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Comments December 24, 2008
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1/1
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Giants
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12-3
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With the top seed on the line, the Giants ran wild
in a come from behind,
overtime victory over the ferocious Panthers to lock up
home field throughout the playoffs in the NFC.
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2/3
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Titans
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13-2
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No Haynesworth, no problem. Meet Jason Jones. Tennessee earned home field throughout the playoffs in
the AFC thanks to blowing out the Steelers at home in week 16.
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3/5
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Colts
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11-4
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The Colts staged a furious 4th quarter rally at division rival Jacksonville
to nail down their fourth straight playoff appearance.
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4/6
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Panthers
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11-4
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For the second time in just four games DeAngelo Williams rushed for 4 touchdowns,
but incredibly it wasn’t enough to upstage the Giants in the battle for home field
in the NFC as the Panthers surrendered 301 yards rushing.
Even though the Pathers lost this game, they are playing great football
if you factor out this week’s rushing defense.
And remember folks, Delhomme, Smith, Muhammad, and Peppers are no strangers
to the postseason. They all share some very recent
Super Bowl history against the Patriots… However, to win their division and hence grab the second
bye in the NFC,
they’ll either have to beat an angry Saints team on the road that would like
nothing more than to bring down their division rival– or the Rams will have
to beat the Falcons on the road.
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5/2
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Steelers
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11-4
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The Steelers tuned the ball over too many times to hang with the Titans in
Tennessee, so will settle for the 2nd seed in the AFC, which still comes
with a well deserved first-round bye.
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6/7
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Ravens
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10-5
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Baltimore strung together two of the longest back to back runs
you will ever witness to hold off Dallas’ late rally attempt.
The win has the Ravens in position to grab the AFC’s final wild card spot
if they can beat the Jaguars at home in week 17.
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7/4
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Cowboys
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9-6
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After toppling the Giants in week 15, the Cowboys couldn’t get their offense
going against the Ravens in week 16 until it was too late in the game. Dallas can
grab the NFC’s final wild card slot with a victory at Philadelphia… Much easier said than done.
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8/10
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Falcons
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10-5
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There isn’t another NFC team that deserves more kudos this season than the Falcons
who have a chance to earn a first-round playoff bye if they can
beat the Rams at home, and if the Saints can upset the Panthers.
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9/13
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Patriots
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10-5
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Cassel had another marvelous outing as the Patriots crushed
Arizona at home, although the Cardinals looked like a cactus
out of the desert… New England can take the AFC East if they win at Buffalo
and the Jets beat the Dolphins or can grab a wild card with a victory over Buffalo if the Jaguars can beat the Ravens.
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10/11
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Vikings
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9-6
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The Vikings dramatically out-yarded the Falcons but lost the game no thanks to losing
4 fumbles.
It wasn’t the first time this season Minnesota got a case of “the fumbles” (think
@Tennessee)… To win the NFC North the Vikings need to either beat the Giants
in week 17 at home– or the Texans have beat the Bears in Houston.
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11/18
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Redskins
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8-7
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Washington upset the Eagles in week 16 and reminded most people they’re
not a team to be overlooked, they just happened to have played a brutal
schedule in 2008, as did every team in the NFC East.
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12/8
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Eagles
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8-6-1
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The Eagles’ playoff hopes were almost certainly put to rest as a result of
losing at Washington in week 16. In order to qualify they need to beat
Dallas (possible), and Houston needs to beat Chicago (possible), and
Oakland needs to win at Tampa Bay (good luck with that one).
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13/16
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Dolphins
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10-5
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There isn’t another AFC team that deserves more kudos this season than the Dolphins.
Miami won at Kansas City in week 16 and can take the AFC East with road win over the Jets in
week 17 as Pennington has the chance to get the ultimate revenge over his former team.
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14/9
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Buccaneers
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9-6
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The Buccaneers’ playoff hopes took another hit in week 16 as Rivers
torched the Bucs’ for 4 touchdowns in Tampa Bay… To qualify for the playoffs
Tampa needs to beat the Raiders at home and the Eagles need to beat the Cowboys
in Philadelphia.
