2020 NFL: Wk.15 Game Thread
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You are 4-9 and winning only gets you a worse draft pick and the bright spot in your season is your Rookie QB. So on 4 plays, you run him three times trying to see if you can get him killed.
I know you play to win the game, but Jesus use your expendable RB not the future of the franchise.
I know you play to win the game, but Jesus use your expendable RB not the future of the franchise.
The game had a lot to get mad about but I think both fan bases have things going for them. Raiders need a bunch of guys on D which they should be able to get and Chargers need a serviceable coach.
It bums me out that Lynn isn’t a good coach. He is one of three Black head coaches in the NFL and seems like a really good dude.
Totally agree. But I think he's legitimately bad. There is really no excuse for the Chargers being this bad.
I know it's over for the Pats this year (not technically, but yeah), but man it's frustrating. They win this week, and they're at 7-7, with tiebreakers over Miami, Las Vegas, and Baltimore. Now the Ravens are going to win out probably, but Miami still has to play Buffalo. If the Pats had just won one more game, they'd be right there for the playoffs.
And think about the stupid games they lost:
- at KC in the covid mess
- at Buf when Cam fumbled at the end
- at Sea when Cam got stopped at the 1 on the last play of the game
- vs Den when they didn't practice for two weeks
I mean, win just ONE of them, and they've got a really good chance to go to the playoffs.
Oh well.
And think about the stupid games they lost:
- at KC in the covid mess
- at Buf when Cam fumbled at the end
- at Sea when Cam got stopped at the 1 on the last play of the game
- vs Den when they didn't practice for two weeks
I mean, win just ONE of them, and they've got a really good chance to go to the playoffs.
Oh well.
But if the Pats were in the playoffs, they wouldn't have a chance to win the Draft Lottery.
Oh.
Oh.
Not really.
A win over Miami doubles it to 4%!!
Things we want: Houston beating Indy and NYG beating Cleveland. Jax taking down Ravens would help, but that ain't happening.
The Cleveland loss to BAL was a killer to the Pats outside chance at the playoffs because it means BAL would have to lose two games to JAX/NYG/CIN. That’s the kind of catastrophic scenario where Harbaugh’s seat even warms a little bit heading into next season....not happening.
Why does NYG beating Cleveland matter? Cleveland is 9-4. Do we really need them to lose another 3 games (making it 4 in a row) to make it in? Because, that almost feels like a less than 2% chance alone, never mind other teams needing to lose as well.
Well, we're talking about changing something from like 6% to 7%. We want any team that hasn't clinched and not playing another team in the race to lose.
You can play around with percentages here:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-nfl-predictions/
Here's the "easiest route" I have found. And I mean easiest in the sense that it's not complicated to follow, not that it's very likely.
Pats win out. Dolphins lose to us and Bills, Colts lose to Houston (maybe), Pittsburgh (decent chance), and Jax (HAHA)
I guess that's true. When I was looking at the the "Clinched/Wild Card/In-the-Hunt" chart on TV the other day, I just assumed that the only chance the Pats had to get in was if they were the third and final WC team and assumed Cleveland was one of the quasi-locked teams for the first two spots and beyond the Pats' reach at this point. But I suppose as long as any team can tie your record by losing, you just want all of them to shit the bed.
Just to be fair to both sides - the Pats barely beat the winless Jets (on a long field goal), barely beat the Cardinals (after they missed a makeable FG), and beat the Ravens when the heavens opened up for a brief time just as the Ravens were trying to drive (rain stopped as soon as the game ended). So for all the close losses, they had a bunch of close wins. TL;DR - around .500 seems about right for this team.
Also, they were never ever ever winning that KC game, people shouldn't throw that one on the pile.
Just saw this post, but here is what the process is supposed to be:
Referee stands where the punter kicks the ball, and mentally notes where the balls lands out of bounds. The sideline official walks up the sideline and when he stands directly between the Referee and that out of bounds spot, the R signals him and he stops there to spot the ball.
In real life sometimes it’s just a guess, preferably on a big yard line.
This Bills team, if a few things break right, could make the Super Bowl. They could beat KC. It won't be easy, but they could. I don't see any other team in the AFC that could.
Allen is definitely in the Keith Hernandez zone right now. Just doing it all and it's working. Hucking bombs, running for TDs, whatever he wants.