It’s Week 15 of the 2022 NFL season, and we’re retaining you up to date on all of the motion and largest storylines all through the day. This week’s 15 slate has some implausible matchups and storylines, together with three Saturday video games, and we’re right here that will help you watch it unfold. Check again typically to search out out every thing it is advisable to know.
Week 15 schedule
Thursday
49ers 21, Seahawks 13 (Takeaways)
Saturday
Colts at Vikings, 1 p.m. ET (Gametracker)
Ravens at Browns, 4:30 p.m. ET (Preview)
Dolphins at Bills, 8:15 p.m. ET (Preview)
Sunday
Cowboys at Jaguars, 1 p.m. ET (Preview)
Lions at Jets, 1 p.m. ET (Preview)
Falcons at Saints, 1 p.m. ET (Preview)
Eagles at Bears, 1 p.m. ET (Preview)
Chiefs at Texans, 1 p.m. ET (Preview)
Steelers at Panthers, 1 p.m. ET (Preview)
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)
Ok.J. Osborn will get Vikings on the board
The Vikings lastly received on the board within the third quarter, and that is because of Ok.J. Osborn. The wideout didn’t reel in an extended cross within the first half, however made up for it with a 63-yard catch and run that received Minnesota right 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 dangerous to worse for the Vikings on Saturday as their nightmare of a primary half continued. With the Vikings going through 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 top 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 group. 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 subject objective. 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 through the opening drive. He was shortly 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 night time, and left behind about eight inches of the white stuff. Buffalo is not accomplished 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 finest 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 strive on to search out the most effective 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 top 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 around the globe, would quite 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 attainable 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 a bit of extra wiggle room within the putrid NFC South, however shedding to the Kenny Pickett-less Steelers could be a foul 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 making an attempt to out-physical the Titans and the Dolphins trying to win in freezing and snowy climate (in opposition to one of many Super Bowl favorites).
In the NFC, there’s mainly an elimination recreation 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 therefore many of those groups. Let’s see who steps up with the season on the road.
