The end of the regular season is here, and the NFC is still alive with playoff scenarios, with 5 teams in the mix for the 2 remaining unconfirmed berths. The first game features the Chicago Bears taking on the now 4-11 Detroit Lions (1800 – Sky Sports). The Bears need a win as well as a loss for the Vikings if they are to keep their post-season ambitions alive. Next, the Green Bay Packers, who have already qualified, can clinch a first-round bye with a win against the Minnesota Vikings (2115 – Sky Sports); who themselves will be sure of a spot if they were to win. And finally a game that the NFL have flexed to the late-slot so that it’s primetime for US TV-audiences; the Dallas Cowboys play at the Washington Redskins (0120 – C4). The Cowboys will win the NFC East with a victory, and the same it true for the Redskins, who can, with a loss, still make it in if the Bears and Vikings both lose. All in all, complicated? Not half.
NFL Week 17
Published by Will Davies on
I'm watching the Eagles and Giants, if anyone is around.
Eagles open with an onside kick and recover it! That's a surprise.
Best play all year, for them.
I'm watching Houston-Indy.
of course. :) I hope Houston does well for you.
Vick throws an interception. Giants run it down to the 20.
I'm not worried about the Texans, though it'd be easier if they lose. I'm worried about the Broncos.
Why easier if they lose?
TD Giants
Because the Patriots are one game behind, and win the tiebreaker.
Luck made half the Texans jump into the neutral zone :-)
And now nearly got picked off in the endzone.
Defensive pass interference in the endzone... Colts 1st and goal on the 1
Colts TD. Luck to Fleener.
7-0 Colts, 9:00 1st.
Evenin'
Pesky Colts, grrr
Hi Jay
If Colts win, then we want a Chiefs or Dolphins win... Strawclutching I think!
Certainly in the Chiefs case, anyway...
And hi Kai :)
I'll see how sad this game is. If the Giants are too upsetting to watch I'll flip to another one.
I'm only following the scores at the sec, shall put Sky Sports on shortly though
I'm just happy to be on vacation and have a day of football.
What are these "vacation" things? >_>
sorry, didn't mean to rub it in. Edit that to "I'm just happy it's Sunday after a big snow storm last night and I can spend the day watching football."
lol, it's fine. I'm booked off for a week and a half from Friday anyway :)
Schaub sacked, 2nd & 19, TO Texans.
Giants 14-0
**sigh** But JJ Watt is on OUR side... It's their QB who should be getting sacked!
**tongue firmly in cheek**
Houston wasted a challenge during the break - wanted sack reversed due to 12 men on the field. On-field ruling upheld.
Finally sat down - dinner took longer than I'd've liked. #GoBolts
FG Texans, 7-3 Houston, 0;03 1st.
Off the mark at least...
Another TD for the Giants
Shame it's a week late.
Luck fumbled. Texans recover. At the Colts' 14.
JJ Watt... :)
Under review.
yeah, they were pathetic when they needed to be good.
Can't imagine this will be overturned.
Reversed, grr
Overturned. That's a pretty generous interpretation. His hand is only going forward because Watt swatted it forward.
Watt is still 2 sacks shy of tying the record of 22.5 sacks in a season then...
As a sidenote, CBS commentators saying it was a backward pass, but that's irrelevant on a sack. Ball doesn't have to go forward.
Surely it wouldn't have been a sack anyway?
I'm going off the commentary on the drive chart online, which calls a sack then fumble which was overturned...
Sacked by Antonio Smith.
Punt to Texans 14, returned to Texans 37.
I won't mind when Andy Reid is doing that in SD next year.
Why do people rate Andy Reid?
He has 140 wins over the last 14 seasons.`
Texans come up short in the redzone.
FG good. 7-6 Indy, 10:22 2nd.
Wish Sky Sports would put redzone online...
He does? All I ever remember is the Eagles failing to live up to expectations time and time again.
Wish Sky Sports would provide decent online anything!
That too.
But i've no interest in Lions v. Bears. Wrong conference!
That's what the stat that I read early said. I'm not sure myself as I've not followed this closely in many seasons passed.
oh, hang on...
Found it!
Have Fox put snow on top of their scoreboard graphic?
TD Giants
Giants scored again?>
Luck sacked, but Houston offside.
They need virtually everyone else to loose, and then cross their fingers.
Interesting to see Luck is 6-1 at home, 4-4 on the road.
I'll join you on the Hou-Ind game. The Bears were boring me.
They're well matched so far. Houston have the edge, but can't get it going in the redzone, Colts helped by a few defensive penalties on the Texans.
But now it's 4th down, they'll punt.
Colts pin the Texans on the 3.
Pretty normal Texans game then.
Texans do rather need this win, or will forgo home-field advantage.
Unless the Dolphins manage a win later or the Chiefs pull off a miracle, aye...
