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What i have seen in games around the league is that its been the best of times and the worst of times for teams that shows not much separates some teams from being playoff teams. Here are some examples: Detroit 7 of their 8 loses so far have been by one score, the other loss by 10 pts (still close game). If they lose tonight it would be 8 of 9. Were they able to win half of these games they lost they would be right in the heart of wild card races. I wouldnt be too surprised to see them bounce back next year and still be in the playoff hunt. Indianapolis 8 of their 9 wins have been by one score. 5 of those wins were second half deficits. I wouldnt be surprised if they take a step back next year in part because teams adjust to a new QB and learn their tendencies after a season. Cleveland 6 of their 8 loses they had the ball with the lead or a chance to take a lead from late in the third quarter on. One loss was by 7 but still close game, In that other loss they had a multiple score lead early in the game. New Orleans Their coach being suspended and the defense being in chaos killed this season. Of their 8 loses, 6 of them were close/competitive games that had they won haalf of those they would be 8-5 instead of 5-8. i wouldnt be surprised to see them bounce back next year if Sean Payton is their head coach. Carolina 7 of their 9 loses were by 8 pts or less so they had a lot of close loses. Part of this could be attributed to a sophmore slump by Cam so if he bounces back next year the team could be back in the playoff hunt. Philadelphia another team that lost alot of close games. 4-5 of their loses they could have won with a play or two.

i was at that game.....mobility in a QB is a good thing. The issue was with his height. A lot of teams thought he had talents---just too much risk for a high 3rd round pick. He would have been picked in the 4th or 5th round by most teams. Also to add...look at the reaction of many on this board when comparing TJ Graham to passing him over based on first year performance. I will be if we drafted him he would be riding the bench and someone will complain why we didnt draft someone else in the third round.

Kelly made as much in one series as these two players maKE in one season. It will be interesting to see if this case goes similar to the Danny Heatly case DWI case.

Vick will not get Buffalo tot he playoffs anymore than Fitz would.

The trade was a fair market trade. Part of the problem was you had a new coach and a new system that didnt rely on a power, in between the tackle back. The other issue was the off the field issues with suspensions and the risk of another one that could happen. they had 2 proven backs that were similar then they drafted for CJ so you had a three headed monster that someone had to go. They werent going to trade CJ, Fredddie likely wouldnt have gotten anything back while Lynch could have gotten something. Harriston is a fine OT.

He fell down a notch in the reception standings with Wayne passing him. Reed deserves to be int he HOF, but stats increasing due to rules changes hurt him because they like to compare apples and oranges.

1. Talk to Pegula about buying the Bills as part of an investment group. Pagula has the money to do it. You can add others in the purchase as well. 2. repeat #1 3. repeat #1 4. repeat #1 5. Keep Nix, bring in Polian as President 6. fire Gailey

Dareus is not a problem.....they dont need to focus on DT in the draft. Part of the problem is Wanny's defensive system that does not play to this teams strengths. The D-coordinator they should have hired was the previous Giants D-coordinator, now Saints D-coordinator Spagnuolo. Gilmore is a rookie...it takes time to learn the game and that position.....without looking at game tape you cant always blame him for blowing coverage if he was expecting safety or underneath coverage help so he played him the way he did.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE SCENARIO.... Had SD beat CIN and BAL beat PIT last week, and BUF won today you would have 5 teams tied at 6-7 for the final wildcard slot. Then going into week 17 you could have had the scenario where nobody controlled their own fate.

Playoff scenarios updated after the 1pm games..... I'm going to assume Miami loses to San Fran....I am also going to assume baltimore wins one more game and will win the division Baltimore has almost clinched a playoff spot.....the only way they wouldnt would be if CIN-PITweek 16 game ends in a tie. IF CIN-PIT ends with a team winning BAL will not fall below second place and thus with a worst case 8-4 conference record they would get a WC spot. It will be down to 4 teams in the AFC for 2 spots: Indy 9-4 PIT 7-6 beat jets and CIN (they play again in week 16) CIN 7-6 JETS 6-7 beat indy INDY has not clinched. If they lose out they will likely lose tiebreakers of head to head or conference record. A win and they clinch. As I said a long time ago...10 wins means wild card. If you want an interesting race I guess you need to root for NE beating HOU on monday thus making Houston needing to play out the rest of the season. IF MIA was to pull a big time upset today....it will be harder for them because of their conference record. They beat CIN but lost to IND. Their scenario is for them and CIN both in 2nd place in their divisions tied at 9-7 with IND 10 wins or more. A three way tie at 9-7 with IND will hurt then because CIN then gets in based on conference record, then IND gets in because of beating MIA. For the NFC ....its gotten murkier..... Giants lose tiebreakers with Dallas and washington if they lose to NO or if they end up tied with them in future weeks because of divisional record. 1. Atlanta 2 SF ** 3. GB ** 4. GIANTS ** Fror wild card: 8-5 Bears, Seahawks (assuming they win today currently up 31-0) 7-5 Giants ** 7-6 WASH, DAL, MIN WAS beat MIN, DAL (play again week 17) 6.5-6.5 STL 6-7 TB 5-7 NO ** SEA beat CHI, MIN, GB, and DAL. It could be interesting in week 17 with DAL-WAS and GB-MIN scheduled where in each the winners get the division title.. CIN-BAL also could be a game for the division title under some scenarios. Mathematically Buffalo is still alive......Buffalo wins out, JETS & MIA lose another game (including MIa today), and CIN go 1-2, PIT go 1-2 or both go 0-2-1 where they tie, and SD lose a game. SD has a better chance because of conference record and they have the head to head win over PIT.

