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NFL Schedule - 2014 [Live Thread Week 16]
ESPN NFL ^ | ESPN

Posted on 12/16/2014 1:00:27 PM PST by Bender2

Week 16

Thursday, Dec. 18

Tennessee Titans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 8:25 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 20

San Diego Chargers vs. San Francisco 49ers, TBD

Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins, TBD

Sunday, Dec. 21

Cleveland Browns vs. Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m.

Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears, 1 p.m.

Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m.

Minnesota Vikings vs. Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m.

Atlanta Falcons vs. New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m.

New England Patriots vs. New York Jets, 1 p.m.

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m

Green Bay Packers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m.

New York Giants vs. St. Louis Rams, 4:05

Indianapolis Colts vs. Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m.

Buffalo Bills vs. Oakland Raiders, 4:25 p.m.

Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 22

Denver Broncos vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 8:30 p.m.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: football; nfl; nflweek; tiebreaker; tiebreakers
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To: Impy

yea, it is 1 in 200,000 ... which is better than 1 in a million. Even the browns get laid more than dumb and dumber.

http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2pisnw/nfl_every_clinching_scenario_for_week_16_and_17/


61 posted on 12/18/2014 10:23:47 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Let the dead bury the dead. Let the GOP bury the GOP.)
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To: Impy

I still have the best grid/chart for tiebreakers on the ENTIRE INTERNET. that is indicative of the dumbing down of America ...

A. nobody can really do a chart for whatever reason
B. Nobody wants to read a chart.

nobody reads the 20-page elimination scenarios on reddit ... but it is a labor of love to do tiebreaker volunteer work.

Tiebreaker comprehension is an acquired taste.


62 posted on 12/18/2014 10:27:24 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Let the dead bury the dead. Let the GOP bury the GOP.)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

that reddit is full of crap.

his week 16 and 17 clinching & elimination scenarios are wrong. Playoffstatus.com is wrong on some, too. stick with ESPN or CBS and they only do one week at a time.


63 posted on 12/18/2014 10:39:34 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Let the dead bury the dead. Let the GOP bury the GOP.)
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To: Bender2

You know, you just can’t beat a NFL Bender thread. Good football talk, and scantily clad women. It doesn’t get any better than that.


64 posted on 12/18/2014 10:51:04 PM PST by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: Impy; GOPsterinMA
Chicago's First Scapegoat: Jay Cutler
65 posted on 12/19/2014 1:37:27 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Impy; GOPsterinMA
Regardless of what happens versus Detroit, this is basically an act of war against Cutler that will likely bring his Bears career to a close. The only way he stays with the team is if the Bears fire everyone — Trestman, Kromer, Emery, the whole bunch — and the new regime decides to build around Cutler. And even if a new head coach/general manager combo comes in, the team might very well decide to move on from Cutler anyway.

What will happen then? Well, for one, the Bears will need to find a trade partner. As I mentioned when I wrote about the possible 2015 quarterback trade market last week, Cutler’s deal is structured in such a way that precludes him from being released. His 2015 base salary of $15.5 million is already guaranteed, so if the Bears cut him by this March, they would pay $19.5 million in cap penalties, sinking their 2015 team in the process. If they don’t cut him before then, $10 million of his 2016 base salary will become guaranteed, leaving the Bears stuck even further into the future with Cutler as their quarterback.

If the Bears trade Cutler, the base salaries go to the new team. If they traded Cutler by March, the Bears would be responsible for only $4 million in dead money left because they restructured his deal this offseason. A possible trade partner might try to create cap space and force the Bears to eat more of the deal by insisting they turn part of Cutler’s guaranteed base salary into a signing bonus before making the swap, a move that would leave the Bears — not the opposition — on the hook for that amount of the deal.

If the Bears converted $8.5 million of Cutler’s 2015 base salary into a signing bonus, they would pay the actual cash up front and technically spread the bonus across the length of the deal, only for the deal to accelerate onto their cap next season if Cutler were traded elsewhere. That would leave the Bears on the hook for $11 million next season. The acquiring team, meanwhile, would see its cap obligation fall from $15.5 million to $7 million. That sort of move might net the Bears a better draft pick as part of a trade.

66 posted on 12/19/2014 1:43:46 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan; Impy

Good info; thanks for sharing.

It’ll be interesting to see what CHI actually does here. I still maintain the entire structure, from office down to the 53 man roster, is going to get chopped.

Maybe Lovie Smith can return to CHI?

There’s goni g to be a lot of “top to bottom” turnover in the NFL. CHI, SF, NYJ, ATL, OAK. Possibly MIA, NYG, TAM & TEN (Whisenhunt’s ok, but the GM?) too.


67 posted on 12/19/2014 3:41:50 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; Rummyfan; hockeyfan44
Maybe Lovie Smith can return to CHI?

One name I hear is Cardinals DC Todd Bowles.

68 posted on 12/19/2014 7:38:19 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Impy; Rummyfan; hockeyfan44

Todd Bowles. One of Coach BRRUUUCCCCEEE’S boys.

More special teams coaches should be considered (like John Harbaugh) for head coaching jobs.


69 posted on 12/19/2014 8:00:13 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Impy

CALCULATION ERROR

1 Chance in 140,000


70 posted on 12/19/2014 7:29:11 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Let the dead bury the dead. Let the GOP bury the GOP.)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

Off-topic, but that’s about the odds of the same team playing 2 triple-OT games in a row. And yet it just happened.


71 posted on 12/20/2014 11:56:05 AM PST by darkangel82
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To: darkangel82

Hopefully the Mavs will take advantage tonight when they play them.


72 posted on 12/20/2014 11:56:47 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: catfish1957; big'ol_freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; RockinRight; ...
Re: You know, you just can’t beat a NFL Bender thread. Good football talk, and scantily clad women. It doesn’t get any better than that.

Gadzooks, cat... You should read my Field Hockey... Thread!

Yeah, cat, Bendy and I met on a field hockey pitch... He helped me get my Basic Grip down pat.

Now tell them how Bendy change me from a field hockey midfielder to a... tight end--

73 posted on 12/20/2014 2:10:57 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2

That’s a lacrosse team! Not field hockey.....


74 posted on 12/20/2014 2:14:13 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan; big'ol_freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; RockinRight; ...
Re: That’s a lacrosse team! Not field hockey.....

Now, now, rummy, get a grip... Don't you know?

One man's lacrosse... is another man's hockey.

75 posted on 12/20/2014 2:17:52 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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BTW is anyone watching the Deadskins/Iggles game? Skins... lead 10-7 in 2nd quarter.
76 posted on 12/20/2014 2:21:51 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Rummyfan
That’s a lacrosse team

la what? All you need to know that there is more surface area around the equipment than fabric around their bodies.

77 posted on 12/20/2014 2:22:15 PM PST by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: Bender2

Did you know that Jim Brown was an All-America Lacrosse player in college?


78 posted on 12/20/2014 2:23:23 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Bender2
Do you ever recall a weekend where more fans of more different teams were rooting for the Redspuds?


79 posted on 12/20/2014 2:26:44 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Especially Cowboys fans rooting for the Redskins, what’s the world coming to.


80 posted on 12/20/2014 2:27:41 PM PST by dfwgator
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