Oh, you're on about Home Field. I'm thinking first round bye...
Chiefs beating Peyton Manning, ohh you do jest.
Like I said, miracle. We only need 1 of those two or a win for the first round bye... But we need something.
That would be the best result possible for the Patriots. Don't think the Texans would scare them, but homefield advantage in a game against Denver would be a massive help :-)
Not sure that pick is helping though.
I think the Texans need homefield advantage.
We win the tie against Broncos, but not against Patriots if we all end level.
Brilliantly picked off. That was looking good until one second before it landed.
The Broncos have as good as won already, so HOU do need a result here, esp when the Pats roll the Dolphins later...
Agreed on Broncos. Not sure the Patriots v Dolphins is a certainty, but would rather not need to rely on it.
Never doubt Tom Brady... especially when Gronk is due to start.
Pats have been just as good without the Gronk as with him this year. But if he starts, the offence should click better than the last couple of weeks.
Gronk and Welker are Brady's go-to-guys. Pretty sure Gronk is still leading the TEs in the league on TDs (10).
TD Steelers
TD Colts, flag against HOU so TD stands.
Hang on, might get respotted at the 1 yard line...
Now it IS a TD.
He is
I should start counting flags, we seem to concede so many recently...
He was in, but irrelevant now.
HOU will the ruing the chances missed from the last few weeks...
Giants 28
Philly 7
But so boring I'm switching around a bit.
This may sound crazy, but can we try TJ Yates again? :/
TD Bengals
...and another Giants TD. Turning into a rout...
I'm going to take a break and come back later for the Patriots. See you in a bit.
kk, take care and see ya later :)
See you laters :)
hey all. just checking in v.quickly. made a few tiny tweaks to the site, wanted to make sure i hadn't borked commenting. #paranoidcoder.
Nah, not rid of us yet Mr C. :)
Would it be bad if I said I hadn't noticed?
Ohh butterfingers
**refreshes page in case it changes anything**
Wow, not often Johnson misses that.
phew!
not at all. everything is essentially invisible (perf fixes and stability stuff).
how are today's game?
All fine for me, Mr C :-)
Do you want me to try on my mobile?
Good. The later ones will get more tense for those teams...
Also, I'll be up for Sunday Night Football if you want to join for that, or anyone else does?
Maybe, though have work tomorrow.
Colts are missing a lot of tackles right now. Best go for two.
Ohh it does look like it has the potential to be a good game... sleep will get the better of me I expect.
Arian Foster's 17th TD of the season.
not just yet. but will be hassling for lots of mobile feedback in a week or two. plenty more fixes on that front.
next year, remind me to concentrate on this half of the season. i seem to have had to miss the most exciting games!
Just wait for the playoffs starting next week. Win or go home.
Just let me know when you want me to, I think I have a good test device, because if it can play up, it does! But hopefully the issues will be solved in about six-eight weeks, as I hope to have my Lumia by then :-)
Yeah, got an old android 2.3 here which broke my usual football forum when they last updated their layout, happy to help too. I'm looking to upgrade soonish though.
...or it might be 2.2 thinking about it. HTC Desire anyway.
i just need a few more weeks :)
Sign me up for HTC1X testing (and Desire HD).
cheers sir.
Just buy Gamepass and catch up when you're done. £25 I think now!
ooh! is that until the end of the season (inc superbowl)?
I'll have to check...
awesome.
BBC have the Superbowl I think though...
Sorry, £40. But games will be on delay because of Sky rights. Great if you don't want to watch live, but if you want live, don't buy it.
They do. Sky have it too.
Ah-ha!
Teehee - Falcons losing 16-3 against the Buccs.
THAT'S more like it...
The Colts really can't afford to miss tackles like that.
Is it wrong that when I hear that bell in Indy, I keep expecting Metallica's song For Whom The Bell Tolls to kick in?
HOU FG.
He. Is. Gone.
WOW. He wasn't even touched.
I don't think I've EVER seen a return so easy.
Blockers did their jobs. Don't think there was a HOU player inbetween the hashes.
**sigh**
...and people call us a Defence team...
This is not the way to enter the playoffs - off-a-role.
To be fair, the playoffs are still novel for us. But would be nice to have more than 1 playoff game...
On the upside, losing the bye might make that more realistic...
True, though I don't fancy us against many teams at the moment...
Should beat the Bengals though :-)
Uh.... Can I get back to you on that one?
No, they really should! Especially at home.
Could it possibly be the Colts again?... I don't know what the CIN score is or what their tiebreakers are like.
Think Colts and Bengals are locked into their seeds.
I'd be more convinced had our game at home against the Vikings last week been remotely close...
Bengals are #6, Colts are #5. Which means if Houston lose, they will either play the Bengals, or get a bye.
