NFL Week 9

[CubColtPacer]

In a shocking move, NBC has decided to flex the Pats-Colts game on week 13 back to noon. A replacement night game hasn't been named yet, but likely candidates are Cincy-Pittsburgh, Detroit-New Orleans, and Green Bay-NY Giants.

 

NBC has to be really annoyed at this point. They've already been forced to give the Pats-Colts game to CBS twice out of the previous 4 seasons, and 2 out of the last 3 times NBC has managed to get the game either Brady or Manning has been hurt.

[jersey cubs fan]

In a shocking move, NBC has decided to flex the Pats-Colts game on week 13 back to noon. A replacement night game hasn't been named yet, but likely candidates are Cincy-Pittsburgh, Detroit-New Orleans, and Green Bay-NY Giants.

 

NBC has to be really annoyed at this point. They've already been forced to give the Pats-Colts game to CBS twice out of the previous 4 seasons, and 2 out of the last 3 times NBC has managed to get the game either Brady or Manning has been hurt.

 

It's one matchup though, and they've got plenty of other opportunities to showcase big games.

[UMFan83]

NFL SOS through Sunday's games:

 

Jacksonville .612

Seattle .600

St. Louis .594

Indianapolis .587

Chicago .579

Denver .578

Buffalo .571

Philadelphia .554

Miami .554

Minnesota .540

New England .538

Detroit .524

Oakland .523

Dallas .508

Carolina .500

San Diego .500

San Francisco .492

NY Jets .484

Baltimore .478

Tennessee .478

Washington .476

Atlanta .460

Cleveland .455

Pittsburgh .446

Arizona .431

Houston .427

New Orleans .425

Green Bay .422

Kansas City .400

Cincinnati .400

NY Giants .349

 

If you take the games out that the Packers have played against their opponents to determine what they did against the "normal" teams in the NFL, the Packers SOS is 27 / 58 = .466. This is one area where SOS can be misleading. The Packers are naturally going to have a low SOS because them winning has affected their SOS by .125.

 

 

And conversely, the Bears have the strongest schedule of teams with a winning record.

 

They definitely have had a tougher schedule to this point. At the end of the season the only difference in the two schedules will be Packers vs. St. Louis and at NY Giants. Bears vs. Seahawks and at Philadelphia. Remove the Packers and Bears head-to-head games from the equation and the overall SOS will be very comparable at the end of the season.

 

Yup. After their next game (Det),the Bears have 1 team currently with a winning record left on the schedule

 

4-4 San Diego

4-4 @ Oakland

4-4 Kansas City

3-5 @ Denver

2-6 Seattle

8-0 @ Green Bay

2-6 @ Minnesota

 

Packers don't have a game against a team currently with a losing record the rest of the year:

 

4-4 Tampa Bay

6-2 @ Detroit

6-2 @ New York Giants

4-4 Oakland

4-4 @ Kansas City

5-3 Chicago

6-2 Detroit

 

I'm know I'm really using the 4-4 teams to make the Bears seem easier and the Packers seem harder. Either way, the Packers are clearly better than all of those teams, and as much as I want to be a homer, I don't think any of those teams is particularly elite GB, NO, PIT, BAL and maybe NYJ and NE are the teams I'd consider elite. Packers should probably end up around 14-2 or 15-1 and hopefully the Bears can finish 10-6. I hope that SF keeps winning so that the Packers Lions game means something for both teams. If the Bears and Lions are tied at 9-6 or something, its gonna make it really tough on us.

[Andy]

In a shocking move, NBC has decided to flex the Pats-Colts game on week 13 back to noon. A replacement night game hasn't been named yet, but likely candidates are Cincy-Pittsburgh, Detroit-New Orleans, and Green Bay-NY Giants.

Packers/Giants won't happen, I read earlier today that Fox protected that one. Either of the others would be good choices especially since Detroit and Cincy haven't been SNF material recently.