2017 NFL Season

[CJF]

Del Rio fired. Bring on Chucky part II.

[Donuthole]

And Ginger Dalton leads a drive to knock the Ravens out. What a glorious afternoon of NFL football.

#triplepost

[Donuthole]

Also big thanks to Jimmy Garrapolo for singlehandedly improving Denver’s draft position while simultaneously creating ridiculous expectations for the 49ers next year.

[Donuthole]

ESAD Seahawks and your stupid bandwagon fan base.

[Blueintheface]

I too am So tired of watching the donKeys make a beautiful game lOok so difficuLt.

[Uncle Ted]

I've heard ratings are down in LA more than the national average because LA used to get the best games every week. Now they've gone from zero to two teams so both networks have to show their games. Looking at the 506 sports map, the Denver stink bleeds into Montana and South Dakota which is ridiculous, those markets also have to endure that shitty Denver game this week.

This post by fivethirtyeight from a couple years back is funny. If the NFL has an agreement with its franchises and gives them certain out of the area markets and that agreement is then forced on the networks, then why are the Arizona games never broadcast in Utah, New Mexico and Nevada? Why is that franchise royally screwed while viewers in Utah this year are forced to watch a terrible Denver team? Those stats are compiled from 2009-2014. The Cards made the Super Bowl during the 2008 season and made the playoffs 2-3 times during between 2009-2014.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-every-sunday/

While I think Peyton Manning probably had an effect on these numbers, the evidence from this year (we're 15 out of 15 so far) indicates that they simply think that people can't get enough of a shitty Denver team. Maybe the league and the networks have it nailed down in most of the country regarding what games to show, but I think they severely overestimate the number of Denver fans outside of Colorado in the intermountain west and into the Dakotas and Nebraska. The fact that more Denver games were shown in the Boise market as opposed to Seahawks games is insane to me.

I wonder how those Las Vegas Raiders will stake things up. Maybe kill off the cards.


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[Color Me Badd Fan]

Utah is in the Denver market, so you are force fed those games.

In SoCal we are force fed Charger and Rams games. Bleh. It's the only reason I still have DirecTV. NFL Sunday Ticket makes me its bitch.

I've heard ratings are down in LA more than the national average because LA used to get the best games every week. Now they've gone from zero to two teams so both networks have to show their games. Looking at the 506 sports map, the Denver stink bleeds into Montana and South Dakota which is ridiculous, those markets also have to endure that shitty Denver game this week.

This post by fivethirtyeight from a couple years back is funny. If the NFL has an agreement with its franchises and gives them certain out of the area markets and that agreement is then forced on the networks, then why are the Arizona games never broadcast in Utah, New Mexico and Nevada? Why is that franchise royally screwed while viewers in Utah this year are forced to watch a terrible Denver team? Those stats are compiled from 2009-2014. The Cards made the Super Bowl during the 2008 season and made the playoffs 2-3 times during between 2009-2014.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-every-sunday/

While I think Peyton Manning probably had an effect on these numbers, the evidence from this year (we're 15 out of 15 so far) indicates that they simply think that people can't get enough of a shitty Denver team. Maybe the league and the networks have it nailed down in most of the country regarding what games to show, but I think they severely overestimate the number of Denver fans outside of Colorado in the intermountain west and into the Dakotas and Nebraska. The fact that more Denver games were shown in the Boise market as opposed to Seahawks games is insane to me.

[The_Tick]

My weekly rant continues. CBS has only one game this week, Fox has the doubleheader. CBS has six games to choose from. Four of the games involve a team trying to get into the playoffs, and in fact the Buffalo v. Pats game involves two possible playoff teams. So which game does the Salt Lake CBS affiliate pickup (or is forced to pickup, I have no idea whether the NFL forces certain affiliates to pick particular games)?

Of course, CBS picks Denver @ Washington -- two teams in the shitter that currently have zero momentum heading into next year.

Here's a poll that was done regarding Utah's favorite NFL teams:

http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/feat...r-team-in-utah

Denver having a fifth of the NFL fans in Utah apparently is the overriding concern vs people that just want to see the more interesting games instead of what amounts to an exhibition game. Start with the NE v. Buffalo game, if it turns out to be a blowout go to a competitive game.

Utah is in the Denver market, so you are force fed those games.

In SoCal we are force fed Charger and Rams games. Bleh. It's the only reason I still have DirecTV. NFL Sunday Ticket makes me its bitch.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

My weekly rant continues. CBS has only one game this week, Fox has the doubleheader. CBS has six games to choose from. Four of the games involve a team trying to get into the playoffs, and in fact the Buffalo v. Pats game involves two possible playoff teams. So which game does the Salt Lake CBS affiliate pickup (or is forced to pickup, I have no idea whether the NFL forces certain affiliates to pick particular games)?