Penalty, illegal use of hands, offence... GRRRRRRRR
That play always looked like being a duff.
Take a bow.
I did not give them a hope on 3rd and 23.
...on 3rd and 23. **slams head on desk**
Game over?
Chuck Pagano seems to be some kind of charm.
Definitely not, but it was a massive score. Just like the tackle on the 30 was a big tackle too.
Joseph wasn't far away from making the play, but it was a desperate lunge.
Still sure?
Big pick, but it's in the Colts' redzone, so they still need to protect the football. Colts haven't produced consistently in the second half.
Heh, my teams never seem to be able to do things the easy way...
Just use the CIN-game as a way to get some momentum back.
Yeah, better to get a relatively easy game at home, than a week to stew and then face New England or Baltimore, or Indy again.
I'm assuming the Bengals are making up the numbers, they are the weak brother in the AFC conference playoffs :-)
Assuming we don't lose to Bengals, can we have Ravens please?
I'd agree. The Bengals feel dangerous, the Ravens less so.
Damn the Texans, I'm putting together a preview of the playoffs, and I'm not having to give the AFC a serious rewrite/reorder.
I could have said several weeks ago (and indeed, think I did) that the Colts would be a problem for us... Just relieved the division doesn't hang on this.
*now.
http://sidepodcast.com/event/nfl-week-14-2012-nfl-season#comment-3104373
^ Indeed, just before the Patriots game...
So, which game to watch next?
I'll probs have the Chargers game (should beat the Raiders) and then another...
We beat the Colts 17 - 29 the following week, but since I made that post, we lost to NE, beat IND, lost to MIN and look to be losing to IND. I thought we'd get something last week, but still...
I'd've said we'd finish 12-4 then. Would have gotten weeks 15 & 16 the wrong way around, but...
Think I'll stick on the Patriots game, and see if I can magic up the Broncos game too. What's Sky showing? Broncos?
Pack'-Vikes
I'll cover Bolts, and I fancy that game.
Latest playoff update: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000118923/article/playoff-picture-update-giants-are-out-texans-in-trouble
Bolts TD on a 99y KO return.
Pats went for it on 4th and 6, in field goal range. Incomplete.
One Direction are appearing in an advert with Drew Brees. Weird.
Denver TD
I've remembered that my phone does SS now, so I've got all 3 of these game on now.
I'm watching Denver and New England.
Tanned ill sacked. Dolphins 3 and out
The NE, SD and GB games.
Tanned ill = Tannehill
SD & OAK trading 3&outs.
They could trade coaches.
They might just do, if not with eachother then at least with somebody else's.
Slater probably should have been flagged there.
Great pressure on Tannehill there. Forced the bad throw.
Was there an INT to set you NE's TD?
Ues
Welder was in motion, no one went with him. Recipe for TDs all day.
So atm, the Vikes are heading to the playoffs, despite having essentially passing threat (Ponder). Up 10-0.
Do you mean, no passing threat? ;-)
Missed the most important word out of that, didn't I?! ;)
Did Manning just throw a pick?
Ah, fumble.
I just saw the Chief running the ball back in a frenzy, as only a post-turnover play looks like :-)
Brady does like those little jumps to dumo the ball over the top of the rush/Line.
Almost a fight in SD
A Raider OLineman gets a bit handsy and then all the bodies arrive.
Denver punt almost blocked. Would have been a safety as the ball would have gone in the endzone.
The offending Raider and antagonised Charger have both been ejected.
Was it the Raiders who had players ejected a couple of weeks ago?
It wouldn't surprise me...
KC miss an FG in Denver. Still 7-3.
2nd time New England go for it on 4th down today, and it's a TD.
Horrific wind in NE. Anything longer than 35 yards will be tough today.
Denver looking good to secure the #1 seed.
I'm back. Had to run out for emergency pizza supplies.
Indeed, it's very windy and cold out there. Winter is finally here. Yay!
OAK hadn't scored a TD on their last ~26 drives, then up step SD to gift them that one.
Are you a crazy woman? You keep getting your power cut off and large lumps pf wood blocking roads and you are happy it is going to happen again
Another missed FG in NE.
That's evil stadium design.
This was just your old fashioned lots-of-snow-with-a-little-wind-we-used-to-have storm. It was a gorgeous, clear, cold, sunny day. Now that we've seen the worst lately, these lil winter storms are a welcome relief to the deadly ones.
There was about 6 inches of snow last night. I love it.
6 inches of snow is a lot. All I get is rain, hail and wind
^ This.
I remember Scottish hail. It was a great thunderstorm to see from the top of the castle in Edinburgh. I suppose it gets to be a bit much if it happens all the time. I'm not a huge fan of rain. Snow is great, though.
