0:00:06 > 0:00:09And it will be time for these two teams to settle it
0:00:09 > 0:00:11between the white lines.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13He's going to fire towards the end zone.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Montana throw.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Touchdown.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Rodgers looking downfield.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24The one-man wrecking crew.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25Unbelievable.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Let's go!
0:00:27 > 0:00:28How did he do that?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29In the end zone.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Caught!
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Unstoppable.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Welcome to the NFL Show.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39We are pretty much halfway through the regular season
0:00:39 > 0:00:41which means that it's time for our half-term report.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44And later in the show we're going to be, no doubt harshly,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47judging your beloved team's chances of success.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Also we will be showing you highlights between the AFC East
0:00:49 > 0:00:51rivals the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54And we're going to talk one-handed catches.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Are there more now because of the gloves?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Or are the modern players just better than the old ones?
0:00:59 > 0:01:04And of course we'll bring you all the best action from Week 8.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08This is probably a horrible time to mention I've got to pee.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10You never know about a player really, truly, until you get
0:01:10 > 0:01:12them in your building.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13And you can work with guys.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15This kid is unbelievable.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17The way he prepares, the way he practices.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20As long as we don't screw him up, right?!
0:01:20 > 0:01:24We're going backwards, dammit, let's go.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Before I lose my freaking mind, we better figure this BLEEP out!
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Let's go!
0:01:31 > 0:01:38How many tackles have you got?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Last weekend there was one game that stood out above all others.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44It was the Houston Texans at the Seattle Seahawks.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Both teams started the game within clear sight of the top
0:01:47 > 0:01:54of their divisions and so both teams had plenty to gain by a win.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And this was certainly a "let's play this game to win" rather
0:01:57 > 0:01:59than a "let's play it not to lose", wasn't it?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01It was entertaining from start to finish.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Yes, it was.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I couldn't wait to watch this game.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Because I wanted to see how Deshaun Watson was going to respond
0:02:06 > 0:02:08against the Legion of Boom, Seattle's defence.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10And boy did he put up some numbers, man.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12And I'll stand up for that guy.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16He got off to that great start, finding Will Fuller for 59 yards.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Which is some way to start against Seattle.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21There were mistakes as well from Deshaun Watson,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25but when you're looking at a rookie quarterback in his first
0:02:25 > 0:02:28year, taking on Seattle, you will expect mistakes,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I suppose?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Especially against the Legion of Boom, right?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35This is arguably the best secondary in football.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38But what was so fantastic about his performance,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40and you see this right here, I mean he got lucky
0:02:40 > 0:02:42with the one before.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Not lucky, but it was a good throw.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Right here this is what a good safety does.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Reading his eyes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50We talk about that all the time.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53And we talked about that on the Tuesday night show and we did
0:02:53 > 0:02:54some quite in-depth analysis on this game.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Still our pictures have Tony Romo's arrows all over it!
0:02:57 > 0:02:58As they did on Tuesday night.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59But that's absolutely fine.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01It's the way he bounced back, you know.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05As a rookie, you make a mistake, you say is he going to go under
0:03:05 > 0:03:07the tank or is he going to perform well?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09And he did that, man, it was a highlight film!
0:03:09 > 0:03:12He did that in Seattle, now, Mark, I've literally seen people,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14quarterbacks, go down there and disappear.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Nowhere to be found.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17But he showed up over and over and over again.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Battled back through some adverse situations.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21And yet he was up against a superstar quarterback
0:03:21 > 0:03:24who showed his superstar qualities numerous times.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27As we will see over the course of these highlights.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32I mean, just the bigger picture of this game is,
0:03:32 > 0:03:39you show it to somebody who as we're showing you now, isn't massively
0:03:39 > 0:03:41into American football maybe or hasn't discovered the sport.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44This is the game that would get them into it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Absolutely.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Because the main thing you always want to see is the deep ball, right?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49The touchdown.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50The ball flying in the air.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52And that's what you saw.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Both these guys can do that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54They are a rare breed.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57As you said by the time we are into the second
0:03:57 > 0:03:58quarter it is 14 up.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01And it's not just the deep ball, but it is both quarterbacks,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03how they get themselves out of trouble.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Dissecting the defences, doing everything, running,
0:04:04 > 0:04:05scrambling, getting out of trouble.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I mean, they showed a plethora of weapons, man.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10So many different things that these two quarterbacks were able to do.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12And here's another deep ball from Russell Wilson.
