NFL Playoff talk (2017-18)

[BellevueBuckeye]

Playoff scenarios heading into week 17....

CURRENT AFC PLAYOFF FIELD

1. Patriots 12-3
2. Steelers 12-3
3. Jaguars 10-5
4. Chiefs 9-6
5. Ravens 9-6
6. Titans 8-7

Still alive: Chargers 8-7, Bills 8-7.

Patriots: New England has clinched the AFC East and a first-round bye. The Patriots will clinch home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs with either a win over the Jets or a Steelers loss to the Browns. They also will clinch home-field advantage with a tie combined with a Steelers tie.

Steelers: Pittsburgh has clinched the AFC North and a first-round bye. The Steelers will clinch home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs with a win over the Browns combined with a Patriots loss/tie against the Jets, or with a tie combined with a Patriots loss to the Jets.

Jaguars: Jacksonville has clinched the AFC South and the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs no matter the result of its game against the Titans.

Chiefs: Kansas City has clinched the AFC West and the No. 4 seed in the AFC playoffs no matter the result of its game against the Broncos.

Ravens: Baltimore will clinch a wild-card berth with a win/tie against the Bengals, or a Bills loss/tie against the Dolphins, or a Titans loss/tie against the Jaguars.

Titans: Tennessee will clinch a wild-card berth with a win over the Jaguars, or a tie combined with a Bills loss/tie against the Dolphins and a Chargers loss/tie against the Raiders, or if the Bills and Chargers both lose.

Chargers: Los Angeles will clinch a wild-card berth with a win over the Raiders combined with a Titans loss/tie against the Jaguars and a Bills loss/tie against the Dolphins, or a win combined with a Titans loss/tie and Ravens loss/tie, or a tie combined with a Titans loss and a Bills loss/tie.

Bills: Buffalo will clinch a wild-card berth with a win combined with a Ravens loss to the Bengals, or a win combined with a Chargers loss/tie and a Titans loss/tie, or a tie combined with losses by the Chargers and Titans.

CURRENT NFC PLAYOFF FIELD

1. Eagles 13-2
2. Vikings 12-3
3. Rams 11-4
4. Saints 11-4
5. Panthers 11-4
6. Falcons 9-6

Still alive: Seahawks 9-6

Eagles: Philadelphia has clinched the NFC East and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.

Vikings: Minnesota has clinched the NFC North. The Vikings will clinch a first-round bye with a win over the Bears, or a Panthers loss/tie against the Falcons, or a Saints win over the Buccaneers, or a Rams win over the 49ers.

Rams: Los Angeles has clinched the NFC West. The Rams cannot earn a first-round bye and will be either the No. 3 seed or No. 4 seed. They will be the No. 3 seed with a win, or with a tie combined with a Saints loss/tie and Panthers loss/tie, or with losses by the Saints and Panthers.

Saints: New Orleans has clinched a playoff berth. The Saints will clinch the NFC South with a win over the Buccaneers, or a Panthers loss to the Falcons, or a tie combined with a Panthers tie.

Panthers: Carolina has clinched a playoff berth. The Panthers will clinch the NFC South with a win over the Falcons combined with a Saints loss/tie against the Bucs, or a tie combined with a Saints loss. Carolina will clinch a first-round bye with a win combined with a Saints loss/tie, Vikings loss and Rams loss/tie.

Falcons: Atlanta will clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Panthers, or a Seahawks loss to the Cardinals, or a tie combined with a Seahawks tie.

Seahawks: Seattle will clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Cardinals combined with a Falcons loss/tie against the Panthers, or a tie and a Falcons loss.

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[picabo]

I'm looking forward to a fun play-offs! Obviously, I will be rooting for the Steelers.

A fun note - On Christmas Day, Steelers cornerback Mike Hilton set an NFL record (for cornerbacks) of 3 sacks in one game vs. the Texans. He joins other Steelers defensive backs - Troy Polamalu and Carnell Lake with this distinction.

Hilton's story is a good one: He went undrafted in 2016. Was then signed to the Jags and cut. The Patriots picked him up, and then cut him. He began applying for "regular" jobs, and then was signed to Pittsburgh's practice squad. The next day, Foot Locker called him and offered him a job. He turned them down to stay with the Steelers, and worked his way up with an impressive preseason.

