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Welcome to Week 11 of the 2022 NFL season, a week that saw an electrifying decorativeness to a New England Patriots-New York Jets crippled that was little than electrical for much than 59 minutes.
The Patriots bushed the Jets for a 14th consecutive clip with a last-minute punt instrumentality portion New York's different team, the Giants, were toppled by the abruptly blistery Detroit Lions. The Philadelphia Eagles hardly avoided the upset bug against the Indianapolis Colts portion the Buffalo Bills ousted the Cleveland Browns successful a location crippled ... successful Detroit.
The Tennessee Titans kicked disconnected Week 11 by defeating the Green Bay Packers astatine Lambeau Field connected Thursday night.
The Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars are connected a bye this week and volition instrumentality to enactment successful Week 12.
Our NFL Nation reporters respond with the biggest takeaways and lingering questions disconnected this week's matchups and look up to what's next. Games are Sunday unless noted. Let's get to it.
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New Orleans 27, L.A. Rams 20
Saints
What to know: The Saints decided to instrumentality with Andy Dalton astatine backmost this week aft considering going backmost to Jameis Winston. Dalton responded with a three-touchdown game, truthful he'll support the starting occupation -- for now. He was helped by rookie Chris Olave, who had much than 100 receiving yards, including a 53-yard weaponry from Dalton. Dalton wasn't cleanable and took excessively galore sacks down a patchwork violative enactment but had a career-high passer standing of 149.6. It was surely a rebound show from wherever the Saints person been the past fewer weeks. The Saints volition apt proceed to measure backmost connected a week-by-week basis.
Do the Saints proceed their usage of Taysom Hill? The Saints brought successful Hill arsenic a backmost much than they person each season, rotating Dalton and Hill backmost and distant by the play astatine times successful a signifier of a two-quarterback system. The Saints person been erratic with their usage of Hill this season, sometimes relying connected him heavy and hardly utilizing him astatine others (he had 4 rushing attempts for 7 yards the past 2 games). Hill attempted 3 passes and ran the shot 9 times for 52 yards against the Rams. Hill has had astatine slightest 50 rushing yards successful a crippled 4 times this play -- and the Saints person won each 4 of those games. -- Katherine Terrell
Next game: astatine 49ers (Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET)
Rams
What to know: The Rams' play is each but over. In the week starring up to this crippled against the Saints, antiaircraft coordinator Raheem Morris made it wide that the Rams were moving retired of clip to crook this play around. The nonaccomplishment to the Saints that dropped Los Angeles to 3-7. It whitethorn not person eliminated the Rams from playoff contention mathematically, but it would instrumentality an unthinkable comeback for this squad to marque the postseason. And that's not adjacent taking into relationship backmost Matthew Stafford's availability. Stafford, who conscionable cleared the concussion protocol Friday, was taken to the locker country successful the 2nd fractional and evaluated again for a concussion.
Can the Rams' moving crippled prolong their Week 11 success? The Rams person struggled to determination the shot consistently connected the ground, but the moving crippled became adjacent much important Sunday without wide receiver Cooper Kupp, particularly aft Stafford near the game. The Rams, who entered the crippled averaging 68.1 rushing yards per game, compiled 148 rushing yards connected 30 carries. The Rams were led by Cam Akers, with 14 carries for 61 yards, and if helium tin proceed to determination the shot good connected the ground, that volition springiness the passing crippled immoderate much-needed help. -- Sarah Barshop
Next game: astatine Chiefs (Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET)
Philadelphia 17, Indianapolis 16
Eagles
What to know: The nonaccomplishment of choky extremity Dallas Goedert mightiness beryllium adjacent bigger than we thought. With the objection of a precocious game-saving surge, Jalen Hurts and the discourtesy struggled to get overmuch going connected discourtesy successful the lack of Goedert, who injured his enarthrosis against the Commanders and volition miss astatine slightest the adjacent 3 games. The 2 choky ends who played the bulk of the snaps successful his spot -- Jack Stoll and Grant Calcaterra -- each had a drive-stalling punishment and combined for 1 drawback connected 7 yards. The tally blocking took a deed successful his absence, too. Hurts recovered a mode to get it done, rushing for the go-ahead TD late, but there's nary uncertainty his occupation got tougher without Goedert.
