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live Updated 2m ago What to know about Week 12 in the NFL Welcome to The Athletic 's live experience covering Week 12 in the NFL . Stay tuned here for news, highlights, coverage, takeaways and more from around the league Sunday. Be sure to refresh the webpage or app for the latest updates.
Required reading Week 12 schedule Playoff projections Russini: What I'm hearing Week 12 roundtable preview Subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive offer here . Find the best ticket deals on StubHub . Broncos-Chargers in Week 16 set for first ‘Thursday Night Football’ flex The NFL has flexed a game into a “Thursday Night Football” for the first time, moving the Denver Broncos’ Week 16 matchup at the Los Angeles Chargers into prime time on Dec.
19. The two teams, led by former Oregon quarterbacks Bo Nix and Justin Herbert, were originally set to play on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 22.
The Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals game that was originally slated for Thursday night will now be played that Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on Fox.
Read more here . GO FURTHER NFL moves Broncos-Chargers in Week 16 for first ‘Thursday Night Football’ flex Advertisement The latest NFL playoff projections from The Athletic Welcome to our 2024 NFL projections, where you will find each team’s probability of conquering its division, advancing through the playoffs and winning the Super Bowl. The projections are based on 100,000 simulations of the remainder of the season, which factors in each team’s projected strength, current health as well as its remaining schedule.
All projections and probabilities are rounded to the nearest whole number. You can read more about the model at the bottom of the page. The projections will be updated regularly throughout each week.
Check the latest updated from Nov. 21 . GO FURTHER NFL playoff projections 2024: The Athletic’s model predicts the field Kansas City Chiefs (-11) at Carolina Panthers (Getty Images) The Chiefs finally lost a game, and here are the left-for-dead Panthers waiting in the weeds to make it two in a row.
Yeah, that was even hard to type, though we don’t expect the Chiefs to be super angry about the loss and blow out the Panthers. The Chiefs have not covered the spread in their last four games and likely approach this one as a glorified walkthrough, working running back Isiah Pacheco back into the mix as his returns from a broken leg waits another week. And the Chiefs already rank fifth in time of possession at 32:19, the most in the Patrick Mahomes era.
The Panthers defense has some pride and ranks fifth in opposing passer rating (68.9) and eighth in EPA per dropback (0.04) the last three weeks, and it’s not like Travis Kelce is Brock Bowers or anything.
Kelce is putting up career lows in EPA per target (0.12), EPA per reception (0.7), yards per catch (8.
2), average yards after the catch (3.2) and touchdowns (two). Take the points.
The pick: Panthers GO FURTHER NFL Week 12 picks against the spread: Jim Harbaugh’s tangible impact on the Chargers.
