7 Biggest Losers of NFL Week 15

We back. NFL Week 15 in the books. Absolute chaos. NFL games on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Big middle finger to anyone who has holiday responsibilities but also likes football. This week was hell if you have loved ones or like, goals in life.

Anyway, here are the 7 biggest losers of NFL Week 15:

1. Mac Jones

Mac Jones didn’t stand a chance to succeed this season.

After making the Pro Bowl in his first professional season, Mac came back for year two ready to lead the Patriots to the promised land. Unfortunately, Bill Belichick forgot to hire an offensive coordinator when Josh McDaniels moved to Las Vegas and elected to replace McDaniels with former defensive coordinator, Matt Patricia and failed Giants head coach Joe Judge.

Then he was injured and had a weird quarterback battle with his backup Bailey Zappe in the middle of the season where he genuinely lost his job at one point to a kid who looks like the actor who would play Mac Jones in the CW TV drama about his life.

But the final play of the Patriots/Raiders Week 15 matchup perfectly sums up the Mac Jones experience:

Has to be seen to be believed: pic.twitter.com/DKNWzwu2pR

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 19, 2022

Unbelievable. This is art.

With the clock running out and the Patriots tied 24-24 with Las Vegas, Rhamondre Stevenson ran it up the middle for 23 yards but elected to lateral the ball back to Jakobi Meyers in an obvious attempt to be a hero but Jakobi Meyers decided to roll backward like Jake Plummer bootlegging out of the pocket and threw a pass to Mac Jones that was immediately picked off by Chandler Jones leading to the most hilarious stiff arm in NFL history.

Here’s Jakobi Meyers explaining what the fuck he was thinking:

Jakobi Meyers said the plan was to run the ball and go into overtime. Said he was ‘trying to be a hero.’

“I thought I saw Mac Jones open.” pic.twitter.com/tUEudAAjEa

— Mark Daniels (@MarkDanielsPJ) December 19, 2022

Oh okay, yea no problem. You saw Mac Jones open. The guy who looks like an adult-sized elf on the shelf. Yea, that’s who you throw the ball up to go grab it from Chandler Jones like prime Randy Moss. Ok.

As long as I live, I will never forget the image of Chandler Jones dogwalking Mac Jones after the dumbest lateral ever.

2. Terry McLaurin

If I were an unbiased observer, I would probably list the referees as losers for how they missed an obvious pass interference call that would’ve given Washington four more downs to get in the endzone to tie the game.

But Washington DID score on that drive. Brian Robinson ran it right up the middle and life was good for Dan Snyder’s prisoners but nope, Terry McLaurin committed his first penalty of the season with an illegal formation.

It’s unfortunate, however, that Terry McLaurin very clearly checked in with the ref before the play to see if he was aligned properly and the ref appears to give him a thumbs up only to throw a flag in his face anyway.

Terry McLaurin looks at the ref asking if he’s good – ref points back at McLaurin as of to indicate he’s good. McLaurin then gives a thumbs up to ref to acknowledge it. This “penalty” took a Brian Robinson TD off the board. Via @SNFonNBC pic.twitter.com/B86N6nsJsS

— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) December 19, 2022

As a Giants fan, I want to thank this ref for gaslighting McLaurin into a penalty. Tricking people is funny. It’s why those Impractical Joker guys are celebrities and not local Long Island car salesmen.

3. Zach Wilson

Mike White spent the entire week begging doctors to let him play on Sunday while spitting up blood in an old handkerchief so Zach Wilson had to get his starting job back. He threw for 315 yards and 2 touchdowns. Great game on paper.

So we’ll ignore him throwing a lollipop directly into the waiting arms of the Lions.

Zach Wilson throws an interception pic.twitter.com/vfzigCrHhC

— Main Team (@MainTeamSports) December 18, 2022

The real chinks in his armor showed in the Jets final possession. Down a field goal with 1:49 left in the game and 3 timeouts, Zach Wilson couldn’t get the team in good enough field position to tie the game. Mainly from eating 2 sacks and throwing nonstop incomplete passes.

I’d like to imagine Mike White could’ve tied the game with all 3 timeouts and the receivers on that Jets roster but we’ll never know because he’s internally bleeding right now.

4. Jeff Saturday

I’d feel bad for Jeff Saturday if I were capable of feeling that way for millionaires who are handed head coaching jobs with no experience and just vibes.

Those vibes were fucking OFF in the second half of the Colts/Vikings game as Indianapolis blew a 33-0 lead and lost 39-36 to Kirk fucking Cousins. It was the biggest collapse in NFL history. Yike.

I wanted to come here and dunk on Matt Ryan for once again blowing another lead but that man is going to walk into the Hall of Fame with his name in the Top 10 of every major passing stat and no one will look back at his career and even remember he was a bigger choker than Ava Devine. Matt Ryan is a true throat goat.

But Jeff Saturday’s coaching legacy is being defined very quickly and it’s a disaster.

5. Todd Bowles

As the season winds downs, I’ve been trying to figure out what Tom Brady’s next move will be. He can’t retire. He literally chose football over his family. He can’t leave the game and call his wife and children back up to come home in a few weeks.

I say all that to say Tom Brady is playing football next season and I don’t think organizations will be lining up to sign the elderly man who just turned the ball over 4 times against the Bengals and blew a 17-3 lead in a crucial Week 15 game.

Which means he’ll most likely only be able to return to Tampa Bay so if the Buccaneers are going to pretend as if Tom Brady isn’t washed then Todd Bowles will find himself thrown directly under the bus to save Gisele’s ex.

6. Desmond Ridder

I don’t have to sit here and say that Desmond Ridder isn’t good enough to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. He sat behind MARCUS MARIOTA for 14 weeks. If he couldn’t get Marcus out of his way then we already know what he is so we should just enjoy the weird shit he’s going to do with his playing time for the remainder of the season.

Ya know, like when he casually walked off the field in the final play.

Desmond Ridder goes out of bounds on the last play of the game pic.twitter.com/x2QbXOMYhX

— alex (@highlghtheaven) December 18, 2022

The rare walk-off L.

7. Tua vs. Them

I want Tua to be good because it makes the game better. We need more quarterbacks who can move the ball down the field. No one tunes into an NFL game for the punting. Plus, those Dolphins jerseys are sweet as hell and deserve more screen time.

But Tua just took back-to-back L’s from Justin Herbert and Josh Allen. If you want your name to be in the same conversation as those top quarterbacks then you can’t shrivel up against them. I don’t want to hear about defenses or any of that nonsense. Go outscore those guys.