#430: 2023 Week 16 NFL Preview (with Hal Bent)

1. Biggest Takeaways From Week 15 -DKrom: Bills looking more dangerous than ever because of how they're running the ball -Hal: It's hard to trust both the AFC South and NFC South 2. Weekly Honors -GOAT Of The Week (DKrom: Brad Holmes/Drew Lock, Hal: Trey Sermon/Tyler Goodson) -Dunce Of The Week (DKrom: Kevin O'Connell, Hal: Jets coaching staff) 3. Coaching Carousel Latest -Do you believe, at this time, that the odds are that Bill Belichick will be headed to L.A. to coach the Chargers in 2024 shoud he leave the Patriots? -Do you think it is all but certain that Arthur Smith will be fired? -With 7-10 head coaching vacancies expected (including the Chargers, Panthers and Raiders), would you be surprised at this point if Bucs OC Dave Canales isn't a head coach next year? -After what transpired on Sunday in Cleveland, how hard is it to see the Bears retaining Matt Eberflus? 4. Simpatico or No Simpatico -Jake Browning will be a full-time starting QB for another team as early as next season -The winner of the NFC South will be whoever wins the Week 17 match-up between the Saints and Bucs -Vikings DC Brian Flores' system will be the next big schematic craze in the NFL -If the Bills make the playoffs, it will be as AFC East champions -If he plays in 2024, Derrick Henry will be a part-time, mostly short-yardage/goal line back for another team -The Lions will NOT extend Jared Goff next year and have him simply play out the final year of his contract -There will be multiple 10-7 AFC teams that do NOT make the playoffs -Dak Prescott will sign a new contract extension that will totally re-set the QB market next year 5. Cowboys at Dolphins Preview 6. Ravens at 49ers Preview 7. Week 15 Picks -Locks (DKrom: Bills over Chargers, Hal: Broncos over Patriots) -Upset Specials (DKrom: Patriots over Broncos, Hal: Raiders over Chiefs) -Saints at Rams -Bengals at Steelers -Commanders at Jets -Browns at Texans -Seahawks at Titans -Colts at Falcons -Lions at Vikings -Packers at Panthers -Jaguars at Bucs -Cardinals at Bears -Giants at Eagles 8. Bold Predictions -DKrom: Jake Browning completes 31 of 32 passes (96.8%), which breaks the all-time single game record for highest completion percentage, which was most recently set by Drew Brees in 2019 (96.7%) -Hal: Jimmy Garoppolo comes off the bench and leads the Raiders on three TD drives, including a game-winner to Davante Adams 9. Challenge Flags -Hal: Lions, Eagles, and Cowboys...push the 49ers HARD for the NFC's #1 playoff seed!!! -DKrom: Cowboys...learn how to counter-punch and beat a championship-level opponent on the road!!