[NFL] Footbaaaawl.
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I can't believe that no one besides Ware showed up to play for the Cowboys last night.
Please don't f*ck up a good season Texans...
I do feel pretty confident that the Texans will make the playoffs this year. especially since we are winning with out our two best players.
I do feel pretty confident that the Texans will make the playoffs this year. especially since we are winning with out our two best players.
Oh yeah, I'll be at the Falcons/Texans game... And I'll not be the designated driver!
No, they won't. In fact, I'll go so far as to say they won't make the Super Bowl. I'd love for them to, but they've been awful lucky this season so far, and teams only get hungrier during the play offs.
The team with the best record almost never makes it to the Superbowl. Even when they do, they usually lose. I don't know why but it always works out that way.
BananaHands
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YEAH BEARS
One of the analysts on ESPN basically predicted that Philly's out of playoffs already. He made a compelling argument. Any team wanting to win the NFC East would probably need 11 wins. The Eagles are 3-5 with 8 games left to play, so they would probably have to win every game from here on out to have a chance. They aren't mathematically eliminated by any means, but it's hard to see them in the playoffs.
Thoughts? Would that be karma for all the preseason hype?
Thoughts? Would that be karma for all the preseason hype?
Dave
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There are 8 games left in the season. Right now they are 3-5, but 3 of the remaining games are against Division rivals. The Nov. 20 game against the Giants is one that is a must win, as is the December 24 game against the Cowboys, even though by the Cowboys game we'll probably already have a good idea of how they have to do or if it's a moot point.
In a better position are the Cowboys, who play 4 of their last 8 games against Division rivals, including 2 against the Giants. At 4-4, beating the Giants twice would even the Division for them. In addition, the Cowboys last games are against decidedly poor opponents (going by records only, of course).
In the last 8 games, the Cowboys only play 3 games against teams with a winning record - and two of those are the Giants. The other is Buffalo and it's in Dallas.
Home games:
Buffalo - 5-3
Miami - 1-7
Giants - 6-2
Philly - 3-5
Away Games
Washington - 3-5
Arizona - 2-6
Tampa Bay - 4-4
Giants - 6-2
So I see the next 8 games going about 6-2, which would put them at 10-6 for a good shot at at least a wild card.
In a better position are the Cowboys, who play 4 of their last 8 games against Division rivals, including 2 against the Giants. At 4-4, beating the Giants twice would even the Division for them. In addition, the Cowboys last games are against decidedly poor opponents (going by records only, of course).
In the last 8 games, the Cowboys only play 3 games against teams with a winning record - and two of those are the Giants. The other is Buffalo and it's in Dallas.
Home games:
Buffalo - 5-3
Miami - 1-7
Giants - 6-2
Philly - 3-5
Away Games
Washington - 3-5
Arizona - 2-6
Tampa Bay - 4-4
Giants - 6-2
So I see the next 8 games going about 6-2, which would put them at 10-6 for a good shot at at least a wild card.
The Giants' schedule is rough in the last 8, so the NFC East winner may just finish 10-6.
I'm pretty excited about the Bears now, who after this week (at which point they'll have played the toughest schedule in the NFL), they don't play a single game against a team with a winning record except GB week 16, who will likely have clinched everything by then.
I'm pretty excited about the Bears now, who after this week (at which point they'll have played the toughest schedule in the NFL), they don't play a single game against a team with a winning record except GB week 16, who will likely have clinched everything by then.
Shannow
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The giants have pretty much an insane schedule for the rest of the year. Going to be rough watching them take a beating from all these teams. They will HAVE to win out their division games to hold on to the division, what with SF, N.O and Green Bay still on the schedule coming up. God, I hope I do not finish out the season wanting to kill something again.
Yeah, then it is going to get easy for them.
I look at the 49ers remaining schedule, I see them finishing no worse than 11-5. I think 12-4 is more realistic. I see tough games against the Giants, Ravens, and Steelers, which may mean three losses right there. I figure there may be a fluke loss to one of the teams in the NFC West as well.
I think the Packers will finish something like 14-2, and that's with one fluke loss and a loss in the last week when all their starters rest.
I think the Packers will finish something like 14-2, and that's with one fluke loss and a loss in the last week when all their starters rest.
Yup. The Journal Sentinel hasn't been all that kind to the Packer defense, and it is easy to see how they would have lost the last game if the Chargers hadn't lost it for them.
BananaHands
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It is a good football weekend...
All my teams have won.
All my teams have won.
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