Poll #1504585 The Quest for 2000
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Chris Johnson needs 128yds vs. Seattle for 2000 and 234 to break Eric Dickerson's 1984 rushing record. What happens?

Kick off in 30 minutes on ESPN. Favre? Cutler? INT Bonanaza!

Denver will fail their way into the playoffs with:

a win (vs. Kansas City) and a N.Y. Jets loss loss or tie (vs. Cincinnati) and a Baltimore loss or tie (vs. Oakland)

OR

a win and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie and a Pittsburgh loss or tie (vs. Miami)

OR

a win and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie and a Houston win (vs. New England)

OR

a win and a Baltimore loss or tie and a Pittsburgh loss or tie

OR

a win and a Baltimore loss or tie and a Houston win

OR

a Pittsburgh loss and a Baltimore loss and a Houston loss and a Jacksonville loss (vs. Cleveland)

OR

a Pittsburgh loss and a Baltimore loss and a Houston loss and a N.Y. Jets loss

OR

Pittsburgh loss and a Baltimore loss and a Jacksonville loss and a N.Y. Jets loss

OR

Pittsburgh loss and a Houston loss and a Jacksonville loss and a N.Y. Jets loss

OR

Miami loss or tie (vs. Pittsburgh) and a N.Y. Jets loss and a Baltimore loss and a Houston loss and a Jacksonville loss or tie

Any chance that, because the 18th is MLK Day, the games on the 17th will be 3 and 6:30 ET and the ones on the 24th (NFC and AFC title games) will be 1 and 4:30? (In past years, IIRC, the NFC and AFC title games were played at 3 and 6:30 on the day before MLK Day.)

But he did steal his hat

Highlights:

- Ignores that when the article was written, the Giants were an also-ran in the NFC who needed a lot of help to sneak into the playoffs.

- Mentions how absurb Quarterback rating is, but then points out Eli's ranking relative to other (non-MVP) quarterbacks.

- Equates his (bad) contract to not only ask if he should be the best quarterback in the league, but uses that to justify his value to the Giants.

- Admits Eli's not as good as Peyton. Also that Peyton is better recognized because Eli is 4-3 in the playoffs.

- Eli might be the greatest quarterback in Giants' history. Which should shoot Kurt Warner and Phil Simms Hall of Fame chances to hell if they ever had any. Fran Tarkenton is about to go on Minneapolis radio to debase Eli as I write this I'm sure.

- Mentions that he has as many rings as Peyton and Favre, but ignores that he has as many as Trent Dilfer, Jim McMahon and Jeff Hostetler.

You'd think that he'd wait at least until Eli didn't lay an egg today to write this column, but it's not likely that Mark Sanchez could be gifted a win over the Colts, could he?

You know. Just to have one.

Jets-Bengals on SNF next week, per text I just got.

stay classy

I get to watch the Browns and the Raiders. Why won't my antenna pick up FOX anymore?

Last second Pick 'Ems reminder goes here. There's still some time before kick off. Hope everyone's enjoying the holiday. Tonight's match up can been seen on the NFL Network.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Wilson-Bengals-Browns-receive-blackout-extensions-2346.html

The Browns and Bengals both got 48-hour extensions to sell the rest of their tickets to their home games this Sunday, against the Raiders and Kansas City respectively. If they fail, of course, the games will be blacked out locally. They got twice the usual 24-hour extension due to Christmas.

If the Bengals fail to sell out, it'll be their first blackout since November 9, 2003. But for the Browns, it would be their first blackout since their final home game under Art Modell in 1995 (which was after it was announced the team would move to Baltimore).

Question: Obviously, the Browns' blackout in 1995 is a special case, with the owner basically having told local fans a couple weeks earlier to fuck themselves with an egg-beater. So I'm trying to find when their last blackout before that was (if there was ever one before that). I've searched Google for a while, but I can't find anything. Anyone know? Thx

Eagles players vote Michael Vick for the Ed Block Courage Award

Each year, the Ed Block Courage Awards honors those National Football League players who exemplify commitments to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. Recipients are selected by their teammates for team effort, as well as individual performance.

The Ed Block Courage Award recipient symbolizes professionalism, great strength and dedication. He is also a community role model.

Begin teeth gnashing and lol's ... now.

By the way, happy holidays to all of you and your families!

ETA: And apparently Matt Stafford has more time to be a Maowahn, Maowahn, Maowahn with the ladies, as he was placed on IR today. The Drew Stanton era begins. lol.

Panthers place Jake Delhomme on IR with broken finger

It's pretty obvious Delhomme has played his last in Carolina. The only question here is whether or not John Fox joins him in the Ex-Panther line.

Easiest AFC schedule: San Diego, Pittsburgh (tie)
Easiest NFC schedule: Minnesota, Green Bay (tie)
Hardest AFC schedule: Miami
Hardest NFC schedule: San Francisco
Bad teams with easy schedules: Buffalo, Seattle, Chicago, Washington
Good teams with hard schedules: Denver, Baltimore, New England, Dallas, NY Giants. A lot of 7-7 teams have tough schedules, too.

Here's the whole thing, if you care.

Week 16 Playoff Picture

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/standings/playoffrace/scenarios

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Already in:
AFC: Indianapolis(#1 seed, AFC South), San Diego(AFC West)
NFC: New Orleans(NFC South, 1st rd bye), Minnesota(NFC North), Philadelphia(at least wild card), Arizona(NFC West)

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Win and in:
New England clinches the AFC East with a win OR a Miami loss or tie.

Cincinnati clinches the AFC North with a win OR a Baltimore loss. The Bengals can clinch a playoff berth with a tie OR a Jacksonville and NY Jets loss or tie and the Houston/Miami game ends in a tie.

