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Sunday, December eleventh, 2022
NOTES & QUOTES FROM WEEK 14 EDITION OF FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA ON NBC AND PEACOCK
“If I’m the Chargers tonight, I’m taking part in go each time. I don’t care in the event that they hand the ball off.” – Tony Dungy on Dolphins’ prolific passing offense
“That is the kind of man you want if you wish to change the tradition of your locker room. I really like me some Christian Wilkins.” – Rodney Harrison on Dolphins DT Christian Wilkins
“What I really like most about them now although is that they have a championship mentality.” – Jason Garrett on the Eagles
“They’re onerous to defend they usually make you defend the entire discipline. That’s what good offenses do.” – Chris Simms on the Lions’ offense
“Brock Purdy, Mr. Irrelevant turned celebrity.” – Maria Taylor
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STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 11, 2022 – NBC Sports activities’ presentation of Week 14 of the 2022 NFL season continued tonight from SoFi Stadium in Hollywood Park, Calif., with Soccer Evening in America main into protection of Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins visiting Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Evening Soccer on NBC, Peacock and Universo.
Maria Taylor hosted FNIA from NBC Sports activities’ Studio 1 in Stamford, Conn. She was joined by Corridor of Fame head coach Tony Dungy, former NFL head coach Jason Garrett, former NFL quarterback Chris Simms, and fantasy sports activities business pioneer Matthew Berry. Steve Kornacki was additionally within the studio to interrupt down playoff eventualities. Two-time Tremendous Bowl winner Rodney Harrison joined co-host Jac Collinsworth on the web site of the sport. NFL Insider Mike Florio supplied stories from his residence studio.
Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst), Melissa Stark (sideline reporter) and Terry McAulay (guidelines analyst) are calling tonight’s sport. Tirico additionally reported from the sector throughout FNIA.
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Following are highlights from tonight’s version of Soccer Evening in America on NBC and Peacock:
ON DOLPHINS
Harrison on DT Christian Wilkins: “The factor that actually separates him is his ardour for the sport, how onerous he performs. This man is 6-4, 315 kilos and he’s making performs 30 yards down the sector. That is the kind of man you want if you wish to change the tradition of your locker room. I really like me some Christian Wilkins.”
Garrett on the best way to sluggish the Dolphins’ offense: “In case you’re going to play zone towards them, the teaching level is ‘sluggish till you realize.’ Make them run it, make them hand the ball off. In case you’re a linebacker, get your depth and react to the run. You’ve acquired to restrict the large performs with these guys.”
Dungy on Dolphins’ prolific passing sport: “If I’m the Chargers tonight, I’m taking part in go each time. I don’t care in the event that they hand the ball off.”
Jac Collinsworth: “I talked to (tight finish) Durham Smythe. He says he’s by no means performed for a coach like Mike McDaniel. He doesn’t use worry and intimidation. He makes use of connection and humor. They will’t wait to go to work and play for this man.”
ON CHARGERS
Garrett on Chargers QB Justin Herbert: “I don’t assume there’s a participant within the NFL that has extra strain on them to be spectacular each week to ensure that his group to win than Justin Herbert. They don’t play nice protection, they don’t run it very nicely, they don’t shield very nicely, and his receivers have been out and in of the lineup.”
Garrett on the Chargers’ offense: “The one factor I’d like to see them do is construct in some fast choices. Have a route in your development that claims, ‘I can get the ball out versus the strain proper now.’ It takes numerous that indecision out of it.”
Jac Collinsworth: “That Chargers offensive line, they had been getting labored over final week. They’re in for a battle tonight.”
ON EAGLES
Taylor on the Eagles: “The Eagles have persistently been nice, on and off the sector. You possibly can see the chemistry that the group has and each single time they present up on Sunday. They know that they’re 12-1, the most effective group within the NFL proper now.”
Dungy: “What I like about them is that they’re doing it in all areas. They’re scoring factors, they’re shifting the ball, however that protection is making use of strain, getting sacks, getting takeaways. They performed a whole sport, they usually could be the most effective group in soccer.”
Garrett: “One of the best groups are capable of win in several methods. Philadelphia has proven us that every one yr lengthy. What I really like most about them now although is that they have a championship mentality.”
