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Why do NFL teams in tight games still try to ice the kicker. I'm specifically looking at you McDermott. It feels like it rarely works,and seems like more of a tradition at this point,than a legitimate strategy. I feel like an analytics person needs to take a look at this,it seems wildly ineffective,and inefficient.

Like if you have a high powered offense,why wouldn't you want the ball back with 20ish seconds on the clock,and 2 timeouts. Philly's defense was looking gassed too.

Since the AFC was done after Sunday I fired up the BBC Micro to try to figure some stuff out. Apologies to the purists for my use of odd three-letter abbreviations for some teams. Usual caveats with the numbers and I don't factor in tie-games as a possibility in the calculations as they make everything unreadable for such a rare event.

• BAL, CLE, PIT, MIA, KCC, and JAC could all lose out and still have a chance to make the playoffs.
• The BBCM says BUF, NEP, LVR, LAC, TEN, and IND need to reach 7 wins to have any mathematical chance. It says CIN, NYJ, DEN, and HOU would need 8 wins.
• Getting to 12 wins should assure a playoff spot.
• By the powers of public school math, the teams that can't reach 12 wins aka CIN, BUF, NEP, NYJ, LVR, LAC, TEN do not currently control their own destiny.
• The computer thingy spit out a realistically likely win number for a playoff spot (i.e. wildcard) being barely under 10 for the first time this season. Call it 10 to likely be good enough without tiebreakers coming into play, 9 is risky but looking certainly reasonable now.
• Semi-reasonable projections for wins likely to take the divisions (i.e. roughly 2nd place + 1W or winning tiebreaker) are: AFC East 9-10 wins, North 11-12 wins, South 10-11 wins, West 10-11 wins.
• Looks like the Patriots will be eliminated with a loss and basically there being football on Sunday, computer says a win by PIT, TEN, HOU, CLE, or CIN does it, I didn't take the time to triple-manually-check that intel though.
• My subjective analysis has BAL being "realistically in" as they could drunken stupor to another win or two to be safe, NEP, TEN, LAC, NYJ and LVR being "realistically out" as they would need divine intervention to get to a win total that has a reasonable chance. Obviously this is subject to change if any of them start on an actual winning streak journey.
• For the teams in the middle of the fight, as in not on either of my nice or naughty lists above, there are four intra-conference games (LAC v NEP, IND v TEN, CIN v JAC, DEN v HOU), and the BBCM says the non-combatant contenders are better off with the following outcomes: Everyone better off with NEP, TEN, and JAC wins (slamming the door on LAC and CIN while bringing IND back down to earth in the wildcard race); For the DEN/HOU game, computer says BUF, MIA, and JAC are better off with a DEN win, CIN, CLE, PIT, KCC, IND are better off with a HOU win.

400+ yard games with Matt Canada: 0 (out of 44)

400+ yard games with Eddie Faulkner: 1 (out of 1)

I know I’m beating a dead horse, but Matt Canada was the worst

How hard is it to put all the games into the weekly highlights playlist? Please get your stuff together

Russell Wilson reached 20 passing touchdowns on the season against the Browns, becoming the first Broncos QB to do so since Peyton Manning. The Broncos passing touchdowns leader each year since 2014:

2014: Peyton Manning (39)

2015: Brock Osweiler (10)

2016: Trevor Siemian (18)

2017: Trevor Siemian (12)

2018: Case Keenum (18)

2019: Drew Lock (7)

2020: Drew Lock (16)

2021: Teddy Bridgewater (18)

2022: Russell Wilson (16)

2023: Russell Wilson (20)

I am utterly heartbroken and don’t know what to do. Go Bills 😞 sad kazoo sounds

Next week the eagles will officially clinch the playoffs if the following 5 things happen

1. PHI beats SF

2. ATL loses to NYJ

3. NO loses to DET

4. LAR loses to CLE

5. GB loses to KC

Despite all the turnovers, they were still in the game until the end.

Source: SNF on NBC broadcast.

Because they've played 1 more game than the other teams with the same amount of losses.

Between the polarity in penalties being called and seemingly preferential treatment towards/against a marketable team or player, the game is becoming a boxed-in popularity contest.

Absolutely embarrassing right now.

Chargers vs. Packers: Herbert with 8 carries and 73 yards. Ekeler with 10 carries and 64 yards

Chargers vs. Ravens: Herbert with 4 carries and 47 yards. Ekeler with 10 carries and 32 yards

Carry the heck on - Kendrick Perkins

Also, they’ve scored the most in their division but remain in last place.

#Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers

ESPN Gamecast

SoFi Stadium- Inglewood, CA

Network(s): NBC

Scoreboard

Scoring Plays

Highlights from ESPN.com (Note: These links may expire in a few days)

1. Lamar Jackson finds Zay Flowers in the end zone for a touchdown and Flowers leads a wedding-themed celebration.
2. Ravens QB Lamar Jackson rushes up the middle for eight yards, which helps him eclipse 5,000 rushing yards for his career.
3. On third-and-17, Justin Herbert tosses to Keenan Allen, who quickly laterals to a wide-open Austin Ekeler for a Chargers first down.

Passing Leaders

Rushing Leaders

Receiving Leaders

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Alright, hear me out. Games that are out of reach with not much time remaining are a boring slog. TV Networks literally cut away from games that are 18 point differences or more. Why not try this method to keep the game engaging

When a player scores a touchdown, they can choose to leave the endzone and begin running towards the opposite endzone. IF they can reach the other endzone without going down, then they are awarded an additional touchdown. At that point they can choose to go back to their original endzone for another touchdown, and so on and so forth. BUT HERE IS THE KICKER, once a player leaves the endzone to begin their journey to the other endzone - getting tackled before reaching the other endzone means forfeiting the touchdown you just scored. If you somehow manage to reach the other endzone and choose to go for a 3rd touchdown, then the same rule applies. Being tackled before reaching the other endzone will result in forfeiture of both touchdowns, and so on and so forth. Theoretically a team could continue scoring touchdowns in perpetuity.

In regards to penalties though, all penalties are reviewable in this situation. Any penalties committed by the defense will result in the offense being allowed to try again from the spot of the foul. Any penalty by the offense will end the attempt.

I know this is stupid, but if one person agrees with me then my friend owes me a plate of wings. What do ya'll think?

Up until today, the Jaguars had perfectly inversed their 2022 season

2022: 1.L 2.W 3.W 4.L 5.L 6.L 7.L 8.L 9.W 10.L 11.W 12.L 13.W 14.W 15.W 16.W 17.W

2023: 1.W 2.L 3.L 4.W 5.W 6.W 7.W 8.W 9.L 10.W 11.(W)

They make their own fate now.

They're also the only QBs to do it twice, but that's beside the point!

With 11 rushing TDs in 11 games he's also on pace to break Newton's QB record of 14 in a season.

T.J. Watt is currently leading the league in sacks with 13.5, if he finishes as the sack leader he will be the first player to lead the league in 3 different seasons since sacks became an official stat in 1982