>> al: again to the ha yard line. >> cris: mike zimmer's come in here and really does a good job. i can remember telling owners around the league, you should really interview mike zimmer. because he was in cincinnati and interviewed his players. i think defensive coaches are at a disadvantage sometimes. >> al: did you get a commission? >> cris: not even a nickel. you know, but he really does -- he has this feel. and i appreciate, i asked him about it. he said, i'm not a ceo type head coach. i spend some time with offense and special teams, but he's the defensive play caller. he said i wanted this team to know that i knew something about something. >> al: on second and one should take us -- matt lacosse takes the catch. to the two-minute warnings. nassib getting up to the line, trying to maybe run a play off

but he cannot. and so we go to that break.

night report, michele will be in the field. stars of the game, bob, tony and >> al: over in loomington. >> cris: i loved watching this division, didn't you?

fran tarkenton. black and blue division. >> cris: wow. don't get many of those 11s. that's late draw. >> al: i was hoping that was a shot from the old metropolitan stadium. but it's here, right? that will be caught by myles white for the touchdown. >> cris: that was a nice catch there. looks like xavier rhodes was going to make this but it went right over his fingertips and somehow myles white was able to concentrate and make that play. ssib was one of those guys coming out of college he was

release, tikt throws motion. got the ball out of his hands. i remember thinking this guy might be a decent pro. just never know. >> al: nassib. run run and five passes. extra point makes the score 49-17. mvp candidates, well, peterson is always in that group, but not this year. you go with brady, you know, another great year. what else is new? carson palmer, tremendous season. cardinals flying high. and cam newton, obviously. finally lost today to atlanta, but a tremendous year through the year, on the ground, you name it. and, of course, andy dalton had been in that conversation, and then got hurt.

>> cris: russell wilson went through a great streak. >> al: he did. >> cris: i've got a vote. and i have to tell you, i don't know who i'm voting for yet. i'm hoping somebody does something spectacular, but i think it's going to be one of those years where it's very close. cam newton when he was orchestrating the season, it would be tough to vote against him. now the loss, does that change your mind? tom brady certainly working without the benefit of his star receivers. a lot of injuries to those offensive linemen. cam newton and russell wilson, what they can do with their legs. carson palmer with the magic and the high scoring that they've got going on in arizona. it's a tough vote. >> al: can you be bought? >> cris: oh, you know better. of course. >> al: a guy like tony romo, he's as valuable as anybody and that came to the forearm, obviously. >> cris: i think with tony romo, they're throwing me out of the club.

>> al: i don't have a vote, but i would vote for newton. >> cris: would you? >> al: yeah. he loses his number one receiver in training camp in calvin benjamin. you know, carolina's been an amazing story. >> cris: i can't argue with it. i really can't. the problem is when you stack statistics, if you want to look at those, other guys have better statistics, but it's so hard to measure what he does with his legs. i mean, that game last week and you know, i thought it was really interesting in talking to steve spagnuolo. he said if i spied against him, i didn't have enough guys to rush. and he would sit in the pocket for ten seconds and beat me that way. if i tried to rush him, he would scramble out. and he has a lot of different ways to beat you, i will agree with that. >> al: run the clock out here. peterson had 104 yards tonight.

last weekend of the season with a 64-yard advantage over tampa bay's dodo martin in his quest for the title. i think you should call the guys at pro football focus and find out what they think. about the mvp voting. >> cris: there you g g >> al: malibu kelly hayes should be living back in malibu. other whole gang. andy freeland here. and we want to thank the whole gang for braving the elements. as they do week in and week out. probably will next week in green bay as well. >> cris: michele down on the sideline. >> al: correct. and the giants go to 6-9, minnesota clinches a playoff berth as they go to 10-5.

never trailed. led 19-3 at the half. teddy bridgewater, 15 out of 25 for 169. peterson 100-yard night. and it's over with the final score 49-17.

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welcome to the volkswagen passat post game report. here now bob costas. >> the vikings clinch a spot and move on. they blow out the giants tonight 49-17. three ball games to be given out. one goes to adrian peterson. he ran for 104 yards. teddy bridgewater gets another. a very efficient 15 of 25. threw a touchdown pass. no picks. and safety harrison smith from notre dame had five tackles plus an interception which he returned 35 yards for a viking touchdown. they are the three game ball recipients. and thus they get to speak with michele tafoya. >> bob, thank you. teddy, just your second season you take this team back to the playoffs it will be your first time what does that mean to you? >> it's awesome.

