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[Starphoenix]

The same team that lost to the Rams being led by Kap... lol I don't see it.

Divisional games (heck NFC games) are much harder to win. Besides, New England lost to Arizona and Seattle, and offensively, the Niners are more balanced than they are. Brady's going to get rattled.

BTW, I think the Ravens are going to lose the next two games.

 

[Xeke]

Eagles are bad. No reason for me to watch this upcoming game. Meh.

We beat those silly Ravens!

 

[LJ11]

Jets, Ravens, Patriots, Broncos, Colts, Steelers have filled 17 of 18 spots in last 9 AFC title games.

bubububu parity!

 

[Turnstile]

Congrats Broncos
2012 AFC West Champs

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Eagles are bad. No reason for me to watch this upcoming game. Meh.

The Walking Dead fall finale tonight.

Spoiler

no that's not a joke about the SNF matchup

 

[Tom Penny]

Any Pats fans still on? Did the Pats defense actually show improvement today or was it just a case of Miami's offense sucking?

Edit:If the Pats, Ravens, and Texans all finish with the same record who gets the number 1 seed?(assuming the Pats beat the Texans in this scenario)

Miami sucks. Pats D played ok. The offense was putrid for lots of reasons. Raven have the tiebreaker.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Jets, Ravens, Patriots, Broncos, Colts, Steelers have filled 17 of 18 spots in last 9 AFC title games.

Who was the last? Chargers?

 

[Dutch Gronk]

Any Pats fans still on? Did the Pats defense actually show improvement today or was it just a case of Miami's offense sucking?

Edit:If the Pats, Ravens, and Texans all finish with the same record who gets the number 1 seed?(assuming the Pats beat the Texans in this scenario)

The D was okay, but Tannehill was off all day. They got some pressure and the coverage looked pretty tight at first glance. Talib looked somewhat shaky, but lets hope it's still him getting used to the system.

Good luck to you. I'm sure wearing my avatar will bless you with some type of luck going forward.

The day is over, it's McDaniels time again.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Any Pats fans still on? Did the Pats defense actually show improvement today or was it just a case of Miami's offense sucking?

Edit:If the Pats, Ravens, and Texans all finish with the same record who gets the number 1 seed?(assuming the Pats beat the Texans in this scenario)

Defense played decent.Made more good plays than bad.They probably lose this game eariler in the season.They had a long drive i the 4th that basically sealed the game.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Any Pats fans still on? Did the Pats defense actually show improvement today or was it just a case of Miami's offense sucking?

Edit:If the Pats, Ravens, and Texans all finish with the same record who gets the number 1 seed?(assuming the Pats beat the Texans in this scenario)

Miami had a ton of dropped passes, overthrows, and a gift-wrapped turnover to start the game. Pats D didn't have to do anything special.

 

[harSon]

Who was the last? Chargers?

Probably, I remember beating them on our road to the Super Bowl.

 

[darkside31337]

Jets, Ravens, Patriots, Broncos, Colts, Steelers have filled 17 of 18 spots in last 9 AFC title games.

DYNASTY.

free tebow

 

[Dr Prob]

Any Pats fans still on? Did the Pats defense actually show improvement today or was it just a case of Miami's offense sucking?

That's a tricky distinction, though I did notice that Talib has stopped tucking in his shirt. Good sign!

 

[Godslay]

The day is over, it's McDaniels time again.

The ghost of O. Franklin lives forever.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Probably, I remember beating them on our road to the Super Bowl.

AFC Championship brah.

I'm pretty sure it was them against the Pats - the one where Rivers had a torn ACL and LDT got all pissy at them mocking the Lights Out.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Who was the last? Chargers?

Yeah.They played New England.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

Miami had a ton of dropped passes, overthrows, and a gift-wrapped turnover to start the game. Pats D didn't have to do anything special.

Not anything special is better than sucking it up all day letting every shitting QB style on you.

 

[squicken]

Who was the last? Chargers?

yeah. have to go back to 2002 season w/ raiders vs titans to expand the field. parity really is a joke.

