NFL Schedule - 2014 [Live Thread Week 15]

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[Bender2]

Week 15

Thursday, Dec. 11

Arizona Cardinals vs. St. Louis Rams, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 14

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m.

Green Bay Packers vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m.

Minnesota Vikings vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m.

Houston Texans vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m.

Oakland Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m.

Miami Dolphins vs. New England Patriots, 1 p.m.

Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m.

Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers, 4:05 p.m.

New York Jets vs. Tennessee Titans, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 15

New Orleans Saints vs. Chicago Bears, 8:30 p.m.

[big'ol_freeper]

I wasn’t watching but evidently Stanton is out for the season. I think Arizona is now toast as far as doing much in the playoffs.

[GOPsterinMA]

Yes. Sad. :(

ARZ is literally on their 3rd string QB.

[Impy]

MRI pending, if Stanton is out that’s obviously very bad for the Redbirbs.

[GOPsterinMA]

Yep. I still think BRUUUUCCCCEEEEEE should be coach of the year.

[darkangel82]

ESPN says it’s only a sprain, but he’ll still miss some time. I didn’t see the injury because I watched NBA last night instead.

[GOPsterinMA]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bears-coach-makes-tearful-apology-150500135.html

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/12/12/7381729/jim-harbaugh-49ers-oakland-raiders

[SevenofNine]

Did you hear about might be right time for NFL team coming to SO CAL

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2014/12/11/why-the-time-is-right-for-an-nfl-team-in-los-angeles/

[Nachoman]

Bendy, Bendy, Bendy. We both know that when the Cowboys have their playoff destiny in their hands, they go into choke/implode mode. I’d like to be wrong on this, but I doubt it.

[campaignPete R-CT]

in that 3-way tie, DAL - GB - AZ
dallas cannot get the 5th seed, because AZ has clinched SOV over dallas. So AZ either gets the #5 over GB based on SOV or the lose out to GB and get the #6 vs DAL based on h2h.

AZ vs DAL SOV at 11-5 8-4
7 uncommon wins

AZ:
KC SD OK DAL SF STL DET current total is 48
DAL:
JAX TN HOUS NYG SEA CHI NO current total is 34

because of h2h meetings, in those 7 opponents DAL max is:
34 plus 21 - 3 h2h = 52

because of h2h meetings, in those 7 opponents AZ min is:
48 plus 2 dal plus 3 h2h = 53

AZ MIN beats the DAL max, therefore AZ has clinched SOV over DALLAS and the 3-way tiebreaker in addition to the h2h 2way tiebreaker.

[campaignPete R-CT]

so yes, AZ has clinched playoffs as soon as DAL or PHIL gets their 5th loss ... this SUN. (unless PH-DAL game ends in tie.)

they haven’t clinched if

PHIL 11-4-1
DAL 11-4-1

[GeronL]

weird, even if Dal beats Phil, they may not make it into the playoffs

[catfish1957]

Impy, as a Saints fan, I can assure you that your bears can beat my Saints in a shoot out. Anybody can beat our clown car of a secondary. Even with our future HOF QB.

[catfish1957]

We both know that when the Cowboys have their playoff destiny in their hands, they go into choke/implode mode

20 years from now the present Dallas QB will be more known for dating the hottest women on earth rather than his football skills.

[MHGinTN]

Well, against my better judgment I'm gonna give my picks:

Week 15

Arizona Cardinals vs. St. Louis Rams, 7:25 p.m. (That one was easy!)

Sunday, Dec. 14

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m.

Green Bay Packers vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. (Manziel will be picked off too many times to win that one)

Minnesota Vikings vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m.

Houston Texans vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m.

Oakland Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m.

Miami Dolphins vs. New England Patriots, 1 p.m.

Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m.

Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers, 4:05 p.m.(The dream Super Bowl would be Manning versus Rodgers, but that's a long way to go)

New York Jets vs. Tennessee Titans, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 15

New Orleans Saints vs. Chicago Bears, 8:30 p.m.

You can thank me later, Bender.

