Week 14 NFL players to watch: Two QBs make MVP cases

From quarterbacks chasing the Most Useful Participant Award to the return of a star intensive receiver, listed below are players to watch in Week 14.

SUNDAY’S POSTGAME HEADLINE TODAY | Dak Prescott soars in opposition to Eagles 

The Dallas Cowboys QB — and MVP candidate, per oddschecker — is on a tear. By 12 video video games, he leads the league in passing TDs (26) and ranks third in completion share (70.1) and fifth in passing yards (3,234).
On Tuesday, Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones instructed KRLD-FM in Dallas he believes the workforce can beat the NFC’s most interesting teams “with the best way through which Dak is having fun with.”

Don’t be surprised if Prescott leads the Cowboys (9-3) to a victory over the Philadelphia Eagles (10-2), serving to them take over first inside the NFC East. Philadelphia ranks twenty ninth inside the NFL in passing yards allowed per sport (260.3), and Dallas hasn’t misplaced a home sport this season. As of Friday, oddschecker lists the Cowboys as a 3.5-point favorite.  

SUNDAY’S POSTGAME HEADLINE TODAY | Brock Purdy strengthens MVP case 

San Francisco 49ers intensive receiver Deebo Samuel believes the second-year QB — who leads the league in passer rating (116.1) — should be the front-runner for MVP. 

“Man, my boy No. 1 correct now,” he said Tuesday on FanDuel’s “Up & Adams.” “It ain’t even up for debate. He’s merely obtained to keep up stacking up video video games, stacking days, stacking weeks. We obtained to exit proper right here and proceed making performs for him, and I really feel he’ll get the job accomplished as far as the MVP dialog.”

Anticipate Purdy to have one different unbelievable effectivity in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks (6-6). Over its earlier three video video games, Seattle has allowed 89 points, third most inside the league in that span. ESPN Analytics offers San Francisco (9-3) a 78 percent chance to win its residence sport.  

SUNDAY’S POSTGAME HEADLINE TODAY | Justin Jefferson trounces Raiders  


On Thursday, Jefferson — who missed seven video video games with a hamstring injury— said he has regained his “explosiveness” and is ready to help the Minnesota Vikings (6-6) secure a playoff spot.  

Jefferson ought to help Minnesota QB Joshua Dobbs get once more on monitor after he threw 4 picks in a Week 12 loss to the Bears.

Sooner than he suffered his injury in Week 5, Jefferson led the league in receiving yards per sport (135.8), per ESPN’s Kevin Seifert. Within the meantime, the Las Vegas Raiders (5-7) have allowed 886 passing yards over their earlier three video video games, primarily probably the most inside the league.

SUNDAY’S POSTGAME HEADLINE TODAY | Puka Nacua’s meteoric rise continues

Ahead of their residence sport with the Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh insisted he knew Nacua — a fifth-round decide of BYU — would develop right into a star.

“I appreciated him. He was definitely one in every of my highest-rated guys. You’ll be capable of ask anybody proper right here. He was means up on my board,” the HC said sarcastically all through a Wednesday news conference. “He’s having fun with exactly how I believed he would, for the doc.”

Jokes aside, the rookie wideout is a motive the Rams (6-6) have obtained three straight and can give the Ravens (9-3) trouble. By 12 video video games, Nacua is seventh inside the league in receiving yards (1,029) and eleventh in receptions (77).  

SUNDAY’S POSTGAME HEADLINE TODAY | Patrick Surtain II shuts down Keenan Allen

The Denver Broncos cornerback often strains up in opposition to No. 1 WRs, nevertheless Allen presents definitely one in every of his biggest challenges. By 12 video video games, the Chargers star leads the league in receptions (102) and ranks third in receiving yards (1,175).

Surtain II, nonetheless, can take care of the troublesome matchup. Per Skilled Soccer Reference, he has solely allowed two passing TDs in 12 video video games. If the 23-year-old grounds Allen, it’ll help the Broncos (6-6) — three-point underdogs as of Friday, per oddschecker — pull off an upset in opposition to L.A. (5-7).