NFL Week 17

[bukie]

Games that mean something:

SUN, JAN 3                      TIME (ET)
Jacksonville at Cleveland       1:00 PM 
Pittsburgh at Miami             1:00 PM 
NY Giants at Minnesota          1:00 PM 
New England at Houston          1:00 PM 
Green Bay at Arizona            4:15 PM 
Baltimore at Oakland            4:15 PM 
Philadelphia at Dallas          4:15 PM 
Kansas City at Denver           4:15 PM 
Cincinnati at NY Jets           8:20 PM 

 

Games that mean nothing:

SUN, JAN 3                      TIME (ET)
Indianapolis at Buffalo         1:00 PM 
Chicago at Detroit              1:00 PM 
San Francisco at St. Louis      1:00 PM 
Atlanta at Tampa Bay            1:00 PM 
New Orleans at Carolina         1:00 PM 
Washington at San Diego         4:15 PM 
Tennessee at Seattle            4:15 PM 

 

AFC tiebreaker scenarios

 

NFC tiebreaker scenarios

[Prizefight]

Woah, stealing El Caballo's thunder!

[shnsajax]

Go Giants :sick:

Go Packers :sick:

Just win Cowboys!

[Terp]

Come on Eagles, get the second seed.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Go Giants :sick:

Go Packers :sick:

Just win Cowboys!

[Flames24Rulz]

If the game is meaningful for Arizona (meaning the Giants beat the Vikes at noon), then I hope we see our starters play for at least a half. Otherwise if the Vikings take care of business, be prepared to see a lot of Matt Flynn and Matt Leinart.

[TruffleShuffle]

this eagles-cowboys game is kind of a big deal

[bukie]

If the Packers win, they'll play Arizona again the following week.

 

If the Packers lose, they'll still play Arizona the following week if the Eagles and Vikings win.

[dew1679666265]

I refuse to believe Sunday's Titans/Seahawks game means nothing. CJ is going for 2,000 yards and maybe Dickerson's record, that has to mean something. :D

 

It'll be really easy for the Titans to just go through the motions Saturday and, in the process, get us a slightly better draft pick. With the likelihood of CJ breaking Faulk's record, the possibility of 2,000 yards and the outside shot at Dickerson's mark (he'd need 230+ yards rushing), I think the guys will play. If they do, I don't think this will be particularly competitive. The Titans struggle when teams throw over the top to big, physical receivers. The Seahawks don't do that well.

 

After the 0-6 start, an 8-8 finish will be quite a positive and it may put us in that area where trading up to the top 5-8 (hopefully for Berry) isn't unrealistic. A loss and a 7-9 record would still be fairly impressive, but even if it hurts our draft slot, I'm hoping for this win.

[TruffleShuffle]

pro bowl rosters

 

jason peters didn't deserve to make it for the eagles, but sheldon brown and brent celek could have been on there.

[Flames24Rulz]

At least Rodgers didn't get snubbed again.

 

Grant, Driver, and Matthews all should have gotten more support than they did (although Matthews is a first alternate).

[Terp]

Who's Heath Farwell? I'm assuming the only reason he made it is because he's a Viking.

[hawkeyecub]

Who's Heath Farwell? I'm assuming the only reason he made it is because he's a Viking.

 

No different than when Ayanbadejo made it. He had a rep as one of the best special teams players in the league two years ago. Missed last year with an ACL and our special teams were awful. Patriots and others tried to sign him to fairly large contract for a special teamer/backup LB.

Vikings kept him and he's been a stud that helped the Vikings rank #1 in Special Teams last week.

 

The "only made it because he's a Viking" thing doesn't even make sense. It's not like you're talking about the Red Sox/Yankees or Lakers.

[Outshined_One]

Has there ever been a year where all of the Week 17 matchups were also the matchups in the first round of the playoffs?

[Andy]

How in the world did DeAngelo Williams not make the Pro Bowl last year and then turn around and make it this year?

[jersey cubs fan]

How in the world did DeAngelo Williams not make the Pro Bowl last year and then turn around and make it this year?

 

The same way everybody makes these things, by reputation on past accomplishments rather than current level of play.

[shnsajax]

Does anyone even watch this game anymore? I think I maybe watch the last 5 minutes of it every year but that's about it.

[dew1679666265]

Does anyone even watch this game anymore? I think I maybe watch the last 5 minutes of it every year but that's about it.

 

I generally watch it, but just because it's football.

[jersey cubs fan]

Does anyone even watch this game anymore? I think I maybe watch the last 5 minutes of it every year but that's about it.

 

Never have seen more than a couple minutes, but now that its the week before the Super Bowl I might watch a couple more minutes for novelty purposes.

[Exile on Waveland]

Antoine Bethea should have made the Pro Bowl. Same probably can't be said for Jeff Saturday. Oh well.

[SouthSideRyan]

Does anyone even watch this game anymore? I think I maybe watch the last 5 minutes of it every year but that's about it.

 

I generally watch it, but just because it's football.

 

It's not football.

[jersey cubs fan]

Does anyone even watch this game anymore? I think I maybe watch the last 5 minutes of it every year but that's about it.

 

I generally watch it, but just because it's football.

 

It's not football.

 

It's semi-footballesque-ish.

[dew1679666265]

Does anyone even watch this game anymore? I think I maybe watch the last 5 minutes of it every year but that's about it.

 

I generally watch it, but just because it's football.

 

It's not football.

 

It's semi-footballesque-ish.

 

It's generally the closest thing to football we get after the Super Bowl.

[Guest]

Does anyone even watch this game anymore? I think I maybe watch the last 5 minutes of it every year but that's about it.

 

I generally watch it, but just because it's football.

 

It's not football.

 

Agreed. It's a free trip to Hawaii during sub-arctic temperatures for a bunch of football players who will dress up in uniform for a couple of hours with the likelihood that the uniform will be just as clean when they take it off as it was when they put it on.

 

That's not football.

[shnsajax]

Does anyone even watch this game anymore? I think I maybe watch the last 5 minutes of it every year but that's about it.

 

I generally watch it, but just because it's football.

 

It's not football.

 

It's semi-footballesque-ish.

 

It's generally the closest thing to football we get after the Super Bowl.

 

You could just watch real football instead of American football ;-)