NFL Week 15 Is Going To Be Fun!

The Green Bay Packers go to the home of the Rocky Mountains to take on the Denver Broncos. Both teams are playing good football heading into this game. The Packers have won three straight, and the Broncos haven’t lost since September.

The keys to the game for both teams are in the trenches. Green Bay has done a great job protecting Jordan Love as of late. They have allowed just four sacks in the last four games.

Denver leads the league in sacks with 55. A classic strength on strenght scenario. Interestingly enough, this works out the other way.

The Broncos’ offensive line is facing off against Micah Parsons, and that Packers pass rush is also a key matchup to watch. Denver has just allowed 17 sacks and faces a Green Bay team that has gotten to the quarterback 33 times. When Love gets sacked more than three times, the Packers are winless.

This is a good litmus test for both teams. If the Pack can go into Denver and pull off a win, they will be looked at as serious contenders. As for the Broncos, people still need to be convinced that this team is legit or just lucky. A win here would put them at 11 straight wins and maybe the class of the AFC, depending on what the New England Patriots do against the Buffalo Bills.

New England Patriots vs Buffalo Bills

This is a hat and T-shirt game for the Patriots. That means they can clinch the division with a win over the Bills this week. The team has a chance to end Buffalo’s five-year run.

The Bills, on the other hand, have a chance to stay alive in the division race. New England is also on a 10-game winning streak. They have a chance to assert themselves as legit contenders with a win over a desperate Bills team.

You know that Josh Allen and company are going to come to town guns blazing. If Drake Maye and his team still come out on top, look out. The Pats beat the Bills earlier in the season in week five, 23-20. On that day, New England was an up-and-coming 2-2 team while Buffalo was undefeated.

Now, the Pats are the hunted, and the Bills are the ones looking up in the standings. The key for New England is to take advantage of Buffalo’s poor run defense and shorten the game with a strong run game. A death by a thousand paper cuts gameplan.

The Bills need Allen to be Superman like he did against the Cincinnati Bengals. Buffalo has the inferir top to bottom team, but the dynamo at quarterback could change the entire outcome of the game. That is why the Patriots must stay patient and on schedule. They won’t win a shootout.

Detroit Lions vs Los Angeles Rams

This game is always fun. The swap of Jared Goff and Mathew Stafford in 2021 always raises the stakes in their matchups.

There was a stat I saw today that absolutely blew my mind. On the sports show on Fox, First Things First, co-host Danny Parkins pointed this out in his packed stats segment.

The Detroit Lions are 47-33-1 since the trade, and the Los Angeles Rams are 47-34. Goff has 264.2 yards per game, 148 total touchdowns, and 64 turnovers in that span. Stafford has 264.1 ypg, 148 total touchdowns, and 62 turnovers in that span.

That is as even as it gets for a trade statistically. The Rams, though, as of now, are winners of the trade because they won a Super Bowl. The Lions will have to win one with Goff to truly make this an even trade.

On Sunday, this game means a lot for Detroit. They are 8-5 and need a win to keep up in the playoff race. The Chicago Bars sit at the seventh seed with a 9-4 record.

The Lions are right behind them with a game against the Bears left. A loss here, and it would put them in a rough spot. Los Angeles, on the other hand, needs this to keep the home-field dream alive. The Packers are a half-game behind them, so this game matters for them, too.

End Of NFL Week 15 Rant

This week has it all. Top seeds are going at it, while certain teams will be fighting for their playoff lives.

Some honorable mentions games are the Baltimore Ravens vs Bengals game and the Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs game.

The Ravens need to right the ship at 6-7, and a loss would put John Harbaugh on the hot seat. A win for the Bengals would somehow keep them alive for the playoffs because the division is so bad.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs are on their last gasp. A loss here and it’s officially over for them. It is insane to think about.

The Chargers, on the other hand, are 9-4 and have honeslty over achieved becaue of all the injuries, so this game is not necessarily a must-win for them.

Let week 15 do its magic!