Here's a pic from that day
https://picasaweb.google.com/106400214729093018812/Edinburgh#5630438285195355762
We used to get a lot more snow around here. We hardly had any at all last year, so it was just the color of dead leaves and gray skies. Bleck.
"Sorry, that page was not found."
Prevailing weather is from the south west. In storms, worst winds are near the coast...
I live about 2 miles inland from the South Welsh coast. Specifically, near the Mumbles Head weather station...
oops. Needed to change permissions. This should work.
https://picasaweb.google.com/106400214729093018812/Edinburgh?authkey=Gv1sRgCJf-x8TgvZ7K7wE#5630438285195355762
27 years of that kind of weather is enough
Yeah, so 43 years of that is surely overdoing it! :) Chicago will bring more snow, so that's good.
Brilliant grab for the TD in Denver :-)
oh man, that Patriot has a broken arm and is out there...whoa.
That works.
They'd be better to rest him in the second half.
Is that Gronk or another one?
Gronk
I thought it had mended, or has he rebroken it today?
I haven't been keeping up, obviously. I heard he was out, but wasn't sure why. Ouchy.
Big cast on it.
It's almost mended. Mended enough to play, but still weak.
...Rest him now it's 21-0.
Woah, the Packers are losing?
So as it stands, the 49ers are shading the 2nd seed in the NFC by one point.
Also, the Bears are out as it stands.
I've turned over the Denver game to San Fransisco.
Akers kicking for an FG - missed 2, I hear.
44 yards, GOOD
9-6 San Fransisco. Akers has had a pretty bad year though.
Andy Reid looks like he's done.
CorrectionL 10-6 San Fran
Tannehill just got Wilforked.
TD 49ers. Packers need to win now.
Vikings recover forced fumble on Rodgers sack.
or tackle on Rodgers from behind. I don't think he was out of pocket, but may have been. Anyway, Vikings' ball.
Still 20-17 Vikings in the 3rd
49ers pretty much have it done against Arizona, barring an unlikely comeback.
If Dolphins score on this drive, they still have a chance against New England though.
Err, woops. Fumbled it with goal to go, no pressure, inside the 5.
Fumble by Vikings, GB recovers, Shields throws a lateral, they get a few more yards, then GB is called for taunting, so unsportsmanlike conduct. Now play will be reviewed bc it was a turnover, announcers saying Vikings will keep it, but it's realllly close as to whether his knee was down as ball came out.
Good times.
Wow, Brady had to launch the football to avoid a sack in the endzone.
Vikings down by contact, no fumble. Unsportsmanlike was on the Vikings, so that will be enforced.
Arizona challenging a non-fumble call now. Although I think the officials have told them they can't challenge a non-call.
Any team that can stop Crabtree can beat the 49ers, no problem.
Oh, Miami almost picked off the most amazing pass, TD given on the field, but incomplete. Almost spooned the ball off of Welker's leg on the ground.
Vikings TD
So, looking like 49ers for #2 seed?
This would mean the Packers host Minnesota next week :-)
TD 49ers.
ooh, swirling discs underneath the player they're highlighting on some plays. It shows the position and movement against an opposing player. Cool graphics, NFL.
HUGE completion for Nelson of GB, out of bounds inside the 10. 73 yards.
Fumble by GB on the 1 is ruling on the field. I don't think that was a fumble. Packers may keep it. Under review.
ha! Nelson knew GB coach shouldn't have thrown his challenge flag and ran over and picked it up, trying to hide it. He grabbed it, hid it in his hand and looked at the coach with a sneaky little shake of the head like "you don't wanna do that, coach."
TD GB
Now 27-24 Vikings
Think you need to explain.
Coach threw challenge flag on possible GB TD when it was going to be reviewed anyway. Debate about whether the coach should be penalized for throwing that challenge flag on a play that would be reviewed anyway. It was a possible TD. Ref on staff saying this rule is kind of a mess and needs to be clarified...
I just thought is was funny how one of McCarthy's players needed to run over and try to keep his coach from getting in trouble.
Ah, so it was ruled a TD on the field?
Yes, ultimately. Vikings not happy, as you can imagine.
Vikings coach threw the flag?
They thought they may have had a fumble recovery on the 1 yd line.
Not before the play review, surely? :o
Ah, right. But if he throws the flag, he gets a 15 yard penalty, and no review.
No, GB coach threw challenge flag bc the first ruling was that it was a fumble recovered by the Vikings.
Sounds like it, and them his player hid the flag.
Good, at least THEY learnt from the Lions game against us a few weeks ago then...
Oh, never mind. Watch the highlights later. :)
Oh, right. So a turnover rather than a scoring play, but the same procedure follows as all turnovers are automatically reviewed. Yes, it's a stupid rule.
Yeah, any rule we have to spend so much time trying to explain should probably be revamped. hehe
Switching to St Louis and Seattle. Means nothing, but it's a tie game, 4th quarter.
