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NFL playoff scenarios for Week 14; Saints, Chiefs, Pats, Chargers, Texans can clinch playoff spots

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Another week in the NFL, another week where more teams can clinch playoff spots.

Here’s who can clinch playoff spots in Week 14 of the NFL:

NFC

CLINCHED: Los Angeles Rams – NFC West division title

LOS ANGELES RAMS (11-1) (at Chicago (8-4), Sunday night, 8:20 PM ET, NBC)

Los Angeles clinches a first round bye with:

1)    LAR win

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (10-2) (at Tampa Bay (5-7), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)

New Orleans clinches NFC South division title with:

1)    NO win or tie OR

2)    CAR loss or tie

New Orleans clinches a playoff berth with:

1)    MIN loss + PHI loss or tie + WAS loss or tie

AFC

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (10-2) (vs. Baltimore (7-5), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, CBS)

Kansas City clinches a playoff berth with:

1)    KC win or tie OR

2)    MIA loss or tie + IND loss or tie + TEN loss or tie

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (9-3) (at Miami (6-6), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, CBS)

New England clinches AFC East division title with:

1)    NE win or tie

HOUSTON TEXANS (9-3) (vs. Indianapolis (6-6), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, CBS)

Houston clinches AFC South division title with:

1)    HOU win + TEN loss or tie OR

2)    HOU tie + TEN loss

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (9-3) (vs. Cincinnati (5-7), Sunday, 4:05 PM ET, CBS)

Los Angeles clinches a playoff berth with:

1)    LAC win + MIA loss or tie + DEN loss or tie + IND loss or tie + TEN loss or tieOR

2)    LAC tie + MIA loss + DEN loss + IND loss or tie + TEN loss or tie as long as both IND and TEN both don’t tie

Saints-Cowboys most watched Thursday Night Football game ever

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Thursday Night Football Presented on Thursday, November 29 featuring the Dallas Cowboys’ 13-10 win over the New Orleans Saints in Week 13 was seen by an average audience of 22.2 million viewers across all platforms, including FOX, NFL Network, FOX Deportes, NFL digital, FOX Sports digital, Amazon and Yahoo Sports, making it the most-watched Thursday Night Football game ever.

The 22.2 million viewers for Saints-Cowboys across all platforms is up +56% versus the 2017 10-game Thursday Night Football average and up +39% versus last year’s Week 13 Thursday Night Football matchup between the Cowboys and Washington Redskins (TV + digital).

The Nielsen-measured audience was 21.4 million viewers – up +55% versus the 2017 10-game Thursday Night Football average on CBS/NBC and NFL Network (13.8 million) and up +37% versus the 2017 Week 13 Thursday Night Football game (15.6 million). Additionally, Saints-Cowboys averaged a 12.6 HH rating – up +50% versus the 2017 10-game Thursday Night Football average (8.4 HH rating) and up +34% versus last year’s Redskins-Cowboys matchup (9.4 HH rating).

Digital streaming across Amazon Prime Video, Twitch, NFL digital platforms, FOX Sports digital platforms and Yahoo Sports produced an average minute audience of 1.1 million – an increase of +155% versus the 2017 10-game average (439K) and up +142% versus last year’s Week 13 Thursday Night Football matchup (463K).

Amazon Prime Video and Twitch reached a total of 2.9 million combined viewers worldwide for the FOX NFL Thursday pregame show and the Saints-Cowboys game. For the Saints-Cowboys game alone, 2.5 million worldwide viewers initiated a stream on Prime Video or Twitch. The average worldwide audience watching Thursday Night Football for at least 30 seconds on Prime Video or Twitch was 747K.

The 2018 Thursday Night Football Presented by Bud Light season continues Thursday, December 6when the Tennessee Titans host the Jacksonville Jaguars in an AFC South matchup on FOX, NFL Network and Amazon Prime Video. Coverage from Nashville begins at 6:00 PM ET on NFL Network with NFL GameDay Kickoff.

NFL playoff scenarios for Week 13

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It’s that time of the year in the NFL when teams start to make that push for the playoffs, and after Sunday, we could have three teams in the playoffs.

