NFL Week 14 winners, losers: Rams get huge win; Vikings don't miss Kirk Cousins

Losers

Everyone who watched Jaguars-Titans

Listen, if you were tuning in to watch a Jaguars team that entered the day 2-10 play a Titans team that entered the day 3-9, you are either a football junkie, an incredibly loyal fan of either team or an absolute psycho that had nothing better to do with your Sunday. You were also treated to one of the worst football games of the season. The Jaguars won on the scoreboard, 10-6, but did anybody here really win?

Kirk Cousins, quarterback, Atlanta Falcons

The Falcons are losing their grip on the NFC South and have now lost four games in a row.

Cousins is playing a gigantic role in that and has not thrown a single touchdown pass in any of those four losses. He has thrown eight interceptions in those games, including two more in Sunday's ugly loss to the Minnesota Vikings. 

Xavier Legette, wide receiver, Carolina Panthers

The Carolina Panthers have been so close in recent weeks and are giving good teams everything they can handle. They just keep falling just short.

Legette had a chance for a game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter in Philadelphia and simply could not haul it in.

Antonio Pierce, head coach, Las Vegas Raiders

Pierce did enough as an interim coach at the end of 2023 to get a look as the Raiders' full-time head coach. 

But this 2024 season has been so bad it might be enough to send him out the door after just one season.

The quarterback situation is a mess, but the Raiders are 2-11, have lost nine games in a row and are not even close to being competitive.

New York football

The Jets' overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins has officially eliminated them from playoff contention and extended their playoff drought to 14 consecutive seasons, an almost unthinkable streak in a parity-driven league like the NFL.

The Giants, meanwhile, fell to 0-7 at home and 2-11 overall after losing to the New Orleans Saints. 

Not only are the two teams combined 5-21 overall, they are 2-11 at home at MetLife Stadium. 

(The Jets have both home wins.)

Arizona Cardinals' playoff chances

For most of the season, the Cardinals were one of the biggest surprise success stories in the NFL, but they are picking the wrong time of the year to play their worst football. 

Quarterback Kyler Murray also picked the wrong time on Sunday to play one of his worst games of the season.

At 6-7, the Cardinals' playoff chances now appear to be completely over for the year. It still seems like a step forward this season.