0:00:05 > 0:00:08And it will be time for these two teams to settle it
0:00:08 > 0:00:09between the white lines...
0:00:09 > 0:00:12He's going to fire it towards the end zone.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Montana throws!
0:00:14 > 0:00:19Looking downfield, going deep...
0:00:19 > 0:00:22The one-man wrecking crew!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Unbelievable!
0:00:24 > 0:00:29How did he do that?
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Let's go!
0:00:30 > 0:00:31For the win!
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Unstoppable!
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Hello and Happy New Year.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40We've reached the point of the season where fingers
0:00:40 > 0:00:42are being pointed, excuses being prepared and in some cases
0:00:42 > 0:00:45tears are set to flow.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Despite there being a lot of finger pointing during the course
0:00:48 > 0:00:51of the season on this show, we're actually talking about failing
0:00:51 > 0:00:52to make the playoffs.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55It's the final round of the season and six teams are still vying
0:00:55 > 0:00:57for the three remaining spots on offer.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Joining me for some finger pointing, and possibly due
0:01:00 > 0:01:04to their unpredictability, some tears, is two-time Super Bowl
0:01:04 > 0:01:07winner Osi Umenyiora and former NFL corner Jason Bell.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Here is how the playoff picture looked coming into week 17.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16All the AFC divisional titles were wrapped up prior to week 17,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18but two wild card spots remained for the taking.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20There's reams of permutations in play so we'll keep
0:01:20 > 0:01:22it simple for you.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Firstly if Baltimore and Tennessee won their home games
0:01:24 > 0:01:26against Cincinnati and Jacksonville they would secure
0:01:26 > 0:01:29postseason football.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Still in the hunt, the LA Chargers who were relying on Tennessee
0:01:32 > 0:01:35slipping up if they were to get a look in.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38For Buffalo there were six permutations that could see
0:01:38 > 0:01:41them make the playoffs, but a Baltimore loss could make it
0:01:41 > 0:01:45a straightforward win and you're in.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Both New Orleans and Carolina have secured playoff football but the NFC
0:01:48 > 0:01:52South title was still up for grabs.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56A win for the Saints in Tampa would hand them the division,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58lose to Bucs though and Carolina could take the south
0:01:58 > 0:02:01with a win in Atlanta.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03The Falcons could secure playoff football by beating Carolina,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07making it three teams from the south in the postseason,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Seattle were in position should Atlanta lose.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14That's all we've got time for, see you next week!
0:02:14 > 0:02:15No!
0:02:15 > 0:02:20And to kick off the final weekend of the regular season,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23we start with the AFC and that win and you're in game for Baltimore
0:02:23 > 0:02:26against Cincinnati.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31A simple sum - hit double figures and make the play-offs.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35A tenth win for the Baltimore Ravens, they are the AFC Wild Card
0:02:35 > 0:02:36qualifiers for the postseason.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41Not the road of champions, but any path into the New Year will do.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47Coach and quarterback have stepped this way before.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50This gateway into the play-offs is not open to the Cincinnati Bengals.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54With this, their season is done.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57But it is enshrined in the ways of the game that finishing
0:02:57 > 0:03:06meekly is never an option.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10COMMENTATORS: It's a 1st & goal for Cincinnati.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Dalton.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Back of the endzone.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Hauled in for the touchdown.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Tyler Kroft.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Going to beat the inside linebacker there are and again the ball
0:03:20 > 0:03:21placement, up nice and high.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25For a guy of six foot six.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31Second-quarter action continues.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Getting out of trouble is Joe Mixon.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Flag down.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Mixon lost the ball at the end of the play.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Baltimore's got it.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Nobody has forced more turnovers than this Baltimore defence.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Eric Weddle with the recovery.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Mosley made the hit on the strip.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Mixon loses it.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Weddle is there to jump on it for Baltimore.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54STUDIO: The Ravens converted the turnover into three points
0:03:54 > 0:03:57courtesy of Justin Tucker's field goal to trail by four.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01COMMENTARY: 3rd and goal.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Dalton looks, fires!
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Wide open, touchdown, Tyler Kroft!
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Second of the day.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13He's going to get inside the coverage of Chuck Clark
0:04:13 > 0:04:15as he drops into a zone.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Nobody in the middle of the field for Kroft.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Weddle late coming over.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Andy Dalton with a second touchdown.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Look at the pocket, beautiful pocket there for Dalton.
0:04:22 > 0:04:29Kroft working the backline at the endzone.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Not enough for the first down.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Snuffed out by Jordan Evans.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39STUDIO: The Bengals added the 32 yard field goal from Randy Bullock
0:04:39 > 0:04:40to extend their lead to 17-3.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Just before half-time.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48COMMENTATORS: Return man, Chris Moore.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Moore moves forward, brings it in at the seventh.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Moore makes a cut, it sheds a tackler.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Moore!
0:04:53 > 0:04:55He's got speed.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Moore working the sideline.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58If
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Moore still going and he's dropped.
0:05:02 > 0:05:02you
0:05:02 > 0:05:06With eight seconds left, Mooore nearly took it the distance.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Finally something to cheer about for the Baltimore faithful.
0:05:08 > 0:05:1088 yards.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Looks pretty good here.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15But look at the help he's going to get down the field.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Big number 88 working his way.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Vince Mayle doing a great job.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Andy Dalton can't believe it, 88 yard return and the Ravens have
0:05:26 > 0:05:28one shot at the endzone here.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Baltimore trying to take advantage.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Flacco.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Slings it.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Touchdown!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Joe Flacco tosses a strike.
0:05:35 > 0:05:41And it's Chris Moore, as it should be.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44He got him down here.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Reward him on this slant rout, getting inside
0:05:47 > 0:05:49the linebacker Vincent Ray.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Joe Flacco with his best throw of the day, right on target.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54This is the 2nd and five.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Fake sweep.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Flacco throws, juggled, intercepted!
0:06:01 > 0:06:03It is picked off by Dennard and Dennard is working his
0:06:03 > 0:06:05way down the sideline.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Dennard cuts it inside.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Flacco trying to get in between.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11And Dennard will take it all the way!
0:06:11 > 0:06:16A game changer.
0:06:16 > 0:06:1789 yards.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19The ball bouncing around.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Dennard picks it up and then he's going to get a convoy
0:06:21 > 0:06:23down the sidelines.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Look at his team-mates hustling to get out in front.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Blocked that time by Jordan Willis.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33And Cincinnati has a 24 to ten lead on the Ravens.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35They go for it on 4th and three.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36It's a toss for Collins.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Collins reversing field.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Alex Collins turns the corner!
