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Actually with many of these trades whose to say the star player who was traded for or drafted with that pick would have turned into the same player with that other team....Many players success or failure is greatly dependent on the talent around them and the system they play in. As for Lynch, if he didnt have that threat of long suspension hanging over him he would have returned more.

I am shocked !!!!! The only reason this game was flexed was as a favor to CBS because the NFL forced them to give up the first Denver/Kansas City game that they protected. i knew they would move another game to the 4:25 slot for their DH --just didnt think it would come like this. No matter what happens next week at least one of Philly and Chicago have something to play for. If Philly wins next week, Dallas lose next week, and Dallas lose again in the afternoon week 16, Then Philly will clinch the division before this game starts. They would be up by 2 games with dallas having only 1 to play.

Just looking at the schedule of week 16 CBS has the DH and has Pittsburgh @ Green Bay and Oakland @San Diego--2 potential blow out games. I think they would move a 1pm game to 4:25 to add another game.... The 1pm games are: Miami at Buffalo Cleveland at Jets Denver at Houston Tennessee at Jacksonville Indianapolis at Kansas City Sure that last one could be the most attractive---but with Indy clinching the division and Kansas City likely a wild card---with these two teams facing each other in the playoffs this may not be a good game because Indy could rest some players and Indy could opt to hide their play book. This game would also mean more affiliates would possibly move from Pittsburgh-green bay. Indy-KC could be the headliner for the 1pm slot. I think they have the ability to move a 1pm to a 4:25pm game a week before the start---but Im not sure on that. Miami @ buffalo moving to 4:25 gives them an additional game but also not one that necessarily strips audience from Pittsburgh-GGreen Bay but gives them a back up game to have in case that game turns into a blow out.

actually the Steelers with Big Ben and Baltimore with Flacco were unusual--they had strong defenses and a strong veteran presence and running game surrounding them --thus they played safe. Seattle was similar to them---very strong defense and a strong running game with experience at RB and WR. Indy was more of an annomolly --but Luck could be one of those special QBs. :ast year they won a bunch of close games. A play here or there in those games they easily could have been 7-9. Combined that with the situation with the head coach's health was a factor. Last year Washington got hot and benefited with the schedule. They played close in the first part of the season. After their bye they played 5 of their final 7 games against the division which benefited them in their come back.

NFC playoffs..... a lot still to be decided with DAL at CHI and CAR at NO coming up.... Gionats eliminated. DAL and PHL still play out for the week 17 game to decide the division title. If SF and AZ are tied SF has clinched 2nd place by assuring themselves a better division record. going into week 17 Arizona needs to be tied or ahead of SF in the standings for the week 17 game to be a potential winner take wild card game.

As for the AFC wild card....... Baltimore and Miami are tied at 7-6 San Diego and Jets are at 6-7 Tennessee and Pittsburgh at 5-8 MIA beat SD, PIT, Jets BAL beat Jets, MIA TEN beat Jets, SD, and PIT PIT beat Jets If the Jets and MIA are tied at 8-8 or 9-7 w/ Jets beating MIA in week 17 the Jets have the tiebreaker advantage.. If TEN win out, have Jets and pittsburgh finish 8-8 and both in 2nd place, and San Diego at 8-8 in 3rd place then Tennessee would get the wild card. Pittsburgh needs to win out, have Jets finish at 8-8 in 2nd, ENN not go 8-8, and SD end 8-8 or worse.

In order for Buffalo to make it in the playoffs at 7-9..... 1. Buffalo win 3 2. Miami lose 3 3. Baltimore lose 3 4 Jets lose 2 5. san Diego lose 2 6. pittsburgh lose 2 7. Tennessee lose 2 8 Cleveland lose 1 9 Oakland lose 1 There are a few other scenarios where Pittsburgh only loses 1/Cleveland loses 0 to finish in 2nd place at 7-9 but Buffalo get in due to tie breakers at 7-9 based on better conference record thus neutralizing the head to head loss.

Easier way to track it is just look at opponents wins---this total wins is both who they played and who they have left. 1 HOU 2 115 2 WAS 3 105 3 ATL 3 113.5 4 MIN 3.5 108 5 JAX 4 102 6 CLE 4 106 7 OAK 4 107 8 BUF 4 110 9 TB 4 117 10 PIT 5 99 11 TEN 5 103 12 NYG 5 111 13 STL 5 113

Fitz through a 41 yd TD pass.....it was an in the air pass....not a short pass with YAC.

Just happened in Denver by Denver kicker Prater from 64 yards out

It was close...its one of those bang bang plays where was his second foot down when he caught the ball. Then in the Miami -Pittsburgh game. Last play Miami up by 6 they do one of those lateral plays and the WR got the ball and looked like he could score but he stepped out of bounds around the 13. He had a few steps from the nearest defender...if he turned his run into the field instead of sideline he scores.

Detroit called a time out in order to clear a PAT attempt----it failed--blocked and philly wanted to return it.

looking at the radar---Philly looks like snow throughout the game. Washington may end in 3rd, NY may get some in the 2nd half. Pittsburgh looks like more scattered snow the rest of the game---same for Green Bay. If Chicago played today there would be a chance of snow.