Of course, CBS picks Denver @ Washington -- two teams in the shitter that currently have zero momentum heading into next year.

Here's a poll that was done regarding Utah's favorite NFL teams:

http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/feat...r-team-in-utah

Denver having a fifth of the NFL fans in Utah apparently is the overriding concern vs people that just want to see the more interesting games instead of what amounts to an exhibition game. Start with the NE v. Buffalo game, if it turns out to be a blowout go to a competitive game.

[Uncle Ted]

The fact that the Cowboys playoff hopes largely hinge on teams like he Bucs winning is the reason why the Cowboys have a 6% chance at making the playoffs.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I think the cowboys also have a chance if either the Panthers or the Saints lose their last two games but I think the best bet is for the Falcons to lose to both New Orleans and Carolina. Of course, the cowboys have to beat the Eagles at philly. I hate all these bird teams. Tampa Bay just needs to win all their remaining games for the cowboys. Come on you Bucs!

The fact that the Cowboys playoff hopes largely hinge on teams like he Bucs winning is the reason why the Cowboys have a 6% chance at making the playoffs.

[Uncle Ted]

Playing with the ESPN playoff machine makes it appear that Dallas's chances aren't great. Two things need to happen along with Dallas winning out:

1. Detroit has to lose to the Bengals or at home against Green Bay in Week 17 in a game that will likely mean nothing to GB; and

2. Atlanta has to lose two games. One is likely because they have to play the Saints on the road but their other two games are against the Bucs and at home against the Panthers who might not have anything to play for in Week 17. No one thinks the Saints will lose to the Bucs in Week 17 when they're playing for the division title. Of course, the Panthers won't know that for sure and they might play that game to win.

I think the cowboys also have a chance if either the Panthers or the Saints lose their last two games but I think the best bet is for the Falcons to lose to both New Orleans and Carolina. Of course, the cowboys have to beat the Eagles at philly. I hate all these bird teams. Tampa Bay just needs to win all their remaining games for the cowboys. Come on you Bucs!

[Northwestcoug]

Any QB at that level should know that he has two options in that scenario:

1) Throw a pass into the EZ that has no chance of being intercepted; or
2) throw it away and take your chances in OT.

I'd be curious to know what Pittsburgh's offense was being told during the 5-minute review of the non-TD. They should have been over there assuming the TD would be overturned and scripting scenarios for the next two plays. But based on the fact that they came out and ran a play that kept the clock moving, and then the team had no idea whether they were going to spike the ball or run a play, I'm guessing that didn't happen. Meanwhile, the OC should have been repeatedly reminding Ben of the above two points.

So I agree that Haley is also dumb. Go ahead and add Mike Tomlin to that list.

Agree with everything. I can't find the video, but the post-game one with Ben was hilarious. He was blaming the sideline, the other players, and everyone except himself about the interception. He claimed he was hearing 2 different calls from the coaches, so that's what caused all the confusion. Sure looked like the fake spike was the called play.

And still, why oh why would you throw that ball down the middle??? The Pats have some history picking off those types of throws...

[Jeff Lebowski]

Due to the way they've been interpreting what is a catch and what isn't - having to maintain possession to the ground if you are making the catch while in the air - I thought the Pittsburgh TD overturn was a pretty easy call to make. He's off the ground when the ball hits his hands. He's landing on his side as he comes down. He doesn't keep possession of the ball when he hits the ground. Not a catch.

I'm not a Pats fan, and they win enough that I tend to root for the teams they are playing. But that wasn't a catch based on how the rule has been interpreted for the last couple of years at least.

Yeah it was the right call.

[Uncle Ted]

Playing with the ESPN playoff machine makes it appear that Dallas's chances aren't great. Two things need to happen along with Dallas winning out:

1. Detroit has to lose to the Bengals or at home against Green Bay in Week 17 in a game that will likely mean nothing to GB; and

2. Atlanta has to lose two games. One is likely because they have to play the Saints on the road but their other two games are against the Bucs and at home against the Panthers who might not have anything to play for in Week 17. No one thinks the Saints will lose to the Bucs in Week 17 when they're playing for the division title. Of course, the Panthers won't know that for sure and they might play that game to win.

ESPN was saying the cowboys had a 5% chance of making the playoffs before this weekend... After this last weekend I think they have now a 6% chance.