:00:34. > :00:35.T'was the night before the night before Christmas, or
:00:36. > :00:38.the holidays, when all through the house, crib, not a
:00:39. > :00:40.creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
:00:41. > :00:44.The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, with
:00:45. > :01:02.hopes that the playoffs soon would be theirs.
:01:03. > :01:07.Champions are not made in a gym. Champions have passion. It must be
:01:08. > :01:24.showtime. With only two weeks till
:01:25. > :01:28.the playoffs, there On tonight's festive feast
:01:29. > :01:32.of football, we will be bringing you highlights of last night's
:01:33. > :01:35.game between the New York Giants and and the
:01:36. > :01:37.Philidelphia Eagles. A win for the Giants would guarantee
:01:38. > :01:39.them a playoff spot. And speaking of playoffs
:01:40. > :01:41.we'll be making a list. We're gonna find out who's, well,
:01:42. > :01:45.making the playoffs. Tomorrow night Santa may be
:01:46. > :01:49.coming, but tonight it's Huge Kansas City Chiefs
:01:50. > :01:56.fan Sam Quek will be here to convince Osi her team
:01:57. > :01:58.isn't boring, and to defending with our own
:01:59. > :02:03.lord-a-leaping Jason. And it's to the Kansas City
:02:04. > :02:06.Chiefs we go to first. The Chiefs have been criticised
:02:07. > :02:09.on this show a little for their But that style, whether
:02:10. > :02:13.you like it or not, This team are nobody's
:02:14. > :02:17.Super Bowl favourites, but fast becoming
:02:18. > :02:22.everybody's outsiders. The Tennessee Titans have had
:02:23. > :02:25.the luxury of being in a division that has
:02:26. > :02:28.no consistant team. This means that as long as you can
:02:29. > :02:31.get your act together by And that's what the
:02:32. > :03:03.Titans have done. Hill breaking free. Tyree shill. 30,
:03:04. > :03:10.ten. Touchdown! -- hill. Mariota loving this one to a wide-open
:03:11. > :03:14.receiver. The ball is lost into the end zone. Covered by the Chiefs.
:03:15. > :03:21.They will run it back. Daniel Sorensen. Remember, a penalty flag
:03:22. > :03:31.is down. Sorensen finally knocked out close
:03:32. > :03:49.to midfield. Tennessee's ball for stop --.
:03:50. > :03:56.1st down. Touchdown! A tough task here. Henry still on the field.
:03:57. > :04:01.Henry with the ball. To the goal line. Did he get there? Now a signal
:04:02. > :04:09.from the far side. It is a touchdown. As his knee hits the
:04:10. > :04:14.ground, the ball is right here. When he lands, he is short of the goal
:04:15. > :04:22.line. He extended to touch the paint. I'm not sure what the term is
:04:23. > :04:32.but it is a touchdown for Tennessee. 1st down Tennessee in their own 35.
:04:33. > :04:48.Mariota with time. Intercepted. Ron Parker. Intercepted in the end zone.
:04:49. > :04:54.Alex Smit not pleased. Derrick Henry to the end zone for the touchdown.
:04:55. > :05:00.It looks like the Tennessee Titans are going to go for the win with a
:05:01. > :05:11.two point conversion attempt. Mariota. He is brought down back of
:05:12. > :05:21.the 50-yard line. Third and fourth. That passes complete. Inside the 40.
:05:22. > :05:30.You have to get that ball. Nine seconds, eight... The spike happens
:05:31. > :05:34.with five seconds on the clock. This would be a 53 yard in these
:05:35. > :05:42.conditions. Tennessee looking for win number four. Ryan Succop.
:05:43. > :05:48.Time-Out was called. Kansas City called before the kick.
:05:49. > :06:00.32nd time-out. -- it will be a 30 second time-out.
:06:01. > :06:08.Ryan Succop. That one was good! The Titans win it. Ryan Succop from 53
:06:09. > :06:15.yards. The Chiefs called time out. His first attempt came up short.
:06:16. > :06:22.This man went for another to because he had faith. Broe, listen. That is
:06:23. > :06:25.respect. You can catch more
:06:26. > :06:28.highlights of Week 15 on our highlights show NFL
:06:29. > :06:30.This Week which is on iPlayer She has won an Olympic gold medal
:06:31. > :06:35.in hockey, she's lived in a jungle with Danny Baker -
:06:36. > :06:38.and some bugs - but the biggest challenge
:06:39. > :06:40.of her career starts here. She is here to defend her beloved
:06:41. > :07:04.Kansas City Chiefs against the most She is a massive Kansas City Chiefs
:07:05. > :07:12.fan. What do you say, ding dong? Dink dong, run the ball in defense.
