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ESPN staffDec 23, 2023, 08:00 PM ET
The Week 16 NFL schedule for the 2023 season is stacked with terrific matches, and we have you covered with what you require to understand heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation press reporters bring us the most significant secrets to every video game and a vibrant forecast for each match.
In Addition, ESPN Stats & & Information supplies a huge stat to understand and a wagering nugget for each contest, and our Football Power Index (FPI) goes inside the numbers with a video game forecast and a take a look at the playoff photo. Analytics author Seth Walder selects each match’s most significant X aspect, and dream expert Eric Moody gives out handy dream football intel. Walder and Moody provide us last rating choices for every video game. Whatever you need to know is here in one area to assist you prepare for a packed weekend of NFL football.
Let’s enter the complete Week 16 slate, consisting of the Lions wishing to clinch their very first department title in 30 years and a high-powered match in between the Cowboys and Dolphins. All of it culminates with 3 video games on Christmas Day, ending with a match in between the Ravens and 49ers that night on ABC/ESPN+. (Game times are Sunday unless otherwise kept in mind, and all playoff possibility portions are by means of FPI and independent of other outcomes.)
Dive to a match:
DET-MIN
IND-ATL|SEA-TEN|WSH-NYJ
GB-CAR|CLE-HOU|JAX-TB
ARI-CHI|DAL-MIA|NE-DEN
LV-KC|NYG-PHI|BAL-SF
Thursday: LAR 30, NO 22
Lions (10-4) at Vikings (7-7)
1 p.m. ET|FOX|Spread: DET -3 (47.5)
Story to view: While many eyes have actually been concentrated on how Lions quarterback Jared Goff will fare versus the Vikings’ blitz bundles, the video game might switch on how well the Lions do– or do not– run versus the Vikings’ defense. The Lions go into the video game with the NFL’s second-most hurrying backyards (1,973), while the Vikings’ defense has actually restricted challengers to the league’s fifth-fewest hurrying lawns (1,288). It’s difficult to envision the Lions losing if the Vikings can’t stop their hurrying attack. — Kevin Seifert
Vibrant forecast: Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs will have the 3rd 100-yard hurrying video game of his novice season. The No. 12 general choice continues to grow more comfy getting in the last stretch as his maturity level boosts. Coach Dan Campbell sees him as a relied on playmaker in the offense, and Gibbs will continue to get a lot of touches in Minnesota. — Eric Woodyard
Stat to understand: Goff has actually regularly stood out versus protective back blitzes. He has the third-highest conclusion portion and backyards per effort when defenses send out a DB blitz, which the Vikings do at the greatest rate in the league.
Match X element: Lions cornerback Cameron Sutton.
