Rivalry Week Was Wild! NFL Week 14 Preview

Social media was buzzing with all the fights that happened during rivalry week in college football. MICH/OSU, TEX/TAMU, ND/USC, AUB/BAMA, ASU/ARIZ, HOU/BYU, ARK/MIZ, NCSU/UNC, FLA/FSU all had skirmishes that ranged from blocking after the whistle to pulling a guy off their QB to multiple flag plants. But the most notable one was between Michigan and Ohio State because not only did it kick off the day full of drama, it got so chaotic police had to use pepper spray to break up the fight! In my opinion, flag planting is like going to someone's house and grinding your muddy boots into their new couch, it is highly disrespectful and you're just asking to get your ass kicked. With all these postgame brawls, it wouldn't surprise me if conferences banned it and fined schools for doing it like they do when fans storm the field/court.

THE GAMES

Green Bay Packers   37

Detroit Lions              27

141 million people watched the Thanksgiving games setting a new viewership record so huzzah!

New York Jets      14

Miami Dolphins    16

It may be a longshot that Aaron Rodgers returns next season but at least he got a 3-part Netflix docuseries out of his time with the Jets. I'm sure people are thrilled to hear about this news.

Atlanta Falcons        17

Minnesota Vikings   23

What happened to the Falcons? At first, they were early season darlings where people were calling them Super Bowl favorites. People were even calling Kirk Cousins a MVP favorite and saying he will retire as a Falcon. Then over time, the losses started piling up and now people want to bench him in favorite of Michael Penix Jr. Like God forbid you develop your rookie first!

New Orleans Saints   10

New York Giants        19

Taysom Hill was the only bright spot on the sad sack Saints so it's fitting he tore his ACL.

Carolina Panthers      10

Philadelphia Eagles   25

I wanted the Eagles to lose this just for DC Vic Fangio bringing up Allen Iverson.

Cleveland Browns        3

Pittsburgh Steelers    23

Monday night showed the best and worst of Jameis Winston. He has the talent to light up the scoreboard throwing for multiple TDs putting your team in position to win. He also can cost your team the win with stupid mistakes throwing for multiple interceptions. Basically, he's your greatest asset and liability at the same time on offense and their loss to the Broncos was no different as he threw for 497 yards, 4 TDs and 3 INTs with 2 of them returned for TDs. Whenever I see games like this, I go back to this 2019 highlight video that perfectly sums up his career.

Las Vegas Raiders           13

Tampa Bay Buccaneers  17

Blame Baker Mayfield for all this flag planting nonsense.

Jacksonville Jaguars    9

Tennessee Titans         34

Since Trevor Lawrence got fucked up by Texans OLB Azeez Al-Shaair with a concussion, he rather as well take the rest of this piss poor season off to get his AC joint repaired.

Seattle Seahawks    31

Arizona Cardinals   27

The Cardinals was another team everyone was dick riding early on until they too fell off.

Buffalo Bills               24

Los Angeles Rams    30

After no one signed him from free agency, safety Micah Hyde will return to the Bills as a practice squadder with the intention of retiring after the season. He could still play in a game though.

Chicago Bears              10

San Francisco 49ers    19

It was this massive time management fuckup that got Matt Eberflus fired by the Bears. Honestly, I feel people are too easy on Caleb Williams. He's the #1 draft pick and is supposed to be this hot shit rookie who is good enough to demand part ownership in the team that drafts him. Him and the players took way too long to get set and you would want to keep that timeout so you can kick the field goal. I have no problem with Eberflus getting fired because he's a bad coach, but if QBs are the "CEOs" of the team, then Caleb should share in the blame too. Their president Kevin Warren said the HC gig will be the "most coveted job" in the NFL which fucking LOL.

Los Angeles Chargers   34

Kansas City Chiefs         17

What the hell happened here? Did Mahomes get injured? Did Tay Tay dump Travis? Did Big Red fall down a well? What the hell happened to cause the Chargers to double up the Chiefs?!?

Cincinnati Bengals   24

Dallas Cowboys       13

Dak Prescott supports Mike McCarthy staying in Dallas. Stephen A. Smith doesn't care.

LAST WEEK:   8-8

OVERALL:   114-81