Week 11 NFL This Week

it will be times for these teams to settle it. Touchdown! A1 that man

wrecking ball! Unbelievable. How did he do that? For the when?

Unstoppable! In a week where the LA Rams finally

decided the time was right to expose their rookie quarterback

to the NFL, Jared Goff now has to prove he's worth that four

year $27.9m contract. Also, the face of the Dallas Cowboys

franchise returned from injury this week, only to hold a press

conference to acknowledge he's now Dallas now have some back-up in Tony

Romo. Not so much NFL rookies,

but old weary veterans, joining me once again

is British-born Super Bowl winner Osi Umenyiora and former NFL

cornerback Jason Bell. There's been a look of disgust

recently on the face of Green Bay Packers quarterback

Aaron Rodgers, which if you watched last weeks show, Osi took

great satisfaction in. However, for Packers fans,

seeing their team give up 30 plus points in three successive

losses has given them Hoping to avoid 4 straight losses,

they travelled to Washington for a must win game to stay

in contention in the NFC North. For the Washington Redskins

it was an equally important game as they looked to stay in contention

in the NFC East. There is something about football in

the North. They have grown in leaps and bounds. Perhaps it is the

contrast between the heat of the NFL and the sinking thermometer, white

hot sport and sub zero states. But for the Green Bay Packers, this is

threatening to turn into a lukewarm season. And the Washington Redskins.

Kirk Cousins doing his best to fire at the furnace. Do you like that!

Sean Jackson in the slot, Kirk Cousins, close to Jackson,

touchdown! I watch the move by Jackson up the field. Fake out to

your left and hit hard. Going on between those split safeties, that

is where they think they can work all night long. It is a sweet move.

Third in gold, the pressure, Rogers eludes the rush. Nelson cannot hold

on. They say touchdown. They say he had it and knocked the ball out. We

had a flag, when the blitz was coming in. There is the grabbing of

the facemask, almost pulled it off and somehow 4th Down got his front

leg bag on the ground and found Geordie Nelson. A remarkable play.

After forcing the three and out, screenplay went on a nine Play Drive

on this Mason Crosby field goal. Corner blitz coming. There is read.

Jordan Reed to the 15. They will run with Robert Kelley. -- Mark Chapman.

-- Mark Chapman. Green Bay fluffed their chance to head back, the mess

by Mason Crosby give the Redskins the ball back late in the third

quarter. It is 3rd 11 now at the 34th. Down the field. It is caught

for the touchdown. Jamison Crowder, 44 yards. Straight down. A safety on

for the touchdown. Jamison Crowder, either side, taking advantage of

that speed. Kirk Cousins had made some nice riches. That was not easy.

He saw one safety, assumed the other and got him. James Starks is the

back. Seven carries, 19 yards. Wide open, there is nobody there, James

Starks will walk in for the touchdown. A passed by the Redskins

and the Packers starred the fourth quarter. They were pointing and did

not quite have it all figured out and then play fake and then nobody

around James Starks. That is just the gift of all guests. Kirk Cousins

takes the deep shot down field and it is caught by Pierre Garcon who

will score. Into the wind. 70 yards. Once this tight end goes up the

field, it is one on one road to the outside. Everyone in the league does

the same thing, these quarterback injuries are currently killing the

Green Bay Packers. If you had to say how does this team lose four in a

row, they have just run out our bodies in a key position. Randall

Cobb getting Green Bay down here. Looking for plays. Rogers gets

pressure, throws it inside to Jared Cook. He gets his first touchdown as

a pack. He is a big player. 4th down. A blitz coming for the

Packers, it is picked up, Kirk Cousins, caught by Jamison Crowder.

To be a zone, he is just shy of the goal line. A blitz Peter with

Jamison Crowder, first end goal Washington. Robert Kelley in for the

touchdown. His second of the night and at Washington are able to get an

81 yard Drive into the wind to extend the lead to double digits.

Quick flip. Coke. Washington has it. -- Jared Cook. The game's first

turnover could be the crushing blow. What a play by 29-macro. He paid

dividends on that 75 million. -- Josh Norman. He is the guy that

started doing it. They were team-mates last year in Carolina.

