0:00:04 > 0:00:08And it will be time for these two teams to settle it...
0:00:08 > 0:00:11He's going to fire it towards the end zone.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Montana throws!
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Looking downfield...
0:00:16 > 0:00:21The one-man wrecking crew!
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Unbelievable!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28How did he do that?
0:00:28 > 0:00:34For the win!
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Hello and welcome to NFL This Week in a week when many of us took time
0:00:37 > 0:00:39out to enjoy the Christmas holidays.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Bill Belichick had a message to anyone thinking of
0:00:41 > 0:00:49taking some time off.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52No days off!
0:00:53 > 0:00:59No days off!
0:00:59 > 0:01:05Speaking of somebody who's not here today!
0:01:05 > 0:01:09He's clearly all about the business, Belichick.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Joining me to work through the pick of the action, two men
0:01:12 > 0:01:13who are strictly business.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Two-time Super Bowl winner, Osi Umenyiora.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And alongside him, the former NFL cornerback, Jason Bell.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Now, then.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Let's start by looking at the playoff picture.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Coming into Week 15, with just two rounds to go.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28In the AFC, New England and Pittsburgh rule the roost.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Jacksonville had an outside chance of securing that valuable by-week
0:01:31 > 0:01:34that comes with finishing as one of the two top seeds.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Their divisional rivals, Tennessee, needed a win to keep
0:01:36 > 0:01:38up their playoff hopes and prevent the Jaguars from
0:01:38 > 0:01:41winning the AFC South.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Behind them, Kansas City have a chance to put
0:01:43 > 0:01:45their mid-season woes behind them and secure the AFC West
0:01:45 > 0:01:47and a playoff spot.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Buffalo held a wildcard spot coming into the week but had a tough
0:01:50 > 0:01:53game against England.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Other teams no doubt sensing an opportunity, there.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Over in the NFC, a win for Philadelphia would secure
0:01:58 > 0:02:00them the number one seed and a home-field advantage.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Behind them, the Rams already had playoff football
0:02:03 > 0:02:05locked out but with a win they could collect their first
0:02:05 > 0:02:07divisional title in 14 years.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11The NFC South still had three teams in the playoff picture.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13A victory for Atlanta over New Orleans could clinch
0:02:13 > 0:02:15their playoff spot and end any hopes for the three remaining
0:02:15 > 0:02:19teams in the mix.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21What a turnaround this season has been for Carolina.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Bottom of the NFC South last time around.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26They have looked a different beast this year.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29A win over divisional rivals Tampa Bay would secure them a place
0:02:29 > 0:02:33in the playoffs and a chance to bury the demons of Super Bowl 50.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37To get within touching distance.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41To be there and to fail on the day.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45To take a tumble in the season after the oh-so-close.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Tumble to rock bottom.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53And to recover, to rise again and to reach the moment again.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54The place.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56You have to keep pounding!
0:02:56 > 0:02:58The gateway to the postseason.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Hammering on the door.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Coming through.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08The Panthers.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Davis following his suspension.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20The Panthers last week, 2nd down and 15.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26He throws, the ball comes close and it is recovered by the Panthers.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Junior on the recovery.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Graham Gedo kicked a 25 yard field goal to put the Panthers
0:03:33 > 0:03:37into an early 3-0 lead.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Patrick Murray converted a 31 yard field goal to tie the game at three
0:03:41 > 0:03:44apiece with just over two minutes left in the first quarter.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Second down and six.
0:03:48 > 0:03:55Rogers in the backfield.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Trouble with the snap.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57The Panthers have recovered.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58It is the second Tampa Bay turnover.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01This to take away or give away by the Buccaneers,
0:04:01 > 0:04:08it is all on Winston, there.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11You can see the snap is perfect, his hands were just closing before.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12The wide receiver set.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14From the 46 in the box.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Breaking free.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Inside the 20.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Out of bounds.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18And the 15-yard line.
0:04:18 > 0:04:1931 yard catch and run.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Gedo was successful again from 28 yards.
0:04:21 > 0:04:31The Panthers led 6-3.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Winston's pass is caught.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Still going is Godwin.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Inside the 40, 30, the 20.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42And he is finally chased down by Luke Keatley.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Chris Godwin, gets a chance to strike today and is showcasing
0:04:45 > 0:04:49what he could be for this Tampa Bay office.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51And James Vincent has told us this guy could be a superstar.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Patrick Murray levelled it with a 41 yard with less than three minutes
0:04:55 > 0:04:57left in the first half.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02On the return.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Still on his feet, across midfield!
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Byrd will take it all the way.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11103 yards!
0:05:11 > 0:05:13A new Panthers record.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15103 yards, you just need a couple of blocks.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Miss tackle.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Miss tackle by the kicker.
0:05:18 > 0:05:27And the rest is all him.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Speed, quickness, determination, everything you want
0:05:28 > 0:05:29out of a returner.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Touchdown, Carolina.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Third-down and eight.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Fires downfield.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Picked off by Alexander.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39It bounced away.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41And Alexander will be tackled across midfield.
0:05:41 > 0:05:432nd down and seven.
0:05:43 > 0:05:50Barber in the backfield.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Winston on 2nd down, looking for Evans.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53He makes the catch.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Three field goals out of turnover.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56First and ten from the 18.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Winston.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Throws to the end zone!
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Touchdown.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Winston connects.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09Wilson, his first NFL TD.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Look at him buy time right here.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Able to climb the pocket, run into the pocket.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Really deliver accurately.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16That is a nice through.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Finally convert and a red zone opportunity into a touchdown,
0:06:18 > 0:06:19and they take the lead.
0:06:19 > 0:06:25Third-down and 12.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Winston fires downfield.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Mike Evans makes the catch at the 35-yard line.
0:06:29 > 0:06:3130 yards from Winston to Evans.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34They are playing a deep cover.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36And I hate to point out Luke Keatley being wrong,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40but this is Tampa and he has to be in the middle of the field.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42That is exactly where that ball goes.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Patrick Murray missed the field goal from 51 yards,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46leaving the door open for Cam Newton, with
0:06:46 > 0:06:47three minutes left.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49The Panthers trailing by four.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51They start from the 41.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Wide open!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Making the catch in Buccaneers territory is Bersin.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00A 23 yard pass play.
0:07:00 > 0:07:023rd & 10.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Newton, near side.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10Clay.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Clay will pick up a Panthers first down.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13It comes down to this.
0:07:13 > 0:07:184th down and three.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Wow!
0:07:19 > 0:07:26There's Baker.