If the kickoff is to be removed....then these changes need to be made.... 1. If not under 2 minutes to go in the half/game then under 1 minute to go....after every play the clock is stopped. Thus no need for time outs... 2. This means the time outs drop from 3 to 2 per half or 3 for the entire game 3. With challenges it means you get charged a 5 minute delay of game penalty instead of the time out.

Palmer is better than Fitz. The issue in Oakland is the OL and they have been hit hard at RB so they have little running game. They had their top two RBs they would be a much better team. For comparison purposes think of Buffalo without Freddy and CJ......

Thesenumbers are meaningless without understand more of how its calculated. One reason Fitz would be higher is that he doesnt get the league respect like Brady does. The DL know if they blow on Brees will get flagged but with Fitz they feel they can take a chance.

I agree....

this was likely done because they need to activate an OL from their PS. He is someone who is expendable that they arent worried if another team takes him.

Sanders was put on Buffalo's IR before the last cuts...he is still with the team. Asper is on the current 53 man roster for the Vikings.

With either Cincinnati or Pittsburgh...if they go 4-0 against NFC and end up in second place tied for 9-7 with Buffalo...Buffalo will have better conference record. With Cincinnati Buffalo would have a common game advantage if they are tied with the same conference record which is the same as they both go 3-1 against the NFC. with Pittsburgh they would have a tied common games record so it will come down to strength of victory. As far as i can tell their will be NO SCENARIO where Buffalo can go into week 17 with control of their own fate. An alternate what if universe..... Had Buffalo, New York, and Miami all beat New England in their close games against the Pats the division would be all tied at 6-6.

I am starting a playoff scenario thread to talk about the playoff scenarios as of now. tie-breaking procedures. First sort teams within division before playoff spots determined. Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games between the clubs). Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference. Strength of victory. Strength of schedule. Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed. Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed. Best net points in common games. Best net points in all games. Best net touchdowns in all games. Coin toss These sort division. For wild cadr from different divisions 2does not apply and #4 comes before #3. AFC New England has clinched East Denver has clinched the West Houston's magic number is 2 for division title...any combination of Houston wins and Indy loses. Baltimore can clinch the division with a win and loses by PIT and CIN . For the Wild Card slots Indy 8-4 PIT, CIN 7-5 BUF, MIA, NYJ 5-7 MIA beat CIN,, PIt beat NYJ, IND beat BUF and MIA, NYJ beat IND For Buffalo to make the wild card they need to finish 4-0, have CIN and PIT go 2-2 then it will come down to conference record and common opponents. Buffalo against NFC would go 3-1, PIT currently 3-0, CIN currently 2-0. With common games Buffalo would edge CIN 3-2 vs 5-0. Buf and Pit tie at 3-2 which would put the tiebreakers into strength of victory which Pittsburgh will likely be ahead. PIT: sd, at dal, cin. cle CIN: dal, at phl, at pit, balt NFC in case you were wondering...the SF tie is viewed as a half win and a half loss so they effectivly their record is 8.5-3.5 instead of 8-3-1 this season so far. Atlanta has clinched South...can clinch #1 with W and CHI, GB, Giants and SF ALL lose once. Green Bay leads North Giants lead East San Fran leads West For wild card Chicago 8-4 Seattle 7-5 DAL, TB, MIn 6-6 WAS 5-6 NO 5-7 SEA beat CHI, WAS beat DAL, NO., DAL& WAS beat TB, MIN DAL still plays WAs and NO. If CHI beats MIN next week Chicago will finish ahead of Minnesota. Thus this makes Minnesota's chances very difficult. Giants have one of the more difficult schedules left having to play( NO, at ATL, at BAL, PHL) so If WAS beats NYG tomorrow night I wouldnt be surprised if DAL-WAS week 17 is for the division.

I am not certain on the home/road NFC games ...i havent seen them formally announce those matchups. I know the pairings of teams are what they are where NEW Orleans/Tampa Bay is one pairing as Pitt/cle is another pairing where they either play both at home or both on the road. As for placement opponents it all depends on where they place. There isnt much separating teams in this league. The biggest factors by fair is health of the team players and confidence. Confidence is what is carrying Indy this year. In terms of the AFC North opponents---pittsburgh still is getting older...they dont intimidate me. Having Cincinati and baltimore at home is a plus.

Then why not he just go and coach in Cleveland?

no it wouldnt given who they were playing.....that had a weak schedule against the AFC South and NFC West. a 9-7 or better was expected.

Its the defensive system he is playing in now that is the problem....the defense is not designed to the defense's strength. Actually they didnt draft poorly..... The drafted based on what they thought about going to. Remember they had for a long time had a 4-3 defense. Had Gailey kept that defense and just focused on the offense the team would have gotten alot better. Instead he went to a 3-4 defense which meant they had to have the defense take a few steps back in needing to change all their defensive front 7. They picked the wrong 3-4 defensive coordinator for the job. 2 years later Gailey went after 2 yrs back to a 4-3 so now they have to rebuild the personnel to fit that. The problem area now is in LB.

Baltimore made a 4th and 29 with under 2 minutes left. It was a close call with poor angles to determine if he made enough. On top of that they moved the chains before the review was done. Thinking of a non hail mary 4th and long play that was made...they have been trying to research records for it. A few plays mentioned was an Eagles RB from about dozen years ago in the playoffs made a 4th and 26 play. Rob Johnson made threw to Perrless Price to make a 4th and 34.

Locker hasnt played enough. it does take most QBs some time to get used to the NFL play. The other factor is what sort of support system you have on the team you play.

Hall. Remind you of cam newton.... How was he last year? And this year?