Entering Week 14 of the 2024 NFL season, there are six teams are on bye, so this week’s slate features 13 games. That includes a number of matchups that will significantly impact the NFL playoff picture.
Looking at the NFL coverage map, let’s see which games will be broadcast in different areas of the country in Week 14 while also previewing each contest.
NFL Coverage Map for Week 14
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RED: Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Browns were 11-6 a season ago. The biggest win total dropoff from year to year in franchise history is six games (it has happened multiple times, most recently in 2008).
Through six weeks this season, Will Levis had 125 pass attempts, and Jameis Winston had one. Through 13 weeks, Winston has more passing yards than Levis.
The Browns scored seven points in the first quarter against the Broncos, their highest-scoring first 15 minutes since September—they haven’t won a first quarter since Week 8 against the Ravens. Defensively, this team has allowed 62 points played on the road over the past five quarters.
The Steelers won on Sunday despite allowing 38 points to the Bengals — they’ve allowed just 20 PPG in their three losses this season. Russell Wilson threw for 257 yards in the first half against the Bengals on Sunday, a career-best for a half of football – he had five players in the first 30 minutes that recorded more receiving yards than any player on Cincinnati’s roster.
This offense scored 37 points on 11 drives last week, following their 37 points across 24 drives in the two weeks prior. In Weeks 1-11, Pittsburgh didn’t once allow a touchdown on 28% of opponent drives.
- Week 12 at Cleveland Browns: 30% opponent TD rate
- Week 13 at Cincinnati Bengals: 40% opponent TD rate
If road games are the issue, things could get ugly. The Steelers head to Philadelphia (Week 15) and Baltimore (Week 16) for their two remaining away games this season.
GREEN: New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
The Jets are the only NFL team without multiple Sunday wins this season. Remember the version of Aaron Rodgers that was in scoring position the second he stepped on the field? It’s long gone. Halloween was the last time he had a 30-yard completion.
New York picked up 56.8% of their third downs through two weeks, a rate that sits at just 34.2% since The Jets have not intercepted a pass since Week 5 (against Sam Darnold).
Since the cold weather narratives gained steam last week, it’s worth noting that Miami’s season ends with games in Cleveland and New York. Should Miami just bank on Tua Tagovailoa from the jump? For the season, he’s completing 76.3% of first-down passes, a rate that sits at 84.8% over the past two weeks (28-of-33).
After averaging 29 points per game in Tagovailoa’s first five games back from the concussion, the Dolphins managed just 17 points against the Packers on Thursday night (seven coming on a tipped pass that found Tyreek Hill with just over three minutes left in what was a 19-point game).
The Dolphins blitzed on one-quarter of Green Bay’s dropbacks last week and failed to record a single sack. They’ve called a blitz at least that often in six games this season and have failed to get home in four of those games.
YELLOW: Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans
A 14-loss season remains a possibility for the Jaguars, and it would be their third in the past five seasons (the rest of the NFL has three to date over that stretch, with the Panthers, Bears, and Jets all having one apiece). Mac Jones has completed 86.8% of his passes, throwing less than 10 yards downfield (otherwise:11-of-39, 28.2%)
The Jags settled for two red zone field goals last week, matching their total from the previous five games. On a yards-per-drive standpoint, the Jaguars offered up their second-best effort of the season against the Texans last week (29.3 yards).
The Titans are more likely than not to have three straight double-digit loss seasons, something this franchise hasn’t done since the Oilers did it in four straight from 1983-86. Will Levis has posted at least an 84.5 passer rating in four straight games (he had one such performance this season prior).
The Titans averaged just 21.9 yards per drive last week, their lowest mark since Week 6 (vs. Colts). Tennessee allowed Washington to convert nine of 14 third downs on Sunday (in their two games prior, the Titans allowed eight third down conversions on 27 attempts).
ORANGE: Las Vegas Raiders at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Raiders have dropped eight straight games. Twice this millennium, they have had a longer single-season losing streak (nine straight in 2006 and 10 straight to open the 2014 season). Aidan O’Connell completed nine of 12 passes last week when the Chiefs blitzed him (14-of-23 otherwise, 60.9%).
The Raiders join the 2015 Titans as the only teams to have a fourth-quarter turnover in 11 games through 13 weeks (their lone game without a fourth-quarter turnover was the Week 2 upset of the Ravens). All of those giveaways in fourth quarters and they are just as bad at taking the ball away in those spots (one turnover forced).
The Bucs rattled off four straight wins in Weeks 13-16 last season, a run that included a three-point win against the Panthers. They’ve won both games following their Week 11 bye and are coming off a three-point win over Carolina. Baker Mayfield has turned 12 pressured dropbacks into just 10 passing yards and an interception over the past two weeks.
