2018 NFL Game Thread - Week 16
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This is what sucks though. Even if the Chargers score here, the new rules make it virtually impossible to recover an onside kick, so this one is already pretty much over.
Well, now it's over anyway.
Well, now it's over anyway.
And they play each other week 17 so if Pit loses tomorrow, they are done unless Ravens lose at home to Cleveland, which wouldn’t be unheard of given how well the Browns are playing lately.
What are the odds it ends up Chefs, Patriots, Texans, Ravens, Chargers, whoever, then it's Chefs, Patriots, Texans, Ravens, Patriots beat the Texans, The Ravens beat the Chefs and they come here with a lights out, ball hawking defense for all the marbles.
I mean, what are the odds the Ravens ride a red hot defense and a game manager QB who all they ask of is not to turn the ball over all the way to another Super Bowl appearance.
That'll never happen, right?
I mean, what are the odds the Ravens ride a red hot defense and a game manager QB who all they ask of is not to turn the ball over all the way to another Super Bowl appearance.
That'll never happen, right?
My sons are good friends with one of the young Ravens coaches. His fervent wish is to play the Patriots in the first round of the playoffs, should the patriots not get a bye; or to go to NE after the Ravens win a first round game. He sincerely believes that the Patriots, are by far, the best match-up for the Ravens and has all the confidence in the world that the Ravens get it done in NE. Obviously a bias there, but he's been saying this for 2 weeks.
I have little doubt that he's wrong.
Remember back in 2012 how happy everyone was the Ravens beat the Broncos and the Patriots hosted the AFCCG instead of having to go to Denver?
Now watch the Browns go and knock them off.
Ironic that the one year the Steelers beat the Pats chances are they don't even make the playoffs... and the Pats may still get a rest during wild card weekend.
Unless Indy loses at home to the Giants today, then beats Tennessee next week, in which case the 9-6-1 Steelers would make it in over both 9-7 Indy and Tennessee.
Good call. So, if today’s games go as planned with Saints and Colts winning, then Pit is in real trouble.
Now...Fly Eagles Fly!
Go Eagles, go Colts, go Saints, go Pats - today could be a very good day and ease a ton of pain. Every AFC team is flawed. Aside from Indy and Tennessee, neither of which is capable of winning 3 straight road playoff games, I could see every other team playing in Atlanta in February.
They’re effectively two up on LAR (one game lead plus tiebreaker), so they need to win one of the final two games v PIT and CAR.
Disagree on IND, they have close to an elite OL and a very underrated defense. Luck is also playing at a high level given his limited weapons. They are a scary team in the playoffs.
I agree. Tenn's flawed and doesn't look very scary with their options at QB but Indy has a pretty solid team. They could easily go on a run.
no different than plenty of other times we are rooting against other teams. The difference with the Bengals it is their have to hope for other losses just to make the playoffs. We are hoping for losses for seeding. No different than 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, etc.
This isn't the first time this has happened. In fact, it happens more often than it doesn't.
Yeah. That was one of the weirder comments you’ll see on a board full of them. I guess the Pats should have just gone 14-2 this year. They have nobody but themselves to blame!
Be glad you weren't a Patriots fan from the mid 70's through the late 80's as that's what we did every year; "If the Patriots win and these 19 teams all lose and this one team loses by more than 42 points, we're in!!"...…………
This 18 year run has been tremendous, this team/franchise owes me nothing, I was thrilled they actually got to a Super Bowl in 1986, then over the moon when they won one in 2002; FOUR more to this point? The team with the most Super Bowl appearances with ten? Are you kidding me?
Not sure why, but I feel one last run coming this year and another trophy for the case, the odds are stacked against them, we'll see what they come up with.
Regardless, it's been a lot of fun for a life long fan that lives and dies with this team.
And even then you’re depending on other teams to make sure there isn’t another 16-0 team in your conference, bringing it to tie breakers.
Direct TV is showing an infomercial instead of the Eagles game.
@506sports CBS station in DC is playing an infomercial instead of Eagles - Texans...?
@506sports CBS station in DC is playing an infomercial instead of Eagles - Texans...?
Jets returned a KO for a TD and there was not a packer on the screen during almost all of the runback.
Just an absolutely MISERABLE call against the Eagles there. Personal foul, roughing the passer, and he literally just sacked him and did the opposite of driving him into the ground.
That was garbage.
That was garbage.