PFT’s Week 15 2024 NFL game previews, headlined by Bills at Lions

With four weeks to go, the key number for Week 15 is 4:25.

That’s when a quartet of games oozing with playoff implications for both teams will start. Somehow, none of those games were moved to the 1:00 p.m. ET window or one of the other prime-time slots.

With the line getting brighter and brighter between contender and pretender, we’ll preview the upcoming Sunday and Monday games with one important principle in mind: The less important the game, the less we’ll have to say about it.

5-8 Cowboys at 3-10 Panthers (-3), Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET, Fox (Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma)

The biggest indignity of the year to the Team Formerly Known As America’s is that the Panthers are favored to beat the Cowboys. The Panthers!

Both teams are cooked. The Cowboys aren’t mathematically eliminated, yet. It’s just a matter of time.

Which team has the brighter future? Given that the Cowboys (according to Stephen Jones) won’t be spending big money in an effort to improve in the coming offseason, who knows? Maybe the Panthers will finally find their way out of a string of six straight double-digit-loss seasons before Jerry Jones completes his quest for gloryhole.

12-1 Chiefs (-4) at 3-10 Browns, Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS (Ian Eagle and Charles Davis)

Cleveland has beaten both the Ravens and the Steelers at home this season. Can they take down the Chiefs, too?

With Kansas City on the front end of three games only 10 days apart (Sunday, Saturday, Wednesday), this could be a trap for the Chiefs.

But let’s face it. Every game is a trap for the Chiefs; they’re 10-0 in one-score games this year. And there’s a good chance that no amount of pregame unbridled enthusiasm from Jameis Winston will change that.

6-7 Dolphins at 8-5 Texans (-3), Sunday 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS (Kevin Harlan and Trent Green)

The Texans seem to be locked in, both as the AFC South champions and the No. 4 seed. The Dolphins aren’t done yet, but they’ve got to hope one of the three 8-5 wild-card teams (Ravens, Chargers, Broncos) will…

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Publish date : 2024-12-14 15:38:00

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