Did not even go for the tackle, saw his opportunity, got it out,

tremendous play. Two time-outs left for the Packers, Robert Kelley with

a lot of room, Robert Kelley in the open field, inside the 20, stays on

his feet to the four yard line, 66 yards, longest run of his rookie

season. This is one you almost had to get to give yourself a chance and

Rogers is coming in, three touchdowns, huge win for them. They

are trying to figure out who they can get on the field. Robert Kelley

will get the payoff with another rushing touchdown. 42-24, Kirk

Cousins out there. Tremendous performance. Disappointed, we

understand clearly what is in performance. Disappointed, we

understand clearly what is in front of us. Six losses which are as

against the wall. Tonight was certainly the culmination of what we

feel our potential can be. It is hard to do it week in and week out

but we were pleased with what we were able to do tonight because so

many people made a difference and contributed. We put ourselves in a

difficult spot. We have to find a way to get a win next week, approach

it one week at a time. That is all we have right now. It is a tough

stretch. The first thing to notice is that we all have got the brown

shoe memo. You can understand the frustration of Aaron Rodgers. He is

doing all he can to get his team in a position to win and it is not

working. The defense is disabled right now, it

working. The defense is disabled right now, it is not happening.

Fourth straight game they have conceded 30 points or more and when

we look at it, they are vulnerable against both the pass and the rush

which is not great. You cannot stop both the run or the past, then what

can you stop? It is ridiculous. You see them here. I know you want to

look at the DBAs, there is no pass rush, it is not getting to Kirk

Cousins and that allows them to sit in the pocket and find a wide open

receiver. I agree. You need a good pass rush but when you're on your

fourth corner, you're going to have that happen. Robert Kelley ran riot.

He did. They were out coach. You want to blame the players, but they

were out coach, too many hands on the football, ran right through the

gap, the Green Bay defense did not have enough people. I will not blame

it on the coach, he was my coach and he gets guys ready to play. I will

put it on the players. Guys, they got too many injuries. They were

ready to play, but on that play, there were too many people, they

pulled the guard, the tight end to the other side of the football field

and there were too many gaps left in the defense, you need to play like

that in the league and if you do not have enough people on one side of

the football, Green Bay ran right through them. If I'm going to find a

middle line between blaming coaching and not blaming coaching, it must be

hard if you are approaching an injury ravaged defense which is what

he is doing. At the beginning of the season, coaches know what they have.

When you start plugging guys in there, you're trying to figure guys

out on the run and that is difficult for a coach. You need to speak to

the point. A lot of times when a defensive coordinator does not know

who is playing, it changes the way they play and some of the things he

might want to do, he does not do because he does not trust the people

on the field. Punditry can be negative, so let's throw some love

the way of Washington, let's be positive and start with Josh Norman

who quite often, we talk about his battle with Odell Beckham Junior

Rather than focusing on his play and he was very good. He is aggressive,

he sets the tone. They call us the peanut punch. And that is exactly

what he does right here. He goes in and punches it out, the guy makes

plays and you have to give him that. He did that 35 times! Peanut punch.

35 times, Mark! When he had said, he goes off celebrating before the ball

has been recovered! He has his eye on the ball and that takes a lot of

precision to go win and punch the ball out. You have to be very aware.

They won the AFC East last season and given how well the Dallas are

doing that might not be a possibility this season. Are they a

better side this year, whether they win it or not? I think they are

better team and I think it is offensively they have a tonne of

weapons for Kirk Cousins and he is playing well, he has a grasp of

that. One line on him, first two or three weeks of us doing this show,

we talked about how he was playing for his

future and truly sorted, he will make a lot of money this summer. He

will make a tremendous amount. He deserves it. What are they going to

pay him? He is playing lights out football. They took a chance, he

proved that he is worth the money. What I like, even in praising the

quarterback, you manage to criticise another quarterback in doing so. I

am glad you noticed that. You cannot get anything past me.

Right let's take a look at our first round-up of week 11.

