NFL Week 16 -- It's Bo Time

[Cosmo]

Thursday night
L.A. Rams (-1.5/43.5) at Seattle, 815, PRIME

Saturday
Philadelphia (-6.5/44.5) at Washington, 5, FOX
Green Bay (-1.5/46.5) at Chicago, 820, FOX

Sunday early
Buffalo (-10/42.5) at Cleveland, CBS
L.A. Chargers at Dallas (-1.5/49.5), FOX
Kansas City (-3.5/37.5) at Tennessee, CBS
Cincinnati (-2.5/50.5) at Miami, CBS
N.Y. Jets at New Orleans (-4.5/40.5), CBS
Minnesota (-3/43.5) at N.Y. Giants, FOX
Tampa Bay (-3/45.5) at Carolina, FOX

Sunday late
Jacksonville at Denver (-3/45.5), FOX
Atlanta (-2.5/47.5) at Arizona, FOX
Pittsburgh at Detroit (-7/51.5), CBS
Las Vegas at Houston (-14.5/37.5), CBS

Sunday night
New England at Baltimore (-3/48.5), NBC/The ****

Monday night
San Francisco (-6/46.5) at Indianapolis, 815, ESPN/ABC

The games that matter...
* The Rams can pretty much clinch the West and nearly sew up the 1 seed in the NFC with a win in Seattle.
* NFC North is basically on the line in the Saturday night game. A Bears win puts them 1.5 up on the Pack with a split. A Packers win gives them the sweep and a .5 game lead and a great path to the 2 seed.
* The Eagles clinch the East with a win in Landover or a Dallas loss on Sunday.
* Buffalo and the Chargers have favorable road matchups as they jockey for 5-6 position in the AFC.
* Tampa-Carolina with obvious giant stakes in the South.
* Jacksonville still has an outside chance at the 1 seed in the AFC if it can beat Bo and the boys in Denver. Broncos sew up the 1 seed with a win, a Chargers' loss or tie, a Patriots loss, and a Buffalo loss or tie. Likely waiting another week for that.
* Do or die time for Detroit, which certainly has to win out to get in. Not as big a deal for the Steelers. Even if they lose twice, they win the North if they beat the Ravens in Week 18.
* Baltimore, on the other hand, almost has to beat the Pats. If they lose, they have to win the final two and have Pittsburgh lose out because they'd lose a tiebreaker with the Steelers.
* Indy's faint playoff hopes are done with a loss, unless Houston loses to Vegas (lol).

Also...
* Houston is a -14.5 point favorite, most since they were a -15.5 point fave against the Jags in 2012 (they did not cover, won in OT).

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Dolphins announced they are benching Tua.

 

[da man]

Dolphins announced they are benching Tua.

And so the Quinn Ewers era begins!

 

[outofplace]

Thursday night
L.A. Rams (-1.5/43.5) at Seattle, 815, PRIME

Saturday
Philadelphia (-6.5/44.5) at Washington, 5, FOX
Green Bay (-1.5/46.5) at Chicago, 820, FOX

Sunday early
Buffalo (-10/42.5) at Cleveland, CBS
L.A. Chargers at Dallas (-1.5/49.5), FOX
Kansas City (-3.5/37.5) at Tennessee, CBS
Cincinnati (-2.5/50.5) at Miami, CBS
N.Y. Jets at New Orleans (-4.5/40.5), CBS
Minnesota (-3/43.5) at N.Y. Giants, FOX
Tampa Bay (-3/45.5) at Carolina, FOX

Sunday late
Jacksonville at Denver (-3/45.5), FOX
Atlanta (-2.5/47.5) at Arizona, FOX
Pittsburgh at Detroit (-7/51.5), CBS
Las Vegas at Houston (-14.5/37.5), CBS

