NFL Football

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Great NFC matchups next weekend.

Arizona vs @LA Rams. Go football. Visitors won both games this year.

GO:

Philadelphia > @Tampa Bay, as if.
San Francisco > @Dallas, could happen.

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Uh huh.
He also had a Chuck Norris bobblehead over his left shoulder.

Perfect.

Manning Cast curse finishes season undefeated after Packers' upset loss to Lions

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Perfect.

Manning Cast curse finishes season undefeated after Packers' upset loss to Lions

From COVID Protocol to Manning Curse he fought the law and the law won. Tom Brady made it a bit easier for the voters to not choose Kaaron for MVP.
29/37 326 Yds 3 TD 0 Int 130.4 QBRat

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Perfect.

Manning Cast curse finishes season undefeated after Packers' upset loss to Lions

From COVID Protocol to Manning Curse he fought the law and the law won. Tom Brady made it a bit easier for the voters to not choose Kaaron for MVP.
29/37 326 Yds 3 TD 0 Int 130.4 QBRat

Works for me.

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T.J. Watt had four of the nine (!) sacks of Baker Mayfield last night.
https://sports.yahoo.com/monday-night-f ... 26743.html

... Watt’s four sacks give him 21.5 sacks for the season, which puts him just one sack behind the NFL record of 22.5 by Michael Strahan in the 2001 season with the New York Giants.

Without even a hint of snarkiness Strahan just said on GMA, paraphrased: "It's so hard to get a sack that I wish him the best no matter how many games."

I thought that it was a funny and subtle cut given that Watt will have an extra, 17th game to seize the record in. Anyhow:

Watt is the first Steelers player with four sacks in a game since Joey Porter had four against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2001. He is the third player this season to have at least four sacks in a game, joining Myles Garrett of the Browns (4.5 vs. Chicago) and Chandler Jones of the Arizona Cardinals (5.0 against Tennessee)....

Watt thought that he set the record, but it turns out that if the QB fumbles, picks up the ball, then gets dropped behind the line it's not a sack. So, Watt "only" tied Strahan.

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... Tom Brady made it a bit easier for the voters to not choose Kaaron for MVP.
29/37 326 Yds 3 TD 0 Int 130.4 QBRat

Works for me.

Brady set an NFL record for completions in a season, 456 I think. Also, if the page is fully updated:
4990 Yds 311 Y/G 40 TD 12 INT 100.5 QBRat
https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5228/

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@Las Vegas 9-7 > 3 point favorite LA Traitors 9-7 Sun night, good prime time choice. Knock it out of the playoffs.

Holy crap. LV was up by 15 with 5" left. LA drove the field and tied it at 29 as time expired. If both teams just kneel x 3 and punt for 15", they both go to the playoffs and Pittsburgh is screwed. Wow.

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@Las Vegas 9-7 > 3 point favorite LA Traitors 9-7 Sun night, good prime time choice. Knock it out of the playoffs.

Holy crap. LV was up by 15 with 5" left. LA drove the field and tied it at 29 as time expired. If both teams just kneel x 3 and punt for 15", they both go to the playoffs and Pittsburgh is screwed. Wow.

Game of the Year!

Gawd, I thought he missed it!

Tied at 32!

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Sudden death now☠, whoever scores wins.

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Game of the Year!

Gawd, I thought he missed it!

Tied at 32!

4:30 left. Almost did miss it. Perfect last game for the 2021 NFL! The Steelers and likely retiring Ben must be sweating bullets. LA has converted six 4th downs - hasn't happened in the NFL in 30 years.

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Woulda been interesting if they laid down, but....




Great season finale.

Chargers will be back.

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Woulda been interesting if they laid down, but....

They probably would have been griefed for it mercilessly.

Great season finale.

Chargers will be back.

60 years since the last team made the postseason after a mid-season coaching change! Suck on that, Gruden.

In descending order I prefer:
Baltimore
Pittsburgh Yes!
LV Traitors Yes!
Miami
Indianapolis
LA Traitors

Thank you, Jags and Colts.

In the Hunt

AFC
(8) LV, Yes!
(9) PIT, Yes!
(11) BAL

NFC
(8) NO

TV here:

4:25 PM
@Atlanta (ick) 7-9 > 3.5 point favorite New Orleans 8-8. I don't hate New Orleans, but I prefer SF.

I'll take 3 of my top 4 teams moving on anytime.

GO:
Pittsburgh > @KC.
@Buffalo > Pats.
Las Vegas > @Cincy

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Not exactly "Breaking News.....from "




Thank goodness.

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Not exactly "Breaking News.....from "

Thank goodness.

Awww.


Mike Jones, USA TODAY's opinion - Super Bowl viability

1. Kaaron Bay Packers
2. Kansas City Chiefs
3. Buffalo Bills
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5. Los Angeles Rams
6. Dallas Cowboys
7. San Francisco 49ers
8. Tennessee Titans
9. Arizona Cardinals
10. New England Patriots
11. Cincinnati Bengals
12. Las Vegas Raiders
13. Pittsburgh Steelers , but ouch
14. Philadelphia Eagles , but double ouch

Go Bills vs Rams, I guess.