We will start with Detroit. They eased past Jacksonville and won four

of their last five games. Andre Roberts scored. Then there was a

spectacular interception and they turned at 39 yards. Detroit won

that. Tennessee who we praise to the held on last week show, lost this

week. 24-17 to Indianapolis. Indianapolis went 1-0 up in the

second quarter and that is their 11th straight victory over the

Titans. Next we will go to Los Angeles. Ryan

Tannehill and a duck with 172 yards. This wouldn't have looked out of

place at Twickenham. The second was a nine yard strike to Divan tape

Parker. The Dolphins have one five straight. Next, to Cleveland,

Pittsburgh winning 24 dash nine in this game. Don't laugh at them.

Next, Dallas, winners against Baltimore. This is a franchise

record, ninth straight win. Prescott throwing and three touchdowns, three

of them to Dez Bryant. Yet, you are still laughing at Cleveland. Stop

laughing, I get the complaints. Before we did this show, both of you

said to me, you still would doubt Dallas winning the Super Bowl,

despite the form they are in? Yes, offensively they have the whole

package, good quarterback, good running back, good receivers.

Defensively is where they are lacking. They don't have been enough

playmakers on defense to take them to the playoffs. The Ravens should

have won that game and the penalties hurt them. 12 penalties, if you look

at zooter, the penalties he conceded. You put yourself in good

positions and the penalties take that back. That is how you hamper a

team. If you are the Dallas Cowboys, why waste energy beating a team when

they cant beat themselves. This is the 15-yard penalty. This is bad

football. You cannot go in there and do that. You just cannot do that.

That is frustration? Frustration, anger, it is stupidity. He knows

better than that. Your thoughts on Dallas in the Super Bowl? They can

do anything because they built the team around the offensive line, but

I agree, defensively I don't like what they do. They stop the run

well, but they don't get after the passer. Sometimes it is easy to

forget they have a rookie quarterback. If we go to another

rookie quarterback, Jared Goff, his first start, horrible conditions in

LA. He is being put into the worst ranked offense in the NFL. It sounds

like I am trying to make excuses for him? Thank goodness he has a good

defensive of The Games don't look too terrible. He didn't turn the

ball over and nothing terrible happens. This is the crazy thing

about the NFL, Jared Goff, the number one pick in the draft. They

don't play him into week ten. He is a rookie. Prescott was a

fourth-round pick. People don't know as much as they think. Who would you

have said was a first-round pick right now? You don't know until you

get the product, these are two different teams. Different offenses.

Prescott and... Nobody knows, based upon the way these two are playing,

one was a first-round pick, and the fourth round pick. At Cleveland

Stadium since 1999, the quarterback with the most wins in Cleveland

Stadium since 1999, equal to this record is, Ben Roethlisberger from

Pittsburgh. While! Hold on. From the Steelers? How is that even possible?

You told me to stop making fun of Cleveland. Moving on. I am really

sorry, Cleveland fans! Kansas City had the same 7-2

record as the much talked New England Patriots heading

into week 11, but for a team on a 5 game win streak there's not been

much fanfare about Alex Smith For their visitors, 13 years have

passed since tasting Super Bowl success, but with a young core,

led by quarterback Jameis Winston the future looks bright for Tampa

Bay. It's been slightly longer

on the Super Bowl success front for Kansas City,

46 years to be exact, which mighy explain why Jason calls

them his sleeper team. From the AFC West division, the

Kansas City Chiefs who are making progress by stealth, almost

undetected, certainly understated. But still, very much in the hunt.

Just as unheralded, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC South, quietly

working their way through the regular season. It is the style of

Jamie Swinson, the star of baseball, football and not a shy and retiring

type. There is progress by stealth and progress with the sound turned

up. Let's go! Kansas City opening the scoring with a 22 yard field

goal. Tampa struck back with a 31 yarder to tie the game at 3-3 in the

second quarter. The Buccaneers are now five from six. This is the 2nd

down in 16 foot Tampa Bay following the time-out. Looking for Evans, he

makes the catch. Mike Evans inside the 5-yard line of Kansas City.