Sunday night
New England at Baltimore (-3/48.5), NBC/The ****

Monday night
San Francisco (-6/46.5) at Indianapolis, 815, ESPN/ABC

The games that matter...
* The Rams can pretty much clinch the West and nearly sew up the 1 seed in the NFC with a win in Seattle.
* NFC North is basically on the line in the Saturday night game. A Bears win puts them 1.5 up on the Pack with a split. A Packers win gives them the sweep and a .5 game lead and a great path to the 2 seed.
* The Eagles clinch the East with a win in Landover or a Dallas loss on Sunday.
* Buffalo and the Chargers have favorable road matchups as they jockey for 5-6 position in the AFC.
* Tampa-Carolina with obvious giant stakes in the South.
* Jacksonville still has an outside chance at the 1 seed in the AFC if it can beat Bo and the boys in Denver. Broncos sew up the 1 seed with a win, a Chargers' loss or tie, a Patriots loss, and a Buffalo loss or tie. Likely waiting another week for that.
* Do or die time for Detroit, which certainly has to win out to get in. Not as big a deal for the Steelers. Even if they lose twice, they win the North if they beat the Ravens in Week 18.
* Baltimore, on the other hand, almost has to beat the Pats. If they lose, they have to win the final two and have Pittsburgh lose out because they'd lose a tiebreaker with the Steelers.
* Indy's faint playoff hopes are done with a loss, unless Houston loses to Vegas (lol).

Also...
* Houston is a -14.5 point favorite, most since they were a -15.5 point fave against the Jags in 2012 (they did not cover, won in OT).

If the Ravens force a tie for first in the AFC North by beating the Steelers Week 18, Baltimore would win the tiebreaker, not Pittsburgh. They would have a better record against common opponents. Record against common opponents comes before conference record as the tiebreaker.

The Steelers aren't getting much respect. Detroit should be favored, but by seven?

 

[outofplace]

Dolphins announced they are benching Tua.

They also cut Matthew Judon.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Ooooof …

 

[HanSenSE]

Best news for the 49ers all.week.

 

[qtlaw]

Best news for the 49ers all.week.

Nice! But he's always been best on hoops.

Now if only the 49ers can get the Matthew Judon who played for Belichek.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Ooooof …

Of PFT, the NYT, CBS Sports, and Yahoo main stories on the appearance, only the NYT mentioned the dance.

 

[Batman]

Ooooof …

Fantasy football owners across the country are telling Jordan Arnold to STFU right now.

 

[I Should Coco]

Ladies and gentlemen, let's cheer on the Monsters of the Midway, your Hammond, Indiana, Bears!

Bears expand stadium search to include Indiana

Because butchering a historic venue into the Spaceship formerly known as Soldier Field about 20 years ago wasn't enough for these greedy bastards.

 

[HanSenSE]

Ladies and gentlemen, let's cheer on the Monsters of the Midway, your Hammond, Indiana, Bears!

Bears expand stadium search to include Indiana

Because butchering a historic venue into the Spaceship formerly known as Soldier Field about 20 years ago wasn't enough for these greedy bastards.

Decatur doesn't want them back?

 

[HanSenSE]

And the predictable mea culpa.

 

[poindexter]

"I had no idea that doing a dance called the Covetous Jew, while greedily rubbing my hand together, would be considered anti-semitic"

JFC

 

[PCLoadLetter]

"I had no idea that doing a dance called the Covetous Jew, while greedily rubbing my hand together, would be considered anti-semitic"

JFC

I'm not going to totally dismiss the possibility that Puka Nacua is just painfully ****ing stupid.

 

[SixToe]

And so the Quinn Ewers era begins!

Fins down? Horns up!

 

[brn623cl]

I'm not going to totally dismiss the possibility that Puka Nacua is just painfully ****ing stupid.

And the predictable mea culpa.

It's been a week for Mr. Nacua
Puka Nacua's brother arrested for alleged theft of Lakers rookie Adou Thiero's car

 

[hondo]

The Nacua brothers seem to be competing with the Pavia brothers to see who can be the biggest set of assholes.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

I haven’t had a free Thursday night this season. Potentially great game to watch on this rare occasion.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Ladies and gentlemen, let's cheer on the Monsters of the Midway, your Hammond, Indiana, Bears!

Bears expand stadium search to include Indiana

Because butchering a historic venue into the Spaceship formerly known as Soldier Field about 20 years ago wasn't enough for these greedy bastards.

Who still owe $500,000,000 in debt service on those renovations.