The National Football League

Jearlpam0925

Poncier said:

Glorified KC said:

Right now I have Philly vs. Buffalo.

We see right through the "my team who are defending champs at 15-2 with the bye, playing their best football of the season in December and the best player in the game by a longshot aren't that good this year" reverse double secret probation psychology BS,

Now this is the truth.

Johnny Abruzzo

Mahomes is so good he plays ref too. 

MayDay10

Buffalo has KC this season (in the playoffs, they always beat them in the regular season).

The problem is, Baltimore with Derrick Henry may be the Bills' kryptonite and that seems destined for round 2.  

I think denver could be a tough matchup too.


Baltimore Vs Eagles is my NFL Championship prediction.  All birdz

Glorified KC

Poncier said:

Glorified KC said:

Right now I have Philly vs. Buffalo.

We see right through the "my team who are defending champs at 15-2 with the bye, playing their best football of the season in December and the best player in the game by a longshot aren't that good this year" reverse double secret probation psychology BS,

I gotta do my part in helping the effort toward the Three Peat.

Glorified KC

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

Not just a newspaper, but the Kansas City Star?

Lerxst1992

mrussel1 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Horrible playoff system. Three road teams traveling to play at the home of teams that have an inferior record. The NFL should be better than this. One area where NFL smells like CFB. Home field advantage should be decided on the field, with the better team record gets the home field advantage.
. If division champs are so important, skip the Super Bowl and award the trophies now.

I don’t know. The only mismatch seems to be Vikings going to LA. And it’s sort of a fluke for two teams in the same division to have records as good as Lions and Vikings. It doesn’t seem as egregious as the CFP first round. 

Happens almost every season that teams with the better record plays on the road.  And then has to deal with the NFLs weak link, fan interference with the QB play calling. That advantage should be with the team that won more games, and in most cases had a tougher schedule.

its wonderful so many fans don’t have an issue with it, but that doesn’t prevent the fact that it’s a horrible system and it’s the exact opposite of what a league is supposed to be doing, letting the on field results dictate the championship process. Not some political process as to how to split up the league into divisions

Johnny Abruzzo

Well the Vikings had 2 shots at the Lions and lost both. Darnold didn't make the throws. Those are the rules so they gotta play on the road. It's not like they'll be at a crowd disadvantage playing in LA, though - let's be real.

Poncier

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

Some of the old man jokes just write themselves.

Wobbie

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

The Juggler

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

I still get the Sunday Inquirer delivered and pay for the digital access as well. 

Agreed, wob. The Sunday edition is a shell of it's former self. 

Johnny Abruzzo

I get the Inquirer every day, drive a stick shift, trying to still play some vinyl but otherwise finally modernized my music playback methods.

pjhawks

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

100%.   the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news.   I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago.  Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.  

Johnny Abruzzo

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

100%.   the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news.   I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago.  Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.  

And thus the death spiral marches on.

Lerxst1992

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Well the Vikings had 2 shots at the Lions and lost both. Darnold didn't make the throws. Those are the rules so they gotta play on the road. It's not like they'll be at a crowd disadvantage playing in LA, though - let's be real.

It’s the process that is wrong (the better record should play at home), not the specific example (LA fans indifferent). Let division champs be second tiebreaker for home field, Higher wins should be first. Seriously, this is like pee wee level stuff by the wealthiest sport in the world


The NFL is so popular they don’t even need divisions.

Jearlpam0925

I'm assuming once they expand to 34 teams there will be 18 games and 16 teams in the playoffs. 

I dunno, regardless I think this is the best playoff format in sports. There's actually a decent reward for being the best team in your conference. No way should the #2 seed get basically the same reward.

F Me In The Brain

I don't agree that there is an issue with a devision winner hosting a WC team with a better record.  
You play your division 2x.  Some years that works for you, some against.

Stoked for playoffs to start.
Less stoked my favorite team blew this year.    
Oh well, still fun to take in.

Wobbie

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

100%.   the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news.   I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago.  Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.  

at one point (in vegas), I could get a boxscore and write up on every single MLB game, every single day. that horse left the barn a long time ago. Now, you get shit online, written by AI. I haven’t seen a Time or Newsweek in ages…is the decline the same?

tbergs

Wobbie said:

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

100%.   the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news.   I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago.  Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.  

at one point (in vegas), I could get a boxscore and write up on every single MLB game, every single day. that horse left the barn a long time ago. Now, you get shit online, written by AI. I haven’t seen a Time or Newsweek in ages…is the decline the same?

Newsweek has gone to shit, but I don't know about Time. I think The Atlantic and The Economist's content is still pretty solid. Newspaper in general blow. I was really enjoying WaPo, but Bezos seems to be on a mission to sink it.

mrussel1

Johnny Abruzzo said:

I get the Inquirer every day, drive a stick shift, trying to still play some vinyl but otherwise finally modernized my music playback methods.

I almost exclusively listen to vinyl and also have a manual. I have had at least one manual case at all times since 1992.   No newspaper though. The Richmond Times wasn’t good when newspapers were relevant, let alone now. But they did always make a very impressive pile. 

mrussel1

tbergs said:

Wobbie said:

pjhawks said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

This made me laugh.

You get a newspaper?

the decline of newspapers is just another example of the decline of society….these days, instead of objective NEWS, you can just cater your digital feed to whatever you want to hear. that said, what’s left of our paper sucks…we get a print version on wednesday and the “sunday paper” comes on saturday. there’s not much “news” anymore…it has morphed into feature stories that they beat to death. how many times do I need to read about the shrinking great salt lake? they cover local sports a little but I don’t really care about the NHL or MLS teams and the jazz suck. the rest of the sports section is imported from other sources.

so, yeah, I used to love newspapers and am sad to see their demise. I much prefer reading newsprint over scrolling on a phone. that said, when our local paper went to only two days a week and the rest a shitty digital version with shitty “feature” content, I was all for (sadly) canceling it. My wife now pays for it.

100%.   the Philadelphia Daily News used to have an awesome sports section and the Philadelphia Inquirer had great news.   I read those religiously for about 35 years and finally pulled the plug like 3 years ago.  Even the Sunday Inquirer sucks now.  

at one point (in vegas), I could get a boxscore and write up on every single MLB game, every single day. that horse left the barn a long time ago. Now, you get shit online, written by AI. I haven’t seen a Time or Newsweek in ages…is the decline the same?

Newsweek has gone to shit, but I don't know about Time. I think The Atlantic and The Economist's content is still pretty solid. Newspaper in general blow. I was really enjoying WaPo, but Bezos seems to be on a mission to sink it.

The Economist is a tremendous cure for insomnia. It’s so dense for no apparent reason.