NFL Playoffs 2022

[Brian707]

Double post Edited January 31, 2022 by Brian707

[Brian707]

 

This.

 

I’m no puckhead, but Gretzky played in the least popular major sport, for a Canadian team, in the western time zone, well before the surges of the 24 sports programming, the internet and social media. The NHL was forced to change the rules of hockey because Gretzky (mostly) and the rest of the Oilers were so dominant on power plays. Gretzky was probably the greatest/most dominant singular player of any team sport in the history of sports. And I don’t even think it’s close.

 

As far as TB being the greatest champion, Bill Russell disagrees.

 

I didn't move to Canada until the late '80s and am not a hockey fan at all but I've had friends tell me that for much of '80s you were not allowed to draft Gretzky at all in most fantasy leagues because his stats so far surpassed everyone else. Not sure if that rings true for anyone who was in a league during that time.

They had fantasy leagues in the 80s?

 

Anyways my middle school gym teacher said once Gretsky is like if an MLB player hit 100 homeruns in a season. That's always stuck with me even if I don't know that's is accurate per se.

 

 

Yes, my friend was running a baseball one for like $5 a person at our lunch table in 1989.

 

I concur about Gretzky being the true GOAT. Then M

[CubinNY]

 

I didn't move to Canada until the late '80s and am not a hockey fan at all but I've had friends tell me that for much of '80s you were not allowed to draft Gretzky at all in most fantasy leagues because his stats so far surpassed everyone else. Not sure if that rings true for anyone who was in a league during that time.

They had fantasy leagues in the 80s?

 

Anyways my middle school gym teacher said once Gretsky is like if an MLB player hit 100 homeruns in a season. That's always stuck with me even if I don't know that's is accurate per se.

 

 

Yes, my friend was running a baseball one for like $5 a person at our lunch table in 1989.

 

I concur about Gretzky being the true GOAT. Then M

In terms of playing at a level that is above everyone else to a ridiculous exaggeration in team sports, I'd say Gretzky and Babe Ruth are in a class by themselves. MJ is close and there is no one close to him.

[David]

 

This.

 

I’m no puckhead, but Gretzky played in the least popular major sport, for a Canadian team, in the western time zone, well before the surges of the 24 sports programming, the internet and social media. The NHL was forced to change the rules of hockey because Gretzky (mostly) and the rest of the Oilers were so dominant on power plays. Gretzky was probably the greatest/most dominant singular player of any team sport in the history of sports. And I don’t even think it’s close.

 

As far as TB being the greatest champion, Bill Russell disagrees.

 

I didn't move to Canada until the late '80s and am not a hockey fan at all but I've had friends tell me that for much of '80s you were not allowed to draft Gretzky at all in most fantasy leagues because his stats so far surpassed everyone else. Not sure if that rings true for anyone who was in a league during that time.

They had fantasy leagues in the 80s?

 

Anyways my middle school gym teacher said once Gretsky is like if an MLB player hit 100 homeruns in a season. That's always stuck with me even if I don't know that's is accurate per se.

 

people were doing fantasy leagues as far back as the 60s or 70s

[raw]

Yeah, I was in a fantasy league in 1993, I believe. One of my classmates' dads did everything by hand. Get the Monday morning newspaper (and Tuesday for MNF games) and read boxscores to get the weekly statistics, then did the math to figure out the points based on the scoring system. I don't believe PPR was a thing back then, but I remember being a senior in HS and figuring out if I won on Mondays.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Yeah, I was in a fantasy league in 1993, I believe. One of my classmates' dads did everything by hand. Get the Monday morning newspaper (and Tuesday for MNF games) and read boxscores to get the weekly statistics, then did the math to figure out the points based on the scoring system. I don't believe PPR was a thing back then, but I remember being a senior in HS and figuring out if I won on Mondays.

We did this in late 80s/early 90s.

Rushing, receiving or passing TD = 6 points. 12 if 50+ yards.

