FNIA Coach’s Clicker Previews Bears-Eagles Sunday Night Football Showdown, Examines Key Week 16 Matchups
NFL Turning Point Analyzes Packers Comeback in Dallas, Dolphins Late Win Over Patriots
Panthers QB Cam Newton Wired for Sound
STAMFORD, Conn. – December 18, 2013 – NBCSN’s NFL coverage breaks down the Packers’ stunning comeback in Dallas, analyzes how Ryan Tannehill outdueled Tom Brady, and previews a pivotal Sunday Night Football showdown between the Bears and Eagles, with new episodes tonight of FNIA Coach’s Clicker at 5 p.m. ET and NFL Turning Point at 11 p.m. ET.
FNIA Coach’s Clicker, hosted by Liam McHugh with Super Bowl-winning head coach Tony Dungy and two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison, looks ahead to the weekend’s most compelling matchups, starting in Philadelphia, where the Eagles and Bears will aim to potentially clinch division titles on Sunday Night Football.
Dungy and Harrison will dissect how QB Nick Foles and RB LeSean McCoy have flourished in head coach Chip Kelly’s offense, and examine how the Philadelphia defense will attempt to stop the Bears’ offensive weapons, including RB Matt Forte and WRs Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery. In addition, Scott Pioli of Football Night In America and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk will discuss the Bears QB situation, deciphering how Chicago should proceed heading into the offseason.
FNIA Coach’s Clicker will preview this week’s Patriots-Ravens game, revisiting their matchup from the 2013 AFC Championship Game and highlighting how Brady and QB Joe Flacco have performed in late-game situations. The episode will also break down a key NFC South contest between the Saints and Panthers, focusing on QB Drew Brees’ success against Carolina in Week 13, and how the New Orleans defense will defend QB Cam Newton.
NFL Turning Point, hosted by Football Night In America’s Dan Patrick, looks back at a wild Week 15, highlighted by last-minute victories by the Packers and Dolphins that kept both teams’ playoff hopes alive.
NFL Turning Point reviews Cowboys-Packers, and examines a tale of two halves for both teams, as Green Bay erased a 26-3 halftime deficit en route to a 37-36 win. The program reviews how QB Tony Romo had success in the first half against the Packers defense, but faltered in the game’s final two drives, throwing two interceptions to set up Green Bay’s go-ahead score and seal their victory.
The program will also break down last Sunday’s Patriots-Dolphins game, in which Tannehill outdueled Brady, focusing on the battle between the two quarterbacks after the teams were tied, 10-10, headed into the fourth quarter. Turning Point analyzes how Brady led the Patriots down the field on a touchdown drive, only to be matched by Tannehill’s pass to WR Marcus Thigpen with 1:15 left in the game. Miami’s final drive was kept alive by Tannehill’s fourth-down conversion to TE Charles Clay, his only reception of the game.
This week’s program will also feature audio from Cam Newton from the Panthers’ 30-20 victory over the Jets last Sunday.
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