Michael F. Florio to talk about these games and
the guys we should be watching. Alright, let's
go in order of the way the games are going
to be played. Let's start with the Bills,
Broncos, what players should we be watching? Yeah
, last week I called Brandon Cooks on the show
. I'm not going that deep this week for this
one. I think it's Dalton Kincaid though for the
Bills because look, ultimately I do think this comes
down to their O-line and letting James Cook, but
when they pass, Dalton Kincaid needs to step up
, especially across the middle of the field. The
Bills are down to just 3 healthy wide receivers on
their roster, uh, and the Broncos excel against
receivers, but they're in the top 10 in yards
and yak allowed to tight ends. So I think
Kincaid really needs to step up and for the Broncos
side of things, RJ Harvey needs to run against
that Bills defense if they're gonna have success in this
matchup. Alright, the Saturday night game is Niners
versus Seahawks. Who should we be watching? Kenneth
Walker, I, I think is the most impactful
player because he went for 133 yards in week 18
against the Niners. That was the second most he's
had in a game all season, and San Francisco
is 7th in yards before contact allowed to running backs
. They're also in the top 10 in receiving yards
. So if they could get going on the ground
, it takes pressure off of Sam Darnold figuratively and
literally because that depleted D line for the Niners would
have to keen in more on the run and they
already struggled to get after the quarterback and for the
49ers, it's the same players always, it's Christian
McCaffrey because Seattle 6 most receiving yards to running backs
. All right, Sunday afternoon, this is the
game I'm going to be at Texans Patriots. It's
Drake May's rushing ability. Uh, look, we
know that the Houston defense is elite, especially getting
after the quarterback, but running quarterbacks have been able
to use that against them. In fact, they're
in the top 10 in QB rushing yards allowed this
season. They've allowed 6.4 yards per carry. Second
highest rate in the NFL. Also 29% explosive run
rate, second highest. That means nearly a third
of quarterback runs against them go for 10 or more
yards. There were times on Monday night where Rodgers
had a running lane, but he couldn't exploit it
. Drake May should and will be able to in
this one. All right, the finale Sunday evening
, it's gonna be called Rams at Bears. Who
do we watch? The outside wide receivers, right
? DJ Moore and Rome Adze for the Bears because
the Rams might be the best team in football,
but they do have a big weakness covering outside wide
receivers. Last week, McMillan and Coker went for
over 150 yards just while lined up out wide against
them. And after last week, the Rams have
now allowed the most yards in the NFL this season
to. Wide, wide receivers and both Moore and
Adda both last week and on the year run over
60% of their routes out wide. And on top
of all of that, the Rams also struggle against
the deep ball primarily when against outside wide receivers.
So I think the Bears are going to have to
connect on a long pass or two in this game
. And if they are, it's probably going to
be either DJ Moore or Roma Doomsday connecting on it --> .