0:04:12 > 0:04:1653 yard strike to Tanner McEvoy.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Do you think, I mean, have you been in games similar
0:04:18 > 0:04:21to this where in some ways, both quarterbacks are
0:04:21 > 0:04:23spurring each other on?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Yeah and you know, as a defensive back, the worst thing you can feel
0:04:26 > 0:04:29is like this guy is just going to throw it right every time.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32And it seemed like both those guys had their rhythm
0:04:32 > 0:04:33and they were competing against each other.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Even though they were both on offence.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39The crazy thing about this is these teams believe in their quarterbacks.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40And you can see it.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42They feel like no matter what the situation is,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45their quarterback is going to get them out of that position and get
0:04:45 > 0:04:46them into the right play.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48And they did it time after time again.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51At 21-all going into half-time, from a defensive point of view,
0:04:51 > 0:04:57we talk about the Seattle legendary descents, why wasn't it
0:04:57 > 0:05:03legendary in this game?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05-- defence.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Why did it allow the Texans so many points?
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Mark, there's a song that goes...
0:05:08 > 0:05:10# Mamma said there'd be days like this!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12And some days it just happens like that.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I think they went in thinking this is a young rookie quarterback,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18we are the Legion of Boom, we are Seattle, we are going
0:05:18 > 0:05:19to shut this guy down.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21But obviously this man had other plans.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Seattle literally had no answer for him.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Even though they did get some interceptions,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27but they had no answer for him the whole day.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Let's watch Deshaun Watson again evading the rush.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Exactly what we were talking about.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Just watching quarterbacks get out of trouble.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34And then finding Miller for that two yard touchdown.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35And then that took them to 31-27.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Just from the Texans' defensive point of view,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41as great as Russell Wilson and the Seattle offence was,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43does it just highlight that the injuries that they have
0:05:43 > 0:05:48had, the injury problems they've had, is going to weaken them?
0:05:48 > 0:05:49No question about that.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52But what you have to understand is the Houston Texans,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54they couldn't have imagined that the defence would give
0:05:54 > 0:05:56up this many points.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58And they would still have an opportunity to win
0:05:58 > 0:05:59this football game.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Yeah but now their secondary is getting exposed, right,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03with the loss of JJ Watt.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04They're used to having more pressure.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06These guys have got to cover longer.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Even though Jadeveon Clowney was bawling.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08He was.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10He still doesn't have the same amount of pressure
0:06:10 > 0:06:12that they used to have.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14So we have said that going into this, Houston
0:06:14 > 0:06:16were still in touch with their divisional leader.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19And now as you can see Seattle 34-31 up and yet a couple of plays
0:06:19 > 0:06:24later, Watson finds DeAndre Hopkins, who then goes 72 yards.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27And that then takes Houston 38-34 up.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Oh, man.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I mean, just as you watch all these highlights,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36it is whatever you can do, I can either do as well
0:06:36 > 0:06:37or I can do better.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Russell Wilson too, man, I mean everybody kind of forgets
0:06:39 > 0:06:41how great this guy is.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Why?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44You know what, because he's a middle-of-the-road guy
0:06:44 > 0:06:46as far as his age, right.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49You've got the older guys that you always talk about.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53You forget about this guy.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56You forget that he has arguably got one of the best deep
0:06:56 > 0:06:57balls in the league.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59You know, the way it drops in.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02And he is a playmaker and always running for his life and making
0:07:02 > 0:07:04plays and it works out.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08So he found Jimmy Graham, that put them 41-38 up.
0:07:08 > 0:07:1220 seconds on the clock, I think we saw there.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14And having done all that and praised him to the hilt,
0:07:14 > 0:07:18we now have to report that during the week Deshaun Watson
0:07:18 > 0:07:22damaged his ACL and is now out for the season.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24So this is devastating, isn't it, for Watson, for Texans,
0:07:24 > 0:07:29and actually for fans of the sport?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Absolutely, no way they're going to be able to recover
0:07:31 > 0:07:33from something like this.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Obviously they lost JJ Watt who was the heart
0:07:35 > 0:07:36and soul of their team.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39They lost Whitney Mercilus, also an outstanding football player.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43And now to lose this quarterback who had become
0:07:43 > 0:07:45the face of the franchise, a young superstar, there was talk
0:07:45 > 0:07:48about this guy possibly being MVP of the league.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51And to lose this guy for the season, absolutely devastating
0:07:51 > 0:07:52for the Houston Texans.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I don't see a way to recover from this.
