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sigh…… for a 53 man roster….. 23 offense — 2 QB, 3 RB, 9 OL, 5 WR, 3 TE , 1 wildcard position. 23 Defense — 8 DL, 1, DE/LB, 4 LB, 9 DBs, 1 wildcard position P K LS 2 ST captains 2 other spots ( 1 is usually a K/P returner) if that ST captain is a FB so be it.

AWS did not program the games. the “national” games are set before the schedule is filled out. Thr “ national” games sre those on nbc, espn, Amazon, 425 feature games, and thanksgiving/ Saturday games, as well as international games. Others are plugged in as blocks like you see weekends you might have 3 games in east/ central/ north at west team set for the same weekend….this isn’t the luck of computing. They have a set of 120 team pairs they can choose from. the computational complexity makes it difficult to run programs to do.

Similar to why MVP=best QB. the fact he almost died and didn’t retire, but return to play, speaks much more than stats.

Again…. buffalo splits WL to get to 10 wins they can’t have 2 other WC teams at 10 wins other than Cleveland snd thrmselbes. the teams that can get to 10 wins by WW are Cincinnati. At KC, CLE Pittsburgh at SEA, at BAL Jacksonville CAR ( without Lawrence Sunday), at TEN houston/ Indy where only 1 can due to thrm playing each other in week 18. This week houston has Ten, indy has raiders both Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have difficult closing schedules to go WW in. If MIA W, then BAL/CLE are battling for div title and these games are at the same time likely on different networks. IF JAX L, then only the div winner could have 10 W

The viewership doesn’t include to Canadian side

As I said before…in other threads…..a W and 2 of the following occur…. 1. CIN L/T 2. PIT L/T 3. Either JAX L OR HOU and IND both L It guaranteed only at most 1 other team can get to 10 wins in a WC spot other than BUF and CLE screw ties…….. these still apply for week 18 if BUF only win one of next 2 games. In week 18 HOU/IND face each other

This was an injury that takes 18+ months for 100% recovery.

That is priority #1 in a choice. HOU/IND if they both W can be for a WC or div title BUFW/MIA L can be for div title but they could be stuck in a WC rematch so neither may be playing their stars.

No….. Bille win Mimi lose is for the division….it likely will be on Saturday night. If on Sunday , one team coukd rest starters if thry know win or lose they play each other again the following week in a 3-6/2-7 game. winner take all games are the candidates. For example…. Rams -49ers. Rams E for WC. 49ers win for bye. if KC lose bnext week and both DEN and Vegas W thrn the den/ vegas win get division if kc lose. Kc/ LA game could be on Sunday night if JAX L, and hours/ Indy win thrn hou/ Indy winner gets division title or go home. pitt/ balt could be a game where pitt must win for WC, they lose another team can get it while balt Ned’s to win for div/ bye There are scenarios where team needs to win for playoffs, lose they are out.

Dallas- miami 9 pm Detroit- minnesota overnight Wed bills-chargers at 3 pm We’d balt-SF 9 pm GB-CAR overnight

I know a dolphin fan who is civil. He married my SIL niece.

Advances in surgery has occurred. Thry used to cut your knee open now they can do it with minor cutting. with television and advancement of college sports you are finding bigger guys and better athletes. Years ago black guys didn’t play…

I expect Epenesa and Hyde will be playing in WC game . I hope Jones returns for WC. Elam activation depends on other injuries.

Moving goal posts here… we are talking of clinching next week. But yes similar logic applies over both weeks. Buffalo W one for 10 wins snd others lose games so they can’t get to 10 wins. right now PIT, CIN, JAX, and HOU/IND can get to 10 wins with one of the latter 2 being division champ. You only want at most of the WC spots that get to 10. Tie/loss by 2 of PIT, CIN, JAX or both HOU/IND L accomplish that after next week. buffalo can get in at 9-8 if it’s just them and KC or LV tied for last spot

We only need JAX and 1 of PIT/CIN loss. It can also be one of PIT/CIN L snd both HOU and IND L JAX L with 8 wins and no matter what hou and Indy does it guarenteed the 2nd place team can’t get 10 wins. If Jags L and HOU and IND win then HOU/IND is for division title and 2nd place is under 10 wins. The idea is only 1 other team can get to 10 wins other than BUF and CLE in WC spots. in AFC west a 2nd place team will not have 10 wins. A 3rd place team in north can get to 10 wins

That penalty isn’t called except end of half.