Again Stephen Nelson, subtlety is the coach was talking about with the

physical receiver on the outside. the coach was talking about with the

Let's credit Doug Martin for stepping up. Someone turn Chris

Jones loose inside the defensive tackle. After failing to score

inside three plays, they kicked over from 22 yards. The Tampa Bay

Buccaneers have a 6-3 lead. Makes the catch in Buccaneers territory.

2nd down and seven. He will take it into the end zone. Everybody has

their backs turned. Looking up, backs turned, man to man coverage.

When he realises that he has an easy run into the end zone.

They must get to the 37-yard line of the Chiefs. It is Humphreys who

makes the catch for the Buccaneers 1st down. Three plays later, they

cut the Chiefs lead to one point going into half-time. He later

kicked a career-best field goal of the game to give Tampa a two point

lead going into the final quarter. Smith on fourth and tenth. Kelsey

stepped out of bounds 10-yard line. You know how happy Alex Smith is

about this because he missed a couple of shots last week against

Carolina down the field. This is a well throw ball. Double move, gets

him open down the field. Nice throw by Alex Smith. Smith... It is picked

after. He brought one back for a touchdown last week and comes up

with the huge interception for the Buccaneers today. Just a little bit

of a deflection from the interior, but I think the window is too small.

If this ball comes through clean, he still makes the interception.

Winston, moving to his right. Throws and it is complete for Buccaneers

1st down. 3rd down and two from the third yard line. Winston close,

complete for a touchdown. He gets everybody's eyes focused on Brandon

Myers. You bring the action the other way. Doug Martin goes out on

Justin Houston. 3rd goal. Two possession game. Touchdown! Alberta

Wilson. The inside routs, him over the top. Wilson with the heck of a

Winston on 3rd down. He throws and Smith. 3rd down and three.

Winston on 3rd down. He throws and it is Evans who makes the catch. And

he stays inbounds. 14 yard pass play and that takes us to the two-minute

warning. The Buccaneers will run the clock all the way down once again.

It is Martin and he will be stopped just shy of midfield so they can now

run it down to 22 seconds. Now the Buccaneers, Mike Evans is back deep

on defense. Evans back at the 10-yard line. One final shot.

Defensive penalty from the 34-yard line. Complete. Ball comes loose.

That will do it. This is a tough place to play, a team that has won

17 out of 19 games. I am proud of the guys for the way we came in here

with this awesome atmosphere. Always an awesome place to play. We played

good football today. Kansas City was another team we praised last week.

We have to give Tampa credit for that. Yes, Winston is looking good,

I like what he's doing in the offense. He converted 11 of 16

downs. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play were on third downs. You have to win

on third third downs. Andy Reid, Kansas City head coach took the

blame for the Alex Smith interception by Chris Conte, he

called it a lousy call on his behalf. That is looking out for your

quarterback. It was a lousy throw. He shouldn't have forced that into

that many defenders. The window was really tight. It was a bad decision.

I don't know how the coach takes blame for that. It was a horrible

decision by the quarterback. He's looking out for him. He has got to

jump on the pile. The bigger point, aside from that play is not having

Marcus Peters in that game. When we show what Marcus Peters has done

this season at Kansas City Chiefs, you can see why he is missing. This

is why you play your quarterback 's a tonne of money. He comes up with

big plays and I have seen this guy get beat deep and come back and make

big plays like this. Nothing really shakes him. This is a team that

needs to create turnovers and this is a big part of it. You have to

have your playmakers on the field. I remember when one of my coaches got

fired, he said he played straight left and then all of a sudden you

are -- I am not the best coach any more. If he is back, he will be

restricted. That is at the Broncos. They will need him in Mile High,

won't they? They need him. As long as he can get on and run around a

little bit because he creates plays just from opportunities. He can come

across the field and do things like that.

A quick reminder that you can get another dose of NFL with a special

Thanksgiving edition of the NFL Show this Saturday night

We'll review the Thursday night games, which includes

Washington heading to Dallas, and Minnesota's trip to Detroit

in a huge NFC North Game, and preview the rest

Back in October, heading into week 6 as the only

undefeated team in the NFL, Harrison Smith of the

Minnesota Vikings joined us on the show for a chat.

