# NFL 2022: Week Eighteen Wheeler **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 5, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724 "2023-01-05T15:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/61 "2023-01-08T22:07:28Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > …the Bears don’t necessarily need a quarterback at present. When do the Bears _not_ need a quarterback? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/62 "2023-01-08T22:21:47Z")
When teams do those choreographed, group photo ops in the end zone after a big play, have any of them done _The Last Supper_, yet? Would that be a penalty for too many men on the field? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/63 "2023-01-08T22:36:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > When do the Bears _not_ need a quarterback? Maybe since Sid Luckman? 🙂 That said, Bears management has been very much (at least publicly) behind Fields as their QB. OTOH, while he’s been very dangerous running the ball, he hasn’t been particularly effective as a passer. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/64 "2023-01-08T23:54:24Z")
Here’s me from the NFL Pre-season thread: > [@NFL Preseason 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-preseason-2022/969388/101): > > Well, I’ve watched the highlights of the three Patriots pre-season games, and based on that completely insufficient amount of evidence, my prediction is for a spectacularly mediocre season from the Pats. I’ll forecast a final regular season of 8-9, no playoffs (at best). Good news: I was right! Bad news: I was right! 😉 ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/65 "2023-01-08T23:55:51Z")
Howell has been pretty good for the Commanders today. Webb for the Giants? Not awful, but probably not a roster stick. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/66 "2023-01-09T00:18:36Z")
Upright blocks the Seahawks field goal at the end of regulation. Needs to go to OT. ETA: 'Hawks get the ball first. Go Geno! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/67 "2023-01-09T00:21:33Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Upright blocks the Seahawks field goal at the end of regulation. Needs to go to OT. I don’t blame Myers, it was almost blocked. And he still got it very close. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/68 "2023-01-09T00:26:40Z")
And the Hawks get the pick. Seahawks defense has been the MVP of this game since the second play. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/69 "2023-01-09T00:36:38Z")
Off that pick they drive down and make a short FG, this one down the middle. Seattle wins and suddenly every Hawks fan is also a Lions fan for the evening, ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/70 "2023-01-09T00:48:03Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > A couple of those spreads surprise me. I’d be willing to bet the Cowboys will beat Washington worse than the Eagles beat the Giants. I’ve never been so happy to be so wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/71 "2023-01-09T00:48:51Z")
I’m annoyed. Colts lose and Broncos win, meaning that at the last moment Seattle loses its 3rd spot in the draft, and have the 4th pick. Rats! 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/72 "2023-01-09T00:51:08Z")
Lost in the shuffle was the fact that Miami scored a safety on the last play of the game when the Jets were desperately tossing laterals until the ball finally dribbled out of their own end zone. That made the final score 11-6, which I was certain was a [scoragami](https://nflscorigami.com/). But, alas, that score actually happened once before. It was in the [NFC Championship game](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200001230ram.htm) on 1/23/2000, when the St. Louis Rams defeated Tampa Bay 11-6. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/73 "2023-01-09T01:06:45Z")
The Cowboys decided to treat this as a preseason game, apparently. If they lay an egg like this next week in Tampa, Mike McCarthy may need to update his resume. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/74 "2023-01-09T01:10:15Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > But, alas, that score actually happened once before. So, is that considered an anti-scorigami; a score that was unique, and now is not? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/75 "2023-01-09T01:15:40Z")
First place NFC!!! Whoooooo! 🦅 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/76 "2023-01-09T01:35:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > So, is that considered an anti-scorigami; a score that was unique, and now is not? I don’t know the answer to that question. A scorigami can only occur once. Once it happens, that particular score can never again be a scorigami. So perhaps when it happens for the second time, it is indeed an anti-scorigami. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/77 "2023-01-09T01:44:11Z")
The Bills finished the season winning their last 8 games, while the Bengals won their last 7. (Obviously, one or both of those streaks would have ended had they been able to complete their game last week.) The Jags and Chiefs both won their last 5 games. So all the AFC division winners come into the playoffs on hot streaks. NFL channel showed an interesting stat about the Dolphins this year. They won their first 3, then lost their next 3. They won their next 5, then lost their next 5. And then won their last game to sneak into the playoffs. The Titans were at one point 7-3 and had the best record in the conference. They then lost their last 7 games. The Colts also lost their last 7 games, while the Jets lost their last 6. The Niners are the hottest team in the NFL, having won their last 10 games. The Bears lost their last 10 games and earned the top pick in the draft. If the Packers win tonight, they will finish on a 5-game winning streak and make the playoffs. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/78 "2023-01-09T03:22:41Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > A scorigami can only occur once. Once it happens, that particular score can never again be a scorigami. So perhaps when it happens for the second time, it is indeed an anti-scorigami. What, exactly, is the definition of “scorigami”? Is it a score which has only occurred once in the NFL, or is it the act of finishing a game with a score that has never happened before? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/79 "2023-01-09T03:29:44Z")
> **[Scorigami](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorigami)** > > In sports, a scorigami (a portmanteau of score and origami) is a scoring combination that has never happened before in a sport or league's history. The term was originated by sportswriter Jon Bois for National Football League scores and is primarily used in this context. > The term was coined by SB Nation sportswriter Jon Bois in 2016 and most commonly refers to scores in American football, particularly in the National Football League (NFL). Bois charted all of the unique scores in professional f... ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-eighteen-wheeler/977724/80 "2023-01-09T03:37:53Z")
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