Yes, it would've been automatically reviewed bc it was called a turnover on the field. GB coach says "no way!" and throws the flag to challenge. His player runs over and says 'no coach you'll get a penalty'. And GB does get a 15 yd penalty after the officials review it and say it WAS a GB TD.
phew. Sorry I wasn't clear before. My brain is not in full 'on' mode.
So they got the penalty anyway? Wait, that's not right. If they give the penalty, they can't review...
I officially give up. I was busy typing and could have missed something. It didn't make sense to me either because the Vikings were so angry. Maybe they didn't get that penalty after their TD, so that's why the Vikings were upset. I'll have to see later on.
**feebly waves Kansas City Chiefs flag**
Well this was predictable...
Haha. that game was over on the first kickoff!
**Hides Kansas flag and gets out Miami one**
Oh...
aww. Loyalty is admirable, no matter what.
I think that might be why they are angry. If you challenge pre-review, it's a penalty and no review. If the review starts and you challenge, you just look a fool, by my understanding. But no penalty. I think.
My multitasking and rule knowledge is not up to snuff tonight, guys. My apologies. The refs on the field were saying one thing, the announcers were saying another, and Nelson made me laugh and I was trying to type.
They did review it, so there we go.
Anyhoo. Tie game at 27 all.
Big completion for the Vikings just now, inside the 10 yd line.
Green Bay tied it up?
Yep. But Vikings are 2nd and goal.
Can I just suggest that the Patriots defense might be a bit better than it's given credit for?
Bad penalty on Williams for GB, illegal hands to the face. Half distance to goal for Minn.
TD Vikings, Jenkins catch.
34-27 Vikings
Come on Miami, you can get 4 touchdowns in less than 3 minutes!! **vain hope**
3rd seed it is then...
Seattle TD on a turnover overruled on review. No score. Still 13-13.
Like I said earlier, I think that suits Houston better. Bye week will only make things worse for them.
So, as it stands: #2 49ers, bye; #3 Packers, hosting #6 Minnesota; #4 Redskins/Dallas hosting #5 Seattle.
Rodgers sacked
Perhaps. We'll see... We need to get some momentum from somewhere, or we'll just end up emulating Rangers in the baseball earlier this year...
Scrum in Seattle
Refs looking for the ball
underneath about 10 players
...and on the otherside, Broncos #1, Patriots #2, Texans #3 hosting Bengals #6, Ravens #4 hosting Colts #5.
New England shut out the Dolphins :-)
Yes, so I predict HOU @ NE, someone @ DEN; GB @ 49ers, SEA @ ATL
That someone will surely be the Colts...
If Dallas do make it through, I fancy us to beat Seattle, especially at home. They have less play-off experience than us. However, the biggest test is tonight - it'll be some achievement if we win that division. The most tightly contested in the conference (and probably the league too), over the course of the season.
Packers update, anyone?
27 - 34 to Vikings, just under 5 mins left.
Packers in the red zone though.
Trusty old Vikings. My other other team :D (It was a Minnesota fan who helped get me into NFL in the first place, so I have a wee soft spot for them).
TD GB
Ah, hi Martin. Glad you joined.
Balls. And no coverage for me.
34 all Vikings/Packers
...and the extra point ties it up at 34 each.
Hey Noel. Thanks for recommending.
2:54 on the clock in the 4th.
Sloppy Vikes
Seattle 1st and goal, inside 2 minutes
It's been a game of hot potato all day. Butterfingers all over the place.
Sidepodcast is great for NFL, F1, and many other things, like crashed ice, which is great fun :-)
Watching on phone in bed, so commenting in a break in play.
AP with a chance at the record
TD Seattle.
Lynch
But they've left a lot of time on the clock. About 1:45 to go, St Louis have 2 timeouts, I think.
Under review - and it's tight
I think it'll come back
Ruling reversed.
Vikings and GB
2:40 in the 4th, tied at 34
Seattle are in now. 1:39 left, St Louis need a TD + PAT to tie.
Seattle got called for roughing and pass interference on the same play. Lead might not last with plays like that...
Bradford ran for a first down on fourth down.
Did Peterson break the record with that run?
4th down again in Seattle
Picked off. Ganme over. Seattle win.
So, this fixture goes back to Lambeau Field next week.
Vikings FIELD GOAL
Vikings @ Packers. Think Packers will win that.
Vikings win.
37-34 Vikings
Boo.
lol, awful timing with that comment...
why?
9 yards short of the record. Couldbe used some ot
Could've faked the field goal :-)
....if you mean tonight, it was mere seconds after Vikings kicked the winning field goal with the last play of the game.
But then, I just realised you might mean the play-offs too.
