Dak Prescott is taking part in one of the best football of his profession – can he lead Dallas to the Super Bowl?
The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills are primed for a 13 seconds rematch, the Dallas Cowboys have their websites on snatching the NFC East title from the Philadelphia Eagles. Week 14 is shaping up properly; we information you thru the newest information, views and build-up forward of Sunday within the NFL…
Editor’s be aware…
There won’t be a quarterback taking part in higher football within the NFL than Dak Prescott at this second. He has entered the MVP dialog, and so too the Dallas Cowboys to-be-taken-seriously Super Bowl competition. Yes, you might need heard that earlier than.
It can typically be what goes unnoticed that may be so spectacular and so defining to the best way Dak performs. From the mastery of his rhythmic and hoodwinking pre-snap cadence, to the pace at which he can diagnose a discipline and slide protections, regulate assignments or alter play ideas accordingly on the line of scrimmage. “He plays the position” as Aaron Rodgers mentioned not too long ago on the Pat McAfee Show, igniting a ‘Texas Coast’ offense that has buried its early-season teething points.
Highlights of the Seattle Seahawks towards the Dallas Cowboys in week 13 of the NFL season.
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Only Brock Purdy owns a higher EPA+CPOE composite (a sophisticated metric on quarterback play-by-play worth and effectivity) than Prescott this season, the Dallas quarterback having put up a passer ranking of not less than 115.0 in 5 of six video games because the Week Seven bye week. In that point he has accomplished 156 of 221 passes (70.59 per cent) for 1,901 yards and 20 touchdowns to 2 interceptions. He additionally occurs to be the league’s finest quarterback on third down this 12 months, which tends to function a good indication of how effectively a passer is faring in decisive moments of a recreation, which all the time comes with an added caveat of stress as an expectation-burdened Cowboys play-caller.
McCarthy’s offense is purring because it empowers its quarterback to take command of video games with extra aggressive go designs and alternatives to make use of his legs alongside an elevated use of play-action, whereas dressing up the road of scrimmage with pre-snap movement and crowning CeeDee Lamb as their point of interest by shifting him throughout a number of spots within the formation.
Lamb has taken a seat on the desk alongside the league’s most dynamic receivers with 90 catches for 1,182 yards and seven touchdowns, Brandin Cooks has answered the Cowboys’ name for a authentic No 2 receiver, Jake Ferguson is peppering the seam as his menace continues to extend because the group’s lead tight finish. Tony Pollard’s multi-purpose manufacturing out of the backfield has in the meantime picked again up after a minor lull as a essential promote for the Cowboys play-action recreation.
The Her Huddle group focus on whether or not this could possibly be the season which sees a participant who would not play at quarterback win the NFL’s MVP award, with Miami Dolphins broad receiver Tyreek Hill the frontrunner.
Dallas rank third in EPA/play and sit on the prime of scoring rankings on offense, whereas Dan Quinn’s stunting, route-jumping protection continues to be among the many NFL’s elite at third in EPA/play and third in whole yards. ‘Our 12 months’ sentiment has been long-exhausted and long-unfulfilled in Cowboys territory amid their pursuit of a first Super Bowl look since their victory on the finish of the 1995 season.
The 49ers are nagging frontrunners to delay that ache, and beckon as a potential final check someplace down the road within the playoffs. Before then, Dak and the Cowboys have the chance to pressure residence their respective MVP and Championship credentials throughout a residence stretch that sees them face the Philadelphia Eagles – who they might but leapfrog within the NFC East – and Mike McDaniel’s Miami Dolphins.
How ’bout them Cowboys? We are about to seek out out.
Around the league…
- Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence was restricted on his return to observe Thursday having appeared to swerve severe harm after struggling a excessive ankle sprain in Monday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals; Lawrence mentioned he was hopeful of going through the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, with head coach Doug Pederson insisting he will not sacrifice a participant’s well being for one recreation.
- New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh confirmed Zach Wilson will begin at quarterback towards the Houston Texans having been demoted for Tim Boyle and Trevor Siemian within the final two video games.
- Buffalo Bills normal supervisor Brandon Beane mentioned Von Miller stays accessible to play towards the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday following allegations of home violence towards the sting rusher.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence reveals his frustration after struggling an harm towards the Cincinnati Bengals.
- Former Indianapolis Colts three-time Pro Bowl linebacker Shaq Leonard signed a one-year take care of the Eagles this week.
