Hello and welcome to a very festive edition of Inside the Huddle on NFL UK TV.

Christmas is almost here. Andy reads I in the mince pies. Rex Ryan wants his stocking field one way or the other I'm sure

and double delight for me because Mike Carlson of Channel 4 is with me.

Oh no. Rex, are you watching?

And we've got our Christmas tree back again. Our Christmas tree is like a mangy old sort of mongled dog.

You only, you know, or like it's like only a mother could love it.

Because you see so many good trees and then we have this one.

But I've got attached to it.

You know, it fits right in with the two of us.

It does, yeah.

Sort of unwanted elsewhere and just managing to survive each year yeah yeah that's a good that's a

good room let's look at some news from around the nfl then we'll get looking ahead to week 16s games

Austin collie has been placed on injured reserve by the colts and and third concussion of the year

that's the right move it is the right move I mean at some point you just have to protect the players

and we've had the discussion before 20 20 years ago, this would not have happened. No. Because, Pete, there wasn't

the awareness of the concussions. He'd come back and he'd be okay and he'd have another concussion,

another concussion. But really now, after three in a row like this, he does need the time to recover.

And long term, not just as a player, but long-term in his life,

this probably makes a huge difference. Yeah, because he's going to want to rush back for the

playoffs. The team are going to know how valuable he's been to them, but you just have to put

all of that to one side. To an extent. And Bill Pollyan, you know, has always been the most

worried of any general manager about injuries late in the season,

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