John Gilbert is the Field Gulls Deputy Editor and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2016. He specializes in the salary cap, the collective bargaining agreement and statistical analysis, with an occasional film breakdown sprinkled in.
The calendar has flipped to December, and the meaning of every game is amplified across the NFL as teams jockey for playoff spots over the final few weeks of the season. Week 14 kicks off Thursday night with a key divisional matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions at Ford Field in Detroit.