0:00:09 > 0:00:12It'll be time for these teams deserved lead between the white
0:00:12 > 0:00:19lines.Is going to fire towards the end zone.The Montana throw.Dodgers
0:00:19 > 0:00:28looking downfield...The one-man wrecking crew.Unbelievable!How did
0:00:28 > 0:00:35he do that?To the end zone. Court! Unstoppable.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46We here at the NFL UK offices for this special because as the season
0:00:46 > 0:00:51gets to Thanksgiving all eyes turn to this.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04Showtime.Showtime.The festival of the football couldn't be more
0:01:04 > 0:01:08American. Thanksgiving and the NFL. 4/80 years the Detroit Lions have
0:01:08 > 0:01:13always hosted a game on Thanksgiving Thursday. The Dallas Cowboys for
0:01:13 > 0:01:20over 50 years. In general, it's a time for family and food and being
0:01:20 > 0:01:25kind.Want to hug it out?I appreciate you man.In football the
0:01:25 > 0:01:33bit about being kind is sort of optional.If Mr McKay, man.
0:01:33 > 0:01:41Touchdown! -- gave me a stomach ache, man.What have we got going on
0:01:41 > 0:01:46today? We got a Rio Ferdinand feature.What a great feature, what
0:01:46 > 0:01:49a great guy. I was a little starstruck I'll be honest, if I
0:01:49 > 0:01:54didn't have you I would have lost my cool. I was a little... You know, I
0:01:54 > 0:01:58didn't have it together.He's a great dude. We've got an incredible
0:01:58 > 0:02:03slate of games for you for the people out there. We've got the New
0:02:03 > 0:02:05York Giants at Washington Redskins, we've got the Los Angeles Chargers
0:02:05 > 0:02:11at the Dallas Cowboys. We've got your homeboys, your friends...My
0:02:11 > 0:02:19guys.Minnesota Vikings against... This is a big week.Where is Mark
0:02:19 > 0:02:25Chapman at?He is down and out, he's struggling, man. The winter weather
0:02:25 > 0:02:31got to him.You know what else, we're not going to be too good at
0:02:31 > 0:02:34the job because when Mark gets back he might not have a job.Let's keep
0:02:34 > 0:02:41it together. Let's downplay our skill set.What else? You had a
0:02:41 > 0:02:46great things giving two.A great bands giving them a shout out to my
0:02:46 > 0:02:50friends Andy and Karen, great Thanksgiving Navidi turkeys. Two
0:02:50 > 0:02:55turkeys, three pies, my daughter ate everything. Great time, great
0:02:55 > 0:02:58people, it was everything Thanksgiving is about.I can tell
0:02:58 > 0:03:04you had a good time, I can see the stomach coming out.I got to sit
0:03:04 > 0:03:08back here man, keep all the food in. Man, you know, let's get ready for
0:03:08 > 0:03:13this first game, you know. Minnesota Vikings against the Lions. Let's
0:03:13 > 0:03:14check it out.
0:03:19 > 0:03:28Hard to stop this friends down here. -- offense. Second and go, passed to
0:03:28 > 0:03:35the back of the end zone, touchdown for Rudolph. Off of play action,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Rudolph gets to the back of the end zone, easy touchdown to cap this
0:03:38 > 0:03:46drive. Phelan at the top of the screen. Keenan keeps it looking for
0:03:46 > 0:03:53the block. Touchdown Minnesota. Here we go...
0:03:57 > 0:04:03Thanksgiving dinner. Eating Thanksgiving dinner.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Pressure on... The touchdown for Rudolph, what a throw under heavy
0:04:19 > 0:04:25pressure. Kyle Rudolph has got his second of the game, how good is
0:04:25 > 0:04:30that? He knows he's unblocked and has to hang in there, he's going to
0:04:30 > 0:04:34get hit. Can he deliver a perfect pass to an open Rudolph? Who is no
0:04:34 > 0:04:40match for Whitehead. That's really good. He's got to be smart right
0:04:40 > 0:04:44here at this point before the half.
0:04:47 > 0:04:56Good job to avoid the rush, floating its downfield. The pass 's court.