:07:13. > :07:22.Ten and four, same as the Giants, by the way. I love the Chiefs. My love
:07:23. > :07:26.first came when I went to Wembley, first live game. I said among
:07:27. > :07:36.friends and family. They started doing the job. Red team, same as
:07:37. > :07:42.Liverpool and GB. The start of their running street. -- winning streak.
:07:43. > :07:46.What a team to support. Lots of people don't know which team to
:07:47. > :07:52.support. Let's hope you have ignored everything he has said. Why should
:07:53. > :07:58.they support Kansas City Chiefs? It is so easy to support a team like
:07:59. > :08:03.the Patriots, glory hunters. Are the very glamorous New York team like
:08:04. > :08:08.the Giants. Giving it all the one-handed show. Great player, by
:08:09. > :08:13.the way. The Chiefs, for me, they are in the middle of nowhere. In --
:08:14. > :08:18.an unusual team to support. They started the season poor. Look where
:08:19. > :08:24.they are now. They are a team for fans who like to keep it real? Yeah,
:08:25. > :08:29.for real fans. Fans to stay with them through the good and bad times.
:08:30. > :08:33.They are a team for fans who enjoy the ambience of being in the
:08:34. > :08:38.stadium. They enjoy being in the stadium having a great time with
:08:39. > :08:43.each other. Give them a lot of credit. You will have an amazing
:08:44. > :08:47.time in their stadium in the stands, not watching the product on the
:08:48. > :08:52.football field. Let's talk a little bit about the product on the
:08:53. > :08:56.football field. How big a defeat is this for them, given that you have
:08:57. > :09:01.given them a fair bit of praise this season? This could be a defeat that
:09:02. > :09:06.could cost them? It could. It showed weaknesses they have. Derrick
:09:07. > :09:12.Johnson being out really hard them. Tennessee attacked the middle of the
:09:13. > :09:17.defense. That is where they are weak. Could it cost your team the
:09:18. > :09:22.season, given they have got Denver and San Diego as the remaining
:09:23. > :09:27.games? Picking up what Jason said about them going down the middle,
:09:28. > :09:30.that is just the difference in quarterbacks from me. Alex Smit, a
:09:31. > :09:36.few minutes left on the clock, it was his decision. To have Mariota go
:09:37. > :09:39.down the middle, everybody was expecting him to run it off field,
:09:40. > :09:44.stop the clock. That was the difference. To go from ten points
:09:45. > :09:49.ahead in the last quarter, to losing the game, was the biggest
:09:50. > :09:52.disappointment. Alex Smit is a talented football player. A talented
:09:53. > :09:59.quarterback. This has always been the problem. He can lead your team
:10:00. > :10:03.to a certain point but can never get you overly edge, can never get you
:10:04. > :10:07.passed that point. The decision made in that situation is vintage Alex
:10:08. > :10:10.Smit. Something he has done throughout his career. That is why I
:10:11. > :10:18.find it difficult to believe in them. This is a team game, man.
:10:19. > :10:22.Listen, Alex Smit has done really well in doing what Andy Reid needs
:10:23. > :10:30.to do with that Offense. It's hard to be successful at quarterback in
:10:31. > :10:34.NFL and he has. You can't -- you can't put that on. I'm not going to
:10:35. > :10:39.let you do that. I've seen this man do the same thing everywhere he has
:10:40. > :10:45.been. We talk about the clutch gene. It is something he does not have.
:10:46. > :10:54.For me, the Chiefs have to work on Offense. Defense is brilliant. To go
:10:55. > :10:58.on and lose the game... Hill coming through is a very exciting player.
:10:59. > :11:04.Because each is so versatile, that will give Alex Smit more options. I
:11:05. > :11:09.have spotted a slight flaw in putting Sam between them. You are a
:11:10. > :11:13.bit like an umpire in tennis! Thank you for providing a voice of reason.
:11:14. > :11:19.You are going to take a look at footwork. And how important it is in
:11:20. > :11:27.both of your sports. Because we both have footwork. And
:11:28. > :11:31.we don't! We want to talk about footwork. We're going to use hill as
:11:32. > :11:36.an example. This is what speed does for a team.
:11:37. > :11:42.As you see him he gets the ball from a running position, what's that.
