2016-17 NFL WEEK 16 “It’s not a lot of secrets. It’s just technical expertise and a lot of butt kicking. And smiling in the face of adversity."

home field advantage obvs huge, agree pitt is the real threat

pittsburgh has looked like a totally different (not as good) team on the road

feel like the steelers are capable of scoring 30 against new england while giving up 50

IMO the real threats to New England are (unfortunately) in the NFC, including Atlanta- their offense is one of the best modern offenses of all-time, statistically speaking (according to this thingy I read today). but it's a matter of them getting there obv, and in one piece, cos their defense doesn't scare anybody so anybody missing on O could turn things (in fact, same article pointed out that there isn't an elite defense in the playoffs of the current entrants).

Kansas City seems to always enjoy relying on their tight ends year in and out to do all the lifting at receiver. the drops last night were ridiculous (though technically, Harris had the one in the end zone and he's a TE). I don't really see Kansas City pulling off what they did at Denver last night, cos Denver was unusually porous and allowed big gains on vanilla plays. plus Denver was still somewhat in the game at halftime despite their offense looking like dogshit. Kansas City looks a lot more like the teams that were getting into the playoffs in like, 2003, which isn't a good thing for them.

IMO they should let Carr play in a motorized scooter to make things fair.

KC defense + special teams are much more impressive than their offense

also re: being tested, New England did have the second weakest strength of schedule in the league (second only to my Dolphins, lolz), and it's strength of victory is the second weakest among the current playoff entrants (again, second to my Fins). Not that I put a huge amount of stock in that - you can only beat who you play, they've been dominant in those wins (unlike Miami), and it's not like they don't have 15 years of proof that they're always a threat in the playoffs.

but, like Miami, the only playoff team they've beat this year is Pittsburgh, as they lost to the only other one they faced (Seattle). still not seeing who would be the obvious team to take them out in the AFC, as pointed out above, Pittsburgh is inconsistent as hell and obv Oakland is a diff team without Carr (tho who knows!).

wld feel a lot better if gronk was still alive

maybe Aaron Hernandez can get a furlough

probably some other drunk drivers or murderers they can sign

or rapists

Poe's td pass yesterday makes him the heaviest player to throw a TD all-time

if new england lose it will be to a defense not an offense, it always is. not worried about pburgh; atlanta superbowl would be a dream. giants superbowl is the nightmare obv. in the afc the chiefs are the only good defense. not that long ago kcc wrecked ne, back in 2014.

tony romo is making plays with his feet

dak prescott is making plays with his feet

cowboys punter just fucking leveled a dude, respect

thank u cowboys

washington still makes the playoffs if we beat NYG next week

and if not the Packers clinch a spot which is........not the position I thought they'd be in come Week 17

Ryan fired. lol

no surprise obviously but ouch @ the timing of this, what's the point of firing a coach with one game to go

it's more "fuck you, you had ten men on the field when Ajayi won the game moments after you punted with less than a minute to go when a tie would have eliminated you" from the owner IMO

reasonable

yeah I guess if any coach deserves a grand "fuck you" gesture it's Rex

shdve had belichick make the call tho

sic semper rex

Rex Ryan - defensive coordinator for the Bears. Seems a very neoptism friendly McCaskey hire.

no surprise obviously but ouch @ the timing of this, what's the point of firing a coach with one game to go

apparently because rex wanted to play tyrod taylor in a meaningless game against his hated jets this week, and ownership didn't want to risk taylor getting hurt

ha his pettiness got him fired

his pettiness over getting fired got him fired

i guess cowboys are sitting their starters and they're starting mark sanchez instead of romo. they claim it's bc they don't want to risk injuring romo behind the 2nd team o-line but i wonder if teams will be shy about signing him for next year if they see him sit. like maybe he's still not healthy?

i really enjoy tampa's playoff scenario:

TB beats CAR at home
DET beats GB at home
WAS ties NYFG at home
SF beats SEA at home
DAL wins at PHI
TEN beats HOU at home
IND beats JAX at home

i wasn't expecting two AFC games to matter (due to TB vs GB strength of schedule). it's not even *that* far-fetched except for the tie and the niners beating seattle