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NFL Live

Playoff Implications

NFL Live

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3.7588 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today's show will feature Laura Rutledge, Dan Orlovsky, Jason McCourty, and Peter Schrager. They will discuss the upcoming Thursday Night Football matchup between the Lions and the Cowboys and will be joined by Jeremy Fowler to provide insights ahead of this crucial game with playoff implications. Additionally, there will be another installment of Schrager's "Most Interesting Man," and it’s not who you might expect! The crew will also share their thoughts on the Eagles as they prepare for Monday Night Football. All of this and more is on tap for a Thursday show as we head into Week 14 of the season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's V-Weak on ESPN as we continue Jim Valvano's fight against cancer.

0:10.1

Welcome to NFL Live, presented by Golden Corral.

0:13.5

We start the show with some breaking news.

0:15.5

Adam Schaefter, what more can you tell us?

0:20.4

Well, Amar Jackson once again was a non-participant in practice today.

0:24.7

And over the last four weeks, he's missed time for a knee injury, an ankle injury, a

0:28.5

toe injury, and today, once again, an ankle injury.

0:31.6

However, the Ravens offensive coordinator, Todd Monkin, told reporters that he does expect

0:36.9

that Jackson will play on Sunday in a big

0:40.3

matchup versus the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's a huge game for both sides. We'll see if Lamar's

0:46.6

back out there, but that is the full expectation that despite the fact that he didn't practice

0:51.6

today, that Lamar Jackson will once again be out there on Sunday.

0:56.5

All right. Thanks so much to Adam. He's with us throughout this show as we get you ready to start week 14.

1:01.2

Dan's here. Peters here. J-Max here. Dan, how concerned are you that Lamar clearly not 100% heading into a massive matchup against the Steelers this weekend and their offense has been struggling.

1:10.6

Yeah, I'm very concerned. It's also another reminder of the concern for me,

1:16.5

not only this week, but moving forward. To watch Lamar play this year, it's odd, it's difficult.

1:22.1

Just to see the lack of execution and high level ability.

1:26.2

And so now it's just another reminder of like he's not even remotely close to healthy, the misses, the decision, the holding on to the football, the lack of accuracy, the being tackled one-on-one.

1:36.3

I also think this, we're trying to figure out maybe why Derek Henry's not running as well.

1:41.3

This was one of the best zone read combos when Lamar's in the gun to zone read last year. They're not running as well. This was one of the best zone read combos.

1:44.5

When Lamar's in the gun, zone read last year,

1:47.2

they're not running it nearly as much nor nearly as effective.

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