#185: NFL 2019 Week 16 Preview with Hal Bent

1. Week 15 Takeaways Me: It’s time to put Drew Brees in the discussion as one of the five best QB’s of all time   Hal: 49ers with a huge lost opportunity 2. Truth/Exaggeration  -The Browns should fire BOTH Freddie Kitchens and John Dorsey -The Jaguars problems will only get worse if they retain Tom Coughlin -Matt Patricia will get fired after the 2020 season if the Lions fail to sniff the playoffs -The Buccaneers should extend Shaq Barrett by February and give Jameis Winston the franchise tag as opposed to a multi-year deal -The Indianapolis Colts should use their first-round pick on Utah State QB Jordan Love if he significantly impresses them during the pre-draft process -With their offense re-discovering its 2018 mojo and their defense playing underrated football, the Kansas City Chiefs are the team the Ravens should fear the most in the playoffs -Kirk Cousins, Dak Prescott, Fred Warner, and Justin Simmons should have made the Pro Bowl as opposed to Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Luke Kuechly and Earl Thomas -ALL NFC playoff teams outside of New Orleans should be praying hard that the Saints don’t get the NFC’s #1 seed again 3. Game of the Week: Bills at Patriots -Should anybody be surprised if the Bills pull off the upset in Foxboro on Saturday? -Is there a case for Tre’Davious White as already being on the level of Stephon Gilmore? -Key matchups: Cole Beasley vs. Devin McCourty, Jordan Phillips and Ed Oliver versus Patriots iOL -Game picks 4. Game of the Week: Packers at Vikings -While some people may see a high-scoring shootout in this game, I also think a defensive struggle is just as likely, especially given the inconsistencies of the Packers offense and Dalvin Cook looking iffy to play. What do you think? -X Factors for each team Packers: Kenny Clark, Jaire Alexander/Kevin King  Vikings: Alexander Mattison, Eric Kendricks/Linval Joseph -Key matchups: David Bakhtiari/Bryan Bulaga vs. Danielle Hunter/Everson Griffen, Brian O’Neill vs. Za’Darius Smith, Blake Martinez vs. Alexander Mattison   -Game picks 5. Picks for remainder of Week 16 games -Texans at Buccaneers -Rams at 49ers -Jaguars at Falcons -Ravens at Browns -Saints at Titans -Panthers at Colts -Bengals at Dolphins -Giants at Redskins -Steelers at Jets -Lions at Broncos -Raiders at Chargers -Cowboys at Eagles -Cardinals at Seahawks -Chiefs at Bears 6. BOLD PREDICTIONS ME: Matt Prater wins the game for the Lions on an NFL record 65-yard field goal HAL: Mitchell Trubisky throws 3 TD’s, 250 pasisng yards, 100 rushing yards 7. Challenge Flags ME: San Francisco 49ers…let last weekend’s loss against the Falcons hurt as bad as it can and let it be your fuel these final two games and in the playoffs HAL: Jason Garrett, Doug Pederson: WHO WANTS THE NFC EAST????