NFL Football Discussion Thread ~ Final Week of Regular Season

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[CounterCounterCulture]

*** USELESS VANITY THREAD ***

And thus begins the official end to the season of 20 NFL teams as the 12 survivors jockey for their post-season slots this weekend.

AFC East  
  Team           W  L T 
  Miami          9  6 0 
  N.Y. Jets      8  7 0 
  New England    8  7 0  
  Buffalo        7  8 0 
 
AFC North  
  Team           W  L T 
y-Pittsburgh     9  5 1 
  Cleveland      8  7 0 
  Baltimore      7  8 0 
  Cincinnati     2 13 0  
 
AFC South  
  Team           W  L T 
y-Tennessee     10  5 0 
  Indianapolis   9  6 0 
  Jacksonville   6  9 0 
  Houston        4 11 0 
 
AFC West  
  Team           W  L T 
y-Oakland       10  5 0 
  Denver         8  7 0 
  Kansas City    8  7 0 
  San Diego      8  7 0 
 
NFC East  
  Team           W  L T 
yz-Philadelphia 12  3 0  
  N.Y. Giants    9  6 0 
  Washington     6  9 0 
  Dallas         5 10 0  
 
NFC North  
  Team           W  L T 
y-Green Bay     12  3 0
  Minnesota      5 10 0 
  Chicago        4 11 0 
  Detroit        3 12 0 
 
NFC South  
  Team           W  L T 
y-Tampa Bay     11  4 0  
  Atlanta        9  5 1 
  New Orleans    9  6 0  
  Carolina       6  9 0 
 
NFC West  
  Team           W  L T 
y-San Francisco 10  5 0 
  Seattle        6  9 0 
  St. Louis      6  9 0 
  Arizona        5 10 0  
x-clinched playoff berth
y-clinched division title
z-clinched first-round bye
*-clinched homefield advantage 

Official playoff scenarios

The following are the official playoff scenarios in each conference and division as determined by the NFL. Strength of victory is the season-ending winning percentage of all the opponents a team has defeated. Strength of victory can change after final week.

AFC EAST

Miami Dolphins: Can clinch AFC East division with win or tie.
To clinch home-field advantage: 1) Win AND Oakland loss AND Tennessee loss AND Pittsburgh loss AND Miami wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Oakland and Tennessee.
To clinch a first-round bye: 1) Win AND Pittsburgh loss or tie AND Oakland loss; 2) Win AND Pittsburgh loss or tie AND Tennessee loss; 3) Win AND Tennessee loss AND Oakland loss AND Miami wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Oakland and Tennessee.
To clinch a playoff spot: 1) N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Denver win; 2) N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Kansas City loss or tie.

New England Patriots: Can clinch AFC East division: 1) Win AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie.
To clinch a playoff spot: 1) Win AND Cleveland loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie AND Kansas City win; 2) Win AND Cleveland loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie AND San Diego loss or tie; 3) Tie AND N.Y. Jets loss AND Cleveland loss AND Denver loss AND San Diego loss AND Kansas City loss or tie.

New York Jets: Can clinch AFC East division: 1) Win AND Miami loss.
Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win AND Cleveland loss or tie AND Denver win; 2) Win AND Cleveland loss or tie AND Kansas City loss or tie; 3) Tie AND New England loss or tie AND Cleveland loss AND Denver loss or tie AND Kansas City loss AND San Diego loss or tie.

AFC NORTH

Pittsburgh Steelers: Have clinched the AFC North title.
Can clinch home-field advantage: 1) Win AND Tennessee loss AND Oakland loss.
Can clinch a first-round bye: 1) Win AND Tennessee loss; 2) Win AND Oakland loss.

Cleveland Browns: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win AND Denver win AND N.Y. Jets win; 2) Win AND Kansas City loss or tie AND N.Y. Jets win; 3) Win AND Denver win AND Miami win or tie; 4) Win AND Kansas City loss or tie AND Miami win or tie; 5) Tie AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND New England loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie AND San Diego loss or tie AND Kansas City loss; 6) New England loss AND N.Y. Jets loss AND Baltimore loss or tie AND Denver loss AND San Diego loss AND Kansas City loss.

Baltimore Ravens: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win AND New England loss AND N.Y. Jets loss AND Cleveland loss AND Denver loss AND San Diego loss AND Kansas City loss.

AFC SOUTH

Tennessee Titans: Have clinched AFC South title.
Can clinch home-field advantage: 1) Win AND Oakland loss or tie; 2) Tie AND Oakland loss; 3) Pittsburgh loss or tie AND Miami win AND Oakland loss AND Tennessee wins on strength of victory tiebreaker over Miami and Oakland.
Can clinch a first-round bye: 1) Win or tie; 2) Miami loss AND Pittsburgh loss or tie; 3) Oakland loss AND Miami win AND Tennessee wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Oakland and Miami.

