NFL Week 16 thread -- Slippery like Jake the Snake

Sometimes I forget how much of a rockstar Jake Plummer was in Arizona in the mid to late 90s. ...

CHRISTMAS DAY
Minnesota at New Orleans (-7), 430

SATURDAY
Tampa Bay (-9.5) at Detroit, 1
San Francisco at Arizona (-4.5), 430
Miami (-2.5) at Las Vegas, 815

SUNDAY EARLY
Atlanta at Kansas City (-10.5)
Cleveland (-9.5) at N.Y. Jets
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh (-2.5)
Chicago (-7.5) at Jacksonville
N.Y. Giants at Baltimore (-12.5)
Cincinnati at Houston (-9)

SUNDAY LATE
Carolina at Washington (-2.5)
Denver at L.A. Chargers (-3)
Philadelphia (-1.5) at Dallas
L.A. Rams at Seattle (-3)

SUNDAY NIGHT
Tennessee at Green Bay (-3.5)

MONDAY NIGHT
Buffalo (-7) at New England

THOUGHTS: NFL just moved Carolina-Washington to the late window because if Washington had won at 1 p.m., it would render the Dallas-Philly game meaningless. ... San Fran-Arizona is only being shown on Amazon Prime video ... Also, shouldn't SF-AZ be a neutral site game since it's the home field for both? ... Colts-Steelers really the only thing worth watching in the early window Sunday, unless you want to see Atlanta take a 10-point lead in K.C. and still lose by 20. ... Agree with the line, but it's still a bit jarring to see the Bills giving seven in Foxborough.

 

My fantasy team could use a Chiefs Covid outbreak ... and save it: I already know no one cares.

 

Goddamn, I loved this story.

SI Vault: Jake Plummer walked away from the American Dream to play handball

 

Genius.

 

He can't stop stepping all over his own dick.

Give Heinecke a shot on Sunday.

 

How the hell are the Steelers favored over anybody right now? Did nobody watch that debacle last night? The Colts are going to pile up 200 yards rushing in that game and they might win by 20.

 

Colts can't beat the Steelers. Not with great teams, not with good teams, not with mediocre teams. They just can't.

Colts won 2 in a row once (1968, 1971) and have lost 23 of 27 since.

 

The Steelers had something like 11 consecutive victories over the Bengals going into last night's game. That kind of stuff just doesn't matter right now. Pittsburgh's offense is a disaster and the injuries at linebacker are finally taking a toll on the defense. Go back to the start of the season with this current version of the Steelers and they would be lucky to finish .500. The Colts right now are a much better team.

 

Any idea why an NFL game is only available on Amazon Prime? Had this been determined before the Trumpandemic?

 

Oh, Danny boy.

The Washington Football Team paid a female former employee $1.6 million as part of a confidential settlement in 2009, according to a copy of the agreement reviewed by The Washington Post. The settlement was struck after the woman accused team owner Daniel Snyder of sexual misconduct, a person familiar with the matter said.

The alleged incident occurred on Snyder’s private plane on a flight returning from the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, said the person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity. In court records filed Monday as part of an ongoing feud among the team’s owners, Snyder’s business partners referenced the woman’s allegation, calling it “a serious accusation of sexual misconduct.”

The revelation of a seven-figure settlement involving Snyder comes as the NFL conducts an investigation into sexual harassment inside the organization he has owned since 1999.

Key details of the agreement reviewed by The Post align with a settlement that surfaced during the NFL’s investigation, and that the team’s lawyers are fighting in federal court to keep under wraps.

Snyder and the team declined to comment or answer any questions about the settlement or allegations. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy declined a request for comment about whether it was aware of this settlement or any related allegations.

The female employee made “certain allegations” in April 2009, according to a copy of the agreement, and was later fired. The agreement, which was signed on July 22 of that year by an attorney on behalf of Snyder and two other team executives, did not describe the nature of the allegations. In the agreement, neither Snyder nor the team acknowledged any wrongdoing.

Though the woman had been terminated for cause, she and the team agreed that her personnel file would be changed to show that she voluntarily resigned. The team also provided the woman with a letter of recommendation, signed by Mitch Gershman, then the team’s chief operating officer, which described her as “well-respected by her colleagues here at The Washington Redskins and around the NFL” and said she “will be an asset to another organization.”​

Washington Football Team settled sexual misconduct claim against Daniel Snyder for $1.6 million in 2009 — The Washington Post

 

I think it's kind of like a Jets-Giants deal. That was a regularly scheduled Cardinals home game, so no need to change the plan.

Packers can lock down the NFC bye with a win and a Seattle loss.

 

Can't remember if they tried that last year or not. I know that they've tried to pump up their relationship with Prime this year, as the Thursday night package has been available both on Prime and FOX/NFLN. Probably the thinking is that only a finite part of the country would have gotten this game on Sunday anyway, so why not experiment and move it to Saturday and see how many nationwide would tune in?