0:04:56 > 0:05:08Somehow at the 34-yard line. 1st & goal. Stafford. It's court, to the
0:05:08 > 0:05:13goal-line, Jones, touchdown!That's big. It's huge coming away with
0:05:13 > 0:05:17points. Before the end of the half. Especially for the Lions with the
0:05:17 > 0:05:22struggles they had offensively. Excellent job by Matthew Stafford.
0:05:22 > 0:05:32This one is caught from a touchdown, Darren Fells. The ball was moving a
0:05:32 > 0:05:36little bit, we'll take a look. Verified it is a catch for a
0:05:36 > 0:05:41touchdown. Oh my, the ball looks like it's pinned against the ground
0:05:41 > 0:05:45by Darren Fells. Guy the ruling on the field will be changed to an
0:05:45 > 0:05:52incomplete pass. 4th down and 11 yards to gain at the 14 and a half
0:05:52 > 0:06:06yard line.This one down the sideline. The catch is made.
0:06:06 > 0:06:14Touchdown! What a catch. Marvin Jones Junior. And Stafford is
0:06:14 > 0:06:20writhing around in pain on his back in midfield.Got his legs taken out
0:06:20 > 0:06:23and he immediately grabbed his right knee.You worry about that when you
0:06:23 > 0:06:26get rolled up like that. He's clearly on the ground in a lot of
0:06:26 > 0:06:31pain. It's good to see Matthew Stafford up and walking around. But
0:06:31 > 0:06:42his right ankle taped up. You can see it around his shoe. 4th down and
0:06:42 > 0:06:54eight. Any hope for the Lions riding on this point. In the air. Picked
0:06:54 > 0:07:00off by eurgh. Xavier Rhodes makes the play on the outside. Comes away
0:07:00 > 0:07:04with the interception.We've seen Marvin Jones have an awfully good
0:07:04 > 0:07:09day against Xavier Rhodes but when the game was on the line, Xavier
0:07:09 > 0:07:17Rhodes in great position, makes a play on the ball. That offside.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Being returned. A flag is down on the play. The crowd going crazy.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Darius Slay came across ahead of the snap, that is why he was there to
0:07:26 > 0:07:32block the kick. Despite all the hysteria, this is coming back.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37Clearly offside but he sure gave this crowd some excitement.Offside,
0:07:37 > 0:07:43defensive play on the left side was in the neutral zone that the snap,
0:07:43 > 0:07:485-yard penalty will create 1st down. It creates a 1st down the middle
0:07:48 > 0:07:51creates Neil Downes and it'll end up a 7-point game. In the books now
0:07:51 > 0:07:54seven straight for Mike Zimmer's team.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58seven straight for Mike Zimmer's team.Well, Jason, your boys did it
0:07:58 > 0:08:04again, they keep winning.Case Keenan is showing he's a legitimate
0:08:04 > 0:08:12quarterback. -- the fact is able to pull this off and play like this,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15but competitive at the end but ultimately he dominated the game.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Tell me about your boy Adam Phelan, what a receiver, who knew he would
0:08:19 > 0:08:25be this bad.The fact is making every play, he's fast, he's great,
0:08:25 > 0:08:31he runs all the routs good. That's why Keenum is playing so well.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Ultimately they can't double-team digs any more. Going into the
0:08:34 > 0:08:39playoffs they are a dangerous offense.That running game, Octavius
0:08:39 > 0:08:44Murray... On top of that, that defense. Your boy Xavier Rhodes was
0:08:44 > 0:08:49getting picked on through the game. In the end, made the game, stealing
0:08:49 > 0:08:54interception. What a great player. We know good corners are guys that
0:08:54 > 0:08:56bounce back no matter what's happening during the game you have
0:08:56 > 0:09:03to make the big play when it counts, that's what the best corners do.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Also coming back, fumbles, doing his little dance, I like that guy.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Remember he had his shirt up, he had a baby, he wanted to name the baby.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17We all got a shot to name the baby. He wanted fans to name his baby.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22Seppi give me ideas, national Sage, that's where you do it. -- national
0:09:22 > 0:09:29stage.Look how good this was with Rio Ferdinand, check this out.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Welcome, welcome, welcome. Tadhg are you all right? What has been your
0:09:33 > 0:09:37experience with NFL outside the Super Bowl?I've always loved it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41I've never had one specific team, I've always just who's been the best
0:09:41 > 0:09:47team at the time, a glory hunter call it over here. But, I let the
0:09:47 > 0:09:52players, I've always liked Peyton Manning, now Brady is the man. Jerry
0:09:52 > 0:09:58Rice and people like that before. Prime time. I love all the big
0:09:58 > 0:10:02names, superstars, that's it.You are a superstar yourself. You're
0:10:02 > 0:10:06supposed to like only superstars.I love it, it's crazy, the
0:10:06 > 0:10:10explosiveness in the sport, the velocity, especially now, with
