Five things you may have missed from NFL Week 15, including special-teams risks and costly goal-line blunders

With Week 15 nearly behind us, we somehow have just three weeks left in the 2024 NFL regular season. It feels like just yesterday every team and fanbase had hope that they would be among the ones to extend their season and make a playoff run, but now that postseason picture is starting to come together with many already eliminated from contention.

For those teams set to play past Week 18, the seeding order is starting to take shape, with some controlling their own destiny and some needing help from other franchises to determine where they will fall.

The Jets, Browns, Jaguars, Titans, Patriots and Raiders are all eliminated on the AFC side, while the Bears, Panthers and Giants are the NFC teams already looking ahead to 2025.

Week 15 kicked off with a field-goal frenzy in the Thursday night matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. On Sunday, the Bengals defeated the Titans, the Chiefs breezed by the Browns, the Commanders beat the Saints in a one-point game and the Patriots lost again, this time to the Cardinals. The Packers handled the Seahawks, the Eagles won the battle of Pennsylvania, defeating the Steelers and the Buccaneers beat the Chargers.

We put together five of the top moments you may have missed this week to help you keep up with all the excitement as the playoffs fast approach.

1. Special-teams fun 

The Jets snapped a four-game losing streak on Sunday, defeating the Jaguars 32-25. During the win, the Jets got creative on special teams by attempting a fake punt. The risk paid off for New York and it got a first down out of it.

The Detroit Lions are another team that took a risk on special teams, but unlike the Jets, their gamble did not pay off. Most coaches would not elect to try an onside kick down 10 points with 12 minutes remaining in the game, but Dan Campbell is not like most head coaches. Sometimes his decisions surprise us and pay off, but…

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Author : Shanna McCarriston

Publish date : 2024-12-16 21:06:00

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