Tampa Bay settled for three red zone field goals against Carolina last week – they had three such kicks over their previous four games. The red zone offense wasn’t very good, but the defense has held up in those spots by allowing just three TDs on 11 such drives over the past three games.
BLUE: Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals (Late)
Seattle plays three of its remaining five games on the road, and its only two home games come against arguably the best division in football (NFC North). Geno Smith completed five-of-seven deep passes against the Jets, a nice improvement over the two games prior (five-of-13, 38.5%).
Seattle’s offense averaged 4.5 yards per play against the Jets, its lowest rate of the year, and it’s all happened in the past three weeks. The Seahawks improved to 5-0 on Sunday when allowing points on under 30% of drives in a game this season (Sunday at Jets: 18.2%).
Arizona has back-to-back home games over the next two weeks – they’ve won three straight at home, allowing a total of 30 points across those 12 quarters. Kyler Murray’s aDOT is below his career average, and that can work if his teammates are making plays – that wasn’t the case on Sunday (3.2 yards per catch after the reception, their second-worst showing of the season).
Sunday was the fourth time this season that Arizona scored on the majority of its drives in a game (it scored on six of 10 drives against the Vikings). Defensively, the Cardinals have allowed a touchdown on just three of 10 trips to the red zone over their past four games.
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RED: Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta plays three of its next four road games (it has lost consecutive road games, scoring a total of 23 points in each), but it plays indoors for each of its next three (at Vikings, at Raiders, vs. Giants). Since 2011, only twice has a QB completed 18 passes with at least one interception and zero touchdown passes in three straight games – Case Keenum (2018) and Kirk Cousins (current).
The Falcons turned the ball over on a season-high 40% of their drives on Sunday – they are 1-5 this season when they have a double-digit turnover rate. Atlanta allowed 0.90 points per drive against the Chargers, its best rate of the season. This success is nice, but this team is 0-3 in its past point-per-drive defensive showings this year.
The Vikings are looking to improve upon their record from the previous season by at least four games this season (2023: 7-10), something they’ve already done four times since 2011. Sam Darnold has led this offense to 1.9+ points per drive in 10 games this season, matching their total from a year ago.
The Vikings didn’t commit an offensive penalty for the first time this season (they’ve committed a total of just 11 penalties over their past three games). Minnesota won despite their defense on Sunday – they forced a punt on just one-of-10 drives (10%, their first game under 20% this season).
BLUE: Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles
The Panthers have the longest active streak of double-digit loss seasons (five straight) and are angling to extend that run sooner rather than later Bryce Young is far from perfect (60% complete or less in three straight games), but he hasn’t thrown an interception in any of those games and has taken just four sacks (106 pass attempts).
Carolina has cashed in just three of their 10 red zone trips into touchdowns over the past two weeks (Chiefs and Buccaneers). The Panthers allowed a touchdown on just two of 14 drives against the Bucs, a 14.3% rate that is their best defensive showing of the season.
The Eagles close the regular season with four of their final five games at home (except Week 16 at Commanders). Each of their past seven games played at home or in a neutral setting has been decided by a single possession. Jalen Hurts has improved his completion percentage in enemy territory every season of his career, and he completed five-of-six such passes in the big win over the Ravens last weekend.
Philadelphia averaged just 4.7 yards per play on Sunday, their lowest mark in a win this season (second lowest overall). The Eagles pressured Lamar Jackson on 56.8% of dropbacks last week, their best rate of the season.
GREEN: New Orleans Saints at New York Giants
The Saints scored 91 points through the season’s first two weeks. Three months ago, would you have believed that they would be held under 15 points in five of 10 games since? Over his past three games, Derek Carr has been 15-of-19 against the blitz for 240 yards, two touchdowns, and zero interceptions (the Giants have led the league in blitz rate since Week 8).
On Sunday, the Saints reached the red zone on two of eight drives. They are 0-4 this season when they enter the opponents’ 20-yard line on 25% or fewer of their possessions. The percentage of passes in which New Orleans allows a first down is steadily on the rise over their past four games: 30.8% to 31.6% to 36.2% to 37.5% on Sunday against the Rams.
The Giants have lost seven straight, but three of the past four have come by seven or fewer points. No one is suggesting that Drew Lock is a franchise building block, but he did complete eight-of-12 passes last week when pressured.
The Giants averaged 51.1 yards per drive against the Commanders in the Week 9 loss, but it’s been downhill since: 29.2 in Week 10, 24.9 in Week 12, and 18.3 in Week 13 (their second-lowest rate of the season). The Giants have failed to record a single sack in consecutive games (and in three of their past four).