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15/14
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Bears
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9-6
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The Bears stayed in the playoff hunt with their second overtime victory in a row,
this time over the Packers. To take the NFC North, Chicago must win
at Houston and the Giants must beat the Vikings– or to earn a wild card the Bears must win at Houston and
the Eagles must beat the Cowboys and the Raiders must beat the Buccaneers.
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16/19
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Saints
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8-7
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New Orleans crushed the Lions in week 16 as Brees continued his mission to break
Marino’s single season passing yards record. Maybe that will help his OneSeason
stock? The Saints could make playoff life harder on the Panthers with
a victory over them in week 17.
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17/12
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Jets
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9-6
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The Jets blew another game to a sub .500 team, this time at Seattle,
but still have a few playoff possiblities
that include getting in if they beat Miami in week 17 at home, and
if either New England loses at Buffalo or
Baltimore loses at home to Jacksonville.
The Favre/Pennington story comes full circle this week.
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18/17
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Cardinals
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8-7
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The Cardinals were cacti out of the desert
in the New England snow as they were
decimated for the second week in a row.
Apprarantly the playoffs can’t come soon enough for the Cards.
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19/25
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Chargers
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7-8
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The Chargers upset the Buccaneers in Tampa to stay in the hunt for the AFC West.
Once (4-8) who would have thought San Diego would get the chance to avenge their
week 2 loss in Denver where a blown call cost them the game???
Actually we thought so when the Chargers were (4-7), but when they hit (4-8)
we had to change our tune, but here they are none the less.
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20/15
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Texans
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7-8
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Houston dropped back below the .500 mark thanks to getting upset at Oakland.
The Texans have a chance to play spoiler to the Bears in week 17 at home.
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21/24
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Bills
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7-8
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Buffalo played the spoiler upsetting the Broncos in Denver. The Bills have
a chance for a more meaningful repeat spoiler performance if they can
upset division rival New England at home in week 17.
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22/20
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Broncos
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8-7
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The Broncos fell at home to Buffalo setting up a much speculated about “week 17 showdown”
with the Chargers for the AFC West crown.
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23/21
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Jaguars
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5-10
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Jacksonville let one slip away thanks to their fourth quarter meltdown at home against the Colts.
The Jaguars have a chance to do a lot of favors in week 17 if they can upset the Ravens
in Baltimore.
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24/22
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Packers
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5-10
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Green Bay dropped to five games below .500 as they couldn’t hold a late lead
Monday night in Chicago. In week 17 the Packers have a chance to send Detroit into
infamy with a winless season.
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25/23
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49ers
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6-9
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The 49ers staged a furious fourth quarter come back in St. Louis to grab their sixth victory.
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26/27
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Bengals
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3-11-1
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The Bengals won their second game in a row, upending the
Browns in Cleveland. Can they make it three in
a row when they host the Chiefs in week 17?
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27/29
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Seahawks
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4-11
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Seattle played the spoiler, beating the Jets in Holmgren’s final home game in Seattle.
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28/26
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Browns
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4-11
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Cleveland dropped to 7 games below .500 as they were dealt a home loss
by surging division rival Cincinnati.
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29/30
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Raiders
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4-11
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The Raiders
upset the Texans in week 16 and have a chance to get Al Davis a little
Super Bowl revenge in week 17 if they can
knock the Buccaneers out of the playoffs.
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30/28
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Chiefs
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2-13
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Yet another
blown lead, this time against Miami. When you start
adding up all of their blown leads this season (many of them
late game) you can paint a picture where the Chiefs actually could have won the AFC West
this season.
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31/31
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Rams
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2-13
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For the second week in a row the Rams let one get away at home–
this time against the 49ers.
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32/32
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Lions
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0-15
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Detroit got blown out at home by the Saints in week 16. In order
to avoid going winless in 2008 the Lions will have to win in the bitter
cold of Lambeau field. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
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