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Were the Cowboys bored or something? AFAIK they were going to be the #4 seed unless Arizona takes the West... and the Eagles already clinched (they'll be the 7-seed unless the Saints make it in).

...or am I mistaken?

LeonhartFour posted...

and the Eagles will make the playoffs without beating a single playoff team

(unless the Saints make it)

Saints ruining everything

BlueCrystalTear posted...

Were the Cowboys bored or something? AFAIK they were going to be the #4 seed unless Arizona takes the West... and the Eagles already clinched (they'll be the 7-seed unless the Saints make it in).

...or am I mistaken?

I suspected Dallas would try to turn this into a feel good game on offense but they went even further than I thought.

Dallas looked like garbage against Arizona. They wanted to not feel like that heading in.

BlueCrystalTear posted...

Were the Cowboys bored or something? AFAIK they were going to be the #4 seed unless Arizona takes the West... and the Eagles already clinched (they'll be the 7-seed unless the Saints make it in).

...or am I mistaken?

Cowboys could theoretically get the 2 or 3 seed but it's pretty unlikely

Cowboys probably just wanted to stay fresh and the Eagles were taking this game off to get healthy

Scorigami achieved!

GB vs Dallas in the Divisional Round is all but guaranteed

NFL gets a huge story to push in the 2nd week of the playoffs

I wouldn't call Dallas a lock to win in the first round!

Dallas is off a 50 point win and will be playing the same team they just laid an egg against after a 50 point win.

Unless the Rams lose!

Jimmy G is probably getting the start as we all figured.

It's not like the 49ers have mind control over the Rams or anything.

But it's not a bad pick that seemingly no one is on.

I picked the Rams assuming a Jimmy G who can barely throw would somehow get the start!

One of the most split games seems to be Bengals/Browns.

I kinda think the Browns are going to smack the Bengals and the Bengals just aren't going to give a damn.

Yeah, the Bengals do not care about this game, and that's reflected in the betting line.

Speaking of the Bengals, just a friendly reminder

https://mobile.twitter.com/jordancornette/status/1479852908430741505

I'm likely picking whoever the Bengals play against so...

Fangio fired.

That was fast.

Wonder if Zimmer and Nagy will be just as fast.

i'm more surprised that a text message was sent in 1992

Crescent-Moon posted...

I'm likely picking whoever the Bengals play against so...

I don't know if I'd trust a first time coach and QB against Belichick in the playoffs if it came to that, for sure. Bengals vs. Raiders would be...something.

I think there's a game of chicken going on in the other picks league, with the 3 of us tied for the final playoff spot waiting for the others to make their picks.

Oh wait nevermind I just scrolled past everyone's picks

Alright, turns out the 'normal' picks I wanted to make in the other picks league will actually get me into the playoffs anyway, so didn't even do anything crazy there. I'm banking on the Ravens and Falcons in that one.

I'm dead in the normal picks league so I just went as absurd as possible.

you say you went as absurd as possible but you didn't pick the Lions. tbh it's not even absurd but it has a lot of value when you're way behind because hardly anyone picked it. i didn't pick it because, like you in the other league, i can apparently make it just making normal picks. of course i probably have to get nearly everything right.

Xuxon posted...

you say you went as absurd as possible but you didn't pick the Lions. tbh it's not even absurd but it has a lot of value when you're way behind because hardly anyone picked it. i didn't pick it because, like you in the other league, i can apparently make it just making normal picks. of course i probably have to get nearly everything right.

My initial read on your picks is you're likely betting your entire season on the Raiders and that game has a pretty high probability of deciding if you end up in or out

Anyways I'll be back from work a little before the 4pm games end probably.

But

TOUCHDOWN JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

Do it. DO IT. MAKE THE TIE SCENARIO REAL.

The Colts haven't won in Jacksonville since 2014

Giants -6 yard rush on 4th and 1.

Why is the ball ever 6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on 4th and 1!?

Indy turnover on downs.

And Detroit faked a punt on 4th and 13 on their own 35 what

Xuxon posted...

you say you went as absurd as possible but you didn't pick the Lions. tbh it's not even absurd but it has a lot of value when you're way behind because hardly anyone picked it. i didn't pick it because, like you in the other league, i can apparently make it just making normal picks. of course i probably have to get nearly everything right.

Yeah I didn't even think about that one, I should have went Lions.

Tennessee misses a FG, not an encouraging sign considering pretty much everything went wrong the first time we played Houston

Leonhart4 posted...

The Colts haven't won in Jacksonville since 2014

Because they're a gutter trash franchise. Imagine being such sewage that your franchise QB retires at 29. There's a reason I stopped caring about them entirely.

need my lionz to lose and Jagz to win

but hey if my lionz end up dunking on Aaron Rodgers I can't be mad

Need my Jags to fire Baalke today. Preferably at the end of the game. Heck, announce it at half-time!

The Colts missing the playoffs because of a week 18 loss to the Jags would be hilarious.

davidponte posted...

The Colts missing the playoffs because of a week 18 loss to the Jags would be hilarious.

I was going to pick it in the league, too, and changed my mind at the last second.

I think the Titans might be all right now

Dan Campbell's big book of trick plays

ninkendo posted...

need my lionz to lose and Jagz to win

but hey if my lionz end up dunking on Aaron Rodgers I can't be mad

technically they're dunking on jordan love and the b-squad but go off, goff

regardless, it's definitely a recipe for the pack to lose their first playoff game against whoever

well it is now, but Rodgers was playing a bit in the first half

god, love is so bad

Why are the Jags beating the Colts? I can't fathom it. Colts need to win, Jags need to lose.

And, yes, Loverboy is clearly not the QB of the future. Glad the Lafleur learned his lesson and played the starters some so they weren't too rusty come the playoff game. I still expect us to lose, like I always do in the playoffs.

Trevor Lawrence will be awesome if we ever get receivers who can... you know, catch.

https://mobile.twitter.com/nyjets/status/1480205375412609030

This Colts/Jags game has been fantastic as a guy with a friend who has told me all year how Wentz is a fantastic QB and how the Colts are so good and the Pats suck.

The best part of the Colts losing here would be that they went from "team no one wants to see in the playoffs and Jonathan Taylor should be MVP" to missing the playoffs entirely in two weeks

Carson Wentz?

Wentz!?

Weeeeeennnntttzzzz!!!

GAME OVER

I dont know what I need for it to happen but sure would be cool if the Chiefs played the Raiders or Steelers in the wildcard round

Dr_Football posted...

I dont know what I need for it to happen but sure would be cool if the Chiefs played the Raiders or Steelers in the wildcard round

Looks like if all current results hold and the Chargers win, the Raiders would be the 7 seed.

Ravens are leading though

would be funny if it didnt matter

They ran the risk that the SNF wouldn't matter; it just looked unlikely. Like I can't fathom why the Jags want to pay spoiler. That #1 overall pick is worth a lot to their future. The Colts needed to win to be in so to be down by three touchdowns is... yikes.

Stealers just picked off a pass in the end zone so that game may change...