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

Who was the last? Chargers?

yeah, and broncos have only been to one in that span also I think.

 

[Tom Penny]

Not anything special is better than sucking it up all day letting every shitting QB style on you.

Defense was better than the offense. They reverted back to running the ball is not part of the offense for 3 quarters.

 

[ActStriker]

Edit:If the Pats, Ravens, and Texans all finish with the same record who gets the number 1 seed?(assuming the Pats beat the Texans in this scenario)

Kind of depends on who the Texans lose to for the third loss in that scenario. Because it would go to conference record then common games record

 

[MechDX]

Any Pats fans still on? Did the Pats defense actually show improvement today or was it just a case of Miami's offense sucking?

Edit:If the Pats, Ravens, and Texans all finish with the same record who gets the number 1 seed?(assuming the Pats beat the Texans in this scenario)

Texans have tie break over Ravens. Ravens have breakover Pats. Pats would have it over Texans.
clusterfuck

 

[TheFatOne]

The D was okay, but Tannehill was off all day. They got some pressure and the coverage looked pretty tight at first glance. Talib looked somewhat shaky, but lets hope it's still him getting used to the system.



The day is over, it's McDaniels time again.

Defense played decent.Made more good plays than bad.They probably lose this game eariler in the season.They had a long drive i the 4th that basically sealed the game.

Miami had a ton of dropped passes, overthrows, and a gift-wrapped turnover to start the game. Pats D didn't have to do anything special.

Thanks everyone. Sounds like there was a little bit of improvement. Hopefully they can continue, and at the end of the season just be an average defense that can force turnovers. If they can become average I would be happy with that.

Miami sucks. Pats D played ok. The offense was putrid for lots of reasons. Raven have the tiebreaker.

I'm not sure about this one. Each team would have beaten one but lost to the other. All 1-1 against each other. What are the next tie breakers?

Texans have tie break over Ravens. Ravens have breakover Pats. Pats would have it over Texans.
clusterfuck

Yea this is what I was thinking. I'm trying to figure out what the tie breakers are.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Bengals end the season against the Steelers and Ravens ( ._.)

 

[eznark]

If shitty teams want parity they should stop giving big money to Bradford and Fitzpatrick.

 

[tsp_gatmog]

Bengals end the season against the Steelers and Ravens ( ._.)

are you saying this is a good thing for the bengals or opponents?

 

[jbug617]

Texans have tie break over Ravens. Ravens have breakover Pats. Pats would have it over Texans.
clusterfuck

The only tie breaker I know is if the Pats, Ravens and Broncos have the same record, the Pats will get the 2nd seed.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

disgusting game. our defense came to play and then kap, ginn and our coaches give it away. why are you even calling stupid ass gimmick plays late in the 4th quarter on an important down? ridiculous.

the refs were also clearly biased towards the rams. we get the 1 bogus roughing call but they let that little bitch finnegan get away with all kinds of shit and the awful safety call. not that we still didn't have a chance to win, but thanks to shit bag akers it didn't matter!

bring alex back harbs! at least he wont make the game crippling mistake like kap did!

p.s.

send me my avatar squick you sonofabitch!

Delicious.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

are you saying this is a good thing for the bengals or opponents?

Good for the Bengals? lol.

Bengals should try to end a season without fading first.

 

[MechDX]

The only tie breaker I know is if the Pats, Ravens and Broncos have the same record, the Pats will get the 2nd seed.

all 3 in tie wouldn't it be conference record or common opponents?

 

[vedderlax11]

Bengals end the season against the Steelers and Ravens ( ._.)

It should come down to those two. If we can't beat at least one of the two, we don't deserve the playoffs anyway.

 

[Tom Penny]

The only tie breaker I know is if the Pats, Ravens and Broncos have the same record, the Pats will get the 2nd seed.

Ravens beat the Pats. They can't have the tiebreaker with them.

 

[Coldnoodle]

are you saying this is a good thing for the bengals or opponents?

I'm gonna be nervous as fuck, that's what it means :lol

 

[TheFatOne]

all 3 in tie wouldn't it be conference record or common opponents?

