#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!!