Field goal = 3 points. 6 if 50+ yards

Extra point = 1 point

RB or receiver over 100 yards = 1 point

QB over 300 yards = 1 point

Defense and special teams only got points when they scored.

 

Our scores looked like normal football game scores.

[Brian707]

Yeah, I was in a fantasy league in 1993, I believe. One of my classmates' dads did everything by hand. Get the Monday morning newspaper (and Tuesday for MNF games) and read boxscores to get the weekly statistics, then did the math to figure out the points based on the scoring system. I don't believe PPR was a thing back then, but I remember being a senior in HS and figuring out if I won on Mondays.

 

 

Same here, no PPR and our average winning score was around 80 points, no decimal points, so we had a few ties in the early years. Our commish would type up a newsletter weekly and write up game summaries and hand them out on Wednesdays

Edited January 31, 2022 by Brian707

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I take that back. Defenses got 1 point for an INT or fumble recovery.

[gflore34]

In hindsight guess one may say the Bengals - Chiefs really turned on the Chiefs not scoring right before the half. Even spectacular offensive performers and play callers have brain dead moment, that call was pure Nagy. With that amount of time, how the hell did they think not throwing the ball in the end zone was going to work? Most especially to Hill who appears relatively easy to tackle? I'd think, for such a play, they'd want to go to someone who could break a tackle, power his way for a yard or two. Edited January 31, 2022 by gflore34

[CoolHandLuke]

In hindsight guess one may say the Bengals - Chiefs really turned on the Chiefs right scoring right before the half. Even spectacular offensive performers and play callers have brain dead moment, that call was pure Nagy. With that amount of time, how the hell did they think not throwing the ball in the end zone was going to work? Most especially to Hill who appears relatively easy to tackle? I'd think, for such a play, they'd want to go to someone who could break a tackle, power his way for a yard or two.

 

Hill was a check down there I'm pretty sure. Mahomes should have thrown it away when the end zone reads were not immediately open.

[soccer10k]

I wonder what a $100 bet on Rams v. Bengals (during the preseason) would pay out today?

 

No idea where to find that exact info, if you can find it. But we can get an estimate.

 

Bengals we’re 150-1 and Rams were 12-1 to win the Super Bowl before the year. You can roughly halve those odds to win their respective conference. So 75-1 for the Bengals and 6-1 for the Rams. Parlay those and a $100 bet would return $53100.

[Old Style]

Someone placed a $20 parlay on yesterday's games and nailed the exact score of BOTH games. The payout was $579K. Mind-blowing to me.

[OleMissCub]

Someone placed a $20 parlay on yesterday's games and nailed the exact score of BOTH games. The payout was $579K. Mind-blowing to me.

 

I think that bet had to have been made before the season started to get a payout like that, right?

[Old Style]

Someone placed a $20 parlay on yesterday's games and nailed the exact score of BOTH games. The payout was $579K. Mind-blowing to me.

 

I think that bet had to have been made before the season started to get a payout like that, right?

I don't see a date on there but I doubt it. To get the exact scores of two playoff games on a parlay would be ridiculous odds.

[Old Style]

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Someone placed a $20 parlay on yesterday's games and nailed the exact score of BOTH games. The payout was $579K. Mind-blowing to me.

 

I think that bet had to have been made before the season started to get a payout like that, right?

I don't see a date on there but I doubt it. To get the exact scores of two playoff games on a parlay would be ridiculous odds.

Yeah, I posted the betslip on the previous page. The guy was probably bonus whoring, where you go to different sites and take advantage of promos they offer. A common promo is the "lose your initial bet, get a free bet of equal value" which they pay you for in site dollars or whatever. I won't go into the nitty-gritty, but making longshot bets with those promos increases your EV significantly, which is probably prompted him to make a crazy longshot parlay like that.

[Andy]

Someone placed a $20 parlay on yesterday's games and nailed the exact score of BOTH games. The payout was $579K. Mind-blowing to me.

I'm guessing this person probably threw down 20 bones on a whole bunch of different potential scores, but still, insane.