Cincinnati got a big break---it was Tripplet again. The defender tripped the RB around the 5 and he stumbles and dives and knee lands around the 2 with the ball around the 1 and then he slides into the end zone. Tripplett rules he wasnt tripped---this is like the 2nd time he blew a big play. Id be surprised to see him working the playoffs. I agree---you get that Philly snow in the superbowl it will destroy the competitive balance. Detroit went for 2 without trying a kick. Philly goes for it near the endzone instead of kicking a FG. Brady not having a good day.... Pittsburgh tries Auburn-alabama with a lateral Im fine with merging the threads instead of closing one

Philly has snow---they arent alone---Baltimore, Pittsburgh, aWashington has snow. Green Bay has gotten some snow earlier with snow on the field. In Pittsburgh after the Steelers TD they look like they cleared the yard lines and

I dont recall a time when so many games had snow in the same week. Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh have snow falling now. Green Bay field has gotten some snow. Looking at the field their was some snow fall but not right now.

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I agree---the stadium capacity has dropped about 9,000 from the early 90s. a game like the houston miracle would have sold out. The games that didnt sell out in December were games against the crappy or unfamiliar(most NFC) opponents. The other problem with the Houston playoff game---Buffalo was expected to make the playoffs and win the division, then have a week off. then the first game of the playoffs was the weekend between Christmas and New years---many regular ticket purchasers couldnt do it because they already had travel plans of them traveling out or family coming in thus couldnt do the game. If the schedule was the same as today with the wild card game the weekend after new yrs day then Buffalo sells the game out. now a game at home in between those two weekends can still sell out because its a known and planned for event. Some people would like to go to the game and plan on going to it but only if it mattered....if they were out of it then they wouldnt go,

They put a playoff team out there people will come. Buffalo has enough people to support the team. There is what---about 4M people in NY from syracuse on west + the candaian population of southern ontario and Toronto (10M ???). Southern Ontario gets all the Bills games through CTV and through them picking up the US affiliates. The team doesnt need to play in toronto, but I understand what they are trying to do. By them playing an annual game there, if another team or expansion were to relocate to toronto they would get a lot more of the expansion fee than other teams....if a team relocates, they will get some fees from the league.

They still do fly overs....with the sequestor and the govt closures going on doing AF fly overs is a low priority --thus postponed.

I still see Chandler being resigned. One problem is the offense didnt utilize him like they used to. The contract is likely also for next year but just llike all NFL contracts there is no guarenntee if cut in camp.

Its not at all far fetched the team cant make it.... 1. Buffalo needs to win out 2. Miami needs to lose another game (other than to BUF)--they play at PIT, NE, at BUF, JETS--losing to NE seems reasonable 3. Jets need to lose 1---they finish OAK, at car, CLE, at mia---at Carolina would do it---its very reasonable. 4. Baltimore needs to lose 2---they play MIN, det, NE, cin--there last 3 is one of the toughest closing schedules. them losing 2 is not that much of a reach. 5. Pittsburgh needs to lose 2---they finish with 3 of 4 at home where they play MIA, CIN, at gb, CLE---they can lose 2 of their next 3. the Cincinnati game could potentially mean a Cincinati win = diviison title. 6. Cleveland lose 1---next week they play at New England. 7. Tennesee lose 2---they finish at denver , ARIZ, jax, HOU. Their next 2 games should do it. 8. San Diego needs to lose 2. they have left NYG, at den, OAK, KC. They will have 3 difficult games coming up. 9. Oakland needs to lose 1---they play the at jets then their division foes. KC or DEN would do it. In this scenario its the better team winning. NE, DET, and CIN have better record this year than BAL so they are all likely going to be favorites. It isnt much of a stretch to have BALT lose 2.

The way around it, is it creates stocks that are then sold but not publicly traded. There are rules regarding this. they could initially set it up ast has a total of 10,000,000 shares valued at $70 = $700M. probably 60-70% of it is owned by single large investors, and thus have voting power.....and the other 30-40% are for smaller scale stock holders with no voting power. It is a way to raise money to purchase a team and it legally follows the NFL rules.

If Buffalo were to move I would drop my support. I would still be a football fan.

NFC..... EAST Its basically the Cowboys and eagles for the division when they meet up in week 17. The Giants have an outside shot but it will be difficult. They were swept by the Cowboys and split with Philadelphia. Thus they only could be in a tie with Philadelphia. They need Philadelphia to lose to Dalls to have the same 3-3 record as the Giants. Next tiebreaker is common games which Giants would have the edge because PHL already went 2-0 while the best the Giants could do is 1-1. Thus they need either : 1. win out 2. Dallas beat Philadelphia 3. Dallas lose their other 3 games (CHI, GB, WAS) 4. Philadelphia lose an additional game or 1. win out 2. have Phildelphia and Dallas both finish 1-3 over their final 4 games. The winner of DAL-PHL game will need to lose their other 3 games. NORTH Detroit leads and has swept CHI this season, thus having the tiebreaker edge. Detroit's magic number is 3 for clinching the division....# of wins by detroit or losses by chicago. The season ender of GB at CHI could still be for the division title by having Detroit lose 2 of their next 3 and have CHI and GB win their next 3. SOUTH New Orleans and Carolina still have to play each other twice which could decide the division title. WEST Seattle magic number to clinch the division is 2. It doesnt matter if they win or lose to NO on Monday night. Next week if SEA beats SF they win the division. If San fran loses to SEA next week and AZ wins against STL, then AZ controls their own fate for one of the wild card spots.