NFL Saturday Preview

Embed from Getty Images I saw a Twitter post this morning that stated that this was the first time ever that we have had a NFL football on each weekday due to movements of games and holiday games. No surprise that something like this would happen in the year 2020 with everything that has happened with COVID-19, but the good news is that the year is almost over and 2021 is upon us. With that being said the year is not over yet and we still have some football games left this year. With it being the day after Christmas, now it truly becomes crunch time for playoff positioning as all three games have at least one team in playoffs contentions. 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Vs Detroit Lions 

Even though Brady has looked questionable at times over the past number of weeks, he did look decent against one of the leagues worst defenses in the Vikings, who got smacked hard yesterday against the Saints. I expect Brady to repeat a good game against the Lions, even with an injured Ronald Jones. Leonard Fournette should be able to take the workload and help Brady out. On the flip side, Matt Stafford has been smacked around and riddled with injuries for most of this season. The fact that he is still playing this season is beyond credit so kudos to him for being an ironman for a losing team. This could potentially have shoot-out vibes going about it, but if D'Andre Swift doesn't get going, Lions will be behind the eight ball quick. No matter what though, give me the Bucs here and give the GOAT another playoffs...wild stuff.

San Francisco 49ers Vs Arizona Cardinals

With Nick Mullens getting Tommy John surgery, I expect this 49ers offense to be really bad behind the hands of the C.J. Beathard (if it is Josh Rosen however, I will be very excited since I was a huge Rosen guy). Kyler Murray has been dealing with an injury for a couple of weeks but has started to look better as it gets closer to the playoffs which is huge for the Cardinals. Expect the Cardinals to win and get one step closer to clinching their playoff berth.  

Miami Dolphins Vs Las Vegas Raiders

If anyone was curious, I started to type Oakland rather than Las Vegas. If the Raiders defense decides to show up today, this will be the best game of the day by a long shot. Tua has been pretty average in his games played this year and I guess that isn't a bad thing right now. If he wants to compete in the playoffs however, he is going to have to start booming sooner rather than later and this game has to be where it starts. Raiders are facing one of the league's best defenses today. Derek Carr will be returning this week, as he went out last week and will be starting today over Marcus Mariota. If the Dolphins lose today, they are most likely out of the playoffs which is sad to say since Brian Flores and his Dolphins have blown away everyone's expectations time and time again. A win here today for them knocks the Raiders out of the playoffs and keeps them in the hunt. I expect the Dolphins to win here today and ending the Raiders run for the playoffs.