Jacksonville Jaguars @ Detroit Lions (7:30 ET)
Carolina Panthers @ New England Patriots (7:30 ET)
New York Jets @ New York Giants (7:30 ET)
Oakland Raiders @ Green Bay Packers (8:00 ET)
Chicago Bears @ Seattle Seahawks (10:00 ET)
So here we go. 10 of things to watch or look for in Friday's NFL action:
1. Blake Bortles is suppose to take half of the first team snaps away from Chad Henne. Blake Bortles has passed for 277 yards on 18 completions this preseason, and posted a 96.9 passer rating. He has showed excellent form, and flashed incredible talent firing balls downfield very accurately. At just under 10 yards per attempt, he is having a powerful preseason. Henne has been impressive too, but Bortles has clearly been in a level above him.
2. Calvin Johnson said on Wednesday that even he was unsure of how he would be used in this offense. Get your act together, Calvin. You have to play in it today. Calvin is an elite threat in the league, and now has Golden Tate from Seattle working opposite of him which may take some of his double coverage away from him. Watch the entire Lions pass attack and see how they fare. It'll be worth it.
3. Carolina has Cam Newton back, and he get's to work with Kelvin Benjamin extensively for the first time in their careers. Benjamin and Newton started hooking up last week, and it's been fun to watch. Definitely watch these two to see how they fare this week.
4. The Carolina Defense is one of the best in the league, and this is nothing more then a rematch of last year's Monday Night game that resulted in an angry Tom Brady storming off with the referee firing f-bombs into his face. Let's hope the first half doesn't result in that again. Luke Kuechly, Greg Hardy, and Charles Johnson lead the newly improved Panthers defense with 2 new safeties. Let's see how New England handles them.
5. Rex Ryan and Andre Williams have been throwing insults at each other all week long. Come on, guys, just play the game and shut up!
6. Jimmy Garapolo is the guy I'm watching on Friday. I love this kid as a prospect, and he's really throwing the whole Ryan Mallett taking over Tom Brady in a few years thing out the window. He's a better passer with a higher upside. I can't wait until Tom Brady get;s his tail off the field so I can watch this guy play.
7. Oakland will be missing Derek Carr due to a concussion, so here goes Matt Schuab, Matt McGloin, and... Trent Edwards? This will be an interesting trio to watch, considering how poorly Schuab has played this preseason (49.6 passer rating). And I'm suppose to believe that preseason doesn't matter! Matt McGloin has looked more impressive then both Schuab and Carr combined, but he's played against 3rd string players...
8. Green Bay's defense has really sunk to almost nothing. Julius Peppers is an overrated add. The LB's and the entire secondary is crumbling. I think Green Bay is on a long sink, and it's not going to be very good for the Packers offense, who will have to score more points then the other team. With Green Bay's schedule this year, that could very well be a problem. Watch them tonight to see if I am not correct on that point.
9. Chicago's run game has been very unimpressive, Matt Forte has one run that went past the line of scrimmage all preseason. Can they bounce back and get back into the flow of things?
10. Seattle had an impressive showing last week against San Diego. Are they going to destroy the Bears defense, or will they struggle? It's an ultimate test to both defenses tonight, making it a matchup to watch.
2. Calvin Johnson said on Wednesday that even he was unsure of how he would be used in this offense. Get your act together, Calvin. You have to play in it today. Calvin is an elite threat in the league, and now has Golden Tate from Seattle working opposite of him which may take some of his double coverage away from him. Watch the entire Lions pass attack and see how they fare. It'll be worth it.
3. Carolina has Cam Newton back, and he get's to work with Kelvin Benjamin extensively for the first time in their careers. Benjamin and Newton started hooking up last week, and it's been fun to watch. Definitely watch these two to see how they fare this week.
4. The Carolina Defense is one of the best in the league, and this is nothing more then a rematch of last year's Monday Night game that resulted in an angry Tom Brady storming off with the referee firing f-bombs into his face. Let's hope the first half doesn't result in that again. Luke Kuechly, Greg Hardy, and Charles Johnson lead the newly improved Panthers defense with 2 new safeties. Let's see how New England handles them.
5. Rex Ryan and Andre Williams have been throwing insults at each other all week long. Come on, guys, just play the game and shut up!
6. Jimmy Garapolo is the guy I'm watching on Friday. I love this kid as a prospect, and he's really throwing the whole Ryan Mallett taking over Tom Brady in a few years thing out the window. He's a better passer with a higher upside. I can't wait until Tom Brady get;s his tail off the field so I can watch this guy play.
7. Oakland will be missing Derek Carr due to a concussion, so here goes Matt Schuab, Matt McGloin, and... Trent Edwards? This will be an interesting trio to watch, considering how poorly Schuab has played this preseason (49.6 passer rating). And I'm suppose to believe that preseason doesn't matter! Matt McGloin has looked more impressive then both Schuab and Carr combined, but he's played against 3rd string players...
8. Green Bay's defense has really sunk to almost nothing. Julius Peppers is an overrated add. The LB's and the entire secondary is crumbling. I think Green Bay is on a long sink, and it's not going to be very good for the Packers offense, who will have to score more points then the other team. With Green Bay's schedule this year, that could very well be a problem. Watch them tonight to see if I am not correct on that point.
9. Chicago's run game has been very unimpressive, Matt Forte has one run that went past the line of scrimmage all preseason. Can they bounce back and get back into the flow of things?
10. Seattle had an impressive showing last week against San Diego. Are they going to destroy the Bears defense, or will they struggle? It's an ultimate test to both defenses tonight, making it a matchup to watch.
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