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Collins dives, he's in!
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Touchdown!
0:06:48 > 0:06:53Major highlight, 17 yards, improvisation from Collins!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55This is a one-man reverse.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Collins just totally shut off on the left side,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00reverses his field.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Now he gets Allen in front, Joe Flacco is there.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07And then it's just tremendous individual effort.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11STUDIO: Tucker's field goal cut the Bengals' lead to just four
0:07:11 > 0:07:17points early in the fourth quarter.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19COMMENTATORS: 3rd and eighth for Cincinnati.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Dalton moving pocket.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Dalton lofts it, out of bounds.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Pressure from Terrell Suggs.
0:07:26 > 0:07:294th down for Cincinnati.
0:07:29 > 0:07:333rd and five, Joe Flacco and the Ravens they trail 24-20.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34From the gun, Joe Flacco.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36End zone!
0:07:36 > 0:07:37It's caught!
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Touchdown!
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Mike Wallace with the ground.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42The Ravens go in front!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Joe Flacco with a bullet.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46And a perfect throw away from coverage.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Makes the catch.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Left foot down.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Right foot down.
0:07:49 > 0:07:57Touchdown.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Dalton breaks away.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Dalton slings it downfield and it is intercepted.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Headley marker at the 38 yard line.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It's going to be holding against the Ravens.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09A first down for the Bengals and new life.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Holding.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16Defence number 29.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Time-out, first down.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Check out Marlon Humphrey there.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23He just tackles Brandon Lafell, easy call.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Dalton from the gun.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Dalton steps, throws.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Underneath.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Catch is made by Kroft.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33But nowhere to go after the grab as he is hit by Chuck Clark.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It is 4th down for Cincinnati.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37They pick up just three yards.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Bengals have only one time-out remaining.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Well, here it is.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43It is 4th down.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47The Bengals need 12 yards to keep this drive alive and to give
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Bullock a possible shot for a game-tying field goal.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Dalton has had success running Tyler Boyd out of the slot.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56He's got single coverage right now.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Green for sure will be doubled at the bottom of the screen.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Ravens trying to end it here.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Fourth down.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Dalton steps up.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Throws.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04It is complete!
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Caught by Boyd.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Tyler Boyd, touchdown, remarkable!
0:09:09 > 0:09:15The Cincinnati Bengals have stunned this crowd.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Just a great job of finding the single coverage here.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Right down the seam goes Boyd.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23You could see that Kennedy was more concerned with
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Lafell on the outside.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Boyd single covered.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Dalton with time to throw.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Touchdown, Bengals.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32A stunner in Baltimore.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The Cincinnati Bengals with an extraordinary comeback.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36The Bengals spoil Baltimore's party.
0:09:36 > 0:09:4031-27.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43We'll get to that roller-coaster of a game shortly, but lets see how
0:09:43 > 0:09:50that result impacted the AFC playoff picture.
0:09:50 > 0:09:57And we start with the Chargers.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59They had to beat Jack Del Rio's Oakland and hope
0:09:59 > 0:10:01for help to make the play-offs.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02And Philip Rivers delivered for the Chargers.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04He was in imperious form.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Three touchdowns.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08The first to Tyrell Williams from 56 yards in the second quarter.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Then Keenan Allen from six yards.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16Again that was in the second quarter.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20This 62-yard pass to Benjamin, that crashed Oakland,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22This 62-yard pass to Benjamin, that crushed Oakland,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24who actually fired Jack Del Rio soon after the game.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27We will talk more about that a little bit later on.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29And the Chargers now needed the Tennessee Titans to lose.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Titans had to win this against the Jaguars
0:10:31 > 0:10:32to progress themselves.
0:10:32 > 0:10:39They started strongly.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Marcus Mariota finding Derrick Henry for a 66-yard touchdown.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44You don't want to get in that big boy's way!
0:10:44 > 0:10:45You don't want any part of that!
0:10:45 > 0:10:47They didn't!
0:10:47 > 0:10:49The Jaguars then made the fourth-quarter comeback thanks
0:10:49 > 0:10:50to this fumble return.
0:10:50 > 0:10:58That was from 67 yards.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00But maybe not surprisingly, if you have watched a lot
0:11:00 > 0:11:05of Jaguars this season, turnovers were their downfall.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09This pick, Kevin Bier picking off for the second time.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It sealed Tennessee's play-off place and that
0:11:11 > 0:11:16eliminated the Chargers.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20So the Bills haven't been in the play-offs since 1999.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22He scares me sometimes, cos he's looking all buff
0:11:22 > 0:11:24in his shirt half the time!
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Yeah, he might keep me in line as a player!
0:11:27 > 0:11:30So the Bills knew, thanks to the Ravens' loss,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33beat Miami and they're in.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Nick O'Leary, that touchdown, that's his grandfather, Jack Nicklaus.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38But this is worrying for the Bills.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41LeSean McCoy picked up an ankle injury soon after.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42He didn't return.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Not good for them.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47This is nice, though, that the defensive tackle,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Carl Williams bundling for a touchdown.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52To make it 90-nil.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Miami did fight back.
0:11:53 > 0:12:01Their quarterback David Fales ambled in to bring them within six points.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04That pick meant the Bills were in the play-offs
0:12:04 > 0:12:11for the first time this century.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Now for the trip to New England, the Jets quarterback Rice Petti
0:12:14 > 0:12:15couldn't get his helmet on.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17It wouldn't have mattered much, actually, if he hadn't.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Dion Lewis had touchdowns in the 1st & second quarter.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23The Patriots in control.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28He makes them a dangerous team.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Dion Lewis has really got that offense going.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34When they sacked Petti in the end zone for a safety it was all over.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And they secured the number one seeding and home
0:12:36 > 0:12:37advantage in the play-offs.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Pittsburgh will be the number two seeds.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44They rested Ben Roethlisberger, Landry Jones came in at quarterback
0:12:44 > 0:12:46for this game against the Browns.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49They went ahead early thanks to Darrius Heyward-Bey's 29 yards.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50He can run!
0:12:50 > 0:12:55That's a fast dude.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00In-depth analysis, fast dude!
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Ju Ju Smith-Schuster got his first touchdown pass of the season.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04DeShawn Kyzer hit back for the Browns, finding
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Rashard Higgins for this 56 yard touchdown.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10This guy is a fast dude here as well!
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Because he is from my hometown!
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Yes, hometown friend!
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Of course I know Ju Ju!
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Look at him, look at his strength right here.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23He didn't want no part of that.
0:13:23 > 0:13:2596 yard kick return.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Cleveland, the first team with a winless season
0:13:26 > 0:13:29since the 2008 Lions.
