wow if the eagles or jets make it I will actually watch an non raiders super bowl
Are we to have a Chiefs Eagles superbowl?
That seems likely, and I’d be okay with that.
We definitely aren’t seeing the Rams in there.
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers left last night’s game against the Eagles late in the third quarter, with what was initially described as an oblique injury, but now appears to be a rib injury. X-rays which were conducted last night were inconclusive, but there were apparently concerns that he might have suffered a punctured lung, and he was in considerable pain. It’s not yet clear if he will be missing any time – the Packers play the Bears this Sunday, then finally get their bye week afterwards.
Jordan Love played the fourth quarter for the Packers at QB, and was reasonably effective, leading the Packers to a touchdown and a field goal. But the defense didn’t play well (they gave up 363 yards rushing), and they are now 4-8.
The Eagles certainly look like the dominant team in the NFC.
Speaking as a Chiefs fan, after yesterday’s uninspired effort against the Rams, I think it’s unlikely that KC will be in the Super Bowl this year. I still believe that Buffalo is the best team in the AFC, but Miami is a strong contender as well.
My biggest question after watching this week’s highlights is:
Who the fuck in the Jags front office thought this mascot outfit was a good idea?
I think it does a fantastic job of representing Jacksonville.
You got me there 
And have Andy Reid screw up clock management for both teams?
If the playoffs started today, all of the NFC East teams would qualify.
How likely is it that we will see a playoff team with a losing record this season?
How often does that happen?
As I noted in another thread here, earlier today, it’s happened three times:
All of them were division winners, in weak divisions, in the past 12 years. As @RickJay pointed out in the other thread, now that all of the divisions only have four teams (before 2002, most or all of the divisions were five teams), it’s become more likely.
I don’t think (but I’m not positive) that any team has ever qualified for a wild card berth with a losing record.
It certainly seems possible that we’ll see it in the NFC South this year.
The 2010 Seattle team beat New Orleans, in a game that featured one of the greatest plays in the league’s history. So a losing team in the playoffs doesn’t automatically mean a bad game.
That hasn’t happened yet. Teams have won wild cards with 8-8 records. It is of course far, far less likely a wild card team could finish under .500 than a division champion.
Now that the season is 17 games (yuck) I’m not sure if that makes sub .500 playoff teams more or less likely.
Let’s say the four division winners won all their divisional games, and all the division losers split the games between themselves. That starts off the division winners at 6-0 with every other team in the conference 2-4.
Let’s say all interconference games are split, so everyone gets an additional 2-2. (This allows the other conference to do the same thing at the same time.) By the same token, let’s say the four games you play against another division in your conference also break-even, everyone getting an additional 2-2. And then finally, the two strength of schedule games get split as well, so a last 1-1 for everyone.
That puts the four division winners at 11-5, and everybody else at 7-9. That means it is mathematically possible for ALL wildcard teams in both conferences to have losing records.
(The 17th game is ignored, and would not impact this anyway. The wildcard teams would either be 8-9 or 7-10.)
Great analysis, @EllisDee!
But I think we could take it one step further. The 17th game is played against a team in the other conference. So if all the AFC teams beat their NFC opponents, then 12 AFC teams would be 8-9 and 12 NFC teams would be 7-10.
That would certainly put the NFL tiebreaking procedures to the test.
THE MOTHER^&*$ING BEASTQUAKE!!!