Nfl Playoff Schedule

Yeppers, we're doing this one again. Kinda sucks that this game is scheduled for the middle of winter, but perhaps it will have playoff implications. Anyway, it is on the calendar. I am tentatively setting a deadline to sign up four (4) weeks prior to the event to RSVP, which will allow me time to find and get tickets in a single block. Transportation will be developed based on the number of attendees. Chances are that we'll do a one-day trip to San Fran, leaving about 9 am-ish.

Here are mine: AFC 1. Tennessee Titans (13-3) Continue momentum from last season, ride to top of AFC 2. New York Jets (12-4) Loaded up with stars, the Jets reach the AFC elite 3. San Diego (11-5) Beat up on weak division, get 3 seed 4. Baltimore Ravens (9-7) Ravens edge out Steelers for North title 5. Indianapolis Colts (11-5) Colts no longer dominate team in South, but still good enough for playoffs 6. Houston Texans (10-6) High time they make the playoffs- South sends both WC's and top seed, show they are the best division in the league NFC 1. Minnesota Vikings (12-4) Favre returns and dominates for one more season 2. New Orleans Saints (12-4) Lose opener, tiebreaker with Vikes 3. New York Giants (11-5) Manning has solid season, gets team back into postseason 4. San Francisco 49ers (9-7) Niners win West with easy schedule and no competition in the Div. 5. Dallas Cowboys (10-6) 'Boys benefit from ROY Dez Bryant, win playoff spot late 6. Green Bay Packers (10-6) Pack return from close contest with Cards and make postseason again Results Wild Card Weekend Chargers over Texans, Ravens over Colts, (barely) Giants over Packers, 49ers over Cowboys (Game of the Week- 49ers score winning TD in OT) Divisional Round Titans over Ravens, Jets over Chargers, Giants over Saints, Viking over 49ers Championship Round Jets over Titans, Vikings over Giants Super Bowl 45 Vikings over Jets MVP: Adrian Peterson

Answer: I'll give you the only prediction you need. Superbowl winners=J.E.T.S.

Which playoff team last season will fall off next season? Bengals, Patriots, Vikings(Sorry Favre last season you had a good chance but you threw a interception), Cardinals, Eagles #1 seed in NFC/AFC? Packers(14-2), Jets(15-1) #2 seed in NFC/AFC? Cowboys(12-4), Ravens(14-2) #3 seed in NFC/AFC? Rams(12-4), Chargers(12-4) #4 seed in NFC/AFC? Saints(11-5), Colts(11-5) #5 seed in NFC/AFC? Lions(11-5), Dolphins(13-3) #6 seed in NFC/AFC? Redskins(9-7), Titans(10-6) What team has the toughest schedule in NFC/AFC? Giants, Patriots ( its why i think they're not going to make the playoffs.) Worst team of 2010-11? Seahawks 1-15( people will think that they will go 0-16 since Lions but win against Rams in the last game because of the Rams are resting players for playoffs) and Chiefs 2-14 Who will win Super Bowl 45? How? Baltimore Ravens; Ed Reed picked it off! Final: 45-38

Answer: Rams to the playoff? With a rebuilding O-line, no receivers and a rookie QB? With that record? Must be crazy! Drinking the Ram KoolAid

ITs gonna hurt ratings for both the NFL and NBA. THe nfl draft was better when it started in the morning and was an all day event. who agrees

Answer: "It's just the arrogance of the NFL." "and it's going to catch up with them someday." - Mark Cuban cant really say it much better than that.

Hey, just a few questions: 1. When does the pre-season start? 2. When does the regular season start? 3. When do the playoffs start? 4. When is the Superbowl I only need a month span, not an exact date. Thanks

