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Liberace gay. And since I have divested myself of any fealty I’ve held for Washington over the last fifty years and cast my lot with Pittsburgh moving forward, I’m going old school and picking Cincy. The league needs an enema, and anything California can go suck an egg.
BENGALS
Clever stuff with the chocolate chip bit.
The only reason I’ll tune in tomorrow night is to enjoy all the fans not wearing masks and hear the LET’S GO BRANDON chants.
Is there a football game too?
Rams
I’m going with the Truckers.
Bungles and Lambs.
How do you not root for Cooper Kupp...the name alone is worth it not to mention his huge abilities.
But in the end, will probably root Bengals...just because its been so long for them and the handled that arrogant prick Mahomes.
Go Bengals!
i have to side with the bengals
Bengals
Hey guys just put in your picks and I’ll calculate the results on the Final NFL 2022 FR Leaderboard.
FYI, current leaderboard looks like this (sorry I can’t show the whole spreadsheet, I don’t know how to do that). Note: baseline divisor (not the Imposter in Chief - that’s another “Divisor”) is the same for newbies and those from the start - 12 games through the Championship Round. Super Bowl results will be divided by 13 games.
1 Tommy Revolts 75%
1 DoodleDawg 75%
1 Repealthe17thAmendment 75%
4 chuck allen 67%
4 Red Badger 67%
4 Rummyfan 67%
7 ro_dreaming 58%
7 Impy 58%
7 Jim W N 58%
7 mmichaels1970 58%
7 moehoward 58%
7 teeman8r 58%
7 al_c 58%
14 big’ol_freeper 50%
14 HombreSecreto 50%
14 texas booster 50%
14 campaignPete R-CT 50%
14 Poser 50%
19 Laslo Fripp 42%
20 KC Burke 33%
21 kosciusko51 25%
21 38special 25%
21 WhoisAlanGreenspan? 25%
24 cwa78 17%
25 Fish Speaker 17%
1 Tommy Revolts 75%
1 DoodleDawg 75%
1 Repealthe17thAmendment 75%
4 chuck allen 67%
4 Red Badger 67%
4 Rummyfan 67%
7 ro_dreaming 58%
7 Impy 58%
7 Jim W N 58%
7 mmichaels1970 58%
7 moehoward 58%
7 teeman8r 58%
7 al_c 58%
14 big’ol_freeper 50%
14 HombreSecreto 50%
14 texas booster 50%
14 campaignPete R-CT 50%
14 Poser 50%
19 Laslo Fripp 42%
20 KC Burke 33%
21 kosciusko51 25%
21 38special 25%
21 WhoisAlanGreenspan? 25%
24 cwa78 17%
25 Fish Speaker 17%
Bengals.
I think the Rams will win, but I like the stripey helmets.
My shtick on STUPOR BOWL LVI.
I use regular-season scoring stats to rank teams (”#X”) and pass-run yardage (”X” (no “#”)) to predict how the game will likely play out.
Rams favored over the Bangles who may wind up walking like an Egyptian.
Game Plan:
Both teams should mostly pass.
Outlook:
Surprisingly, the pass/run YDG stats show this could be a Rams’ blowout over the Bengals, but the scoring stats suggest a closer game. Also surprisingly, in the regular season the Bengals were the top passing team in the NFL (the Rams’ were third best in passing) and the Rams’ scoring defense was only mediocre. The Rams surpassed the Bengals in three out of four categories by a LOT (see stats below).
These are not the top two teams in the NFL. The expected Super Bowl players were the
- Bills, defeated by a coin toss (NFL OT rules have GOT to change)
- Bucs, when Brady looked like he had already retired sometime during NFC Championship Game, and
-Chiefs, when Mahomes unexplainably seemed to run out of gas in the second half of the AFC Championship.
Back to this Super Bowl, the game will probably come down to which defense can better get to the QB. The Bengals have a bad record in protecting the QB. However, the Bengals’ defense effectively shut down Mahomes in the Championship Game. Rams favored.
To check the accuracy of the stats on scoring and yardage to forecast reasonably possible results, check
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4033519/posts?page=46#46
where YDG showed the Bengals had a shot at upsetting the Chiefs showing the Bengals could move the ball against the Chiefs. (Todays matchup, not so much.)
Stats below.
#6 Rams v. #8 Bengals
When the Rams have the ball:
Rams #8 Offense v. Bengals #17 Defense
Rams Offense: 3 pass & 28 run
Bengals Defense: 19 against pass & 16 against run
When the Bengals have the ball:
Bengals #7 Offense v. Rams #15 Defense
Bengals Offense: 1 pass & 26 run
Rams Defense: 9 against pass & 4 against run
I had to turn off the sound when dyke Billie Jean King showed up. Yuk.
Final NFL Playoff Leaderboard (unformatted - sorry don’t know how to format on FR)
Congratulations to Tommy Revolts and DoodleDawg who share the winners’ spot.
screen name pct Games Won
1 Tommy Revolts; 77% 10
1 DoodleDawg; 77% 10
3 Repealthe17thAmendment; 69% 9
3 Rummyfan; 69% 9
5 chuck allen; 62% 8
5 Red Badger; 62% 8
5 Impy; 62% 8
5 Jim W N; 62% 8
5 mmichaels1970; 62% 8
5 moehoward; 62% 8
11 ro_dreaming; 54% 7
11 teeman8r; 54% 7
11 al_c; 54% 7
11 big’ol_freeper; 54% 7
11 HombreSecreto; 54% 7
11 Poser; 54% 7
17 texas booster; 46% 6
17 campaignPete R-CT; 46% 6
19 Laslo Fripp; 38% 5
19 KC Burke; 38% 5
21 kosciusko51; 31% 4
21 WhoisAlanGreenspan? ; 31% 4
23 38special; 23% 3
24 cwa78; 15% 2
24 Fish Speaker; 15% 2
Thanks to everyone who does the hard work putting this out each week! It was a good season, even if the better games came in the playoffs before the Super Bowl. And for any Rams fans, Congratulations, they had a solid tran and put it all together at just the right time.