0:13:29 > 0:13:39Rookie Patrick Mahomes started for the Chiefs instead of the Goat.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Kareem Hunt running in from 35 yards gave them a 14-point
0:13:41 > 0:13:42lead at the Broncos.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Denver scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45This from Demaryius Thomas.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46It tied it 24-all.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Harrison Butker though kicked the winning field
0:13:48 > 0:13:49goal for Kansas City.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52They finished on top of the AFC West at ten and six.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Patrick Mahomes looking like the future!
0:13:55 > 0:13:57And we finish, nothing on this game whatsoever,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Texans against the Colts.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Bill O'Brien's Texas against Chuck Pagano's Colts.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Marlon Max, 1-yard run in the third quarter, gave the Colts lead
0:14:06 > 0:14:14that they would not relinquish.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19And this sack and safety for the Colts ensured it was all over.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Chuck Pagano fired after that game.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27So the AFC road to Minnesota will have to go to through Foxboro,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Massachusetts, as New England secure the top seed for the seventh time.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Worrying stat for teams in the AFC, on five of the last six occasions
0:14:34 > 0:14:36as the number one seed, the Patriots have gone
0:14:36 > 0:14:39to the Super Bowl.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Pittsburgh join them with a week off as the number two seeds.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46A wild card weekend sees two teams end in long play-off droughts.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Nine years since Tennessee last appeared in the play-offs.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49They go to Kansas City.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52And as mentioned earlier, it has been 17 years since Buffalo
0:14:52 > 0:14:55made the postseason.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58They return with a trip to third seed Jacksonville.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00So heartbreak for Baltimore, elation for Buffalo.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Here's the post-game reaction.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Starting with the Buffalo locker room as they secured
0:15:03 > 0:15:14their play-off bill.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Listen, the only thing we were worried about was beating
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Cincinnati Bengals.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23And that is a tough enough task on its own.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25So, you know, I think we all had the blinders
0:15:25 > 0:15:28on and we were going out there and playing a football game.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31These moments will build your character and build our identity,
0:15:31 > 0:15:39build our team for the future and I know we will bounce back.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I'm just disappointed we didn't get this win.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Even the game, I think, was a little bit of a kind of...
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Epitomises a little bit the way the season went.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50And then to battle our way back the way we did and not to be able
0:15:50 > 0:15:54to finish and it win the game is about as tough as it can be.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56But that doesn't detract from the heart and from who these
0:15:56 > 0:15:57guys are as people.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59So that's what I'm standing on.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01That's what I told them and it's been a joy coaching these
0:16:01 > 0:16:03guys every single day.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05We will look at Baltimore in the moment but, from a Buffalo
0:16:05 > 0:16:08point of view, the drought is over.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10I mean, you know that community, that fan base is so excited.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12It's been so long.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15In the postseason it's such a big thing for your fan base.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I'm happy for them.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I mean nobody will give them much chance of going
0:16:19 > 0:16:21to the Super Bowl, will they?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24But just for the fan base, just to get a playoff game
0:16:24 > 0:16:26after so long of ending the regular season.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It is in many ways the most important thing.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Yeah, no question.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32And nobody would have given them a chance to even have made it
0:16:32 > 0:16:35to the playoffs at the beginning of the season, but the fact
0:16:35 > 0:16:37they played their hearts out and were able to get
0:16:37 > 0:16:39there was an accomplishment in itself.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41And there was a nice touch on social media as well.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44The Cincinnati Bengals, by Andy Dalton.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Thanking the Bills fans that have donated to his foundation
0:16:46 > 0:16:50after he helped the Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55In 24 hours, over 2500 donations totalling up to $57,000,
0:16:55 > 0:17:02which is a nice touch from the Buffalo fans.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04The worry will be LeSean McCoy's ankle for the Bills.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Yes, this is a dynamic football player.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08One of the best running backs we have in the NFL.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11He is the engine that makes this offense go.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14If he is not able to play, they are going to be in big trouble.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16But if he is available, you would give them
0:17:16 > 0:17:17a chance, would you?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Always give them a chance.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21It's the NFL and ultimately they are a running team
0:17:21 > 0:17:22and it goes through him.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23So absolutely.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25OK, the Bills face Jacksonville in the playoffs.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27After Jacksonville's defeat to Tennessee...
0:17:27 > 0:17:33I am laughing already, because I know what's coming.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Blake Bortles had this rather strange logic when he looked
0:17:35 > 0:17:36ahead to the playoffs.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37I think we'll be fine.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39We will be able to do.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42You know I personally got a good amount of experience of losing,
0:17:42 > 0:17:43so should be able to overcome that.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46So he's got a good amount of experience in losing.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49If I were trying to interpret what he is trying to say -
0:17:49 > 0:17:53they know how to deal with a defeat and bounce back from it.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Would that be fair to him?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55No.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58It's not fair.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00They have a good amount of experience losing
0:18:00 > 0:18:03because they keep losing, and so for him to have lost
0:18:03 > 0:18:06and said that, means that what is going to happen,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08they are going to go there and lose again in the playoffs.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10There is no bouncing back from that.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12I don't know what he was thinking, man.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13He had a brain freeze.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Yeah, that didn't come out right.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17And you need your quarterback, your leader, the guy
0:18:17 > 0:18:20who is at the podium every week, to be a little more
0:18:20 > 0:18:21polished than that.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26I mean...
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Hang on.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29We will talk more about this game on Saturday's show,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32but Blake Bortles gets enough stick as it is without us hammering him
0:18:32 > 0:18:34at the podium, as well, surely.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37You get the big cheque and everybody is looking at you each week.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39You've got to be ready for everything.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40OK.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42You still would have a big question mark over him, would you?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Oh, yeah definitely.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Definitely.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Always a question mark over him.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47He turns the ball over.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Entirely too inconsistent at the quarterback position, man.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51You're not going to be able to advance far
0:18:51 > 0:18:54in the playoffs with a guy playing a position like that.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Impossible.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58I just want to show you something from the Baltimore game.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59This is being played in -7 temperatures.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02There was a wind chill that made it feel like -12, the coldest game
0:19:02 > 0:19:04the Ravens had hosted.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06They rallied back, of course, from a 17-10 deficit to lead 27-24.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10There was just over a minute to go and then they gave up two penalties.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14We're going to look at this key one on third and fifth and it was given
0:19:14 > 0:19:15for holding by corner Marlon Humphrey.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17There is no doubt it is a penalty.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20No doubt, but what he is doing is actually right.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22It's just that Dalton got out of this situation.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25He is doing what they call sitting on the sticks for the 1st down.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And Dalton started moving around and once that
0:19:27 > 0:19:28happened, he had to hold.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29It happens a lot.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31As you see right here.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32He is ready for the break.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34That has cost his team the playoffs, yeah?