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Mike Jones, USA TODAY's opinion - Super Bowl viability

1. Kaaron Bay Packers
2. Kansas City Chiefs
3. Buffalo Bills
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5. Los Angeles Rams
6. Dallas Cowboys
7. San Francisco 49ers
8. Tennessee Titans
9. Arizona Cardinals
10. New England Patriots
11. Cincinnati Bengals
12. Las Vegas Raiders
13. Pittsburgh Steelers , but ouch
14. Philadelphia Eagles , but double ouch

Go Bills vs Rams, I guess.

Bucs are my second or third team and regardless of personal feelings Brady is the GOAT and adding to his legacy would be incredible.

Other than that, I'd like to see a team that has never won it all previously.
Bungles, Titans, Bills.

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I'll go with Bucs for a start. I've got other preferences, but their chances are slimmer. (You know who you are, Iggles)

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Leaking reports say the team formerly known as "Redskins" will become the "Admirals." Isn't that special? Making the announcement on Feb 2 - they'd be better off to be the "Groundhogs."

That's awful.
They might as well have gone with the Generals, then they could be the rightfully named perennial football punching bag just like their basketball brethren.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/05/is-the-wa ... -admirals/

... CBS Sports noted there is a Major League Quidditch team that currently holds the name Washington Admirals. The franchise is reportedly based in the Washington, DC, area.

There's Major League Quidditch???

Quidditch (real-life sport)

Quidditch is a sport of two teams of seven players each mounted on a broomstick ...

The ultimate goal is to have more points than the other team by the time the snitch, a tennis ball inside a long sock hanging from the shorts of an impartial official dressed in yellow, is caught. Rules of the sport are governed by the International Quidditch Association, or the IQA, and events are sanctioned by either the IQA or that nation's governing body.

To score points, chasers or keepers must get the quaffle, a slightly deflated volleyball, into one of three of the opposing hoops, which scores the team 10 points. To impede the quaffle from advancing down the pitch, chasers and keepers can tackle opposing chasers and keepers at the same time as beaters using their bludgers—dodgeballs—to take out opposing players. Once a player is hit by an opposing bludger, that player must dismount their broom, drop any ball being held, and return to touch their hoops before being allowed back into play. The game is ended once the snitch is caught by one of the seekers, awarding that team 30 points.

... Matches or games often run about 30 to 40 minutes but tend to be subject to varying lengths of time due to the unpredictable nature of the snitch catch. If the score at the end of the match including the 30 point snitch catch is tied (such that the team that caught the snitch was 30 points behind the other), the game moves to overtime where the snitch is constrained to the pitch's dimensions and the game ends after five minutes or when the snitch is legally caught.

Anyhow, back to the What Fucking Team article:

On Monday, WFT president Jason Wright said in a news brief the name “Wolves,” and variations like “RedWolves,” would not be considered due to trademark challenges.

No one told him about the quidditch team?

... The Washington Football Team will also announce its new logo on Feb. 2, Groundhog Day.

No word on how many times and how many names on Groundhog Day.

... The announcement will arrive 19 months after the WFT dropped its former nickname over issues with racial insensitivity.

Ridiculously long time.

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Vegas concensus

Arizona vs @LA Rams. Go football. Visitors won both games this year.
L.A. Rams favored by 4.

GO:

Philadelphia > @Tampa Bay, as if.
Tampa Bay favored by 8½!
San Francisco > @Dallas, could happen.
Dallas favored by 3.

GO:
Pittsburgh > @KC.
Kansas City favored by 12½!
@Buffalo > Pats.
Buffalo favored by 4.
Las Vegas > @Cincy.
Cincinnati favored by 5½.

Home team favored in every instance this year. Of course, I'm wishing for the visitors in 4 out of 5 games.

Odds To Win Super Bowl 56 (2/13/22)
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Descending order

Green Bay Packers
Kansas City
Buffalo Bills
Tennessee Titans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Los Angeles Rams
Dallas Cowboys
Arizona Cardinals
Cincinnati Bengals
New England Patriots
San Francisco 49ers
Las Vegas Raiders
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers

Poor 49ers, Raiders, Eagles and Steelers, all teams I'm rooting for . Again, go Bills vs Rams.

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Vegas concensus

GO:

Pittsburgh > @KC.
Kansas City favored by 12½!

Home team favored in every instance this year. Of course, I'm wishing for the visitors in 4 out of 5 games.

Odds To Win Super Bowl 56 (2/13/22)

... (14) Pittsburgh Steelers

Poor 49ers, Raiders, Eagles and Steelers, all teams I'm rooting for . Again, go Bills vs Rams.

Ut-oh.

NFL betting: Steelers are, by point spread, the biggest underdog in wild-card round history

Motivator, or does Ben end with humiliation?