Time to rest your starters! It's the week 17 thread

This meaningless Giants / http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG mud bowl is a delight!

I'm nominating Jim Harbaugh for playoffs hatcat.jpg

eternal lol @ dolphins who apparently decided their season ended with new england in week 15.

I hope this cold rainy loss is Shanahan's last as a coach

watching gbp vs chi on cable in the uk. go bears! also, go bolts! and of course go pats!

oh no logan mankins is hurt

santana moss explains washington hatcats season: "it was some sh!t, man... Got hit with a wave of bull and we just let it drown us."

mankins injury did not look bad knock on wood

oh - there is a week 17 thread!

"it's raining"
"that's tremendous insight right there. did you major in meteorology?"
"hey, I'm from oregon. I know rain"

not the cbs a-team on the pats game here

ridley... OH HE LOSES THE FOOTBALL.. but he's down

goooood grief are they going to make him stand on the sidelines holding a football for the remainder of the game

Brady punt

I got to say that Rex Ryan coaching the Jets to an 8-8 record with that offense is pretty impressive. It's almost too bad that the Jets are probably going to retain him as I could see Ryan being a pretty good coach for that Detroit club.

"he jumped up to catch the ball and knocked the ball out of his own hands! what's he jumping for?"

oh bills

Lol succop blew it

this guy, blount

The Chargers are having the luckiest day ever

wow

sorry bears :(

browns reputedly firing chud?

20 of 22 starters for the chiefs didn't play. unreal.

Totally in shock with the Chud firing. Fuck. Even Shurmur lasted longer. They must really really really want O'Brien or Whisenhunt.

If Chudzinski gets fired considering the roster situation he found himself with as the season progressed, it would serve the Browns right to go winless next year with whomever they hire.

damn the end of that packers game was unreal especially considering they inexplicably didnt go for two earlier in the quarter

career-defining moment for phil rivers, rallying at home to beat a team of backups in ot

the browns have had 17 head coaches since 1946. the first three, through 1975, had winning records. of the 14 since, only schotten martyheimer (1984-1988) was over .500

fuck art modell

'chudzinski' sounds like a xfl name how is that real

blount had 334 all purpose yards today, patriots record, 7th most since the merger

this is nuts @espn_macmahon Eagles might be healthiest team in NFL history No 53-man roster transactions since season started

:O avant

fuck art modell

Cleveland was able to keep their historical records/stats/whatever, but the Ravens are the real Browns. The Browns are still a lowly expansion team.

hey at least the Browns pulled off that great Trent Richardson trade

I'm seeing mocks with the Browns taking Bortles. I just can't deal with the idea of a great NFL QB named Blake Bortles.

Bortles is pretty crafty, but he plays in the AAC so it's not really a good measure of opposing defenses.

I really think the Rams should take a QB but I guess they're just taking Matthews

Clowney to the Raiders would be either the worst thing or the best thing that could happen to them

bortles sounds like one of those intentional comedy typos

Gavin Escobar!

or like a comedy made up name when someone has to make up a name real fast and does a bad job

the cleveland browns select Joey JoeJoe Jr. Shabadoo

bloomps-esque

Why are the Eagles in contention for the playoffs? They appear to be ridiculous?

NFC East is silly

They lost a bunch of games to start the season

fly eagles fly

Oh I see, teams turn into utter garbage in their vicinity

Witten's butt jiggle

i support the eagles of Philadelphia

No wonder the broncos cut Orton. He has a fat face

afc west: three playoff teams. nfc east: lol. afc west played nfc east slate this season. hmmm.

by my figuring (not sure how good it is), the afc west ex raiders were 11-1 against the nfc east.

I'm thinking this year's NFL playoffs looks pretty wide open. Seattle and Denver are definitely going to be the front runners, but I think neither one is proven to unbeatable even at home. I also think the NFC Wild Card teams are particularly interesting as I think the Saints and Niners both have done it before and especially with SF playing well heading into the playoffs. Indy has also very quietly played very well the last month of the season, seeming to right both issues on the defense and the loss of Reggie Wayne at mid season. Kind of like with the Cardinals in baseball or Duke in college hoops, you look at NE and figure they might surprise and win it all when they don't seem like a favorite it all, as they had really good clubs that didn't win it all. The Blue Devils and Cardinals won a couple of championships in the past decade with similar story lines.

got to come out

This is seriously the most enjoyable game I've watched all year

BTW did you hear how a missed call may have kept the Steelers out of the playoffs? (Illegal SD formation on the last regulation field goal wasn't called, would have been another attempt 5 yards closer)

still listening to collinsworth and michaels killing time here - dc local news has a top story that has nothing to do with the terrible washington football team: "how drunk is TOO DRUNK to ride metro?"

while i appreciate sbnation's giffing efforts, their captions suck -- stop doing that

http://deadspin.com/this-eagles-fan-is-really-really-really-they-won-the-1491454859

A story that might go underneath the radar a bit with all of the other NFL story lines going on is that Miami won their biggest game against the Pats and only had to win 1 to get into the playoffs and then went out and got shutout by the Bills and beat by the Jets at home. That's got to be really a bigger stumble than the Cowboys or Bears stories which will probably get more press. That's a pretty big shank by the Dolphins.

It'll probably go under the radar because the Dolphins overperformed to begin with.