Yes :-)
http://www.nfl.com/playoffs/playoff-picture < AFC is up to date. NFC not yet...
with ap on the field, fake be omes obvious
Channel 4 coverage beginning. Getting (even more) nervous!!
As a Texan fan, am I allowed to cheer for the Cowboys? :p
It would be a bit of a change to have someone here supporting them but since your team stole their original name then maybe you should support them
I'm watching via Gamepass. SNF not starting until 20 past. Currently doing some number crunching as my Twitter feed suggests :-)
I wonder what odds you would have got at the start of the season on Manning taking the Broncos to the best record in the AFC ahead of Brady and the Patriots. I guess no Broncos fans are arguing that ditching Tebow was a bad idea now
Something I'd missed - if Redskins win tonight, it's an all-rookie showdown in Seattle next week.
OK, any thoughts on the strongest/weakest divisions this season?
NFC East is poor. Eagles have an awful record but the rest are struggling to beat 8-8
Oh, fun fact. Patriots had the joint worst record in their division against the NFC West.
AFC West anyone? Chiefs with 2 wins AND Raiders with 4...
I'd agree with that for worst.
Al Michaels is on.
NFC North looks closest looking at the tables. Packers, Viking, Bears all with 10 or more wins... and the Lions who were probably better than their 4-12 record shows really.
I've been waiting all day for Sunday Night.
4-6 outside their division.
i have c4 on, but silent. am in the midst of a coding marathon, but shall follow the comments and interject with points of confusion for as long as i'm awake ;)
GO SKINS!
+1 :-)
-1 :p
cheers to Will for the thread again. sterling work all season sir.
Indeed.
I will put a playoff preview post on my website this week too
Confusion is good
awesome. do tweet when done.
i'm good at it ;)
That's a surprise
Everyone has a special skill
It's automatic :-)
as much as i like the bbc man-cave. c4 sofa is soooo much more professional. presenters look far more at ease.
Ah, crap, winner doesn't travel to Seattle. Winner hosts. It's late.
Don't forget to follow Michelle Tafoya on Twitter, so she can tell you the coach says it's important they score points tonight, and that when the punt returner goes off with a broken leg, she can confirm that his return is doubtful.
I swear BBC have just redressed the old broom cupboard. It's not as if CBBC use it any more...
hehe.
Yes! I meant to say this about 3 hours ago. Thanks, Will.
who played the AFC West this year in each conference?
RG3 has a 5 game passer rating of 127.7. That is ridiculous for a rookie in a team that was struggling
She seems like the NFL counterpart to Will Buxton.
zing! :)
She didn't appear before the game tonight. That or I fell asleep because it was so insignificant...
I was waiting for that type of comment. How many years have we been commenting NFL games?
Harris got a couple of brilliant blocks there. Punter tackle?
Must be three?
Sorry to those who like him. I'm not a fan.
And I seem to be very good at upsetting people this week, so I didn't want to end that streak, I guess.
on sidepodcast? just a year - http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-nfl-jets-vs-ravens
someone has too, i've been busy ;)
Interception
We were commenting before I went to Goodwood in July of 2011, so it must be longer than a year?
(unless there was daily thread discussion)
It's more than that. A lot of the discussions happened in the dailies
Well done Tony Romo, right on cue
aha! oops.
OK, I'm after a quick bit of help. Anyone know where you can find the breakdown of which divisions play which each year?
We have done proper posts and preview posts for the last two superbowls and I think we commented on at least one before that
No idea
first nfl comment (i think) - http://sidepodcastdaily.com/post/daily-1st-february-2009#comment-183346
that baton has been firmly passed, Mr. C.
Here's a hint: if someone gives you a Droid phone out of generosity and because they want to be kind, then they ask you how you like it, the correct answer is not "this is tough to get used to, & I can't find this or that" because I've only ever had an iPh0ne. The correct answer is "oh, I love it as much as you do. Everything is perfect." She won't talk to me now. So confused. I thought she was really asking me for my feedback. :(
I am sure we commented on the superbowl when Springsteen did the half time show. I remember Mr C commenting on individual members of his band which meant nothing to me. That was 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_halftime_shows
He was very drunk, from memory/
aww... Lady Snowcat....Jeremy... "me"... #nostalgia
this might be where nfl commenting started - http://sidepodcastdaily.com/post/daily-18th-august-2009#comment-441750
Missed FG. Off the upright, bounced in the endzone.
me or bruce? :)
I just thought about Kathi the other day, wondering where she is and how she is. *sends happy thoughts to her*
I don't remember Bruce being drunk
It's a shame when people disappear but unfortunately that happens on websites. I hope she is happy with life whatever she is doing
hasn't tweeted either ( https://twitter.com/ka_th_i ), i guess super busy.
Found my answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NFL_season#Matchups
Interesting way to deal with 3rd and 14
Interception!
