NFL Schedule - 2014 [Live Thread Week 16]

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[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.

[GeronL]

woo-hoo

[Impy]

Jimmy Clausen looked like a little boy trying on his dad’s suit. I don’t think I realized how much Cutler sucked until I saw that a little boy was better than Cutler.

Bears actually led in the 4th Q. Jimmy was picked off on the final drive, but Cutler would have been as well (and probably 2 or 3 times before that)

So, your boys obliterate them Colts.

Crap City Corvids playoff chances take a big hit. Allegra’s Texans still “alive”.

My uncles Falcons get it done, Ain’ts ain’t winning the South. Falcolns/Panthers next week decides it.

Pats barely secure a first round bye against the paper planes.

RADIERS screw themselves with a win over the Bills. Looks like the Itty bitty titties are getting that #1 pick, and they may land Suckler too!

[GOPsterinMA]

Congrats on the OAK win.

[GOPsterinMA]

Yes, yes.

[campaignPete R-CT]

UPDATES after BUFF loss
TIEBREAKERS

AFC WILDCARD	MIAMI	BUFF	BALT	PITT	HOUS	KC	SAN DIEGO
MIAMI	.... -	MIA-3	MIA-3 (BA-1)	xxx	HOUS-3	KC-1	MIA-1,3
BUFF	MIA-3	.... -	BALT-4	xxx	HOUS-1,3	KC-1,3	SD-1,3
BALT	MIA-3 (BA-1)	BALT-4	...-	PITT-3	HOUS-1,3	KC-3	SD-1,3
PITT	xxx	xxx	PITT-3	...-	xxx	xxx	PITT-3
HOUS	HOUS-3	HOUS-1,3	HOUS-1,3	xxx	....-	HOUS-3	HOUS-3
KC	KC-1	KC-1,3	KC-3	xxx	HOUS-3	....-	KC-1
SAN DIEGO	MIA-1,3	SD-1,3	SD-1,3	PITT-3	HOUS-3	KC-1	....-

1- ...HEAD-TO-HEAD
2- ...DIV REC
3- ...CONF REC
4- ...COMMON GAMES
READ DOWN a column (or ACROSS).
Example, the CHARGERS have clinched the tiebreakers vs. BUFF & BALT ( 1 - head-to-head). They also have clinched any 3-way tie over BUFF & BALT (3 - conf. record).
PITT has clinched playoffs because of tiebreakers over BALT & SD.
MIAMI & BUFF are eliminated from the playoffs because of the tiebreaker with KC (and BUFF tiebreaker with BALT).

[big'ol_freeper]

Huh, you growled something Bend?

[campaignPete R-CT]

AFC DIVISION TIEBREAKERS for Seeds #2 #3 #4

AFC DIV	DENVER	PITT	INDY
DENVER	.... -	den-Lsov	DEN-1
PITT	den-Lsov	....	PITT-1
INDY	DEN-1	PITT-1	....

1- ...HEAD-TO-HEAD
2- ...DIV REC
3- ...CONF REC
4- ...COMMON GAMES
SOV ... Strength of Victory
READ DOWN a column (or ACROSS).
Read later in thread a discussion of DEN vs PITT Strength of Victory.

[catfish1957]

My uncles Falcons get it done, Ain’ts ain’t winning the South. Falcolns/Panthers next week decides it.

Executing NOLA Saint choke sequence in 3....2...1....

$%$#%#$#$#$

Choke complete.

[campaignPete R-CT]

DEN VS PITT SOV
9 UNCOMMON VICTORIES AT 11-5

DENVER:
AZ 11
SF 7
BUFF 8
MIA 7
NYJ 3
OAK 3
SD 9
SD 9
KC 8
TOTAL 65

PITT:
CAR 6.5
ATL 6
CIN 9.5
CIN 9.5
CLE 7
BALT 9
JAX 3
HOUS 8
TN 2
TOTAL 60.5

FOR DENVER
65 plus add 4 from next week. (OAK [vs den], and 3 h2h)
equals a MINIMUM OF 69.

FOR PITT
60.5 plus 2 for CINCY victory on MON
add 9 for next week.
minus 2 for CIN loss next week vs PITT
and minus 3 h2h games.
60.5+2+9-2-3 = 66.5 MAXIMUM. which is less than DENVER’s minimum.

DENVER HAS CLINCHED TIEBREAKER OVER PITT AND HIGHER SEED THAN PITT. Therefore,
CINN is the only team that can beat out DEN for the bye.

[campaignPete R-CT]

PITT gets the #3 if they win next week. Cannot get the #2.

[dfwgator]

Oakland is on the verge of being a good team. I think Carr will be a good QB.

[GOPsterinMA]

Yes, I agree with you.

[Perdogg]

Green Bay game moved to 4:25 EST next week; NBC game may be CAR-ATL.

[dfwgator]

I am going to be conflicted, because it looks like the Lions and Cowboys are on a collision course.

[Perdogg]

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014/12/21/7432065/playoff-scenarios-nfc-east-champ-cowboys-third-seed-in-nfc-first-round-bye

“Dallas could get a bye in the first round, depending on how things play out in the Sunday night game between Seattle and Arizona. A Cardinals win locks Dallas into the third seed, unless next week’s game between the Packers and Lions ends in a tie. If Seattle wins Sunday night, Dallas’ hopes for a bye rest with a win over Washington and losses from both Arizona and Seattle in Week 17, or a tie between Green Bay and Detroit.”

[dfwgator]

Exactly. I still give Romo and DeMarco the week off even if Seattle wins tonight.

Cowboys can win on the road anyway.

[Perdogg]

Next Sunday night on NBC, the Steelers will host the Bengals for the AFC North crown. Bengals may need the win to qualify for playoffs.

[Perdogg]

It did not do Dallas any good in 2007-2008.

[dfwgator]

This year is different. They haven’t done this well in December in years.

[campaignPete R-CT]

I cannot believe you were not all over that DEN vs. PITT tiebreaker. Your performance is slipping late in the season.

it took me 25 minutes to casually work out the details of the DEN vs. PITT SOV. You had a window of opportunity.

In other news, did you participate in the 8-game jamboree at 3 pm CST? it was a letdown with PITT and HOUS having big leads ... next week looks like a 6-game jamboree @ 3 pm featuring SD v. KC and BALT v. CLE.