2016 NFL Playoffs - Wild Card Weekend

Saturday:
Chiefs / Texans
Steelers / Bengals

Sunday:
Seahawks/Vikings
Packers / Washington Football Team

Chiefs, Steelers, Hawks, Pack btw

chiefs, toss-up*, squawks, pack

*only if dalton is back AND doesn't become Playoff Dalton, if it's mccarron steelermen def take that game

all of these seem close, except for seattle/vikes sadly. kcc/texans has got to be a low scorer which honestly might favour houston. idk it is hard to rule out the chiefs the way they have been galloping thru the back half of this season. bengals are surely doomed to lose vs steelers which will be a real bummer if it happens. and i suppose green bay has to win, however off they look right now. wash have been winning games but all against pretty crappy teams when you look at it. if there is going to be a "surprise" in the round it would be that game tho.

the only legit SURPRISE outcome for me would be if the seahawks didn't win

seattles tear thru the last ~6 wks or so hasn't been against the best teams really. winning @ min and @ az were both legit over by like each 2nd qtr which is a bit fluky tho of course blowing out a playoff team is undoubtedly impressive. credit where credit is due for taking care of biz when its a league where u can lose to anyone but idk i wouldn't be shocked if minny won, their d is p good

is marshawn playing?

he just started full practices apparently, so i'd assume so - who knows how effective he'll be tho. lacking rawls as a 2nd option at RB is definitely a loss for seattle

pack is terrible, Rodgers looks like he wants this season to end, has to be some injury to explain his problems (beyond his supporting cast).

j.cru i hope you're right that it is more of a contest. i don't put any stock in the AZ game because they were two very differently motivated teams at that point in the season but that was a beating in minnesota.

Current lines:

Texans +3
Seattle +6.5 (started as +3.5!)
Green Bay +1

Pittsburgh/Cincinatti is off the board until Dalton's status is resolved

wait, I messed that up, Seattle is a 6.5 point favorite, not underdog

As for my predictions - I think Pittsburgh will destroy Cincinatti either way, GB will probably lose (I agree they're pretty terrible right now), and the Texans could legit score 0 points this game, though I can't imagine the Chiefs scoring more than 14 or so. I know it's too obvious to predict Seattle/Minnesota as a blowout based on their last game, but given how good Seattle's run defense is and how one-note Minnesota is I just don't see them putting up much of a fight. Bridgewater is gonna have to have the game of his life, and if Lynch is back he's gonna give that defense some problems.

This episode sounds like a scene out of a football version of "Semi-Pro". Hilarious, but you got to wonder what kind of club is really going to pony up real money for the dude. I think the guy keeps it up he could end up Kryptonite.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/report--johnny-manziel-wore-blonde-wig--glasses-in-vegas-160734297.html

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CX-m8DtWkAAPGsS.jpg

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If this is it for Calvin Johnson, Lions only won 6 more games than Raiders in 9 seasons after Oak took Jamarcus over Megatron

lovie fired?

i don't really get that

Damn, that one was a surprise.

yeah there's gotta be a story behind that

Some people are postulating that it's because they want to promote Dirk Koetter to hc.

Oh, now it comes that the Glazers canned Lovie with a phone call. All class.

PAPA JOHNS!!!!

well, it was a p good game

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CYTxyLOVAAAJ_iV.jpg

coverage team just forgot to account for one guy

Oops

Double oops

nice, another turnover

playoff level offense

oop oop oop

Holy shit that was awesome

hahahahaha

lmao

lolllll

texans are here to entertain

waht

can you imagine how many touchdown dances jj watt practiced for that play

LOL!

quality team
right here
folks

shdve run wilfork

i mean, jj only lost a yard not the ball. qb controversy?

yeah def run wilfork

wilfork sweep

hoyer seems not that great

"all 3 interceptions were horrible...there's no way you throw this football"

never throw it

if it's gonna be this level of horror fuck it, throw weeden in there for laughs

i have an idea

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/vince-wilfork-throwing-to-jj-watt-2.gif

f yea

please

They should've required all the wild card games to be played in shoveled-in snow or sand or something

i wonder if they thought about centering the ball on 3rd down at all

lollll at that house of cards thing

yasssss

standard of offensive football this round has really been something

that's a touchdown??

google tells me the score is 5-0 is this correct

i can confirm

jordan reed thank you

GO WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM

(ok the 'you like that' chants are creepy imo)

ELEVENER

washington confirmed best team

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Age related incontinence harshing your quan? Tired of embarrassing leaks?

You don't like that.
Hi, I'm Kirk Cousins for depen

man desean jackson is one of the most incredible humans

wow they just played the fight song - yes, national tv audience, not just a racist name but the song says 'braves on the warpath'

wish they'd show the washington marching band instead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKuf1VBUwog

around 5:00 it gets awesome

i mean i don't really love taking the train out to fedex and walking all that way to the stadium but its always cool hearing the drums once you get there

winning divisions is for suckas

home teams down wow rip

yeah, kind of depressing how previous playoff success was the biggest predictor in rd 1

So many super bowl rematch potential

Packers-broncos
Packers-patsies
Panthers-patsies
Packers-Chiefs (SB 2)
Cardinals-Steelers (ok long shot)
Packers-Steelers (same)

Or Seattle-Pitt but FUCK that

Seattle-NE doe

carolina...pats would probably be the most fun?

Cardinals-Steelers (ok long shot)

This was my favorite SB ever, even though the stupid Steelers won it in the end. I don't think it would play out the same way a second time.

that was a great game for sure

yeah that was a wild one!

nfl network showing super bowl i on friday, first ever rebroadcast on network tv.

not really network tv

it's called nfl network and it's on tv so...

look, i'm just the messenger

ban Roberto Spiralli

airtight argument lmao

the cardinals are gonna win the superbowl imo vs the...

i wldve said pitt but injuries

butt injuries

the pittsburgh injurious buttholes

http://i.imgur.com/ylzkDy2.png

not a real clear fav amongst that top four

kc looking p undervalued tho sure that has something to do w the possibility of playing in two of the toughest road stadiums

man you would think that having just been knocked out of the playoffs for being a shower of assholes would give the bengals an opportunity for self reflection but no they are just all calling joey porter out instead. embarrassing.

wow srs stuff huh

yeah I mean he should be fined for sure but j christ it isn't like the Bengals are the first time to ever be instigated, better teams just know how to keep their heads together and move along.

so much had to happen to collapse - but this was their Sistine Chapel of meltdowns

that was a masters performance by porter, he knew exactly what the bengals were going to do.

3 game suspension for burfict, emphasis on repeat offenses

hopefully he'll be burfict from now on

easy no call imo

nawww

jk but the refs did ruin that game by calling so many personal fouls

while also missing a very obvious illegal leading w the helmet hit on pitt in a crucial situation late

Yah that one was pretty obvious

hate it when refs feel like they have to control a game just do yr job jfc

lol polyphonic ftw