Indianapolis Colts: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win or tie; 2) New England loss or tie; 3) N.Y. Jets win; 4) Cleveland loss or tie AND Kansas City loss or tie; 5) Cleveland loss or tie AND Denver win.

AFC WEST

OAKLAND Raiders: Have clinched AFC West title.
Can clinch home-field advantage: 1) Win; 2) Tie AND Tennessee loss or tie; 3) Pittsburgh loss or tie AND Tennessee loss AND Miami loss; 4) Pittsburgh loss or tie AND Tennessee loss AND Oakland wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Tennessee and Miami.
Can clinch first-round bye: 1) Tie; 2) Miami loss or tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie; 3) Miami loss or tie AND Tennessee loss; 4) Tennessee loss AND Oakland wins strength of victory tiebreaker over Tennessee and Miami.

Denver Broncos: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win AND Cleveland loss or tie AND New England loss or tie AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie; 2) Win AND Cleveland loss or tie AND Miami loss AND N.Y. Jets win; 3) Tie AND New England loss or tie AND N.Y. Jets loss AND Cleveland loss AND Kansas City loss or tie AND San Diego loss or tie.

Kansas City Chiefs: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win AND Denver loss or tie AND New England loss or tie; 2) Win AND Denver loss or tie AND Indianapolis win or tie AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie; 3) Win AND Denver loss or tie AND Indianapolis loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Cleveland win; 4) Tie AND New England loss AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Cleveland loss or tie AND Denver loss AND San Diego loss or tie.

San Diego Chargers: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win AND Denver loss or tie AND Kansas City loss or tie AND New England loss or tie AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Cleveland loss or tie; 2) Win AND Denver loss or tie AND Kansas City loss or tie AND Miami loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Cleveland loss or tie; 3) Tie AND Denver loss AND Kansas City loss AND New England loss AND N.Y. Jets loss AND Cleveland loss.

NFC EAST

Philadelphia Eagles: Have clinched NFC East title and a first-round bye.
Can clinch home-field advantage: 1) Win; 2) Tie AND Green Bay loss or tie; 3) Green Bay loss.

New York Giants: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win; 2) Tie AND New Orleans loss or tie; 3) New Orleans loss.

NFC NORTH

Green Bay Packers: Have clinched NFC North title.
Can clinch home-field advantage: 1) Win AND Philadelphia loss or tie; 2) Tie AND Philadelphia loss; Can clinch first-round bye: 1) Win or tie; 2) Tampa Bay loss or tie.

NFC SOUTH

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Have clinched NFC South title.
Can clinch first-round bye: 1) Win AND Green Bay loss.

Atlanta Falcons: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win or tie; 2) N.Y. Giants loss or tie; 3) New Orlean loss or tie.

New Orleans Saints: Can clinch playoff spot: 1) Win AND N.Y. Giants loss or tie; 2) Win AND Atlanta loss; 3) Tie AND N.Y. Giants loss.

NFC WEST

49ers: Have clinched NFC West title.

Source

The following teams have been officially eliminated from playoff contention:

Arizona, Buffalo, Carolina, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Minnesota, St. Louis, Seattle and Washington

WEEK 17 SCHEDULE

(all times Eastern Standard Time)

Saturday, Dec. 28 
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1:30 pm
Kansas City at Oakland, 5:00 pm 
Sunday, Dec. 29 
Atlanta at Cleveland, 1:00 pm
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1:00 pm 
Carolina at New Orleans, 1:00 pm
Cincinnati at Buffalo, 1:00 pm 
Dallas at Washington, 1:00 pm
Miami at New England, 1:00 pm 
Minnesota at Detroit, 1:00 pm
Tennessee at Houston, 1:00 pm 
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 4:05 pm
Arizona at Denver, 4:15 pm 
Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, 4:15 pm
Seattle at San Diego, 4:15 pm 
Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8:30 pm  
Monday, Dec. 30 
San Francisco at St. Louis, 9:00 pm  

POSTSEASON

Wild-Card Weekend 
Saturday, Jan. 4
AFC or NFC game, 4:30 pm on ABC
AFC or NFC game, 8:00 pm on ABC 
Sunday, Jan. 5
AFC game, 1:00 pm on CBS
NFC game, 4:30 pm on FOX 
Divisional Playoffs 
Saturday, Jan. 11
AFC game, 4:30 pm on CBS
NFC game, 8:00 pm on FOX
Sunday, Jan. 12
NFC game, 1:00 pm on FOX
AFC game, 4:30 pm on CBS 
Conference Championships 
Sunday, Jan. 19
NFC Championship Game, 3:00 pm on FOX
AFC Championship Game, 6:30 pm on CBS 
Super Bowl XXXVII 
Sunday, Jan. 26
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Calif.
6:00 pm on ABC 

[Hawkeye's Girl]

Woo-hoo!

