It’s Week 15 of the 2022 NFL season, and we’re holding you up to date on all of the motion and largest storylines all through the day. This week’s 15 slate has some improbable matchups and storylines, together with three Saturday video games, and we’re right here that can assist you watch it unfold. Check again usually to search out out every part you’ll want to know.
Week 15 schedule
Thursday
49ers 21, Seahawks 13 (Takeaways)
Saturday
Vikings 39, Colts 36, OT (Takeaways)
Browns 13, Ravens 3 (Takeaways)
Bills 32, Dolphins 29 (Takeaways)
Sunday
Cowboys at Jaguars, 1 p.m. ET (Gametracker)
Lions at Jets, 1 p.m. ET (Gametracker)
Falcons at Saints, 1 p.m. ET (Gametracker)
Eagles at Bears, 1 p.m. ET (Gametracker)
Chiefs at Texans, 1 p.m. ET (Gametracker)
Steelers at Panthers, 1 p.m. ET (Gametracker)
Patriots at Raiders, 4:05 p.m. ET (Preview)
Cardinals at Broncos, 4:05 p.m. ET (Preview)
Titans at Chargers, 4:25 p.m. ET (Preview)
Bengals at Buccaneers, 4:25 p.m. ET (Preview)
Giants at Commanders, 8:20 p.m. ET (Preview)
Monday
Rams at Packers, 8:15 p.m. ET (Preview)
Taysom goes DEEP
Usually when Taysom Hill traces up at quarterback, he is seeking to run over each defender in his path. But on the uncommon event, he’ll drop again and sling it, which is precisely what he did halfway via the primary quarter Sunday. Hill delivered a laser over the center to spectacular undrafted rookie Rashid Shaheed, who caught the ball in stride over the outstretched arms of a defensive again and was off to the races for a 68-yard rating.
Zeke = TD machine
Before his damage, after his damage — it does not matter. Whenever Ezekiel Elliott has seen the sphere over the previous two months, he is discovered the tip zone. On Sunday in opposition to the Jaguars, his 10-yard scamper marked his seventh straight sport with a rating.
Get off me!
Safety Jeremy Chinn had an opportunity to cease Najee Harris on first-and-goal from the seven-yard line. Instead, Harris stiff-armed him after which went after one other defender as he crossed the aim line to open the sport’s scoring.
Punt return TD!
The Jets appeared to grab the momentum away from the Lions after they stuffed touchdown-machine Jamaal Williams on the aim line on fourth down, however Detroit instantly gained it again following a three-and-out. That compelled New York to punt out of its personal finish zone, and Kalif Raymond took full benefit, making the primary man miss after which exploding via a small crease and his teammates make key blocks on his means for the 47-yard punt return rating.
The Ravens-Browns matchup didn’t function a lot motion within the first half, however Justin Tucker did set the Ravens franchise report for many profession discipline objectives made with 355. With simply over 5 minutes remaining within the second quarter, Tucker transformed on a 53-yard discipline aim to tie the sport at three apiece, and set the Ravens report.
Tucker is the perfect kicker within the NFL, and owns the report for longest discipline aim made in NFL historical past. You in all probability bear in mind it from final yr — a 66-yard, game-winning kick to down the Lions.
Vikings pull off largest comeback in NFL historical past
If you selected to show off the TV at halftime of Colts-Vikings, you really missed out. Minnesota launched into a 39-3 run within the second half, together with additional time as Greg Joseph’s 40-yard discipline aim capped the comeback. With this win, the Vikings clinch the NFC North. Coach Kevin O’Connell additionally clinched the most important comeback in NFL historical past, because the Vikings got here again from down 33-0!
DALVIN COOK TO THE HOUSE
With 2:15 remaining, the Vikings took over down eight factors. Turns out, they wanted only one play to get to the tip zone.
Cook took it 64 yards to the home, after which T.J. Hockenson scored the two-point conversion to tie the sport at 36 apiece. A 36-3 run!
Matt Ryan QB sneak fail
The Colts had the ball up eight factors with 2:52 remaining, and efficiently drained the Vikings of all three of their timeouts. Facing a fourth-and-1 with 2:31 remaining, Ryan tried to select up the yard himself. The officers dominated him brief, nonetheless, so Jeff Saturday challenged the decision on the sphere. After additional evaluation, the decision on the sphere stood.
Back within the second quarter, it appeared the Vikings pulled off a momentous scoop-and-score due to Chandon Sullivan. However, the refs dominated the play useless as Michael Pittman was trying to battle for further yards.
Then, within the fourth quarter, because the Vikings have been preventing to drag off the comeback, Jackson clearly fumbled possession, and Sullivan once more picked up the ball and ran it again for six.
However, the officers dominated it useless.
Sullivan was beside himself, and picked up an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
Adam Thielen cuts Colts result in eight factors with 5 minutes remaining!