Excuse us if we're slightly paranoid here at NFL This Week,

but since that chat it's all gone a bit wrong in Minnesota.

Four straight losses, the offensive co-ordinator resigns,

and the Vikings have been pulled back into an NFC North fight

Looking to stop the rot, they hosted Arizona.

Apologies Arziona fans, but no prizes for guessing

Back to football in the north where the temperature has been dropping

for the Minnesota Vikings. Five straight wins followed by four

straight defeats. Teddy Bridgewater and Adrian Peterson injured. Can Sam

Bradford stop the slide? The Arizona Cardinals from warmer climes, Larry

Fitzgerald, the wide receiver who played in Super Bowl XLIII. The

Cardinals last event and the wait for a first Super Bowl victory goes

on. Bradford. To the end zone.

Incomplete. And he believes that was good and from up here it looked

awfully close to being good if he held on. And if he hangs on, that is

a touchdown. After I reviewed the play, he had both feet down, it is a

touchdown. Good protection and there is the tight end cells, spinning his

weight down near the 20. Extra offensive line. Into the end

zone for the touchdown is David Johnson. 24th touchdown for David

Johnson in 26 career games. On the next Cardinals possession, there was

a 34 yard field goal to give Arizona a 3-point lead. Little task to

Bradford, to the end zone for Phelan. A flag. Tony Jefferson was

down there defending and he interfered with Adam Phelan. They

had a chance but they draw the penalty. It sets them up down on the

1-yard line. First in gold. There are going to

mark him short of the end zone First in gold. There are going to

inside the one. The bigger one, he is there a short yardage goal-line

runner. Watch this. The elbow. That is a touchdown. It looks like it

from here. He will want to challenge. He came down on bodies.

There was a touchdown. Extra points have not been given. A block to keep

it a 3-point game as Justin Bethell got in and knocked it away. From the

23, protection this time. The path is to Fitzgerald and it is caught.

He putted about the only place he could, had to get it on the outside

and Fitzgerald... What a catch. 3rd down and goal. Palmer sets in.

Intercepted by roads. Xavier Rhodes down the sideline and goodbye

touchdown, Vikings, no flags. There is two or not one on the outside and

Xavier Rhodes he is playing outside and The miscommunication with what

the receiver was doing, I believe it was John Browne, he does not know

where to put the ball and Xavier Rhodes makes a huge play. Here is

Gresham. Jermaine Gresham is in for the touchdown. What an effort by the

seven-year pro, Jermaine Gresham and the Cardinals back in it. Arizona

are down by three and a half. Paterson will bring it out. Full

head of steam. He is gone. Paterson. What they start to the half.

Touchdown, Minnesota. Special teams. The score for the Vikings. You have

to make the block, the first one right here, to at least give him a

chance to spring it. You are one on one and at some point, you have to

make someone a mess and Paterson does just that. From the 31, Palmer

stepped up and errors it out, floating it downfield. Again, Xavier

Rhodes. After the interception, the Vikings went on 11 Play Drive which

they converted into A13 point lead, thanks to a field goal. 3rd 12,

ball is out, this one is a football and it is recovered by Arizona, it

was knocked out by Chandler Jones. Sam Bradford gets blown up at the

end of this play. They are fortunate on the previous one but it was not

ruled a fumble and they come back and try and get the ball down the

field again and they have not been able to handle the pressure. They

started David Johnson in the backfield and seeing what they do

with him. We see what a weapon he is. There he goes. Palmer, governs

it, touchdown, Johnston. The Cardinals take the turnover and turn

it into points. Four yard touchdown throw to David Johnson, his second

receiving touchdown of the year. This could be the final play that

means anything. It is 4th down and 19 for the four for the Cardinals,

down by six. Pass is incomplete but a flag on a hit on Palmer and this

would be an automatic 1st down. Tom Johnson. Foul. Defense, number 92.

Piling the quarterback into the ground, 15-yard penalty. Automatic

1st down. 4th down and five, does it continue with the four-man rush or

die lit up a bit more? Would not be surprised to see him mix it up.