I may be a Vikings fan, but seeing as how I live right on the border with Wisconsin, they're my backup team.

Halftime!

[marajade]

crap...

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

I'm impressed, hopefully they are finally heating up, now to borrow from Lee Corso, "maybe now the Big Mo is on their side (NCAA College Football 2003)." GO PACK GO

[CounterCounterCulture]

10 Green Bay
14 N.Y. Jets
(Halftime)

Playoff implications

• Green Bay has clinched NFC North division title. Green Bay clinches home-field advantage with a win or tie
• Green Bay can clinch first-round playoff bye (#2 seed) with a Tampa Bay loss or tie.
• Eagles clinch home-field advantage with a Green Bay loss
• NY Jets clinches East division with a win
• Patriots clinch AFC East with Jets loss. Dolphins clinch final wildcard berth with Jets loss. Jets and Browns would be eliminated.
• Browns clinch final wildcard berth with Jets win, eliminating Patriots and Dolphins.

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07 Arizona
09 Denver
(Halftime)

Playoff implications - NONE

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07 Seattle
10 San Diego
(Halftime)

Playoff implications - NONE

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10 Jacksonville
10 Indianapolis
3rd Quarter/13:39 left

Playoff implications – LITTLE – Colts already have wildcard playoff berth. At best #5 seed

[CounterCounterCulture]

Touchdown JETS...J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS

Jets lead 21-10

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

That Personal Foul Penalty after the Pennington run, was bull. I have seen a number of bad personal foul penalties this season, that might have been one of the worst.

[marajade]

Well when a QB slides all you can do is touch his shoulder... It was a legit penalty...

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Already in the air. Give me a break. The Officials this season have been awful. The LB was already in the air, Pennington dove, LB comes down according to Gravity. That was hardly a late hit, definitly a late flag though. The Refs are laughable.

[freedumb2003]

If Jets win, NE (continuing on their streak of luck) are out?

[marajade]

It was a legit call... You can't make a late hit either after a throw... You just don't like it that Green Bay is losing....

I want the Jets to win so that NE is out...

[marajade]

Go Jets!

[CounterCounterCulture]

AFC Seedings thus far...

#1 Oakland Raiders
#2 Tennessee Titans
#3 Pittsburgh Steelers
#4 NY Jets with win or NE Patriots w/ Jets loss
#5 Indianapolis Colts *
#6 Cleveland with Jets win; Miami with Jets loss

* Colts could be #6 seed with loss

NFC Seedings thus far...

#1 Green Bay Packers or Philadelphia Eagles
#2 Packers, Eagles, or Tampa Bay Buccaneers
#3 Packers or Bucs or San Francisco 49ers
#4 Bucs or 49ers
#5 New York Giants
#6 Atlanta Falcons

[marajade]

Jets are kicking some you know what.... Yeah!

[patriot5186]

That exaustive list of scenarios cracks me up! What happens if everyone ties? Go Raiduhs!

[CounterCounterCulture]

If Jets win, NE (continuing on their streak of luck) are out?

That is correct. Jets win, they're in, Dolphins and Patriots are out, and Browns are in. Jets lose, they snooze, Browns are out, Pats win AFC East and Dolphins get wildcard.

[marajade]

I love it! With a Jet win both the Pats and the Dolphins are out... Too bad, so sad!

[Dog]

Jets are on a roll...28-10.

[CounterCounterCulture]

What happens if everyone ties?

Uh, they get to kiss their sisters? ;-)

Go Raiduhs!

OH YEAH!

[freedumb2003]

This is my definition of agony:

I *HATE* the NE Pats. They are the luckiest team that ever won a football game, much less a SB and that luck continued today. They should be 1-13, not in the playoff hunt.

I *LOVE* the GB Packs (and the Raiders) and a SB that runs through Oak and GB would be my version of Football heaven.


I am ambivilant on the Jets, although I usually don't support East Coast teams (I'm in L.A. - I get to root for anyone I want).

God, this is like being forced to marry an Islamic fundamentalist but finding out her favorite uncle owns a liquor store!

I guess I'll root for the Jets -- I hate NE more than I love GB.

:(

[BuddhaBoy]

Nothing is sweeter for a Raider fan, then for the Jets to knock Miami AND New England out of the playoffs today.

This is wonderful! Revenge on the Pats, and no more Jason Taylor chasing down Gannon from behind.

The Raiders already beat the Jets, Titans and Steelers, so it looks really good for an Al Davis Super Bowl.