Has the unreserved defence recovered immoderate answers? It didn't look bully early, with Jonathan Taylor rumbling for 49 yards and a touchdown connected the opening possession, but the defence settled successful from there, holding Taylor to conscionable 35 yards the remainder of the way. Newly-signed antiaircraft tackles Ndamukong Suh and Linval Joseph played important snaps. Joseph, successful particular, appeared to marque an interaction connected the crushed and adjacent combined with Suh for a sack. It was a decent bounce-back effort aft being gashed by the tally each of the past 2 weeks. -- Tim McManus
Next game: vs. Packers (Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET)
Colts
What to know: The Colts' defence continues to beryllium underrated. The Colts constricted the Eagles to 315 yards, good beneath their play mean of 376.9 yards. The Eagles besides struggled to person 40% of their 3rd downs, an country wherever they fertile 4th successful the league. The Colts person been successful the apical 10 successful antiaircraft expected points added for overmuch of the season, entering Week 11 ranked 10th leaguewide (13.21). The occupation connected Sunday, arsenic it has been each season, is an discourtesy that cannot nutrient capable points for the defense's efforts to matter.
Is the discourtesy making tangible progress? Some. We're seeing amended accumulation successful the moving crippled and the Colts person surely chopped backmost connected the turnovers. But the Colts are inactive struggling wherever it matters most: Indianapolis entered the crippled averaging 15.7 points per crippled and finished this 1 close connected mean contempt having truthful galore premier opportunities to score. The Colts settled for tract goals passim this crippled due to the fact that of galore of the aforesaid mistakes they've made each season. Negative plays and ill-timed penalties were killers, and the Colts aren't bully capable offensively to flooded them. -- Stephen Holder
Next game: vs. Steelers (Monday, Nov. 28, 8:15 p.m. ET)
Baltimore 13, Carolina 3
Ravens
What to know: The Ravens defence abruptly looks much championship-caliber than Lamar Jackson and the offense. After a shaky commencement to the season, the Baltimore defence is starting to deed its stride. The Ravens unopen down Baker Mayfield and didn't let an violative touchdown for the archetypal clip since the 2020 regular-season finale. In fact, Baltimore has lone fixed up 1 violative touchdown successful the past 2 games. The Ravens defence enactment the crippled distant successful the 4th quarter, forcing the archetypal of 3 turnovers erstwhile cornerback Marcus Peters caused a fumble heavy successful Carolina territory to acceptable up the Ravens' lone touchdown. It marked the 12th consecutive crippled successful which Baltimore has produced a takeaway, the longest progressive streak successful the league.
How overmuch clip volition near tackle Ronnie Stanley miss with an ankle injury? Stanley is 1 of the fewer Ravens players not named Lamar Jackson that they tin spend to suffer for a important period. The erstwhile first-team All-Pro limped disconnected the tract with 4 minutes near successful the 3rd 4th aft a sacked Jackson rolled into the backmost of Stanley's near ankle. This is the aforesaid ankle that Stanley broke successful 2020 and needed 2 years to retrieve from. Patrick Mekari, who started 2 games astatine near tackle earlier this year, volition regenerate Stanley, but helium isn't the aforesaid caliber of blocker. Jackson and the Baltimore discourtesy is astatine its champion erstwhile the violative enactment is dominating up front. This could beryllium a pugnacious stroke if Stanley's wounded is serious. -- Jamison Hensley
Next game: astatine Jaguars (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Panthers
What to know: Forget the last score. Interim manager Steve Wilks should beryllium the front-runner for the full-time occupation unless proprietor David Tepper is acceptable connected hiring an violative specialist. The occupation his defence did connected backmost Lamar Jackson and a Ravens squad favored by 12.5 points shows the power of Wilks, a antiaircraft specialist. The upset was successful play until wide receiver Shi Smith fumbled astatine the Carolina 31 midway done the 4th fourth to acceptable up Baltimore's lone touchdown. Give Wilks clip to physique offensively astir a franchise backmost and determination is simply a accidental for a speedy turnaround. The 2 times Carolina reached the Super Bowl (2003, 2015) came a fewer years aft ownership hired defensive-minded coaches successful John Fox (2002) and Ron Rivera (2011).
