NFL Week 15 takeaways – What we learned, big questions for every game and future team outlooks
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Week 15 of the 2021 NFL season will have different feel thanks to postponements because of a leaguewide COVID-19 outbreak.
Raiders at Browns, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been moved to Monday (5 p.m. ET, NFL Network). Additionally, there will be two Tuesday games — Seahawks at Rams and Washington at Eagles — both at 7 p.m. ET on Fox.
On Saturday night, the Colts took an early lead and hung on, thanks to a late Jonathan Taylor TD, to beat the Patriots.
On Thursday, quarterback Patrick Mahomes helped the Chiefs force overtime against the Chargers and win the their seventh straight.
Our NFL Nation reporters react with the takeaways and lingering questions. Plus, they each look at the bigger picture with their current team confidence rating — a 0-10 grade of how they feel about a team’s outlook coming out of the week. Let’s get to it.
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Colts
What to know: The Colts have gone from being the eighth seed, which was on the outside of the AFC playoff picture, to now the fifth seed in the conference. Indianapolis ended its eight-game losing streak to the Patriots with defense, forcing two turnovers and blocking a punt. — Mike Wells
Can the Colts rely on quarterback Carson Wentz? Wentz, outside of having three quarterback sneaks for first downs, didn’t play well. He threw one interception, and the Patriots dropped two other interceptions. Those types of mistakes will hurt the Colts down the stretch. — Wells
Wells’ confidence rating (0-10): 6, up from 3.7. The Colts will be favored in two of their final three games — Las Vegas and Jacksonville. They’ve positioned themselves to get in the playoffs for the third time in four seasons under coach Frank Reich.
Next game: at Cardinals (Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET)
Patriots
What to know: The Patriots dug themselves too big of a hole, and their late comeback bid fell just short. A disastrous first half, and falling behind 17-0, proved too much to overcome. In that first half,…
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Source : espn
