# NFL Week 17

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-17/478984>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 28, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-17/478984 "2008-12-28T18:41:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-17/478984/81 "2008-12-31T13:27:14Z")

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> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> Has that ever happened before? A playoff team playing at home being blacked out locally?

I forget the year (sometime in the 90’s, I believe), but ESPN mentioned it happening to Miami.

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**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-17/478984/82 "2009-01-05T15:56:42Z")

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> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> Has that ever happened before? A playoff team playing at home being blacked out locally?

Vikes weren’t blacked out - 20,000 tickets sold since Tuesday.

They were one and done…as expected.

Buy hey…they are div champs…that is something (and I’m not being sarcastic) 🙂

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**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-17/478984/83 "2009-01-05T19:43:56Z")

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> [@Omniscient](#):
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> Bears Playoff Watch:
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> **Bears 24** - Texans 31
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> ETA: Texans ball…use those time outs. First Down…GAME OVER.

I was visiting family in Texas, and was at this game. I can’t believe the Texans actually beat the Bears in a game that the Bears had to win.

> [@SenorBeef](#):
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> …Lost Brady a few minutes into the season, went 11-5 anyway, and missed the playoffs. That’s gotta suck.

It truly does suck that the Pats could go 11-5 and not make the playoffs, particularly when teams like the Cardinals (9-7) and the Chargers (8-8) made it in. Only 5 of the 12 teams in the playoffs had better records than the Patriots. :dubious:

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