NFL Week 15 Staff of the Week: Trevor Lawrence and Puka Nacua Headline Greatest Video games

[ad_1] Every week, we provide up the perfect of the NFL on a given Sunday, form of just like the fantasy soccer crew you wished you had.

All 12 months, we’ve picked one quarterback, two operating backs, two receivers and a good finish — OK, this sounds loads like a super-hindsight fantasy soccer crew. We’re additionally recognizing a complete offensive line, just a few choose defensive stars and even a special-teams standout of the week.

Usually, we attempt to simply spotlight the Sunday slate of video games, however there have been a pair of performances from Thursday evening that have been too good to disregard. So, let’s dive into Week 15.

So many worthy candidates this week! Bo Nix threw for 302 and 4 touchdowns with out an interception. However we now have to provide it to Lawrence, who had a six-touchdown efficiency of their win towards the Jets. He had 5 passing touchdowns and no interceptions whereas throwing for 330 yards, and he rushed for 51 and one other rating. There had been solely 9 video games in NFL historical past with 5 TD passes and a speeding landing, and Lawrence had extra speeding yards than any of these — Roman Gabriel beforehand owened the mark with 34 yards in a 1965 sport.

RB: TreVeyon Henderson, Patriots It was in a dropping effort, however Henderson's 65-yard speeding landing proper after the Payments had rallied from 21 down appeared large ... till Buffalo scored once more. Henderson had 14 carries for 148 yards and two touchdowns. What's essentially the most carries for a rookie who averaged a minimum of 10 yards per carry? The file is 25, set by DeMarco Murray in 2011 (25-253) and Doug Martin in 2012 (25-251). Solely two backs this 12 months have extra speeding yards than Henderson whereas topping his 5.4 yards per carry — De'Von Achane (5.8) and Jahmyr Gibbs (5.5).

Treveyon Henderson #32 heads for the home throughout a sport between the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Payments on December 14, 2025, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Picture by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)

Buffalo followers will need James Prepare dinner right here — 107 yards and two touchdowns in a win is robust. However we'll return to Thursday and acknowledge Robinson, who rushed for 93 yards and a landing and likewise caught eight passes for 82 yards, only a sturdy all-purpose sport in an in depth win over the Bucs. Additionally on the radar: Jacksonville's Trevor Etienne, who caught three landing passes and had 105 yards from scrimmage of their win.

Looks like he is on right here each week — 13 catches for 164 yards and two touchdowns, so he will get the nod even in a loss to the Rams. This wasn't an enormous week for receivers, although D.J. Moore and Nico Collins had two touchdowns apiece. St. Brown is the primary participant in NFL historical past to register a minimum of 90 catches in every of his first 5 NFL seasons. His 11 landing catches this 12 months are second solely to Davante Adams' 14.

WR: Puka Nacua, Rams No touchdowns from Nacua, however he had a large sport nonetheless — 9 catches for 181 yards on simply 11 targets, averaging higher than 20 yards per reception. This matches essentially the most catches in a sport this season whereas nonetheless averaging 20 yards per catch or higher — the Eagles' DeVonta Smith went 9 for 183 in a Week 7 win over the Vikings.

Los Angeles Rams WR Puka Nacua (12) appears for yardage as Detroit Lions Jack Campbell (46) will get a maintain of his foot throughout first quarter motion at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, December 14, 2025. (Picture by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Each day Information through Getty Photographs) g

TE: Kyle Pitts, Falcons Week 15 was an particularly sturdy one for tight ends. Trey McBride went for 12-134-2 albeit in a lopsided loss, so we're calling him McBridesmaid once more. Dallas Goedert and Cody Parkinson each caught two touchdowns. Pitts had a career-high three this previous Thursday in a comeback win over the Buccaneers, together with 11 receptions for 166 yards. Apparently, he has six touchdowns in eight profession video games towards the Bucs, and eight touchdowns in 67 profession video games towards everybody else.

This spot was a troublesome name this week, and the Raiders as an opponent are a relentless caveat. However the Eagles ran the ball 47 instances in Sunday's win — that matches the second-highest crew whole in a sport this season (Buffalo had 51) in grinding out a 31-0 shutout. Jalen Hurts was sacked solely as soon as in 19 dropbacks. So kudos to (from left to proper) Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson, Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen and Fred Johnson (once more filling in for injured Lane Johnson). The Patriots rushed for 276 yards, however gave up three sacks and misplaced.

DL Aidan Hutchinson, Lions He was motoring on a 58-yard interception return, and he additionally had a sack, a cross protection and three quarterback hits. Detroit misplaced and gave up 41 factors, however Hutchinson was his disruptive self, and there weren't a ton of multi-sack video games this week, so we rewarded the rarity of a protracted interception return.

DL Abdul Carter, Giants It has been a quiet rookie season by way of splash performs for the No. 3 general decide, however Carter made up for it at this time — two compelled fumbles, a fumble restoration, a sack, three tackles for loss and 7 whole tackles. There aren't a ton of nice defensive rookies this 12 months — Carter has had good strain charges, however you really want the headline stats to get appreciated as a excessive draft decide. We'll positively point out Atlanta's James Pearce, who has a sack in six straight video games, together with two within the Falcons' win over the Bucs.

Abdul Carter #51 of the New York Giants recovers a fumble towards the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium on December 14, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Picture by Elsa/Getty Photographs)

Buffalo's protection was underappreciated in its rally from 21 down for an enormous win towards the Patriots. Milano did a little bit of all the pieces, with a team-high 10 tackles, two sacks and a compelled fumble. He tripled his sack whole for the season and loved his first double-digit sort out day within the comeback victory.

DB: Derwin James, Chargers Beating the Chiefs does not have the luster it as soon as had, nevertheless it's nonetheless a big divisional win, and James had a busy day, ending with 10 tackles and intercepting a Gardner Minshew cross to seal the Chargers' 16-13 win. It is solely his second interception of 2025, however that one way or the other matches his most in any season since his rookie 12 months.

ST: Jason Myers, Seahawks Myers dealt with all of the scoring himself within the Seahawks' 18-16 win over the Colts, making six area targets, together with the sport winner within the closing minute. It one way or the other is not a profession excessive for Myers, who went 7-for-7 on area targets in a 2018 sport for the Jets. This was a Seattle crew file, so he now holds the single-game mark for 2 totally different NFL groups.

The Seattle Seahawks' Jason Myers celebrates kicking the game-winning area purpose towards the Indianapolis Colts throughout the fourth quarter at Lumen Area on December 14, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Picture by Steph Chambers/Getty Photographs)

Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports activities. He beforehand spent a decade masking the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Instances and The Athletic. You may observe him on Twitter at @gregauman.

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