Predict the playoff schedule (1 Viewer)

[Capella]

Hard to do because if Buffalo wins they play Pitt and if Miami wins they play Buffalo again but I’ll do mine as if Buffalo wins tonight.

Sat

4:30

Browns at Texans

AFC South should always get this game.

8:00

Rams at Lions

No premier draw on Peacock, but the NFL will still give them an awesome matchup to sell.

Sunday

1:00

Miami at KC

4:30

Green Bay at Dallas

Seems like a 4:30 on Sunday late-season game to me.

SNF

Pittsburgh at Buffalo

MNF

Philly at Tampa


I missed every single one of these last year so I’m going back to back.

 

[ghostguy123]

Theres a Monday night game in the playoffs??

 

[Penguin]

B Schwade

@BbSchwade

Out in Vegas they've posted
@Browns at @HoustonTexans
for Sunday at 4:30 EST time slot. Browns open up a 1.5 road favorite. Here we go Brownies Here we go!! Woof Woof #NFL #Browns #Texans

 

[karl.Racki]

Saturday

4:30:

Rams at Lions

8:00

Green Bay at Dallas

Sunday

1:00

Cleveland at Houston

4:30

Philly at Tampa


8:00

Miami at KC


Monday Night

Pittsburgh at Buffalo

 

[Penguin]

Theres a Monday night game in the playoffs??

Yes

 

[BobbyLayne]

Saturday

4:30 Philadelphia at Tampa Bay

8:00 Pittsburgh at Buffalo

Sunday

1:00 Cleveland at Houston

4:30 Green Bay at Dallas

8:00 Los Angeles Rams at Detroit

MNF

Miami at Kansas City

 

[ghostguy123]

Theres a Monday night game in the playoffs??

Yes

Dumb

 

[ghostguy123]

Browns play Sunday???

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Hard to do because if Buffalo wins they play Pitt and if Miami wins they play Buffalo again but I’ll do mine as if Buffalo wins tonight.

Sat

4:30

Browns at Texans

AFC South should always get this game.

8:00

Rams at Lions

No premier draw on Peacock, but the NFL will still give them an awesome matchup to sell.

Sunday

1:00

Philly at Tampa

4:30

Green Bay at Dallas

Seems like a 4:30 on Sunday late-season game to me.

SNF

Pittsburgh at Buffalo

MNF

Miami at Kansas City


I missed every single one of these last year so I’m going back to back.

Last year defied almost everything that we historically knew about which time slots were the most valuable, so I have no idea wtf will happen this year.

 

[dmac37]

Saturday

4:30 Philadelphia at Tampa Bay

8:00 Pittsburgh at Buffalo

Sunday

1:00 Cleveland at Houston

4:30 Green Bay at Dallas

8:00 Los Angeles Rams at Detroit

MNF

Miami at Kansas City

This makes sense with the 3 worst games leading each day and Peacock.

 

[Insein]

Saturday

4:30 Philadelphia at Tampa Bay

8:00 Pittsburgh at Buffalo

Sunday

1:00 Cleveland at Houston

4:30 Green Bay at Dallas

8:00 Los Angeles Rams at Detroit

MNF

Miami at Kansas City

Yes please end our misery as quickly as possible.

 

[fred_1_15301]

How many games are on peacock?

 

[Capella]

Hard to do because if Buffalo wins they play Pitt and if Miami wins they play Buffalo again but I’ll do mine as if Buffalo wins tonight.

Sat

4:30

Browns at Texans

AFC South should always get this game.

8:00

Rams at Lions

No premier draw on Peacock, but the NFL will still give them an awesome matchup to sell.

Sunday

1:00

Philly at Tampa

4:30

Green Bay at Dallas

Seems like a 4:30 on Sunday late-season game to me.

SNF

Pittsburgh at Buffalo

MNF

Miami at Kansas City


I missed every single one of these last year so I’m going back to back.

Last year defied almost everything that we historically knew about which time slots were the most valuable, so I have no idea wtf will happen this year.

Yes they really went off the grid. I remember being shocked Brady vs Dallas was MNF.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

How many games are on peacock?

1

 

[Capella]

B Schwade

@BbSchwade

Out in Vegas they've posted
@Browns at @HoustonTexans
for Sunday at 4:30 EST time slot. Browns open up a 1.5 road favorite. Here we go Brownies Here we go!! Woof Woof #NFLView attachment 4383 #Browns #Texans

That’s probably just a placeholder time. If Houston gets the Sunday 4:30 spot (usually the biggest ratings spot) I’m never bothering to guess again.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

How many games are on peacock?

1

Well, 1 exclusively on peacock, to be clear

 

[Capella]

I forgot that they usually have the 4/5 game on MNF so that they know the round 2 schedule by Sunday night, so I changed my original picks.