the group of guys who are determined all year long and we were faced with some adversity. i'm happy for this team. >> you head to green bay for the division title on the line. and 0-3 against the packers so far in the last two years. why do you think this will be different? >> we know there's a lot on the line. we have to approach this as another game. the guys have the same intensity. the arizona cardinals the past two weeks, it shows. looking for my guys preparing for next week. have that focus. >> congratulations. >> thank you. see you next week. >> adrian peterson, we talked before the game about getting back to the playoffs. now a shot at the division title. what would that mean to you? >> it would mean a lot. you know, for this organization. we haven't been there in a long time. we knew what this game meant tonight. we played physical and put ourself in a position to take the title next week. >> and you put yourself in the position to take a third rushing

title next week. you'll know going into that game. it's the last game of the regular season. how many yards you'll need. how do you think that might impact your mind-set going in? >> you know, i don't know. so that's a good thing. i was laughing with some guys on the sidelines. doug martin, on the sideline. just blessed to be in a position to get the title. i'll put my best foot forward. and god willing, we'll finish on top. >> see you in green bay. >> yes, ma'am. >> harrison smith, the last time this team made the playoffs was your rookie season 2012. what does it mean for you to be going back? >> incredible. offense, defense played great, special teams played great. no matter what happened, if we won tonight, we were in. we're just looking forward to next week already. >> green bay came in here earlier this season. and really handed it to you guys. why do you think this game out there will be different?

>> you know, just the guys that make up the team. a lot of fighters, a lot of tough guys, guys that love the game. so just go out there and see what happens. >> good luck. congratulations. we'll see you there. >> see you there. thank you. >> bob? >> michele, take a look at the nfc playoff picture. with this result tonight we now know all six playoff teams in the nfc. the only questions remaining are questions of seeding. among them who wins the nfc north and that, as you know by now, will be decided on sunday night as the vikings go to lambeau to take on the packers. carolina and arizona have the byes wrapped up, but if carolina were to lose to tampa bay and arizona beat seattle, then the cardinals would seize the number one seed. let's bring in tony dungy. tony, which of those nfc playoff teams would you least want to face in the postseason? >> welel bob, you have to look at arizona right now and the way they're playing. they're on a roll.

and that is the biggest thing. i look at defending nfc champion seattle, they need marshawn lynch back. i look at carolina. they need jonathan stewart back. arizona has offense, defense, special teams rolling right now. that's the team that i think is on a roll and i certainly wouldn't want to play them in the playoffs. >> tony, here's a quick look at the afc. new england will be the number one seed if they get a win on the road at miami. denver plays cincinnati tomorrow night, then san diego in week 17. if denver wins both, the broncos will get at least a bye, but if they should lose twice, they could end up completely out of the playoffs. a kansas city win and one denver loss would give the division to the chiefs who clinched a wild card with pittsburgh's loss today. and that means the jets will be in if they win at buffalo against their former coach rex ryan. as for pittsburgh, they now need to win next week against cleveland and hope for either a jets loss or two denver losses

got all that? tony, how do you see it all shaking out? >> well, i think mike tomlin and the pittsburgh steelers have to be sick today. they had everything in their hands. all they needed to do was win their last two going to baltore. they couldn't get it done. now they need a lot of help, probably from the buffalo bills. i just don't see that happening. i like the way the jets are playing. todd bowles has that team playing with a lot of confidence. ryan fitzpatrick is doing a great job with that offense. they need to go up and get a win and they'll be in. i believe that's what's going to happen, that the vets make it into that last slot in the playoff. >> coach, thanks. we turn as always to mike florio of pro football talk. you reported that some of the giants assistants believe that if they won the last two games they'd be safe. well, they lost big tonight. what impact do you think that has on tom coughlin's future in new york? >> it can't be good either for coach coughlin or for general manager jerry reese between

being eliminated from the postseason saturday night and just being embarrassed tonight. we have to watch now and see how it plays out. ownership of the giants has kept the cards close to the vest saying decisions will be made after the season's end. hard to imagine they don't have a good idea what they'll do when the season ends next sunday after they face the eagles. and in that same division, nfc east where washington has emerged as an unlikely champion, a couple of other hot spots. philadelphia, coach chip kelly under fire for his work as the coach and in his first year as the person in charge of the football operations. that's a situation to keep an eye on along with the dallas cowboys. owner jerry jones has called out the coaching staff not that long ago for not winning more games with tony romo injured this year. now, it would be very expensive to make a change. jason garrett, the head coach, has four years left on his contract. but we've seen unpredictable things before in the nfl. that's the one thing we know heading into the off season, there will be unpredictable

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and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here tonight. they get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're going to green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. so you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some interesting twists to this. the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle coming in. so you know, it's always bizarre at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. >> but that's why we love it. so we'll see you next week for minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and final game of the 2015 regular season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and our entire

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asheville. shortly after noon today, authorities issued the alert for the two boys you see here elijah , joyner and harlee joyner, and police say about an hour later the boys were found safe. natasha cantrell and christopher carter, of georgia are both charged with abduction of children and kidnapping. chadwick agan, also of georgia, is charged with abduction, and trena weaver is charged with child abuse. investigators have not released any more information about the case. greenville county deputies are asking for help searching for a missing man suffering from alzh eimer's and diabetes. 78-year-old doyle chism was last seen sunday afternoon leaving his home on green fern drive. he was seen driving his 1995 ford f-150. it has a south carolina tag of aud 9-7-4. if you can help deputies locate chism you are asked to call the sheriff's office. the spartanburg county coroner and cowpens police are investigating the death of a man who was found in a road behind a restaurant.