Did Baker Mayfield bash capable to gain different commencement adjacent week? Not really. Mayfield didn't marque immoderate large mistakes until a precocious interception, which was situation No. 1 for the day. He besides didn't bash thing peculiar (21-of-33 passing, 196 yards, 2 interceptions) to suggest, with a 3-8 record, the Panthers shouldn't look astatine Sam Darnold adjacent week against Denver. Carolina wants to spot what Darnold tin bash successful lawsuit it decides helium could assistance bring on a rookie backmost successful 2023. Facing a Denver squad that has struggled offensively would beryllium the cleanable clip to bash this and springiness the unit clip to measure aft their bye the pursuing week. There's nary different mode to enactment this, but the gamble connected Mayfield has been a nonaccomplishment for him and the organization. -- David Newton
Next game: vs. Broncos (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Detroit 31, N.Y. Giants 18
Lions
What to know: After a 1-6 start, the Lions person won 3 games successful a row, moving into 2nd spot successful the NFC North and connected the fringe of the playoff hunt. Yeah, you work that right. The three-game triumph streak hasn't happened since 2017, erstwhile they enactment unneurotic a beardown three-game agelong during Weeks 9-11. The Lions person besides scored astatine slightest 24 points successful 7 of their 10 games this season, and they did it with a beardown rushing onslaught against the Giants.
How does the emergence of moving backmost Jamaal Williams impact D'Andre Swift going forward? After reaching the extremity portion 3 times against the Giants, Williams has officially taken implicit the NFL's apical spot for the astir full rushing touchdowns with 12 connected the season. Although Swift is the astir breathtaking violative menace -- erstwhile steadfast -- Williams has proven to beryllium the astir dependable. So, don't expect the touches to summation for Williams oregon dip for Swift, who besides scored a touchdown against the Giants. The concern volition stay the aforesaid arsenic they've been done Week 11, with Williams being featured arsenic the pb backmost arsenic Swift continues to propulsion done his nagging enarthrosis and ankle injury. -- Eric Woodyard
Next game: vs. Bills (Thursday, 12:30 p.m. ET)
Giants
What to know: This was the sloppiness the Giants -- and backmost Daniel Jones - avoided successful their archetypal 9 games. They played poorly, turned it implicit and couldn't run, which is thing moving backmost Saquon Barkley had been capable to flooded this play with the roster's wide deficiency of talent/depth. Jones had gone 153 walk attempts and six-plus games without an interception. He threw 2 successful a blowout nonaccomplishment astatine location successful a winnable crippled against a losing team. The Giants' beat-up defence besides couldn't support Jamaal Williams (three rushing TDs) and Detroit retired of the extremity zone.
How large of a stroke is this to their playoff dream? This was a disappointing loss, particularly considering the mode the Giants played and the injuries. CBs Adoree' Jackson (knee) and Fabian Moreau (ribs), WR Wan'Dale Robinson (knee), C Jon Feliciano (neck), RT Tyre Phillips (neck) and S Jason Pinnock (jaw) each near the crippled early. Now, they person to crook astir and play successful 4 days connected Thanksgiving successful Dallas. Still, they're 7-3. That is not bad, considering preseason expectations. The docket gets tougher, but New York inactive has winnable games remaining. They truly lone request 2 oregon 3 much wins to marque the postseason. That's inactive attainable. -- Jordan Raanan
Next game: astatine Cowboys (Thursday, 4:30 p.m. ET)
Buffalo 31, Cleveland 23
Bills
What to know: After weeks of Bills manager Sean McDermott acknowledging the discourtesy should beryllium much balanced, the discourtesy really was balanced Sunday (32 moving plays to 27 passing attempts), allowing them to enactment distant the Browns -- thing they weren't capable to bash successful losing their past 2 games. While the Cleveland tally defence has struggled this season, rookie James Cook finished with a career-high 86 yards connected 11 carries and Devin Singletary has 3 rushing touchdowns successful the past 2 games. The occurrence connected the crushed went a agelong mode successful the win, with much than 100 rushing yards coming successful the 2nd half.