0:07:55 > 0:08:01He definitely was going to get the rookie offensive MVP of the year.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03You just feel bad for the guy.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Hopefully he bounces back.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I feel bad for the Texans.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Too many injuries, way too many.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Now they found a quarterback!
0:08:09 > 0:08:10OK, thank you very much.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Here's what else happened in week eight.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15The question trick or treat?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18All treat tonight.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Remember when you were a kid back playing popcorn,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22when you didn't care anything about money, you didn't care
0:08:22 > 0:08:23anything about politics.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27You went out there and you played every day for the love of the game.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29For the love of just wandering around with your friends.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31So today go back to that popcorner in you!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33The Pittsburgh Steelers at the Detroit Lions.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Keeping up with the Joneses, a Smith.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Juju Smith Schuster.
0:08:39 > 0:08:4397 yards!
0:08:43 > 0:08:48The Steelers strong at the top of the AFC North.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51The Minnesota Vikings at the Cleveland Browns
0:08:51 > 0:08:54in that old slice of Ohio known as Twickenham.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57And the Browns have the lead for the first time in
0:08:57 > 0:08:59the first half this season.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02They built a lead and then saw it disappear.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07The Vikings six and two in the driving seat of the NFC North.
0:09:07 > 0:09:17Touchdown, Vikings!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19The Oakland Raiders at the Buffalo Bills.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21One of those days for Derek Carr.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Intercepted!
0:09:24 > 0:09:29And the Bills keeping it high-class and keen in the AFC East.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30He is in the clear!
0:09:30 > 0:09:33He is going to score!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35The rain fell in Washington as the Dallas Cowboys
0:09:35 > 0:09:37came to the capital.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Ezequiel Elliott with better control.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44The Cowboys four and three above the Redskins, three and four.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Intercepted!
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Touchdown, Maraschino Cherries!
0:09:49 > 0:09:52It was a rotten way to lose a game.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54The Chicago Bears at the New Orleans Saints.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56And he is going to score!
0:09:56 > 0:09:58What a great weapon that rookie has got.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02The Saints top of the NFC South.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06The Denver Broncos at the Kansas City Chiefs.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10In a week of the fumbled football, this was a purer piece of bourbon.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Marcus Peters.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12The ball is ripped up!
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Touchdown!
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Kansas City!
0:10:17 > 0:10:19The Chiefs rediscovering winning ways to stay ahead of the Broncos
0:10:19 > 0:10:25at the top of the AFC West.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28The Atlanta Falcons at the New York Jets.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Might Josh McCown and Robbie Anderson steal
0:10:30 > 0:10:32the show from the Jets?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33He's got it.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Perfect pass from Josh McCown.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Matt Ryan, as they say, was having trouble on the snap.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Another fumbled snap.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Fourth of the day for the Falcons.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Until he found, as he does, Julio Jones.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Looking for Julio Jones, who has got it.
0:10:49 > 0:10:57The Falcons four and three, hanging on in the NFC South.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59So here are all the results from week eight.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02A couple to pick out that you didn't see.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Philadelphia Eagles continue to march on with the 33-10
0:11:04 > 0:11:07win over the 49ers.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09And the New England Patriots getting some momentum
0:11:09 > 0:11:11after their early-season blip.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15They beat the Chargers 21-13.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17So we will focus on the AFC first of all.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20As you can see plenty of teams with winning records in the east.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22But the Patriots top it six and two.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24The Steelers also are six and two.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26As are the Chiefs in the West.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29The South much tighter with the Titans, Jaguars and Texans
0:11:29 > 0:11:33all still hoping to get top spot.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36And therefore we are at that stage where if the season was to end
0:11:36 > 0:11:39today, the division leaders who all go into the play-offs
0:11:39 > 0:11:42automatically would be the Steelers, the Chiefs, the Patriots
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and the Titans.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47And then the two sides with the best records who are not the division
0:11:47 > 0:11:48leaders become the wild cards.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51And at the moment they are the Bills and the Jaguars.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53And if you want to see where all the other teams
0:11:53 > 0:11:56are who are in the hunt, the Dolphins, the Ravens,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58the Texans and the Bengals complete the top ten.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02So that is what it would be then if the season ended now.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05But we're going to ask you to look into the future and try and predict
0:12:05 > 0:12:08what will happen at the end of the season.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12So the four divisional winners first of all.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I suppose the south is the hardest to call?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Yeah, that's going to be a tough one.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20And I'm going to jump off the deep end and say Houston Texans
0:12:20 > 0:12:22are going to win that.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23As a former Houston Texan!
