NFL playoffs 2020

And this isn't a knock on Lamar. Every NFL organization should be constantly asking themselves how to best put their QB in position to succeed. That the Ravens are one of the few orgs to actually do so isn't Lamar's fault, it's a credit to BAL. He will win the MVP and deserve it

— new-age analytical (@benbbaldwin) December 26, 2019

picks?

NE 23 TN 20
BUFF 17 HOU 13

SEA 24 PHI 17
NO 31 MIN 10

BAL 27 BUFF 13
KC 24 NE 20

SF 30 SEA 27
NO 28 GB 10

KC 30 BAL 28
NO 37 SF 27

KC 40 NO 35

Patriots gonna win it all this year

i certainly wouldn't be shocked, though they definitely haven't looked like even a top 5 team this year. if they do get past KC, it's hard for me to envision how they'd beat Baltimore on the road, unless all their skill position guys just magically level up simultaneously.

they are like some hellish demon from a horror movie, I will not believe they've been defeated until the clock reads 0:00 and they have less points than their opponent. they still have the 2nd best point differential in the league & a coach who's famous for figuring out how to beat good teams in the playoffs

seriously though you're probably right I can't see them getting past KC or Baltimore. that said they will probably demolish Tennessee this weekend, beating inferior teams in the playoffs by 30 is just what Belichick does

Buffalo/Houston is kind of an interesting game, both of these are teams you'd think would be one-and-done but one of them has to win. Houston has the potential to make this a rout but I think Buffalo is better all around, can see their defense giving Watson a hard time

Seattle @ Philly could also be interesting, believe it or not the Seahawks have a point differential of only +7 this year which is pretty bad for a playoff team (though still better than Houston who sits at -7)

hard to see Minnesota having much of a chance vs the New Orleans juggernaut, Vikings kinda look like the classic "peaked a month too early" playoff team

i'm still traumatized by the philly-seahawks game i went to in the bitter cold + rain to watch the eagles play their worst football of the year but they've obviously figured something out over the last month that hopefully they can use. i'm cautiously optimistic!

Houston's offense just seems to rely so much on Will Fuller but you can't bank on him ever being healthy, that's basically why I picked Buffalo.

I think TN will give the Pats a good game, the Titans have played really well lately and I'm just a little dubious as to whether NE's offense is really capable of blowing out anybody right now.

think you're right about the Vikes, especially if Dalvin Cook is out or limited.

here's what my book says:

Texans -3
Patriots -4.5
Saints -8
Seahawks -2

think Bills, Pats, and Eagles could all be good bets

i have zero faith in the eagles, but . . . home dogs

my guesses were Texans -3.5, Pats -6, Saints -7 and Seahawks -1. as much as the Pats offense has looked like shit for most of the year I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable picking Tennessee to cover there.

i don't think Philly can be favored with all of their injuries, now losing Brandon Brooks, possibly Miles Sanders, not sure if they'll have Ertz back. I know Seattle's D is banged up too but the Eagles are a damn infirmary.

has there ever been an early saturday wildcard game that did not feature a team from the afc south, the most boring division in pro sports™

This Bills defense has completely neutralized Watson

He's coaching for his job, but BoB seems to be doing even worse than usual tonight

anyway my bets for this weekend

Bills/Texans under 43 - had to figure one of these two offenses were gonna come out flat
Pats -4.5 - bet big on this one, I don't see this game being close
Saints -7.5 - think the Vikings are actually kinda underrated coming into the playoffs but the Saints look great on both sides and I can see their defense stifling Minnesota all game

Pats -4.5 - bet big on this one, I don't see this game being close

my dumb hot take is that tannehill knocks them off and then signs with the pats in the offseason lol

I'm excited to see the Bills doing well. Not feeling great about the Pats' prospects. They played like shit last week vs Miami.

true but they've still got the #2 point differential in the league & Pats at home vs. a team with little playoff experience is a situation they pretty much always thrive in. I realize they've not looked good recently but the idea that they'd only be a slight favorite on a neutral field seems like a big overcorrection

this game is getting good huh

Bills had a good run, RIP

deshaun watson is finally good enough to overcome his own coach.

was kinda predictable for the bills to fall off after that incredible opening script, but they looked a lot better than their point output for three quarters. conservative decision-making and poor ball security bit them in the ass.

