NFL Week 17 -- Swimming Downstream

The 3 college football games were so much better than the NFL game it wasn’t even close.
That Bears team is embarrassing. And it’s not like Seattle came out and set any records.

 

Bears-Seahawks was so bad it's not even in the lead spot on espn.com

 

If it didn't happen on ESPN, it doesn't happen. I don't think they put anything "above the fold" on their website that they aren't broadcasting.

 

My kids might watch NFL football if the announcers were like this the whole time.

 

Houston has basically been locked into the four seed since mid-October when it finished the sweep of Indy. I think you can lock the Texans into that 4:30 wild card game on 1/11. As is tradition.

As for next week, Sunday night has to be Detroit-Minnesota if it's for the 1 seed in the NFC. If the Rams beat the Cardinals this Sunday, they'll pretty much clinch the NFC West as they'll almost certainly win the tiebreaker over Seattle via strength of victory no matter what happens in Week 18.

If it's not Lions-Vikings, I don't think there's going to be a standalone game that will decide a playoff spot or division. If the NFC South is still up for grabs, the NFL will want both the Bucs and Falcons playing in the 4 p.m. window. If Atlanta beats Washington this Sunday, I could see the NFL putting the Commanders and Cowboys on SNF because it could be a win-and-in situation for Washington. Really hope that isn't the case. For that to happen, both the Bucs and Falcons would have to finish 10-7, giving Atlanta the division and Tampa the tiebreaker over Washington for the last wild card if the Commanders lose to Dallas.

Side note: Go Panthers, beat Tampa.

 

Tracy Wolfson actually comes close to unironically pulling it off.

 

Nantz is pretty funny and has great comic timing

 

Only if Rams lose to Cardinals.
If LA beats Arizona, it is almost certainly over.

 

Only if Charlie Whitehurst and Sam Bradford come out of retirement.

 

I've wanted to throw up after more than a few 49ers games this season.