0:12:23 > 0:12:25And I like what is happening now.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28OK, so you say the Texans will win that division.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Who do you think will win that division?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I will have to go with Jacksonville.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Yeah, I like the way they're playing defensively and defence
0:12:34 > 0:12:35is always going to...
0:12:35 > 0:12:37And towards the end of the season defence
0:12:37 > 0:12:38is what is going to carry your team.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41So I'm going to go with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Now when you look at the other three divisions, is it easy to pick
0:12:44 > 0:12:45the divisional winners?
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Yeah, it's pretty easy right now.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Everyone that's on the top is dominating right now.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51They are dominating, they're playing well in all facets.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52So Patriots, Steelers, Chiefs?
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Yes.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54OK.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56So that leaves us with the two wild cards.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59The two other teams who will have the best records to get
0:12:59 > 0:13:00through with the divisional winners.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Osi?
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Tennessee Titans.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03OK.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Tennessee and who as your wild card?
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Tennessee and the Baltimore Ravens.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07OK.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Why!
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Laugh now, cry later!
0:13:12 > 0:13:18Sometimes I feel like crying now and laughing later!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I'm going Buffalo and then I'll go Jacksonville.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Right, because you've got Houston as the divisional winners?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23OK.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25So you think as well that Jacksonville will
0:13:25 > 0:13:26be able to get to...
0:13:26 > 0:13:29What would be a wild card, nine and seven, ten and six?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31In the AFC ten and six.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33OK.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36So that's what you think as far as the AFC is concerned.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Now let's switch to the NFC.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40And as I said with the results, Philadelphia
0:13:40 > 0:13:41flying in the East.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42They are seven and one.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Minnesota have a bit of a lead in the North.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48It is tight in the NFC South but the New Orleans Saints got five
0:13:48 > 0:13:51on the trot and the Seahawks and the Rams are tied in the West.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54So again if the season was to end today, your divisional winners
0:13:54 > 0:13:57in the NFC would be the Eagles, the Vikings, the Seahawks
0:13:57 > 0:13:58and the Saints.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00And the two wild card teams with the best records elsewhere
0:14:00 > 0:14:03would be the Rams and the Panthers.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07And here are the other teams that would be in the hunt.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Falcons, Packers, Cowboys and Lions.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Completing the top ten.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I mean there are a couple of divisions that have
0:14:13 > 0:14:14a little bit more debate.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17But again your eyes are drawn to the south as the one
0:14:17 > 0:14:19that looks wide open?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21And we knew that was going to be competitive
0:14:21 > 0:14:23at the beginning of the season.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I didn't know New Orleans was going to be playing this well!
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Obviously they are dominating, I think they're going
0:14:27 > 0:14:28to pull that out.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30OK, so the Saints for you?
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Saints for me.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32I'll take the Saints also.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35OK and I'm assuming that you would both go reluctantly maybe
0:14:35 > 0:14:38for the Eagles in the East?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Yeah, they're running away with it, man.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Arguably one of the best teams in the NFL right now.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44They're flying!
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Very good!
0:14:45 > 0:14:47The North?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Minnesota of course.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Jay Bell's best friends in Minnesota!
0:14:51 > 0:14:52That defence?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Probably the best in the league right now.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Got to go with defence.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57And the West?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Seattle Seahawks.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00They are the veteran team.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I know Los Angeles Rams are playing really well.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06But the Seahawks are the veteran team and I think later in the season
0:15:06 > 0:15:07the defence is going to...
