Skip to main content

Stafford Makes His MVP Case

Plus, breaking down the three most interesting matchups of Week 14, listener mail, and our bold predictions for Sunday’s games
itunes-badge-210.jpg

Our new Thursday show, The 10 Things: NFL Look Ahead Podcast, previewing the weekend’s games and much more. We’ll be back in your feed with our regular episodes on Monday. Subscribe to The MMQB: 10 Things Podcast and it will be waiting in your feed first thing Monday morning. (For non-subscribers, there is sometimes a lag.)

If you missed Monday’s show, breaking down Week 13, it’s right here! As for this week’s Look Ahead...

As always, Andy and I are very available through social media channels. Send us a question, and we might answer it in a future mailbag:

Andy Benoit on Twitter and Facebook

Gary Gramling on Twitter and Facebook

Thanks for listening, you are the best, and please leave a review on iTunes if you like the show!

This week's show:

Matthew Stafford’s MVP case — 2:17

• Ravens at Patriots: Pats to spread it out to counter Baltimore’s elite run D, will Flacco keep pace with Brady against the Patriots’ matchup secondary — 9:03

• Cowboys at Giants: What’s different this time around? How do the Giants’ DBs match up with all of the Cowboys’ passing-game weapons? — 16:59

• Saints at Bucs: A nightmare matchup for Drew Brees and the Saints offense? Can Bucs open things up against a New Orleans D that lacks edge burners? — 23:03

• The Mailbag (Does Seattle switch strategies with Earl Thomas out? Can Ladarius Green become the third part of the triplets in Pittsburgh? Can Aldon Smith give the Raiders anything? How much trouble is the Colts D in with D’Qwell Jackson suspended? What in the world happened with Greg Robinson?) — 29:02

• Our boldest predictions for Week 14 — 40:58