Posted on 12/20/2009 5:07:31 PM PST by Perdogg
The playoff picture in the NFC has begun to simplify, New Orleans, Minnesota, Philiadelphia, and Arizona as divison leaders while Green Bay, Dallas, and the NY Giants fight for the two wild cards. Since Dallas defeated Philadelphia earlier, Dallas since has a shot at winning the East. The NY Giants plays at the resurgent Washington Redskins Monday night and are on the outside looking in, but has the tie breaker over Dallas.
However in the AFC, 6 teams still have mathematical hopes for the last wild card at 7-7 (Jacksonville Jaguars , Pittsburgh Steelers,Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins,New York Jets, and the Houston Texans. The Division leaders are Indianapolis, San Diego, Cincinnati, and New England with Baltimore and Denver currently holding the wild cards.
With Miami’s loss San Diego is guaranteed a playoff spot no matter what. Still, it would be nice to be the no. 2 seed instead of a wild card. Let’s win out Bolts.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh will be huge this week.
Actually, SoCalPol’s and my Chargers, which we agreed to call OUR CHARGERS won the AFC West today.
Amazing we keep winning with second and third string players in several positions.
Like you said, Phillip Rivers is a great leader and the players have heart. OUR Chargers own December. I pray they win on Christmas day in TN. I hate that they have to play on Christmas, especially out of town.
It is so over. 
I think the St. Louis Rams still have a shot.
Redskins... nope. Ain’t going to happen.
Go Cowboys!!
My heart's with Farve, love to see a Chargers vs. Vikings Superbowl.
But it will probally be Colts vs. N.O.
The Jets had at least 9 chances to put the game away today. Just pathetic. Yet they’re STILL alive. AFC is loco.
I am not too impressed with the Saints defense.
Minnesota v Indy
It is a fairly simple but interesting statistical analysis of playoff-team offense, defense, overall team strength, and predicted winners of each game including the Super Bowl and World Series. Been doing this since the 80's. Average over the years is about 60%. It’s just for fun and is fun to use while watching games of teams or match-ups you know little about. You get matchup information showing in the NFL playoffs for example, comparative passing and running strength on both sides of the ball helping you to know what to look for during the game and where the battles will be fought.
It’s on an excel file - I would post it but I don’t know how. If you send me your email you’ll be on distribution before the playoffs begin. The fun stuff, especially in the NFL playoffs, is figuring out the toughest pass/run, offense/defense matchups in the games.
It is a fairly simple but interesting statistical analysis of playoff-team offense, defense, overall team strength, and predicted winners of each game including the Super Bowl and World Series. Been doing this since the 80's. Average over the years is about 60%. It’s just for fun and is fun to use while watching games of teams or match-ups you know little about. You get matchup information showing in the NFL playoffs for example, comparative passing and running strength on both sides of the ball helping you to know what to look for during the game and where the battles will be fought.
It’s on an excel file - I would post it but I don’t know how. If you send me your email you’ll be on distribution before the playoffs begin. The fun stuff, especially in the NFL playoffs, is figuring out the toughest pass/run, offense/defense matchups in the games.
Rivers this afternoon
I LOVE that photo! Thank you!
Someone will take down the Colts. They let too many teams hang around in the 4th quarter.
Harsh, very Harsh there SkyPilot. Try to feel a little bit of my pain here. But, since I am not a fair-weather fan, it is just that much sweeter when (Every 20 yrs or so it seems) they do make a show of it.
Right now, the Iggles are the best team in the NFC.
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