A trio of former Cal players – Camryn Bynum, Jared Goff and Aaron Rodgers – played critical roles on three consecutive days for NFC North teams winning significant games during Week 15 action in the NFL that concluded Monday night with a 24-12 home win for Rodgers and Green Bay over last year’s Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams. The victory was Green Bay’s second straight and moved them to 6-8 within a game and a half of Washington currently in the seventh and final playoff spot in the NFC.
Goff led Detroit to its sixth win in its last seven games on Sunday with a 20-17 road win over New York Jets as the Lions evened their record at 7-7 after a 1-6 start as the Lions have moved to within a half game of the Commanders while staying a game ahead of Rodgers and the Packers. Goff completed 23-of-38 passes for 252 yards including a 51-yard game-winning touchdown to Brock Wright with 2:00 remaining. He also had no interceptions for his sixth straight game and has not thrown a pick in his last 219 attempts dating back to his most recent interception in the third quarter of Week 8 game against Green Bay.
Bynum started the trio of performance on Saturday when he and the Vikings posted the biggest comeback in NFL history by coming back from a 33-0 deficit at halftime for a 39-36 overtime win over Indianapolis that clinched the NFC North. Bynum, who has taken all was 978 of the Vikings’ snaps on defense in 2022, contributed seven tackles.
Bynum (Minnesota, No. 2 NFC) is one of six players currently on active NFL rosters on teams in playoff positions heading into the final three weeks of the NFL’s 2022 regular season with the others Keenan Allen (Los Angeles Chargers, No. 6 AFC), Bryan Anger (Dallas, No. 5 NFC), DeSean Jackson (Baltimore, No. 5 AFC), Patrick Mekari (Baltimore, No. 5 AFC) and Davis Webb (New York Giants, No. 6 NFC).
Ian Bunting (Dallas injured reserve, No. 5 NFC), Cameron Goode (Miami practice squad, No. 7 AFC), Patrick Laird (Tampa Bay practice squad, No. 4 NFC) and Richard Rodgers II (Los Angeles Chargers, No. 6 AFC) are also with teams currently in playoff positions, as are four of the five former Cal players coaching in the league in Austin Clark (Miami, No. 7 AFC), Ron Rivera (Washington, Head Coach, No. 7 NFC), Vincent Rivera (Washington, No. 7 NFC) and Richard Rodgers (Washington, No. 7 NFC).
Following is how each of Cal’s 28 affiliates on active NFL rosters (18), injured reserve (2), practice squads (3) and coaching staffs…
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