I believe it's conference record first then common opponents.

Ravens beat the Pats. They can't have the tiebreaker with them.

It's different in a three way tie with the Texans.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

It should come down to those two. If we can't beat at least one of the two, we don't deserve the playoffs anyway.

If you don't beat the Steelers it won't matter regardless.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

If shitty teams want parity they should stop giving big money to Bradford and Fitzpatrick.

Did you know that Fitzpatrick went to the same school as Jeremy Lin?

 

[jbug617]

Ravens beat the Pats. They can't have the tiebreaker with them.

Pats wins tie break over Denver and Baltimore based on best win percentage in conference games.

Because a 3-way tie requires a conference record tiebreaker, the Pats are the 2-seed above the now 3-seed Ravens despite losing to them

https://twitter.com/richeisen/status/275401963921870848

 

[Tom Penny]

It's different in a three way tie with the Texans.

I always thought it goes division, irrelevant in this case.
Head to Head.
Conference.

But I'm assuming that tweet is right. Pats need to probably win out regardless.

 

[LJ11]

If shitty teams want parity they should stop giving big money to Bradford and Fitzpatrick.

What big money, he got 10m signing bonus and 5m option bonus. That's the only money that matters in football.

Bradford's a different story, shitty teams were held hostage.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Eagles are bad. No reason for me to watch this upcoming game. Meh.

Cowboys make every team look good!

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

What big money, he got 10m signing bonus and 5m option bonus. That's the only money that matters in football.

Bradford's a different story, shitty teams were held hostage.

Bills' defense appears to be improving. Is it real or are they just beating up on shit teams?

 

[eznark]

What big money, he got 10m signing bonus and 5m option bonus. That's the only money that matters in football.

Bradford's a different story, shitty teams were held hostage.

"Big money" is just shorthand for the commitment they made to him.


How were the Rams held hostage?

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

"Big money" is just shorthand for the commitment they made to him.


How were the Rams held hostage?

Bradford was the last of the megabucks rookie #1 contracts, wasn't he?

edit: or was it Stafford?

 

[TheFatOne]

I always thought it goes division, irrelevant in this case.
Head to Head.
Conference.

But I'm assuming that tweet is right. Pats need to probably win out regardless.

The problem with head to head is that Ravens beat Pats, Pats beat Broncos, and Broncos beat Ravens. No clear winner in head to head in a three way. So it goes to the next tiebreaker. I believe that is how it goes, but I'm not 100% sure. Best case scenario for the Pats is a three way tie.

Edit:Same situation if it's the Pats,Houston, and the Ravens. Yea the Pats need to win out in order to have any chance of a 1/2 seed. It's going to be tough, but I believe they can do it.

 

[NomarTyme]

Bradford was the last of the megabucks rookie contracts, wasn't he?

I don't know about the last but Rams could have drafted RGIII no problem.

 

[squicken]

Bradford was the last of the megabucks rookie #1 contracts, wasn't he?

edit: or was it Stafford?

it was bradford. you guys miss the takeaway. eznark is just saying they both suck

 

[BlackGhost]

just saw the score slay and dutch :] , and hell yeah made it to the playoffs in my money league

 

[Salaadin]

What did harbaugh say to tomlin in that clip they just showed on football night in america?

 

[ryutaro's mama]

What did harbaugh say to tomlin in that clip they just showed on football night in america?

"Good job."

 

[LJ11]

Bills' defense appears to be improving. Is it real or are they just beating up on shit teams?

Byrd is very good, I think Gilmore's got a shot at being a good one, but the back seven is a mess. Need linebackers, and a SS. They're giving more reps to a young safety named Searcy, good in the run game, good tackler.

I'm not buying it, they are playing better however and that's with a lot of injuries and a LB core that is a fucking joke.

Dareus is my concern, dude is on and off, he was really good last year but this year...I'm not sure he even played today, Kyle didn't do much either, Carrington cleaned up though.

"Big money" is just shorthand for the commitment they made to him.


How were the Rams held hostage?

I think it's pretty obvious.