:11:43. > :11:46.Number 31. I want to get your insight on how you would have
:11:47. > :11:54.defended that. What I'm thinking is, and this is a better angle, I would
:11:55. > :11:58.have angled and I would have come to his low hip. I would have thought he
:11:59. > :12:05.could cut back into me. I am the last defender. What are you
:12:06. > :12:16.thinking? I'm similar. As a hockey player, I'm thinking, how do you get
:12:17. > :12:21.someone fast? For me, I want to get at them just as they receive the
:12:22. > :12:26.ball, stop them outsource. If I'm not there, I need to keep on the
:12:27. > :12:31.outside. In hockey, the goal is in the middle. With NFL, you have to
:12:32. > :12:35.use the sideline to your advantage, make it easy for the safety to read
:12:36. > :12:40.where you are going to take him, so they can give you a helping hand.
:12:41. > :12:45.Where is your aim? I'm running. If you cut back, that is where you are
:12:46. > :12:51.in danger. We are saying the same thing. Safety
:12:52. > :12:56.should be reading that and coming across and making a tackle. We see
:12:57. > :13:02.the game the same way. Defenders don't know anything. Osi
:13:03. > :13:07.is trying to claim that he was going to say something similar. She is
:13:08. > :13:09.completely correct. That is brilliant, Sam, to be honest. I can
:13:10. > :13:11.go home now. Thank you very much to Sam
:13:12. > :13:14.for trying to knock some sense, and a bit of
:13:15. > :13:16.class, into these two. You can catch an extended
:13:17. > :13:18.chat with Sam about her Next up, we're going to talk
:13:19. > :13:44.all the other action from One thing we know for sure. We are
:13:45. > :13:50.on our way. We just booked their tickets to the playoff.
:13:51. > :14:04.It is going to be hard. In the NFL, it is hard every week, every snap.
:14:05. > :14:08.You earned it, congratulations, man. This whole year has been about
:14:09. > :14:14.hanging together. But we are just getting warmed up. How do we feel,
:14:15. > :15:06.tasting the sweet nectar of Victor Riu? -- victory.
:15:07. > :15:15.Let's start with the Jaguars and the Texans, because it was a big win for
:15:16. > :15:19.Houston, in that it keeps them as divisional winners at the moment.
:15:20. > :15:22.Indianapolis might fancy their chances of overtaking them, but now
:15:23. > :15:29.the Texans have this whole quarterback situation.
:15:30. > :15:36.It had to happen. He was playing miserable. He has really good
:15:37. > :15:42.receivers. But they could not get on the ball. They had to make a change.
:15:43. > :15:46.It is a huge call, with two weeks of the regular season to go, to drop
:15:47. > :15:58.your quarterback, who used signed in the offseason for $72 million over
:15:59. > :16:01.four years. That is a massive call. 72 million dollars over four years
:16:02. > :16:07.is what they paid him to go out and perform like that. It is a huge call
:16:08. > :16:09.but is says to the franchise, to everybody on the football field,
:16:10. > :16:13.winning is more important than the money they paid this man, because he
:16:14. > :16:17.wasn't getting the job done. Granted, they were still in the mix
:16:18. > :16:20.for their division, but that was because of what the defense was
:16:21. > :16:23.doing, not because of the quarterback. They were winning in
:16:24. > :16:29.spite of their quarterback and they had to make that decision. As a
:16:30. > :16:33.player, you have to do that, as an organisation, to show it is about
:16:34. > :16:37.the team. If we know he does not need to be on the field, is hurting
:16:38. > :16:42.us, you have to make the change. Did you see the reaction of the crowd? I
:16:43. > :16:46.don't know if he ever comes back from something like that because the
:16:47. > :16:50.crowd went crazy when they benched him. How do you come back from
:16:51. > :16:57.something like that? Who would you go with in that division? Tennessee.
:16:58. > :17:01.This week, I watched the most dynamic running game I've seen in a
:17:02. > :17:07.long time. The blocking schemes up front, they can run the ball. That's
:17:08. > :17:12.what you need. I have two agree. I thought Indianapolis had a chance,
:17:13. > :17:17.but they are too inconsistent. Tennessee are inconsistent, too, but
:17:18. > :17:21.they can run the ball. The AFC North, a final question on that. We
:17:22. > :17:25.have been talking about this fixture for about a month, but it still
:17:26. > :17:31.looks like it boils down to Baltimore and Pittsburgh's weekend.
:17:32. > :17:38.We are so excited to see this game. They are both coming into their own.
:17:39. > :17:43.It is a toss-up. I don't know who to pick. If you are a football fan and
:17:44. > :17:48.you love the NFL, this is the game to watch. It will be a bloodbath.