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Cost him the playoffs, man.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37That's what happens when quarterbacks extend plays.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40The other interesting thing on that, Eric Weddle made the interception
0:19:40 > 0:19:43and he was on a $1 million bonus from the Ravens if they made
0:19:43 > 0:19:46the playoffs and if he made the Pro Bowl, which the second bit
0:19:46 > 0:19:49of that he had already accomplished.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52So that one penalty cost him $1 million.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56I mean, they say it is a game of inches, but, God, who wants
0:19:56 > 0:19:58to lose $1 million like that?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00That has to be heartbreaking for him.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03He wasn't up there at the podium talking about the ice
0:20:03 > 0:20:05cream with his kids, like he usually does.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07He was just thinking to himself, I lost $1 million just then.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09That's crazy.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10That quick.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Is that a big opportunity missed, do you think, from the Ravens?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Because we have spoken a lot in recent weeks they were one
0:20:16 > 0:20:18of the teams that would be feared in the AFC playoffs.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Them and the Chargers, we thought.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Neither of them are in the playoffs.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Yes, I mean those are two teams that could have made
0:20:25 > 0:20:26some noise in the AFC.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28These are two teams who could have been anybody outside
0:20:28 > 0:20:29of maybe New England.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31They could have beaten the Pittsburgh Steelers
0:20:31 > 0:20:33if they would have played them.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35So it's a big opportunity missed for these two teams.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36OK.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39A reminder we are back later this week with the NFL show
0:20:39 > 0:20:43where we will take a further look at week 17 and as I say, we will
0:20:43 > 0:20:44preview the upcoming playoff games.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47That will be on Saturday night after Match Of The Day on BBC One.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50You can also catch all our shows on the iPlayer.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53The NFC South has been hands down the division to watch this year,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56so it's quite fitting that in week 17 it was the only one
0:20:56 > 0:20:57still up for grabs.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59New Orleans were in the driving seat enterting this one,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01but facing a dysfunctional, yet on their day dangerous,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05It was far from easy street for the Saints.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Playing for the division, then, versus playing for pride,
0:21:07 > 0:21:17and possibly your job next season, if you're a Buccaneer.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21COMMENTATOR: They bring in an extra tight end.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23They bring in an extra offensive tackle.
0:21:23 > 0:21:2414th player of the drive.
0:21:24 > 0:21:33It is a touchdown by Peyton Barber.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Good surge by the Buccaneers offensive line as they run
0:21:36 > 0:21:41to the extra offensive tackle lined up at tight end Western.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44This is their outstanding rookie and look out here.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45He is off to the races.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Across the 50.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Inside the 30 and he will take it to the house.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53A touchdown.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56160 yards for Alvin Kamara.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57So much like the running game.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58You set up double teams.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01You're going to have a double team right here.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03We have those double teams.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06That creates space and you get guys out of their coverage lanes.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09You've got Patrick Murray.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10He has no shot.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13And Alvin Kamara has put an exclamation point on his NFL
0:22:13 > 0:22:15offensive Rookie of the Year.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18They come back the other way.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20It is intercepted by Marcus Williams.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24His third interception of the year.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29There was that turnover that continues to haunt Jameis Winston.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Saints trying to take their first lead of the game and it will be
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Alvin Kamara to the end zone.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Well, you can run from this far out.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39You've got to give credit to these guys, because Alvin Kamara,
0:22:39 > 0:22:43on his way to the end zone, is untouched.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I mean, if it's two hand touch, nothing.
0:22:45 > 0:22:53He might have got him there.
0:22:53 > 0:23:00They fake it and Jameis will run it.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Then did he break the play right there?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03It looked like he did.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Good decision-making by Jameis Winston.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06We know he is a tough guy.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Craig Robertson comes in.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Driving him back.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13There is no quitting.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Jameis Winston, you see that left-hand reach over the goal line.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Clearly a touchdown before the ball comes out.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20By Jameis Winston.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22A loss of four.
0:23:22 > 0:23:273rd down and 14 and Winston in trouble.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Avoids one sack.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Now just throws it up to the end zone.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34And that is his second career interception in the red zone.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39He had not thrown one since December of his rookie year.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41STUDIO: The Saints added three points with Wil Lutz'
0:23:41 > 0:23:4348 yard field goal.
0:23:43 > 0:23:50They led by four points.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54COMMENTATOR: It is a 17-13 lead.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Remember, they blocked the punt for a touchdown last
0:23:56 > 0:23:59time these teams met.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Coverage of the ball is loose!
0:24:01 > 0:24:03And it is a touchdown for the Buccaneers!
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Isaiah Johnson scores the touchdown.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11And it looks like Joshua Robinson was the one who made the tackle
0:24:11 > 0:24:13and stripped it out of there.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Sean Payton is going to challenge his call.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19He is upset right now with Tommylee Lewis.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22What a job by Josh Robinson.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23He came over from Minnesota.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Had two hands on the ball.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Then he strips it out of there.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29That is a clear fumble, right there.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31And I love the athletic ability.
0:24:31 > 0:24:39Not to fall on it, but to scoop and score.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40And it is a touchdown to Zach Line.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43His first receiving touchdown of the year and the Saints
0:24:43 > 0:24:46march down the field.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50With 707 to go they have recaptured the lead.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52STUDIO: Patrick Murray's 42 yard field goal on the next Buccaneers
0:24:52 > 0:24:56possession cut the deficit to just one point.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00COMMENTATOR: 3rd down and a blitz coming.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Winston gives it away.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Broken up by Robertson.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08And that will be a three and out for the Buccaneers.
0:25:08 > 0:25:15And they are going to go for it.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Winston.
0:25:18 > 0:25:221st down reception up to the 17-yard line.
0:25:22 > 0:25:28Continuing to run and the Buccaneers are out of time-outs.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31And catch made up to the 35-yard line by Evans.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35And the clock will roll again.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Out of time-outs and we're under a minute.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43Down to 48 to go.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Winston fires.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Beautiful throw.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47My oh my.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48To Evans.
0:25:48 > 0:25:5255.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55To give him a shot from around the territory they need
0:25:55 > 0:25:56to get to about the 37.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59They have plenty of time to do better than that.
