is a touchdown

for Adrian Claiborne Atlanta.

Takk McKinlay can do the one thing

that very few ends can

do.

And that is to run

four, five or better.

Well the upshot, knocked it out.

And there is Claiborne.

The tight end goes

out of the backfield.

Rolled out for Wilson,

and a touchdown!

He is the best man for

the job for Seattle.

Catches at 45 yards.

And throws to an open receiver.

It's a touchdown.

That's for Levine Toilolo.

Everybody thinks that they are

throwing the ball to the right.

Levine Toilolo sneaks out.

And this personnel grouping

is killing the Seahawks.

From the offside, and Russell down

the middle for a touchdown.

1.06 to go, no

time-outs for Seattle.

A very tentative rush.

They are trying to keep them bottled

up, and they still can't.

They managed to trip

him up from behind,

Deion Jones, a huge tackle.

a 52 yard try to tie it.

And almost certainly into overtime.

Walshe, straight down the

middle.

It was a big leg, but he didn't

catch enough of that one.

I thought it was a really

good, hard fought game.

Both sides, both ways.

And, as it does, it comes down

to critical situations and you have

got to try and plays to commend

and make the conversion,

and we need to get it done.

I feel a bit for

Walshe at the moment.

I know it is job to kick it over,

Brad Walshe, 52 yards.

One of the longer ones.

He comes off the back,

missing some kicks.

When we split the screen you will

see Pete Carroll's reaction again.

Do you have some sympathy for him?

None at all.

That is what he supposed to do.

These are tight games.

They've got to have

somebody to execute kicks.

And it is just not happening.

They keep on giving him chances.

I don't understand.

Would you cut him?

No question.

Minnesota did that

a couple of years ago.

Yeah, yeah.

And they just keep

on giving him chances.

And that went through the hands of

Jimmy Graham. You would expect in

the catch but he doesn't get

Jimmy Graham. You would expect in

the catch but he doesn't get the

blame.

That is a way that the cookie

crumbles.

It is never one play, but

for the kick it almost is.

It was a

fantastic game with plenty of

errors, but that made for an

entertaining game. Atlanta got their

Michael Holding.

Yes, they were on

point, getting things done, great

performance by the offense.

When he

needed the big plays, he went to

Julio Jones and marketed. Eugh!

Sometimes you got to just throw the

ball up and let them make plays for

you. The Rams against Minnesota

shortly, but the Seahawks at the

moment feel like it is Russell

Wilson... And the rest of them and

they are relying on him to turn it

on week in, week out.

It is like the

game we play when we were young, you

throw the ball up to a guy and

everyone had tried to tackle in?

You

know the game? No!

One guy with the

ball and he would try and tackle in

and he would have you are trying

tackling and he would have to play

by himself.

Have the front office

that the Seahawks down and not get

the squad updated, or what?

That is

kind of their formula. You rarely

have so much money and you can

allocate it and they don't invest in

the offensive line.

What they have

invested in is the defensive line

and they are missing so many players

from their defense, it'll be hard

for them to sustain anything going

forward this season.

Let's have a look at some of the

other games.

The lead went back and forth in this

one until the day for men sealed it

with a pair of fourth-quarter

touchdowns, the second from 34

yards. Both of these are now four

and six without their regular

starting quarterbacks. Let it go,

Jason, we have got football to

describe. The Browns entertained a

Jaguar still looking for their first

win of the season. The Jaguars took

the lead, then they responded with a

27 yard patch down past-due Duke

Johnson. The Jaguar sealed it with

just over a minute left. Kelvin

Smith recovered in the end zone for

the touchdown. The Jaguars go to

seven and three. Now, this was the

Packers' retro hit. The Packers were

shut out by the Ravens at home. Mark

Wallace catching that 21 yard pass.

Sak six times, intercepted three

times, the Ravens were in sync and

now they are five and five and the

Packers fans were not. The Packers

fans were not best pleased. There

was a close game in Chicago as the

Bears hosted the Lions in an NFC

North clash. Jordan Howe have had a

big day, making 125 yards and this

12 yard touchdown in the second

quarter. This 28 yard pass from Matt

Stafford du Marvin Jones late in the

second quarter kept Detroit in the

game. The lines were 24 up in the

fourth quarter when Chicago decided

to enter the posts that only he

could see. That was awful. The Lions

go to six and four and they stay in

touch in the North. The best offense

in the league against this snarling,

meanest defense, the LA Rams

turnaround from the eighth and eight

specialist Jeff Fisher to the

progressive leadership of Sean

McVeigh has seen then put in serious

challenge to the West heavyweight

Seattle. The hosts are led by a

defensive savvy coach in Mike Zimmer

who, along with his players will

relish the serious challenge of

shutting down Jarod Goff, and his

Rams.

Forward, and touchdown!

What a great

opening job.

The Rams get the ball,

the number one offense in the league

goes right down the field. And

touchdown! Froing over the middle.

He's got it. Harris recovers. Eugh!

You can see his forearm chopping at

the football and breaking it free

role long before a knee goes down or

even has control. A turnover on the

one. And a big hole, and the

shoulder across midfield, in a game

that is looking for big plays that

is a 25 yard run for Moray.

Look at

that gap right there for him to run

through. All of them claiming space

for Latavius Murray.

The Vikings go

three tight ends and the only wide

receiver on the play. And there he

is. Right up the middle. Touchdown!

Look at Murray. Again, he is getting

a push not just from his self but

from 61 and 52 and Hill, 69, from

the back.

