Official Week 17 Other Games Thread

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Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 21m
That doesn’t bode well for him playing RT @davebirkett: Calvin Johnson is not taking part in early warmups with the Lions' QBs and WRs

ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk 21m
Report: Doctors recommend knee surgery for Calvin Johnson http://wp.me/p14QSB-9n9V

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Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 3m
Today's inactives: Lions WR Calvin Johnson, Browns CB Joe Haden, Panthers WR Steve Smith. Actives: Browns TE Jordan Cameron, RB Ray Rice.

ProFootballTalk ‏@ProFootballTalk 13m
Case Keenum is inactive, which means Matt Schaub has a chance to clinch the top pick for the Texans http://wp.me/p14QSB-9na6

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 16m
And so, in Week 17, two of the QBs we spent the year talking about — RGIII and Josh Freeman — are inactive.

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SI_DougFarrar ‏@SI_DougFarrar 6m
Yee-HAW!!! RT @BlkSportsOnline BSO: Jerry Jones Says Cowboys Plan On Sticking With Tampa 2 Defense http://bit.ly/19tONgW

I think it might be fun to work for Jerry, but there would always be decisions made that you know would be best left to someone else. Like when you are a bottom rated defense and you make the call on your scheme based on you incomplete talent conversion.

Smart Football ‏@smartfootball 5m
@SI_DougFarrar @BlkSportsOnline From the newspaper article it sounds more like he was talking about being a 4-3 team than Tampa 2 stuff

[bobblehead]

9ers, vs. AZ, winner is in?? Or can AZ win and still stay home? They deserve to be there it would seem. Is there a chance that SF comes to Lambeau? I want revenge on those punks.

[woodbuck27]

Reaction >>> Action ! :tup:

Thanks.

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9ers, vs. AZ, winner is in?? Or can AZ win and still stay home? They deserve to be there it would seem. Is there a chance that SF comes to Lambeau? I want revenge on those punks.

AZ can win and get snubbed.


To claim the final playoff spot in the NFC, the Cardinals need to defeat the 49ers and hope the Tampa Bay Buccaneers spring a major upset by winning against the Saints in New Orleans.

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If you like the fake Bo Pellini Twitter account, dislike actual Bo Pellini or hold a grudge over the selection of Torrance Marshall, you might like this.

https://twitter.com/erinsorensen/status/417006019206598657/photo/1

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Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 49m
And @BobHoltzmanESPN reported Bengals TEs Jermaine Gresham and Tyler Eifert will be out today.

[woodbuck27]

9ers, vs. AZ, winner is in?? Or can AZ win and still stay home? They deserve to be there it would seem. Is there a chance that SF comes to Lambeau? I want revenge on those punks.

San Fran at Lambeau in Round One is a distinct possibility.

I hate it but I'll take it and the 49ers do not want to go there.

It's our turn.

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OK, can anyone beat this playoff scenario should the Packers win?

Panthers (@Falcons), Saints (vBucs) and Cardinals (v49ers) all win. Sending Saints on the road to Green Bay, 6th seeded 49ers on road to Dallas/Philly. Seahawks are a nightmare at home no matter what but you might get the Panthers in Carolina instead.

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Tyler Dunne ‏@TyDunne 10m
Elsewhere in the NFCN RT @MikeGarafolo Per @JayGlazer on FOX, these coaches will be out: Leslie Frazier, Jim Schwartz and Mike Shanahan.

And this from the WashPost:

The Insider ‏@Insider 20m
Two sources, per @MarkMaske & @MikeJonesWaPo, confirm that the #Redskins will fire Mike Shanahan, tonight or Monday. http://wapo.st/1ejMBZe

Smart Football ‏@smartfootball 58s
Surprised but not really surprised RT @TonyGrossi: There are some bad vibes indicating uncertainty about the future of #Browns HC Chudzinski


Going to be a bad week for NFL coaches with losing records.