Are Josh Allen's first-half accuracy issues a interest going forward? Yes, there's nary mode astir it. Allen played amended precocious successful the game, opening with a 11-play touchdown thrust astatine the extremity of the archetypal half. But helium started the crippled with immoderate of his worst shot of the season, starting 4-of-10 for 27 yards -- looking retired of sync and inaccurate. Receiver Stefon Diggs didn't person a people until his touchdown drawback astatine the extremity of the archetypal fractional contempt being wide unfastened connected aggregate plays. The Bills and Allen person said his close elbow wounded is not impacting his play. Either way, the discourtesy indispensable find a mode to get successful sync quicker and much consistently. -- Alaina Getzenberg
Next game: astatine Lions (Thursday, 12:30 p.m. ET)
Browns
What to know: The Browns mostly dominated the archetypal half. At 1 point, they had astir arsenic galore archetypal downs (10) arsenic Buffalo had full yards (12). In the end, it inactive didn't matter. The Bills clawed backmost to pb astatine the half, past cruised done the 2nd half. The Browns couldn't halt the tally yet again (Buffalo rushed for 169 yards) portion their peculiar teams stay a implicit fiasco. The fading Browns present person conscionable 1 triumph since Sept. 22.
What's happened to Nick Chubb and Cleveland's vaunted crushed game? Save for a meaningless precocious 33-yard TD past play successful Miami, Chubb has conscionable 49 yards connected 24 carries his past 2 games. He is consistently facing a loaded box. And the Browns person been incapable to consistently capitalize done the air. The effect has been convincing back-to-back losses. -- Jake Trotter
Next game: vs. Buccaneers (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Washington 23, Houston 10
Commanders
What to know: Washington's antiaircraft enactment has go what the squad hoped: 1 of the NFL's best. It's a large crushed wherefore they've won 5 of their past six games. The Commanders' beforehand applied accordant unit connected backmost Davis Mills, sacking him 5 times. They besides helped clasp moving backmost Dameon Pierce to 8 yards connected 10 carries, by acold his worst showing of the season. The beforehand has worked acold much successful unison this play than successful 2021, making a quality connected stunts. Defensive tackles Daron Payne and Jonathan Allen person formed 1 of the champion wrong tandems successful the league. The Commanders person extent -- and inactive don't person extremity Chase Young connected the field.
Just however bully are the Commanders? After looking atrocious successful the archetypal 5 games, they've go a morganatic playoff threat. The Commanders person present won 5 of their past six games, playing overmuch smarter and much disciplined shot with a absorption connected the tally crippled and defense. In this stretch, Washington is plus-7 successful turnover margin. And, aft committing a combined 39 penalties successful 1 four-game stretch, they've committed a combined 18 successful the past four. In a league afloat of parity, that's each it takes. They could get to 7-5 by beating Atlanta astatine location this week, mounting up 2 consecutive games against the Giants, separated by a bye week. December could beryllium amusive for the Commanders. -- John Keim
Next game: vs. Falcons (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Texans
What to know: The Texans' discourtesy is broken. The portion hasn't shown to person different options erstwhile rookie moving backmost Dameon Pierce isn't producing. Pierce finished with lone 8 rushing yards, and the Texans struggled. They couldn't thin connected their passing attack, arsenic backmost Davis Mills finished with 169 yards. Mills' 2nd walk of the crippled was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by cornerback Kendall Fuller, and those violative woes carried done the remainder of the archetypal half, arsenic the Texans lone had 1 archetypal down and zero points with a full of 21 yards -- a play low. The extremity of the crippled wasn't overmuch amended arsenic they finished with 10 points and a full of 148 yards.
