Week 16 recap: Lions, Vikings race for the NFC 1-seed, while Chiefs nearly put AFC's top spot out of reach
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🗓️ 23 December 2024
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Summary
So which team had the best Week 16? It's not as easy as it might seem at first glance. Sure, it might look like the Vikings, who kept pace with the Lions atop the NFC. It might look like the Chiefs, who took an impressive step toward locking up the top seed in the AFC. It might look like the Commanders, who brought back the early season offense in their win over the Eagles. It could even be the Rams, who put themselves on the doorstep of clinching the NFC West. So, who is it? Well, Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen might not answer that question on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. But they will recap Week 16.
Rundown
- Commanders take down an Eagles team clearly missing Jalen Hurts
- The Vikings chances at the 1-seed...You Have My Attention!
- The Ravens run game...You Have My Attention!
- The potential of the Chiefs offense...You Have My Attention!
- Arizona Cardinals...WTF?!?
- The top of the draft order...WTF?!?
- Michael Penix brings some juice to Atlanta's offense
- A strange win, but a win nonetheless, for the Rams over the Jets
- Joe Burrow keeps on making plays on the move
- Jonathan Taylor's big day and the Colts unlikely feat
- The AFC Wild Card picture
- Drake Maye's zone/man splits
- The latest in Lions trickery
- What Did We Learn Today?
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show, brought to you by Thursday Night Football only on Prime Video. |
| 0:08.8 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:09.8 | Week 16 is here. |
| 0:11.8 | Me and Derek Classen broke down all of the action from Saturday and Sunday's games. |
| 0:16.7 | Two big games on Saturday. |
| 0:18.6 | We talked about the Chief's offensive performance against a very good Texans defense |
| 0:22.5 | and what that might mean for Kansas City moving forward. |
| 0:25.1 | Discussed a monster game from the Ravens running game in a key AFC North battle against |
| 0:29.9 | the Steelers. |
| 0:31.1 | Also chatted about the big Washington win against a Jalen Hertzless Eagles team. |
| 0:36.0 | Discussed the Vikings keeping pace with the Detroit Lions and the NFC, |
| 0:39.9 | discussed the Cardinals, somehow losing to the Panthers to end their season, |
| 0:44.4 | and chat a little bit about the teams at the bottom of the standings |
| 0:46.8 | and what they did to the top of the draft, |
| 0:48.8 | and, you know, get a few more things that jumped out to us in Week 16, |
| 0:52.6 | and did you see that? |
| 0:53.5 | So let's get to all of that |
| 0:54.9 | with Derek Klasen right now. |
| 1:02.8 | Derek, week 16 is here. How are you feeling? Tired. It felt like a long Sunday. It felt long in the |
| 1:10.0 | moment. It felt the Sunday night game was long. |
| 1:12.7 | You know, the sun is coming down earlier now because it's the winter. |
| 1:16.4 | Like, just a very long week 16 Sunday. |
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