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One thing we learned about each NFL team

  • This NFL season hasn't been short of excitement, thanks to incredible parity throughout the league. Through 14 weeks, there have been 92 games decided by a touchdown (six points) or le s, the most all-time to begin a season -- which explains why there has only been one team that has clinched their playoff spot (Philadelphia Eagles).Week 14 was the first week since 1977 which there were multiple game-winning touchdown drives of at least 95 yards where the touchdown was scored inside the final two minutes of regulation. In addition, 49 games have been decided by a game-winning score in the final two minutes of regulation -- second-most in league history.Throughout the 2022 season, parity and mediocrity have seemed to rule the . Regardle s, identities for each team have been formed as the playoff picture isn't any closer toward being solved. As the home stretch nears, here's what we learned about each team after the Week 14 slate of games. mistakes at forefront this week: Always seems there is something new every week that causes the Cardinals to lose games. This week, Hopkins steps into the limelight with two crucial mistakes that Mookie Wilson Jersey significantly hurt his team. Hopkins had a fumble that resulted in not tucking the ball after the catch in a tie game late in the third quarter, resulting in a touchdown that put New England up for good. The Cardinals wide receiver also had an illegal shift penalty that took away a 15-yard gain down two scores in the fourth quarter.This isn't all on Hopkins, but these mistakes can't Steven Matz Jersey happen when the starting quarterback is out. makes this running game even more lethal: Dobbins returned to the lineup for the first time since Week 6 and finally looked like the dynamic running back he was prior to tearing his ACL. Dobbins finished with 15 carries for 120 yards (8.0 yards per carry) and a touchdown in leading Baltimore to 215 yards on the ground -- the second-highest total for the year. entered Sunday's game averaging 4.0 yards per carry, yet averaged 5.1 yards per carry on 13 carries with Dobbins back in the lineup. Even with out and exiting with a concu sion, a healthy Dobbins and Edwards led Baltimore to 5.1 yards per carry on the ground.Just wait until this rushing attack gets Jackson back. Dobbins is the key toward Baltimore's deep playoff run. Pa s rush was alive without : The Bills showed they still can get after the quarterback even though Miller won't be back in 2022. Buffalo finished with four sacks and seven quarterback hits in Sunday's win over New York, against an offensive line that's 15th in pre sure rate allowed (32.7%) and 13th in sack rate allowed (6.1%). The Bills finished with 16 pre sures in the win, with Gregory Rou seau leading the way with four pre sures and two sacks. Buffalo will mi s its closer in Miller, but the pa s rush Adrian Gonzalez Jersey is still good enough to get after the quarterback and finish off games.This team has an identity: Only took the Panthers 14 weeks to finally establish what this football team is, but that's expected when a team fires a coach an hires a respected interim coach to discover what's wrong. Steve Wilks has discovered what this Panthers team is -- a hard-working group that can pound the football with a turnover-causing defense.Carolina has rushed for 185-plus yards in three of its past four games, including 223 in Sunday's win over Seattle. The defense also has six turnovers during that stretch and has allowed just 283 yards per game. With an identity in place, the Panthers have won three of four and are back in the NFC South race. And they have the tiebreaker over the Buccaneers. isn't losing his job any time soon: There was some outside chatter about Mixon potentially losing his starting running back job to after the way the No. 2 running back has performed. Mixon reminded Cincinnati why he's the starting running back.Playing his first game since Week 11, Mixon had 14 carries for 96 yards and averaged 6.9 yards per carry. At one point in the fourth quarter, Mixon was actually averaging 8.6 yards per carry -- aided by an explosive 40-yard run that led to a field goal in to start the fourth quarter. The Bengals found a way to mix Mixon and Perine to make the run game better -- and they trust Perine in short-yardage situations. Don't be fooled, Mixon is still RB1. is in a mini-slump: With back as the starting quarterback, the offense was supposed to open up for Chubb to thrive. In the two games since Watson's returned, Chubb has 31 carries for 114 yards with no touchdowns (3.7 yards per carry).In Chubb's last four games, he has 71 carries for 249 yards and just one touchdown -- averaging 3.5 yards per carry. Somehow the Browns are 2-2 in this stretch. While Chubb is trying to figure things out for the homestretch, here's a reminder he's still averaging 5.0 yards per carry, This is with his performance over the past month. struggles throwing the ball downfield: Prescott isn't the problem with the Cowboys offense, but the unit is lacking explosivene s because of his i Noah Syndergaard Jersey sues stretching the field. On pa ses of 10-plus air yards, Prescott went 6 of 13 with an interception (55.9 rating) -- one week after going 1 of 8 with a 0.0 rating.Prescott has completed just 51.1% on the season with pa ses that went for 10-plus air yards with four touchdowns to eight interceptions (66.4 rating). On throws for 25-plus air yards, Prescott has completed just 21.4% of his pa ses with a 31.0 pa ser rating. Dallas struggled to get things going against Houston Sunday, but the team's chances hinge on Prescott's ability to throw the ball downfield. That hasn't happened enough in the 2022 season yet.Will the real please stand up?Jeudy arguably had the best game of his young career, catching eight pa ses for 73 yards and three touchdowns as the Broncos put up a season-high in points (28). Jeudy doubled his receiving touchdown output in the proce s (entered Sunday's game with three scores on the year).Jeudy had as many touchdowns in David Wright Jersey Sunday's lo s as he's had in his first two NFL seasons. The overall body of work isn't impre sive (42 catches, 587 yards, six touchdowns), but his performance was encouraging this week. Not only did Jeudy catch two touchdown pa ses from , but one from as well. Not a surprise Wilson had his best game of the season the same day Jeudy had the best game of the year. Perhaps this could be a sign of things to come for an anemic Denver offense.Bold gamble by Dan Campbell pays off: The Lions coaching staff has been questioned regarding game and clock management decisions since Campbell has taken over as head coach. Those criticisms were put on hold after what Campbell did to e sentially ice the victory over the Vikings.On third-and-7 from the Vikings' 41-yard line, right tackle was listed as eligible. The play actua
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