Palmer was not ready again for this. He is in trouble, down he goes. And

the Vikings are going to snap their losing streak. Let's keep going,

let's get back to play, this is how the Vikings play football. Play

together as a team, take it down, it gets down the wire, so be it, we

figure out how to win. Way to rush a quarterback. When I tell you, right,

what did I tell you the other day? What we are going to do? We are

coming here to win the division. Let's go to work! If I had a

six-pack like that, I would do the show without my shirt. You were

there, you went to this game, because of the hoodoo that we

thought we had cast on them, you went in a mask, what was the feeling

around the place? You could feel the tension. Before, even the fans were

like, we need this. It was touch and go but afterwards it was lights out.

That was amazing. They feel it is enough to get them back on track?

Yes, they needed the win. I was there and after when the players

came in and they have this look that they were back on track. Let us look

at the touchdown from Xavier Rhodes, simply because there was a speed

going on during the touchdowns, he ran at 22.4 mph at one point which

makes it the fastest touchdown at this season. That is incredible. It

is a corner. Fastest guy on the field. It is a good play. The

rhinoceroses chasing him! We have this interception. To put it into

context, 22.4 mph, Usain Bolt goals at 27.7 mph and he does not have all

the gear on. Do you still think when we look at the NFC North, that it is

to tried and Minnesota, would you rule Green Bay out? Never. They have

been in a situation like this and they have came back and won. I do

not see Detroit or Minnesota as being that much better than the

Green Bay Packers. I do not agree. Just because of injuries. I would

not rule out Green Bay but with those injuries, I do not think they

can pull it together. Speaking about pace, the sound man at this game

could have done with the pace of Xavier Rhodes. That is one

horrendous hit. He got back up and continued with his job. The glasses

are not in a great state and the nose is bloody as well. That was the

strongest guy in the NFL! The strongest person in the NFL and that

is who ran him over like that? That is incredible. We can smile about it

now because he is all right, but that is dangerous! It is crazy, man!

Let's now look at our final round-up from week 11.

We will start with the Seahawks, they have gone three clear. Russell

Wilson threw for 272 yards including a 35 yard strike to Jimmy Graham.

