Las Vegas crushes Arlington in extra time and relaunches his playoff run. Chicago passes to Detroit, while Buffalo dominates in New Orleans and in the next round the Division primacy will be played with the Patriots
The Raiders with the company, the Bears with the pride, the Bills with the show of strength. These are the hallmarks of success for teams enjoying a special and winning Thanksgiving in the NFL, with the eyes of all of America on them. The Thanksgiving recipe in the States is simple: turkey on the table and football on television. Here is the detail.
Dallas Cowboys-Las Vegas Raiders 33-36 aet
Proof of superb character of the Raiders who are relaunched in a playoff key. After three defeats in a row, Arlington is even knocked out in extra time, inflicting on the Cowboys the third defeat in the last 4 games played. Raiders (6-5) always ahead, but Dallas (7-4) always remains in contact, until Zuerlein’s equalizer with the kick from 45 yards to 19 ”from the end of regular time. The Boys also have the first possession of the extra time, but to go to the target is then Vegas, with the kicker Carlson, already scored with the field goal even from 56 yards, who hits the posts from 29 yards away. Game over. Excellent game of Carr and Prescott, the quarterbacks. For the Raiders the Renfrow and Jackson receivers also shine, respectively the possession one and the sprinter, forced to overtime by the injury in the 2nd quarter of Waller, the super tight end. For the Texans in the showcase the return of kick off from 100 yards and 6 points by Pollard and the superb performance of the super freshman Parsons. But the defense still concedes too much, and the absences in attack of Cooper and Lamb prove decisive. Now the road to the first absolute seed in the NFC is complicated not a little, but the Division remains in the safe. Raiders now in the wake of Kansas City and the LA Chargers.
Detroit Lions-Chicago Bears 14-16
Between two bad and badly trained teams, one had to win. Chicago interrupts the 5-game losing streak thanks to Santos’s 28-yard kick at the end. Detroit hasn’t cheered since December 2020, it’s now 0-10-1. The hero of the evening is Dalton. The veteran red quarterback, on the pitch for the injury to the ribs of the unripe freshman quarterback Fields, launches for 317 yards and orchestrates the final drive of over 8 ‘that does not return the oval to the opponents. Save Coach Nagy’s seat, given up for firing in case of defeat. Who thanks the reserve, which will now be difficult to put out, and the opponent colleague. Coach Campbell seemed panicked to call the games. Time outs thrown away, penalties in series, outdated and frightened offensive choices. Returning Goff did not play badly, pitching for Reynolds and Hockenson’s touchdowns, but was forced into continuous short passes. The Lions also lost (shoulder) Swift, the starting running back. The Bears (4-7) did not impress. They lost Smith, Mack’s formerly orphaned defense pivot, through injury. “Ragionier” Dalton made his experience, riding Mooney and finding the eternal Graham in the end zone, then the gifts of the Lions did the rest.
New Orleans Saints-Buffalo Bills 6-31
Total domain. Buffalo outclasses New Orleans in Louisiana by inflicting the fourth consecutive defeat to the Saints (5-6). Allen throws for 4 touchdowns, two for Knox, tight end on the rise, already at 7 goals this season, and the defense keeps Coach Payton’s boys, still without Kamara, at zero points for 3 quarters, before Siemian, preferred to Hill as the starting quarterback, pitches for his only touchdown of the day, to Vannett. Buffalo runs 113 yards combined between Singletaries, Breida (in the end zone as a catcher) and Allen. Only bad news for the Bills (7-4), but significant: White’s injury, their best left knee cornerback, to be evaluated. The next day Buffalo will play for the first place in the Division against the Patriots, for the Saints the playoff run-up from a possible wild card is becoming more and more complicated.
November 26 – 07:29
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