
10 Takeaways From Week 17 of the 2020 NFL Season
The final week of the NFL season was a true thriller. Joe Heller continues his series by looking at the most notable Week 17 takeaways.
The final week of the NFL season was a true thriller. Joe Heller continues his series by looking at the most notable Week 17 takeaways.
Entering the 2020 NFL season, the Detroit Lions were unlikely to make the playoffs. However, they had expectations to push for a Wild Card spot. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen as the team started the season 3-3 but finished 5-11 after losing four straight games to end the year. After their embarrassing loss to the Houston Texans on Thanksgiving, head coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn were fired. The biggest question for their replacements is: what to do with Matthew Stafford?
Throughout the month of January, I will be ranking the top ten NFL players at each position. These rankings will be solely based on performance in the regular season and will not include any injured players. The positions of players were determined from ESPN.
Headed to the playoffs for the first time in 18 years, the Cleveland Browns survived a late comeback attempt by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in a narrow 24-22 victory.
The 2021 offensive line class is deep. After last year had four tackles go within the first 15 picks, teams are finally starting to fix their offensive line woes. This year, there may not be four tackles to go off of the board within the first 15 picks, but there are plenty of prospects that could be in the conversation for the first round. No player has had a better pre-draft process during the NFL season than Rashawn Slater. His 2019 tape was excellent, and as a result, he opted out of the 2020 season.
Intent on locking up the number two seed in the AFC playoffs with a victory, the Buffalo Bills won their sixth straight game on Sunday in a 56-26 beatdown of the Miami Dolphins.
On Monday Night Football in Week 17, the Washington Football Team faced off with the Philadelphia Eagles in a game with serious playoff implications.
The New England Patriots (7-9) defeated the New York Jets (2-14) in the final game of an underwhelming season for both sides. Cam Newton wasn’t the successor to Tom Brady that most Patriots fans were hoping for, and Sam Darnold disappointed once again this year for the Jets. Despite it being an ugly year for New England, they continued their recent streak of dominance over New York, ending the 2020 campaign on a high note.
This last weekend, Trevon Moehrig followed in Ar’Darius Washington’s footsteps by declaring for the draft. The safety tandem was the best in college football, and now both will be in the NFL following April’s draft. Moehrig is the better of the two and has a chance to be the first safety selected in the draft.
“The road to Tampa goes through Lambeau”
Yes, you read that title right. For the first time since 2002, the Cleveland Browns have clinched a playoff berth. One of the NFL’s most prestigious franchises in the history of the league for the first few decades has gone through utter disappointment ever since. From “The Fumble” to “The Drive”, then the move to Baltimore, to coming back as a team, the Browns have gone through a lot.
The Washington Football Team (6-9) travels to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles (4-10-1) in a key divisional matchup. Washington guarantees a playoff spot with a win, however, if they lose, the winner of Giants vs Cowboys would take their spot.
The final week of the NFL season was a true thriller. Joe Heller continues his series by looking at the most notable Week 17 takeaways.
Entering the 2020 NFL season, the Detroit Lions were unlikely to make the playoffs. However, they had expectations to push for a Wild Card spot. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen as the team started the season 3-3 but finished 5-11 after losing four straight games to end the year. After their embarrassing loss to the Houston Texans on Thanksgiving, head coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn were fired. The biggest question for their replacements is: what to do with Matthew Stafford?
Throughout the month of January, I will be ranking the top ten NFL players at each position. These rankings will be solely based on performance in the regular season and will not include any injured players. The positions of players were determined from ESPN.
Headed to the playoffs for the first time in 18 years, the Cleveland Browns survived a late comeback attempt by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in a narrow 24-22 victory.
The 2021 offensive line class is deep. After last year had four tackles go within the first 15 picks, teams are finally starting to fix their offensive line woes. This year, there may not be four tackles to go off of the board within the first 15 picks, but there are plenty of prospects that could be in the conversation for the first round. No player has had a better pre-draft process during the NFL season than Rashawn Slater. His 2019 tape was excellent, and as a result, he opted out of the 2020 season.
Intent on locking up the number two seed in the AFC playoffs with a victory, the Buffalo Bills won their sixth straight game on Sunday in a 56-26 beatdown of the Miami Dolphins.
On Monday Night Football in Week 17, the Washington Football Team faced off with the Philadelphia Eagles in a game with serious playoff implications.
The New England Patriots (7-9) defeated the New York Jets (2-14) in the final game of an underwhelming season for both sides. Cam Newton wasn’t the successor to Tom Brady that most Patriots fans were hoping for, and Sam Darnold disappointed once again this year for the Jets. Despite it being an ugly year for New England, they continued their recent streak of dominance over New York, ending the 2020 campaign on a high note.
This last weekend, Trevon Moehrig followed in Ar’Darius Washington’s footsteps by declaring for the draft. The safety tandem was the best in college football, and now both will be in the NFL following April’s draft. Moehrig is the better of the two and has a chance to be the first safety selected in the draft.
“The road to Tampa goes through Lambeau”
Yes, you read that title right. For the first time since 2002, the Cleveland Browns have clinched a playoff berth. One of the NFL’s most prestigious franchises in the history of the league for the first few decades has gone through utter disappointment ever since. From “The Fumble” to “The Drive”, then the move to Baltimore, to coming back as a team, the Browns have gone through a lot.
The Washington Football Team (6-9) travels to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles (4-10-1) in a key divisional matchup. Washington guarantees a playoff spot with a win, however, if they lose, the winner of Giants vs Cowboys would take their spot.
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