AFC East Up for Grabs

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Today's show will feature Laura Rutledge, Dan Orlovsky, Ryan Clark, and Mina Kimes. The discussion will center around the significant loss the Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered against the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night and what it means for their playoff chances. The crew will also address the challenges the Kansas City Chiefs have faced in recent weeks. Additionally, they will preview some of the biggest games this weekend, including an in-depth look at the matchups between the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos, the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams, as well as the crucial AFC East showdown between the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills. All of this will be covered in a massive Friday edition of NFL Live! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Listen, you can say what you want about being up to scores, and this one's going to haunt me. Mayfield throws a ball down. The pickup. It's intercepted. The first takeaway by the fountain. The throwing for the end zone. It's pits. Did he hold on? Touchdown Atlanta. It was in a fucking excusable, man. There's no fucking answer for it. So Atlanta with a chance to win this. Kick by Gonzalez. It is good.
0:23.8	Atlanta wins. for it. So Atlanta with a chance to win this. Kick by Gonzalez.
0:23.6	It is good.
0:24.8	Atlanta wins.
0:26.3	To win the division, we have to win out.
0:28.0	That's just plain as simple as this.
0:32.9	Well, what an interesting game last night it was.
0:35.0	We welcome you to NFL Live on a Friday.
0:36.5	So glad to be with you here.
0:37.4	We've got RC. We've got Mina. We've got Dan, Week 15 getting underway last night in Tampa with the Falcons visiting the Bucks in prime time. And let's get into it. By the way, congrats to Dan. He was the only one picking the Falcons. Okay, we begin with Baker Mayfield and Kurt Cousins going head to head on Thursday night football. You never know what's going to happen in these games.
0:55.3	Early fourth quarter, Bucks lead 20 to 14, and Mayfield finds Chris Godwin Jr. for the touchdown.
0:59.8	Chris Godwin back making big plays in the red zone for Baker Mayfield.
1:03.5	Bucks now leading 28 to 14 in the fourth quarter.
1:05.7	The same score.
1:06.4	Bejohn Robinson was just wild in this game.
1:09.2	175 total yards, 18 catches, I mean, eight catches, 18 carries. He was big for the Falcons offense the entire night. Falcons trailing by eight would go for two. Bucks lead 28 to 20. Mayfield looking for Mike Evans, but underthrown picked up by Dee Alfred. The Falcons take over. Yeah, D. Alford got some sort of adjectives attached to his name last night that I didn't know he deserved.
1:30.3	And here is Kyle Pitts getting his butt down in the end zone.
1:33.3	The Falcons still down 28 to 26.
1:35.3	And after forcing a buck punt, 50 seconds left in the game, Cousins deep to David Sills for the 21-yard cat.
1:43.3	This is a big catch. Seals had an early drop in this game, came back, made the catch of the night for his team.
1:48.0	You saw the frustration by Mike Evans, and man, Kurt Cousins was good in this game.
1:53.0	Gonzalez there.
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