2018 NFL Game Thread - Week 17

DJnVa

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You guys are crazy rooting for Baltimore. They would run all over the Pats.
"You guys are crazy rooting for Pittsburgh. They would throw for 500 yards against the Pats."

We gotta play someone.


And, another Raiders turnover.
 

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"You guys are crazy rooting for Pittsburgh. They would throw for 500 yards against the Pats."

We gotta play someone.


And, another Raiders turnover.
You can get in a shoot out with a team that hucks it for 500 yards and can't play defense. You can't do that with a team that can control the ball on the ground and limit your TOP and play awesome D.
 

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Would you say they are cleaving Cleveland?
Read something couple days ago about how Ravens’ running game is really confusing, blocking assignments very elaborate and so forth. I was very skeptical. Romo beginning to explain it. Cleveland’s defense is pretty stout.
 

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This is why the 2 seed might be alright. Let Houston come to us, who have yet to prove they can beat us. Only play one of KC/BAL at worst.
 

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We’d be most likely to meet the Ravens in the AFCCG, yes? If it comes to that I’m not going to sweat the opponent that much, especially at home.
 

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What call were you looking for Ben
I think that's been my favorite part of watching Brady all these years. Brady will get on his receivers, but Brady won't throw an INT that's clearly on him then act like it's someone else's fault. Manning used to do that all the time too. A lot of times there's a huge gray area - did a receiver do the wrong thing or did the refs miss a hold, etc. But on that one, there's nothing except Ben obviously not seeing the LB lurking, and yet there he is with his arms out looking for someone else to blame.
 

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This is why the 2 seed might be alright. Let Houston come to us, who have yet to prove they can beat us. Only play one of KC/BAL at worst.
We’d be most likely to meet the Ravens in the AFCCG, yes? If it comes to that I’m not going to sweat the opponent that much, especially at home.
Both of these things assume Houston beats the IND/TEN winner. If the Texans lose, the winner of Ravens-Chargers is coming to Foxboro for Round 2 and KC gets the easy game.
 

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Yeah the 6 would muck it up.

In the end they’re stuck with the 2 and it’s their fault. What matchups they get, they deal with or season over.
 

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This is why the 2 seed might be alright. Let Houston come to us, who have yet to prove they can beat us. Only play one of KC/BAL at worst.
Too hard to tell. As is:

1. KC
2. NE
3. Hou
4. Bal
5. LAC
6. Ind

Ind at Hou - Hou should win but Indy is playing well.
LAC at Bal - Tough game.

Let's say Hou wins. NE gets Hou at home and the winner of Bal-LAC goes to KC. But Hou is no picnic. Watson is a bigger Lamar Jackson and he's a better passer. Houston's D is no joke either. But NE seems to play them pretty well normally.

But if Indy were to upset Houston, then suddenly the Pats face the winner of Bal-LAC. No easy task either.

I assume the road to the Super Bowl will be really hard this year no matter what.
 

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Both of these things assume Houston beats the IND/TEN winner. If the Texans lose, the winner of Ravens-Chargers is coming to Foxboro for Round 2 and KC gets the easy game.
Right, so the least likely scenario results in NE-BAL. I’m okay with that. We did just lose to Pittsburgh after all.
 

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Out of all three potential matchups Houston is best. B’OB is a scared coach. Their secondary is crap, good Tom / Jules show and we can score.

Baltimore would be worst. They know they can win in Foxborough and have the personnel to do it.
 

Hendu for Kutch

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Houston isn't losing to Tennessee. Nobody is. But if it's Indy, it's on the table.
Totally agreed, I think HOU handles TEN easily. IND-HOU is a tossup though.

The dream scenario is definitely HOU winning in Round 1 and coming to Foxboro to lose, while SD/BAL takes out KC, leading to the AFCC in Foxboro. And it's a totally realistic scenario, I don't think it's farfetched at all.

But if HOU loses, it's basically moving that SD/BAL @ NE game, moving it up a week, then replacing HOU @ NE with NE @ KC. And that's a tough road to hoe.
 

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Yeah, the Ravens running game is really worrisome at this point.
 

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The Eagles are going to make the playoffs and should probably be the favorites in the NFC.
 

Jed Zeppelin

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For all the Ravens concern, they’ve beaten one winning team. Sure, I don’t want to play them, but hardly ends of the world if that’s what happens.
 

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So if you're the Bears and you're beating the hell out of the Vikings, do you pull everyone and let them come back in the 2nd half?

You'd get to host that same team you're crushing next week in the WC Round. The alternative is facing an Eagles team that has been very good lately.
 

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So if you're the Bears and you're beating the hell out of the Vikings, do you pull everyone and let them come back in the 2nd half?

You'd get to host that same team you're crushing next week in the WC Round. The alternative is facing an Eagles team that has been very good lately.
Absolutely. Kirk Cousins isn't winning a road playoff game in Chicago. Nick Foles sure could.
 

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In the BB era has any team dominated the Pats in the ground without a strong passing game?

I guess the Dolphins in the wildcat game, but that’s flukey.

I guess in my memory Pats are always able to at least somewhat control the run when they are able to game plan around it. Great passing sometimes they can’t.

Am I missing contrary examples?
 

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