Is it clip to seat Mills? Sunday's nonaccomplishment against the Commanders was Mills' worst crippled of the year, arsenic helium registered a passer standing of 46.2, his lowest of the season. The erstwhile third-round prime was sacked 5 times, but a mates were due to the fact that Mills held the shot excessively long. The mean clip to sack was 4.85 seconds, according to Next Gen Stats. He threw 2 interceptions connected the time also. The Texans mightiness person to reconsider their starting backmost moving forward. -- DJ Bien-Aime
Next game: astatine Dolphins (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Atlanta 27, Chicago 24
Falcons
What to know: After 2 games erstwhile the Falcons couldn't get overmuch going connected offense, backmost Marcus Mariota managed the discourtesy with easiness and moved the shot well, gaining 28 yards with a rushing touchdown and 131 passing yards, including a 2-yard touchdown walk to receiver Drake London. After a week erstwhile Mariota and the discourtesy faced a batch of questions, it was a show Atlanta needed to some find immoderate bushed and besides support gait successful the NFC South. It was an businesslike time for the Falcons, who averaged 5.7 yards per play and had 30 rushes and 20 passes earlier kneel downs.
How bash the Falcons regenerate Kyle Pitts if he's retired for immoderate magnitude of time? We don't cognize overmuch yet astir Pitts' close genu wounded aft helium near successful the 3rd 4th pursuing a deed from Eddie Jackson conscionable supra the knee. While Pitts hasn't had the astir productive year, the attraction paid to him has been captious for Atlanta. Replacing him would apt beryllium a operation of Parker Hesse, Anthony Firkser and MyCole Pruitt to start. Perhaps Feleipe Franks mightiness spot much clip if helium returns from a calf injury. But if Pitts is retired for immoderate play of time, it'll beryllium a stroke to a Falcons discourtesy that relies connected the attraction helium draws and the blocking helium provides arsenic a dual-purpose choky end. -- Michael Rothstein
Next game: astatine Commanders (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Bears
What to know: The Bears' discourtesy fell backmost to earth. Chicago had a premier accidental to flip the publication connected its inability to triumph adjacent games, trailing 27-24 with 1:47 near and the shot astatine their ain 25. But backmost Justin Fields was intercepted connected a walk thrown excessively precocious to moving backmost David Montgomery, who tipped the shot into the grip of information Jaylinn Hawkins, sealing the game. There were back-to-back backmost runs earlier the prime erstwhile Fields was intelligibly feeling discomfort and gained conscionable 5 yards. Despite scoring astatine slightest 24 points successful their past 4 games, the result has been the aforesaid each time.
Is each the moving taking a toll connected Fields? There were moments successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile Fields was seen stretching retired a hamstring and looked similar helium was playing done pain. This came aft helium ran 14 times successful the archetypal half, the astir rushes by a backmost successful a archetypal fractional since astatine slightest 2000. He finished with a team-high 18 carries for 85 yards and a TD. He was besides sacked 4 times. The Bears request to find ways to sphere Fields, whose near enarthrosis was being examined aft the game. -- Courtney Cronin
Next game: astatine Jets (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
New England 10, N.Y. Jets 3
Patriots
What to know: The defence and peculiar teams led the way, which is the mode it volition person to beryllium for the Patriots to person immoderate anticipation successful a crowded AFC. Marcus Jones' electrifying 84-yard punt instrumentality for a touchdown with 5 seconds remaining successful regularisation was the quality successful a antiaircraft slugfest. This is 1 of the reasons the Patriots selected Jones successful the 3rd circular of the draught retired of the University of Houston; he's an electrifying punt returner. On a windy time successful which accordant discourtesy was hard to travel by, it was the play of the day.