0:07:26 > 0:07:34With no time-outs, McCaffrey lined up to the right of Cam Newton.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36He lost the football and then takes it in for
0:07:36 > 0:07:37the Panthers touchdown!
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Wow!
0:07:38 > 0:07:43I can't believe that happened.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Birthday candle for his son, today is Cam Newton's son's birthday.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48This was almost disastrous for Carolina.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51His body is just so big, he ploughs straight through his offensive line.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52One time out.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54They look to get it to field goal range.
0:07:54 > 0:07:5535 seconds remaining.
0:07:55 > 0:08:05Down goes Winston, the ball goes loose.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08And that will clinch a spot in the post season
0:08:08 > 0:08:09for the Carolina Panthers.
0:08:09 > 0:08:15Winston is fired up!
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Winston sacked for the sixth time.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23This is what he is upset about.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26He is claiming that he has the ball but they had already awarded
0:08:26 > 0:08:27possession to Carolina.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Such an emotional guy and he had a terrific game once again.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32I understand his frustration.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Cam Newton with the game-winning touchdown.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39The Panthers headed to the postseason.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I'm just proud of this team's resilience.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Yeah.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I am proud of this team's resilience.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52They just threw everything.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54It was trying for us today.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Tampa is a great team.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I fumbled but I recovered.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01It was like, I recovered it.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02It's OK.
0:09:02 > 0:09:09It's not OK but everyone has bad things happen to them.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10And things you can't control.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Some things we can control.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13But it's over with, now.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16We have got one more game at home.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21We have got to get a win, we're focused on that.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22I kind of figure to...
0:09:22 > 0:09:23CHILD LAUGHS.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27That's not funny.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32I kind of found that it is going to be coming down to the last...
0:09:32 > 0:09:35And I wanted to put my team in the best situation
0:09:35 > 0:09:36to win football games.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40It is not necessarily about individual accolades or statistics.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46Especially when trying to win a football game.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I was happy that the guys honed in and locked in to get
0:09:49 > 0:09:50a much-needed win for us.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55It's a high bar, fellows, but I think that might
0:09:55 > 0:09:57be my favourite Cam Newton press conference ever.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59That had to be the best one I've seen.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Usually he is speaking complete nonsense!
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I think the baby, the kid just expressed what we all feel
0:10:05 > 0:10:06when he's up there talking.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Wow!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11It doesn't mask or do too much to mask their troubles
0:10:11 > 0:10:13in the air at the moment.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Whatever he's doing on the ground, 140 passing yards in that game.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Are they going to regret stealing Kelvin Benjamin
0:10:19 > 0:10:20early on in the season?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I don't think so.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Ultimately, you don't want him to be throwing a tonne of passes.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27It is based upon the run game.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29And his ability to run.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32He needs to make a couple of plays down the field but I think they knew
0:10:32 > 0:10:35to get rid of Benjamin because they had two big body
0:10:35 > 0:10:38receivers, they didn't need that.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42They needed a speed separation guy and I think it was a good trade.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44There's no possible way they can continue to win with this
0:10:44 > 0:10:45guy throwing 440 yards.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Calvin Benjamin may not have been one of the most dynamic
0:10:48 > 0:10:50players in the NFL but he's a big body receiver.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Cam Newton, we know he likes to throw the ball high.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56And he's the guy who can go up and get it for him.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58They definitely need that guy with them.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01They are not going to go anywhere with the guy throwing 440 yards.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Particularly at this stage of proceedings as well.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06The Head Coach said the special teams are often the unsung heroes.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07They saved us!
0:11:07 > 0:11:11That is not what he was to be saying at this stage of proceedings.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Your special teams have to win at least two games a year for you.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20You need that, that is why the guys are important.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Especially, as you see in this kick-off return,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26this play changed the game for them and you need this, you need
0:11:26 > 0:11:28an explosive player and because they got rid
0:11:28 > 0:11:30of Benjamin, he's playing more.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Though he got hurt.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36But anyway, this is the kind of stuff you get from a guy like him.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39You need special guys on special teams to make special place.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42You have to take your eye off the ball and look at the help
0:11:42 > 0:11:44he got from his friends.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Down the field.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47A great touchdown but he is injured, of course.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Which adds extra pressure on that passing offense.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Are they hopefully relying on the fact that when you have
0:11:51 > 0:11:54a quarterback like Cam Newton, who is so capable on the ground,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57when they get to the playoffs, he can compensate for the lack
0:11:57 > 0:11:59of weapons around them in terms of receiving anything?
0:11:59 > 0:12:03If that is what they are relying on then they are in even bigger
0:12:03 > 0:12:04trouble than we initially thought.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Because we have seen the Carolina Panthers try this exact
0:12:06 > 0:12:09same blueprint before and they ran into a team with the Denver Broncos
0:12:09 > 0:12:12who were completely prepared for the run and they shut down
0:12:12 > 0:12:13a passing attack.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15So now they're trying to do the exact same thing
0:12:15 > 0:12:16this particular year.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19They are not even going to make it past the first
0:12:19 > 0:12:22round of the playoffs, let alone get to the Super Bowl.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24McCaffrey has done a lot for that team.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26He is catching a tremendous amount of passes at the backfield.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I like the way he is running the ball because with Cam Newton
0:12:29 > 0:12:33back there, you have got a big guy and a small guy in the backfield.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34I think they'll be all right.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Greg Olsen also needs to play well.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Relying on McCaffrey more on special teams, too, I'm guessing.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Let's look at Cam Newton's counterpart, Winston.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42The franchise quarterback, supposedly for the
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45A very disappointing season for him and for the team,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48given that a lot of people had high hopes for them this season.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53I was one of those people who had high hopes!
0:12:53 > 0:12:58And I think everyone who watched them on Hard Knocks thought this
0:12:58 > 0:13:02was going to be the team that ascends this year but they have been
0:13:02 > 0:13:03flat-out disappointing.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05They haven't been able to get anything going.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07They were just talking earlier about Jackson.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09One of the most explosive wide receivers in football.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Is this guy injured?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Where has he been?
0:13:11 > 0:13:12He just completely disappeared.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Mike Kevin is alongside him...
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I do not understand what is going on there.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19You can see by some of his antics and the things he is doing,
0:13:19 > 0:13:20we talk about this all the time...
0:13:20 > 0:13:23You don't want to see your quarterback do those kind of things
0:13:23 > 0:13:26and that is telling a tale of things that maybe are going
0:13:26 > 0:13:29on in the locker room and the fact that he cannot get to Jackson
0:13:29 > 0:13:30with the ball.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I don't know what is happening at all.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34At least he is keeping his cool, right?