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Win and need help:
Dallas clinches a playoff spot with a win and a NY Giants loss or tie OR a tie and a Giants loss.

Green Bay clinches a wild card with a win and either a Dallas loss or a NY Giants loss or tie OR a tie and a Giants loss.

Baltimore clinches a playoff berth with a win and one of these three combinations: Jacksonville and NY Jets losses or ties; Jaguars loss or tie and a Denver loss; Miami and NY Jets losses or ties and a Broncos loss. The Ravens can also clinch a playoff berth with a tie, Jaguars and Jets losses, a Tennessee loss or tie, and the Houston/Miami ends in a tie.

Denver clinches a wild card with a win and losses or ties by Jacksonville, Miami, NY Jets, and Pittsburgh.

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Win and improve position
New Orleans clinches the #1 seed and home-field throughout the NFC playoffs with a win OR a Minnesota loss or tie.

San Diego clinches the #2 seed in the AFC with a win OR a New England loss.

Minnesota clinches a 1st round bye with a win and a Philadelphia loss or tie OR a tie and a Eagles loss.

Philadelphia clinches the NFC East with a win and a Dallas loss or tie OR a tie and a Cowboys loss.

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Eliminated from contention: Tampa Bay, St. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit(Week 12); Washington, Kansas City(Week 13); Oakland, Chicago(Week 14); Atlanta, Carolina, Seattle, Buffalo, San Francisco(Week 15)

St. Louis would now have the #1 pick in the 2010 Draft if the season ended now based on current standings(not counting the rest of their schedule).

Welcome to the Week In Review - driving people to profanity since 2006.
( Though there's a sneaking suspicion that most of that profanity belongs to Raider Nation... )

So, with the playoff picture getting clearer in the NFC, and with a million teams still "in it" in the AFC, it occurs to me a few long-standing playoff droughts are up for contention this year.

Here's the 12 longest active droughts without a playoff win in the NFL, with teams currently in the playoff hunt in bold:

Cincinnati Bengals - January 6, 1991 - Wild Card, 41-14 over Houston Oilers (Complete with Ickey Shuffle)
Detroit Lions - January 5, 1992 - Divisional, 38-6 over Dallas Cowboys (Classic Barry Sanders)
Kansas City - January 16, 1994 - Divisional, 28-20 over Houston Oilers (With Joe Montana calling signals)
Cleveland Browns - January 1, 1995 - Wild Card, 20-13 over New England Patriots
Buffalo Bills - December 30, 1995 - Wild Card, 37-22 over Miami Dolphins (Don Shula's last game)
Dallas Cowboys - December 28, 1996 - Wild Card, 40-15 over Minnesota Vikings
Miami Dolphins - December 30, 2000 - Wild Card, 23-17 over Indianapolis in overtime
San Francisco 49ers - January 5, 2003 - Wild Card, 39-38 over New York Giants (Trey Junkin / "Bummer" game)
Oakland Raiders - January 19, 2003 - AFC Championship, 41-24 over Tennessee Titans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - January 26, 2003 - Super Bowl XXXVII, 48-21 over Oakland Raiders
Tennessee Titans - January 3, 2004 - Wild Card, 20-17 over Baltimore Ravens
And, of course, the Houston Texans, who have never been to the playoffs since being founded in 2002.

So, I ask you, oh wise members of nflfans: Which, if any, of these teams will get the monkey off their backs, and win a playoff game?

Poll #1502048 Who will win a playoff game this year?
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Cincinnati Bengals?

Dallas Cowboys?

Miami Dolphins?

Tennessee Titans?

Houston Texans?

it hurts.... the pain it hurts.....
this is the first time time we've lost this many games since 2006

we look horrible.. what the bullfuck was that horrible flying feild goal bullshit?!?!?!?!
we havent beaten a division opponent yet...we barely beat the rams, and oh yeah..we lost to THE LIONS.....

i'm just waiting for Zorn to commit Seppiku ...just do the honorable thing man......

Chucky.... (who to me is an insanely overrated coach) has taken himself out of the Coaching hunt.. i can only hope thatBill Cowher has an extremem S&M complex, and he'll make that trip to D.C. because right now we are floundering.....

the good thing is My cousin Vinny finially got the Axe, and Danny Boy brought in Geroge Allens son, to replace..and history has shown me, that danny Boy only respects Redskins Legends, or those attached to Redskin Legends.... so hopefully he'll lets Son of Allen do his thing with minimal Dannyisms......

meanwhile... have fun to the other 31 .... i'll be gouging out my football eyeballs and i'll be in search of new jersys...i dont want anything to remind me of this season..... it may be time for a new tv...



a weak, meager, and very humbled...hail.

HOLY MOLY! I have work to do! I will get caught up this week. Before the end of Monday Night Football next week, EVERYTHING will be caught up! I promise. (Now it's far more likely to get done, which is good considering there are only two weeks of the regular season left! Thank you for putting up with me this season. It's just been nuts.


Friday (What, really?):
San Diego @ Tennessee

Sunday:
Jacksonville @ New England
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans
Oakland @ Cleveland
Carolina @ NY Giants
Seattle @ Green Bay
Houston @ Miami
Baltimore @ Pittsburgh
Kansas City @ Cincinnati
Buffalo @ Atlanta
Detroit @ San Francisco
St. Louis @ Arizona
NY Jets @ Indianapolis
Denver @ Philadelphia
Dallas @ Washington

Monday:
Minnesota @ Chicago

Cowboys cut K Nick Folk. Replace him with...

Shaun Suisham.

Jerry, I am disappoint.