The Vikings have been down 33 factors heading into the second half. Kevin O’Connell’s squad has lower that result in simply eight factors with 5:30 remaining within the fourth quarter. Don’t inform Matt Ryan, however Minnesota is at present on a 28-3 run, and has a reputable probability to drag off the comeback.
Cousins led the Vikings on a five-play, 50-yard drive that ended with a one-yard Thielen landing. All of Minnesota’s vast receivers are consuming as we speak.
Justin Jefferson pulls Vikings inside two scores in fourth
We would possibly simply have a sport on our fingers. Cousins led a six-play, 61-yard drive early within the fourth quarter that was capped by this nasty Justin Jefferson landing. If Stephon Gilmore cannot sustain, nobody can.
Ok.J. Osborn will get Vikings on the board
The Vikings lastly received on the board within the third quarter, and that is due to Ok.J. Osborn. The wideout did not reel in an extended cross within the first half, however made up for it with a 63-yard catch and run that received Minnesota all the way down to the Colts’ 4-yard line. Three performs later, Osborn completed off the drive with a landing.
Pick-six places Colts up 30-0 earlier than halftime
Things went from unhealthy to worse for the Vikings on Saturday as their nightmare of a primary half continued. With the Vikings dealing with a third-and-3 deep in their very own territory, Cousins missed Jalen Reagor on a curl route, and Julian Blackmon picked it off and returned it to the tip zone for Indy’s third landing of the primary half.
Colts DOMINATE Vikings in first quarter
The first quarter of the Colts-Vikings matchup was an absolute catastrophe for the house crew. Who noticed the Colts being up 17-0 on the finish of the opening quarter?
Indy received the ball first, and Matt Ryan orchestrated an 11-play, 44-yard drive which was capped by a 26-yard discipline aim. On the Vikings’ first possession, they went three-and-out, after which this occurred.
Down 10-0 within the blink of an eye fixed, Kirk Cousins and Co. wanted to proper the ship. Instead, Dalvin Cook fumbled away possession two performs later. Ryan then led a seven-play, 66-yard drive which ended with the Colts’ first offensive landing of the afternoon.
The Colts are additionally doing this with out the companies of Jonathan Taylor, who left the sport throughout the opening drive. He was rapidly dominated out with an ankle damage.
Miami arrives in snowy Buffalo with trunks of chilly climate gear
The Dolphins aren’t in Miami anymore. Old Man Winter arrived in Buffalo on Friday evening, and left behind about eight inches of the white stuff. Buffalo is not completed with the snow simply but both, as a Lake Effect Snow Warning is in impact till 1 p.m. ET Sunday. According to the hourly forecast, precipitation will go from a “few snow showers” at 2 p.m. ET, to “snow showers” by 5 p.m. ET after which simply straight up “snow” by kickoff at 8:15 p.m. ET.
The Dolphins are doing their greatest to come back ready for the grim circumstances, as they’ve introduced 1,400 kilos of trunks with chilly climate gear to Orchard Park, per NFL Media. Every participant has a number of cleats to attempt on to search out the perfect footing within the snow.
Contenders or pretenders? Let’s discover out
Saturday NFL video games are all the time bittersweet.
On one hand, it is the unofficial starting of the tip of the common season. Before we all know it, greater than half of the league can be watching the playoffs from the sofa.
On the opposite hand, have I discussed we get NFL video games on a Saturday?! No offense to the LendingTree Bowl or the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl. It’s simply that I, like many different soccer followers world wide, would somewhat watch Justin Jefferson and Jonathan Taylor; Mark Andrews and Nick Chubb; and Josh Allen and Tua Tagovailoa. Starting from 1 p.m. ET on Saturday to 11:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, there can be skilled soccer on for 21 of a doable 34.5 hours! (And you may be sleeping for many of that off time.)
But not solely is there a amount of NFL on this weekend, there are many intriguing showdowns. Do the Lions, Jaguars and Panthers even have an opportunity to improbably sneak into the playoffs? For it to occur, Detroit should defeat the stingy Jets and Jacksonville should down the Cowboys. Carolina has just a little extra wiggle room within the putrid NFC South, however shedding to the Kenny Pickett-less Steelers could be a nasty look.
Elsewhere, the AFC wild card groups have gut-check-type matchups. We’ve already talked about the Jets, however there’s additionally the Patriots going to Las Vegas, the Chargers trying to out-physical the Titans and the Dolphins seeking to win in freezing and snowy climate (in opposition to one of many Super Bowl favorites).
In the NFC, there’s mainly an elimination sport between the Saints and Falcons, an “are they actually going to overlook the playoffs?” bout for the Buccaneers versus the Bengals, and a monstrous NFC East matchup between the Giants and Commanders on “Sunday Night Football.”
There’s a lot soccer to observe and a lot on the road for thus many of those groups. Let’s see who steps up with the season on the road.
