Looks like there are only 5 totally meaningless games on Sunday, which is pretty good.
Both teams out:
Saints@Falcons
Lions@Bears
Eagles@Giants
Rams@Niners
No possible change in position:
'Skins@[del]Shirts[/del]Cowboys
Cincinnati still has a shot at top seed, so the Bengals want to win and have the Pats lose.
Apparently, the Cardinals could also claim the top seed with a win and a Panthers loss.
The Steelers have a shot at post-season, if they win and the Jets cough up a hairball against Buffalo. Seems like kind of a long-ish shot.
But probably not as much of a long shot as the Texans giving up the South and the playoffs to the Colts.
Chiefs could still take the AFC-W, but I am not clear on how complicated that picture is.
And, of course, there is the Green Bay/Minnesota/Seattle triangle, which determines who plays where in the first round. Next week could, in fact, yield a rematch of The Vikings@Packers game, if the Hawks can win in Glendale.
Cards vs Hawks is going to be epic, I’m already getting excited about it. It’s going to feel damn good to walk into the sports bar across the street proudly wearing my Fitzgerald jersey and hopefully the Cards put on another ass kicking.
If you had to put money on one of those two things, the Steelers getting in is much more likely. For Indy to get in, they have to win, Houston has to lose, and a whole series of things in other games has to happen due to strength of schedule and strength of win tie breakers.
What a horrible way to end the horrible year. Browns can knock the Steelers out of a playoffs with a win, but may play themselves out of the Goff sweepstakes. There is no good outcome.
The Manziel story just keeps getting weirder and weirder. He’s out with a concussion and yet is playing blackjack in Las Vegas. I wonder if Pettine told him to stay away or if manziel really is that clueless? Play all the blackjack you want after the season is over, but you should either show up with your teammates or be seriously hurt enough.
I found it funny how so many of the players were in the locker room smiling after he was fired and they don’t even know if they will be playing in philly next season.’
They had the look of a bunch of 5th graders who just got a new teacher
The reports that he’s in Vegas sounds kinda goofy to me, especially in today’s world where everyone has a cell phone, yet no one seemingly took a photo of him.
I was just checking out the Lions draft standings, and although it’s broken down by conference rather than the whole NFL on ESPN.
Lions are currently first among the 6 NFC 6 and 9 teams, due to the most complex tie-breaking scenario I have ever seen needed(although obviously not final for anything).