# 2013 NFL Week 17 (Final Week of Regular Season) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 29, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420 "2013-12-29T18:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/1 "2013-12-29T18:34:04Z")
Didn’t see a thread, so here we go. I’m in the distasteful position of rooting for the Dirty Birds of Atlanta this week. Need them to beat Carolina, and a Saints win for a home playoff game… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/2 "2013-12-29T18:53:20Z")
I’m hoping that the Ravens can beat the Bengals to make the playoffs, but to be honest, i don’t think Baltimore deserves to be there. The offense is woeful, and they’re currently down 7-6 despite the fact that Dalton threw two of his first three completions to Ravens players. I’m rooting for Miami over the Jets, because if the Ravens lose, a Miami win keeps both Pittsburgh and San Diego out of the playoffs, and that would be great. ---
**Author:** ![Steely\_Dan\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Steely\_Dan\_Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steely_Dan_Fan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/3 "2013-12-29T19:11:43Z")
My beloved Colts are rolling so far against Jacksonville. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/4 "2013-12-29T19:40:50Z")
17-6 Bengals. Time to step on the gas and put them away in the second half. Turn Flacco into Sacco of jello. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/5 "2013-12-29T19:47:40Z")
Panthers started badly but took the lead into the half. Go Panthers! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/6 "2013-12-29T19:48:39Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > 17-6 Bengals. Time to step on the gas and put them away in the second half. Turn Flacco into Sacco of jello. Dalton is trying his damnedest to give the Ravens the game, but they just won’t take it. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/7 "2013-12-29T20:12:02Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Dalton is trying his damnedest to give the Ravens the game, but they just won’t take it. Yeah, but now it’s tied. I can’t believe how many times the Bengals have been gifting the Ravens chances. That 10 yard punt was breathtakingly bad. The Bengals depth is really being tested along the oline and at TE. We don’t have any TE’s now. They are all hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/8 "2013-12-29T20:20:37Z")
Release the Kraken. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/9 "2013-12-29T20:28:14Z")
Release Giovanni Bernard! Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/10 "2013-12-29T20:51:44Z")
The Panthers just sacked Matt Ryan for the **9th** time today. Still, they only lead by 1. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/11 "2013-12-29T21:03:26Z")
It’s all over in Cincinnati, pretty much, and in Miami. At the moment, it’s the Steelers as the last AFC Wild Card, but if the Chargers can beat the dramatically understrength Chiefs today, they will take the last spot. To be honest, i don’t think any of the 8-8 teams competing for the last spot are worth a playoff place. If i ran the NFL, i would institute a rule whereby no 8-8 team could make the playoffs. Of course, i’m not sure how that would work in practice, because it would leave you with 5 teams instead of 6. Anyway, i’m going for the lesser of two evils and rooting for the Chargers this afternoon. Keeping the Steelers out is now the number one priority. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/12 "2013-12-29T21:07:41Z")
Ugh. Dirty Birds came up short. Now my Saints are looking at the 6th seed with a win, or being done with a loss, I think. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/13 "2013-12-29T21:09:05Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Ugh. Dirty Birds came up short. Now my Saints are looking at the 6th seed with a win, or being done with a loss, I think. I think we can still get the 5th seed, depending on how the SF-ARI game goes. ---
**Author:** ![Steely\_Dan\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Steely\_Dan\_Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steely_Dan_Fan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/14 "2013-12-29T21:13:51Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > It’s all over in Cincinnati, pretty much, and in Miami. > > At the moment, it’s the Steelers as the last AFC Wild Card, but if the Chargers can beat the dramatically understrength Chiefs today, they will take the last spot. > > To be honest, i don’t think any of the 8-8 teams competing for the last spot are worth a playoff place. If i ran the NFL, i would institute a rule whereby no 8-8 team could make the playoffs. Of course, i’m not sure how that would work in practice, because it would leave you with 5 teams instead of 6. Number 3 seed gets a bye. Or even number 4 seed. Or there’s no number 4, number 1 gets a bye to conference championship, and 2 & 3 get a week off. Or there’s no number 3, and 1 & 2 get two weeks off and go directly to conference championship (maybe even ask them which weeks they’d rather have off). Or there’s no number 2 and #1 goes direct to Super Bowl. Or there’s no #1 because everyone went 8-8 and the other conference champion is automatically league champion. Or there’s no champion, because the entire league went 8-8. Or the NFL would never go for any of this, because playoff games bring in multiple shit-tons of money. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/15 "2013-12-29T21:23:02Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Keeping the Steelers out is now the number one priority. Hell yes. I am now the world’s biggest Bills and Chargers fan! It would be so super sweet if NE loses to the Bills so the Bengals secure the #2 seed. It’s been so long since the Bengals won a playoff game, and with the way the ball has been bouncing, this feels like the year where they finally get off the schneid and win one. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/16 "2013-12-29T21:27:54Z")
All the teams I care about have clinched playoff spots, so my main interest today is whether Manning breaks the season yardage record. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/17 "2013-12-29T21:46:38Z")
We want Flynn!! We want Flynn!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/18 "2013-12-29T22:08:08Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > We want Flynn!! We want Flynn!!! > > 🙂 Admit it: you want Giovanni Bernard. It’s okay. Everyone whiffs on a prediction from time to time. You can do eet! ALL…NIGHT…LONG! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/19 "2013-12-29T22:15:39Z")
Packers get 2 ridiculous calls so far. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-nfl-week-17-final-week-of-regular-season/677420/20 "2013-12-29T22:34:30Z")
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