- Miami Dolphins proper deal with Austin Jackson agreed a three-year, $36m extension on Thursday amid his spectacular 2023 marketing campaign.
- Justin Jefferson is about to make his return for the Minnesota Vikings towards the Las Vegas Raiders after lacking seven video games as a result of a hamstring harm.
- Carolina Panthers tight finish Hayden Hurst has been identified with Post Traumatic Amnesia by an impartial neurologist after struggling a concussion within the Week 10 recreation towards the Chicago Bears, his father introduced.
- Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy is predicted to teach on the weekend regardless of present process surgical procedure on Wednesday after being identified with an acute case of appendicitis.
What to look at…
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Los Angeles Rams (6-6) @ Baltimore Ravens (9-3): The Ravens struck gold with Kyle Hamilton, who has arrived as marketed since coming into the league because the No 14 choose on the 2022 Draft. He stands to be the quintessential trendy NFL security as Mike Macdonald’s disguised blitzer, hybrid field tackler, slot demon and sideline-to-sideline blockade. With Marcus Williams readily available to play deep, Hamilton has free rein to wreak havoc as Baltimore’s most harmful disruptor on the line of scrimmage. And whereas consideration has been on the Rams’ younger offensive playmakers, the audition course of for Aaron Donald’s supporting forged has been intriguing. Third-round rookie nostril deal with Kobie Turner has quietly amassed a rookie-leading 5.5 sacks, whereas fellow third-rounder Byron Young is shut behind on 5 sacks.
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Buffalo Bills (6-6) @ Kansas City Chiefs (8-4): Tight ends, assemble. For years the Bills have watched Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce torch the NFL because the league’s most dynamic quarterback-tight finish tandem, shattering Buffalo’s Super Bowl hopes on a couple of events within the course of. In a bid so as to add their very own Kelce-esque dimension, the Bills went and drafted Dalton Kincaid within the first spherical earlier this 12 months. The imaginative and prescient was tight splits in a number of tight finish units from which he and Dawson Knox may promote the run recreation, lure defenses downhill and open up photographs for Josh Allen downfield, in addition to leaking out into routes of their very own. The manufacturing (56 catches, 474 yards) has been sporadic, not helped by the absence of Knox, with flashes of an integral supporting position behind Stefon Diggs, whereas Kelce, with out lighting up the world, leads the Chiefs with 813 receiving yards and 5 scores.
Philadelphia Eagles (10-2) @ Dallas Cowboys (9-3): Do we name this the Shaq Leonard bowl? There was little shock when the Eagles edged out the Cowboys to wrap up a deal for the previous Indianapolis Colts man, not as a result of Howie Roseman is among the savviest operators out there however due to the extent to which the 49ers uncovered Philly’s linebackers in Week 13. Time and time once more Kyle Shanahan disorientated the likes of Nicholas Morrow and Christian Ellis, standing in for the injured Zach Cunningham, with Deebo Samuel’s pre-snap reload movement to muddy the play path, finally disguising it to unleash the Niners receiver for his first-half catch-and-run landing out of the backfield. Morrow bit arduous on a Christian McCaffrey out-route on the sideline earlier than later being shrugged off by Samuel once more on his 48-yard landing; it was a torrid day, Nick Sirianni’s safeties included as Shanahan toyed with the center of the sector. Can Leonard step in instantly? And will the Cowboys equally plot to take advantage of the Eagles’ weak spot on the second stage?
Jeff Reinebold says Baltimore Ravens’ protection create psychological in addition to bodily issues for his or her opponents, and backs them to beat the Los Angeles Rams in Week 14.
Best quotes
Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence on his harm towards the Bengals: “I’m thankful it’s not a worse injury than what I thought on the field.”
Taylor Swift, in her interview for 2023 Time journal’s particular person of the 12 months: “Football is awesome, it turns out. I’ve been missing out my whole life.”
Nick Bosa suggests the 49ers confirmed the NFL the right way to cease Jalen Hurts: “You see it on tape. Obviously, we put the blueprint out there. Hopefully, the Dallas Cowboys watch the tape. We made Jalen stay in the pocket and escape outside instead of those B-gaps. And it paid off.”
Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers on The Pat McAfee Show: “The most disappointing thing about the whole rehab process was December 24 was literally on my mind. It would have been like 14-and-a-half weeks, I thought that would be reasonable based on my progress.”