Here are the teams that can clinch playoff berths in Week 13:

NFC

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (10-1) (at Dallas (6-5), Thursday night, 8:20 PM ET)

New Orleans clinches NFC South division title with:

1)    NO win + CAR loss or tie OR

2)    NO tie + CAR loss


New Orleans clinches a playoff berth with:

1)    NO win OR

2)    NO tie + WAS loss + SEA loss OR

3)    NO tie + WAS loss + MIN loss OR

4)    NO tie + WAS loss + SEA tie + MIN tie


LOS ANGELES RAMS (10-1) (at Detroit (4-7), Sunday, 1:00 PM ET)

Los Angeles clinches NFC West division title with:

1)    LAR win OR

2)    SEA loss OR

3)    LAR tie + SEA tie

Los Angeles clinches a playoff berth with:

1)    LAR tie + WAS loss + MIN loss or tie OR

2)    LAR tie + WAS loss + CAR loss OR

3)    LAR tie + DAL loss + MIN loss or tie OR

4)    LAR tie + DAL loss + CAR loss OR

5)    LAR tie + MIN loss or tie + CAR loss

AFC

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (9-2) (at Oakland (2-9), Sunday, 4:05 PM ET)

Kansas City clinches a playoff berth with:

1)    KC win + MIA loss or tie + IND loss + HOU loss + TEN loss or tie OR

2)    KC win + MIA loss or tie + IND loss + HOU loss or tie + BAL loss or tie + CIN loss or tie OR

3)    KC win + MIA loss or tie + IND loss + HOU loss or tie + BAL loss + LAC loss

Seven statistical facts from Week 9 in the NFL

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A look at seven statistical highlights from games played at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 4, the ninth week of the 2018 season.

  • New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES passed for 346 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions for a 137 passer rating and wide receiver MICHAEL THOMAS had a franchise-record 211 receiving yards, including a 72-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter, in the Saints’ 45-35 win over the Los Angeles Rams.

    Brees has 22 career games with at least four touchdown passes and zero interceptions, tied with New England’s TOM BRADY (22) for the most such games by a quarterback in NFL history.

    Thomas’ 211 receiving yards are the most in a single game in Saints’ history, surpassing the previous high of 205 set by WES CHANDLER on September 2, 1979 against Atlanta. He is the third Saint to record 200+ receiving yards in a single game, joining Chandler and TORRANCE SMALL (200 on December 24, 1994 at Denver).

  • Los Angeles Chargers quarterback PHILIP RIVERS passed for 228 yards with two touchdowns and zero interceptions for a 105.9 passer rating in the Chargers’ 25-17 win at Seattle.

    Rivers, who has started 200 consecutive games dating back to September 11, 2006, became the fourth quarterback in NFL history to start at least 200 consecutive games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (297 consecutive games), ELI MANNING (210) and PEYTON MANNING (208).

  • Kansas City quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES passed for 375 yards with three touchdowns and one interception for a 129 passer rating in the Chiefs’ 37-21 win at Cleveland.

    Mahomes, who appeared in his 10th career game today, has 29 touchdown passes and 3,185 passing yards, both the most by a player in his first 10 career games in NFL history. Mahomes is the only quarterback in league annals to pass for at least 3,000 yards in his first 10 career games.

    Mahomes has passed for at least 300 yards in eight consecutive games, tied with Indianapolis’ ANDREW LUCK (2014) for the most consecutive games with 300+ passing yards in a single season in NFL history.

  • ​Pittsburgh running back JAMES CONNER had 107 rushing yards, 56 receiving yards and a touchdown catch in the Steelers’ 23-16 win at Baltimore.

    Conner has four games with at least 100 rushing yards, 50 receiving yards and at least one touchdown this season, the most such games by a player in a single season in NFL history.

    Conner, who has 1,085 scrimmage yards (706 rushing, 379 receiving) and 10 total touchdowns (nine rushing, one receiving) this season, is the only player in franchise history with at least 1,000 scrimmage yards and 10 touchdowns in the team’s first eight games of a season.

  • Kansas City running back KAREEM HUNT had 141 scrimmage yards (91 rushing, 50 receiving) with three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) in the Chiefs’ Week 9 win and New Orleans running back ALVIN KAMARA had 116 scrimmage yards (82 rushing, 34 receiving) with three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving) in the Saints’ win on Sunday.