0:13:34 > 0:13:35LAUGHTER.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Don't forget, the NFL Show on Saturday,
0:13:37 > 0:13:38right after Match of the Day.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42We will take a look back at week 16 and preview the final leg
0:13:42 > 0:13:44of the season before we head into the playoffs, all
0:13:44 > 0:13:45from 11:55pm on BBC One.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48A reminder, also, all of our shows are available on the iPlayer.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Right, then.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Let's take a look at some of the week 16 games that
0:13:52 > 0:13:53impacted the NFC picture.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56We start with the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Another huge NFC South battle for the Falcons as they headed
0:13:59 > 0:14:01to New Orleans and Drew Brees and Ted Ginn struck early on.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03What a comeback season for him.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Atlanta produced a late flurry.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Coleman's touchdown in the fourth quarter wasn't enough.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11New Orleans want to stay on top of the NFC South and Atlanta must
0:14:11 > 0:14:14beat Carolina next week to get into the playoffs.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Look at that bling!
0:14:15 > 0:14:16He got that big chain on!
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Big chain!
0:14:17 > 0:14:20This was a win or bust match between Dallas and Seattle.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21No playoffs...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Who picked Dallas, raise your hands?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Justin Coleman's pick for Seattle in the third quarter.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29He enjoyed that one!
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Baldwin sealing the deal in the fourth.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I hate when 33s get beat like that.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33It hurts my heart.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35It seems to happen quite often!
0:14:35 > 0:14:37The Seahawks staying alive for the final week
0:14:37 > 0:14:38of the regular season.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Unlike the Detroit Lions.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42They took on the Cincinnati Bengals, they wanted to keep their playoff
0:14:42 > 0:14:45hopes alive and that was a tight game, no doubt about that.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Going into the fourth quarter...
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Green broke this up and Bernard crushing the Lions' hopes as he ran
0:14:50 > 0:14:53in to win it for Cincinnati.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55And that is the end of the Lions.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Cincinnati are going to be all right next year.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Do you think so?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Without Marvin?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Yeah, I think it's a good team.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05A bad day for Green Bay.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07No Aaron Rodgers, on the sidelines once again.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Which meant that Brett Hundley...
0:15:08 > 0:15:11UCLA!
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Stefon Diggs, what a season he has had, the only touchdown
0:15:14 > 0:15:15of the game for Minnesota.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17And the Vikings, believe it or not...
0:15:17 > 0:15:18They shut the Packers out.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Harrison Smith, more on him later.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21The defensive player of the week, no less.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Breaking Bad!
0:15:22 > 0:15:27With the glasses on!
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Finally, the Eagles.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Carson and Nick Foles continuing to keep their train on the tracks.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34They welcomed the Raiders, flying ahead with this touchdown.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38The Raiders did hit back.
0:15:38 > 0:15:46Cooper...
0:15:46 > 0:15:48This 63 yarder.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51But Derek Barnett's fumbled return helped secure the Eagles' NFC top
0:15:51 > 0:15:55seeding right at the death.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57This was a closer game than it looked because of
0:15:57 > 0:15:58this play right here...
0:15:58 > 0:16:02The Eagles didn't play that well.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03No, they didn't.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Despite that defeat, Atlanta still very much
0:16:05 > 0:16:06in a position to make the playoffs.
0:16:06 > 0:16:19Destiny in their own hands.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22But they are far from the act that we saw last season
0:16:22 > 0:16:23last time around, Jason.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Yeah, they are not the same team.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26We've been waiting for that offence to click.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29We've been saying this week, this week it's going to
0:16:29 > 0:16:30happen, and it just hasn't happened.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I mean they've been off all year.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34As you see in this play right now.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35A chance to score.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39You've got a hold on the ball.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Come on, Freeman, you're better than that.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42That was his take on the infamous Mark
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Sanchez fumble.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Can't forget about it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54This goal-line stands right here is...
0:16:54 > 0:16:56New Orleans have never been known for their defence.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58They are changing things right now.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02This is a big play.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04That is a tone setter right there.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Probably that wasn't the only butt based play from this
0:17:07 > 0:17:08game, believe it or not.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10If you thought that was good, wait till you
0:17:10 > 0:17:12see this one involving I think one of the best
0:17:12 > 0:17:13defensive players of the
0:17:13 > 0:17:16year, no doubt about that, the Saints rookie corner,
0:17:16 > 0:17:26Marshall to more.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46That kid is living right!
0:17:46 > 0:17:52He's been saying all his prayers.
0:17:52 > 0:18:02Eating all the food he supposed to be eating.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I mentioned we talk about Harrison Smith a little bit
0:18:05 > 0:18:06more.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08What a game he had this week, two picks.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Dream of a hometown Super Bowl appearance is still very much
0:18:11 > 0:18:12on.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Surprised pretty much everyone in the game initially by being
0:18:14 > 0:18:15snubbed by the pro bowl committee.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Didn't get the nod and everybody went into melts down.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I'm sick about this because we've been praising
0:18:20 > 0:18:22him, not only us, everybody, about his play
0:18:22 > 0:18:23the whole year, look at
0:18:23 > 0:18:24this play right here.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26He baited the guy on the right.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27This is what you call beating the quarterback.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Ultimately, you see him making a run play here.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Supposed to be in that hole.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33What he's done well he's great versus the running pass.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Most safeties are good at either or.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Another play where he baited the throw.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39He's coming up with big plays, game after game, and
0:18:39 > 0:18:42ultimately you think this guy, there's an argument for defensive
0:18:42 > 0:18:43MVP.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Doesn't make the pro bowl?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46As you see, I'm very emotional about this.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Realistically you should be because that man has been balling
0:18:48 > 0:18:49this year.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53For him not to be in the pro bowl is a travesty, it's a
0:18:53 > 0:19:00mockery, it's a trave-sham-mockery!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I'm glad you said that, because you played
0:19:02 > 0:19:03under the head coach.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Mike Zimmer.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Said, this kid is instinctive, tough, physical, there
0:19:06 > 0:19:08are so many adjectives you could say about him.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11I wanted a few more and you delivered on that.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13We'll e-mail those to Mike Zimmer and that should
0:19:13 > 0:19:14seal the deal.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17The LA Rams going from four and 12 last season to a
0:19:17 > 0:19:20team entering the week with ten wins and only four losses has been pretty
0:19:20 > 0:19:22much the story of the season.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Only their second year back in LA with a
0:19:24 > 0:19:25makeshift training facility, a stadium,
0:19:25 > 0:19:26and rookie head coach, not
0:19:26 > 0:19:28many predicted this year's meteoric rise.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30A win against Tennessee and the Rams are not only securing a
0:19:30 > 0:19:34place in the playoffs, but winning the NFC West for the first time
0:19:34 > 0:19:35since 2003.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37For Tennessee a win was required to prevent Jacksonville
0:19:37 > 0:19:39from securing the AFC South and to keep them
0:19:39 > 0:19:44in the playoff hunt.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Mariota to throw.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Lofting one, that intercepted.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59A takeaway from Cory Littleton, starting at linebacker today for the
0:19:59 > 0:20:00inactive Mark Byron.
