NFL Week 16: The Vinny Testaverde Feel Good

Joe Burrow just opened up a Google search for "Cincinnati Condominiums" and has no idea why.

 

I can actually see him in Cinci.

 

Dallas misses playoffs.....shoot, even knocked out before NFC CG, there's no way Garrett comes back.

 

ok but i think Eli is toast but i'll defer to your judgment

 

Because with the Dolphins and Giants winning, the Lions have moved into the No. 3 draft position. They can finish No. 2 by losing to the Packers while the Redskins beat the Cowboys
Of course, last year, they beat the Packers in the season finale to cost themselves a shot at Devin White or Josh Allen
They took a fucking tight end instead
THAT’s why they’re the Lions

 

As amazing and preposterous as this sounds, the Raiders have a chance at the playoffs.
They need all of the following, none of which is implausible individually:
Raiders win at Broncos
Steelers lose at Ravens
Titans lose at Texans
Evil Irsays win at London Calling

 

The Steelers looked like a true Mike Tomlin team today. They showed up for a road game against a bad team completely unprepared and lost.

I get that they have no quarterback. Hodges is horrible and Rudolph isn't much better. Maybe you can point to the injuries to Rudolph and Pouncey as determining factors. They had problems with snaps after Pouncey left and Rudolph was doing a decent job after he replaced Hodges, but there is no way they should have lost to the Jets with the playoffs on the line.

It is amazing how quickly that team went from an offense with no defense to a defense with no offense. It isn't all the quarterbacks. The offensive line fell apart this year. JuJu Smith-Schuster has been terrible even when he has been healthy. He fumbled away the loss to the Ravens early in the season and he dropped a fourth-down pass to seal the loss today while producing very little in between those two season-deciding plays. The funny part is that Hodges nearly threw the game-winning touchdown pass. The Jets let James Washington get man-to-man coverage in the end zone and a defender managed to get a hand in and knock it away after Washington had both hands on it in the end zone.

The Steelers aren't officially done, but I doubt the Texans are beating the Titans next week and the Ravens can beat the Steelers even if they sit Jackson and Ingram. (The latter is hurt and it would be foolish to risk Jackson next week with home field locked up.) Going into the final week with a shot isn't bad given the disasters that hit the Steelers early on, especially the loss of Roethlisberger, but this could be the start of a long ugly stretch. I have a hard time trusting a 38-year-old Roethlisberger coming off elbow surgery next year.

 

Do the Texans have anything to play for next week? At most, they are competing with the Chiefs for the No. 3 seed. They already won the division. I wonder if they sit their guys.

 

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Troy: This thing is far from over.

Narrator: It’s over.

 

Not so fast my friend. Cowboys win and Eagles lose next week - Cowboys are in.