 

[Snoopy]

Theres a Monday night game in the playoffs??

Added with the latest playoff expansion.

 

[Capella]

Browns/Texans is 4:30 Sat and GB/Dallas the same for Sunday. 2 for 2!

 

[Capella]

Iggles/Bucs Monday. 3/3 after my change. Run the table?

 

[Capella]

Rams/Lions SNF. Boooooo

 

[Bracie Smathers]

B Schwade
@BbSchwade

Out in Vegas they've posted
@Browns at @HoustonTexans
for Sunday at 4:30 EST time slot. Browns open up a 1.5 road favorite. Here we go Brownies Here we go!! Woof Woof #NFLView attachment 4383 #Browns #Texans

Shefty says SATURDAY at 4:30
LINK
When do they announce official times?

 

[Penguin]

They just did on NBC

 

[ghostguy123]

Damn it browns Saturday at 4:30 sucks. Better than at 8 though.

 

[Penguin]

Love the Sunday lineup

 

[Dez]

Not loving the Browns playing at 4:30 PM on a Saturday it seems Houston always gets this slot.

 

[IHEARTFF]

Cle -2.5
Dal -7.5
Det -3

 

[IHEARTFF]

Kc -3.5

 

[IHEARTFF]

Phi -2.5
Buf -10.5

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Cousin Sal mentioned on Simmons podcast today that every single time Houston has made the playoffs they've been in the Saturday 4:30 slot. I think that's more a function of the AFC South being ratings poison than anything else

 

[Soulfly3]

Cousin Sal mentioned on Simmons podcast today that every single time Houston has made the playoffs they've been in the Saturday 4:30 slot. I think that's more a function of the AFC South being ratings poison than anything else

Obv I will sound biased, but it's a compliment to our opponent too..

If you love FOOTBALL, there are few better matchups this round than HOU v CLE.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I forgot that they usually have the 4/5 game on MNF so that they know the round 2 schedule by Sunday night, so I changed my original picks.

Yeah I don't think it would work otherwise. It's unfair to make a team play on Monday night and then again on Saturday, so you want to put the winner of that game on the following Sunday. Which means you'd have two games where you wouldn't know until late Monday who was playing and in what city.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Cousin Sal mentioned on Simmons podcast today that every single time Houston has made the playoffs they've been in the Saturday 4:30 slot. I think that's more a function of the AFC South being ratings poison than anything else

Obv I will sound biased, but it's a compliment to our opponent too..

If you love FOOTBALL, there are few better matchups this round than HOU v CLE.

Agreed. If we're going by worst on-field matchups, Philly-Tampa and Miami-KC are way crappier

 

[Sunday Gravy]

Did they really do 3 straight AFC to open, followed by 3 straight NFC? They couldn't figure out a way to alternate conferences??

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Did they really do 3 straight AFC to open, followed by 3 straight NFC? They couldn't figure out a way to alternate conferences??

Maybe to keep things fair going into next week.

 

[ghostguy123]

Did they really do 3 straight AFC to open, followed by 3 straight NFC? They couldn't figure out a way to alternate conferences??

Maybe to keep things fair going into next week.

So then AFC plays on Saturday again the following week? Ugh

 

[Deamon]

Did they really do 3 straight AFC to open, followed by 3 straight NFC? They couldn't figure out a way to alternate conferences??

Why would you want conferences to be alternated?

This way:
A: Teams get the same amount of rest when facing each other next week
B: You don't end up with multiple 2vs7 matchups back to back.

I think it works well this way.

 

[Sunday Gravy]

Did they really do 3 straight AFC to open, followed by 3 straight NFC? They couldn't figure out a way to alternate conferences??

Maybe to keep things fair going into next week.

They've never done this before. More enjoyable for the viewers to alternate.

 

[Deamon]

Did they really do 3 straight AFC to open, followed by 3 straight NFC? They couldn't figure out a way to alternate conferences??

Maybe to keep things fair going into next week.

They've never done this before. More enjoyable for the viewers to alternate.

2015- All AFC Round games Saturday, all NFC Round 2 games Sunday.
2019- All AFC Round games Saturday, all NFC Round 2 games Sunday.

It's been done before. Don't think it's much more enjoyable for the viewers to alternate really. Sunday still has 2 NFC games, 1 AFC game. I don't think 2 AFC games on Saturday matters much.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Did they really do 3 straight AFC to open, followed by 3 straight NFC? They couldn't figure out a way to alternate conferences??

Maybe to keep things fair going into next week.

So then AFC plays on Saturday again the following week? Ugh

Not necessarily. The only thing that's pretty much guaranteed is that the Philly-Tampa winner will play on Sunday. Everything else is on the table

 

[IHEARTFF]

Seems like it would be
Sat
Hou at Bal
Gb at sf

Sun
Kc at Buf
Winner at Det