2012 NFL Week 17: Vick rides again. SORT OF. -Peter King

Once more with feeling!

Tampa Bay at Atlanta
NY Jets at Buffalo
Baltimore at Cincinnati
Chicago at Detroit
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Houston at Indianapolish
Carolina at New Orlean
Philadephia at NY Giants
Cleveland at Pittsburgh
Oakland at San Diego
Arizona at San Francisco
St. Louis at Seattle
Green Bay at Minnesota
Miami at New England
Kansas City at Denver
Dallas at Washington

Tampa Bay at Atlanta - I'm taking Atlanta, because I don't know if they're sitting people out. If they do, Tampa could win.

NY Jets at Buffalo - Buffaloes.

Baltimore at Cincinnati - I think they're both already in the playoffs right? Ravens kinda sucking, though. Taking Bengals.

Chicago at Detroit - Bearses on the road. Free agents depart Detroit en masse this off-season.

Jacksonville at Tennessee - Yuck, how is this game legal? Tennessee I guess.

Houston at Indianapolish - Colts win it for Pagano.

Carolina at New Orleans - Panthers' late season power run continues. The Saints' lost season goes out with a whimper.

Philadephia at NY Giants - Have to take the Giants, but I don't want to watch this.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh - Taking Pitt, but could just as easily be Clevo. Who cares.

Oakland at San Diego - Norv's reign of terror ends with a meaningless win. Apt.

Arizona at San Francisco - Niners already in the playoffs. No reason to play the real talent past the first quarter (if at all). They still win.

St. Louis at Seattle - Seattle is a juggernaut right now. I pity St. Louis.

Green Bay at Minnesota - Taking Minnesota at home over a Packers team with nothing to play for.

Miami at New England - New England sleepwalks through this game and still wins.

Kansas City at Denver - Chiefs about to be on the clock. Why ruin it with a win?

Dallas at Washington - Skins win why because lol Cowboys.

packers have a first round bye to play for, i'm sure they'll bring their A game

"This game will define Tony Romo," ESPN really salivating at the prospect of another Cowboys fiasco

packers have a first round bye to play for

Oh, okay. Playoff ins and outs get confusing.

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/12/america_really_really_wants_th.php

sorry just gotta put this somewhere

http://i.imgur.com/Cbf9F.jpg

HAHA

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstmi18LjP1qzjcdyo1_500.jpg

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HATCAT RIDES AGAIN

HATCAAAAAAT

How on earth do the Chiefs have five pro bowlers.

When the Seahawks play the Packers in the playoffs I think they should bring back the replacement refs:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1206638/index.htm

why the hell did the Jets even pick up Tebow in the first place. I mean I know the guy sucks but this is ridiculous

when i think about how he's not here, makes me wanna:

http://www.juanelway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Von-Miller-Sack-Dance-GIF.gif

God, we gotta make sure the Giants somehow don't pull a miracle and make the playoffs.

tuck rule @ indy imo

the Dog-Riding Monkey will perform at halftime of Texans-Colts.

always mention tom brady when they reverse a call b/c of the tuck rule

helps the pats this time too

let's go colts

I just figured out that Jacksonville is so inept this season that, even if they lose today (which they will), the best they can even do in the draft is received the #2 pick. Kansas City apparently had an even weaker schedule.

texans gonna prob be in exactly the position they were last yr, hosting cincy wc wkend, but at least its not w/ tj yates

texans/colts: every week there should be a game with the monkeys riding dogs herding sheep halftime show, if you search twitteronia apparently no one could hate it. take this show to the playoffs!

schaub didn't look good today. pats can get that bye week now! also I am kind of relieved about giants not making the playoffs

Bears game was so touch and go all day. That Bear o-line is just not very good.

Texans would be suspect, just for the fact they haven't really won bupkus but I think those two losses to Green Bay and NE where they just got plowed pretty much seals it for me they are not ready to make a real run. Weird club, it like took them 5 years to finally get into the playoffs when they always seemed on the cusp now 2 years into the playoffs you still can't buy into them as a contender.

Oh yeah, I also have to wonder about Tice as Bear OC too. You know who I think would be the perfect OC for the Bears, wait for it...Norv Turner. I know Norv is kind of laugher, but with the personnel the Bears have, they are really built to run that kind of offense Turner ran in Dallas and elsewhere.

I like Lovie Smith a heck of alot more than a lot of Bear's fans. I think those low key guys that are good you got to keep them around. His defense has been killer the whole time he has been in Chicago. I tell you the Bears fire him and he goes to the right club, it will be just like with Dungy when Tampa kicked him out.

Norv will be the most in-demand offensive coordinator to hit the market in a long time

he's the Wade Phillips of offense

oh hey the GRONK is back

i know! surprising.

jim nantz already cannot contain his boner that peyton/brady are top 2 seeds, could play each other in afc champ game

i hope jim nantz dies

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000118990/article/andy-reid-fired-by-philadelphia-eagles

Nobody didn't know that Iggles were going to fire Reid, but damn that was fast. (Actually, the story indicates it may have actually happened two days ago.)

sick 1 handed td damayrius thomas

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wtf was that lateral

did anyone ever play the game "500" as a kid? that throw and lateral looked like something out of 500

that "lateral and catch" i mean

welker never had control of that football

das a good play

lol @ jordy hiding the challenge flag

this is a good game

packers trying to make this as hard as possible on aaron rodgers

did anyone ever play the game "500" as a kid? that throw and lateral looked like something out of 500

― dead cera (J0rdan S.), Sunday, December 30, 2012 6:28 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there was not a lot of lateraling in the 500 i played?

how many yards does AD have?

there was not a lot of lateraling in the 500 i played?

