The Bengals are on a three-game dropping streak with a 4-8 document however quarterback Joe Burrow leads the league with 3,337 yards and solely 4 groups have scored extra factors per recreation (27.9) than Cincinnati.
The Cowboys rating 20.7 factors per contest and the Pittsburgh Steelers wanted 44 factors to beat the Bengals final week. If Dallas hopes to win its fourth-straight recreation, they’ll want one other large recreation from Dowdle.
DE Kayvon Thibodeaux, New York Giants
If the Giants hope to beat the Saints on the street in Week 14, they’ll need to cease Alvin Kamara, the NFL’s seventh-leading rusher and a quarterback in Derek Carr who’s thrown six touchdowns with out an interception in his final 4 video games. It received’t be simple now that Professional Bowl defensive deal with Dexter Lawrence II is on the IR with a dislocated elbow.
That’s not all. According to NBC Sports’ Myles Simmons, defensive finish Rakeem Nunez-Roches (neck) and linebacker Bobby Okereke (again) had been unable to apply on Thursday whereas defensive linemen D.J. Davidson (shoulder) and Jordan Riley (knee) had been restricted.
Thibodeaux missed 5 video games with a wrist harm himself this yr and has simply three tackles and no sacks since returning in Week 12. He’s eligible for a contract extension on the finish of the season, so each recreation issues for the 23-year-old edge-rusher.
If he can discover the shape that led to 50 tackles and 11.5 sacks in 2023, the Giants might depart New Orleans with win No. 3 on Sunday.
HC Nick Sirianni, Philadelphia Eagles
How do you encourage a first-place workforce on an eight-game win streak in opposition to a three-win workforce they’re favored to beat by 13 factors. That’s the dilemma dealing with Sirianni this week as his workforce prepares to face the Carolina Panthers at Lincoln Monetary Area.
Philadelphia continues to be driving excessive after an upset victory over Baltimore in Week 13 and has one other large recreation in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 15.
The Panthers have performed higher since Bryce Younger returned because the workforce’s beginning quarterback whereas dropping every of their final two video games by solely three factors in extra time defeats.
If Sirianni can’t get his workforce targeted in what might simply turn out to be a “entice recreation,” the Panthers would possibly depart Philadelphia with their third win within the final 5 video games.