Answer: 1. August 2. September 3. January 4. February

McNabb doesn't need to get traded The Eagles need to build talent around him. McNabb hasn't had any talent around him in his entire NFL career. And don't say T.O.(Terrell Owens) he's nothing. We need to stop putting the blame on McNabb and look at everything you said wrong. It's not McNabb's fault he gets sacked. It's not his fault he gets pressured by the Defense and throws interceptions(Rarely throws interceptions. It's not his fault he's prone to injury. It's not his fault he he holds the ball TOO LONG. this is the offensive lines fault. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS FIX THOSE DAMN HOLES ON DEFENSE AND GET SOME DAMN GOOD BLOCKER FOR McnABB . MCNABB NEED BLOCKERS SO HE CAN HAVE MORE TIME AND KNOW WHERE TO THROW THE BALL. Y'ALL JUST LET THE DEFENSE FALL OVER YOU AND LET HIM GET SACKED AND HURT. KEEP MCNABB. BECAUSE WHEREVER YOU TRADE HIM AND IF ITS MINNESOTA . AND HE WINS A SUPER BOWL WITH MINNESOTA WE'RE GONNA LOOK STUPID . AND YOU'RE GONNA WISH YOU HAD KEPT HIM. YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE OH DAMN MCNABB HAS ONE A SUPER BOWL . OH MY GOD WE'RE SO EMBARRASSED AND NOW WE ALL FEEL STUPID BECAUSE WE TRADED HIM!! DAMN STOP DISRESPECTING PLAYERS . IT'S JUST LIKE HOW Y'ALL DISRESPECTED 36WEST & SHAWN ANDREWS. I UNDERSTAND WHY Y'ALL CUT SHAWN. BECAUSE HE COULD NEVER STAY HEALTHY . YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE Y'ALL KEPT RUSHING HIM TO PLAY AND HE MESSED HIMSELF UP AGAIN. HE COULD'VE BEEN GOOD IF YOU GIVEN HIM ALOT MORE TIME. AND JASON PETERS? THAT'S A GOOD ADDITION BUT YOU NEED A LITTLE MORE WORK DONE TO THE O-LINE. I WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER DRAFTING USC TAYLOR MAYS AND LATER DRAFT A O-LINE. BUT TRUST ME PUT SOME TALENT AROUND MCNABB!!! IF Y'ALL GOING TO TRADE HIM AND MISS THE PLAYOFFS NEXT SEASON IT'S Y'ALL FREAKING PROBLEM NOT MINE!!! . Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL NEED HIM FOR THAT TOUGH 2010 SCHEDULE. BUT I AM GOING TO SAY THIS ONCE , BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

Answer: they should take him to the vet and put him down

first off let me say that i have very little support for the NFL expanding or relocating, especially since the league just added the texans a few years ago. i also understand that adding new teams will change both the scheduling and playoff formats, and such a possibility is highly unlikely due to the current problem of making a new CBA. so once again i have little support for expansion/relocation. i'm just curious because i know there are some cities out there that want to have an NFL team despite the slim chance of their request being granted. most inparticular, los angeles and san antonio. so my first question is, what do you think are the top five cities most likely to get a new NFL team? my second question is, if they were granted an NFL team through relocation, what five teams will be the ones leaving?

Answer: San Antonio Los Angles Chicago (2md team) like there was when he had the Bears & Cardinals Toronto

Please read my thoughtful essay and reply thoughtfully. Please no “you don’t know nothing about football” or “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. I would leave the divisions and the way the schedule is drawn up exactly as it is now but eliminate the conferences. The 8 division winners would make the playoffs, (the 4 with the best records get first week byes, just like now). There would be 4 wild cards rather than 2 and 2. The teams would be seeded according to their season records. This system would have several advantages over what we have now: 1.The teams with the best records would make the playoffs. Nowadays this doesn’t always happen. And no, I am not a Pats fan still upset from 2 years ago. I’m not! 2.It would be theoretically possible for all 4 teams from a division to make the playoffs. What’s wrong with that? 3.It would be theoretically possible for 2 teams from the same division to play in the Super Bowl. What’s wrong with that? 4.It would keep the best teams away from each other until they had to play. Some years it has been obvious that the two best teams were in the same conference. 5.It would mean that any two teams could play in the Super Bowl. What would be wrong with having 2 former NFC teams or 2 former AFC teams in the big game? My reasoning is as follows: 1.It seems to me that 40 years after the merger the conferences only serve as a talking point for the fans and sports writers. Ask any player who played for the runner-up in the Super Bowl how much of a consolation their Conference Championship is to them. 2.The marketers like to be able to present the Super Bowl as a big Show-Down between the two best teams. But with the interconnecting schedule some years it’s not a showdown at all, it’s a rematch. And in some years it’s not the best two teams. 3.It’s not as if there was a long history of 2 leagues with slightly differing rules and styles of play as used to be the case with MLB. After all, it only took 6 years before a common draft was agreed to and 10 years for the full merger. 4.The NFL conferences have nothing to do with geography as is the case with the NHL and NBA. 5.It’s not like the conferences and their teams are carved in stone anyway. Remember that 3 teams moved from the National to the American at the time of the merger and more recently, Seattle moved from the AFC to the NFC. What do you think?

Answer: The biggest stumbling block to the "teams with the best records don't always make the playoffs" is the unbalanced schedule. Unlike the other major sports, every NFL team doesn't play every other NFL team during the season. Some teams get blessed with easier schedules than others. Some teams would luck out and pad their record against a bunch of last place squads while a 9-7 team in a tough division (like, say, the Texans) would stay home for the postseason. Second, I'm not really sure how your system would be an advantage over the current one. Sure, two teams from the same division could end up in the Super Bowl, or all four teams from a division could make the playoffs. But how is that "better" than the current set-up? Right now it's not unusual for three teams in the same division to make the postseason. Would it really be that big of an improvement if the last-place team got in too? "It would keep the two best teams away from each other until they had to play". Isn't that what happened this year? There's no guarantee in your system that a number one or two seed won't get upset long before the Super Bowl. "Some years the Super Bowl isn't a showdown at all, it's a rematch". That's going to happen a lot more often if you eliminate the conferences. As it is, each AFC team plays each NFC team only once every four years. So the chances of a Super Bowl rematch are only one in four. In your system you might see a rematch every year. "The NFL conferences have nothing to do with geography like the NHL and NBA". Apples and oranges. The NHL and NBA play 82 games a season, sometimes on back-to-back nights. Travel considerations have to be taken into account. Sorry, your system would certainly be different, but I see no improvement other than a "change for change's sake".

