Week 16 Recap: Bears STUN Packers, Jaguars THROTTLE Broncos, Panthers Take NFC South Lead, and More

We're just two weeks away from the end of the regular season, and exactly one team that won its division last year is in first place this year. That would be the Philadelphia Eagles, who clinched the NFC East with a win over the Washington Commanders on Saturday. Every other division, however, is looking quite possibly at a new division winner. That includes the Chicago Bears, who took firm control of the NFC North with a win over the Green Bay Packers. It includes the Jacksonville Jaguars, who went into Denver and took down the Broncos. And it includes the Carolina Panthers, who moved into first place in the NFC South with a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Robert Mays, Dave Helman and Derrik Klassen recap a crazy Week 16 on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

0:00 Welcome to the show
2:00 New England Patriots-Baltimore Ravens
3:22 Drake Maye
9:25 Ravens play calling
14:46 Jaguars-Broncos
18:51 Trevor Lawrence
25:55 Broncos defense miscues
33:10 Bears-Packers
38:46 Caleb Williams
49:30 What went wrong for the Packers
53:28 Panthers-Buccaneers
1:00:55 What's wrong with Baker Mayfield and the Buccs?
1:04:20 Justin Herbert
1:05:20 Should Herbert be in the MVP convo?
1:12:20 Steelers-Lions
1:21:53 Are the Steelers actually good and/or scary?
1:26:33 Romantic: Isaac TeSlaa
1:27:49 Romantic: Tennessee Titans
1:31:15 Romantic: Chicago Bears
1:37:20 What did we learn today?

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