0:10:10 > 0:10:14technology, you can see stuff a lot closer, you can hear it all, it
0:10:14 > 0:10:17brings you much closer to the game so it's even better now.I saw him
0:10:17 > 0:10:20do like the punt pass kick things during Super Bowl. The man has
0:10:20 > 0:10:27skills. What position do you think you would be?I want to be
0:10:27 > 0:10:30quarterback, I want to be the dictator, I need to set the tone,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32set the play, call everything, that's what I would like to have
0:10:32 > 0:10:36been. It's like my position, I see everything, when I play center back
0:10:36 > 0:10:40on the field, I was at my best and most comfortable when I could see
0:10:40 > 0:10:43everything. That's the way I feel with the quarterback, it's what it
0:10:43 > 0:10:48looks like to me. That's where I feel I would have been best.Both of
0:10:48 > 0:10:53you have been champions, big games, does your mentality change?I think
0:10:53 > 0:10:56that's the big battle you have within yourself, not to realise the
0:10:56 > 0:10:59magnitude of it and not let it get into your body and mindset where you
0:10:59 > 0:11:02think this is such a good big game I have to perform under pressure
0:11:02 > 0:11:06mounts within. When you get out there the game takes its course. We
0:11:06 > 0:11:09got into the Champions League finals. It's big enough as it is but
0:11:09 > 0:11:12you play against an English team where the bragging rights are huge.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Within that team, their friends and players that in three days' time I
0:11:16 > 0:11:21will play with the national team. Let me ask you about that because I
0:11:21 > 0:11:25find that interesting we don't have that in the NFL. I play against
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Philadelphia Eagles and then a week later we are on the national team
0:11:28 > 0:11:33playing a different country. You guys have that.We had a generation
0:11:33 > 0:11:37nicknamed the golden generation of players. Expectations were huge for
0:11:37 > 0:11:44us as a national team to go out there and win something. That is
0:11:44 > 0:11:48what held us back, not being able to separate club ties from
0:11:48 > 0:11:52international ties. That is where I think our failures lie.You're
0:11:52 > 0:11:55retired now, a successful pundit, what do you do to keep the edge? As
0:11:55 > 0:12:00ex-athlete we know we need that competition.City years I just
0:12:00 > 0:12:06chilled, enjoyed life.Did you get that?I've got lucky jeans. I was to
0:12:06 > 0:12:11working out but chilling. Someone came out and said do you want to try
0:12:11 > 0:12:14to become a professional boxer. They didn't even blink I just went, you
0:12:14 > 0:12:20know what, that's me.Right away? Let's go, I want to do it. I'm not
0:12:20 > 0:12:25scared of failure, they always believe there will be an element of
0:12:25 > 0:12:28failure somewhere, within training, and you get through it or it might
0:12:28 > 0:12:31be at the end if you're having a fight. I'm going into training
0:12:31 > 0:12:34learning everyday, every time I go to that Jim is learnt something new
0:12:34 > 0:12:39every time and it's testament to the coach and the sport.You're retired,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43so are we, we are pundits. Your pundit yourself, how do you feel
0:12:43 > 0:12:47about having to call out players and talk about certain things that maybe
0:12:47 > 0:12:51you did yourself as a player? But you still have to call them out, how
0:12:51 > 0:12:54do you feel?You acknowledge your own failures and own faults and
0:12:54 > 0:12:57mistakes, so it makes it more comfortable for me to call up that
0:12:57 > 0:13:02guy's mistake. It's not a real dig at the person individually, it's
0:13:02 > 0:13:06about sport, about the game we're watching. I've had phone calls from
0:13:06 > 0:13:10guys, why did you speak to me, you could have spoken. Listen, this is
0:13:10 > 0:13:14my job, you know that, respectively that I'm going to tell the truth but
0:13:14 > 0:13:19I'm always, I'm not coming for you personally.Let's talk about playing
0:13:19 > 0:13:23over the holidays. I've done it, you've done it, you've done it.We
0:13:23 > 0:13:27all hate it. I can assure you guys are the same. My children now are
0:13:27 > 0:13:31saying, you haven't got to go to work, you haven't got to go to
0:13:31 > 0:13:36football at 8:30am on Christmas Day. As a fan I love it. Because I would
0:13:36 > 0:13:39be bored over Christmas in terms of TV if there was no sport. It's that
0:13:39 > 0:13:44balance.Can you believe Rio is going into boxing? I would not want
0:13:44 > 0:13:49to step in the ring with him.Me either. I quite want to get in
0:13:49 > 0:13:52there, little bit with Rio, see what he's got. You know what's funny, you
0:13:52 > 0:13:57could see the intensity talking to him. He was still like a very
0:13:57 > 0:14:01intense individual.I like that character. He still had it.We're
0:14:01 > 0:14:04about to get into the Chargers against the Cowboys.Absolutely, the
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Cowboys need to bounce back offensively and figure it out. They
0:14:07 > 0:14:15haven't been the same with Elliott out. Prescott is fine to lead the