:17:49. > :17:51.These teams do not like each other, playing basically in a playoff game
:17:52. > :17:57.to see who will go to the playoffs. It will be outstanding. So if there
:17:58. > :18:01.is one game to watch over the festive period, Baltimore and
:18:02. > :18:06.Pittsburgh's. You had better lock in and see two teams that know each
:18:07. > :18:08.other and will get after each other. Let's have a look at the NFC and
:18:09. > :18:39.some significant results. Detroit's defeat, although they
:18:40. > :18:41.still lead the NFC North, gives Green Bay a chance, particularly as
:18:42. > :19:01.the two teams still have to play. Let's do Detroit's and the Giants.
:19:02. > :19:06.The win for the Giants opens things up for them. They are now the best
:19:07. > :19:11.team in the wild card positions. But Green Bay are sniffing down
:19:12. > :19:16.Detroit's neck. You do not want to give Green Bay life at this time of
:19:17. > :19:21.year. See the weather this week was a mess, and they play well in that.
:19:22. > :19:25.They are showing life. They have the best quarterback in that division.
:19:26. > :19:29.They are the ones you definitely do not want in the playoffs. If you are
:19:30. > :19:34.Detroit, you have to be careful about letting them catch up. Either
:19:35. > :19:38.Detroit have given them a sniff, or Green Bay are breathing down their
:19:39. > :19:43.necks. They are not sniffing down their necks, which would be
:19:44. > :19:45.revolting, to be honest! I am fed up of talking about the Giants with
:19:46. > :19:53.you, so I will move onto something else. But the Cowboys, this week,
:19:54. > :19:58.Prescott was back to his best. He was back, and he let everybody know
:19:59. > :20:05.that all that noise you heard was make up noise. Where was the noise
:20:06. > :20:10.from? Out of my left ear. He let all the people on planet Earth know,
:20:11. > :20:14.except for me. I like Prescott, but I am of the belief that Tony Roma is
:20:15. > :20:20.a better quarterback. That is my opinion. If you put the volume of
:20:21. > :20:21.work, he has more work, but right now, who is the best quarterback for
:20:22. > :20:25.that team? Prescott. Last night, the NFC had
:20:26. > :20:28.its first game of Week 15. The New York Giants faced
:20:29. > :20:30.the Philidelphia Eagles. A win for the Giants would guarantee
:20:31. > :20:32.them their first playoff berth since their Super Bowl
:20:33. > :20:34.winning team of 2011. That must have been
:20:35. > :20:47.some night out, Osi? What happens at a Super Bowl winning
:20:48. > :20:50.party stays at a Super Bowl winning party.
:20:51. > :20:55.They have won only two games in the last 11 weeks.
:20:56. > :20:58.With only two weeks remaining in their season
:20:59. > :21:03.there isn't much point in keeping anything in the tank.
:21:04. > :21:32.Darren Sproles, opening drive, Philadelphia touchdown. Sterling
:21:33. > :21:42.Shepard back in the slot. All the way for an Eagle touchdown. Brown
:21:43. > :21:51.has only attempted four field goals. And he gets the Giants on the board.
:21:52. > :22:03.Rookie quarterback at 3rd 8. Keeps the player live. He fires it
:22:04. > :22:08.downfield, and it's late. Interception.
:22:09. > :22:27.Gould. Touchdown! Just like that. They
:22:28. > :22:39.convert the 3rd down, get the big penalty, and 40 yards. Manning sends
:22:40. > :22:47.a vertically. Touchdown, Giants. Big-time Drive, much needed for the
:22:48. > :23:00.Giants. I think you want to go to Jason Peters' side. He is stopped. A
:23:01. > :23:13.great surge by the Giants. Manning throws, and it is intercepted.
:23:14. > :23:20.He ducked under, takes off and will slide for the 1st down. He lost the
:23:21. > :23:26.ball on the slide. No challenge on the play. Feet first, which means he
:23:27. > :23:36.is down by the time he gets in so far, that spot. The kick is right
:23:37. > :23:46.down broad Street. Four field goals attempted and he made them all.
:23:47. > :24:00.Broken up. 13 seconds left. Manning just putting it up for grabs.
