NFL Week 17 thread -- Lumps of coal for you

[Cosmo]

Nice Christmas day tripleheader you've got there ... would be a shame if everyone was basically eliminated from the playoffs except one team...

Christmas Day
Dallas (-7/50.5) at Washington, 1, NETFLIX
Detroit (-6/44.5) at Minnesota, 430, NETFLIX
Denver (-12.5/36.5) at Kansas City, 815, PRIME

Saturday
Houston at L.A. Chargers (-2.5/39.5), NFL
Baltimore at Green Bay (-2.5/40.5), Peacock

Sunday early
Arizona at Cincinnati (-7/53.5), FOX
Pittsburgh (-3.5/34.5) at Cleveland, CBS
New Orleans (-2.5/39.5) at Tennessee, CBS
Jacksonville (-6.5/47.5) at Indianapolis, FOX
Tampa Bay (-5.5/46.5) at Miami, FOX
New England (-13.5/42.5) at N.Y. Jets, FOX
Seattle (-7.5/42.5) at Carolina, CBS

Sunday late
N.Y. Giants at Las Vegas (-1.5/41.5), CBS
Philadelphia at Buffalo (-1.5/43.5), FOX

Sunday night
Chicago at San Francisco (-3/51.5), NBC/The ****

Monday night
L.A. Rams (-8.5/49.5) at Atlanta, ESPN

Stakes...
-- Denver and New England both just need to win as double-digit road faves to stay alive for the 1 seed. Denver would win a head-to-head.
-- Chargers and Bills can both get to 12-4 with home wins to stay within a game of the two leaders. I think the Pats are going to finish 14-3, so Denver will have to win out to match. Broncos could slip to the 5 or 6 seed by losing to the Chargers in Week 18, so they'll have plenty of incentive.
-- Houston can clinch the last wild card with a win or an Indy loss.
-- Detroit's out with a loss or a Green Bay win.
-- The only scenario where the Week 18 Panthers-Bucs game DOESN'T decide the NFC South is if Carolina upsets Seattle and Miami upsets Tampa. If that happens, the Panthers clinch the division on Sunday.
-- DK Metcalf's bad decision made the AFC North a lot more interesting. Probably Malik Willis starting for the Packers, giving the Ravens a little extra hope if Lamar can go. Pittsburgh can end the conversation by beating the Browns.
-- Please seek professional help if you watch one second of Giants-Raiders.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

-- Please seek professional help if you watch one second of Giants-Raiders.

as the jets are currently 4th in the draft order you couldn't possibly imagine what's at stake (and i hope you never have to)

 

[Batman]

-- Please seek professional help if you watch one second of Giants-Raiders.

Red Zone viewers will get some glimpses, so let's exempt them. Other than that, will anyone outside of New York City and Nevada even get that game?

 

[da man]

The ads promoting Denver-KC as an "AFC West showdown" didn't age well.

 

[Della9250]

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Man that's a handful of crap in the pre-Sunday games. Texans-Chargers just stinks of the Saturday at 4:30 PM wild card game, so at least that worked out.

 

[da man]

Man that's a handful of crap in the pre-Sunday games. Texans-Chargers just stinks of the Saturday at 4:30 PM wild card game, so at least that worked out.

That game should be a good one.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

That game should be a good one.

Oh it'll be the best by far but it just screams first wild card game!

 

[Cosmo]

Pretty sure Carolina or Tampa Bay is getting the early Saturday game this year.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

but muh job creation

 

[dixiehack]

Saw a story about how devastated Missourians were about losing a team. That’s a bold claim. Keep the team in my home metro and my state doesn’t pay anything? That’s a huge win.

 

[Batman]

The ads promoting Denver-KC as an "AFC West showdown" didn't age well.

If you'd have said in August that one of these teams would be 12-3 and playing for the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and the other would be 6-9, already eliminated from the playoffs, and lost its star QB to an injury, I'm guessing most would not have picked which one is which.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Saw a story about how devastated Missourians were about losing a team. That’s a bold claim. Keep the team in my home metro and my state doesn’t pay anything? That’s a huge win.

They had the chance. They could have extended a 3/8 of one cent tax that had been in place. Not a new tax. Just the status quo. But they rejected it overwhelmingly.

 

[Batman]

Went to put in my Week 16 bets last Friday, and there was an early line for Broncos -5.5 over the Chiefs. That now feels like a little Christmas gift from the gambling gods.

 

[Della9250]

 

[Inky_Wretch]

They had the chance. They could have extended a 3/8 of one cent tax that had been in place. Not a new tax. Just the status quo. But they rejected it overwhelmingly.

Good!

Publicly-financed stadiums are a scam. They never provide a ROI to the municipality. A city would be better off building bike lanes and parks with the money.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Santa Day looks like a Turkey Day redux in reverse. Same home teams are road teams early, with a night divisional rivalry.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Good!

Publicly-financed stadiums are a scam. They never provide a ROI to the municipality. A city would be better off building bike lanes and parks with the money.

Get that libby **** outta here!! WOOT GO TEAM GO

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Get that libby **** outta here!! WOOT GO TEAM GO

Revenue sharing and salary caps are socialism. Comrade Goodell shows us the way.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Kansas is now a Big League State™. Missouri will have just the Cardinals, Royals and Blues and that's it.