0:14:15 > 0:14:20way to victory.He's been struggling without Elliott. These are two teams
0:14:20 > 0:14:23heading in opposite directions. Everybody wrote the Chargers for
0:14:23 > 0:14:26dead to begin with. Now the Dallas Cowboys who everybody thought would
0:14:26 > 0:14:29be the team without Elliott struggling. Let's see what happens
0:14:29 > 0:14:33in this game.
0:14:40 > 0:14:50He looks that way. He finds him, for the touchdown.Henry. Watch Henry,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53another back shoulder. He is covered, but he throws to the other
0:14:53 > 0:14:59side where the defender is not. He throws Henry open.All with rhythm.
0:14:59 > 0:15:09Well done. Novak comes out for the point after. He is down.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Anthony Lynn knows he may not be able to call on him again.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Up the middle.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Oh, what a fake it was!
0:15:16 > 0:15:22Prescott!
0:15:22 > 0:15:23The flag is out.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Offense, number 77, 10 yard penalty, replay, third down.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27I want to see this one.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29That is a huge play in this game.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31You're going to see Smith right there.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Oh!
0:15:33 > 0:15:37You do not dispute that.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38You cannot do that one.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Here's a first down throw.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49It is caught, plucked out of the air by Tyrell Williams.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51What a throw on the sideline.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Watch this, up the sideline, and the ball is perfectly over his head.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56That is exactly where you want to throw that,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59so he can go right over his head and Anthony Brown tries
0:15:59 > 0:16:02to get his hand in there.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Williams getting it in.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06This one here, they just like to run it to the left
0:16:06 > 0:16:07and throw a fade up top.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08There is the handoff.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Straight ahead, and across for the touchdown.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Rod Smith.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14And they are going for two.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16A lot has gone wrong for Dallas this game.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17They're in it.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19This two-point conversion gives them a chance to get
0:16:19 > 0:16:20into a one score game.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22They like to move it a little.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Yeah, Beasley moving around.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28To the sidelines.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Over the head of Williams.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34This play is big.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37And they're going empty and letting Rivers call the play.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38It is man-to-man coverage.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40You have a running back and a linebacker out here.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Rivers knows it is man.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46He's going to walk up, tell him who to block,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49bring the running back back in, slide over to the left line.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Ekeler has been big in the passing game the last few weeks.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Looking the other way.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57The pass back to Allen and no Cowboy is able to stand up as Allen weaves
0:16:57 > 0:16:59past them all for the touchdown.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02What an effort by Keenan Allen.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05A 42 yard touchdown.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Allen, wow, great route running.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12And the finish.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Look at that!
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Inside eight minutes.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19He's picked.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Prescott, trying to cut off the angle for King.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24King has got a blocker in front.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Ingram.