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RED: Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams
This is Buffalo’s first of two straight on the road. They had a three-game road trip earlier in the season, and that’s where they ran into problems (1-2 from Weeks 4-6, road games against the Ravens, Texans, and Jets). Josh Allen’s reckless aggression is gone, and it looks good on him. On non-pressured pass attempts this season, his average depth of throw sits at just six yards (career average: 7.4), and that has supported an upward ticking passer rating in such spots (2022: 96.6, 2023: 101.9, and 2024: 108.4).
Buffalo has scored a touchdown on seven of eight red zone trips over their past two games (Chiefs and 49ers) – they converted at a 62.8% rate this season prior. The Bills have forced a turnover on over 20% of opponent drives in three straight games, a rate they hit just once in the first nine weeks of this season.
Nine of Los Angeles’ 12 games this season have been decided by a single score. Matthew Stafford has completed just one of his 12 pressured pass attempts over the past two weeks.
For just the second time this season, on Sunday, the Rams converted all of their red zone drives into touchdowns (three-for-three at Saints). The Rams allowed the Saints to average 8.5 plays per drive, the most they’ve allowed in a game this season, but they surrendered just 14 points.
BLUE: Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers
Chicago is 0-6 since their bye, losing to a divisional foe in each of the past three weeks (cumulative score in those games: 73-66). Caleb Williams threw a pair of deep touchdown passes last week, his first since Week 6, but don’t let that mask the fact that 12 of his other 14 deep attempts hit the turf.
Over the past three weeks, the Bears have converted 45.8% of their third downs (first 10 weeks: 28.7%). The Bears blitzed 38.9% of the time on Thursday, a stark difference from their season rate of 24% and even further ahead of the direction they were headed entering Week 13 (Weeks 11 and 12 were both under 16%).
This is San Francisco’s first of two straight at home, though that might not be as comforting as it sounds. They are 1-3 over their past four home games despite holding a +22 point differential through the first three quarters of those games (-30 in the fourth quarter). Brock Purdy’s yards per third down attempt went down from 8.8 a season ago to 6.8 this year (Sunday in Buffalo: 4.2).
The 49ers have converted just three-of-10 third down attempts in consecutive games (season prior: 45.4% conversion rate). Over the past three weeks, the Seahawks, Packers, and Bills reached the end zone 11 times against San Francisco — they walked away from those drives with 11 touchdowns.
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Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs (SNF)
The Chargers have lost six straight to the Chiefs, but the basic stats suggest that is unlucky. Five of those games have been decided by seven or fewer points (three by a field goal or less), with the Chargers winning the time-of-possession battle five times and losing the turnover margin just twice. In games played on November 25 or later, Justin Herbert has one touchdown pass on 157 attempts since the beginning of last season.
Los Angeles averaged 18.5 yards per drive on Sunday against the Falcons, their lowest mark in a victory this season. For the sixth time in their past seven games, the Chargers held the opposition out of the end zone on at least half of their red zone drives (Sunday at ATL: one touchdown on four red zone trips).
Of Patrick Mahomes’ 100 wins as a starter, nine have come when scoring fewer than 20 points. Three of those wins have come this season, meaning six of his first 90 wins came in such a spot. Mahomes completed a season-low 56.5% of his passes on Black Friday, and it was the sixth time he failed to throw multiple touchdown passes in a game this year.
One week after scoring a touchdown on a season-best 37.5% of their drives (at Carolina), Kansas City found paydirt on a season-low 8.3% of drives against the Raiders. The Chiefs held the Raiders to a field goal on their red zone trip, making Week 13 the first time this season in which they did not allow a red zone TD.
Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys (MNF)
The Bengals have three road wins this season against bad teams (Panthers, Giants, and Browns). They play in Dallas and Tennessee over the next two weeks. The Bengals are averaging 27.8 PPG in their losses this year. That’s on track to be the highest in a season in NFL history (min. 5 losses).
Highest PPG Average in Losses, Single Seasons
- 2024 Bengals 27.8
- 2009 Packers 27.4
- 2013 Cowboys 27.3
- 1965 49ers 25.7
This offense has averaged over 40 yards per drive three times this season:
- Week 3 vs. Washington Commanders: 64.9 yards, 38-33 loss
- Week 10 at Baltimore Ravens: 46.4 yards, 35-34 loss
- Week 13 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: 40.3 yards, 44-38 loss
Meanwhile, defensively, Sunday was the fifth time this season that the Bengals allowed a passer rating north of 119.
Dallas has won their two games coming out of Thanksgiving in each of the past three seasons. Over the past two weeks, Cooper Rush has completed 15-of-19 passes for 154 yards and a pair of scores when blitzed.
The Cowboys picked up 46.7% of their third downs on Thanksgiving against the Giants, their highest rate since Week 5’s win in Pittsburgh (60%). The Cowboys created 24 pressures last week, their highest for the season. When they cleared a dozen pressure situations, they pushed their record up to 4-1.
