Board 8 > NFL Discussion Topic - Divisional Round

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FFDragon posted...

i think jags/vikings would be the only matchup left that I'd actually be intrigued for.

if it's steelers/eagles i may actually just not watch

The Steelers probably aren't making the super bowl even if the refs aren't as laughably biased as they were in the Titans game

But hey Brady hasn't beaten the Saints or Vikings in a super bowl yet, right? He had to add more teams to his list

Only the Giants can ever defeat them, even though those two Giant teams were statistically two of the worst teams to win a Super Bowl in NFL history

But uh... We're probably not seeing the Giants for a while
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Jags have a much better chance of beating the Pats than the Steelers do
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I'll accept a Pats loss if it means Blake Bortles goes to the Superbowl.
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Blake Bortles shouldnt even be allowed to buy tickets to the Super Bowl.

I would be bored with any team other than the Patriots representing the AFC. The other AFC teams are all kinda bad
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I have the Jaguars scoring 9 points this game and I still wonder if that's too high
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In terms of entertaining, Saints/Vikings vs Patriots (ideally Saints) would be the best match

but if the Patriots win another one I might puke, and the Vikings would somehow be even worse
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(Sadly this is the worst Patriots team in like a decade too, but the rest of the AFC is that bad. Id take the NFC 1-6 teams over literally everyone in the AFC except possibly the Patriots depending on matchup.)
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Meow1000 posted...

I have the Jaguars scoring 9 points this game and I still wonder if that's too high

Jags gonna win the Super Bowl with 40 points scored cumulatively.
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Suprak the Stud posted...

(Sadly this is the worst Patriots team in like a decade too, but the rest of the AFC is that bad. Id take the NFC 1-6 teams over literally everyone in the AFC except possibly the Patriots depending on matchup.)

The Patriots and Steelers are the only teams in the AFC that aren't frauds, but the Patriots are clearly better

I'd take the Vikings or Saints over the Steelers without much hesitation. Can't say that for any other NFC team

However, I would have taken any NFC team (even the Rams and Fraudcans) in a matchup against any of the other 4 AFC teams regardless of where the game was played
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I would have the Steelers up there with the Patriots too in terms of teams Id be ok being in the Super Bowl, but I seriously doubt Antonio Brown is 100% and without him they are significantly more pedestrian.

But yeah the bottom four in the AFC were all trash. Jacksonville should be really good for a couple years coming up if they can find a decent QB coming up though.
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Patriots > Saints > Vikings > Steelers >= Eagles > who cares

That's how I see it, at least
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Let it be known that I believed in Bortles.
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Did the apocalypse happen while I was walking my dog
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What if we're not dealing with the average Bortles warrior anymore

What if he has finally become

THE LEGENDARY

SUPER BORTLES

(***** you just jealous of his Super Bortles swagger)
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Spoilers the Jags are still a good team despite Bortles
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1 Big Ben INT, 4 to go.
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Ok that's a really impressive interception
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nothing says more to how incompetent these refs are that they couldn't tell that was a touchdown
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Meow1000 posted...

I have the Jaguars scoring 9 points this game and I still wonder if that's too high

Did you mean in the first quarter or

People who thought the Jags had no chance to win were crazy. They match up really well with the Pats and Steelers.
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they're almost an exact copy of the 2015 Broncos
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Meow1000 posted...

I have the Jaguars scoring 9 points this game and I still wonder if that's too high

lol
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KommunistKoala posted...

they're almost an exact copy of the 2015 Broncos

Yeah, I've been saying the same thing for a while.
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Why did anyone think the Jaguars were going to get punked. Why did EVERYONE seemingly think this. The Jags were legit as fuck this year.
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Because Blake Bortles
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How the hell is that your play call on 4th and an inch
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Did the Steelers not watch the Titans game last night? They ran the exact same play on 4th down with the exact same result.
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davidponte posted...

Jags/Steelers has the potential to be great or to be this game all over again.

This might still be true.
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Worst 4th and 1 call ever.
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I really wanted to pick the Jags but my conservative approach this season worked well for me so I didn't shake the boat with my picks.

Also fucking Titans ruining my tiebreaker. I had it on the dot with 42 and then that garbage time TD ruined it. Bah.
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Leonhart4 posted...

Did the Steelers not watch the Titans game last night? They ran the exact same play on 4th down with the exact same result.

Might go down as the worst call of the entire game to run that play

I guess

Suprak might've been right about the Pats being the only AFC team. This team was a play away from going 3-3 into overtime at home against the Bills because almost every pass wasn't close to a receiver
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are the Steelers literally going to get blown out
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The funny thing is if I had to pick a tiebreaker this week it would've been "combined margin of victory in the AFC games".

...At this rate my number might've actually been pretty close!
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repeat of week 5 score?
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MysteriousStan posted...

I really wanted to pick the Jags but my conservative approach this season worked well for me so I didn't shake the boat with my picks.

I've been on the Jags for two weeks but I still went Steelers in pick'em because if I picked the Jags and was wrong, I'd be done, whereas being on the Steelers and getting it wrong doesn't hurt.
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Steelers are a joke
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My brother's a Jags fan and he is going insane
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weather in Boston next week is like upper 40s

so no weather advantage
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Meow1000 posted...

Leonhart4 posted...

Did the Steelers not watch the Titans game last night? They ran the exact same play on 4th down with the exact same result.

Might go down as the worst call of the entire game to run that play

I guess

Suprak might've been right about the Pats being the only AFC team. This team was a play away from going 3-3 into overtime at home against the Bills because almost every pass wasn't close to a receiver

Steelers lost to the Bears this year, something the Patriots never wouldve even come close to doing.

21-3 or something like that Pats next week. But it wont even feel that close. No way Pats lose to a QB this bad and their coaching is good enough to smoother a run game if thats all they need to focus on.
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The Pats did lose to a QB this bad in 2015
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tazzyboyishere posted...

My brother's a Jags fan and he is going insane

I was eliminated from the B8 suicide league picking the Steelers to beat the Jaguars, at home, which they then lost 30-9, so I always expected this as a possibility... and the Jaguars winning this week would make that elimination worth it.

Fournette being out surely can't be good for the Jags.
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Every now and then Bortles makes a pass that makes you think that maybe he's really not that bad
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davidponte posted...

Fournette being out surely can't be good for the Jags.

Yeldon isn't bad, and their offensive line is pushing the Steelers around anyway, so they should be fine.
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A touchdown before the half would make the second half real interesting if he can't come back in though
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davidponte posted...

Fournette being out surely can't be good for the Jags.

If Fournette is out I could see Pittsburgh coming back.

If they win and hes out next week I revise my earlier pick to 21-0 Pats.
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Well that's not the touchdown that made it interesting ok then
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Dat Jags D
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How did the Jags let that happen
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these refs
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Ramsey gets pushed into Bell on the sideline, gets flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct
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