0:25:59 > 0:26:0132 seconds remaining.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04All day to throw.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06And he dumps it off and that is a 1st down
0:26:06 > 0:26:08to the 39 to Humphries.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Jameis Winston is taking advantage of this opportunity.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Putting those three interceptions behind him.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15If you are a Buccaneers fan, you want him to give
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Patrick Murray a shot.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19To win the ball game you have got to play.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21You cannot get an easy one.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22They will attack the outside of the field.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Great protection again.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27And the sideline.
0:26:27 > 0:26:34It is a touchdown for Tampa Bay.
0:26:34 > 0:26:3895 yards in a minute, 49 seconds.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Decent coverage.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Godwin is just running this take-off right there.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46You see Crawley look back for the ball.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Godwin was just able to pull ahead and Jameis Winston throws
0:26:49 > 0:26:59a perfect ball to Godwin.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04And now the two point conversion try to try and make
0:27:04 > 0:27:06it what would be a 7-point lead.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Saints only have one time-out left.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10And we are down to the last nine seconds of the game.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11And it is a catch.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14The Saints lose today, 31-24.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15What a way to end 2017.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19I mean we had so many things going against us this year.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22The one thing you guys did - an awesome, awesome job
0:27:22 > 0:27:23of hanging in there, no matter what.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Even that game.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27There were so many ebbs and flows.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28We score, we run the kick-off back.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31We had so many chances.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35But that is a good football team you just beat and a 95 yard
0:27:35 > 0:27:35defense stopping them.
0:27:35 > 0:27:4495 yard drive with no time-outs.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Didn't finish the game the way we would have liked.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50We would like to congratulate Tampa.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53It was an impressive two-minute drive.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56There will be a handful of things we will look at quickly,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59to get cleaned up, and then, you know, here we go.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01We get started.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Tampa Bay clawing victory from the jaws of defeat gave
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Carolina a chance to win the NFC South.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09The hosts Atlanta simply needed a win to confirm
0:28:09 > 0:28:11their postseason place.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13With both sides well and truly up for this,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Panthers quarterback and Atlanta-native Cam Newton
0:28:15 > 0:28:17promised to make "lasting memories" for everyone
0:28:17 > 0:28:31in the Falcons new stadium.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34COMMENTATOR: On 1st down, dropped off for Freeman over the middle.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Get the block.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Touchdown.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44They bring five guys on this play, but Ryan is able to step up.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Takes a hit at the end, but he finds Freeman
0:28:46 > 0:28:49underneath and Hooper is able to get enough of his man to give Freeman
0:28:49 > 0:28:52a place to go for the touchdown.
0:28:52 > 0:29:003rd down passing has been a struggle for Cam Newton this year.
0:29:00 > 0:29:08They haven't had less than 3rd & 10 yet.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11And it will be another punt as the pass is broken up for Olsen.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13And the Panthers getting nothing done on offense.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14This was just moments ago.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17In so many words, telling guys, someone make a play, let's go.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20They are trying to get points here, as they trail by seven.
0:29:20 > 0:29:30With a minute left in the first half.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Bersin makes the catch and has a 1st down.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Brenton Bersin, the guy who has been cut five times gets open
0:29:39 > 0:29:41and is good for 27 yards.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Three tight ends in the game for Carolina.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Cam keeps pass.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Funchess touchdown.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Typically down here, you have the quick slants.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Funchess gets inside technique on Alford.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00And an easy touchdown and a talk for Cam Newton on the sidelines.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01It paid off.
0:30:01 > 0:30:08But he had to overcome 3rd and a mile.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11STUDIO: Matt Bryant's field goal put the Falcons 10-7 up halfway
0:30:11 > 0:30:14through the third quarter.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15COMMENTATORS: Newton down.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Terrible throw!
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Picked off by Allen.
0:30:20 > 0:30:29I don't know where Cam Newton was throwing this ball.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31STUDIO: The Falcons converted the turnover into a 42-yard field
0:30:31 > 0:30:35goal from Matt Bryant.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Bryant added another from 30 yards at the start of the fourth-quarter
0:30:37 > 0:30:47to extend the Falcons' lead to nine points.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49COMMENTATORS: They barely have 130 yards of total offense.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51They have got to get something going.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53No first downs this half for Carolina.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55This one downfield, Funchess.
0:30:55 > 0:31:03What a catch!
0:31:03 > 0:31:05And Devin Funchess down at the 28, working on Trufant.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10A completion of 44 yards.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12STUDIO: Graham Gano's 42 yard field goal brought the Panthers
0:31:12 > 0:31:18to within six points, only for Matt Bryant to cancel that
0:31:18 > 0:31:26out from all of 56 yards on the next Falcons possession to make it 19-10.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28COMMENTATORS: No urgency on the part of Carolina.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29Down by nine.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Another missed target.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Olsen has been targeted 11 times.
0:31:35 > 0:31:41He has one catch.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44You know, these teams like Atlanta, are able to come back next week
0:31:44 > 0:31:48and put it together and continue to play as a high level.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51and put it together and continue to play at a high level.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Although I would not say this has been a high level
0:31:54 > 0:31:55offensively for Atlanta.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56Here is a drop.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57Another drop.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Sanu.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Ball might have been maybe a tad underthrown.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05This is not a good offensive day to launch yourself
0:32:05 > 0:32:08into the postseason with what we've seen from the Panthers.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09No, this is tough.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13I mean, speaking as a quarterback going into postseason,
0:32:13 > 0:32:17you're completing 36% of your passes.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21It is not where you want to be, of course.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24And it makes for a tough week when you're supposed to be confident
0:32:24 > 0:32:27and playing at your best.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Here is one high again, picked off off the hand of Olsen,
0:32:30 > 0:32:31into the arms of Keanu Neal.
0:32:31 > 0:32:37And that could very well wrap it up.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Cam Newton has been high with throws all day.
0:32:39 > 0:32:49And this one gets him again.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52He had a chance if he is able to lead Olsen, it's zone coverage,
0:32:52 > 0:32:57and he's got to get past Dion Jones there in the middle.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00He started to, but then the ball is high behind and a tipped ball.
0:33:00 > 0:33:06And Dan Quinn you know now with two interceptions, is thrilled.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09And Dan Quinn's NFC champion Atlanta Falcons team from a year ago
0:33:09 > 0:33:12just stamped their ticket back to the postseason.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15With a rather definitive win over their divisional rivals,
0:33:15 > 0:33:18the Carolina Panthers.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20As a group, this toughness, this brotherhood that
0:33:20 > 0:33:21they have, it's alive.