Did anyone call child protective services?

how do you do the playoffs with a 2 team bye with 7 teams making the playoffs? You can go 8 teams where 4 WCs play then winners play #3 and #4 div then # 2 and #1 have 2 weeks off. Then 18 games snd 2 weeks off. That would 3 weeks pushing Super Bowl to early March. there would be sports push back forcing them to start say in mid august locking the Super Bowl to first Sunday in February. Not just that, it then means adding another week to playoffs having a 4-8 WC weekend, next week winners play 3 and 4, then winners play 1 and 2. Going 18 g + bye adds 3 more weeks to season.

FYI—- the current schedule formula goes through 2025. 2002-2009, 2010-2017, 2018-2025. starting in 2026 they could change team pairings. Right now BUF-MIA are a pair that decides who they play at home and road in divisions. These could get reshuffled. they could shuffle the home-road rotation formula for placement games ————————————————————————- In 2025 the 17 th game AFC-NFC placement game will be AFC at NFC for 2024 and 2025. It’s to balance out home-road over 8 year cycles. ———————————————————————- For 2024….placement games 2nd place — DEN/LV, at CLE/BAL, at GB/MIN 1st place — KC , BAL/CLE, at DET

My Briquettes were getting warm.

If Miami L next week and bills W….…Bills win the game for division and KC doesn’t L then BUF is #3 and MIA could be #6 ( lose ties with browns). IF MIA W next week, but L to BUF…MIA could be #2 and if , KC lose 1, Bills L to NE then they could be #7 in WC. IF BUF WW, and KC W out, BAL W week 18 for bye, then MIA is seed #3 and BUF by WW could be #6 if CLE WW IF MIA L and Bills L…MIA gets division…then you have scenarios where BUF must W bringing A game, around mia being 2/3 and BUF bring 6/7 causing a rematch. Next year in 2nd place BUF host DEN/LV, at CLE/BAL, at MIN/GB ( there is a scenario where CHI in 2nd but that involves a T of GB/MIN next week) win div its KC ( magic number is 1 for clinch division) , at CLE/BAL, at DET

Want chiefs to lose to be able to get the #2 seed if they win the division.

If JAX L then only 2 of 3 needed. A JAX loss means the 2nd place south team will be under 10 wins. Thus only need one other possible 10 win team.

If BUF wins next week they have 10 wins. To clinch they need a scenario where only one other team can get to 10 wins in a WC spot other than them, and Cleveland. PIT CIN, HOU, IND, JAX, and DEN all have 7 loses as of Sunday evening before NE/DEN finishes. IND/HOU play each other so only 1 can get to 10 W they could mean DIV W if JAX L next week and both W. To get in with a W next week they need 1. L by PIT, CIN, DEN — all 3 would have 8 loses and only one of IND/HOU can get to 10 in 2nd place. WCs would be BUF/ MIA, CLE/BAL, and another team Or 2. L by 2 of CIN/DEN/PIT and JAX L — JAX L then if both HOU and IND W then week 18 becomes a div winner game. 2nd place will be under 10 wins. IND beat HOU earlier in the season.JAX swept IND and split HOU. 3. IF 2 of 3 south teams lose, then 2nd place can’t get to 10 wins. BUF still needs L by 3 of PIT, CIN, DEN. The same logic applies to week 18 f BUF L where they W and these L occur assuring that others can’t get yo 10 wins. On other races… MIA W next week they clinch division and control the #1 seed. the only way KC does not win the division is by losing tomorrow and against the chargers and denver wins their 2 div games left against chargers and vegas giving den better div record if tied. on NFC with DAL L, if PHL goes 2-1 and DAL is 2-0 thus tied then DAL has tiebreaker edge. CHI can get in by WW GB-MIN T, MIN L week 18, and other divisions 2nd place teams are 8-9 snd ten get in as 6th seed by better conf record then another 8-9 in. If GB-MIN doesn’t tie then they need MIN WW and be seed 6 then they get 7 seed. They L tiebreaker to min and go at 8-9 for 2nd place by common game record. with many other tiebreaks it comes to H2H between GB, MIN, NO, ATL, SEA, LAR or conf record in 3 team ties. Rams sweep SEA Rams beat saints green bay beat rams saints loss GB, min, tb and atl , rams. Beat chi atl beat no tb , split tb tb beat min, gb, no, chi, min beat gb, atl, no, split chi gb beat no, rams, chi, lost go to, min, atl , tb chi split min, lost to gb

On the prior series they should have let Tyrek score. Then they’d have around 3 min snd time outs to tie or win.