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That is F'ing sweet, thanks.
All you have to do is select the teams you think will win each week. Link your own "upset" version for us....The Man with the Plan said:
...and Tampa Bay.
CAR running the table and NYG going 2-2. Wow. Stranger things have happened though.
Right...but in a 3-way tie, CAR gets left out.
Yep...first time I've seen that board beat this board to anything...gump said:I was just about to post this. You must have been on the Red Board earlier...
A little too much love for the PAC 10 AFC West there, but that NFC S would be a hoot!4 WAY TIE for 1st place in the NFC South!
So, a 2nd tie this year? Or just a good way to eliminate Dallas
I think the Vikes are in really tough shape in the suspension for the Williams boys starts this week. If they miss time then I could easily see them lose all 3 games.. Although the Giants may not have anything to play for in Week 17..
Romo and December don't get along very well.
It probably depends on how consistent the Dolphins, Jets, and Patriots can be. The Jets and Dolphins could both finish 9-7, meaning the Patriots only need to win any 2 of their final 3 to win the East. The Jets just lost to the 49ers so who really knows where their heads are at right now.
Do you have any other "realistic" thoughts???
After yesterday, the updated playoff scenarios for the Pats (assuming the Pats win out):To win the AFC East: MIA or NYJ would have to lose next week. NYJ at SEA. MIA @ KC. The team that LOST in Week 16 would need to WIN in Week 17 (MIA @ NYJ). If both teams lost next week (unlikely), then Pats would win.To win a wildcard slot: BAL would need to lose @DAL or vs JAX. Or IND would have to lose both their remaining games @JAX and vs TEN.Although not 100% sure, if the Pats end up 10-6 they could only make the playoffs if the Ravens lost their last 2 games. NE would hold the tiebreaker in a 2-way tiebreaker for the wildcard with the Dolphins at 10-6.In Week 16, if MIA, NYJ, and BAL win and NE loses, I believe the Pats would be out of playoff consideration.If all 3 teams (NYJ, MIA, NE) lose in Week 16 and NE beats BUF and MIA beats NYJ in Week 17, Pats would win AFC East.
In practice, probably, but they can still get in with a win if:(a) Baltimore loses to Jax in week 17or, less likely,(b) Miami-Jets finish in a tie
Make that five teams at 10-6 -- and all five teams miss the playoffsI bet Chase could tell us the largest number of 10+ win teams who have missed the playoffs in a single season. I doubt it's more than one, maybe two -- never mind five. :(
The Steelers helped out the Patriots tremendously by beating the Ravens. Right now I have the Ravens losing to the Cowboys and the Patriots winning their last 2, which gets them in. These days it seems that all that matters is who is hottest at the end, and the Patriots could be very dangerous if they got in because they are starting to play very impressively. I wouldn't want to draw them.
Certainly anything can happen, but the Pats are so banged up that I would be surprised if they could win more than 1 playoff game. If NE does make the playoffs, it's starting to look like they would play NYJ or MIA (both winnable games). But I think they would struggle to beat TEN, PIT, or IND on the road at this point.
Except the Patriots have overcome injuries a few times before. I think everyone counted them out in 2001 when Bledsoe went down. I think a lot of people counted them out when they had to play Troy Brown on defense in 04 because they had to put Law and Pool on IR. Just saying. They are simply playing their best ball now and getting hot at the end seems so important. Look at the Giants of last year, or the Colts in 06, or the Steelers in 05.
Well in my defense I said that BEFORE all the burress fallout happened. This seems to be a significant team distraction as they have looked really bad the last 2 weeks.So with 2 weeks of fresh data before my eyes it still looks difficult for DAL to make the playoffs. They probably won't make it unless they win out. And they have BAL and PHI remaining. If DAL loses a game, they need TB or ATL to lose a game also. TB has SD and OAK remaining, ATL has MIN and STL remaining.
That should be SD in week 16 for TB (not KC).I have been following this closely (as an Eagles fan) and was not happy to see ATL beat TB yesterday. The Eagles need to win out and have TB or ATL lose one of the 4 games those teams still has to play. It would appear that this week's ATL@MIN is the best chance for that happening since the other 3 games to be played all have ATL/TB at home with more than winnable games. That would be great if ATL loses this week (making the DAL/BAL game this week essentially meaningless for DAL) and then the DAL/PHI game in week 17 would be for the last remaining playoff spot (assuming PHI gets by CLE/WSH).
I was just about to post this. You must have been on the Red Board earlier...
