A Wild Sunday Night

When you look at the final score of the Sunday night game between the Chicago Bears and the San Francisco 49ers, you would think that there weren’t any punts happening in the game. There were in fact five total punts and there was some semblance of defense being played at times. Yet, what occurred was an offensive showcase that had both teams thinking they can make some noise in the playoffs. The Bears have a solid rushing attack, but seemed to forget about it during the game especially at times when it would have prevented the 49ers from getting the ball back so soon. The Niners totaled 200 yards on the ground and it complimented their passing game and its 296 yard total. QB Brock Purdy had another five touchdown performance in consecutive games for the Niners and is playing his best football of his career so far. The win against Chicago puts them one more win away from clinching the NFC West and having home field advantage throughout the playoffs. It’s amazing to see them in this position with the amount of injuries that have plagued them all season long.

One Player Changed The Outcome

Cleveland Browns DE Myles Garrett is just one sack away from breaking the record for the most sacks in a season. Since it hasn’t happened yet and if it does it will come in the 17-game season, for me that kind of cheapens the accomplishment, but that’s a conversation for another day. This pursuit by Garrett really got into the heads of the Pittsburgh Steelers last week. Offensively they were playing to not allow Garrett to get a sack for the entirety of the game up until their fina possession. As a result of their lackluster play-calling, the Steelers lost to the Browns and will setup a matchup for the final Sunday night game to decide who wins the putrid AFC North between Pittsburgh and the Baltimore Ravens. When the Steelers last played the Ravens they were in the driver seat to clinch the division without it coming to the final game. Thanks to Garrett’s pursuit of the sack record Baltimore gets a chance to rectify their awful season. Either way you look at it I don’t see either Pittsburgh or Baltimore making any kind of a playoff run, but I just can’t stand seeing a team rolling over to avoid being apart of history for the sake of just winning the game against an inferior opponent.

When Going For Two Was The Wrong Choice

I like it when teams go for the win regardless of when the circumstances call for it. With that said I should be all for the Buffalo Bills going for the two-point conversion to take the lead at home against the Philadelphia Eagles. The result of the play was QB Josh Allen missing an open receiver badly in the end zone when he had plenty of time and space to get the throw right. I’m not arguing that because of the result they shouldn’t have gone for the win. In fact it’s because of how that entire second half was playing out is why they shouldn’t have gone for two. The Eagles offense totaled 16 yards for the entire second half. You read that right. 16 total yards for a NFL offense in one half. That’s why the Bills shouldn’t have gone for two. Buffalo was owning the Eagles after halftime and if this game would have gone to overtime I don’t believe the Eagles would have improved at all on offense. It’s games like this that teams like the Eagles don’t repeat as Super Bowl champions and why teams like the Bills don’t live up to expectations. Let’s just go back to taking what the defense gives you, don’t leave points on the field and when you completely dominate a team on defense (yes, I’m talking about Buffalo’s defense) just play for overtime and continue said domination.