    Kamara, who played in his 24th career game on Sunday, has five games with both a rushing touchdown and receiving touchdown, the second-most in NFL history by a player in his first 25 career games. Only Indianapolis’ EDGERRIN JAMES (six) had more such games in his first 25 career contests.

    Hunt, who appeared in his 25th career game today, has four such games, tied with Chicago’s HUGH GALLARNEAU (four games in 1941-42, 1945) for the third-most in league annals by a player in his first 25 career games.

  • The MINNESOTA VIKINGS, led by defensive end DANIELLE HUNTER‘s career-high 3.5 sacks,recorded a franchise-record 10 sacks in the team’s 24-9 victory over Detroit.

    The Vikings’ 10 sacks surpassed the previous franchise-high of nine, which was accomplished four times and most recently on October 25, 1993 at Chicago.

    Hunter, who returned a fumble 32 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, became the second player with at least 3.5 sacks and a touchdown in a single game since the individual sack became an official statistic in 1982. The Chargers’ SHAUN PHILLIPS, who had four sacks and a 31-yard interception-return touchdown against the Cardinals on October 3, 2010, is the only other player to accomplish the feat since 1982.

Chicago safety EDDIE JACKSON had a 65-yard fumble-return touchdown and linebacker LEONARD FLOYD scored on a 19-yard interception-return touchdown in the Bears’ 41-9 victory at Buffalo.

Jackson, who had both a 76-yard interception-return touchdown and a 75-yard fumble-return touchdown against Carolina on October 22, 2017, joined Pro Football Hall of Famer DEION SANDERS (three touchdowns in 1994) as the only players since 1970 with at least three defensive touchdowns of 65 or more yards over any two-year span. Sanders had interception-return touchdowns of 93, 90 and 74 yards with San Francisco in 1994.

  • Atlanta quarterback MATT RYAN completed 26 of 38 passes (68.4 percent) for 350 yards with four touchdowns and one interception for a 121.6 passer rating and wide receiver JULIO JONES had seven catches for 121 yards and a touchdown in the Falcons’ 38-14 win at Washington.

    Ryan, who recorded his 50th career game with at least 300 passing yards on Sunday, joined DREW BREES (57 games) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 50 games of 300+ passing yards in their first 11 seasons.

    Jones has 44 career games with at least 100 receiving yards, tied with CALVIN JOHNSON for the second-most in NFL history by a player in his first eight seasons. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer RANDY MOSS (45) had more such games in his first eight career seasons

HOF Willie Roaf on Brees: ‘It looks like he has a lot of football left in him’

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Saints QB Drew Brees has been breaking records and surpassing legends in 2018. On Sunday, Brees became the fourth quarterback in NFL history throw for 500 touchdowns, and a few weeks before that, Brees surpassed Peyton Manning to become the all-time leader in NFL history in passing yards.

The 39-year-old Brees is still playing at an elite level. In six games, Brees has thrown 14 touchdowns with only one interception, and he has the Saints(6-1) in first place in the NFC South.

Throughout his career, Brees has been doubted, but he defied the odds, so says former Saint and Hall of Famer Willie Roaf.

“I think Drew Brees has always been an overachiever,” Roaf recently told the Go4it podcast with host Paul Gant.  “Drew Brees, from the time he left Purdue, from the time he left high school outside of Austin, Texas not getting recruited to some of them schools, UT(Texas), and having to go to Purdue. And then for him getting drafted by San Diego, and then them bringing somebody in, hurting his shoulder and going to New Orleans. He’s always had to prove something.

“Drew takes great care of himself; he’s a great guy, and he’s just consistent. He comes to work every day; his teammates love him. He does a lot of great things in the community. So, Drew Brees, it looks like he got a lot of football left in him, too. The way he’s playing this year, so I think New Orleans knows how special he is, and how special they were to get him in that situation because he could have easily ended up with the Dolphins… From 06′ until now, it’s been some great years with him and Sean Payton together.”

Brees is special, and I think sometimes we talk a lot about Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers in this era, but forget about the greatness of Brees. However, the numbers speak for themselves.

Regarding the 2018 Saints, If Brees continues to play at this level, the Saints are going to be a tough team to beat come playoff time. No team wants to have to travel to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to play New Orleans in the playoffs, so this is a dangerous team, especially if the defense picks up its play.