Oh, he had it. Through the

hands.

He couldn't hold it. He gets

the guy stack, you see Amir on the

slot. He takes the inside release.

He gets on top of him. He goes up,

and he just doesn't finish the play.

The Rams bring it. Keenum gets rid

of it. And often other races,

touchdown! 65 yards!

Hatfield, the

guy who comes up with a big plays,

but you see it from the wide angle.

Union some point when tolls was

going to bring some pressure then

they went to zero pressure, so

one-on-one across-the-board, Keenum

sees it. Everyone else is rushing

the passer. You make one guy miss,

and you take it to the house.

And Downey goes.

The running side to

side against this point is tough.

That front protects the linebackers

in the second area and keeps them

clean to run to the football. So

instead of being able to blasted

inside it became hello Newman.

And

he put him down. What else is new?

Again as we saw from Hatfield on the

other side, Dwayne Johnson, the best

corner on 3rd & 5, he is playing

nine, ten yards off, that is an easy

completion in this league. He's got

to challenge the receivers and move

up and get in their face because if

they do not get up the field here

there hopes are running dry.

It was

24-7 to the Vikings with just over

two minutes left in the game. Don't

care what the score is, they asked

trying to stop them getting off the

field here. In troubled border and

Downey goes. The rookie with his

first NFL sack. And the Minnesota

Vikings win 24-7. What a performance

all around.

We played well in all

three phases. Room eight plays when

we needed to, in the 3rd down s, I

thought that the offense made great

conversions. That drive me up at the

end of the ball game, I thought that

was huge.

We definitely got humbled

today by a very good team. You have

got to look at yourself critically.

I've got to do a better job for the

team and especially the offense.

Didn't put them in enough good

situations today but every loss

provides an opportunity for us to

handle some adversity the right way

and up to this point, this team has

done that.

and up to this point, this team has

done that.

It was the defense that got the

better of the offense in the skin.

Let's get to the tape. Let's

highlight a few guys right here. You

going to highlight everybody you is

your friend?

Anthony Harris, the

back-up safety, won the game, plug

and play. This is what happens in

football, you have to win your

one-on-one battles. Especially in

the running game. I want you to

watch this. Watch this one-on-one

battle in the run the game. He comes

down, and boom, throws him all the

way back, makes him redirect. That

is what the running back does not

want to do, because it kills

everything that they are trying to

do. Once again, one-on-one battle.

The things you need to do to be

effective and have a winning,

successful formula is one-on-one

battles and this is where you see

this.

He is trying to identify who the

Blitzer is.

The problem is he has

got a tan of guys in there. Right

now he is trying to identify who is

going to be the Blitzer, but he

cannot see it.

They are deliberately

standing like that.

They are

floating around. As the ball snapped

you see this, it is delayed. Nobody

picks me up and forces the throw and

guess who is back there. He was at

the line of scrimmage mark. Would

you think he was going to get back

there? That is what good defenses

do, disguise things. 22 just makes

plays.

And yet we have seen other

teams this season lose their

quarterbacks, Green Bay in

particular with Aaron Rodgers, and

it delayed their season. Over the

last 18 months they have changed.

And last season Case Keenum was

brought in and he has been

successful, so why?

The offensive

line, his favourite position. With

all those different things

happening, let's highlight this. You

have got Case Keenum here. The most

consistent thing is this new

offensive line. Let's see this, so

you know what it is. What is that?

It looks like a pocket to me.

That

is what it is. As a quarterback

pocket makes you feel very

comfortable. You have lanes. He will

get the snap and he sees the lane

and he will take off. He has the

ability to run.

But he needs to be

protected.

This is his number one

guy, but what does he have again?

Let's see?

Can I do this one? Is it

a pocket?

It is a pocket! And now he

feels comfortable back there to

execute the play down the field

which is what they have been able to

do because the quarterback feels

comfortable. He has time, he makes

the throw and the consistency is

with the offensive line.

And he

deserves credit as well.

Absolutely,

he has to make the throws, but it is

easier when you feel protected.

We

should bring back that panel game,

win, lose or draw. And you have two

team captains.

And you have two team captains.

AFC East: Buffalo at 5-5 now and sit

just out of playoff contention.

AFC North: The Steelers cleaning up

here but the Ravens' win puts them

in contention for the playoffs.

AFC South: Jacksonville's ugly win

over Cleveland puts them

in a commanding position.

AFC West: Four losses

from their last five and Kansas City

are looking over their shoulder

at the Chargers.

NFC East: The Eagles are 9-1

and remain the number

1 seed from the NFC.

NFC North: The Vikings

stretch their advantage here,

how Green Bay's season has collpased

without Aaron Rodgers.

NFC South: Atlanta's crucial win

over Seattle keeps them in the mix

with the Panthers and Saints.

NFC West: And the LA Rams move clear

of the Seahawks following their win.

A reminder, a special NFL Show

is on at 11.45pm this Saturday

after Match of the Day on BBC One.

Osi and Jason will be on hand

post-Thanksgiving to react

to the three Thursday games and look

ahead to week 12.

You can also catch

the show on the iPlayer.

That leaves me with just enough time

to wish you a happy Thanksgiving

and we'll see you next time.

The folklore of America reserved a

special place for the comeback, but

first it must have its grand plan

that unravels. The slide, the grim

prospects, the defiance, looking

adversity in the face and not

blinkered. The race against the

clock, the spirit that cannot be

extinguished. Only in the NFL.