I think the Steelers have the talent necessary to go all the way this year. We just need to get everyone on the field. It will help that the final game is home vs the Browns - should be able to rest several key players.

[BellevueBuckeye]

The Bengals stun the Ratbirds late, and as a result the Buffalo Bills have their first playoff berth since 1999.

[DrTorch]

Tv ratings for the NFL down 9.7 percent in 2017.

Ouch. Prorate that over the next decade.

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Every show but one (The Bachelor)on network tv ratings were lower in 2017 than they were in 2016. Sunday Night Football was the most watched program this past fall. The NFL isn’t going anywhere

[DrTorch]

Big Bill reportedly might be on the move from the Patriots? Bring him home Haslem, bring him home!

[BellevueBuckeye]

Fun game to cap off the weekend, nice to see the New Orleans Buckeyes advance.

Also, last night was the 2nd time in less than a week that a team from Georgia got a playoff win in a historic Los Angeles stadium.

[DrTorch]

Jan 7, 2018 19:58:44 GMT -5 BellevueBuckeye said:

Fun game to cap off the weekend, nice to see the New Orleans Buckeyes advance.

Also, last night was the 2nd time in less than a week that a team from Georgia got a playoff win in a historic Los Angeles stadium.

Yeah, we were taking about all the Buckeyes on NO. And Buckeye Kurtie Coleman chasing down Ted Ginn on his 80 yard td haha.

[BellevueBuckeye]

Pretty wacky game in Pittsburgh, and a nice win by Jacksonville.

Next week will be the 2nd time that the Jags have played the Pats in the AFC title game, and the last time it happened was during Jacksonville's 2nd season as a franchise.

[BellevueBuckeye]

Ridiculous finish in Minnesota

Holy crap would it ever suck to lose a game because of this:

[picabo]

Very cool for Minnesota - potential to be first team to play the Superbowl in their own stadium. They just need to get past the Eagles.

Very disgusted with Pittsburgh defense today. Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!
Going to have to root for Jacksonville next week.

[DrTorch]

Brady

Bortles, Foles, Keenum

yuck

[deathfromabove]

Jan 14, 2018 21:31:53 GMT -5 picabo said:

Very cool for Minnesota - potential to be first team to play the Superbowl in their own stadium. They just need to get past the Eagles.

Very disgusted with Pittsburgh defense today. Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!
Going to have to root for Jacksonville next week.

   picabo, The reason I am going to cheer for Boston, OPPS, meant to say New England Patriots is because Tom Brady is a MICHIGAN alum.  

[BellevueBuckeye]

Jan 14, 2018 21:31:53 GMT -5 picabo said:

Very cool for Minnesota - potential to be first team to play the Superbowl in their own stadium. They just need to get past the Eagles.

Yep, and they are already the first team to get within one game of playing the Super Bowl in their home stadium. The closest any other host team had previously made it was the divisional round (Houston last year, and two Miami teams in the 90s)

However, while a win would make the Vikings the first team to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium, they would only be the third team to play a Super Bowl in their home market, after the 1979 Rams (Rose Bowl) and the 1984 49ers (Stanford Stadium)

[clb6110]

If it turns out NE vs. Minn who is technically the home team? They will have the same record. If it is NE do they get to chose which locker room they want? Curious.

[picabo]

Jan 15, 2018 20:52:26 GMT -5 deathfromabove said:

Jan 14, 2018 21:31:53 GMT -5 picabo said:

Very cool for Minnesota - potential to be first team to play the Superbowl in their own stadium. They just need to get past the Eagles.

Very disgusted with Pittsburgh defense today. Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!
Going to have to root for Jacksonville next week.

   picabo, The reason I am going to cheer for Boston, OPPS, meant to say New England Patriots is because Tom Brady is a MICHIGAN alum.  

Oh Death, and I thought so highly of you . . . I did not realize you were one of "those" fans.  

I'll have to rethink our friendship.

 

[deathfromabove]

Jan 16, 2018 18:25:50 GMT -5 picabo said:

Jan 15, 2018 20:52:26 GMT -5 deathfromabove said:

   picabo, The reason I am going to cheer for Boston, OPPS, meant to say New England Patriots is because Tom Brady is a MICHIGAN alum.  

Oh Death, and I thought so highly of you . . . I did not realize you were one of "those" fans.  