Listen below at 43:58 as Roaf talks Brees:

Watch the alternate ending to the Saints-Vikings playoff game

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On this glorious Sunday, April 1, 2018, we very fortunate to have two great holidays. We have Easter and April Fools’ Day.

To celebrate April Fools’ Day, Funniest NFL Memes changed the ending of the Saints- Vikings Divisional round playoff game. Instead of the Vikings’ Stefon Diggs running into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown, we had an alternate ending.

Take a look:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhDLvnChcbJ/?taken-by=funniestnflmemes

Saints fans really wished this ending were true!

 

 

Roger Goodell talks Tom Benson

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Here is a statement from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on the passing of New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson today:

Tom Benson’s contributions to New Orleans and the National Football League were legendary. He purchased a team that had never had a winning season; by the third year of his ownership, the Saints were in the playoffs. Tom kept the Saints together through the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, and his decision to bring the team back to New Orleans gave the entire region hope and confidence that they would recover. The Saints rewarded their fans with tremendous football and a Super Bowl championship.

Tom loved New Orleans, where he was a generous and caring philanthropist.  Within the NFL, he was a true leader among NFL owners. He served as the chairman of the League’s Finance Committee for many years, was a key advisor to my predecessors, and was someone whom I frequently turned to since becoming Commissioner. I know that the entire NFL family joins me in extending our most heartfelt condolences to Gayle Benson and the entire Saints organization.

According to the Saints, Benson died at the Ochsner Medical Center with his wife by his side. Benson was 90-years-old.

Report: Vikings reached out to Drew Brees(WATCH)

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According to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Minnesota Vikings have reached out to the representatives of free agent QB Drew Brees.

While it might be a long shot, the Viking are said to be looking at all their QB options, according to the report.

Brees has been on record as saying that he expects to be back in New Orleans next season.

According to various reports, the Vikings are said to be the favorites to land free agent QB Kirk Cousins.

Sit back and enjoy the ride because NFL free agency is going to be fun!

Listen below:

Ingram on Brees: ‘At least, five to six more elite years’

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New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees had a tremendous season in 2017. With the support of a great running game, Brees passed for 4334 yards and 23 touchdowns. In his 17th season in the NFL, Brees became a Pro Bowler for the 10th time.

Also, Brees had the Saints one miracle play away from the NFC title game.

At 39, you wonder how many great seasons Brees has left. According to Saints RB Mark Ingram, Brees could play to his mid-40s.

“Man, he can go as long as he wants. At least, five to six more elite years,” Ingram told TMZ Sports.  “He’s a great dude. How he prepares, how he recovers; he’s a legend.”

Ingram thinks what the Saints experienced against the Vikings in the divisional round of the playoff will help the team moving:

“We feel like what we experienced, what we accomplished this year, and the feeling that we had in Minnesota, will catapult us to the next level,” Ingram said.

Playing in the NFL at a high level at the age of 39 is a fantastic feat. To play at an elite level in your mid-40s would be incredible.

While Brees will be a free agent, he has said numerous times that he wants to return to New Orleans.

Can Brees be elite at 45? I doubt it, but I could see two or three more good to great seasons for Brees, especially with the running game that the Saints have with Ingram and Alvin Kamara.

 

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Saints’ Drew Brees wins 2017 Castrol Edge Clutch Performer of the Year

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New Orleans Saints quarterback DREW BREES has been named the 2017 CASTROL EDGE CLUTCH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR. Castrol® EDGE® and the National Football League announced the winners tonight, February 3, during NFL Honors – a two-hour primetime special airing nationally on NBC the night before Super Bowl LII.

  • Week 11 – Drew Brees throws for 385 yards in Saints’ overtime win:

Brees completed 29 of 41 passes for 385 yards and two touchdowns for a 106.2 passer rating in the New Orleans Saints’ 34-31 overtime win against the Washington Redskins. He helped the Saints become the first team in the Super Bowl era to win its next eight games immediately following an 0-2 start.

Brees was one of five finalists nominated to receive this honor. The other finalists were Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz, New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown and Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs.

The five finalists were selected among 17 of the most memorable Castrol EDGE Clutch Performers during the 2017 NFL season. Each week the NFL selected five nominees for the performers of the week in which the fans voted for the winner on NFL.com/Castrol-EDGE.