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Experience will tell?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09All of that.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Everything is going to come into play.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14OK, so we are at the same point where we need the wild cards.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Who would like to throw one up first of all?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I'm going to go with the Atlanta Falcons as my wild card team.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Oh, you're losing your mind!
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Slowly but surely!
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Rams.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I'm going to throw another one out for you.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Carolina.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28So why would you go Carolina and him go Atlanta?
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Because he doesn't know football!
0:15:29 > 0:15:31All right, that's why!
0:15:31 > 0:15:32I only played 12 years!
0:15:32 > 0:15:33You know what I mean?
0:15:33 > 0:15:34I don't know!
0:15:34 > 0:15:35And won...?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37And won two Super Bowls.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39I don't know anything about football!
0:15:39 > 0:15:41And set records.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43But I don't know anything about football!
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Jason knows football, not me!
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Anyway!
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Right, Carolina.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Why?
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Because I like, I mean, listen.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54I think they're going to play steady defence.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58And I think Cam's going to get hot, I think he's going to get hot.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03I pick Atlanta because Atlanta has the better quarterback.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07And late on in the guy with the hot quarterback or the guy with a more
0:16:07 > 0:16:10experienced quarterback is the one who's going to win
0:16:10 > 0:16:11the game is for you.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Can Newton is entirely too inconsistent.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Hasn't played that well outside of a couple of games this year.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Atlanta for me.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Would you throw the Rams in, as well?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Definitely.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Both Rams.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21You go Panthers, you go Falcons.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22OK.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I'm sure you will want to debate with them or criticise them.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28More to the point, rather than debating, you can find them
0:16:28 > 0:16:29both on social media.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31You can also use hashtag BBC NFL.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33You can tell them exactly what you think.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Let's go from one debate to another.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35One-handed catches.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40Is it because of talent or the tools?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Great catch and into the end zone!
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Hauls it in.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47On the board again.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Incredible!
0:16:49 > 0:16:54I've never seen that.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I've never seen a guy catch it on his nameplate on the back
0:16:57 > 0:16:58and then keep his feet...
0:16:58 > 0:17:06Oh, my goodness.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Touchdown at the far corner of the end zone.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15He is amazing.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17# I'm a rock star.
0:17:17 > 0:17:27Stretching out. He's got it.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I need a pair of gloves.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32So to put the glove theory to the test, we have
0:17:32 > 0:17:33all been given gloves.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36You have a pair of Rams ones that took ten minutes
0:17:36 > 0:17:39to get your hands into, because you're hands are so big.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Jason has Minnesota Vikings ones, because his friend plays
0:17:41 > 0:17:45for Minnesota Vikings.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Is that Harrison Smith's signature?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48It is on the inside.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51For no reason whatsoever, I have Cardinals ones.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54You think these make a difference.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56It might be difficult to get across on television
0:17:56 > 0:18:04but when you put them together, they are very sticky.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Exactly, man, and I think that is why you see these
0:18:07 > 0:18:08great one-handed catches.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11I was in the league 12 years, I've been watching football
0:18:11 > 0:18:1320-something years and only recently have you started to see these
0:18:13 > 0:18:14one-handed amazing catches.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15OK.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17I think it's because of the gloves.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Get up and throw the ball to each other.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Hang on.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22A word of warning.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25In rehearsal you threw it at his head.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Right.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29I'm sorry.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30With anger.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I'm sorry.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36How did you see who was catching the ball when you had your head
0:18:36 > 0:18:37in the dirt for 12 years?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38No, on tape.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I watched a lot of film.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Throw the ball to each other.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42You know what I mean?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Boom.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44One-handed.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Anybody can do it.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Anybody.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48It must be more than just the gloves.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Do you think there is a confidence that happens with people
0:18:51 > 0:18:54when they have these on, in that they will try catches that
0:18:54 > 0:18:56maybe they wouldn't try?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58I'm a defensive lineman.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Look how easy I'm making that look, man.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I think everybody, because they have these gloves on, they stick them on.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06They think they can do whatever it is they want.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08What about the guys who don't wear gloves?