0:20:00 > 0:20:10Not really sure what he's seeing from the pocket but
0:20:12 > 0:20:15you watch this, he's trying to float this up over the top, no
0:20:15 > 0:20:16way that's going to get there.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Cory Littleton as an opportunity for the
0:20:18 > 0:20:19pick.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22He had the defender behind him, Troy Hill, who could have got
0:20:22 > 0:20:23the pick.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24One foot...
0:20:24 > 0:20:25The other one...
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Yes, says the official.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27The rookie has been terrific.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Possession, one foot down, two foot down.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31He goes to the ground, survives the ground, maintains
0:20:31 > 0:20:32possession.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35There is Dick LeBeau, his defense against the run only five
0:20:35 > 0:20:37touchdowns allowed on the ground. Todd Gurley touchdown.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38The Rams take the lead.
0:20:38 > 0:20:45Greg Zuerlein, the pro Bowler.
0:20:45 > 0:20:54Out with a back injury.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Ficken's first NFL game and he misses the extra point.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Blitz coming.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Time for Mariota...
0:20:58 > 0:21:00The catch is made by Corey Davis.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03The Rams lead was cut to three with just over a minute
0:21:03 > 0:21:05left in the first quarter.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Another catch by Todd Gurley.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09He's got a 1st down inside the 10.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Now this story.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Missed the extra point.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Tried out on Wednesday with a dozen other
0:21:17 > 0:21:18kickers from Penn State, the
0:21:18 > 0:21:2825-year-old, Sam Ficken.
0:21:38 > 0:21:391st down.
0:21:39 > 0:21:47It out and it's a touchdown Tennessee Titans.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Wesley scoops and scores.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52It's the hit right there, he just comes Scott free as Jared Goff
0:21:52 > 0:21:54is going back to make the handoff.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56It looks like Brown went the wrong way.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Down tight, looks like he stepped to the left when the play
0:21:59 > 0:22:00was moving to the right.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02And turned Casey loose.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03The pressure on Gough.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04The blitz was on.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Todd Gurley is running through the middle of the
0:22:06 > 0:22:07field.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Can he go the distance?
0:22:08 > 0:22:18Todd Gurley, touchdown Los Angeles Rams.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Here they come, you've got guys coming this way, then Todd Gurley
0:22:24 > 0:22:26cross formation, get into the screen, perfect.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27You've got to have guys working downfield.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'm still blown away by the breakaway speed of
0:22:29 > 0:22:38Todd Gurley, he just outruns everybody.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Mariota gets rid of it.
0:22:39 > 0:22:49Walker.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56He's got 1st down.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01Out of bounds to stop the clock.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Ryan Succop went over again for 37 yards to tie
0:23:03 > 0:23:06the game 13-13 with just 19 seconds left in the first half.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08After a pick-up of nine, Todd Gurley with a
0:23:08 > 0:23:10lot of room for a 1st down.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Todd Gurley sprinted down the sideline.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13All the way inside the 25 of Tennessee.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Gough, end zone.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Sammy Watkins touchdown, LA Rams.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Jackson going across the field.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Tackle.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Johnson.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Can he turn the corner?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Up the sideline he goes and into Rams
0:23:24 > 0:23:29territory.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Great field position for the Titans.
0:23:30 > 0:23:313rd down, extra pressure coming.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Mariota has a moment and delivers it.
0:23:33 > 0:23:431st down blitz for Matthews.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51How do the Titans run the football in this style?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53You don't have your big body tight ends out
0:23:53 > 0:23:55there, this is a three wide receiver set.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56They need a yard.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Murray.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Touchdown Tennessee.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59DeMarco Murray.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00That answers that question.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Ryan Succop opened the final quarter with
0:24:02 > 0:24:05a 27 yard field goal to edge the Titans into a 3-point lead.
0:24:05 > 0:24:062nd down one.
0:24:06 > 0:24:14The throw.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16There needs to be a flag.
0:24:16 > 0:24:25There comes another one.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Pass interference number 23.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Defense.
0:24:27 > 0:24:281st down.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31This offense needs to get in there and score a touchdown right
0:24:31 > 0:24:32here, take that pressure off.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Todd Gurley back in.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Gough.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35End zone for Cooper Kupp.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36He has the catch.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37He's in for a touchdown.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38That is the ruling.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41If he held onto that and kept his feet in, that was amazing.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43The big thing in today's game.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Surviving the ground.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48You're going to the ground, there is the one
0:24:48 > 0:24:49knee, he's inbounds.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Survive the ground as you finish the process.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Well done, Cooper Kupp.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Fourth-quarter, Mariota with eight-game winning drives.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59We saw what earlier this year against the
0:24:59 > 0:25:07Colts.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Mariota to Walker, who gets the 1st down through midfield.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Here on 4th down and four.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16Mariota hesitates.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Fleet of foot.
0:25:17 > 0:25:25He can't outrun Connor.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27The Rams catching Mariota on 4th & 4.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29The Rams will the West, clinching the division,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32first time since 2003.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I'll tell you what, when you find a way to come on
0:25:36 > 0:25:39the road, finish up your road record, seven and one, and win a
0:25:39 > 0:25:43division, there's only one thing you can say...
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Woo!
0:25:44 > 0:25:48One more...
