We are one weekend closer to 2017, and the holidays are almost here. 2016 could not have gone by any faster, just seems like last week that we were all making New Year’s resolutions. These next two weeks are going to fly by. Let’s take care of a little business before I get into the “Weekend” Recap.” This is going to be a normal week, but next week will be a short one (No “Reality of Fantasy,” with only one “No Huddle” and one “Heat Check.”).

Now let’s get into the recap. We got one hell of a day in the NFL yesterday. It was a sneakily fun day of football, and if you were able to watch the Redzone channel you know what I’m talking about. The quad-box that ran from about 3:45 until the end of the early games was incredible.

In real-time you had the end of Chicago-Green Bay, Tennessee-Kansas City, Philadelphia-Baltimore, Jacksonville-Houston, and Pittsburgh-Cincinnati games all playing out right in front of you. Rarely does everything line up that nicely, and it was crazy way to end the early session. This has kind of been a down season for the Redzone channel so it was awesome to finally get a few chaotic finishes.

The game that stole the headlines of the early games was the one between Tennessee and Kansas City. What a finish we got there. Kansas City controlled 90 percent of that game, but let the Titans hang around. It was only a matter of time before Tennessee put a drive together late in that game. Derrick Henry punched in his second touchdown of the game and the Titans pulled within one with three minutes left.

Underdog team on the road against the current #2 seed in the AFC, you play for the tie right? Nope, Mike Mularky put the ball in Marcus Mariota’s hands to try and steal the game. Unfortunately, the Chiefs pass rush had other ideas. Multiple defenders swarmed Mariota, forcing him to throw incomplete under duress. Titans trailed 17-16 with 3:12 left in the game.

Tell me if you have heard this one before though. A team coached by Andy Reid mismanaged the clock in a potential game-winning situation. Yep, the Chiefs were unable to run out the clock and even left a little extra time left for the Titans to have one last chance to win the game.

Mariota and the Tennessee offense took over at their own 25-yard line, with 1:07 left in the game and no timeouts. The former Heisman winner looked like a seasoned vet on the final drive, calmly working the middle of the field and picking up chunk yardage on three consecutive plays to put the Titans in field goal range with five seconds in the game.

Former Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop lined up for a 53-yard field goal and shanked the potential game-winner low and left. It would have been over had Andy Reid not called timeout. Succop got another shot at the kick and wouldn’t let that opportunity slip by. The former Mr. Irrelevant absolutely drilled the field goal as time expired to give Tennessee a 19-17 road win. Even more incredible than the kick was the shoulder-shrugging comments made by Succop to a reporter that surfaced on Twitter shortly after the game. Reportedly Succop knew that in that cold weather, he was out of range for the field goal and has no idea how he made that kick. You can’t write this stuff folks.

That was just one of the eight “one-possession” games that we got yesterday. The on-field drama was almost trumped by the off-field drama that Week 15 produced. Before we get to the Monday night game, lets get into some of the extra-curricular activity from a busy Sunday.

There is a QB controversy in the state of Texas, no not that team though. Houston looks to have finally pulled the plug on its $87 million dollar man, Brock Osweiler. After his second early interception against Jacksonville, Osweiler got the hook from head coach Bill O’Brien. Tom Savage entered the game to a raucous reaction from the restless Houston crowd, and the entire offense got rolling. Savage engineered a potential season-saving comeback.

Houston is going to have some evaluating to do after the season, but for the time being this offense belongs to Savage, leaving Osweiler as the most expensive backup in the league. It was the right move if the Texans want any chance of winning the AFC South over the Titans.

The Houston-Jacksonville game also led to the second head coaching change of the season. Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley was relieved of his duties shortly after his team lost its 12^th game of the season. Things just never seemed to work in Jacksonville for Bradley, so this move may have been long overdue. Former Bills head coach Doug Marrone will take over for Bradley for the remainder of the year.

In other news out of the AFC, we have two stories from teams that are going in opposite directions in the AFC West. Oakland clinched its first playoff appearance in 13 seasons after pulling off a resilient win in San Diego 19-16. The victory also put the Raiders back in the lead of the division and sole possession of the #2 seed in the conference. With two games left, it is a two-team battle between Oakland and Kansas City in the AFC West.

That leaves the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos on the verge of missing the playoffs. Denver was dealt a near deathblow to its playoff hopes by Tom Brady and the Patriots. Reports out of Denver today revealed that there was a shouting match in the locker room post game between Aqib Talib and Russell Okung, illustrated a rift between the offense and defense. This is definitely not what you want to see from a team desperately trying to sneak into the playoffs. The Broncos will have to defeat Kansas City and Oakland in consecutive weeks to have a shot at defending the Lombardi Trophy.

Speaking of the Lombardi Trophy, one of the favorites to win it this season got back on track in impressive fashion last night. Dallas silenced some doubters last night with a 26-20 win over the red-hot Buccaneers. Dak Prescott may have finally put the Tony Romo whispers to bed with a truly remarkable performance. He completed 32 of 36 passes for 287 yards passing and rushed for one touchdown. Quite a way for the rookie to get back on track after his worst performance of the season against New York last week.

Now let’s get to tonight’s game between Carolina and Washington. Before the season this game looked great on paper. Flash forward a few months and this game has lost some of its luster. Washington is clinging to the final playoff spot in the NFC while Carolina is playing for pride at this point.

I think that Kirk Cousins comes out dealing against a battered Panthers defense, connecting with all of his various targets all night long. Washington has showed the ability to put up 30 points on just about anyone. The real question is what do Cam Newton and the Carolina offense do to try and keep up with Washington.

That is where Newton will run into former teammate Josh Norman, who has one hell of an axe to grind. Keep an eye on the former All-Pro on defense, as he will likely be mixing things up all night long. As for my pick in this one, I’m going with Washington (-7) to close out Week 15.

I’ll be back tomorrow with “No Huddle” to break down some playoff scenarios and reveal my latest power rankings. Follow me on Twitter @thereal_jmooney and go like the Shooting the Moon page on Facebook.