Week 15 recap: Bills win a possible Super Bowl preview, and the Lions lose more than just the game
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🗓️ 16 December 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
If the Week 15 game between the Bills and Lions proves to be a Super Bowl LIX preview, then we're all one for one helluva rematch in New Orleans in a couple months. In the meantime, the Bills scored one of the biggest wins of the season in taking down the Lions on the road. That's where Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen begin the Week 15 recap episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the Texans defense, Jalen Hurts acing the litmus test, the Buccaneers offense, the Chiefs woeful pass protection, the Bengals-Titans slopfest, and a whole lot more.
Rundown
- Bills-Lions recap
- Texans defense...You Have My Attention!
- Jalen Hurts...You Have My Attention!
- Buccaneers offense...You Have My Attention!
- Bengals-Titans...WTF?!?
- Chiefs pass protection...WTF?!?
- Washington Commanders...WTF?!?
- Indianapolis Colts...WTF?!?
- Lamar Jackson making sure that Josh Allen doesn't run away with the MVP
- The Seahawks offense cannot function without Geno Smith
- Who's going to win the NFC West, Week 15 edition
- Brian Thomas is really good
- Davante Adams isn't done yet
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:04.6 | It's the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:05.8 | Brought to you by Thursday Night Football only on Prime Video. |
| 0:08.6 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:09.8 | The week 15 NFL slate is in the books. |
| 0:13.4 | Well, the Sunday slate is. |
| 0:14.8 | We had a great Sunday of football. |
| 0:17.6 | The slop in the early slate really gave us everything that we could have wanted. |
| 0:21.1 | We touched down the disgustingness of that slate, really exemplified by the Bengals-Titans |
| 0:26.6 | mess that we got to watch. But we also had plenty of good football on Sunday. |
| 0:30.7 | Me and Derek Classen dug into a monster game from Josh Allen and the Bills and a monster |
| 0:34.4 | win over what has become a depressingly depleted Detroit Lions team. |
| 0:39.1 | Also chatted about a monster game for Baker Mayfield and that box offense against a very good |
| 0:43.3 | Chargers defense, a bounce-back game and a let me show you what I got game from Jalen Hertz |
| 0:48.1 | and the Eagles passing game. |
| 0:49.9 | Chatted about a crushing loss for the Colts in a game that they needed to make the playoffs, |
| 0:55.9 | discuss the Chief's inability to protect their quarterback and what that may mean for things |
| 1:00.2 | moving forward, and really dug into the rest of anything and everything on the week 15 docket. |
| 1:06.0 | So let's get to it. |
| 1:11.9 | All right, Derek, let's dig into our week 15 recap here. |
| 1:15.5 | And let's start with an incredible game in Detroit, an incredible performance from |
| 1:20.1 | Josh Allen. |
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