ON 49ERS
Taylor: “Brock Purdy, Mr. Irrelevant turned celebrity.”
Dungy: “Purdy performed exceptionally nicely. That’s what we had been seeking to see, how would he deal with the strain? He did it very well.”
Garrett on Purdy: “For his first begin, poise and composure off the charts.”
Taylor: “So that you’re saying he performed Purdy good.” (laughs)
Simms on Purdy: “The man is making big-time choices from inside the pocket…The motion is one thing he brings to this 49ers offense that’s higher than Jimmy Garoppolo.”
Garrett on the 49ers’ protection: “They’re the most effective protection within the league.”
ON BILLS
Harrison on the Payments’ protection: “These guys didn’t pout due to Von Miller’s damage…This Buffalo group has struggled, however this protection continues to be actually good.”
Dungy: “What I favored immediately, all people was considering, ‘With out Von Miller, the place is the strain going to return from?’ However all of those different defensive linemen stepped up they usually acquired nice strain.”
ON JETS
Dungy on Jets’ offsides on Payments’ fourth-and-one play: “They’re not going to run a play!”
Dungy on the Payments’ protection towards Jets QB Mike White: “This was actually the story of the sport. We noticed this over and time and again. Mike White getting hit by that Buffalo go rush.”
Dungy on the Jets’ playoff probabilities: “I just like the Jets nonetheless and I like Robert Saleh’s confidence. They’ve acquired two residence video games arising, Detroit and Jacksonville, who each performed nicely immediately, however I do like that angle in New York.”
Garrett: “Protection travels this time of yr. Climate could be robust. This protection has been persistently good all yr lengthy. They make it robust on opposing offenses. I just like the Jets.”
Click on right here for Steve Kornacki’s break down of the Jets’ playoff probabilities.
ON RAVENS
Garrett on the Ravens’ working sport: “That is the Ravens’ DNA since their inception as a franchise. They run the ball, they’re bodily, they’re robust. We noticed numerous that immediately of their win over Pittsburgh.”
ON TITANS
Garrett on the Titans’ loss to the Jaguars: “Uncharacteristic turnovers…They sometimes don’t flip the ball over. They play nice protection, they run the ball, they do all of the issues profitable groups do. They didn’t try this immediately.”
Simms on the Titans’ defensive position points: “To me, the largest factor is the defensive position will not be as dominant. I don’t see anyone across the quarterback the previous few weeks they usually’ve been letting up some enormous performs within the go sport.”
ON LIONS
Dungy: “They’re sizzling and fired up.”
Simms on the Lions’ offense: “Jared Goff is having the most effective yr of his profession. They discover methods to get aggressive passes down the sector each week…They’ve acquired expertise and velocity on the skin after which they’ve acquired a inventive, bodily working sport to associate with it…They’re onerous to defend they usually make you defend the entire discipline. That’s what good offenses do.”
Kornacki on the Lions’ playoff probabilities: “It’s nonetheless unlikely, nevertheless it’s greater than twice as seemingly as we entered the day that the Lions will find yourself within the playoffs…The final 4 years, no less than one group that was 6-7 ended up making the playoffs.”
ON JAGUARS
Simms: “Trevor Lawrence was phenomenal for the second time in three weeks, throwing dimes everywhere in the discipline.”
Simms on TE Evan Engram: “He’s turning into the most effective pass-catching tight ends in soccer.”
ON PANTHERS
Simms on the Panthers: “Between (Sam Darnold) being environment friendly and their run sport being dominant now, they’re getting good right here. They’re competing within the NFC South.”
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Peacock Sunday Evening Soccer Remaining, an NFL post-game present produced by NBC Sports activities, streams solely on Peacock following each Sunday Evening Soccer sport in the course of the 2022 season. The present is hosted by NBC Sports activities commentators Kathryn Tappen and Chris Simms, who present immediate reactions to every Sunday sport together with highlights and interviews. Soccer Evening in America co-host Jac Collinsworth and analyst Rodney Harrison additionally present recaps and insights into the day’s greatest moments from the positioning of every week’s SNF sport. NFL Insider Mike Florio offers damage and information updates. Matthew Berry offers fantasy soccer evaluation and an early take a look at the fantasy waiver wire.
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