Twelve weeks down, and six more to go in the 2023 NFL season. We’re starting to look forward to the playoffs, and which teams are currently trending to make it. This weeks’ Thursday Night Football throw-down gives us TWO contenders from the NFC, with the Seattle Seahawks (6-5) hosting the Dallas Cowboys (8-3). While these two teams are both currently trending to make the playoffs, they are trending in different directions. While the Cowboys have won five of their last six and are trying to catch the NFC’s best team (Philadelphia Eagles), the Seahawks have lost three of their last…

It’s Week 12 in the NFL, and we are about to wrap up November football with a Monday night match-up between two NFC North foes, the Chicago Bears, and the Minnesota Vikings. These two teams know each other well, as this will be the 126th time that they’ve faced each other, with the Vikings leading the series by a record of 66-57-2. The most recent meeting was in Week 6 when Minnesota won by a score of 19-13. Much has changed since then, so let’s take a “downfield read”, dissect some game plans, and see if we can predict the…

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! This week is a special time for giving thanks, and what I’m thankful for is…THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL! There are THREE GAMES on Thanksgiving Day so you can ignore those individuals that you wished hadn’t shown up to your place. If your spending Thanksgiving somewhere else, just make sure you have a fully charged phone, a portable antenna, your Chromecast, a Roku…WHATEVER you need to make sure that when everyone else is talking about how their kids are doing at school or who’s just got engaged, YOU can focus on what’s important…NFL football.I usually only have one game to…

Finally, finally, FINALLY we get a great matchup on Thursday Night Football. This is the best TNF game since Week ONE when the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Detroit Lions. I think that I speak for everyone who loves football when I say, “it’s about damn time!”. This week we get to watch the Cincinnati Bengals at the Baltimore Ravens! Not only is this a divisional match-up between two potential playoff teams, but they come from the TOUGHEST division in football. Here’s your breakdown, preview and prediction to what is sure to be a fantastic game! Cincinnati Bengals (5-4) The…

Entering Week 11 of the 2023 NFL season, it won’t be long before we start hearing a lot of “eliminated from playoff contention” and “clinched a playoff berth” commentary. There are currently four teams that have seven or more wins; the Eagles, Lions, Chiefs, and Ravens. I think we can all agree that if they don’t self-implode, they will likely make the playoffs. But what about those teams right on the cusp? Are they “Championship Contenders” or “Playoff Pretenders”? Here’s your Downfield Read. AFC We’re going to break this down by Conference because the AFC seems to have far more…

Welcome to the Downfield Read NFL Thursday Night Football breakdown. Last week we had a semi-eventful game between the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and at least they kept it close and entertaining. We saw Will Levis play mediocre at best, but definitely not as well as he did the week previous, which is disappointing. We also saw the Steelers sneak another game away into the Win Column and finish week nine with a 5-3 record. For real? How is that even… oh, forget it. Let’s move on to this week's completely craptastic (don’t worry, it’s a legit word…

It’s HALFTIME in the 2023 NFL season! The trade deadline has come and gone (as I hope showing Taylor Swift during Chiefs games every ten seconds has as well), and we are steadily approaching Week 10! So far it would appear that the scriptwriters are favoring the Chiefs and Eagles in a potential rematch of last year’s Super Bowl. From what I and many others have seen, at least, those two teams seem to be getting the most favorable calls during games. About a month ago I put out a “Way Too Early” post for award winners. Let’s see how…

NFL football in November is finally here. This is the month where teams start to separate themselves into playoff contenders or they start looking at next year. This week (Week Nine) the NFL gave us a Thursday Night matchup of the Tennessee Titans (3-4) at the Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3). Neither of these organizations made any moves to buy or sell at the October 31st Trade Deadline, which leads me to believe that they don’t really know where their respective team sits at this point.The Titans are tied for second place in the AFC South with the Houston Texans, while the…