NFL Week 15 Live Thread [Yeah, you did tell me my Boys lost!]

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[Bender2]

WEEK 15

Dec. 17

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at St. Louis Rams 8:25

Saturday, Dec. 19

New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys 8:25

Dec. 20

Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore Ravens 1

Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts 1

Atlanta Falcons at Jacksonville Jaguars 1

Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings 1

Tennessee Titans at New England Patriots 1

Carolina Panthers at New York Giants 1

Buffalo Bills at Washington Redskins 1

Green Bay Packers at Oakland Raiders 4:05

Cleveland Browns at Seattle Seahawks 4:05

Cincinnati Bengals at San Francisco 49ers 4:25

Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers 4:25

Miami Dolphins at San Diego Chargers 4:25

Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles 8:30

Dec. 21

Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints 8:30

[Bender2]

Yes, yes, yes... I know my Boys lost in a horribly way with an offense that couldn't beat a Pee Wee Football team--

BUT WEEK 15 does give me new hope... 'cause the new Star Wars comes out and maybe I can use The Force to get Matt to throw the ball with some accuracy!

Thursday Night finds the Pir-Rates taking down the Ewes--

Yes, it is NFL Saturday Football and my Boys take on them Jersey Jets... and unless Obi-Wan Kenobi returns my text request, I have to pull an Impy and say my Boys get walloped--

Sorry, Bender... Jerry's check was not made out to Gold Pressed Latinum, so your Boys will have to win on their own."

Gad... zooks!

Okay, regular Sunday action finds my Old Dallas Texans plucking the Crab City Black Byrds clean--

Allegra's Texicans ride the Colts for the full 8 seconds--

Picking the Jags again-- But it does not get easier--

Sorry, Imp, got to pic the Viqueens over Da Bears--

And big's Patty Cakes get an easy win over Allegra's Old Earlers--

Kam's Kitties roll on over Manning Lite--

The Deadskins go to play a football game and a Buffalo Stampeed breaks out, taking no Prisoners--

Sorry, Seven, big's Cheese Heads kick your oh so cute hinney--

I'm calling a win for the Johnny Football Browns over the Seahags! Oops, that's my booze talking, the Seahags win in a walk--

Without their Redheadded Stepchild at the helm, it is hard to pick TCU North to win over the Soapy Niners, but I am--

After blowing it to Seven's Waiders last week, the Mile High Mules do it again to the Stoolers--

The Phins shock the Bolts--

Arid Zona shows the Iggles how bad a Chip Kelly Teams can be

Monday Night a stiff Brees blows the Loinchops away

Now, all y'all... get your picks in!

[Bender2]

I'm going to take a nap... but when I wake up, you better have your picks in!

[Dr. Sivana]

You forgot to mention that the Gurley Ewe will run all over the Tampa Bay Buckies on Thursday night.

You messed up on the Lions-Rams game, time to make amends.

[oh8eleven]

Carolina Panthers at New York Giants
As a Giants fan I have to say this season is really an embarrassment ... woulda-coulda-shoulda.
But the Giants have beaten undefeated teams before, and who knows, they may even lose their way into the playoffs.
The NFC East is that bad this year.

[circlecity]

Don’t feel too bad about your ‘boys there Bender it could be worse. You could be a Colts fan who had to watch the wheels completely fall off in getting routed by the Jags on Sunday. Yeah, THOSE Jags. We’re down to our third string Qb and a post season total house cleaning is pretty much a certainty. Oh, for the glory days.....

[Dilbert San Diego]

Its crazy that somebody might win that division with a record under .500. I wish they changed the rules so that teams under .500,can’t make the playoffs.

In college football, I think teams have to win at least 6 games in an 11,game season, to qualify for a bowl game. The NFL should do something similar so that undeserving teams can’t win a weak division and slip into the playoffs.

[fatnotlazy]

I agree. The Steelers are something like 8-5 and there is talk they might get a wildcard spot. Ridiculous.

[oh8eleven]

teams under .500, can't make the playoffs.
That would result in fewer games - i.e. less money - which the greedy NFL would never do.

[Impy]

Lovie’s Landlubbing LOOTERS over the ewes

JETS over Cowboys

COLTS over Texans

My lousy Bears play better on the road but the VIKINGS will win thanks to 3 or 4 missed field goals from Robbie “Good as Bronze” Gould.

PATRIOTS give the tities a twist

This may be the hardest regular season game left for the FIG NEWTONS but I ain’t picking against them

BILLS over the deadskins, I guess

JAGS over the Falcons

BIG CHIEF ANDY over the never more (will they win this season) Ravens

PACKERS over the Raiders

SEAHAWKS over the Browns

STEELERS over Denver

Hell, I’ll take the TUNA over the poor dead batteries

If the 69ers can lose @Cleveland they can lose at home even to a Ginger-Free CINCY.