However, look at this, he collected a 15 yard lob from the wide

receiver, Doug Bald went to go in for that. That is being creative. I

love them. They have won three on the trot. Houston and Oakland played

in Mexico and it was successful for the Raiders. Derek Carr walk up a

struggling offense by throwing two touchdown passes in the fourth

quarter and Denver were on a bye week, Kansas City lost, big

statement from the Raiders. Big statement and I like how they are

winning in the end, they find a way to win, this was not a clean game

but they came back and made it happen. Cooper going in from 35

yards, winning the touchdown. Buffalo against Cincinnati and AJ

Green suffered a hamstring strain, he was carted off by growing

Cincinnati, he will not require surgery, McCauley

scored on a seven yard run to help Buffalo even their record. The

Bengals kegger managed to hit the upright on two extra points

attempts. Next, San Francisco, New England returning to winning ways,

Tom Brady returning for his first professional game. Patriots winning

30-17. New York Giants beat another struggling side in the Chicago

Bears. Eli Manning throwing for a 227 yards and two touchdowns and the

Giants have now won five straight. Here are the divisions. Miami now on

a five-game winning streak and in contention for a playoff spot. The

AFC North is close at the top and the Steelers and the Ravens made in

week 16. In the AFC South, the Colts have crept into contention thanks to

a two-game winning streak and Oakland's four-game winning streak

sees them take Oakland's four-game winning streak

sees them take control of the AFC West. Dallas have won nine on the

spent and the New York Times, five, they are the top two with the

Redskins still very much in it. In the NFC North, we spoke about it

earlier,, the NFC South is really tight, you could argue any one of

the four teams there could win it and the Seahawks are coasting in

what you would say is a weak NFC West. At the moment. We have reached

the point in the show where we have our weekly what is going on with

kicking conversation and these two would disagree on it, but they had

their worst week ever this week! A windy weekend, it was rough to play

in certain places. I have to give them an excuse. It is the wind and

the pressure, look what is happening! Is of course it is the

pressure up the middle. 12 missed kicks, you have put some of it on

the weather. Some of the games took place indoors, though. It is the

the weather. Some of the games took rule they set in place, backing up

the kicks, it must be mental. They are not converting. In all

seriousness on the mental point, you could argue, kickers see other

kickers struggling and that panic spreads throughout the league, would

that happen with other positions or do you think it is specific to that

position? I do not buy into that. I watch these guys sit there on the

practice field for four hours, kicking and then for them to go out

here and be kicking a football like this, I do not understand. I agree

with you for other positions as well. Nobody can cover him and I am

thinking maybe nobody can cover him. You mean to tell me that you watch a

quarterback struggle and you will start struggling? I did not say

that, but it can happen. Blair Walsh was probably sitting out, maybe he

was sitting at home with dolls of all sorts of other kickers, but

having been cut by the Vikings last week, he might be thinking maybe it

was unfair I was cut, and may be there are plenty of other kickers

whose jobs I could take. He better be out there kicking and somebody

might call him, they will try anyone now. More kicks most than any other

week in the NFL. Let us move on to the Giants, we are talking about the

five-game winning streak, you have looked at their squads were you just

get on a roll at the right time, do you sense that with the Giants at

the moment? Not at this particular moment. In

2007, to get into the playoffs we had to go into the Buffalo Bills

Stadium, it was cold and raining and we beat them to get into the

playoffs. There is something knowing everything is on the line, going in

there and getting it done. It gives you confidence. 2011, we had a

battle between us and the Dallas Cowboys. Whoever won that game would

go into the playoffs. We took the momentum all the way through. When

they win a game they absolutely have to win, that is what will bring them

together. Jason? I agree, the teams that coast into the playoffs and

know they are going to make it, they can get a bit relaxed. When you are

on the edge, something happens and you have the magic. A five-game

winning streak, the first one since 2010, when you look at it, they have

a new head coach, a rookie head coach, but they have the experience

of Eli Manning. One go into this stretch, this competitive division,

how crucial is that experience of Eli Manning, having been there and

done it before? Absolutely crucial. He is the only quarterback in that

division that has this experience. That is why our back the Giants

because of Eli Manning and some of the other players who have been in

crucial situations and have come through. I would do it because of

coach spikes. He has done before coming in is how play football needs

to be conducted on how he needs to make it good for his players. We

cannot lay you talk about the Giants of the way into the end of the show.

If we take a look at the winning streaks, we have mentioned the

Giants are on this five-game winning streak, Dallas are the ones who

obviously lead the way there, with nine. Miami as well with five. We

saw them win against the Rams. But the AFC West is the competitive

division. Miami will be looking at that division in the hope of beating

one of those sites to a playoff position? What I like about Miami,

they are built on the offense. They can protect the quarterback, control

the clock. In the AFC West, all those teams have to play each other

so they will be knocking wins and losses from each other. If the Miami

Dolphins carry on with this winning streak, they have a chance of a

playoff spot. Let's look at your index, it is not sign this -- it is

not scientific. These are the most favoured teams last week. See how

much they have changed it this week. They haven't really changed it that

much. A couple of positional moves for Jason. Osi has with the same

five. You have moved those ahead of the Broncos? It is about those teams

who can squeeze it out. It takes a lot. That is what my wife likes to

say. I like to stay right here. You know what I mean? I met your wifey a

couple of weeks ago and I apologise to her about something Osi and

myself said. Back to the football Axel I have you stuck with Atlanta

and not put Oakland in your top five? I like the Oakland Raiders,

but I don't think they are a better team than the Atlanta Falcons.

They're Atlanta Falcons would beat the Oakland Raiders, that is why I

have them in there. Do you think New England and Seattle if they both

finish as the number one seeds, that will be the Super Bowl, as long as

they both finish number one and get the home advantage? I would bet on

that right now. Right now. Obviously New England is New England, but I

like what Seattle is doing now and as long as they stay healthy. They

have a couple of injuries on defense at the moment that are scaring me.

Seattle is the number one seed, nobody is coming out there

victorious beside the Seattle Seahawks.

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