0:17:25 > 0:17:33He's going to take it the distance.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35The final score, the Los Angeles Chargers 28,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38and the Dallas Cowboys 6.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I'm going to assume, Jason, that nobody on the Dallas
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Cowboys is your friend.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Based on the way they are playing.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51What is going on?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Man, did you see Philip Rivers dismantle that secondary?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56It was crazy, because even though he had a couple of incompletes
0:17:56 > 0:18:00at the beginning, he came back to it and said, this is what we're
0:18:00 > 0:18:03going to do, we're going to attack these guys, and you see the results.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05He had his Thanksgiving meal right on the Cowboys' field.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07He destroyed their football team.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09I have never seen them play so bad on defense.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Offensively, they just looked discombobulated.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Do you like that?
0:18:13 > 0:18:19That is good.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I have been in England for a while, I have learned English language.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Quite frankly, I did not think the Dallas Cowboys
0:18:25 > 0:18:27were going to fall down this far without Zeke Elliott.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Who would have imagined that he meant that much to the team?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I was all about the offensive line and I thought they could put anybody
0:18:33 > 0:18:36back there, but him not being there has made all the difference
0:18:36 > 0:18:37to this football team.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I have got to ask you, because I'm starting
0:18:39 > 0:18:41to hear these words, little birdies talking
0:18:41 > 0:18:44about Dak Prescott, might be a bust, what do you think?
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Not at all.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Quarterbacks have their ups and downs but ultimately young
0:18:47 > 0:18:49quarterbacks always have help from somebody.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52If he had the help of the running game, he could lean on that.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58In this situation, he needs the kind of wide receivers that get open
0:18:58 > 0:19:01so he knows who is open and he can make those throws.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04They are still in second place in the NFC East,
0:19:04 > 0:19:05four games behind the Philadelphia Eagles.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Maybe by the end of this week with Philly playing Chicago
0:19:08 > 0:19:09they will be five games behind.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12What do you think of their chances of making the play-offs?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I am not sure they are heading in the right direction just now.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16It does not look positive.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Just because they have got a lot of holes that need to be filled
0:19:20 > 0:19:22and it does not look like it is going to happen.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24They have a 0% chance of making the play-offs,
0:19:24 > 0:19:25ladies and gentlemen.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Zero.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29If you missed our Tuesday show, the NFL This Week,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32it is on the iPlayer right now, but if you want a flavour
0:19:32 > 0:19:33of what happened last weekend, check out these bits.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37The New England Patriots and the Oakland Raiders.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41South of the border and high above sea.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44At 7,000 feet in Mexico City, the reigning Super Bowl champions
0:19:44 > 0:19:47going about their rarefied business, relentless in their
0:19:47 > 0:19:50statement of intent.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53To all you out there, if you want the crown,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55you're going to have to take it from us.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Give it up.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57You keep it up, man.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02We're going to try.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04The Philadelphia Eagles at the Dallas Cowboys,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Dak Prescott hunted down, the Eagles circling their prey, and
0:20:07 > 0:20:09then striking in the second half.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Nigel Bradham, took it in for a touchdown.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13This is a blow out.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16My nickname is Sweetpea.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Taking to the air again, the Philadelphia highflyers.
0:20:21 > 0:20:28The Detroit Lions at the Chicago Bears.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29A Great Lakes game.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Touchdown.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36The Bears, rooted to the bottom of the NFC North.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38The Atlanta Falcons at the Seattle Seahawks.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42The tension that comes with chasing a game.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Atlanta building their lead and Russell Wilson leading
0:20:44 > 0:20:48the charge in the comeback.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50A last chance, in Blair Walsh's range?
0:20:50 > 0:20:56Not quite.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57The LA Rams at the Minnesota Vikings.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00How to avoid being sacked?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04He went through my soul.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Keenan to Murray.
0:21:06 > 0:21:12The Vikings out in front of the NFC North.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Washington Redskins at New Orleans.
0:21:15 > 0:21:24The Saints on a streak of seven, deep into the fourth quarter,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26and the chances of making it a straight eight?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Slim.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29But then, Alvin Kamara.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30It is caught by Kamara.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32In he goes into the end zone.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35And a chance for Wil Lutz to keep the Saints on their roll.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37The Kansas City Chiefs at the New York Giants.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Not at touchdown-fest here.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45More Janoris Jenkins than wide receivers.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Roger Lewis, a spectacular exception.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52And the Giants have earned their second win of the season.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55The Green Bay Packers at the Baltimore Ravens.