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Those guys are the special guys.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10The Jerry Rices.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12The real receivers who do not wear gloves.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Why doesn't everybody wear gloves now then
0:19:14 > 0:19:15if they make such a difference?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I think some receivers like the natural feel.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21They like the feel of the ball to hit their hand like that.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24They don't like to have these gloves on because they think it might make
0:19:24 > 0:19:25them drop the ball.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And also, when it rains, these get really slick.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30When it's raining you definitely don't want to have these on.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Do you think they are good for the game in the sense
0:19:33 > 0:19:35that we see a lot of spectacular catches that get
0:19:35 > 0:19:37us up off our seats?
0:19:37 > 0:19:40I think so.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Especially, I mean, look, I might have been good
0:19:42 > 0:19:45if I have these gloves, let's be honest.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47People want to be entertained.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50What I like is you can't talk and catch at the same time.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52If I drop this ball, it's over!
0:19:52 > 0:19:53I'm not messing around here.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Theoretically, they should help anybody catch?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Anybody, man.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Let's see what you've got.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Even Mark Chapman can do it!
0:19:59 > 0:20:04Eat your heart out.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Sit down.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07You put extra spin on that.
0:20:07 > 0:20:16That was naughty.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18To the highlights of Thursday's game between AFC East rivals
0:20:18 > 0:20:20the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Both teams played beyond what we would have expected this season.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25With the Bills in particular looking to keep the Patriots honest.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Every time I try it, you still do it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Patriots are top of the division.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32You guys rehearsed this.
0:20:32 > 0:20:42No, we didn't.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43COMMENTATOR: So, from the pocket.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Now flushed out.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47McCown can take off.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49He has got the touch!
0:20:49 > 0:20:5438 years old, looking like he's 25.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Jets have already rushed for more yards in this first quarter
0:20:57 > 0:21:01than they did week one at Buffalo.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Time for Taylor.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Touchdown.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Buffalo.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Jones has his first NFL touchdown.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21We just mentioned it.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Here we go.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Anderson.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Did he hold on?
0:21:25 > 0:21:31Yes, touchdown Jets.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36The power, and breaking out of it.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38What a run by Powell.
0:21:38 > 0:21:44They had him twice.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47My goodness, the effort of the night by Powell.
0:21:47 > 0:21:5251-yard run by Powell.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Leans across.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00And it is a touchdown.
0:22:00 > 0:22:07That's game-changing right there.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Taylor.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Falls out of his hands and it's scooped up by
0:22:11 > 0:22:17Davis, down to the five.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20What a big-time play coming from behind by Jenkins
0:22:20 > 0:22:22to create the fumble.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24They had three giveaways on the season coming in,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27tonight they've given it away three times.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Able to stand up and take it home.
0:22:37 > 0:22:44To the end zone.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45For the touchdown.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Deonte Thompson.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51The kick and right into the hands and the drop
0:22:51 > 0:22:54and recovered by the Bills.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56How did he not hold onto that?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Watch this.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00He's like, don't hit me!
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Drops it.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Thomas makes the recovery.
0:23:05 > 0:23:11He might motion down this receiver right here.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14And he is able to pick up the 1st down.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Take us to the two-minute warning.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Bills can't stop it again.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21It should all but finish it off.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Everybody was clicking on all sides and playing at a high level.
0:23:24 > 0:23:34It was a great win.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36The most important because it's the next one,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39but when you are coming off a three-game skid, especially
0:23:39 > 0:23:42the manner in which those games were lost, to close this one out,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44albeit a little shaky, but to close it out is a great
0:23:44 > 0:23:46feeling and a big one for us.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49So a good win for the Jets and here are the rest
0:23:49 > 0:23:52of the week nine fixtures.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Several to pick out.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00First of all, let's look at Atlanta at Carolina,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02which given the argument you had earlier in the show,
0:24:02 > 0:24:03it could continue.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08A big game for both teams.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Huge game, divisional match up.
0:24:09 > 0:24:16Both teams have to win.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Carolina, I love that home-field advantage.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I think they're going to make this happen.
0:24:20 > 0:24:20So you're going Carolina?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Got to.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23And I'm guessing you won't.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25You know what this is, Mark?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26The dirty bird.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27The dance.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28You know that?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Yes, because you told me it before.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Just wondering.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Do it again.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35It's the dirty bird.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Just like that.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Old-school dance.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39There it is!
0:24:39 > 0:24:44Do not try to out-dance me!