I'll have to rethink our friendship.

 

    Picabo, You mean that you are one of those worthless nut fans, like my wife and oldest son are. I'll be praying for to see the light.

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Jan 16, 2018 8:53:21 GMT -5 clb6110 said:

If it turns out NE vs. Minn who is technically the home team? They will have the same record. If it is NE do they get to chose which locker room they want? Curious.

The AFC team is the home team this year. They just alternate each year, which really just means they get to choose what jersey. It was determined that the NFC team will use the Vikings lockeroom. Btw, if New England wins the AFC they will likely choose to wear white.

[cbus]

Philly v Jacksonville would be the worst SB ever.

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^^^ I'd love it, Because the NFL is still a joke. Hopefully that happens, And be the lowest watched Super Bowl in history.

[BellevueBuckeye]

15 of the 17 AFC titles in this century have been won by either Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger

[cbus]

The other 2 are Flacco and McNair?

[DrTorch]

the crazy thing to me isn't that Brady has won 5 Super Bowls, it's that he has come soooo close to winning 7

[BellevueBuckeye]

Jan 22, 2018 17:42:27 GMT -5 cbus said:

The other 2 are Flacco and McNair?

Flacco and Rich Gannon

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Jan 21, 2018 18:55:38 GMT -5 BellevueBuckeye said:

15 of the 17 AFC titles in this century have been won by either Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger

And yet there are still people out there that think qb’s don’t matter

[picabo]

QB's do matter! However, take a look at the other players that surrounded those QB's. They had O-lines that could block, receivers that could make great catches, running backs that could read & thread the holes. In addition, they had the defense that could support their offense.

I don't believe that anyone on here has said QB's don't matter. Good QB's need strong players surrounding them.

[cbus]

Jan 22, 2018 23:41:39 GMT -5 BellevueBuckeye said:

Jan 22, 2018 17:42:27 GMT -5 cbus said:

The other 2 are Flacco and McNair?

Flacco and Rich Gannon

I guess McNair won the 1999 AFC title but the Super Bowl was in 2000? I didn't read the clue close enough and I forgot about Gannon.

[BellevueBuckeye]

I was going by the season year, not the year the actual game was held. 2001 was the first season of the 21st century and the current season is 2017.

McNair and Dilfer were 1999 and 2000 respectively, which were the last 2 seasons of the 20th century.

[deathfromabove]

Jan 23, 2018 19:59:15 GMT -5 picabo said:

QB's do matter! However, take a look at the other players that surrounded those QB's. They had O-lines that could block, receivers that could make great catches, running backs that could read & thread the holes. In addition, they had the defense that could support their offense.

I don't believe that anyone on here has said QB's don't matter. Good QB's need strong players surrounding them.

   Picabo, I can see that your dad taught you well. You sure sound like a seasonal coach. I'm slowly getting my wife to understand all this but it would have help if she had some brothers instead of two older sisters. At least I have my two sons, no daughters, helping out on explaining things to her on sports. Thank Heavens. 

[picabo]

Jan 25, 2018 21:35:41 GMT -5 deathfromabove said:

Jan 23, 2018 19:59:15 GMT -5 picabo said:

QB's do matter! However, take a look at the other players that surrounded those QB's. They had O-lines that could block, receivers that could make great catches, running backs that could read & thread the holes. In addition, they had the defense that could support their offense.

I don't believe that anyone on here has said QB's don't matter. Good QB's need strong players surrounding them.

   Picabo, I can see that your dad taught you well. You sure sound like a seasonal coach. I'm slowly getting my wife to understand all this but it would have help if she had some brothers instead of two older sisters. At least I have my two sons, no daughters, helping out on explaining things to her on sports. Thank Heavens. 

Ha!  I didn't have much of a choice.  Dad had no sons - just me and my younger sister who had absolutely no interest in sports.   For my 10th birthday, I received a football and a basketball.  I still impress the boys on the playground when I throw my perfect spiral.  I give the same advice to the kiddos that dad gave me - fingers lined up on the laces and lead with the elbow.  Lots of memorable Friday nights and Saturday afternoons with dad.
My daughters have grown up in a similar manner.  Both can hold their own in a pick-up game in the backyard; and understand the game enough to enjoy it.  I consider those important life skills.