[Guiness]

Not really game related, but read something that warmed my heart today. Have to love Florio and his mud slinging at times


A year after being fired by the Broncos in the wake of only own playoff win following a pair of decade-old Super Bowl victories fueled by a team he didn’t build and held together by salary-cap violations, Shanahan landed in D.C. as the man firmly in charge of the football operation.

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Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 49m
And @BobHoltzmanESPN reported Bengals TEs Jermaine Gresham and Tyler Eifert will be out today.

The Ravens are going:

Two :tup:ssss Up !

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OK, can anyone beat this playoff scenario should the Packers win?

Panthers (@Falcons), Saints (vBucs) and Cardinals (v49ers) all win. Sending Saints on the road to Green Bay, 6th seeded 49ers on road to Dallas/Philly. Seahawks are a nightmare at home no matter what but you might get the Panthers in Carolina instead.

I like that because the Saints 'are ain't' on the road this season. That would be lovely.

Really though..... just give me the Pack over the bears and whatever comes next.

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Tyler Dunne ‏@TyDunne 10m
Elsewhere in the NFCN RT @MikeGarafolo Per @JayGlazer on FOX, these coaches will be out: Leslie Frazier, Jim Schwartz and Mike Shanahan.

And this from the WashPost:

The Insider ‏@Insider 20m
Two sources, per @MarkMaske & @MikeJonesWaPo, confirm that the #Redskins will fire Mike Shanahan, tonight or Monday. http://wapo.st/1ejMBZe

There is still some hope for Leslie Frazier as the players like him.

Shanahan and Schwartz are looking for work tomorrow.

Shanahan has been going through the motions for weeks now. The situation in Washington isn't good for any HC.

Sexy Rex is going to be OK as the jets Big Gut likes him. He gets one more season and the failure there will fall on QB Geno Smith's Rookie season.

All the Jets still want is a QB. It's "been a long time ..been a long long time"... since...?

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Jeremoy Ross update. Took punt and with NO ONE around bobbled it briefly before not getting much of a return.

He was looking upfield for a lane before securing the ball. If a defender shook free a little earlier, its a TO.

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Falcons making a hash of my favorite playoff scenario.

[woodbuck27]

Falcons making a hash of my favorite playoff scenario.

It's early.

Atlanta and Matty Champion... screwing up late in games.

[Fritz]

Jeremoy Ross update. Took punt and with NO ONE around bobbled it briefly before not getting much of a return.

He was looking upfield for a lane before securing the ball. If a defender shook free a little earlier, its a TO.

I'm listening to the Lions' radio announcer while I clean up a bit. What a laugh they are!

First, they're laying it on thick about how terribly banged up the Lions' secondary is. No talk about how this Lions team has fewer injuries than either of their NFC North rivals, nor any talk of what looks like an uninspired performance.

They're also lamenting Calvin Johnson's absence today, which gets me thinking about Matt Stafford (also known around these parts as "Pad Statford"). We talk a lot about a really good QB making his receivers better, but it's clear in this case with this team that it's Calvin Johnson who makes Stafford look better.

Lots of gnashing of teeth in Detroit, and the obvious answer is to can The Schvantz and bring in someone who will tutor Stafford. Who, by the way, in a local news conference said he wasn't interested in working with any QB guru, that it wasn't "his style." Hmm. Not that he has to say he wants to, but his seemed uninterested, as if he felt he was fine the way he was.

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Falcons making a hash of my favorite playoff scenario.

Cam Newton is 1 of 7 for all of 8 yards.

Way to choke so far. I need Atlanta to win this week for a move in the Pro Pickem.

Falcons 10 - Panthers ziltch !

10:00 left in the 2nd Qtr.

[Joemailman]

Steelers are probably one of the best teams in the AFC right now, but probably won't be in. An 0-4 start will do that to you. They're up 14-0 on Cleveland right now.

