Who’s Up, Who’s Down, What’s Next for Each Team?

It’s time for the hard drive of the 2024 NFL regular season.

With thanksgiving week Here, it’s time for the top contenders to separate themselves from the pack, while the contenders begin to sink into the abyss of mock draft season and coaching carousel chatter.

On Thanksgiving Day, the NFL brings us a three-way bracket with the Detroit Lions (11-1) and Dallas Cowboys (4-7) playing their traditional home roles, while the Chicago Bears (4-8) and New York Giants (4-8) brought action. 2–9) making visits.

For the nightcap, the Green Bay Packers (8-3) welcome the Miami Dolphins (5-6) to frigid Lambeau Field. Then, Black Friday sees the Kansas City Chiefs (10-1) and Las Vegas Raiders (2-9) meet in an old-school AFL rivalry game.

But let’s start with some turkey and three games to go with it.

THURSDAY

My opinion: If there’s one takeaway from this game, it’s that Matt Eberflus should not have been allowed on the team plane. Chicago (4-8) somehow turned an easy shooting opportunity into Cairo Santos’ range with a penalty and a sack. Then somehow the Bears ended the game with: caleb williams Even though Chicago called a timeout, he threw a pass as time expired. Detroit (11-1) got away, largely because of the Bears’ incompetence, but also because the Lions rushed the ball for 194 yards on 5.9 yards per carry.

Stock up on: Detroit keeps winning because the offense is so great. The Lions largely did what they wanted against the Bears, rushing for 405 yards and 25 first downs. The only downside was having to kick four field goals as the offense got bogged down on several long drives.

Stock reduction: Eberflus again. Search timeout. Shout into the headset to tell Williams to move faster. Do something. Do anything. This was the worst 30 seconds of coaching you will ever see at the NFL level.

Next: Bears at 49ers, 3:25 PM ET Dec. 8; Packers at Lions, December 5, 8:15pm ET

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