0:33:21 > 0:33:22It's real.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25And they've got stuff to prove.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30But once we are in, it is just for this week.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34And so I've heard that we are going to play out at Los Angeles
0:33:34 > 0:33:36and that is the fight that we are in, that is
0:33:36 > 0:33:37the fight that matters.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39And we will be completely 100% ready.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40I'm not concerned at all.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42I mean it is one game.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43You know.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45We played well for most of this year.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47We've had some opportunities to win some football games.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50And if we can play defence away we played it, we will give ourselves
0:33:50 > 0:33:52a chance to win football games.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54A couple of throws got away from me.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57You know, and there at the end I felt I was you know,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00pressing a little bit, you know, too much.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03You know, that can happen and when you play in the team,
0:34:03 > 0:34:05in a defence like that, they thrive on those
0:34:05 > 0:34:09situations as they did today.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Three teams then from the NFC South into the play-offs.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14The last time three teams from a division went
0:34:14 > 0:34:15into the play-offs was 2014.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17AFC North, then.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20And New Orleans Saints win the division despite
0:34:20 > 0:34:22the defeat against the Bucs.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Do you think we've given Drew Brees enough credit this season?
0:34:25 > 0:34:34We seemed to have focused a lot on other quarterbacks, Goff,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Wentz, Rogers, whoever it may be, Newton.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Right.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40But Drew Brees has just got on with it.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Yeah, he's played well enough for them to win, obviously.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45But we haven't given him enough credit because the way they've been
0:34:45 > 0:34:47winning this year has been through their running game
0:34:47 > 0:34:48and their outstanding defence.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Which nobody really expected.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Drew Brees, everybody expected to play the way he has been playing.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55So I think that is the reason why we haven't given him credit.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58He set the single season pass completion record at 72%.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Yeah.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01It's because of the way that offence is right now.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03He's throwing the intermediate routs, the high percentage throws.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06We're used to him having to throw them to victory all the time.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Big shots down the field.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10We are not seeing that, so we are not talking about him.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13But he might still have some in the engine.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14We've got to be ready.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17We spoke about Alvin Kamara a lot over the course of the season.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19We're just going to show you this play again.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Because the key to this is actually when he stops or pauses, yes?
0:35:22 > 0:35:26I have seen this guy all the time, he is a special team juggernaut.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28That pause right there gets you to slow up just one second.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32And the key to that is it allows the blockers a little bit more time
0:35:32 > 0:35:35to get a better angle on you, and you see the result.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38This has happened to me before, and I'm not proud of it.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40I wish I could say anything about this...
0:35:40 > 0:35:41But you cant!
0:35:41 > 0:35:42But you can't!
0:35:42 > 0:35:44I didn't play those, so I can't really add a comment!
0:35:44 > 0:35:47But Kamara continues to be a really multipurpose, multifaceted threat
0:35:47 > 0:35:48going into the play-offs.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49Outstanding football player, he can do everything.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Whether it's special teams, whether it's running the football,
0:35:52 > 0:35:54whether it's receiving the ball out of the backfield.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57This guy is one of the top offensive weapons in the NFL,
0:35:57 > 0:35:58and he is only a rookie.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00I thought it was interesting hearing from Troy Yeatman
0:36:00 > 0:36:02in the commentary of Panthers- Falcons.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05How you don't want to be going into the play-offs as a quarterback
0:36:05 > 0:36:07struggling for form.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09And you look at Cam Newton's performance and he is struggling.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Isn't he?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14And the main thing he said in that interview was, I was pressing.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17We always talk about when you start pressing as a player,
0:36:17 > 0:36:19you start making bad decisions.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Because you start thinking, I have to make a play,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24I have to make a play.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27And you see by the results, with these overthrows and tips,
0:36:27 > 0:36:28that is what he is doing.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31He is trying to make a play and this is when things happen.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34As I said going into the game, he said he wanted to
0:36:34 > 0:36:36make lasting memories in the Falcons' new stadium.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39That was a career worst passer rating and a completion
0:36:39 > 0:36:43percentage that ranked among his worst five ever.
0:36:43 > 0:36:53If you were a Panthers fan, would his form continue,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55, concern you passing-wise, not running wise, passing-wise, going
0:36:55 > 0:36:56into the play-offs?
0:36:56 > 0:36:57No question.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59He has had a below average year passing the football.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Now obviously we all know he can do running the football,
0:37:02 > 0:37:04he is extending the plays, creating mismatches out there.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07But passing the football, which is what you're going to have
0:37:07 > 0:37:10to do in the play-offs to beat teams who are going to load
0:37:10 > 0:37:13the box up against you, he is struggling in that department.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15And he is going to continue to struggle.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Both of you on this, is that solely down to him?
0:37:17 > 0:37:20I mean, you saw him doing his little huddles and pointing at some
0:37:20 > 0:37:24of the other members of the offence in a sort of, come on guys,
0:37:24 > 0:37:25give me something.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26Is it solely down to him?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I mean yes, he's got to be the one that makes
0:37:29 > 0:37:30the throws in this situation.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Yes, it's down to him.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34And he's the kind of guy that only needs to make
0:37:34 > 0:37:35one or 2 throws a game.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37A big one down the field.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39So he just needs to stay confident and not press.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42No question, he is the quarterback, he is the guy who is
0:37:42 > 0:37:43pulling the trigger.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46I have seen quarterbacks make average receivers look a whole lot
0:37:46 > 0:37:47better than they are.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49And he is just making good receivers look terrible right now.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51So we have praised the Saints quarterback, criticised
0:37:51 > 0:37:53the Panthers quarterback.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56The two of them play each other in the play-offs, you know what's
0:37:56 > 0:37:57going to happen from here!
0:37:57 > 0:37:58The NFC has its six playoff teams.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Here's the rest of the week 17 action.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Arizona added insult to injury for Seattle,
0:38:02 > 0:38:07whose play-off hopes were ended by Atlanta's win over Carolina.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12Brown opened the scoring from Drew Stanton's 25 yard pass.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15I think on the Saturday show last week one of you two predicted this.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Osi, you predicted it, didn't you?
0:38:17 > 0:38:18They did it for Bruce!
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Look at this for a kick-off return from Tyler Lockett.
0:38:21 > 0:38:2299 yards from him.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26For a touchdown.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Making those boys looked like they're sleepwalking!
0:38:28 > 0:38:29Look at him!
0:38:29 > 0:38:34He did that without a pause!
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Baldwin's second touchdown of the game gave Seattle a 1-point lead.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Patrick Peterson arguably the best corner in the league!
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Phil Dawson kicked his fourth field goal to make it 26-24.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46There were two and a half minutes left.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49And then Blair Walsh, who surely will not be in Seattle
0:38:49 > 0:38:50next season, will he?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Someone will pick him up!