― fiscal cliff paul (k3vin k.), Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:13 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark

did you see the play? i just meant in the way that he tossed it straight up into the air into a group of like 8 people

163

xp

what in the fuck

there needs to be an executive order against christian ponder starting in a playoff game

dude how was that not an interception

wait would these teams play again next week if vikes get in ?

"this might have the makings of his worst nightmare"

I was about to say why are you guys fretting jeez

loooooool @ cowboys

dan snyder trying to hug someone to celebrate, everyone in the owner's box looking around uncomfortably like uhhh that guy

Sportscenter
Tony Romo only has 2 multi-interception performances in his last 9 games. BOTH have come against the Redskins.

only 2 in his last 9 games

lol @ al michaels

look at that stadium!

the hogettes and the washington marching band you guys!

london fletcher!

washington fans disgusted that dan snyder is happy!

sad romo!

NFC east champs! what the hell

so, who had the skins to win the nfc east?

wooooooo

that wasn't even particularly high on the dallas cowboys torture porn scale and it was still great

Mad props to London Fletcher. Goddam that guy rules.

14th straight year leading a team in tackles.

Played for fucking dick vermeil.

whatever the score to that point, the last play in any elimination game dallas is involved in should be a field goal worth 1pt more than the margin they are losing by, to be kicked by romo

this is a great day for America

and Romo finishes the season with 19 beautiful interceptions

Kind of hard to believe London Fletcher has only made 2 probowls. Dude is only 5-10...talk about a guy totally maximizing your physical skills, he's a prime example.

Kind of hard to give the Shanahan's a bunch of credit, as they have run some pretty sucky offenses the past few years going back to Denver, but this run game Washington has got going now is pretty wicked. I think they are definitely one team that some clubs are hoping to not have to study to play, as it is way different than what other clubs are doing. That said, you will see a half dozen or more clubs trying to emulate it next year, thing is they are not going to have those freaky good athletes like RGIII and that back Smith. (And to be honest, Shanahan had a whole lot of success with his o-line in Denver, as it seemed like for a few years it didn't matter which dude was the back, they got a ton of yards.)

i still think shanny is the only coach who can make belicheck sweat a bit.

yeah hard to say exactly what happened towards the end in denver but shanahan's mark is all over this team--they're super disciplined and evidently well-coached.

7 coaches down, wow

insane

the steelers have had three head coaches in my lifetime, although tbf none of them was norval

RIP to the best Chargers coach since Don Coryell, but super super super good riddance to AJ Smith.

Greg Knapp is out wheeeee thank CHRIST

bears definitely disappointing. however lovie was the best coach they'd had since ditka and maybe even better than ditka, since i think the latter had so many great teams that disappointed whereas lovie had some middling teams that did pretty good considering everything. 81-63 w/mediocre qb play and no great receivers til brandon marshall, one great RB in forte, and a defense that was often less than its rep. oh well, i liked him. he'll find a gig soon enough. interested in seeing who they bring on next. ffs they better take their time. hoping for cowher or gruden.

hope the browns go after lovie.

i can see lovie wearing thin after 9 years but he's a good coach afaict and should get another job immediately.

i still think shanny is the only coach who can make belicheck sweat a bit.

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, December 31, 2012 1:53 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah definitely. hes great at twisting the knife in a defense

rip lovie. i dont know how much he is to blame for the horrific bears o-line and dearth of good non-marshall receivers, but i think he'll land on his feet. you could argue that the bears window is closing anyway, considering how many of their guys on D could be on the cusp of decline - maybe he got out when the getting was good

Agreed

i could see why the bears let him go but they better hit on the replacement cuz dude can coach. the hiring of tice was suspect but lovie was fucked by injuries in the last two years more than most teams. they were a playoff lock last year before both cutler & forte got hurt and even this year they missed the playoffs by a game w/ cutler missing a decent chunk of time.

it's amazing to me lovie got as much out of his teams as his did tbqh

It was time for lovie to go.

Adam Caplan ‏@caplannfl

#NFL personnel director last week to me on this year's group of QB prospects: "If you like slop, this is the draft that will excite you."

IMPORTANT

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that cannot be real

maybe just too real for you to handle

that better be real

Rich Cimini ‏@RichCimini
I'm sure people are on edge of seat re: TattooGate, but I spoke to someone who knows Rex very well and person said "he's had it for years."

http://i.imgur.com/lBuSl.jpg

i don't think "how long has rex had this tattoo?" is really the point

it surely is not, just confirming that it is real for anyone still in denial

i have been mulling on this and the only even slight excuse for this is if he lost a bet. you'd have to be a little bit impressed with his balls for going through with it if that were the case. however, i think there is a solid body of evidence now that rex is just an unremitting dbag, so probably he just thought it was awesome. i am sure he got his wife to jerk him off with her feet wearing a sanchez jersey before he thought of commemorating it in body art.

raghhhhh RS I hate you for putting that image in my brain

that's not actually his wife, it's Sanchez in a wig

i just hate having to see closeups of Rex's freckly pasty skin ugh

pioli fired. when he was interviewed in that cleveland 95 thing on nfln this year, he was sitting in front of a bookshelf in his home. displayed prominently were a bunch of ayn rand novels. i felt vindicated because i always disliked pioli for reasons i could never pin down precisely

haha

he has that look about him

also every report about him is that he's a paranoid monster who is an asshole to even the most random low-level employees. so yeah, fuck him.

plus he allegedly never scouted anyone in NE. he was more of a money guy than a personnel guy

you know, it is difficult for me to admit to this, but i store the copy of the fountainhead i own next to my copies of a people's history of the usa and world, even though they are in a bookcase no one ever sees