Such a good bye week for the Cowboys.
The other 3 NFC East teams lost today.
Wow, the Seahawks this season.
They out gained the Chiefs today in total yards and even time of possession, but in the end the Chiefs came out on top.
Wow, the Seahawks this season.
They out gained the Chiefs today in total yards and even time of possession, but in the end the Chiefs came out on top.
What about Jonas Gray last night? I'm writing it off as a fluke until I see some more games with this guy but I was absolutely shocked at his performance. This weekend was for the running backs (side-reference to the almighty Melvin Gordon).
The Jets say hi.
That's the genius of Belichick. If you follow his scheme as close to the letter as the universe will allow, chances are you'll see results.
With the Patriots beating the Colts and the Broncos somehow losing to St. Louis, people are already saying the road to the Super Bowl runs through Foxboro. Guess what: It doesn't. We hold tiebreakers over both Denver and Indy at this point. Two problems here: The Broncos are tied for first with the Chiefs, and the Chiefs hold the tiebreaker over us. Add to that, the Chiefs have a gimme game against Oakland Thursday, and the Broncos are at home against Miami Sunday, and you can't even begin to tell me Peyton Manning doesn't want blood after a seven-point debacle like that! So basically, Denver has to beat Kansas City in two weeks, and until then, the Patriots' next two games are must-win, because while winning the Championship at Arrowhead would make an awesome narrative, I do NOT want it to come to that. Not against a team that's blown us out at home before.
See, if the Chiefs had lost that game against Seattle, then the Patriots could slip up once and be fine. That was breathing room we desperately needed to get us through these next few games, and unless Oakland pulls something out of its ***, we don't have that kind of breathing room. Either way, it's not home-field that scares me so much as the prospect of playing one more game at Arrowhead. Last night's win proves we can win big games on the road, but I am not gonna bet against Aaron Rodgers after how many 50-point games?
EDIT: I don't follow college football. How does their new playoff system work?
A PANEL of ANALYSTS?! Why isn't it based on records?!
And this panel of analysts is somehow qualified to consider all that? How many people are on the panel anyway?
On the subject of playoff formats, if the NFL postseason is decided by division winners and two wild-cards, they at least need to seed the six teams in each conference based on overall record instead of dividing the teams into division winners and wild-cards. With the NFC South performing the way it has been, no one from that division deserves the opportunity to host a game (as I understand it, the Falcons would currently be the No. 4 seed based purely on being a division winner, with the right to host the No. 5 seed).
And this panel of analysts is somehow qualified to consider all that? How many people are on the panel anyway?
On the subject of playoff formats, if the NFL postseason is decided by division winners and two wild-cards, they at least need to seed the six teams in each conference based on overall record instead of dividing the teams into division winners and wild-cards. With the NFC South performing the way it has been, no one from that division deserves the opportunity to host a game (as I understand it, the Falcons would currently be the No. 4 seed based purely on being a division winner, with the right to host the No. 5 seed).
So if Michigan wins tomorrow against Maryland, it becomes bowl eligible. Sad how a team that should be challenging for the B10 title hasn't yet clinched bowl eligibility. Honestly, I don't even think the team should play in a bowl game if it goes 6-6 and wins against Maryland but loses to Ohio State.
Then again, that's my gripe with 6-6 and 7-5 teams making bowl games. More so with 6-6 teams. Seems like you should have more than a 50% win rate to move onto a postseason game, but then again, all these bowls are money-making machines.