Week 13 Discussion Thread

[Hammer]

Eli clutch!!!!

[JudeBaldo]

Jeez Rodgers, that was too easy.

[JudeBaldo]

Congrats to the 49ers for somehow outdoing three potent rivals and winning the rugged NFC West!


Actually, they are good. The other 3 teams stink, though.

Thanks for the backhanded compliment JJ.

But this game showed me that we have a semblance of a passing game.

[Judge Jude]

entering Sunday night


AFC
great 4-way battle for 2 byes
Ravens or Steelers have lock on a wild card; the other one has four 7-5s chasing it
nobody has clinched anything yet

Patriots 9-3, Jets 7-5 (Bills 5-7, Dolphins 4-8)
Ravens 9-3, Steelers 9-3, Bengals 7-5 (Browns 4-8)
Texans 9-3, Titans 7-5 (Jaguars 3-8*, Colts 0-12)
Broncos 7-5, Raiders 7-5 (Chiefs 5-7, Chargers 4-7*)

.............................

NFC
Packers win the NFC North
49ers win the NFC West
Saints alive for bye in battle with 49ers
wild card leaders: Lions, Falcons and Bears 7-5

Cowboys 7-5, Giants 6-6 (Redskins 4-8, Eagles 4-8)
PACKERS 12-0, Lions 7-5, Bears 7-5 (Vikings 2-10)
Saints 9-3, Falcons 7-5 (Buccaneers 4-8, Panthers 4-8)
49ERS 10-2 (Seahawks 5-7, Cardinals 4-7*, Rams 2-10)

.............

JOCKEYING FOR POSITION, 2012 DRAFT
Colts 0-12

Vikings 2-10
Rams 2-10

Jaguars 3-8*

Panthers 4-8
Dolphins 4-8
Eagles 4-8
Buccaneers 4-8
Redskins 4-8
Browns 4-8
Chargers 4-7*

......................

WEEK 14 HIGHLIGHTS

THURSDAY
(BROWNS 4-8) at STEELERS 9-3

SUNDAY
Texans 9-3 at Bengals 7-5
Saints 9-3 at Titans 7-5
Bears 7-5 at Broncos 7-5 (Tebow!)
Raiders 7-5 at Packers 12-0

SUNDAY NIGHT
GIANTS 6-6 at COWBOYS 7-5 (their first meeting of season)

Colts coming back to Baltimore at 0-12 to get their ass kicked six ways to Sunday by the Ravens will entertain some of the old-timers in Bal'mer.

WEEK 14 KEY DRAFT GAMES
Buccaneers 4-8 at Jaguars 3-8*
Eagles 4-8 at Dolphins 4-8

[Judge Jude]

I think the Giants - strictly from a divisional perspective - are better off with a hard-fought loss to the Pack and a Cowboys choke in Arizona, than a win over the Pack and a Cowboys win as well.

They're a game back either way, but if you live in the NY area, you know how arrogant this Giants bunch gets. If they had won today, all they'd do all week is beat their chests and say, "I told you how great we are." That always sets them up to lay an egg, as long as Coughlin has been coach (though he doesn't himself cop that attitude). Meanwhile the Cowboys would have a 5-game winning streak, and be starting to think maybe December won't haunt them again.

Instead, the Giants will have a chip on their shoulders instead of preening all week. They know they're better than a 6-6 team.
The Cowboys? As noted, they lost a game today where they iced their own kicker out of a game-winning FG.

The Giants are better off when they're hungry and the Cowboys are haunted.

[JudeBaldo]

I don't think I've ever seen three offensive pass interference calls on the same player lol.

[Judge Jude]

You can't pull what I used to call "Plaxicos" playing for a stupid, dirty team like the Lions - the refs will call them every time.

[jwlincy]

P-Dub injured. Fuuuuuu.

Who is P-Dub?

[Erik]

This Garcon owner would like to thank the Patriots' D for mailing it in during garbage time.

[Erik]

Percy Harvin has been on fire for a few weeks now. He's been a lifesaver for me in my only fantasy league.

I faced Harvin in way too many of my leagues this week.

[Erik]

here the screen went black for 10 seconds, then it switched to the Atlanta game for 20 seconds, then they cut away to a commercial break, They couldn't stay for another 3 minutes? Cripes. That was as bad a cutaway as I've ever seen.

I saw that too, but we also get the Philly stations, so I switched to Fox Philly, where they stayed with DEN-MIN until it ended.

[Erik]

The NFC East is AWFUL. Makes the Eagles' failure to get a real defensive coordinator even more grating.

[revo]

Who is P-Dub?

Paulie Walnuts?

[Erik]

NBC10 in Philly reported last night that McNabb wants to go to the Bears, and the Bears might now be just desperate enough to take him on.

[chancellor]

So, can someone explain to me why you'd play a soft zone on Blaine Gabbert when he hasn't proven he can throw downfield at all?

My gut call is "Norv Turner is an idiot", but I'm open to other suggestions.