/dev/null Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-playoff-schedule-2019-dates-times-and-tv-for-every-round-of-the-afc-and-nfc-postseason/ Wild Card Weekend Saturday, January 5 No. 6 Indianapolis/Tennessee/Pittsburgh at No. 3 Houston, 4:35 p.m. ET (ESPN/ABC) No. 5 Seattle at No. 4 Dallas, 8:15 p.m. ET (Fox) Sunday, January 6 No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers at No. 4 Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS) No. 6 Philadelphia at No. 3 Chicago, 4:40 p.m. ET (NBC) Divisional Round Saturday, January 12 Sixth-seed/L.A. Chargers/Baltimore at No. 1 Kansas City, 4:35 p.m. ET (NBC) Seattle/Dallas/Chicago at No. 2 Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m. ET (Fox) Sunday, January 13 L.A. Chargers/Baltimore/Houston at No. 2 New England, 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS) Philadelphia/Seattle/Dallas at No. 1 New Orleans, 4:40 p.m. ET (Fox) Championship Sunday Sunday, January 20 NFC Championship, 3:05 p.m. ET (Fox) AFC Championship, 6:40 p.m. ET (CBS) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphWilson'sNewWar Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Chargers hosed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyteDwarf Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said: Chargers hosed! Gotta win your division... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyWhiteShows Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 San Diego over Baltimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said: Chargers hosed! Yes, it’s a terrible system that has greatly benefitted NewEngland* over the years. The East has been a joke with no other good QBs to compete against ,providing an easy path to a bye. Hopefully the Pats will get knocked out of it and football fans everywhere can rejoice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Boatdrinks said: Yes, it’s a terrible system that has greatly benefitted NewEngland* over the years. The East has been a joke with no other good QBs to compete against ,providing an easy path to a bye. Hopefully the Pats will get knocked out of it and football fans everywhere can rejoice! Two ways to look at it: 1) You have a set of rules, set before a season begins, about playoff eligibility and seeding agreed to by all teams. The rules on occasion result in a perceived inequity with an 8-8 getting in while an 11-5 doesn’t. But teams sometimes play only hard enough to win their division, or coast once they are in. Fortunately this happens rarely. That’s life in all areas, if the inequity becomes too pervasive then you hopefully have a mechanism to peacefully alter the rules, and quite often an organization benefits from such amendments. Other unfair rules, raised after the fact, include the Electoral College, or the process of negotiating your salary and deadwood or incompetent people making more than good workers. 2) WHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Edited December 31, 2018 by row_33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphWilson'sNewWar Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 9 hours ago, WhyteDwarf said: Gotta win your division... I get that their failure to win the division should put them on the road. BUT Chargers/Ravens should be the Saturday Night Game at 8 p.m. That way it will feel at least like 5 p.m. for Chargers players. With it being at 1 p.m. that’s like playing at 10 a.m. for them. Although it hasn’t slowed Chargers down the last few times they have visited Buffalo. but for a playoff game I woudl think it should be more balanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo03 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 9 hours ago, WhyteDwarf said: Gotta win your division... This is bull. The Chargers have a better record than the Ravens. Is it their fault that they are in the same division with the Chiefs? They would have won any of the other 3 divisions. The Ravens won their division at 10-6 which is obviously weaker. Division winners should be guaranteed a playoff spot but seeding should still go by record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyteDwarf Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Buffalo03 said: This is bull. The Chargers have a better record than the Ravens. Is it their fault that they are in the same division with the Chiefs? They would have won any of the other 3 divisions. The Ravens won their division at 10-6 which is obviously weaker. Division winners should be guaranteed a playoff spot but seeding should still go by record Nah, this is the same old whinnage from years back. Win your division, bottom line. The format in the NFL has been like this for a long time. Only time it really sucks is when teams go to the playoff's with a 7-9 record lol@seattleiirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninChicago Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 21 hours ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said: Chargers hosed! The system did work in the Chargers favor though back in 2008 when they went 8-8 and were the 4th seed and the Patriots went 11-5 and missed the playoffs. Because it was the Pats I never complained about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo03 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 51 minutes ago, WhyteDwarf said: Nah, this is the same old whinnage from years back. Win your division, bottom line. The format in the NFL has been like this for a long time. Only time it really sucks is when teams go to the playoff's with a 7-9 record lol@seattleiirc. But that's my point, why should a 12-4 team that just happened to play in a much better division have to travel to play an 8-8 or 7-9 team that won a crappy division? It's not right and needs to be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 20 hours ago, BillyWhiteShows said: San Diego over Baltimore Good luck Anthony Lynn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from_dunkirk Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, WhyteDwarf said: Nah, this is the same old whinnage from years back. Win your division, bottom line. The format in the NFL has been like this for a long time. Only time it really sucks is when teams go to the playoff's with a 7-9 record lol@seattleiirc. The NBA changed to seed by record a few years ago when Dallas did not get the 2 seed in the conference. 1 hour ago, WhyteDwarf said: Nah, this is the same old whinnage from years back. Win your division, bottom line. The format in the NFL has been like this for a long time. Only time it really sucks is when teams go to the playoff's with a 7-9 record lol@seattleiirc. How is that bad? That was in 2010 when the Seahawks won their division at 7-9, but went on to beat New Orelans in the famous Beast Quake game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aakj14HPpE Edited January 1, 2019 by from_dunkirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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