Author: NFL Nation

NFL Nation, ESPNDec 6, 2024, 06:55 AM ET

Open Extended Reactions

The Week 14 NFL schedule for the 2024 season is stacked with great matchups, and we have you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend.

Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game, and analytics writer Seth Walder makes a bold prediction for each matchup. The ESPN Research team provides a big stat to know and a betting nugget for each contest, while our Football Power Index (FPI) goes inside the numbers with a game projection and a look at the playoff picture. Fantasy

Link to Original Article - on ESPN

Just how good is the NFC North as we enter the final five-week stretch of the 2024 regular season?

It’s the first time since the 1970 merger that three teams in the same division have entered Week 14 with a win percentage of at least .750, according to ESPN Research.

The 4-8 Chicago Bears fired coach Matt Eberflus after a loss on Thanksgiving, but they nearly beat each of their division rivals the previous three weeks — losing by a combined seven points.

Beginning Thursday night when the Lions host the Packers (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video), every NFC North team

Link to Original Article - on ESPN

NFL Nation, ESPNDec 3, 2024, 07:00 AM ET

Open Extended Reactions

Welcome to Week 14 of the 2024 NFL season.

Last week brought three exciting Thanksgiving Day games, a wild Black Friday finish and thrillers over the weekend. The Minnesota Vikings and Indianapolis Colts won in the two-minute drill, the Philadelphia Eagles overpowered the Baltimore Ravens, and the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs narrowly escaped with victories.

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (posterior cruciate ligament injury) is on IR, and Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback

Link to Original Article - on ESPN

NFL Nation, ESPNDec 2, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

Open Extended Reactions

Trailing 20-10 late in the third quarter, the Las Vegas Raiders faced a third-and-11 from their own 40. Denver Broncos All-Pro cornerback Pat Surtain II had returned a pick-six 100 yards in the second quarter, so it wasn’t surprising that Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew was looking in the other direction.

Minshew saw wide receiver Tre Tucker covered by Riley Moss on the right side of the field, and Minshew took his chances against the second-year cornerback. But Moss jumped in

Link to Original Article - on ESPN