# NFL Week 13 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 26, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719 "2014-11-26T23:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 30, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/21 "2014-11-30T21:48:32Z")
It would be kinda funny if New Orleans won the division with a losing record, and hosted Seattle in a wild-card game. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/22 "2014-11-30T22:06:31Z")
If they were owned by 90% of the owners in the NFL, Tom Coughlin and his entire staff would be unemployed by Monday evening. Luckily for them, Mara and Tisch are part of the other 10%. Lead the team tied for the worst record in the NFL by 21…and lose? For their 7th loss in a row? There’s no argument you can make to keep anyone on the staff. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/23 "2014-11-30T22:07:07Z")
Who were those guys in the Saints uniforms today, and can we keep them? How the hell do we lose three in a row at home and then pull off an upset on the road? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/24 "2014-12-01T00:41:58Z")
I was expecting the Packers to lose - I almost hoped it was an away game so they would have an excuse. It wasn’t pretty, but a win is a win - and no matter what they will end the season with a winning record. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/25 "2014-12-01T01:44:24Z")
Can somebody hire a football announcer with a brain? The Broncos finally have a running back gaining yards, and they’re wondering what you do with him when the running backs that weren’t gaining yards come back. I leave the remainder of this post as an exercise for the reader. (Trading Anderson to the Raiders is not an option in this exercise.) ---
**Author:** ![Hayden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/91b2a8/32.png) [@Hayden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayden)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/26 "2014-12-01T02:21:38Z")
I’m elated tonight after the big win by my Packers. I didn’t know what to expect going into the game, although I fully believed we could pull out the W. The poor red zone execution by GB made the game much closer than it should have been, IMO. I do credit some of our difficulties to the New England defense, but we certainly could have [and should have] executed better. Something we will need to improve in big games going forward. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/27 "2014-12-01T03:09:55Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Atlanta leads its division with a 4-7 record! Can I get a mighty WTF? Excuse you, they lead their division with a 5-7 record 😛 NFC south is terribad this year, it hurts being a Falcons fan. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/28 "2014-12-01T04:26:23Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > If they were owned by 90% of the owners in the NFL, Tom Coughlin and his entire staff would be unemployed by Monday evening. Luckily for them, Mara and Tisch are part of the other 10%. > > Lead the team tied for the worst record in the NFL by 21…and lose? For their 7th loss in a row? There’s no argument you can make to keep anyone on the staff. Well, there’s not NO argument to be made. One argument to be made is that the Giants lead the league in number of players on IR. For today’s loss in particular, it was pretty clear how and why the game changed. The already thin OL lost a starter midway through the game. Prior to him going down, Eli had tons of time and the Giants were rolling. After he went down, Eli was under constant pressure, including two sack fumble turnovers, one for a touchdown. Donnell’s fumble for a touchdown was its own thing, though, fully in line with the general sucktitude of the Giants this year. Defense only lets up 13 points, offense scores 24 points, but offense lets up 12 points for the 25-24 loss. Ah well. At least they’re competitive for a nice draft pick now. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/29 "2014-12-01T05:29:43Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Excuse you, they lead their division with a 5-7 record 😛 > > NFC south is terribad this year, it hurts being a Falcons fan. They were 4-7 when I posted. And yes, a tough year to be a Falcons fan. But still, division leaders! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/30 "2014-12-01T06:24:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It would be kinda funny if New Orleans won the division with a losing record, and hosted Seattle in a wild-card game. Seems a tad unlikely, as things look today. Seattle looks to be in a pretty good position to overrun the Cards to take the west. If that were to happen, no way would they be visiting Nawlins. Things change, week to week, though, it might look quite different next Sunday evening. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/31 "2014-12-01T13:08:50Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > They were 4-7 when I posted. And yes, a tough year to be a Falcons fan. But still, division leaders! I know, I was just joshing you. And I’m happy the Dirty Birds actually won a game. I’m torn between being happy we’re division leaders and sad that we’ll be saddled with Mike “I’ll call a timeout whenever I feel like it, clock management be damned” Smith. ---
**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/32 "2014-12-01T17:06:03Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Who were those guys in the Saints uniforms today, and can we keep them? How the hell do we lose three in a row at home and then pull off an upset on the road? Tell me about it! I haven’t yelled at my TV this much all season. 🆒 I’m not asking questions about the past because, well, I can’t change it. I just want to keep seeing what I saw yesterday for the next four games. Oh, and they need to actually _finish_ the game. :smack: But, hey, they won! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/33 "2014-12-02T04:23:26Z")
Give Rex Ryan credit. He almost won a football game without a quarterback. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/34 "2014-12-02T04:59:09Z")
Crap! Totally spaced the Jets were playing tonight. Grrr. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/705719/35 "2014-12-04T19:26:56Z")
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