investigators say someone found the man who was unresponsive in the road behind hardee's in cowpens this morning. the coroner says brent lee tesneer died at the hospital. tesneer was from cowpens. he was 36. the coroner calls the death suspicious. turning to the weather now. more rain in the forecast. wyff news 4 meteorologist chris justus joins us now. will it stay warm too? ,chris: it will for some of us. today, near record warmth, 74. 75 the old record, in 1971. 20 degrees above where we should be this time of year. it will be warm again tomorrow to start. look at the cold air to the west. the cold air will actually come from the northeast. a backdoor cold front is trying to move through. you see on the satellite radar we have clouds in place, but severe weather is still going to the west.

we have snowfall. unstable on the other side of it, where there is an active tornado warning in northern louisiana. the severe active part of the storm will not make it our way, but we will see strong winds possible along with heavy rainfall. overnight, a few scattered showers, very isolated in nature. temperatures stay moderate, in the middle 60's. same story in asheville, temperatures pretty much in the upper 50's. tomorrow, some of us will cool down some 20 degrees as the day goes on. then it warms right back up. i have all the details, coming up in a few minutes. mike: thank you. chris mentioned the severe weather. search, rescue, and recovery crews spent the day picking through demolished homes around dallas. a deadly outbreak of tornadoes slammed the area saturday night. tornadoes have killed more than two dozen people in five states since wednesday. the threat of deadly weather in the nation's heartland isn't over.

brian has more on the story. brian: across a huge swath of suburban dallas, residents were struggling to pick up the pieces, survivors but still victims of a massive storm and the tornadoes it unleashed. >> we have been in this house for 28 years. i don't know what to say. i'm sorry. brian: at least 20 twisters tour across north texas, killing eight in the community of garland. the lone star state is still on edge, with more severe weather on the way. some areas are hunkered down for heavy rain and flooding. the panhandle areas of texas and oklahoma were paralyzed by treacherous icy roads and the threat of whiteout blizzard's. in missouri, at least ate lives were lost to widespread flooding. rapidly rising water overwhelmed

-- and kept rescue crews working overtime. >> i knew it was real when the rescue team came. they put on life jackets, escorted us down the roads. brian: for many americans, a holiday weekend of hardship, with more foul weather on the horizon. mike: when bad weather hits, you can turn to the wyff 4 mobile app for the latest weather updates including live radar. , the app is free to download and available in both apple and android stores. back to the upstate now, an inspirational story coming from a man in greenville. after beating his struggle with addiction, he's using music to change lives. wyff news 4's corey davis has this story of transformation. >> he took a few steps, lost balance, and fell and his leg snapped. corey: pastor deb richardson-moore's final sermon of the year. >> at the height of his

90 pills a day at a cost of 500 to $600. corey: a man's life a year ago laid out for everyone to hear at , the triune mercy center. >> devastating lives and hurting those people who you love most. he thought about ending his life. corey a story about one of her : parishioner's battle against addiction. >> during this year, his family forget him. corey his brother in tears. : >> would the person i'm talking about come up and show us your passion for music? corey russ long came forward. :and he went to the piano where he sits every sunday. he wiped away tears and shared his passion for spiritual music. long was addicted to pills when he was hired two years ago. >> i had sunk so low i had to look up to see rock bottom. that's how far i was down. corey he got hooked to : medication for pain that wouldn't go away. >> there's so many things that i have to be grateful for. the fact that i'm alive.

corey long has what is commonly : called brittle bone disease. it causes his bones to break easily, just as it did when he was a child. the prescribed medication to treat his pain became his downfall into 3 years of addiction during which he , emptied his mother's retirement fund to support his habit. but since then he's gone to , rehab and his family forgave him for what happened. >> the most important thing is keeping your heart open, you know and making that first step. ,you know i promise, it will , change your life forever. corey long credits his sobriety system. he's now hoping that someone else will be able to share their story of transformation. [applause] corey davis, wyff news 4, in greenville. mike: the triune mercy center offers information to help their members find ways to overcome

situations. today, a celebration at a church honored a long time anderson judge who will retire on new year's eve. after the morning worship service at anderson's first presbyterian church there was a , recognition program for judge ken mattison. judge mattison got a letter from the supreme court chief justice. and he got a black bath robe with the anderson city police badge and the anderson city logo on it. mattison has presided over thousands of cases since he became anderson's municipal judge in 1979. today, the panthers' quest for perfection moved down i-85 to atlanta. the team played the falcons for the second time in 3 weeks. this game would be much closer than the meeting in charlotte. it would also be trouble for the panthers. atlanta shot down their offense and earned the upset win. the panthers lose their first game of the season 20 to 13. we'll have full highlights and reaction coming up a little later in ricardo's sportscaster. we are days away from the new year.

the big celebration in times square, without going to new york. chris: look at the system to the west. it's heading our way, bringing more rain and eventually colder air. i will have the forecast for you, coming up. mike: later this week, we will get you ready for clemson's first playoff appearance with an hour-long special, "road to the title." today in wednesday night at 7:00. our sports team will be live from miami with a preview of the game and a recap of the clemson

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