[Fritz]

Lions and Vikings playing an uninspired game. Weird play calling by Minny - as if they're auditioning guys for next year.

And Cassell sucks.

[Joemailman]

Lions and Vikings playing an uninspired game. Weird play calling by Minny - as if they're auditioning guys for next year.

And Cassell sucks.

Otherwise known as The Dead Coach Walking Bowl.

[woodbuck27]

Matty Ice gets a brain fart and toss's a soft pick six inside and below his target.

He's resembling a girl out there again today. He'll find a way to screw up.

I'm so confident in him. He looks like Jim Carey under that helmet. Those shifty eyes. :grin:

Can the Carolina Panthers somehow go to sleep on this opportunity?

I banked that they would.

but no....It's Panthers now 14 and Falcons eating their dust 10.

That TD was set up by another IMO Zebra dumb ass miss. A PI call after the ball was on the ground on a deep Cam Newton 'incomplete' pass.

My blood pressure went through the roof on that goof !

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Bengals over the Ravens 17-6 @ the half.

Flacco is laboring as he got slammed early in this game.

The Rex Ryan led Jets up on the Dolphins doubling them 14-7.

The Joe Philbin ( I didn't know) Miama Dolphins must be thinking ..next season.

[Fritz]

If anyone's interested, Jeremy Ross looks to be sliding back to his more usual ways. He's fair-caught two punts at the seven, with no one around him, then took one out on a kickoff from six yards deep in the end zone, and gotten all the way to the . . . fifteen.

Next chance likely will be his fumble.

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If anyone's interested, Jeremy Ross looks to be sliding back to his more usual ways. He's fair-caught two punts at the seven, with no one around him, then took one out on a kickoff from six yards deep in the end zone, and gotten all the way to the . . . fifteen.

Next chance likely will be his fumble.

or he might bust one for six! That fella has skills.

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The Panthers have a solid 1-2 punch at RB with DeAngelo Williams and Mike Tolbert.

Tolbert is a bull ! A strong smaller man.

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Matty Ice toss's a long one for a TD! >>> to Roddy White.


He's so amazing. :bs2: That's a BS Flag and nothing else.

Atlanta being difficult...17 -14 over the eventual winners the Carolina Panthers.

Bet on it ! Matty Ice will....melt. :flm:

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Miami look bad again today.

Down to a scrappy Jets team 14-7.

If the Jets score another TD that should do it.

The Dolphins look like a hooked pike. Weak.

They don't deserve a playoff spot.

Meanwhile Flacco and the Ravens come stormin' back with a Big '8' and knot the score in Cincy at '17'.

A Jets win and Ravens win >>> Ravens are through to the playoffs.

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WOW that was fast.

The Bengals right back and now up 24-17 over the Ravens. Andy Dalton rush's in from 1 yard out. That set up by another Zebra PI call.

A wild game.

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Carolina back on top 21-17

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WOW that was fast.

The Bengals right back and now up 24-17 over the Ravens. Andy Dalton rush's in from 1 yard out. That set up by another Zebra PI call.

A wild game.

Cincy tacks on 3 more to go up>>> 27-17 over the Ravens.

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Close one in Minny ..... 14-13 Minny.

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21-20 ... Carolina over Atlanta.

How many one point loss's can the Falcons mismanage. :wave:

Just over 7 mins. left in the 4th Qtr.

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Falcons gonna get ball back down 1 with 1:20 left and no TOs

35 secs left, down 1 and at own 40.

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And Atlanta BOOTS it! Ryan went up to LOS out of shotgun to call line protection. Cener snaps the ball 20 yards backward, FB falls on it.

STAYS ON THE GROUND letting clock run. Ryan looking for call from sideline and finally clocks it. Penalty called, O Procedure for illegal shift on clocking play. Lose down anyway PLUS 10 second runoff.

Lost all but 9 second and 20 yards field position on a bad snap.