What's the furthest down the list the NFL has ever had to go to break a tie to decide a playoff spot? i.e., 1- Record vs division, 2- Record vs conference, etc. Have they ever gone to the schedule wins to break a tie? The coin flip?

Answer: I remember back in 1980 I believe it was, it went down to how many points scored in the regular season to determine who won the division between Dallas and Philadelphia. It was so weird. Dallas won the season finale 27-10, and walked off the field with their heads hung. ----------------------- Incidently Philly went to the Superbowl that year via home field advantage.

Let me preface this by saying I know how stupid and ridiculous it is to even begin thinking about making this type of prediction so far in advance without going through the draft, training camp, retirements, coaching changes etc. etc. I was bored in class last week and I slowly drafted this up. I made an excel spreadsheet and I went across giving a W or L in each matchup. I looked up which divisions are scheduled to play each other in 2010 and I also matched conference opponents by their division rank this season so I have all of the opponents right. I'll post my results and then I'll make some comments about them. The number in the bracket denotes playoff seeding. (3)Pittsburgh Steelers12-4 Baltimore Ravens9-7 Cincinnatti Bengals9-7 Cleveland Browns2-14 (4)New England Patriots11-5 New York Jets10-6 Miami Dolphins5-11 Buffalo Bills2-14 (2)Indianapolis Colts13-3 (5)Houston Texans11-5 Tennessee Titans7-9 Jacksonville Jaguars4-12 (1)San Diego Chargers15-1 (6)Kansas City Chiefs10-6 Denver Broncos5-11 Oakland Raiders3-13 (2)Green Bay Packers14-2 (5)Minnesota Vikings12-4 Chicago Bears5-11 Detroit Lions2-14 (4)Dallas Cowboys10-6 Philadelphia Eagles10-6 New York Giants8-8 Washington Redskins3-13 (1)New Orleans Saints15-1 (6)Atlanta Falcons10-6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers8-8 Carolina Panthers5-11 (3)Arizona Cardinals11-5 San Fransisco 49ers9-7 Seattle Seahawks2-14 St. Louis Rams1-15 My first reaction was disparity. In my predictions I have 7 teams with 3 or fewer wins; this season there were only 3 such teams. In my predictions I have 12 teams with 5 or fewer wins; this season there were only 8 such teams. In my predictions I have two teams going 15-1; this season the best regular season record was 14-2, followed by 13-3. When deciding who wins and who loses I looked purely at the teams on paper. I obviously couldn't factor in injuries, winning streeks, momentum, home field advantage, playoff implications, resting starters etc. so I think that all these account for some of that disparity. Anyways, as I said I was bored and decided to throw these together. I don't actually think any of this is going to happen and I wouldn't put five bucks on these predictions. Comment as you wish. Oh, and here is my playoff bracket: NFC: Falcons @ Cardinals - Cardinals Vikings @ Cowboys - Vikings Cardinals @ Packers - Packers Vikings @ Saints - Saints Packers @ Saints - Packers AFC: Chiefs @ Steelers - Steelers Texans @ Patriots - Patriots Steelers @ Colts - Steelers Patriots @ Chargers - Chargers Steelers @ Chargers - Steelers SUPERBOWL Steelers 24 - Packers 17 I agree with the Chargers. They are a solid team and aren't really losing any key components. The Panthers I had losing to - Steelers, Ravens, Bengals, Bears, Giants, Saints, Saints, Falcons, Bucs. I guess I may have been a bit biased since I'm a Bucs fan :P Hamilton - I stopped taking these seriously the minute I started drawing them up, but I guess I jumped on the Jamaal Charles bandwagon. And Benji, the Maple Leafs will win a Stanley Cup before the Cowboys play on Super Sunday. Andy - read the whole post before you make yourself look like an idiot. Specifically, pay attention to what I wrote at the very beginning of the post. Moron.

Answer: Replace Steelers with Chargers and you have my vote. The Packers do have a lot of promise. Good young quarterback, etc. I can see them doing well.

In previous years, the Pro Bowl was played the week after the Superbowl and featured the NFL's best players. How many players will be emotionally up for this game after just losing their last playoff game? How many players will be battered and bruised after a grueling regular season and playoff? How many Pro Bowl players will be preparing for the Superbowl? With the SB on the horizon, how many fans will care about the Pro Bowl? Your thoughts?

Answer: The Pro Bowl is amazing, yeah you lose some players who are playing in the SB, but at least now it is some where you can drive too