[GOPsterinMA]

Nice!

[campaignPete R-CT]

UPDATE! TIEBREAKERS

NFC TIEBREAK	PHI	DAL	GB	DET	SEA	SAN FRAN	ARIZ
PHIL	. .-	PHIL-4	GB-1	DET-3	SEA-1,3	SF-1,3	AZ-1,3
DAL	PHIL-4	. .-	dal-L4	DET-3	DAL-1, SEA-3	SF-1,3	AZ-1,L3,SOV
GB	GB-1	dal-L4	. .-	DET-3	SEA-1,3	SF-3	az-L3
DET	DET-3	DET-3	DET-3	. .-	SEA-4	det-L4 sf-Lsov	AZ-1, DET-3
SEA	SEA-1,3	DAL-1, SEA-3	SEA-1,3	SEA-4	. .-	SF-4	SEA-2
SAN FRAN	SF-1,3	SF-1,3	SF-3	det-L4 sf-Lsov	SF-4	... -	XXX
ARIZ	AZ-1,3	AZ-1,L3,SOV	az-L3	AZ-1, DET-3	SEA-2	XXX	... -

1- ...HEAD-TO-HEAD
2- ...DIV REC
3- ...CONF REC
4- ...COMMON GAMES
XXX = no tie is possible.
explained in detail ELSEWHERE in this thread
The bold ones are clinched tiebreakers.
Also, lower case indicates a lead, but not a clinch.
example SF vs DET:
det-L4 sf-Lsov
MEANS DET leads in Common games. SF leads in Strength of Victory.

ATL VS N.O.: ATL-2. Atlanta has clinched tiebreaker over Saints due to DIV record.

[campaignPete R-CT]

TIEBREAKERS

AFC WILDCARD	MIAMI	BUFF	BALT	PITT	CLEVE	HOUS	KC	SAN DIEGO
MIAMI	.... -	MIA-3	BA-1, MIA-3	pit-Lsov	MIA-3	hous-L3	KC-1, mia-L3	MIA-1,3
BUFF	MIA-3	.... -	buff-L3	PITT-3	BUFF-1	HOUS-1,3	KC-1,L3	SD-1,L3
BALT	BA-1, MIA-3	buff-L3	...-	PITT-3	12/28	12/21, HOUS-3	KC-3	SD-1,3
PITT	pit-Lsov	PITT-3	PITT-3	...-	pitt-L2,3	PITT-1, hous-L3	12/21 pitt-L3	pitt-L3
CLEVE	MIA-3	BUFF-1	12/28	pitt-L2,3	...-	HOUS-1,3	KC-3	sd-L3
HOUS	hous-L3	HOUS-1,3	12/21, HOUS-3	PITT-1, hous-L3	HOUS-1,3	....-	HOUS-3	HOUS-3
KC	KC-1, mia-L3	KC-1,L3	KC-3	12/21 pitt-L3	KC-3	HOUS-3	....-	12/28
SAN DIEGO	MIA-1,3	SD-1,L3	SD-1,3	pitt-L3	sd-L3	HOUS-3	12/28	....-

1- ...HEAD-TO-HEAD
2- ...DIV REC
3- ...CONF REC
4- ...COMMON GAMES
READ ACROSS. Example, the Dolphins have clinched the tiebreaker vs. BUFF & CLEVE & SD.

[Impy]

The whole coaching staff needs to go.

I’m gonna go up to Trestbot and throw a cup of water in his face, 10 to 1 he short circuits.

[GOPsterinMA]

I think the entire organization, front office down, is gone.

Trestbot. Yeah. I wanted him to succeed.

OTOH, look at what COACH BRRRRUUUUCCCCCEEEEE is doing with off the street players.

[Bender2]

Gadzooks... it is time... ain't it?!

So, win, lose or draw.. the Johnny Game's afoot!

BTW for all you New York Giants fans, did you know... they once played Notre Dame? A Knute Rockn coached Notre Dame team!

From December 14, 1930:

Well, big, the results will not make you happy:

Not happy... at all--

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