Week 11: New England Patriots @ Oakland Raiders in Mexico City, 4:25 ET
Yes, please. Mexico City will technically be home for Derek Carr and the Raiders this week. They will host Brady and his gang south of the border in mid-November.
Both clubs could easily be in a neck-in-neck race to win the top seed in AFC by Week 11. They’ll also likely be playing in front of a sold-out crowd, as was the case with last year’s Mexico game.
As for Brady and Carr going head-to-head, the last time the two faced each other was September of 2014. Carr was a mere rookie that game and the Raiders lost at Gillette Stadium, 16-9. Carr has improved 10-fold since then and Brady is, of course, the G.O.A.T.
Fans that tediously dealt with customs to see this game will surely be hoping for a much higher-scoring battle this time around.
Week 12: New York Giants @ Washington Redskins on Thanksgiving night, 8:30 ET
Thanksgiving Day in the NFL always offers three games to enjoy.
We have selected the final game of the day to feature in Week 12. This game will feature the turkey-sized egos of Odell Beckham Jr. and Josh Norman, who have a history of bad behavior.
It is only June, but Norman is already talking trash about Beckham.
“He tries to be a tough guy. He tries to put on this persona which he’s not. Because he’s always going to have his head on a swivel. Always. Always when we play each other. He’s scary like that. He does things that he normally wouldn’t do because of all the pressure and added hype that he has to put on his whole persona. He’s not this guy. If you go back and watch the games in which we play compared to the games we don’t play each other, he’s a totally different guy.”
Fireworks are sure to fly, and we’ll all happily enjoy just one more piece of pie to go along with the game.
The Giants may have much at stake if their season is going as well as it did last year. Meanwhile, Cousins will be looking to keep things competitive as the Redskins could also be contending for a postseason visit.
For what it is worth, Washington has lost six of its last eight games against the Giants. At the very least, Norman and the crew will be playing to better their record.
Fingers crossed that nobody earns a suspension as a turkey-day punishment.