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Woo!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54I got another one for you, guys.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56What a great holidays, Merry Christmas,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58see you Wednesday.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00CHEERING I think I like the Rams even more
0:26:00 > 0:26:05now they are channelling Ric Flair.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10It's always a good sign.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Cam Newton's son demonstrated earlier
0:26:11 > 0:26:12on, it's all about timing.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15The Rams heading to the playoffs, seem to be
0:26:15 > 0:26:16timing it just right.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Are they the most dangerous side in the NFL right
0:26:18 > 0:26:19now Osi?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21No, I wouldn't say the most dangerous.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23They are a young football team.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24A good, aggressive football team.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25But the most dangerous?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Still not sold on the quarterback.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28They have an outstanding running game,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30outstanding defense, not sold on their
0:26:30 > 0:26:31quarterback to call them the
0:26:31 > 0:26:33most dangerous side in the NFL right now.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Incredibly close and have to be in the reckoning with a player like
0:26:36 > 0:26:43Todd Gurley.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46What a comeback season he's had when you consider where he
0:26:46 > 0:26:47was this time last year.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49The best 19 touchdowns more than 2000 yards from
0:26:49 > 0:26:50scrimmage.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52They are using him so right.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54This was brilliant play calling, they threw the screen into
0:26:54 > 0:26:56the oncoming blitz and they did this all day.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I mean, Todd Gurley looks like the old LaDainian Tomlinson.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Used to flex him out, screen him, getting
0:27:00 > 0:27:02the ball, when he had the
0:27:02 > 0:27:03ball and space he was so dynamic.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05That's what you see out of him.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07And what makes him so dangerous, as you
0:27:07 > 0:27:08see now, is a breakaway speed.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Can you outrun the defense?
0:27:10 > 0:27:11That's what he's doing well.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I mean, right here you see this, he's making things
0:27:13 > 0:27:15happen on his own, he's nimble, he's strong.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18The thing about him is he's making everybody play better because
0:27:18 > 0:27:20ultimately they're throwing the best passers they have out of play
0:27:20 > 0:27:23action, so him being able to run like that is opening everything else
0:27:23 > 0:27:25up.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Protecting Jared Goff a bit, who's definitely had a great year,
0:27:27 > 0:27:31year on year, when we wrote him off, many of us did, after his rookie
0:27:31 > 0:27:32year.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Jeff Fisher is taking a lot of credit for this round's research.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Former head coach.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41He's stepped up, looking for a gig, I think, being
0:27:41 > 0:27:42quite conspicuous in the media.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44How much credit should Jeff Fisher get
0:27:44 > 0:27:45for this?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Everybody loves a win, right?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Everybody wants to put their grubby little fingers into a winner.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I'm not going to say he deserves no credit
0:27:51 > 0:27:53but obviously he might have
0:27:53 > 0:27:55something to do with the picking of these players.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57The general manager is the one responsible for picking
0:27:57 > 0:27:58players.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00This man had those players on his team last year, did
0:28:00 > 0:28:02absolutely nothing with them.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05You seen what this young 19-year-old head coach is doing with them right
0:28:05 > 0:28:11now.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12He's just had his birthday.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14For Jeff Fisher to be saying, you know,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17he has something to do with this, he needs to go sit
0:28:17 > 0:28:18down somewhere, man.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21What I like about the 19-year-old coach, Phil McVeigh, is how he
0:28:21 > 0:28:23brought Wade Phillips, a wily old veteran,
0:28:23 > 0:28:24to cancel the balance.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27The youthful exuberance.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28It's a great tag team, isn't it?
0:28:28 > 0:28:33Absolutely, the one thing hard about being a head
0:28:33 > 0:28:41coach is all the administrative stuff you have to deal with.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43You just want to coach football but you
0:28:43 > 0:28:45have to handle so many other things.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Now you have a veteran guy you can say, how did you handle this?
0:28:48 > 0:28:49How do I approach that?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Who is also a great defensive coordinator?
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Great call by him, that made, really made that
0:28:53 > 0:28:54team.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57He's been head coach before for a number of years in the NFL.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01He was a pretty good head coach even though he got fired at Dallas.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Outstanding man, outstanding coach, everything's going right for them.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Well said.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Speaking of the Tennessee Titans next opponents, Jacksonville,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09they had the field in San Francisco as AFC South champions for the first
0:29:09 > 0:29:10time in their history.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Having last won a divisional title way back in
0:29:12 > 0:29:141999 before Sean McVay was born.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15In the AFC Central.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17The top performing defensive team in the NFL have
0:29:17 > 0:29:19bulldozed opponents on their journey to the playoffs and with momentum
0:29:19 > 0:29:22key going into post-season, they look likely to be
0:29:22 > 0:29:23challenged by San Francisco, on a three-game winning
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Such are the systems, so essential is the
0:29:25 > 0:29:28coordinated team effort, so complex the moves on many fronts,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30that this is all beyond the measure of one
0:29:30 > 0:29:33man.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36This is a team sport.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38But one man, what a difference one man can
0:29:38 > 0:29:42make.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Jimmy Garoppolo, he crossed the states from New England to San
0:29:45 > 0:29:46Francisco and the 49ers are transformed.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49But beware, he's up against a defense that hunts as a
0:29:49 > 0:29:59pack, a team against the one-man who's made a difference.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Garoppolo has not lost yet as a starter.
0:30:08 > 0:30:14We have yet to see a bad day for Jimmy Duke.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Third and seven.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19Over the middle.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Goodwin has another catch!
0:30:22 > 0:30:24With that great speed, to the 31-yard
0:30:24 > 0:30:25line.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26He is brought down.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30But again, a 24 for Goodwin.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Garoppolo himself up the middle!
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Touchdown, San Francisco.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37The first career rushing touchdown for Jimmy G and what a
0:30:37 > 0:30:41start, here in Santa Clara.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Jackson, number 97, and Aaron Colvin, number
0:30:44 > 0:30:4822, having some heated words on the Jacksonville sidelined.
0:30:48 > 0:30:54They had to be separated by their team-mates.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Bortles steps up.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02Intercepted!
0:31:02 > 0:31:03It is Dante Johnson on the return.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04See you later!
0:31:04 > 0:31:13Touchdown, San Francisco!
0:31:13 > 0:31:1712th pick six, his first this season.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Eric Reed on this side stops Keelan Cole as he is running.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Watch him put the brakes on because Eric Reed
0:31:24 > 0:31:26is coming to do danger to him and once he doesn't
0:31:26 > 0:31:29continue to run that route, the ball goes right into
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Johnson's hands and a stroll down the sidelines.
0:31:31 > 0:31:32Johnson's first interception since 2014.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33How about this?
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Aaron Colvin.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Scoops it up.
0:31:37 > 0:31:44High-fiving.
0:31:44 > 0:31:475.25 to go in the second quarter.
0:31:47 > 0:31:53To the end zone for Westbrook.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Makes the adjustment, the catch and he is down at the one.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57What a grab by Westbrook.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58It is 1st & goal.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Westbrook is not a big receiver but he elevates, he points
0:32:01 > 0:32:05the ball and he is on that pylon.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10They want Shanahan to take another look at this one.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12They take the hand off.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18He is in, touchdown, Jaguars!