[Derwood]

To put Gretzky into perspective, here's average of the NHL leader in goals, assists and points over the past 20 years:

 

Goals: 45

Assists: 65

Points: 95

 

Peak Gretzky (1979-1991):

 

Goals: 60

Assists: 118

Points: 178

 

From 1982-1986, he averaged 75 goals, 132 assists, 207 points

 

It would be like Jordan averaging 80 points, 40 assists and 25 rebounds per game

[CubinNY]

I bet he wished he put $50 down instead of $20.

[chopsx9]

Someone placed a $20 parlay on yesterday's games and nailed the exact score of BOTH games. The payout was $579K. Mind-blowing to me.

 

I think that bet had to have been made before the season started to get a payout like that, right?

I don't see a date on there but I doubt it. To get the exact scores of two playoff games on a parlay would be ridiculous odds.

Marty McFly...maybe?

[Old Style]

I bet he wished he put $50 down instead of $20.

I would guess he's quite happy today with his $20 bet but that's just me.

[UMFan83]

Bengals are obviously a good team but I cant shake the feeling that they also had amazing luck during these playoffs.

 

Raiders game: Bengals moved the ball well all game but didn't end enough drives in TDs and kept allowing the Raiders to keep it close. At the end the Raiders had 1st and goal from the 9, and ended up being intercepted on 4th down preventing the game from going to OT. This game felt like the better team making just enough mistakes to allow their opponent a shot to win. Felt like a very pre-2021 Bengals playoff game without the final blow

 

Titans game: Moved the ball ok but only put up 19 points. Midway through the 4th in a tie game, the Titans had the ball at the Bengals 35 on 3rd and 1 and ended up getting stuffed twice instead of either converting or taking a long FGA. They then forced the Bengals 3 and out and instead of playing conservative with bad field position to get the game to OT, Tannehill throws an absolutely terrible interception to put the Bengals in prime position for a walk-off FG.

 

Chiefs game: Chiefs had 1st and goal from the 5 yard line to end both halves with enough time for a full set of downs and ended up scoring 3 total points (on a 42 yard FG at that). Chiefs won the coin toss in OT but threw a bad INT setting the bengals up for a win. This one might be the least fortunate as the defense causing the Chiefs offense to implode in the 2nd half was mostly great defense. But still, if they punch in that TD before half to make it 28-10, it would have been really hard for the Bengals to catch back up in the 2nd half. If they manage to punch it in from the 3 yard line on 2nd and goal late, the Bengals are down 4 and only have enough time for 1-2 desperation plays.

 

Now don't get me wrong, the Bengals deserve to be here. They forced the INTs, they stopped the Chiefs, they hit the FGs etc. But it seems like if you played the end game situations of those 3 games 100 times, the chances the Bengals advance to the Super Bowl are like 5%. Which is what makes it so awesome that they came through.

[stitchface]

Someone placed a $20 parlay on yesterday's games and nailed the exact score of BOTH games. The payout was $579K. Mind-blowing to me.

 

I think that bet had to have been made before the season started to get a payout like that, right?

I don't see a date on there but I doubt it. To get the exact scores of two playoff games on a parlay would be ridiculous odds.

 

 

i was sure 49ers would beat bengals again in super bowl.

[CubinNY]

 

I think that bet had to have been made before the season started to get a payout like that, right?

I don't see a date on there but I doubt it. To get the exact scores of two playoff games on a parlay would be ridiculous odds.

 

 

i was sure 49ers would beat bengals again in super bowl.

I can't legally bet in Alabama, but if I could, I would take the Bengals and the under.

[NOLA]

I don't see a date on there but I doubt it. To get the exact scores of two playoff games on a parlay would be ridiculous odds.

 

 

i was sure 49ers would beat bengals again in super bowl.

I can't legally bet in Alabama, but if I could, I would take the Bengals and the under.

I agree, but that Bengals O-line vs Donald and Von Miller is scary.