This Bills defense has completely neutralized Watson

― frogbs, Saturday, January 4, 2020 6:15 PM (fifty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this jinxed buff o somethign

they should make the whole plane out of devin singletary

holy jeez

this is such a bills way to lose this game

y are they not kicking wtf

I uh don’t know if I agree with going for it here

yikes ok i guess you cant try for a 59-60 yd attmpt

good call not to kick, they might've given the texans good field position

incred brutal

loss of 16 on 4th and 27 lmao Bills

bills full team crumbled lmao

they should've given the bills a fifth down just for fun

yikes ok i guess you cant try for a 59-60 yd attmpt

idk unless you know it's physically impossible for him to make that I think you still have to go for it, the odds of them converting 4th & 27 are like zero

bills still alive

what a wild game

was there a single read option call on that drive? BoB, man

block mercilus somehow

LMAO ALLEN

"here, have the game"

what a fucking maniac/idiot

he is shook as hell

Lmao “why would you ever do this!?” top quality announcing

Sometimes you gotta just take the tackle, lol

catch the ball, that was a goood throw

daaamn converts 3rd&10

allen made 3 good throws there lol

bradley roby with his second dropped pick

i thought this was building to a hauscka missed kick 20 mins ago so....

Def not the start the 9ers wanted

Garropolo's pick was mind-blowingly stupid.

i wanted to hear the billie song

Wow fuck off Google

Can’t believe they called that on Kittle

Someone tell Terry Bradshaw that his glasses are on top of his hat

super bowl commercials as a whole are now indistinguishable from the social media landscape

you can replicate the experience of watching them any day of the year by scrolling through popular posts on twitter reddit and maybe a little facebook for 15 minutes

Agree

this is the game pace SF wanted

Yep.

hmm, another bad throw from mahomes, but still, ph34r him, he has a gear that makes him completely unstoppable and i hope he finds it

9ers pressure on him is real tho idk if hes gonna hit that killmode this game

*grumble* might be the nail

the pressure so relentless, wow

This is getting good

go cheeves go

one big play...

there it is

go for it?

must kick fg if overturned

doesnt look like conclusive evidence

Looks like he was def a little short though

looked out af but guess you're right. xp

and i think you fkn go for it if overturned. idk

Niners have been abysmal since that two drives ago

I think it was impossible to definitively say he was short.

Yeah no chance that was getting overturned

dude was oooooopen #fail

6 yards from a SB

niiiiice congrats KC and fans

you have to feel for the long-suffering fans of santa clara

Fml

what a weird game. but that's what turnovers do

Congrats to Andy Reid! Long time coming.

quite a journey

https://i.imgur.com/RYvNfYL.jpg

the cheeves swept me up in their scrappiness
yay cheeves

Wow, 49ers utterly collapsed

I had a bad feeling after the first TD to make it 20-17. But that three and out and losing Hill on a third and 15, that moronic PI, they just shat themselves

I am so happy for andy reid and also very pleased that this win also retroactively vindicates donovan mcnabb and the entire philadelphia eagles

I was rooting Chiefs but predicting Niners. Great comeback, super fun game. One of the better Super Bowls in recent memory.

Good for Andy. Now who’s the best active coach without a SB?

not sure who it might otherwise have gone to, but mahomes' stats were not that great for an mvp

xp ron rivera maybe?

I thought Williams would win MVP, with 130+ total yards and 2 TDs, including the go-ahead

xp ron rivera maybe?

― mookieproof, Sunday, February 2, 2020 10:39 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Bruce Arians? (no rings as HC anyway)

President Trump congratulated the 'Great State of Kansas' after the Chiefs' Super Bowl win. They play in Kansas City, Missouri https://t.co/5b55PPBTr4

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 3, 2020

*sigh*

make america geography again

tbh i also thought they played in kansas and am now mad i can't make fun of that tweet

great game, happy for Reid. feels like when Peyton Manning finally won a Super Bowl and suddenly became part of the "greatest of all time" list

andy reid only has three (out of 21) losing seasons in his career as a head coach. his teams have won at least 10 games a year 14 times and he hasn't won fewer than 10 games since 2014.

pretty good.

— charles (TBD) mcdonald (@FourVerts) February 3, 2020