2012 NFL Week 15 - Goddamn, is it still just the regular season? Save us, playoffs! Save us!

Cincinnati Bengals @ Philadelphia Eagles
Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans
Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears
Washington Redskins @ Cleveland Browns
Minnesota Vikings @ St. Louis Rams
Tampa Bay Bucs @ New Orleans Saints
New York Giants @ Atlanta Falcons
Denver Broncos @ Baltimore Ravens
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Miami Dolphins
Carolina Panthers @ San Diego Chargers
Detroit Lions @ Arizona Cardinals
Seattle Seahawks @ Buffalo Bills
Kansas City Chiefs @ Oakland Raiders
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Dallas Cowboys
San Fran. 49ers @ New England Patriots
New York Jets @ Tennessee Titans

lol I was just looking back at this season's thread titles and realized I'd already forgotten about the replacement refs. That shit seems like it was three seasons ago.

I'm going to the Falcons-Giants game. Huge game for both teams, Falcons for respect, Giants to actually make the playoffs. Cant wait.

This is a great week of football, by the way. Killer games abound.

god damnit Goodell

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8743130/nfl-discuss-expanding-playoff-field-roger-goodell-says

do we really want 16 playoff teams? we're already in a world where the 7-9 Seahawks can win a playoff game. let's turn this into the NBA where top-tier teams don't even have to try!

Drew Brees apparently nuked him again today

please can someone just murder goodell and 10 or 15 owners

there is clearly just constant pressure from some of the owners who are determined to eviscerate the golden goose. there is definitely a rich business guy mentality of 'i don't mind if we all get less overall as long as i get a bigger share of it' - preferring 2 dollars out of 5 over 5 dollars out of 50

guys, str8 honest question:

http://deadspin.com/5968256/rob-parker-lowers-the-bar-on-first-take-is-robert-griffin-iii-a-brother-or-a-cornball-brother

what the FUCK

yeah rob parker is a shithead even compared to skip fucking bayless

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"Roger Goodell overlooking the NFL."

so the Eagles suck

I think they blocked their own punt earlier?

I can't believe that this is the same team from the 2nd quarter

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holy hell

three Philly turnovers in 71 seconds

Philly has committed a turnover 4 times in their last 5 plays

they have basically spent the second half playing like a dirty diaper

the Eagles are a disconcerting signal

wow Eagles got called for a penalty I didn't even know existed

okay is "disconcerting" REALLY that big of a word?

eagles are an example of what happens when you don't have an offensive line, a secondary, or a qb and you do have andy reid

I think celebrating their second quarter performance by rolling in duck fat was a bad idea on the Eagles' part

wow the shot of the empty stands

read something like its the latest in the season EVAR that this many over .500 teams have played each other? p cool, sad no rg3

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This photo (from a late-night Pittsburgh sports talk radio show) has been making the Twitter rounds but I feel this should be included for posterity. I have started randomly laughing like five times this week since seeing it.

lol

nfl week 16: sounds drunk, wants to talk about charlie batch

gangnam style dude is performing at bills/seahawks halftime today.

I give up, I will never get sick of gangnam style

lol classic xp

kirk cousins time

commentators say he needs to Manage The Game

DEATH TO THE REDSKINS

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"Asante Samuel just picked Eli. five years too late."

T-Rick is just a beast. He bulls his way past a crowd of defenders better than anyone I've ever seen.

hahahaha ed reed

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goddamn, ap

loltimore ravens

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pls do not kick to jacoby jones. at all.

so, firing cam cameron seems to be working out pretty well

these games today you are joking me

which of these sweet matchups do i watch oh they are both 17-0 at halftime so cool

but i bought an xl pats tee at the job lots so im primed for tonight

shutting out the wretched NY Giants feels really good and cool

i support this result

why cant the colts beat the texans tho, isnt andrew luck suposed to be magical

stoked at winning another NFC North title but McCarthy probably had the worst two consecutive playcalls of all time

nice stat: seattle has now scored 78 consecutive points

lol!

that was pretty cold, from Tirico

Chucky doesn't get it

"I'm just not quite sure what they want to accomplish with Tim Tebow in this offense"

"They're confused, I'm confused, and I think a lot of people at home are as well"

so lolron landry just shoved an assistant coach for his own team, then shoved him again as he was trying to get back up?

You know what we need, another playoff spot so clubs like the Jets don't feel left out of the playoffs.

Mark Sanchez

"I just can't, for the life of me, understand why Mark threw that ball"

Wow Sanchez...so bad

tirico is SO happy that the jets lost

This is another delightful page in my "Games that disgusted Mike Tirico" scrapbook.

@ChrisBurke_SI
Tim Tebow is 0-for-1 with one sack ... and has a higher QB rating tonight than Mark Sanchez.

Hahahaha unreal!
Tirico was loving it!