OLDE CHI CARDINALS over the Eagles,

AIN’TS over the Lions

For your convenience

TAMPA
JETS
INDY
VIKINGS

PATS
PANTHERS
BILLS
JAGS

KC
GREEN BAY
SEA
PITT

MIAMI
CINCY
AZ
NOLA

[SevenofNine]

Hey Bender I think Khan could beat my Raiders LOL!

He was former MGM Latin Dancer of the 1940s LOL!

I hate to say this your Cowpokes going lose

49ers are going lose

[campaignPete R-CT]

NYG and NYJ are both in tough shape when in comes to tiebreakers. More to come ...

[campaignPete R-CT]

GIANTS GAME IS A COMMON OPPONENT (VS CAROLINA). A LOSS WOULD BE DEADLY

NFC EAST TIEBREAKERS

NFC TIEBREAK	PHIL	WASH	NYG	DAL
PHIL	. .-	12/26 (wa-1, PH-4)	phil-1,2,4 NYG-3	DAL-2
WASH	12/26 (wa-1, PH-4)	. .-	wa-2,3 nyg-4	DAL-2
NYG	phil-1,2,4 NYG-3	wa-2,3 nyg-4	. .-	DAL-2
DAL	DAL-2	DAL-2	DAL-2	. .-

1- ...HEAD-TO-HEAD
2- ...DIV REC
3- ...CONF REC
4- ...COMMON GAMES
5- ... SOV (STRENGTH OF VICTORY)
XXX = no tie is possible.
? tiebreakers (to be determined).
explained in detail ELSEWHERE in this thread
The bold ones are clinched tiebreakers.
Also, lower case indicates a lead, but not a clinch.

[big'ol_freeper]

Rounding the bend to week 15

[darkangel82]

Bucs
Jets
KC to give Bmore another stomping
Colts
Falcons cause they have to win again sometime
Vikes
Pats
Panthers to go 14-0
Packers
Seattle
Cincy
Denver
Fins even if they blew it last night
Cards
Saints

[darkangel82]

Forgot one: Bills over Skins. Simply because one team has to win.

[fhayek]

Not too sure about that. According to Football Outsiders, the Bills have a 2.6% chance of making the playoffs. A LOT of things have to happen. They have a 97.4% of missing the playoffs. This would be sixteen consecutive years of missing the playoffs (the last appearance was the Music City Miracle game, remember that?). That is the second longest such streak in the Super Bowl era.

I know all of this, because, sigh, I am a Bills fan.

[campaignPete R-CT]

9-7 LAST WEEK

TB
NYJ
MN
JAX
HOUS
KC
WASH
PATS
CAR

SEA
OAK
SD
PITT
CINCY
AZ
NORLEANS

[campaignPete R-CT]

GUARANTEED WINNER IS MINN (8-6: DAL, NO, AZ, INDY, KC, NYJ, STL, ATL, PATS, GB, SEA, JAX, CIN, DEN used)

GUARANTEED LOSER IS CLEVE (10-4: PITT, SF, NO, DET, WASH, SD, BALT, INDY, TENN, HOUS, TB, STL, PHIL, ATL used)

guarantees are not what they used to be.

[campaignPete R-CT]

NFC WILDCARD TIEBREAKERS

NFC TIEBREAK	PHI	CHI	GB	MN	SEA	TB	ATL
PHIL	. .-	...	GB-3	...	SEA-3	TB-1,3	ATL-1
CHI	...	. .-	XXX	chi-5	SEA-1,3	CHI	atl-3, CHI-4
GB	GB-3	XXX	. .-	JAN 3rd	GB-1	TB-3	GB-3
MIN	...	chi-5	JAN 3rd	. .-	SEA-1	TB-3	MIN-1
SEA	SEA-3	SEA-1,3	GB-1	SEA-1	. .-	TB-3	SEA-4
TB	TB-1,3	CHI	TB-3	TB-3	TB-3	. .-	TB-1
ATL	ATL-1	atl-3, CHI-4	GB-3	MIN-1	SEA-4	TB-1	-

1- ...HEAD-TO-HEAD
2- ...DIV REC
3- ...CONF REC
4- ...COMMON GAMES
5- ... SOV (STRENGTH OF VICTORY)
XXX = no tie is possible.
? tiebreakers (to be determined).
explained in detail ELSEWHERE in this thread
The bold ones are clinched tiebreakers.
Also, lower case indicates a lead, but not a clinch.

[darkangel82]

I watched the Music City Miracle game and was silent for a few minutes after the end, simply because no playoff game had ended like that before.