# NFL Week 16
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [December 22, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960 "2013-12-22T18:01:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/1 "2013-12-22T18:01:40Z")
I didn’t see a thread?
Getting ready to watch the Panthers/Saints game. We’ll see if the Panthers learned anything from two weeks ago; and/or if the Saints can get right on the road.
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/2 "2013-12-22T18:10:50Z")
I knew the last snafu was going to trip the next NFL week poster, today is _ **week 16** _. The previous thread posted week 15 as 16.
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### Author:  [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/3 "2013-12-22T18:12:59Z")
Doh!! :smack:
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### Author:  [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/4 "2013-12-22T18:40:41Z")
Ah yes, the phase of the season where wins are detrimental and all that’s left to do is stb yourself in the face all day.
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### Author:  [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/5 "2013-12-22T18:44:55Z")
I reported my OP to ask a mod to change the thread title.
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/6 "2013-12-22T18:51:09Z")
The Chargers can still make the payoffs but they have to win AND Baltimore as well as Miami have to lose AND then more stuff next week.
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/7 "2013-12-22T19:45:12Z")
Drew Brees sacked 5 times in the first half. Vacarro down with possible broken ankle. Saints can’t find the endzone with a map. Trail 7-6 at halftime. Yuck.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/8 "2013-12-22T19:45:43Z")
Bengals having their way with the worst road team in the NFL…Bengals really need to have Baltimore beat NE later today, Miami to lose and to win out, thus securing the number two seed…I think. maybe there’s some scenario where they cannot get it because of KC, but I can’t remember.
The Bengals are a vastly superior team at home than on the road. Would be nice to host a playoff game.
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### Author:  [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/9 "2013-12-22T19:51:12Z")
> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Drew Brees sacked 5 times in the first half. Vacarro down with possible broken ankle. Saints can’t find the endzone with a map. Trail 7-6 at halftime. Yuck.
The Panthers haven’t been able to move the ball too well either. Steve Smith also done for the day with a knee. Their defense has done a good job so far though.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/10 "2013-12-22T20:26:04Z")
I’m glad the Bears game was flexed to tonight. I’ll be stuck at work but this should be an entertaining game to help pass the time. My guess is the Bears step it up and beat the Eagles in a high scoring game.
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### Author:  [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/11 "2013-12-22T20:51:20Z")
This is the worst game I’ve seen Cam Newton play in a long time.
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### Author:  [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/12 "2013-12-22T21:02:08Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#):
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> This is the worst game I’ve seen Cam Newton play in a long time.
My little motivational speech seems to have worked as planned… 😛
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/13 "2013-12-22T21:32:07Z")
Saints choke. Up by 3, under a minute to play, Panthers had no time outs, and my Saints still found a way to lose. Think it is possible they could miss the playoffs altogether now. Sigh.
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### Author:  [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/14 "2013-12-22T21:36:27Z")
Woot! Broncos clinch the division and a first round bye! And Manning snatches the single-season TD record from Brady- good!
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### Author:  [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/15 "2013-12-22T21:37:56Z")
> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Saints choke. Up by 3, under a minute to play, Panthers had no time outs, and my Saints still found a way to lose. Think it is possible they could miss the playoffs altogether now. Sigh.
That seems unlikely, since it would require the Cardinals winning in Seattle.
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### Author:  [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/16 "2013-12-22T22:21:52Z")
The Panthers make the playoffs for the first time since the 2008 “Delhomme Debacle.”
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/17 "2013-12-22T23:37:55Z")
Packers got a colossal gift. This officiating situation is really getting ridiculous.
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### Author:  [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/18 "2013-12-22T23:40:16Z")
> [@Omniscient](#):
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> Packers got a colossal gift. This officiating situation is really getting ridiculous.
Absolutely agree, although the Packers got slightly screwed when they weren’t given the defensive td after the fumble, this was a much bigger screwup.
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/19 "2013-12-22T23:47:26Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> Absolutely agree, although the Packers got slightly screwed when they weren’t given the defensive td after the fumble, this was a much bigger screwup.
Why exactly is possession in the field of play not reviewable? I figured that was exactly the point of reviews.
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### Author:  [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-16/676960/20 "2013-12-22T23:53:18Z")
> [@Omniscient](#):
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> Why exactly is possession in the field of play not reviewable? I figured that was exactly the point of reviews.
Who knows. Meanwhile the Packers do their best Keystone Kops impersonation.
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