Speaking on Inside The Huddle, Neil Reynolds and Jeff Reinebold focus on the Miami Dolphins’ season to this point and why sealing residence matches within the playoffs could possibly be essential to their success.
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Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel on his group’s 9-3 file on the prime of the AFC: “Call me when it’s a 13-game season. That’s all nice, but we have a job to do today. If we short-change and are worried about anything other than the Tennessee Titans when we’re game planning, then all those conversations and stories literally don’t matter at all.”
Ravens coach John Harbaugh on Rams receiver Puka Nacua: “I liked him (in the Draft). He was one of my highest-rated guys. You can ask anybody here, he was way up on my board. He’s playing exactly how I thought he would, for the record.”
Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich on going through Houston’s CJ Stroud: “He’s a very unique young quarterback. He’s a guy I really wish we would’ve played Weeks One to Four when he was still trying to figure out this game.”
Speaking on Inside The Huddle, Neil Reynolds and Jeff Reinebold focus on the San Francisco 49ers’ spectacular win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 13.
The stats
- Tyreek Hill’s 938 yards on vertical routes to this point this season are essentially the most of any receiver in a single marketing campaign since 2018
- Chargers broad receiver Keenan Allen at the moment has 898 catches in 138 video games and has the possibility to surpass Antonio Brown (143 video games) because the quickest participant in historical past to achieve 900 profession receptions
- Vikings broad receiver Justin Jefferson sits on 5,396 profession receiving yards, leaving him needing simply 117 extra to overhaul Michael Thomas for many by a participant in his first 4 seasons in historical past
- Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons, who has 11.5 sacks on the 12 months, is trying to change into the second participant since sack statistics started in 1982 to file not less than 13 sacks in every of his first three seasons – Hall of Famer Reggie White having been the primary
- CJ Stroud wants 253 passing yards to overhaul Andrew Luck for the second-most by a participant in his first 13 video games
- Brock Purdy can change into the fourth quarterback in NFL historical past to submit a completion proportion of 70-or-higher in seven straight video games this weekend
Jeff Reinebold describes the Packers’ win over the Chiefs as a ‘magical evening’ and hails the performances of quarterback Jordan Love.
Essential studying:
NFL playoff contenders or pretenders: Can Packers make a cost?
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The NFL playoff race has reached the house stretch in one of the vital wide-open seasons in latest reminiscence, with shock groups occupying postseason spots and anticipated contenders battling for his or her place.
Sky Sports NFL‘s Phoebe Schecter offers her verdict on a few of these round whom there stay query marks in relation to their playoff credentials…
The 13 seconds rivalry: Bills and Chiefs meet as soon as once more
Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen meet once more
All isn’t rosy within the land of the mighty. The defending champion Kansas City Chiefs have been marred by drops and deficiencies on a limping offense, behind which Patrick Mahomes and Steve Spagnuolo’s defensive subterfuge have between them retained some stage of great competition, with query marks over an 8-4 group talking volumes as to the self-imposed expectations in Arrowhead.
And in western New York the Buffalo Bills are preventing for his or her playoff lives as they play catch-up having endured marquee accidents, suffered late heartbreak, fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey and slipped behind the pack in what continues to be deemed a Championship window for under-pressure head coach Sean McDermott and his high-powered group.
Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen know all about thrillers. The AFC rivals meet once more of their newest excessive stakes conflict on Sunday…
Her Huddle: Meet Nausicaa Dell’Orto.
Hannah Wilkes and Phoebe Schecter discuss to Italy Women’s flag football captain Nausicaa Dell’Orto in regards to the challenges she confronted in forming a feminine group in Milan.
Inside the Huddle: 49ers-Dolphins Super Bowl?
Neil Reynolds and Jeff Reinebold focus on the San Francisco 49ers’ emphatic win over the Philadelphia Eagles and the red-hot type of the Miami Dolphins…
Thursday evening rewind…
Highlights of the New England Patriots up towards the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 14 of the NFL season.
Bailey Zappe threw three first-half landing passes because the New England Patriots snapped a five-game skid whereas damaging the Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff hopes with a 21-18 victory on Thursday evening.
Watch the Baltimore Ravens host the Los Angeles Rams from 5pm (kickoff at 6pm) dwell on Sky Sports NFL this Sunday, adopted by the Buffalo Bills on the Kansas City Chiefs and the Dallas Cowboys towards the Philadelphia Eagles
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