Are you 15 mins behind, or two plays ahead?
Before the game started they said in the last X games Romo has thrown 10 TD passes and 1 interception. Looks like he is planning to balance the numbers out
Two plays ahead, it seems!
oops. :)
In a commercial now, can't tell you the time on the clock.
5:02
4:53 now, replay of int
That was a horrible pass by Romo. Looks worse the more you see it
4:00
yeah, we're very close on the clocks now.
Belgian chocolate biscuits and Irn Bru is an awesome combination
i have guinness and brie, which sounds totally unadventurous by comparison.
Too adventurous for me as I don't like either
is it possible not to like guinness?
It's very easy. It tastes like road tar
I'm part-Irish, and have to answer that with an unequivocal YES!!!
RG3....take a breath, please. Stop chucking the ball at the last second. You're scaring me.
You didn't say that when Romo did it
...probably why my cousins tend to prefer Magners...
Gee... I wonder why? ;)
Dear Romo, Give it away, man!
haha
:)
I'm at 0:36 1st
same
and brie?
I'm going to post something... may look weird.
Division Strength
AFC East 0.78
AFC North 0.62
AFC South 0.78
AFC West 0.68
NFC East 0.81
NFC North 0.89
NFC South 0.64
NFC West 0.89
Aha! It formats nicely :-)
Don't like cheese. Mozzarella on pizza is OK because it has no taste.
I don't think I've ever had Brie. That seems crazy to me. But the outside rind part creeps me out.
looks good to me. the preview should be a pretty accurate representation, if you're ever in doubt.
Called it.
The closer the value to 1, the harder the schedule for the teams in that division.
What does it taste like? Mild?
Ah, forgot about thta
Ahhhh... That makes that division seem even stronger then!
depends where it's from i think.
this one is from somerset, internationally renowned for it's... err... french cheeses :)
**has put a certain RHCP song on**
That's what came to mind! :)
I'll tell you how I calculated it in a minute
Maybe I'll try it sometime.
Miles Austin with a banged up knee
Tell you what, those Surface adverts are good. Microsoft are really selling their Surface tablets as funky.
love all of the new Microsoft branding. shame that it's the "dynamics" division that sponsor lotus, surface would be a much better fit.
Madieu Williams the Redskins safety out of the game with a left arm injury
OK, team ratings:
Broncos 0.55
Patriots 0.59
Texans 0.59
Ravens 0.39
Colts 0.54
Bengals 0.39
Falcons 0.52
49ers 0.64
Packers 0.61
Redskins 0.51
Seahawks 0.61
Vikings 0.56
Mr C, comment preview doesn't seem to appear in Firefox 17 (Windows 7 64-bit)?
lol, really?
Surface is such an obvious fit.
Oh, wait, I refresh the page and it appears again.
v.odd. all good here.
Maybe my copy and pasting threw it out.
Does for me
2 and goal! C'mon Cowboys!
Found it!
Saw this last week: http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2012/12/26/9/enhanced-buzz-wide-11532-1356532687-3.jpg
Great blocking by the Dallas O line
Oh my god, Skins....you gave him ALL DAY.
That's the problem with entering the market 30 months late.
every one on the pitwall with one, could be great.
and THAT is why they need better tie-ups :)
I'm behind. That should be delay of game.
Touchdown Witten! :D:D:D
Definitely looke like it to me
That's one slow crew when they don't call that delay of game.
Anyway, my stats:
1) Division schedule
Totaled the number of wins for each division. Top number was 35. Each division's wins then expressed as a percentage of 35.
Strength then multiplied by strength of the NFC and AFC divisions each division played during the season.
for the playoff teams, I multiplied that figure by their record percentage, with 12-4 being .75. That's the second table.
So the final figure is schedule multiplied by record.
According to that, strongest team is 49ers, then Packers, Seahawks, Patriots, Texans, Vikings, Broncos, Colts, Falcons, Redskins, Ravens, Bengals.
Interesting
Thought I'd sent you all to sleep!
...and what about the Cowboys? :p
Wait, what about my Giants!?
ha! Just kidding. :)
It's a bit crude, but at least each team is assessed by identical opponents as far as possible.
YES! TD Redskins!
They're going to lose ;-)
I'll look up then :-)
7 - 7
:)
would it make more sense to display it as a percentage scale?
TD 'Skins :( Should have dealt with that.
Perhaps. I can tidy it up, graph it maybe :-)
Bengals-Texans, 4:30 p.m. ET; Vikes-Pack, 8 p.m. Saturday. Colts-Ravens, 1 p.m; Seahawks-'Skins/'Boys, 4:30 p.m. Sunday
I sense a possible guest post coming... :)
i do like a good graph.
Nah, I'll post it on my site :-)
nicely volunteered.
