NFL Week 16

[ELCABALLO45]

Thursday December 23rd

Carolina (2-12) @ Pittsburgh (10-4)

 

Saturday December 25th

Dallas (5-9) @ Arizona (4-10)

 

Sunday December 26th

 

EARLY GAMES

Detroit (4-10) @ Miami (7-7)

New England (12-2) @ Buffalo (4-10)

Washington (5-9) @ Jacksonville (8-6)

New York Jets (10-4) @ Chicago (10-4)

San Francisco (5-9) @ St. Louis (6-8)

Tennessee (6-8) @ Kansas City (9-5)

Baltimore (10-4) @ Cleveland (5-9)

 

LATE GAMES

Indianapolis (8-6) @ Oakland (7-7)

Houston (5-9) @ Denver (3-11)

San Diego (8-6) @ Cincinnati (3-11)

New York Giants (9-5) @ Green Bay (8-6)

Seattle (6-8) @ Tampa Bay (8-6)

 

Sunday Night Football

Minnesota (5-9) @ Philadelphia (10-4)

 

Monday Night Football (Dec. 26th)

New Orleans (10-4) @ Atlanta (12-2)

[TruffleShuffle]

this shouldn't be too tough.

 

also, go jets.

[bukie]

this shouldn't be too tough.

 

also, go jets.

Aren't Reid and the Eagles due for one of their inexplicable losses of the year?

[NCCubFan]

also, go jets.

No.

[TruffleShuffle]

this shouldn't be too tough.

 

also, go jets.

Aren't Reid and the Eagles due for one of their inexplicable losses of the year?

 

already had it

[Flames24Rulz]

Basically a playoff game on Sunday.

 

MM's on the hot seat if we lose and I'm not just saying that because I hope that's true. You can't lose four out of five late in the season with everything right in front of you.

[bukie]

The NFC 1-seed belongs to Atlanta if they win 1 of their last 2. If not, it can still go to New Orleans, Philly or Chicago.

[erik316wttn]

Basically a playoff game on Sunday.

 

MM's on the hot seat if we lose and I'm not just saying that because I hope that's true. You can't lose four out of five late in the season with everything right in front of you.

 

Yup. The next time we lose our season is over.

[JonJayCutler]

Basically a playoff game on Sunday.

 

MM's on the hot seat if we lose and I'm not just saying that because I hope that's true. You can't lose four out of five late in the season with everything right in front of you.

 

Yup. The next time we lose our season is over.

 

If you beat the Giants next week but the Giants lose to the Redskins in Week 17, you get in even if you lose to the Bears. Slim chance Washington wins that game, but stranger things have already happened this year. This is all assuming Tampa loses at least once more as well, which they will.

[dew1679666265]

I still don't know what to think about KC. Excellent coordinators, but I still question just how good the actual talent is. I think the Weiss/Crennel duo are helping them play over their heads, perhaps by quite a bit.

 

Interestingly enough, even though Kansas City is 3 games better than us record-wise, they have a +41 point differential and we have a +40 point differential. We can win this game if we play like we did Sunday and the first 7 weeks of the year.

 

I have no confidence that either the Colts or Jags will lose, though. We need both to and I don't think either will.

[BigSlick]

this is the cool part of the season when we get saturday games, and they give us dallas at arizona? lame.

[Flames24Rulz]

Basically a playoff game on Sunday.

 

MM's on the hot seat if we lose and I'm not just saying that because I hope that's true. You can't lose four out of five late in the season with everything right in front of you.

 

Yup. The next time we lose our season is over.

 

If you beat the Giants next week but the Giants lose to the Redskins in Week 17, you get in even if you lose to the Bears. Slim chance Washington wins that game, but stranger things have already happened this year. This is all assuming Tampa loses at least once more as well, which they will.

 

Correct. I'd rather not think about that though.

 

this is the cool part of the season when we get saturday games, and they give us dallas at arizona? lame.

 

I miss the days when there would be like 3 Saturday games during the final few weekends of the season.

[Vanilla Ice]

Falcons, win this and you can have next week off.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Falcons, win this and you can have next week off.

