{"id":148556,"date":"2022-12-05T08:22:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T08:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/32-things-we-learned-qb-injuries-could-loom-large\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T08:22:32","slug":"32-things-we-learned-qb-injuries-could-loom-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/32-things-we-learned-qb-injuries-could-loom-large\/","title":{"rendered":"32 things we learned; QB injuries could loom large"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 32 things we learned from Week 13 of the 2022 NFL season:<\/p>\n
one.<\/strong> With December football upon us, it felt like a pivotal weekend \u2013 certainly in the AFC, where the Buffalo Bills vaulted into first place overall, while the Kansas City Chiefs dropped another matchup to an imminent challenger. Meanwhile, injuries to a pair of prominent starting quarterbacks could reshape the balance of power moving forward.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> And then there’s the MVP race. Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was outplayed (again) by Cincinnati Bengals counterpart Joe Burrow. Meanwhile, Buffalo’s Josh Allen appears to be back on track a month after injuring his throwing elbow. Yet Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, who passed for 380 yards and three TDs and ran for another score Sunday, may now be the front runner for the award \u2013 his maturation as a passer coinciding with the Eagles’ rise atop the NFC, Philadelphia also the only team in the league with 11 victories.<\/p>\n\n 3.<\/strong> Back in Cincinnati, the Bengals became the first team to beat Mahomes three times in a row \u2013 that trio of victories, including last season’s AFC championship game, occurring over the past 11 months, all of them by a three-point margin.<\/p>\n 3 a.<\/strong> Kansas City (9-3) finds itself sandwiched between the Bills (9-3) and Bengals (8-4) in the AFC standings but has lost to both rivals this season.<\/p>\n Follow every game:<\/strong> Live NFL Scores<\/p>\n\n 4.<\/strong> As active as the San Francisco 49ers were at this year’s trade deadline, we suggested at the time that they should target an experienced backup quarterback \u2013 talking to the Pittsburgh Steelers about either Mason Rudolph or Mitch Trubisky, for example, probably a fine idea. A month later, it seems the Niners made a serious miscalculation by standing pat. QB1 Jimmy Garoppolo broke his foot Sunday, and his season is apparently over. <\/p>\n