I just provide the stats to SPC for free :-)
hehe
Worth a try ;)
p.s. - take a look at the wildcard schedule I just sneaked in.
**sigh** I had hoped we'd not play on the weekend I was visiting family for my belated Christmas but alas... Mum's gonna love me...
Mind, I guess it isn't too different from pacing her living room at 1am waiting for us to take Aussie wickets like the other year...
Why would they not try a 50 yard field goal?
Half time 7-7
Swcond quarter seemed to fly in
...and with that, and work later, I bide good night :)
Good night, Jay.
Enjoy the rest of the game :)
Good night
laters!
Team Overall
San Fransisco 49ers 0.637
Green Bay Packers 0.609
Seattle Seahawks 0.609
New England Patriots 0.588
Minnesota Vikings 0.554
Chicago Bears 0.554
Denver Broncos 0.553
Indianapolis Colts 0.540
Atlanta Falcons 0.520
Washington Redskins 0.487
New York Giants 0.457
Dallas Cowboys 0.432
St Louis Rams 0.415
Houston Texans 0.392
Baltimore Ravens 0.388
Cincinnati Bengals 0.388
Miami Dolphins 0.344
Pittsburgh Steelers 0.310
San Diego Chargers 0.298
New York Jets 0.294
Buffalo Bills 0.294
Tenessee Titans 0.294
Carolina Panthers 0.280
New Orleans Saints 0.280
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0.280
Arizona Cardinals 0.277
Detroit Lions 0.221
Philadelphia Eagles 0.203
Cleveland Browns 0.194
Oakland Raiders 0.170
Jacksonville Jaguars 0.098
Kansas City Chiefs 0.085
That's my full table, in order :-)
"sing us a song mike"
television madness :)
He did it and picked a good song
absolute quality.
Mike Carlson is very good, but I'm on NBC.
That watch is a bit eye catching
Interesting that Denver, #1 seed in the AFC, has a marginally lesser ranking than Chicago, #3 in their division.
New Order as an outro to commercial? Wow. Cool.
which track?
Regret
Which I now have to play, of course.
interesting choice for a sales pitch
:)
"I would like a place I could call my own,
Have a conversation on the telephone"
I love them.
The Falcons really haven't played anyone worth mentioning this season, have they?
Apart from the Broncos in week two, who hadn't settled, so that doesn't really count.
Horrific defense again Cowboys! It was the same route as their last TD! :(
TD Redskins :-)
+1
If the Redskins wins, not only will it be a battle of the rookies next week, but both the Redskins and Seahawks will be coming off at least 5 straight wins.
Seahawks - Redskins would be very finely balanced.
Vikings-Packers is two teams 4-1 in their last 5.
but Packers are 7-1 at home, Vikings 3-5 on the road. Think Packers will win it.
Colts @ Ravens interesting - Colts good form, Ravens bad form, but 6-2 at home, Colts 4-4 on th eroad.
I hope so. I like they're home field advantage, but I hope the Vikings don't carry momentum from this week.
*their
Bengals - Texans: Bengals 6-2 on road, Texans 6-2 at home; Bengals 4-1 last five, Texans 2-3, psychologically will be hard for them too.
Close game, dome. So different at Lambeau, I would discount this week.
Guess Mr C has departed.
Good kick. 4 point game.
I want OT tonight.
I'd be happy to do that.
Woot!
TD Redskins.
I'm telling you, there's science in my predictions.
Embarrassing defence. We don't deserve the play-offs on this performance. 3 touchdowns we should have dealt with simply enough. Dreadful stuff from the Cowboys.
I'm going to say good night. I may check in for the final score.
Catch you later, guys.
OK, see you.
Cheerio
Oh dear. Can't see Dallas getting anything out of this now.
It's that Washington CB, Hall: he's been breaking up our plays all night long - we've barely made a catch because of him. Just too good. Seems like we've just been waiting on the play breaking up too much. On D, we've been too easily led.
Wow, that's worth a flag.
That's also why punters don't tackle, but his team won't mind.
Must, must capitalise on this chance here, Cowboys. Will be difficult without Bryant, though.
Well, if they get a quick TD, normal kickoff would leave time.
TOUCHDOWN COWBOYS! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING 'BOUT!
3 point game. Should be a good finish now.
Could still get my OT :-)
Or the Redskins might just run it up the field.
Right, that'll do it. Thanks Romo.
Can always rely on a Romo pick.
That's a rough penalty.
Game over.
They've already given the TD.
No question about that.
PHEW.
That was closer than I thought it would be.
#nothere
Well done Romo. 4 yard game. Just what you ned.
Absolutely gutted, but must say, Redskins were incredible tonight. Not the most complete team, but I've rarely seen a team play to their strengths as well as that.
Cowboys are so frustrating. Just can't make it come together when it counts.
Right, I'm off. Good to share the game tonight.