The holiday season is upon us. With Christmas coming up next week and the new year soon to follow, NFL teams are surely wishing for just the right thing to make their season — or their team — as successful as possible.
With that in mind, we’re giving them exactly that. In theory, of course. Here’s what every team should be wishing for over the next week or so.
NFC East
You’ve seen the Cowboys’ home-road splits, right? And you’ve seen their last few games against the Niners? To get a home playoff game, they need the Eagles to lose one of their two remaining games against New York. And to avoid having to beat San Francisco in the playoffs, they’ll need someone else to do it.
Jones got an $160 million contract last offseason, and the Giants restructured it before it even began. He promptly regressed to being the player he was before his surprising turn in 2022. New York needs to find a way out of that deal that isn’t too painful.
Philly has scored a combined 49 points across its past three games: losses to the 49ers, Cowboys and Seahawks. Jalen Hurts is in a funk. The Eagles need to figure a way out of this across these final few weeks of the season before they head into the playoffs.
For Washington, it would be nice if Josh Harris was better than Daniel Snyder. That shouldn’t be too much to ask.
NFC North
Justin Fields is playing better. The Bears are also likely going to have the No. 1 pick in the draft. Keep Fields and trade the pick, or trade Fields and keep the pick? For the sake of the Bears and their fans, we hope whomever ends up making that call, makes the right one.
Early this season, the Lions’ offseason spending on their secondary looked like it was going to lead to real defensive improvement — especially combined with how well they were playing up front. But as the season has moved on, that’s looking less and less real. We want a Lions defense that is…
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Author : Jared Dubin
Publish date : 2023-12-23 17:17:13
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