Scott Kacsmar ‏@FO_ScottKacsmar 21m

This season featured the worst finish ever for a 2-0 team (2-14 Texans) and a 9-0 team (11-5 Chiefs).

I still feel like the Lions blew it harder considering what Johnny Fever said; Miami at best was one of those 6 seeds that kinda sneaks in while a lot of people legitimately thought that the Lions offense could be unstoppable. And they only needed 9 wins to take the division.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 56m
This is a day that has been affixed to NFL calendar. But it is one of the most difficult days of year for so many men and their families.

Tie a yellow ribbon on hatcat imo.

down goes frazier

didn't see this in real time but John Kuhn kinda saved the Packers season didn't he?

also wow @ Cobb recognizing the blown coverages not even a second into the play

Holy shit they're making a movie about the draft with Kevin Costner

Also my iPhone autocorrects to kevin Costner

Chudzinski
Shanahan
Frazier
Schiano
Schwartz

Garrett?
Allen?

Munchak?

Fruniculp?
Bortles?

Kermp?

Its 1 O'Clock on a Sunday,
The Raymond James crowd shuffles in.
Theres a young man on the balcony,,
Whose never seen the Buccaneers win.

...

And the lockeroom behaved like a carnival,
And Vincent Jacksons car smelled like a beer.
So Greg had enough, and went full Next Man Up,,
And he'll be coaching at Penn State next year.

Sing us a song your a Schiano Man!
Sing us a song tonight.
Well we were in the mood for a victory,,
But you couldnt get those divas to fight.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/12/30/5242342/sing-us-a-song-youre-the-schiano-man

@dcsportsbog: Chris Russell says Dan Snyder has already met with Bill Cowher at least twice

lol

lol cowher could have like any job right

I guess. Does he really want to coach? He's seemed pretty comfy doing that bullshit studio job.

id he wants to coach why would he want to coach washington

I wonder if someone will hire my buddy Norv.

One guy I would hire over Cowher: Lovie Smith.

everybody loves lovie

Cowher has been away how many seasons now? 6 or 7? He's got to be rusty as fuck.

if the Browns fired Chud to get Josh McDaniels they deserve another 15 years of misery

So looking at the final results for strength of schedule this season 4 of the 5 easiest schedules this year belong to AFC playoff teams, with the Broncos at the very bottom.

Scratch that, that was based on last season's records.

The AFC West (three playoff teams) played the NFC East (garbage fire) this year so that probably has something to do with it.

Easiest SoS based on this year's records:
1. Chiefs (.445)
2. Eagles (.453)
3. Lions (.457) really no excuse there
4. Bears (.465)
5. Broncos/Steelers (.469)

Your 2014 NFL Draft order is set for the non-playoff teams.

1. Houston Texans
2. St. Louis Rams**
3. Jacksonville Jaguars
4. Cleveland Browns
5. Oakland Raiders
6. Atlanta Falcons
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8. Minnesota Vikings
9. Buffalo Bills
10. Detroit Lions
11. Tennessee Titans
12. New York Giants
13. St. Louis Rams
14. Chicago Bears
15. Pittsburgh Steelers
t-16. Baltimore Ravens^
t-16. Dallas Cowboys^
18. New York Jets
19. Miami Dolphins
20. Arizona Cardinals

**Acquired in trade with Washington
^Dallas and Baltimore will flip a coin

**Acquired in trade with Washington

lol hatcats

haha, christ the browns. not really sad i guess, more numb than anything. still can't lineup in time on fourth down after 15 games and 4 months of practice.

I could see Washington throwing a mint at Bill Cowher and then in 3 years it won't work either, so you could add him to the list with the other great coaches that failed with the snyde.

Marty Schottenheimer
Steve Spurrier
Joe Gibbs
Mike Shanahan

I'd think Cowher would fit in perfect in that list.

Holy shit they're making a movie about the draft with Kevin Costner

― 乒乓, Monday, December 30, 2013 3:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it'll probably be really good and no one will see it

I definitely enjoyed the trailer. But imagine the climax of the movie focusing on whether or not a pick falls low enough for the Browns. Wow that'll be bad drama

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1904938-panthers-greg-hardy-provides-the-nfls-quote-of-the-year

Cereal. Killed it. No spoon.

mike wise in the wash post:

Brandon Meriweather sat giggling after his eighth straight loss, cutting it up with E.J. Biggers and Trenton Robinson, who was saying something about what he was going to tell Daniel Snyder.

“What happened today?” they were finally asked, interrupting the laughter.

“You talkin’ to me?” Meriweather, the knuckleheaded safety, said, spinning around in the most jovial 3-13 locker room in the history of 3-13 locker rooms.

oh here's another on today at hatcats park

Another Shanahan draft pick, running back Alfred Morris, also declined to speak Monday morning, saying he needed to leave immediately if he was to make it to Chick-fil-A before it stopped serving breakfast.

to be fair, guys on losing sports teams are allowed to make jokes. it might be more tactful not to do it in front of Extremely Serious writers/fans, but still

lol chick-fil-a tho

serious lols at killed it / no spoon

next thread name obv imo

https://soundcloud.com/briansludgehaddad/rickie-ricardo-boykin

According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions “have interest” in Seahawks assistant head coach/offensive line coach Tom Cable for their head-coaching vacancy.

whaaaaaaaat

Browns have requested permission to interview Josh McDaniels. d'okay

lombardi loves mcdaniels

And McDaniels loves Tebow

playoff thread?