0:21:55 > 0:22:01The defense of the Ravens feasting on Brett Hundley.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03He's going to be sacked.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Both teams now five and five,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06but whose wild card prospects are more realistic?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08That is a good one, look at them all together,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10it is a good orchestrated dance.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Well, Jason, last game.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Last one.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16The New York Giants, the lowly, lowly New York Giants,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19versus the Washington Redskins.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I mean, this is a team, the New York Giants,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23trying to find their identity, Washington we already know
0:22:23 > 0:22:25has a good quarterback, suffered some injuries,
0:22:25 > 0:22:29but this is a good football team.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32The New York Giants, what is going on with those boys?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34They need to figure it out, they are playing for their jobs.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Right now they get the label of quitting so they need to step it
0:22:38 > 0:22:39up and need a victory.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Let's look at the highlights, or low-lights!
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Giants rush forward.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Cousins in trouble.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53On the run.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Throws.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Caught.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Touch down.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Jamison Crowder.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00They just have to keep working on the outside, stepping up
0:23:00 > 0:23:03and through was Kirk Cousins and the one thing that breaks down
0:23:03 > 0:23:06zone defenses more than anything else is quarterback movement
0:23:06 > 0:23:10because now you have to be responsible inside that zone
0:23:10 > 0:23:13for five, six different seconds, and Kirk Cousins finally
0:23:13 > 0:23:17wakes up this offense.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Have to get to the 35 to convert.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Swinging out here and it is picked off down the sideline
0:23:23 > 0:23:28goes Janoris Jenkins.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33He's inside the ten, and he will get into the end zone.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Janoris Jenkins, with the pick and the run back, and an extra
0:23:36 > 0:23:37point will tie the game.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Second and eight.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Play action.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43To the end zone.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47It is caught for a touchdown.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Josh Doctson.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Watch this play fake.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Kirk Cousins takes such great pride in his ability
0:23:57 > 0:23:58to make those play fakes.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00He is the number one quarterback off of play action passes
0:24:00 > 0:24:03in the National Football League, and the reason, he sells it.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06He sold it hard, got the one-on-one coverage,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and I tell you who else sold it down the field, Josh Doctson.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13No question.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Beat Jackrabbit Jenkins on the play.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19The Redskins take a 16-10 lead with three and a half to go.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20You have got two 19s.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23If you want to kick it, you have got all three timeouts
0:24:23 > 0:24:25plus the two-minute warning but when you are two
0:24:25 > 0:24:26and eight, whatever.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Go for it.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Fourth and three and they will.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Or at least line up to.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Manning is going to get enveloped, sacked, penalty, lost the ball.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Giants have it but will lose it on downs.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37We will see about the call.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Offense, number 74.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Penalty is declined.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43This is exactly why the Giants are playing the kind
0:24:43 > 0:24:45of offense they are, the conservative style
0:24:45 > 0:24:49because they could not hold up on the outside,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51and for Junior Galette, who has had Achilles issues
0:24:51 > 0:24:54for two straight years, to make a game-winning play
0:24:54 > 0:24:59like that, you know it has to mean something.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Eli hit as he throws.
0:25:00 > 0:25:07That will be picked off at the 14 yard line.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09That will be the finish to it.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Kendall Fuller, having a really good year, will just about end it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Junior Galette put the pressure on Manning and hit him as he threw.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18McAdoo can only look on as his team is on the cusp
0:25:18 > 0:25:19of going two and nine.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22The Redskins can run the clock out.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Is it over?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Is it over?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I just wanted to keep my head down.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34You looked crushed.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Emotionally...
0:25:35 > 0:25:38You should be used it by now because they have lost
0:25:38 > 0:25:39eight games already.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42You know you cannot lose hope, man, you have got to hope for the best,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44especially after last week, you thought they had
0:25:44 > 0:25:45maybe found their way.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I am lost for words.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Offensively, they are a shell of themselves.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I cannot understand how they fell...
