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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.

Actually there are exceptions to the rule. You have to go through stadium management as pre-arranged. such as someone forgetting some sort of medication in their car.

Pylons do not operate like the foul pole in baseball. the pylons are there more as a visual aid for officials to see if the player is in the endzone. the line continuous to the out of bounds area.

playoffs as a whole..... IND magic number is 1 to clinch division---either then winning or TEN losing. CIN magic number for clinching the division is 3---either them winning, or both BAL& PIT losing (consider a loss by one of them a 1/2 pt) DEN has the tiebreaker on KC so effectively 2 games ahead of KC. NE has a magic number of 2 to clinch division. DEN magic number is 1 to clinch a WC spot. KC magic number for clinching a WC is 2 between them winning and MIA and BAL losing As of now BAL has the edge in the WC because of H2H win against MIA. But if they end up tied at 9-7 and both go 3-1 and one of the 5-7 teams finish 4-0 to finish 9-7 then MIA likely would have the edge in conference record for tiebreakers for the final WC spot

Buffalo had it for the taking buf they couldnt hold on to the ball....... They are mathematically still alive....but its still the same as it was last week 1. Buffalo needs to win out 2. Jets lose one 3. dolphins lose 2 (1 would be to BUF) 4. Ravens lose 2 5. Tennessee lose 2 6. San Diego lose 2 7. Pittsburgh lose 2 8. Cleveland lose 1 9. Oakland lose 1 Buffalo is in 2nd place at 8-8 and only tied with Baltimore and everyone else is 7-9 or worse. There is a scenario where BUF could edge SD at 8-8 in a tiebreaker.

George Wilson just dropped a gimmie INT in his chest.....

Actually it isnt...... What I am looking for is Buffalo to have control of their fate going into week 16. Buffalo goes 3-0...beating ATL, tb, jax. seems reasonable Jets need to lose one game, preferably against MIA (either this week, or week 17 works) 1. PIT need to lose 1...they play at GB with a healthy Aaron rodgers they arent beating the Packers with him playing. 2. CLE needs to lose 1...this week probably not--but next week at NE. 3. SD need to lose two...hosting CIN, Giants, Oakland, and KC and at Denver (week 15) seems difficult for them to go 4-1. 4. TEN needs to lose 2...at Indy and at Den, followed by hosting Arizona...they can easily lose 2. 5. Balt needs to lose one w/ 3 of final 4 on the road. very doable. In the next 3 weeks all of #1-5 happening are very reasonable.

There is an entire thread on playoff possibilities---read it.

He did this intentionally---and he did it in a way so he didnt actually interfere ---had he a TD would have been awarded and he ejected and suspended by the league. He instead pushes the limit and enough to slightly distract the player thus having him change is running route into the persuer and slowing him down slightly in the need to turn.

Must root for the Dolphins.... why... If the Jets were to go 4-1......they have MIA OAK car CLE mia lose one to MIA---BUF has edge based on division record of 4-2 vs 3-3 of Jets lose to CLE ---BUF wins by better conference record. Jets go 4-0 against NFC vs Buffalo 3-1 lose to OAK-- JETS win by better common game. Jets go 0-2 against noncommon vs BUF go 1-1 thus Jets have better common of 9-5 vs 8-6 lose to CAR--- complicated---same common, same conference record, its decided by strength of schedule and strength of victory. Dolphins beat Jets...Buffalo wins out they are CERTAIN of 2nd place (better division record with Jets, season sweep of Dolphins) Then from there it can be a wild card based on other teams and divisions. The Jets are assured of being at best 3-3 in the conference while if Buffalo wins out they are 4-2--thus have the second tie breaker. Buffalo needs the Jets to lose one and it be the the dolphins. In order to earn a wild card Buffalo MUST finish in 2nd place as a first step. How does Buffalo fare outside the division.... BUF over Balt due to H2H win BUF lose to CIN, CLE, and PIT due to H2H loss BUF lose to TEN because of conference record at 9-7 BUF vs SD---its complicated--it depends on who SD loses to and end up 9-7. SD schedule is CIN, NYG,den, OAK, KC. Say SD goes 4-1... lose to Giants---SD has edge based on conference record. lose to OAK or DEN---common games to SD lose to KC or CIN---common games are same---strength of schedule, and then strength of victory. To close to call now. its easier to hope SD lose 2. so the ideal situation is BUF and BAL are tied at 9-7 with everyone else at 8-8 or worse. In summary for a wild card.... 1. BUF win out 2. Jets lose to MIA 3. have SD lose 2--they have a hard schedule playing all division opponets and CIN and NYG 4. have TEN lose 2---their next 3 games are tough @IND @DEN, AZ (hope they lose 2 of these--there final two are JAX and HOU) 5. have PIT lose 1---3 of last 4 at home against MIA, CLE, and CIN with road game at GB w/ rodgers likely playing in week 16. 6. have CLE lose 1 (*)--at NE in a few weeks 7. have BAL lose 1 (**) (*)--there are some scenarios where CLE could win out but not pass baltimore at 9-7 thus not factor in. Even if Baltimore wins out it may not matter only if... NE loses to either @HOU or CLE AND @ MIA...... then NE would be going into week 16 at 9-5 in week 16 its .. NE @ BAL MIA @ BUF If BAL beats NE and BUF wins then BUF @ NE turns into a winner take all for the division. They need NE to lose at MIA so then BUF would have the division edge of 4-2 vs 3-3. IF NE were to lose both HOU and CLE but beating MIA then it get complicated because NE and BUF would have split H2H, same division record, same common game record, same conference record, then it would come down to: strength of schedule, and then strength of victory. Strength of schedule is simplified to the noncommon games as the combined win total of: BUF: KC + JAX NE: DEN + HOU this will be close. strength of victory would come down to the combined win total of: BUF: NE, NYJ, MIA, MIA, BAL, CAR, TB, ATL, JAX NE: BUF, NYJ, MIA, IA, PIT, NO, TB, ATL, DEN simplifies to: BUF: BAL + CAR + JAX NE: PIT + NO + DEN i see NE having the edge here.

Must root for the Dolphins.... see below

I recall reading something when it first came out they would profit more than double what Ralph would bring on a per game rate. also by Buffalo establishing there, they can protect it if expansion or relocation was to happen and they put a team in Toronto. this is something San Diego is trying to do to LA in order to get some money should a team relocate there.