# NFL 2022: Week Seventeen Seconds **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [December 28, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243 "2022-12-28T23:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/41 "2023-01-02T04:17:27Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > And, yes, if the Packers and Seahawks both finish 9-8, Packers will win the tiebreaker, as @kenobi_65 noted, by virtue of a better conference (NFC) record. They will have the same divisional record and they will have split the season series. This paragraph confuses me. The Seahawks and Packers did not split a season series. Found the wording of the rule I struggled to describe: > [@](#): > > Three or More Clubs > > 1. Apply division tiebreaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2. So the Seahawks beat the Lions straight up, which is why they’re ranked 7th right now ahead of the Lions. The Packers don’t enter into it, because step 1 quoted above applied division tiebreakers to boot them out of the conversation before the Seahawks even get involved. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/42 "2023-01-02T04:17:42Z")
Steelers win a good game against Ravens Pittsburgh has gone from 2-6 to 8-8 and have a shot at the postseason although they have to win next week,and some other stuff. ---
**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 2, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/43 "2023-01-02T13:47:26Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > This paragraph confuses me. The Seahawks and Packers did not split a season series. Yes, I totally screwed up that explanation. I should have written: if the Packers and Seahawks both finish 9-8, Packers will win the tiebreaker, by virtue of a better conference (NFC) record. And left it at that. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/44 "2023-01-02T17:06:47Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The announcer on Red Zone just stated that if the Packers win, both the Saints and Commanders are eliminated. If only Ron Rivera had known that. 🙄 I honestly don’t understand how the Commanders could lose on the day they introduced Major Tuddy: [![](https://www.crossingbroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/major-tuddy.jpg) ](https://www.crossingbroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/major-tuddy.jpg) The Washington Commanders: facing the challenge to lower expectations each and every week. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/45 "2023-01-03T02:04:00Z")
I’m feeling very creepy about the outcome of that injury we just saw on MNF. I don’t want to say out loud what I think is going on, but I think a lot of us are thinking it right now. Damn it. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/46 "2023-01-03T02:05:57Z")
Administering CPR apparently ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/47 "2023-01-03T02:07:00Z")
Yeah, I just heard that too. I repeat. Damn it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/48 "2023-01-03T02:08:11Z")
He looked like he took a head/neck injury, “got his bell rung”, then stood up, fell back down… CPR on the field? Has that happened before? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/49 "2023-01-03T02:09:42Z")
Scary stuff. For those who didn’t see, Hamlin made a big hit on the runner, stood up after the play ended, then two seconds later just collapsed on his back. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/50 "2023-01-03T02:11:46Z")
He wasn’t moving at all after he collapsed. Not sure how you continue this game. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/51 "2023-01-03T02:13:11Z")
It looked like a hard hit right under the chin while Hamlin was making the tackle, but no worse than a lot of hits you see every weekend. He got up, shook his head, and went down backwards, hard. CPR for an extended period of time? That sounds pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/52 "2023-01-03T02:14:36Z")
Yes I can’t see how they will all get back in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/53 "2023-01-03T02:15:43Z")
True. I don’t really feel like watching it anymore. I was thinking the way he went down reminded me of Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer. One second he was fine and then he just flopped on his back and he was gone. Heart problem. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/54 "2023-01-03T02:16:28Z")
They are giving the teams 5 minutes to “warm up” and get their heads together after a 20 minute pause. If it wasn’t the most consequential game of the week, they’d probably have postponed it. I think they might anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/55 "2023-01-03T02:16:47Z")
Are there rules for both teams agreeing to take it up another time. I get there are a lot of practicalities to rescheduling. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/56 "2023-01-03T02:16:47Z")
I hope they do. This sucks. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/57 "2023-01-03T02:18:42Z")
And now they are suspending the game and heading to the locker room. It sounds like they might continue tonight if the players want to, but I can’t imagine that happening. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/58 "2023-01-03T02:20:40Z")
I guess they could resume the game if word comes that Hamlin is OK. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/59 "2023-01-03T02:21:54Z")
The broadcasters are so rattled, trying very hard not to state the obvious. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seventeen-seconds/977243/60 "2023-01-03T02:25:46Z")
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