0:32:18 > 0:32:24Garoppolo, to the end zone, deflected and picked off.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Interception by Barry Church.
0:32:27 > 0:32:33Steps up.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35And it was caught.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36Strong!
0:32:36 > 0:32:37Touchdown!
0:32:37 > 0:32:40A miraculous play.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Strong reactivated from the practice squad.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Just this week.
0:32:43 > 0:32:49But being alert and hustling.
0:32:49 > 0:32:56It is a third-down and seven for Blake Bortles and Jacksonville.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Bortles steps into a throw, intercepted!
0:32:59 > 0:33:06Picked off by Williams.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Williams at the 30 and hit down from behind.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10The second interception today by Blake Bortles.
0:33:10 > 0:33:16And the first of Williams' career.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18There is nothing that holds Williams underneath,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22he is just able to drift back and do exactly what he is supposed to do.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26It is 3rd & 3.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Garoppolo, quick pass, caught.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30He dives and he in!
0:33:30 > 0:33:36Touchdown, 49ers.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Goodwin at the top of your screen, he has three
0:33:39 > 0:33:41catches today.
0:33:41 > 0:33:48Garoppolo in the middle and that is caught at the 20
0:33:48 > 0:33:50by Taylor and it is good for a 1st down.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51The running back, next to Garoppolo.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Garoppolo.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53On the move.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55He throws and it is caught.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56Touchdown!
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Taylor!
0:33:59 > 0:34:03His first touchdown since week three against the Rams.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05It is safe to say that Christmas arrived
0:34:05 > 0:34:09on Halloween this year for the 49ers.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13That is when they acquired Garoppolo from the England.
0:34:13 > 0:34:23Jacksonville has not been in a lot.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27They haven't had to play from behind
0:34:27 > 0:34:28a lot this year.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Certainly, Bortles, there is a lot of questions about
0:34:30 > 0:34:33how he would play with his back to the wall in the fourth quarter.
0:34:33 > 0:34:34There is your answer.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Witherspoon with the pick.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Third of the day by Bortles.
0:34:37 > 0:34:381st & goal.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Nice cutback in the touchdown.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41His sixth rushing touchdown of the season.
0:34:41 > 0:34:51It is third-down and five with 6.04 to go.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54Bortles, over the middle, wide open is Westbrook for the first time.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56And Westbrook is still moving his feet.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Through the 43-yard line.
0:34:58 > 0:35:04A gain of 23 from Westbrook.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07And there is the completion of the first down by
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Strong.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16Yeldin is in.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18The second rushing touchdown of the season for
0:35:18 > 0:35:19Yeldin.
0:35:19 > 0:35:29And Doug will go for two.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Great extra effort by Ben Koyak.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Jacksonville has not recovered an onside kick since
0:35:38 > 0:35:39December of 2014.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41They are zero for their last ten.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46And this one is loose and the Jaguars have it!
0:35:46 > 0:35:56See what happens with all three time-outs and 2.13 on the clock.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Bortles, steps up, fires to the wide open Strong.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01He has got the 1st down to the 27-yard
0:36:01 > 0:36:02line.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Bortles to the end zone, caught, touchdown, Joe Shaughnessy!
0:36:06 > 0:36:09The first touchdown of his career.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13And now a 4-point game with the extra point to come.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Blake Bortles with his eyes made him plant there.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21He throws over all the outstretched arms.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Season-high 338 yards passing for Blake Bortles.
0:36:24 > 0:36:32The extra point is no good!
0:36:32 > 0:36:34A big miss off the upright and that means Jacksonville
0:36:34 > 0:36:37will have to score a touchdown.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39The 49ers expecting the onside kick.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41That is what happens.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42Lambeau.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47And it is out of bounds.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Jacksonville will have to play defense.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51They have to get to the 22 to pick up the
0:36:51 > 0:36:52first.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54He has got some room on the left side.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55And he is gone!
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Ball game!
0:36:58 > 0:37:01The icing on the cake for San Francisco on Christmas
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Eve!
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Things are going good right now.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06There is a buzz in the air.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09You can feel it as soon as you walk in
0:37:09 > 0:37:10the stadium.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12The crowd is going nuts and that is just pre-game.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13It is exciting.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16I don't know, it is a nice thing to be of.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17We still won the division.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Despite what happened today.
0:37:19 > 0:37:25But it wasn't our best football game, we are better
0:37:25 > 0:37:30football team than that, we are a better offense than that.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32We can't turn the ball over.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Put our defenses in tough situations.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35We have to be better.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37The 49ers and Garoppolo just put up 44 points
0:37:37 > 0:37:39on the best defense in the
0:37:39 > 0:37:40league right now.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Does the Garoppolo for MVP start?
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Definitely not, he hasn't played enough games,
0:37:44 > 0:37:48obviously.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50This is a fantastic young quarterback.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52And they got this guy for a second-round pick.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54They have a franchise quarterback for a
0:37:54 > 0:37:57second-round pick.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59This is the guy who is going to lead the 49ers to
0:37:59 > 0:38:00the promised land.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02And he looks the part.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Did you see him standing up on that podium?
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Looking all good!
0:38:05 > 0:38:10Wow!
0:38:10 > 0:38:14You are so right, it is a league where there aren't 32 good starters.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Were you surprised that there were no more
0:38:16 > 0:38:18suitors for him when it was
0:38:18 > 0:38:20clear that the Patriots were going to deal him?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23I think the Patriots had all the chips in the hand when
0:38:23 > 0:38:26they knew that they were going to trade him and what they were going
0:38:26 > 0:38:27to do.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31They had control and they put him in a good situation.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33And you see with those highlights, his poise
0:38:33 > 0:38:35in the pocket, it looks kind of like Tom Brady.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39He is relaxed and making the throws.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41That offense looked like Atlanta's offense with him in
0:38:41 > 0:38:42there.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Shanahan looked like he brought out the whole playbook for
0:38:44 > 0:38:45him.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Speaking of looking like Tom Brady, do you know what I found out
0:38:49 > 0:38:50this morning?
0:38:50 > 0:38:51They are represented by the same agent!
0:38:51 > 0:38:53He represents both of those quarterbacks.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54So he orchestrated exactly what he wanted
0:38:54 > 0:38:57to happen and the New England Patriots did it.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59He has got the biggest smile of all, by the look of
0:38:59 > 0:39:00it!