0:25:52 > 0:25:55It is not like they were playing well last year.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I cannot understand how they fell so far this year,
0:25:57 > 0:25:59even with Odell Beckham earlier in the year.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03They are worse than last year.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06This is a terrible performance by Eli.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09I know he does not have the weapons around him, but with Odell,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12at least they had a little spark where he would make that play
0:26:12 > 0:26:15and get them in the game, get that emotion up,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17but without that, it is like they are sleepwalking.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19I hate using the quitting word, I am not saying that,
0:26:19 > 0:26:25I am not going to say that, but I feel that.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Defensively, at least they are showing some signs of life,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31but overall, as a football team, the New York Giants are playing
0:26:31 > 0:26:35terrible football this entire season and who knows what will happen
0:26:35 > 0:26:37at the end of the year?
0:26:37 > 0:26:38I do not know.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39It is not looking good.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41A lot of people have to go.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43A lot of people have to get other jobs.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44All those games are done.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Let's see what it means to the tables.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52In the AFC East, the New England Patriots are on top as usual.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54I am not sure about the Pittsburgh Steelers.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Are you serious?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I really like Pittsburgh, man, but we will see.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00AFC South, the Jacksonville Jaguars...
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Excuse me.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Not the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Sacksonville Jaguars.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04I know that felt good to you.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Yes, it did.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09In the AFC West, the Kanas City Chiefs are on top,
0:27:09 > 0:27:11but I have a feeling that Kansas City will not
0:27:11 > 0:27:12be on top for long.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14I like the Los Angeles Chargers.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17If the play-offs were to start now, this is what we have.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22The top four are always the divisional winners.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26The fifth seed, the Tennessee Titans, the sixth seed,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30the Baltimore Ravens.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34These are the teams looking in.
0:27:34 > 0:27:40Let's talk about the NFC, where the real battles are.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Right now and on the East, the Philadelphia Eagles on top.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46In the North, the Minnesota Vikings with my friends on top.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Your boys.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49The South is where the real battle is.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51You have the New Orleans Saints on top but you have battles
0:27:51 > 0:27:53from Carolina and Atlanta.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54It is tough.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56In the West, you have got the Los Angeles Rams
0:27:56 > 0:27:58with that offense on top.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03In the NFC, the play-off picture looks like this.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Once again, the two teams coming out of the South are pushing for those
0:28:10 > 0:28:13wildcard spots and have the ability to move forward.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22My man, what games are you looking forward to this week?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25We have got some good games, some divisional matchups.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Miami Dolphins against New England Patriots.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31Miami at New England.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33We also have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Atlanta Falcons.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34A tasty divisional game.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Tampa is not playing that well but it is still a divisional game,
0:28:37 > 0:28:39so it should be a great game.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41They always play each other tough.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Last but not least, we have got a tasty game.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46We have got the New Orleans Saints at the Los Angeles Rams.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47Good call.
0:28:47 > 0:28:55You know it is crazy, the battle this week with those two
0:28:55 > 0:28:57teams is New Orleans defense against the Rams offense,
0:28:57 > 0:28:58and Marshon Lattimore got hurt last week.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00They need him on the field.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02When he went out, you saw what happened to their secondary.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Their secondary has got to play tight and communicate
0:29:05 > 0:29:07well against the Rams or they could be dominated.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12It should be a little easier for them because Robert Woods,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15the outstanding receiver for Los Angeles, is not going to be
0:29:15 > 0:29:17playing for a couple weeks, so without Lattimore,
0:29:17 > 0:29:18they should be OK.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20They should be able to contain Los Angeles.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21We will see what happens.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24It will be a tight battle, it is the game of the week.
0:29:24 > 0:29:30Well, ladies and gentlemen, the next time you will see us
0:29:30 > 0:29:33will be on Tuesday, on BBC Two, 11:15, NFL This Week.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35My man, I tell you what, you are impressive.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36You like that?
0:29:36 > 0:29:37I like the flow.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38You really ran this good.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41You know in the NFL, it is the more you can do...
0:29:41 > 0:29:42Yeah.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43The more YOU can do.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46We need our boy, Mark Chapman, man, sitting right here.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47We miss you, man.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Come on back, man.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50They will forget you quick.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53See you guys next time.