With nearly the entire Week 15 NFL video games accomplished, let’s check out among the greatest losers from across the league.
Dak Prescott’s MVP probabilities. Prescott entered the week as one of many prime contenders for the league MVP award, however these probabilities took a big hit on Sunday. Not solely as a result of he and the Cowboys have been a whole no-show in a 31-10 loss at Buffalo, however as a result of one of many different prime contenders — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy — had one other huge recreation with 4 landing passes and no interceptions.
Prescott is having an excellent season whether or not he wins the award or internet, however he nearly actually fell behind Purdy within the MVP race on Sunday.
Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers had nearly no alternative however to fireside head coach Brandon Staley and basic supervisor Tom Telesco after Thursday night time’s embarrassing 62-21 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. In his three years because the Chargers head coach Staley persistently demonstrated that he was not minimize out to be an NFL head coach and it was solely a matter of when, and never if, a change would get made.
The larger downside for the Chargers is the very fact the coach and basic supervisor might not matter so long as Dean Spanos is making the choices to switch them. He has gotten it improper for twenty years and historical past suggests he’ll once more.
Minnesota Vikings protection. With a playoff spot on the road and going into the fourth quarter with a 17-3 lead in Cincinnati on Saturday, the Vikings protection utterly imploded and allowed three consecutive landing drives to the Bengals (all three of them over 63 yards), sending the sport to time beyond regulation the place they might in the end lose. With the NFC wild-card race being so tight that could be a recreation they wanted to lock down.
George Pickens, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers. George Pickens has been visibly pissed off all season and this week talked in regards to the issues with the routes he is being asked to run. He talked a giant recreation, however he didn’t play one on Saturday. Pickens needed to depressing performs within the Steelers’ 30-13 loss that aren’t going to look good in movie evaluation.
First, he misplaced a leap ball to a considerably smaller defensive again leading to an interception for the Colts.