0:39:00 > 0:39:03A good day for Jimmy, not so much for his counterpart, Blake
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Bortles.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Reverting to type because he has had a difficult record in
0:39:07 > 0:39:09recent years, leading the NFL in turnovers
0:39:09 > 0:39:10with 31 between 2013 and
0:39:10 > 0:39:112016.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14But he was looking good in December up until this game.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Yes, and I have to give him the excuse.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17And the excuse is...
0:39:17 > 0:39:18This was a bad matchup for him.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20The San Francisco 49ers' coordinator was the
0:39:20 > 0:39:22linebackers coach at the Jags for three weeks.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25So he got a chance to really watch Bortles and see what he
0:39:25 > 0:39:26could and could not do.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29And by looking at the film and what he was
0:39:29 > 0:39:31doing successfully, he decided to take
0:39:31 > 0:39:38away, what he told the
0:39:38 > 0:39:40coaching staff, take this away, put him in this position.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41And he will throw interceptions.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44That makes a lot of sense, except for the four and a
0:39:44 > 0:39:47half years prior to that where Blake Bortles was not
0:39:47 > 0:39:48playing well at all!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51You are just going to pin all of that on the three years that this
0:39:51 > 0:39:52defensive coordinator...
0:39:52 > 0:39:54He is a changed man!
0:39:54 > 0:39:57This is what happened, I had to find a little nugget in
0:39:57 > 0:39:58there.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59And I saw that!
0:39:59 > 0:40:01He turned a corner in December!
0:40:01 > 0:40:03There is no Jay Cutler!
0:40:03 > 0:40:08It is a great defense, a good running game.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Is that going to be enough for the Jags in the
0:40:10 > 0:40:12playoffs?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15If Bortles can at least play to the best of his ability and
0:40:15 > 0:40:16not give up the ball?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Absolutely not.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21There is no way that's going to be enough in the playoffs.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Blake Bortles is going to have to carry
0:40:23 > 0:40:28this team at some point and he has shown he is not able to do that
0:40:28 > 0:40:29against an elite football team.
0:40:29 > 0:40:37Let's take a look at the week 16 games that impacted the AFC picture.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40And we start with the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42The Bills took an early lead.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43On Christmas Eve.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45This was a tight game, this could have went anywhere.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Don't make the Patriots angry!
0:40:46 > 0:40:48They should know by now!
0:40:48 > 0:40:50It started to change.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53So much mobility for the big guy!
0:40:53 > 0:40:55You cannot cover him one-on-one.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58They have tried and they have failed.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Dion Lewis is coming at the right time as well.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01Two touchdowns in this game.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02Which really sealed it.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05It was maybe closer than the scoreline suggested.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07The first round by for the Patriots locked down for the
0:41:07 > 0:41:09eighth year in a row..
0:41:09 > 0:41:10How is that even possible?
0:41:10 > 0:41:14I know.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17The Chargers had to beat the Jets to keep their playoff hopes alive,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Antonio Gates still going strongly.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Putting them on top.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Powell got the Jets back in it.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Seven yards, then.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28Go on, get him on the ground.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Melvin Gordon sealed it for LA.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Leaving the Chargers very much in the AFC wild
0:41:33 > 0:41:38card race.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Kansas have had a mixed time of it recently.
0:41:40 > 0:41:47And they took on the Miami Dolphins.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Alex Smith back to the Alex Smith we saw
0:41:50 > 0:41:52at the start of the season, on fire, this 56 yarder...
0:41:52 > 0:41:54He scares me in my sleep!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Kelsey with his eighth touchdown of the season.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57That put the Chiefs ten points up.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Get on the ground!
0:42:01 > 0:42:02That is how you get fired!
0:42:02 > 0:42:05You have to have a better tackle in defense than that!
0:42:05 > 0:42:08It was not enough and the Chiefs wrap up the AFC West
0:42:08 > 0:42:15and that is the end of the road for Miami.
0:42:15 > 0:42:21Baltimore were against Indianapolis.
0:42:21 > 0:42:28The Ravens getting a helping hand there.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33Michael's second-quarter touchdown helped them take the lead.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34And Williams' touchdown sealed it.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Baltimore is getting good.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37One win away from the playoffs.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39The Steelers are the big rivals to the
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Patriots all season long.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43And they just brushed aside.
0:42:43 > 0:42:44That was a ten yard.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Look at this.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Play of the week.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49And there was some competition for that.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50Maybe the catch of the year!
0:42:50 > 0:42:55DeAndre Hopkins.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57He is one of the best at going up and competing
0:42:57 > 0:42:58for the ball.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Long Beach, California!
0:43:02 > 0:43:07Unsurprisingly, officials in the spotlight once
0:43:07 > 0:43:09again.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12We saw the Jesse James touchdown a few weeks back and more
0:43:12 > 0:43:19touchdowns overruled this time around.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22We saw a Hill touchdown taken away, Kelvin Benjamin in that bulls
0:43:22 > 0:43:24and Patriots game, which was a critical time
0:43:24 > 0:43:27of the game because this would have put the Buffalo
0:43:27 > 0:43:28Bills ahead?
0:43:28 > 0:43:33This is why I said this game was close and this is a kind of
0:43:33 > 0:43:36play that they needed and right here I don't know what happened.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38And I am the first guy to say the guy didn't
0:43:38 > 0:43:40catch it.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43I am all about the defense but I don't know what you were
0:43:43 > 0:43:44seeing here to overturn this.
0:43:44 > 0:43:45This is amazing.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49Everything I thought was a catch rule?
0:43:49 > 0:43:52I don't know what I'm talking about because of this play.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53I don't even have anything for you.
0:43:53 > 0:43:58I wish I could tell you definitively what the referees are looking at to
0:43:58 > 0:43:59say this is or is not a touchdown.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Some of the things we have seen, both of
0:44:02 > 0:44:03his feet are down.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06The explanation they gave was his left foot was up
0:44:06 > 0:44:08as he gained control and then it bobbled again.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Replay is meant to fix issues, not cause more
0:44:10 > 0:44:13confusion, and that seems to be what is happening at the moment.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15A rule change in the offseason is inevitable, right?
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Yeah, because they have got too much time to look
0:44:17 > 0:44:19at that screen and figure stuff out.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21It needs to be based upon the on field officials,
0:44:21 > 0:44:24if they have no clue what they're doing, then you go
0:44:24 > 0:44:25back and analyse it.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28The Bills are holding on, are they going to regret
0:44:28 > 0:44:29the deals they made in the summer?
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Sammy Watkins and Stephane Gilmore, they were not expecting to be
0:44:32 > 0:44:33contenders, where they?