They could take next week off and still win by double digits.

[jersey cubs fan]

Only 3 >.500 matchups this week, one at 1, one at 4 and one on MNF.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

It would be awesome to see a 3-way tie at 6-9 in the West, but I still think Seattle beats Tampa.

[SouthSideRyan]

It'll be nice to get a chance to see the Cowboys play on Saturday.

[bukie]

Week 16 NFC Playoff Scenarios

 

NFC

 

Clinched: Atlanta (playoff spot), Chicago (NFC North)

Eliminated: Carolina, Detroit, Arizona, Minnesota, Washington, Dallas

 

ATLANTA Falcons

Atlanta clinches NFC South division and homefield advantage:

1) ATL win

 

PHILADELPHIA Eagles

Philadelphia clinches NFC East division:

1) PHI win

2) NYG loss

Philadelphia clinches a playoff spot:

1) PHI win

2) TB loss

 

CHICAGO Bears

Chicago clinches a first-round bye:

1) CHI win + PHI loss + NYG loss

 

NEW ORLEANS Saints

New Orleans clinches a playoff spot:

1) NO win

2) TB loss

 

NEW YORK Giants

NY Giants clinch a playoff spot:

1) NYG win

 

Week 16 AFC Scenarios

 

CLINCHED: New England, Pittsburgh (playoff spots)

ELIMINATED: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Houston, Miami

 

NEW ENGLAND Patriots

New England clinches AFC East division and homefield advantage:

1) NE win

2) NYJ loss

 

PITTSBURGH Steelers

Pittsburgh clinches AFC North division and a first-round bye:

1) PIT win + BAL loss

 

KANSAS CITY Chiefs

Kansas City clinches AFC West division:

1) KC win + SD loss

 

BALTIMORE Ravens

Baltimore clinches a playoff spot:

1) BAL win

2) KC loss + JAC loss

3) KC loss + IND loss

4) SD loss + JAC loss

5) SD loss + IND loss

 

NEW YORK Jets

NY Jets clinch a playoff spot:

1) NYJ win

2) JAC loss

3) IND loss

(Note: In scenarios where a JAC or IND loss occurs, NYJ has clinched strength of victory tiebreaker over SD)

 

Also, ties.

Edited December 21, 2010 by bukie

[Guest]

This isn't directed at Bukie, but it's always annoyed me that all the playoff scenarios include all the Tie possibilities. Ties happen what, 2 or 3 times a decade? Why don't we wait until we have one before we clutter up all these potential scenarios with such an obscure possibility, it's complicated enough most years with 35 teams still in the hunt in Week 15.

[JonJayCutler]

GB has the best point differential in the NFC, yet they're in danger of missing the playoffs. Unreal.

[bukie]

This isn't directed at Bukie, but it's always annoyed me that all the playoff scenarios include all the Tie possibilities. Ties happen what, 2 or 3 times a decade? Why don't we wait until we have one before we clutter up all these potential scenarios with such an obscure possibility, it's complicated enough most years with 35 teams still in the hunt in Week 15.

There, I cleaned it up some.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I like seeing playoff scenarios with ties included. Can you put half of them back in?

[Guest]

This isn't directed at Bukie, but it's always annoyed me that all the playoff scenarios include all the Tie possibilities. Ties happen what, 2 or 3 times a decade? Why don't we wait until we have one before we clutter up all these potential scenarios with such an obscure possibility, it's complicated enough most years with 35 teams still in the hunt in Week 15.

There, I cleaned it up some.

 

Oh, I wasn't trying to suggest you do anything, it's just one of those things that doesn't make much sense to me. Thank you though.

[apete6]

GB has the best point differential in the NFC, yet they're in danger of missing the playoffs. Unreal.

 

Mike McCarthy sucks and Rodgers got hurt at the worst possible time. Too bad for Green Bay. Not.

[Flames24Rulz]

GB has the best point differential in the NFC, yet they're in danger of missing the playoffs. Unreal.

 

We also had a ridiculous point differential in 2008, yet we went 6-10.