0:38:52 > 0:38:55He better be in a career transition.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Unbelievable, said Pete Carroll, as that missed.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02Another field goal Walsh missed.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03And Bruce Arians confirmed his retirement,
0:39:03 > 0:39:04by the way, last night.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Right, big problem for Philip Carson, Nick Foles
0:39:06 > 0:39:07was poor against Dallas.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10He struggled all afternoon.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Not what you want.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16And in fact this game was scoreless heading into the fourth quarter.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19The first time in ten years that happened in an NFL game.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Brice Butler put us all out of our misery.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23It ended 6-nil.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26We will talk more about Philadelphia in just a moment.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Minnesota look the class act of the NFC.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33This is where we show all this Minnesota footage and Jason tells us
0:39:33 > 0:39:39he is friends with all of them.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Latavius Murray had to one-yard touchdowns.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43And put the Vikings 14-nil up.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Looking good, he's looking good!
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Anyhow, 15-yard touchdown from Case Keenum.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52John Fox sacked by the Bears at the end of that.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54The Jimmy Jese show rolled into LA as the 49ers faced
0:39:54 > 0:39:59an understrength Rams.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Marquise Goodwin caught an eight yard pass from Garoppolo.
0:40:01 > 0:40:09And went in for a first quarter touchdown.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Garoppolo threw another touchdown to Aldrick Robinson
0:40:11 > 0:40:14in the fourth quarter to close out the season with five straight wins
0:40:14 > 0:40:16and Garoppolo still hasn't lost as an NFL starter.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18That is remarkable, isn't it?
0:40:18 > 0:40:19That is serious.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21They are happy in San Fran!
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Outstanding.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27The Lions were always in control against an injury depleted Packers.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Matt Stafford threw three touchdowns.
0:40:29 > 0:40:35That was his first, the 54 yard pass in the second quarter.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37His last was this - 71 yards to Golden Tate
0:40:37 > 0:40:38in the third quarter.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40And my old coach Don was fired.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41Is he no longer your friend?
0:40:41 > 0:40:42He's always my friend!
0:40:42 > 0:40:49He is always your friend!
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Green Bay defensive coordinator Don Caper fired on New Year's Day.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54And the Lions coach Jim Caldwell fired on Monday as well.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56A tale of two quarterbacks in this game.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00Kirk Cousins and Eli Manning.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03In the first quarter, Eli Manning handed the ball to Darkwa for a 75
0:41:03 > 0:41:06yard Giants touchdown.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Always playing for their jobs, that's what it is.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11He found Hunter Sharp for a 16 yard touchdown that kept
0:41:11 > 0:41:13the Redskins at bay.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16In the third quarter Kelvin Shepherd made one of three picks
0:41:16 > 0:41:19on Kirk Cousins who had a poor, poor day.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20Always struggles against the Reds.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Exactly the same last season.
0:41:22 > 0:41:28They've got his number.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29And the crowd chanted Eli Manning's name
0:41:29 > 0:41:30as he waved.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Is that a goodbye wave?
0:41:34 > 0:41:35We'll find out.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38No.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40So, in 12 months, Philadelphia have gone from bottom of the East
0:41:40 > 0:41:42to the NFC's number one seed.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Joining them on the bye week are Minnesota, who keep
0:41:44 > 0:41:48alive their hopes of being the first team to ever play a Super Bowl
0:41:48 > 0:41:49in their home stadium.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51For the first time in 24 years, playoff football
0:41:51 > 0:41:52returns to Los Angeles.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54The third seeded Rams host sixth seeded Atlanta
0:41:54 > 0:41:56who are without homefield advantage and the artificial pitch that
0:41:56 > 0:41:58they're accustomed to.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Two other NFC South teams make up the other wild card game.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03On Sunday the fifth seeded Carolina Panthers head
0:42:03 > 0:42:10to fourth seed New Orleans, where they lost 21-31 in week 13.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Let's go straight to the number one seeds and Philadelphia.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16What a season they have had, up until the last couple
0:42:16 > 0:42:20of weeks, three weeks.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Carson went out and now there will be serious questions
0:42:22 > 0:42:24asked about Nick Foles.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26You can never underscore the importance of the quarterback
0:42:26 > 0:42:27position in the NFL.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Carson Wentz, we're talking about him as being the MVP
0:42:29 > 0:42:32of the league up until the point where he got injured.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Now, Nick Foles, we thought was a capable back-up,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37but they are exposing all this man's floors right now.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Out there, just decimating madman.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43There is no way Philadelphia is going to be able to advance
0:42:43 > 0:42:45further than the next round they playing with this
0:42:45 > 0:42:46guy playing like that.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Because the first game when he came in, he actually had a decent game
0:42:49 > 0:42:50for them, didn't he?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53But this, his performance in this game against the Cowboys,
0:42:53 > 0:42:55the confidence will just drop out of both fans and players.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Absolutely.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Right there, he is a pocket passer.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01This is just a pure miss.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04But the thing about it is he doesn't do well making plays
0:43:04 > 0:43:05with his feet on the move.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Things of that nature.
0:43:07 > 0:43:08Like Carson Wentz did, extending plays.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11And now you see him trying to extend the play, this
0:43:11 > 0:43:13is not what he does well.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15He needs to stay in the pocket and make throws there.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Teams know that, so what are they going to try and do?
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Get him on the move.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22And you can't become a mobile quarterback overnight, can you?
0:43:22 > 0:43:24If you're not mobile, you're not mobile, so the Eagles
0:43:24 > 0:43:26will find it hard to protect him, I suppose.
0:43:26 > 0:43:27Yes, they will, man.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30And on top of that, they are missing their left
0:43:30 > 0:43:32tackle, Jason Peters. There is going to be a lot
0:43:32 > 0:43:34of pressure coming off the edge against this guy.
0:43:34 > 0:43:35They are in big trouble, Philadelphia.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37OK.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40As soon as the season finishes, it is then known as Black Monday,
0:43:40 > 0:43:41where coaches get fired.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Let's focus on the Oakland Raiders, first of all, because Mark Davis
0:43:44 > 0:43:46has made his decision.
0:43:46 > 0:43:47This is Mark Davis, by the way.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Whoa!
0:43:49 > 0:43:52Mark, man!
0:43:52 > 0:43:55It is one of the best haircuts, or worst haircuts in the NFL.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57It is like a hat.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59You actually thought we'd digitally altered that.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02I thought this was some kind of joke, but apparently it's not, man.
0:44:02 > 0:44:03Kudos to him.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Bold man to wear that haircut.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Mark Davis took the decision to sack their head coach
0:44:07 > 0:44:11Jack Del Rio after their defeat against the Chargers.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14Here was Del Rio's emotional press conference.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17I spoke with Mark Davis after the game.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21And Mark let me know that he is not going to be bringing me back.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24And so...