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Daniel Jeremiah ‏@MoveTheSticks 8m
The last 2 Super Bowl MVP's (Eli Manning & Joe Flacco) combined to throw 49 interceptions this season.

[Joemailman]

The one thing we know for sure is that there will be a new Super Bowl champ this year.

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Everyone in Packerland is a Saints fan now, right?

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Seattle and Saints won so 49ers win they are the 5th seed headed to GB.

If Cards win, Saints head to GB. Go Cards! You have done it before!

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What a catch by the WR I don't know for San Fran

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San Fran coming to Lambeau.

[Infamous]

YES! Cali team comes to the tundra

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Good, not sure we can beat 49ers but it is karma....

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GO EAGLES!!!!!

[denverYooper]

Good, not sure we can beat 49ers but it is karma....

I'm sure we *can* beat them. I don't know if we will. Green Bay will give them hell is all I know.

[pittstang5]

They have dates and times yet? Or will they announce after tonight's game.

[woodbuck27]

San Fran coming to Lambeau.

Bring it on but we're seeing a different 'D' with that team.

Their going to see our Aaron Rodgers 2nd week back high powered Offense.

A good game again. Likely another shootout.

[Infamous]

9ers have TONS o' talent fellas

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Not going to be easy....but it will be all the sweeter.

[denverYooper]

Bring it on but we're seeing a different 'D' with that team.

Their going to see our Aaron Rodgers 2nd week back high powered Offense.

A good game again. Likely another shootout.

You could be right Woodbuck. 9ers are still good on D, though not quite the stalwarts we've seen. This from a Niners reporter:
Matt Maiocco ‏@MaioccoCSN 22m

49ers allowed 755 yards passing in final two games, and Carlos Rogers' status is unclear for game vs. Packers. http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/rogers-leaves-game-late-hamstring-strain …

[denverYooper]

I'm not even going to pretend like the Packers D will win them many (or any playoff games) at this point. M3 just needs to come up with plans to wind up with 1 more point than the other guys every game. That starts with dictating the game on O and trying to get one more stop on D than the other guys. And I don't think Rodgers will turn the ball over 3 times in a game the rest of the way.

[gbgary]

i'll be disappointed if we lose to sf but thinking of the chi dismissal will quash it instantly. :D

a very successful season.

[denverYooper]

Napoelon Dynamite needs to show his nunchuck skills.

[denverYooper]

Dallas just got clockwhipped at home. Clock jumped from 40 to 25 and al Michaels proclaims that "Dallas got screwed"

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what the hell just happened in dallas

how can a clock just do that?

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nfl got lucky there. if dez doesn't score that clock fuck up becomes a massive story this week

[ThunderDan]

No matter another 4 and 9 for a TD.

[Bossman641]

Orton has looked good

[Bossman641]

Shit, my bad orton

[Joemailman]

Jerrah looks upset.

[channtheman]

Orton has looked good

Did you do that on purpose? ;)

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Orton has looked good

People are predicting the Romo-pocalypse on sports radio if Orton leads them to the playoffs.

[mraynrand]

People are predicting the Romo-pocalypse on sports radio if Orton leads them to the playoffs.

not to be

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Chiefs and Steelers robbed:

http://t.co/gqjtLktLMe

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[woodbuck27]

Shit, my bad orton

I had to lay my points on Dallas. Not many 'plays' worked out for me this season. :lol:

If Orton doesn't screw up that possession and Dallas pulls that game out. I've moved ahead of you in the Pro Pickem to 4th spot.

You had a nice day and finished 'in third place' by my calculations.

It was another interesting year.

Does anyone know who Disneyland After Dark is here? Whoever he is he played a very solid Pro Pickem this season.

PACKERS !

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Michael Rodney ‏@PackerUpdate 4m
NFL just admitted SD should've been penalized and KC should've been allowed to attempt a 36-yard FG. Talk about pouring salt in PIT's wound.