0:24:44 > 0:24:47New Orleans, Tampa Bay next.
0:24:47 > 0:24:54Both teams have been a surprise for different reasons.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Nobody expected the Bucs to be as bad as they are and nobody
0:24:58 > 0:25:00expected the Saints to be five and two.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02You know Drew Brees is going to light it up.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Their defense has been a problem.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05That is where they have figured it out.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10They are playing well on defense.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13They figure things out at the back and they are communicating better.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Their defense is playing well.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17This is a trap game for New Orleans Saints.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Tampa Bay is a desperate football team.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19The wounded lion.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21A team that has to win this game.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24I think Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to win this game.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Because it's a must win for the Bucs.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27The Saints have leeway.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Exactly.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30The Buccaneers have to win this game.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31This is a team with tremendous pride.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I think they will come out on top of this game.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Another divisional game to look at in the north and bearing in mind
0:25:37 > 0:25:40when we did the predictions, you had Minnesota flying in this
0:25:40 > 0:25:41division and these two teams gone.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Both have not...
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Green Bay are four and three, so it seems daft to say they have
0:25:46 > 0:25:48not quite fired but the Rodgers thing has
0:25:48 > 0:25:50taken the wind out of their sails.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51I mean that was their catalyst.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52He is their guy.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Losing him changed everything.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55I think there are problems at Detroit.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Why? Where?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I think in the locker room something is going on.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Jim Caldwell made a comment about the discipline.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03You don't see coaches saying things like that,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05like they're losing control of their players.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Something is happening over there.
0:26:06 > 0:26:14But you could not put your finger on what?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Something is not right.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16I think the quarterback is very inconsistent.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Matthew Stafford, who has all the talent in the world.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20And all the money in the world.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Just has not been able to put it together this season
0:26:23 > 0:26:25like he was doing towards the end of last year.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27The Green Bay Packers obviously struggling
0:26:27 > 0:26:28without their quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31I think this is a game the Detroit Lions must win
0:26:31 > 0:26:32and they will win this game.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37What Stafford was doing last season was he was rescuing them
0:26:37 > 0:26:41in the fourth quarter comebacks and you can only do that so long
0:26:41 > 0:26:43before time catches up.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Unless you're Aaron Rodgers.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Yes.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50What he is not doing well is he is not doing well
0:26:50 > 0:26:51inside the 20, inside the red zone.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54It seems between the 20-yard lines he is doing well.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55He's not scoring points.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56You have gone for?
0:26:56 > 0:26:57I've gone Detroit, this game.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58And you have gone?
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Have to go Green Bay.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Because he went Detroit?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Right, let's end with the highs and lows from this week.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Look out at the gloves in all of this.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Did not necessarily help Travis Benjamin,
0:27:07 > 0:27:08who dropped that punt.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09And then went backwards.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13And got tackled by the Patriots for a safety.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Robbie Anderson had that spectacular catch.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Played well this year.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19He can run.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20And catch.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Look at that for a hit.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28That's what we call coming downhill.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30He did not even stop stride at all, man.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Diggs on Antonio.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37Will Fuller beating Richard Sherman for this
0:27:37 > 0:27:42touchdown in the Texans-Seahawks
0:27:42 > 0:27:42game.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44He got two interceptions.
0:27:44 > 0:27:53He got two picks.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55He got beat a lot.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Whilst they argue we will show the highs and lows.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59George Kittle's one-handed snagged against the Eagles and Sanu's diving
0:27:59 > 0:28:01game-winning catch for the Falcons against the Jets.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05A pumped-up celebration, as well.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06He used to wear gold cleats.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07I did.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09He looked fresh, I give you that.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11And here are some other good celebrations.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12I like that.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13That was at Twickenham.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14The bench-press celebration.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18They work on them, don't they?
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Those guys are making it fun.
0:28:20 > 0:28:26And they are winning.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29NFL This Week, we have more in-depth analysis of all the games -
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Tuesday 11:15pm on BBC Two.
0:28:32 > 0:28:42From myself, Jason and Osi, it's good night.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Before you know it, the halfway point of the regular season.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Eight games to go.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Eight stepping stones.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54Eight milestones.
0:28:54 > 0:28:5612 playoff places to fill.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59The long haul to the New Year.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01It could be over in a flash.