0:44:24 > 0:44:27He told me he loved me and appreciated all that I did
0:44:27 > 0:44:31to kind of get this programme going in the right direction, but
0:44:31 > 0:44:34that he felt they need the change.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36I told him how much I appreciate the opportunity
0:44:36 > 0:44:41he gave me and I mean that.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44Very grateful.
0:44:44 > 0:44:49My childhood team.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52But it's a results business, I understand that.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55That last bit, about it being his childhood team,
0:44:55 > 0:44:58that actually got me, did that, and yet you two
0:44:58 > 0:45:01are sort of sat there as if it's matter it happens.
0:45:01 > 0:45:02It didn't get me, man.
0:45:02 > 0:45:03It didn't get me at all.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06I never feel sorry for coaches when they get fired.
0:45:06 > 0:45:07I never do.
0:45:07 > 0:45:08Let me tell you why.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11I remember my last game playing for the New York Giants.
0:45:11 > 0:45:12I played ten years there.
0:45:12 > 0:45:13Did you win anything?
0:45:13 > 0:45:14Oh, two times...
0:45:14 > 0:45:15Oh, right.
0:45:15 > 0:45:16Ring of honour inductee.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17All right.
0:45:17 > 0:45:18OK.
0:45:18 > 0:45:19I took a picture.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21You did.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22You keep those awards well hidden.
0:45:22 > 0:45:23I wish you'd mention it sometimes.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24You know me, Mark.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Anyway.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29So they do the exit interviews where you sit with the coach, whatever.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31Ten years, I go and see coach Coughlin, who is
0:45:31 > 0:45:32a good friend of mine.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34He was like, oh, thank you.
0:45:34 > 0:45:35That was it.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36It's a results business.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38That was it, Mark.
0:45:38 > 0:45:39I looked.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41I was like, you know what, OK.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44So this is what we're doing.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Ever since then, any time a coach gets fired, I just laugh.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51Because they don't really care when they let players go.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53What do you make about Jon Gruden going back there?
0:45:53 > 0:45:54He's coached them before.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56He was traded to Tampa Bay.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57Won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59He's been working in TV.
0:45:59 > 0:46:04I think it is a good call, because they need their families
0:46:04 > 0:46:07-- fan base to be excited and with this move to Vegas,
0:46:07 > 0:46:10I think this gives them something to be very excited about.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11Jon Gruden back.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Do you think it is as much about that excitement and buying
0:46:14 > 0:46:15into somebody and something ahead of this?
0:46:15 > 0:46:18Well, yes, that, but Jon Gruden is an outstanding football coach.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20If you watch the ESPN Monday Night Football broadcast,
0:46:20 > 0:46:22you hear some of the things he says.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24You know this guy knows football.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26Let's focus on the Giants, because contractually we have to!
0:46:26 > 0:46:28They finished the season three and 13.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30This was their locker room at the end of that
0:46:30 > 0:46:31win against Washington.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33It doesn't matter what happened before.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35We don't care about what happens going forward, right?
0:46:35 > 0:46:36Enjoy this.
0:46:36 > 0:46:37That's what it's all about.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41You guys work too hard.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45Game ball, game ball.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49CHEERING.
0:46:49 > 0:46:50I love it.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53One, two, three.
0:46:53 > 0:46:57Now, he won't be the head coach next season, will he?
0:46:57 > 0:47:00No, I don't think so but he is a good guy.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01You see it, man.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02Players really like him.
0:47:02 > 0:47:03They rallied around him.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Mark, I take everything I said back, because I love Spags.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08I just saw Spags, I take it all back.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10I'm really sad about that.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12He's a great man.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15And do you have strong feelings for general managers, as well,
0:47:15 > 0:47:17do you get emotional around general managers?
0:47:17 > 0:47:19The reason I ask, obviously New York Giants have
0:47:19 > 0:47:21appointed their new general manager, haven't they, Jason?
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Yes, they have.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24You tweeted about it this week.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Yeah, I think right now we've got action is what I like to say.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Because my man Osi over there, Big Cheeks Osi, he can make some
0:47:30 > 0:47:33calls for us right now.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36I think we can get some tickets.
0:47:36 > 0:47:40Dave Gettleman, the new GM of the New York Giants.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Could you go from television to head coach?
0:47:42 > 0:47:45You know what, because I know Dave Gettleman, there
0:47:45 > 0:47:46is a possibility, man.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48There is an actual possibility.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50So you guys cherish me while I'm here, because who knows
0:47:50 > 0:47:51what's going to happen.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53You are not going to take me?
0:47:53 > 0:47:54I will take you.
0:47:54 > 0:47:55And you.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57OK, we will put the call-in.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Eight of this year's 12 playoff teams actually failed to make it
0:47:59 > 0:48:01to this stage last season.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Yet again, New England are the AFC's number one seed
0:48:03 > 0:48:04with Pittsburgh number two.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07Sixth seed Buffalo head to third seed Jacksonville and fourth seed
0:48:07 > 0:48:08Kansas City host fifth seed Tennessee.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11New England will face the highest seed to come out of wild-card
0:48:11 > 0:48:13weekend and Pittsburgh will pick up the lowest.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16Number one seed Philadelphia have a week to regroup as do
0:48:16 > 0:48:17Minnesota.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Sixth seed Atlanta head to the third seed LA Rams,
0:48:19 > 0:48:21two great offenses on show there.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23The other wild-card game is an NFC South divisional rivalry with fifth
0:48:23 > 0:48:25seed Carolina going to New Orleans.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28All the wild-card games are split over this Saturday and Sunday.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32And the NFL Show is back after Match of the Day this Saturday with a look
0:48:32 > 0:48:33ahead to all the playoffs.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35You can also catch all our shows on the iPlayer.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37So that's it from us.
0:48:37 > 0:48:38We are out of time.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40We have gone through all the permutations.
0:48:40 > 0:48:41We will see you next week.
0:48:41 > 0:48:42Yes?
0:48:42 > 0:48:43Goodbye.
0:48:43 > 0:48:44Good job.
0:48:44 > 0:48:45And so a chapter closes.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47For 20 teams, it is over.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Prices to pay.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Their football is finished but the drama will continue.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56Intriguing, of course, but still only a sideshow.
0:48:56 > 0:48:57Football lives on.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00A turn of the page and a turn of the year.
0:49:00 > 0:49:01A new chapter opens.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03The playoffs.
0:49:03 > 0:49:08The gallop towards Minnesota and Super Bowl LII gathers pace.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12Only in the NFL.