Sanchez, jesus...my lord I think I'm going to actually watch First Take tomorrow to see Bayless gloat about toad

that was mark sanchez' sistine chapel

wow

that game was so terrible it was amazing

lol excluding that long run johnson ran 20 times for 28 yards

looks like i missed a good one

The botched punt into fumble on botched snap was breathtaking

it really was phenomenal

terrible sanchez int -> titans go nowhere on three downs -> titans terrible punt of 25 yards sets up jets inside the 30 yard line -> sanchez immediately fumbles the snap, game over

"this is dysfunction at its highest level in the national football league" (dilfer)

trent dilfer is so mad

Woody Johnson: "I'll talk to you guys after the season." To reporters

The ESPN guys seem at a loss for words

ooooh rex ryan postgame this is going to be fun

they really should have put McElroy in after the 3rd INT

rex pressers always suck

Steve Young is going off on Sanchez

stu scott looks like such a schmuck in that jaket

*jacket

god I wish I was watching this

@ConorTOrr: Cromartie said he's not answering questions because he might "tell you all the truth"

Sanchez is grossman minus the chipmunk cheeked loveability and w more incompetence

Dont know about the lovability, but he's sure a lot more incompetent.

When Tebow went in Gruden specifically said "I'd like to see Tebow throw some". Then two plays later he was criticizing the fact he was in there. Strange.

Sanchez should ride pine the remaining two games.

i am fascinated to see what they do with sanchez now. all that money tied up for next year, but they have to get rid of him. how can they start another season with him on the roster. no one will pick up that check of course, but you know someone will take him when he's available for cheap - just being a regular starter somewhere seems to guarantee you one more try somewhere else, however shitty you are.

anyway, rip #6. heaven needed a qb who can occasionally make throws over the middle between the 20s.

the interesting thing about the jets is that you've got tanny, rex, and sanchez, and you could be justified in firing all of them or any combination of them (cutting, in the case of sanchez i guess). honestly not sure what i would do if i were in charge beyond the fact that they desperately need help evaluating nfl talent.

I still think that Rex isn't the problem with that team. If you're going to blame him for this disaster you have to give him some credit for taking two pretty horrible teams to the AFC Championship. Sanchez at this point is just a sunk cost. He'll be a backup for a few years I guess but really I don't think there's any chance he gets better. It's okay that he's terrible with deep throws but the fact that he keeps getting picked off on slants and screens is what's so damaging b/c those are the ones that get run back. And unless they pick up Alex Smith or Matt Flynn I don't know who they could possibly start to make things better next year.

i really don't know how much credit to give rex. he took two teams that were really stacked with talent on defense overall as well as on the offensive line deep into the playoffs. but a lot of those guys were from the prior regime. also a point i've been hearing recently is that there is basically no more important job for a head coach these days than to get the best out of his qb--coach him up or find someone who can. rex has failed miserably at that.

whoever is responsible, letting their running game deteriorate is what has killed them as much as anything. i am not sure if rex has ever done much more than bring bart scott with him.

sanchez is 33rd rated qb per qb rating this year so there's got to be at least one guy they can get hold of to improve things

that team rex inherited had alan faneca and damien woody. faneca in particular was outstanding in the run game iirc.

Now I'm regretting not watching this thing last night.

the defense is still pretty good! but yeah whoever put that offense together deserves a pink slip. if it's Rex so be it but I think he'll be on the sidelines next year with some team

super mad I didn't watch this last night

If the Mayans were right, this was the last NFL game that will ever happen.

mayans predict end of mark sanchez career accurate to within 4 days

:D

McElroy named the starter of the last two Jets games this season: http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/52572/reports-jets-leaning-toward-greg-mcelroy

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Is Carson Palmer back atop the USC QB rankings?

barnwell article has some choice nuggets
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/45527/its-time-for-a-jets-intervention

This was the seventh time this year that Sanchez has thrown 20 passes in a game while failing to complete at least 50 percent of those passes. Nobody else in the league has more than four such games.

nice rex_dodge.gif. i loled when that happened

The Jet defense was pretty good both the years they got to the AFC title game. The offense was also really good at running the ball. They kind of won despite Sanchez being a pretty poor QB.

What I would do if I was one of those clubs in the black hole QB quandry like the Jets or Cards is go and try to get Kyle 'Weirdbeard' Orton. I still don't get why KC didn't bring him back, they were winning with him at the end of last year.

i gotta say barnwell's idea of bringing in norv as coordinator (assuming he gets fired) is maybe the best thing they could do if they don't want to blow the whole godamn thing up

I Thot orton was "uhhhhh, no thanks , here's the number of the guy who backed me in Denver who was not Tim tebow.

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2012/12/will_mcdaniels.html

mike lombardi to oversee personnel at browns with mcdaniels as possible head coach. seems like pretty fantastical speculation, but fun nonetheless. i would be a junior brownie if this actually happened.