0:44:33 > 0:44:35They weren't and they are definitely going to
0:44:35 > 0:44:36regret that.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39But what they are going to regret most, I will let you give
0:44:39 > 0:44:40it to them!
0:44:40 > 0:44:41How do you bench Taylor?
0:44:41 > 0:44:45When it happened we looked at each other and we thought, what is he
0:44:45 > 0:44:46doing?
0:44:46 > 0:44:47They are in the playoff hunt!
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Why would you change this?
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Right now it is coming back to bite him.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52You think you are the smart Head Coach
0:44:52 > 0:44:53and it backfires.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55That one game is all you need.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56And you decide to go in a different direction.
0:44:56 > 0:44:57Inexperience showing, I guess.
0:44:57 > 0:44:58Making that call.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01It could come back to haunt him, but they are still in
0:45:01 > 0:45:02the mix.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05The Chiefs are definitely over the line, they've won the AFC
0:45:05 > 0:45:06West despite nearly throwing it all away.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09Unsurprisingly, Andy Reid, the head coach, was a very happy man
0:45:09 > 0:45:10after that victory.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12This is Andy Reid celebrating their victory.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14For the first time ever, two time, two
0:45:14 > 0:45:15time AFC West champ.
0:45:15 > 0:45:16CHEERINGMerry Christmas everybody.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Is he the head coach that would look most like
0:45:18 > 0:45:22Santa without any make-up costing did you think?
0:45:22 > 0:45:25All he had to do literally was just put on that beard
0:45:25 > 0:45:28and the red thing and his Santa Claus.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31With the Bryan brothers out of the NFL is definitely at the
0:45:31 > 0:45:32front.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Since he gave up offensive play calling a month or so ago,
0:45:35 > 0:45:45they've been right back on track, haven't they?
0:45:45 > 0:45:47Yeah, they started running the ball again.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49He stopped, gave up play calling, stopped being
0:45:49 > 0:45:51all fancy and trying to be oriented around the past game.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53They started running the ball, that's what made
0:45:53 > 0:45:55them effective at the beginning of the year.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57One more big story from the last week.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59James Harrison, erstwhile veteran, it spoke Steelers
0:45:59 > 0:46:01legendary player, coming to the end of his career.
0:46:01 > 0:46:02Haven't seen much action this season.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04His left the Steelers, they let him go.
0:46:04 > 0:46:14Where has he ended up?
0:46:14 > 0:46:15New England Patriots.
0:46:15 > 0:46:16Of course.
0:46:16 > 0:46:17We called this, right?
0:46:17 > 0:46:19We knew this was going to happen.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22This was his Instagram feed.
0:46:22 > 0:46:23Interesting, JuJu Smith-Schuster seems to have liked
0:46:23 > 0:46:24the picture.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26Not sure what that tells us.
0:46:26 > 0:46:27Genius from Belichick once again.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30When he was asked about Harrison's career, "Good" is what he
0:46:30 > 0:46:37said.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39Yeah.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41That means a lot, coming from him it means a lot.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Is that going to come back to haunt him do
0:46:44 > 0:46:45you think?
0:46:45 > 0:46:46Letting him go?
0:46:46 > 0:46:48I don't think so, I think, Harrison has
0:46:48 > 0:46:50obviously had a fantastic football career, but he's coming to the end
0:46:50 > 0:46:51of his career.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53He only played 40 snaps his entire year.
0:46:53 > 0:46:54For a pass rusher...
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Pass rushers are at a premium in the NFL.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58I don't think he's going to hold up.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00I think it just might.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02With one week to go, all the divisional champions are
0:47:02 > 0:47:04confirmed in the AFC, we have just the wild
0:47:04 > 0:47:14card spots to lockdown.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Currently Baltimore called the fifth seed and Tennessee the sixth.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20LA Chargers and Buffalo will be keeping
0:47:20 > 0:47:23a close eye on the Jacksonville game in Tennessee where a loss for the
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Titans could open up some opportunities.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Baltimore simply need to win at home to Cincinnati to
0:47:27 > 0:47:28secure their post-season place.
0:47:28 > 0:47:29New England and Pittsburgh are confirmed
0:47:29 > 0:47:32as the top two seeds, there should be some movement
0:47:32 > 0:47:34as to who secures home-field advantage but New England
0:47:34 > 0:47:36would have to lose to the Jets for that
0:47:36 > 0:47:37to happen and that's not going
0:47:37 > 0:47:39to happen.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41The divisional title is up for grabs here in the south, New
0:47:41 > 0:47:44Orleans need to win in Tampa to secure the division.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Behind them, Advanta needs to beat Carolina to
0:47:46 > 0:47:48cement their playoff place, which would see three
0:47:48 > 0:47:50teams from the south through to the post-season.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Should I plan to lose, Seattle have a chance
0:47:52 > 0:47:55to sneak in through the back door if they beat Arizona at home.
0:47:55 > 0:47:56The playoffs start over the weekend of
0:47:56 > 0:47:58January 6-7th.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00If we went tomorrow, New England- Pittsburgh would be
0:48:00 > 0:48:02sitting back as Tennessee face Jacksonville and Baltimore head to
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Kansas City in wild card weekend.
0:48:04 > 0:48:05In the NFC, Philadelphia and Minnesota
0:48:05 > 0:48:08would have the week off and Atlanta head to the LA Rams and Carolina
0:48:08 > 0:48:09head to New Orleans.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Quick reminder we have the NFL show again this
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Saturday from 11:55pm on BBC One, right after Match of the Day.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16You can also catch everything on the iPlayer.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19I'm afraid that's all from us to night, many thanks to Jason
0:48:19 > 0:48:21and Osi, good to see you guys.
0:48:21 > 0:48:22This time next week we'll know precisely
0:48:22 > 0:48:24which 12 teams have made the playoffs.
0:48:24 > 0:48:29Still plenty more to play for.
0:48:29 > 0:48:30Good night.
0:48:30 > 0:48:31Count from one to 12.
0:48:31 > 0:48:3412 days of Christmas, the 12 teams in the playoffs.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36The high numbers are known, the high rollers
0:48:36 > 0:48:37are class acts.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Down in the double figures, the scramble, the scrap
0:48:39 > 0:48:40goes on.
0:48:40 > 0:48:41Class act with flaws.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Pure drama to the very end.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Keeping the flame of hope alive in the teeth of
0:48:46 > 0:48:50the storm.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Dream on.
0:48:52 > 0:49:00Only in the NFL.