:24:01. > :24:04.Intercepted. Coming underneath and taking it away, Terence Brooks. And
:24:05. > :24:05.the Eagles will not let the Giants clinch a playoff berth on their
:24:06. > :24:12.field. That surprise loss for the Giants
:24:13. > :24:14.confirms the Dallas Cowboys as NFC East divisional
:24:15. > :24:16.winners and also top seeds in the NFC heading
:24:17. > :24:18.into the playoffs. For the Giants, their confirmation
:24:19. > :24:21.into the playoffs as a wild card will be determined on the results
:24:22. > :24:23.over the weekend, or possibly their final regular
:24:24. > :24:25.season game against the Let's have a look at some
:24:26. > :25:02.of those important fixtures Denver could be out of the whole
:25:03. > :25:06.thing, couldn't they? Yes, amazing, after being in the Super Bowl last
:25:07. > :25:10.year. You would not think they would be in that position but offensively,
:25:11. > :25:15.they have too many holes in their game. To be honest, I can't wait to
:25:16. > :25:20.watch this game. People talk about the playoffs starting in a couple of
:25:21. > :25:23.weeks but they start right now, especially for the Denver Broncos,
:25:24. > :25:30.Indianapolis Colts, teams that have to win to keep playing. Raiders
:25:31. > :25:34.already in the playoffs, of course, and yet seedings are up for grabs so
:25:35. > :25:37.they cannot relax before the playoffs. But everything is on the
:25:38. > :25:45.line for the Colts. Everything is on the line. Can they go to Oakland and
:25:46. > :25:49.win? I don't think so, because they would have to outscore Oakland.
:25:50. > :25:54.There will be balls flying everywhere. I don't think it can
:25:55. > :25:58.happen. I see what you are saying but desperate times call for
:25:59. > :26:01.desperate measures. You will see the Colts come out firing on all
:26:02. > :26:06.cylinders, playing their hearts out to get to the playoffs. Balls are
:26:07. > :26:10.going to be flying everywhere, so you might want to watch that! In the
:26:11. > :26:31.NFC, some selected fixtures. The good fun game, surely, will be
:26:32. > :26:37.Tampa Bay at New Orleans Saints. It will be fun. You want to see James
:26:38. > :26:41.Swenson bounce back. He needs to figure it out if they are going to
:26:42. > :26:45.be a viable threat. When you see what they did against the Cardinals
:26:46. > :26:50.last week, incredible, so it will be tough for the Buccaneers to go into
:26:51. > :26:54.New Orleans and play football. Washington Redskins go to Chicago
:26:55. > :26:59.Bears, which you would say the Redskins should win, but the Bears
:27:00. > :27:03.pushed the Packers all the way, and the Redskins have hit a bad run of
:27:04. > :27:08.form at the wrong time. They started the season badly, then fantastic,
:27:09. > :27:11.now dipping again. That is the problem with that team. You need to
:27:12. > :27:16.be able to play through that kind of stuff. What will happen with that
:27:17. > :27:22.offense, and the cold, it will be nasty. They cannot move the ball in
:27:23. > :27:27.the same way. I am excited about the young team, the Chicago Bears. They
:27:28. > :27:32.play hard every game. It shows the character of the head coach, the way
:27:33. > :27:37.they come in week in, week out and play hard. They are a young football
:27:38. > :27:39.team. Berkeley, even though he is not an elite quarterback, has done
:27:40. > :27:45.some good things for the team. They need a couple more weapons and they
:27:46. > :27:53.will be OK. Finally, some of the big plays of the week. Only one place to
:27:54. > :28:03.start, as usual. One-handed, as usual. Squeak! It's not that hard to
:28:04. > :28:11.do. It's not hard, man. It still looks good to mere mortals. More
:28:12. > :28:18.good hands from Brandon Tate. Look at him, looking downfield with it,
:28:19. > :28:26.too. I will tell you what is hard. You keep going. What is not hard?
:28:27. > :28:35.That is difficult, that one! That was Charles Clay. This isn't
:28:36. > :28:41.difficult but it is quick. I didn't know he could run like that. Look at
:28:42. > :28:56.the gallop. He kicks into high gear right there. This is rivalry at its
:28:57. > :29:06.best. That's hard! Corey Peters. He lost a shoe. Only one shoe. Is that
:29:07. > :29:11.hard? That's not hard. And Elliott going in for the touchdown for the
:29:12. > :29:17.Cowboys and then doing his bit for the Salvation Army. That is a legit
:29:18. > :29:21.donation. $21,000 he donated for that.
:29:22. > :29:25.You can join us again this Tuesday at 11.15pm for NFL This Week
:29:26. > :29:27.where we bring you all the best of the action from week 15.
:29:28. > :29:40.From Osi, Jason, and myself it's good night.
:29:41. > :29:48.No rest for these merry gentlemen, no Silent night. All is not calm,
:29:49. > :29:54.not in this bleak midwinter. Earth stood hard as iron. That's more like
:29:55. > :29:58.it. Presence, take this. The spirit of Christmas at the line of
:29:59. > :30:03.scrimmage. May your days be merry and bright. Ding dong merrily on
:30:04. > :30:06.high. Nowell, Noel. Only in the NFL.