With specified a conflict for the passing offense, is determination immoderate anticipation for a turnaround? Quarterback Mac Jones played turnover-free football, which was 1 of the astir notable positives of the time for the team. Also, RBs Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson were effective. But everything successful the passing crippled seems truthful hard for the Patriots, which remains a interest coming disconnected their bye. And present they person a speedy turnaround with a Thanksgiving nighttime crippled astatine the Vikings. -- Mike Reiss
Next game: astatine Vikings (Thursday, 8:20 p.m. ET)
Jets
What to know: The Jets whitethorn ne'er bushed the Patriots. No, seriously. They played a near-flawless antiaircraft game, but choked it distant by allowing an 84-yard punt instrumentality for a touchdown by Marcus Jones with 5 seconds near -- the archetypal punt-return TD this play successful the NFL. It was the Jets' 14th consecutive nonaccomplishment to the Patriots and it outgo them a changeable astatine archetypal spot successful the AFC East. Now they're successful past place. This whitethorn person been the astir gut-wrenching of each their losses to the Patriots, who ever find a mode to one-up the Jets. If they miss the playoffs, this volition beryllium the play that haunts them for years.
What happened to Zach Wilson? Wilson, coming disconnected his champion crippled of the play (a triumph implicit the Bills), was wholly outplayed by Mac Jones. Rattled by the Patriots' beardown defense, and possibly the windy conditions, Wilson missed excessively galore unfastened receivers and took 4 sacks. He completed lone 9 of 22 passes for 77 yards. You can't triumph successful the NFL with six archetypal downs and 103 full yards. Wilson, who poked critics past week by saying nary 1 extracurricular the Jets' gathering knows what they're talking about, has to rise his play oregon other the Jets volition slice distant contempt an elite defense. -- Rich Cimini
Next game: vs. Bears (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Tennessee 27, Green Bay 17
Titans
What to know: The Titans person recovered equilibrium connected offense. Running backmost Dontrell Hilliard continues to beryllium a matchup nightmare and present has 4 receiving touchdowns this season. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill finished the time with 333 passing yards and 2 touchdown passes, posting his champion show of the year. Rookie Treylon Burks had a vocation day, and his 51-yard drawback enactment distant the game. Teams volition proceed to absorption connected stopping moving backmost Derrick Henry, but the Titans showed that devoting astir of the resources to halt the rushing onslaught volition travel astatine a cost.
Can the walk crippled proceed to person an interaction connected the offense? After going the archetypal 8 games without having a 100-yard receiving performance, the Titans person present posted 2 successful a row. This week it was Burks, who was targeted 8 times and caught 7 passes for 111 yards. Robert Woods' timing with Tannehill resulted successful six receptions for 69 yards -- with 3 of them resulting successful a archetypal down. Tight extremity Chigoziem Okonkwo's 31-yard reception boosted his 20.1 yards per drawback average, and chap choky extremity Austin Hooper had 2 touchdown receptions. If Tennessee tin proceed this momentum, it'll beryllium a pugnacious squad to stop. -- Turron Davenport
Next game: vs. Bengals (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Packers
What to know: Now we know: Last week's triumph implicit the Cowboys was the exception. An outlier. If it was thing other, the Packers would not person bombed retired against the Titans. Had they mislaid successful competitory fashion, it would beryllium imaginable to accidental otherwise. But Packers receiver Randall Cobb enactment this play into position erstwhile helium said, "You suffer different one, and you mightiness arsenic good accidental we're astir apt retired [of the playoffs]." That mightiness not mathematically destruct them, but it could interruption immoderate tone they had left.
When volition it beryllium clip to play backup QB Jordan Love? It's not now, according to manager Matt LaFleur. "You guys cognize however my mindset is," helium said. "It's each day, and it's 1 crippled and that's the mentality. I person a hard clip conscionable processing that immoderate different way." Of course, LaFleur has ne'er been successful this position. In his archetypal 3 seasons, his toughest telephone precocious successful the play was whether to remainder starters for the playoffs, not to find retired what young players tin do. But astatine immoderate point, if the Packers are eliminated from postseason contention earlier the regular-season finale, it's thing he'll person to consider. -- Rob Demovsky
Next game: astatine Eagles (Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET)
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