Are you ready for some Football?!? (NFL)

[Aurora]

Chargers look like they are going to roll over everyone.

Like I said, I think they are going all the way. Then I can hang up my CHargers Superbowl Champions stuff next to DShai's Steelers Superbowl Champions stuff

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Jets/Dolphins was pretty cool, if only for the sheer number of crushing hits.

That one that left Coles on the ground not moving for a minute...whoah.

 

[Jdvn1]

How about them Texans? Colts can't stop the run and it's killing them time and again.

Wooo! Go Texans! I did not see that one coming!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

What is that smell?

Colts & Giants on an open fire...
Mannings stinkin' up the joint...

 

[John Crichton]

What is that smell?

Colts & Giants on an open fire...

Yeah, looks like. Colts are probably one-and-done, maybe they'll win one playoff home game - but no more. Giants, if they somehow get out of their own way and win Saturday, are certainly one-and-done. It just may get delayed by one week.

Mannings stinkin' up the joint...

No, just one Manning stinkin' up the joint, that would be Eli.

Can't blame Peyton for how the Colts are doing. That falls right on their hideous defense's inability to stop anyone (Ron Dayne?!) from running on them.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The Colts?

They don't like, they don't like, they don't liiiiiiike...
Ron Dayne!

(starts faux-Clapton riff)

 

[John Crichton]

Scary thought: The Packers only need a small amount of help to make the playoffs.

I would say that they need a bit more than small help, although there are many scenarios under which they can get in -

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2674321

The easiest would be a win and a Giants loss. So they will know what is at stake when they play Sunday. However, if the Giants win and they win - a host of things would have to happen in order to get in which we can see at the above link. Crazy stuff. Again, they will know if they have a chance by the time they play Sunday night.

This is my nightmare scenario (as a crushed Giants fan) - Giants, Carolina, St. Louis & Atlanta all lose and Farve finds out that he can get into the playoffs just by beating the Bears on the road. Thus making me a Bears fan for about 3.5 hours.

I think it would be hilarious if an NFC 7-9 team makes the playoffs....

Yeah, but 8-8 is still really sad. And if there is going to be a 7-9 team, meaning all 5 (NY, St. Louis, Atlanta, Green Bay & Carolina) lose, it will be the Giants who get the wild card. Yay, I guess.

Out of the 5 teams, the Giants control the most of their own destiny. If they win, a host of things would have to happen for the Pack to get in with a win: Arizona, Detroit, Miami, Minnesota and San Francisco all win and Carolina, Houston and Tampa Bay all lose. I don't know about the rest of you but I will be glued to my TV Saturday night and all day Sunday. And to think that we didn't even mention all the home-field, 1st round bye, Jets/Bengals/Broncos/Chiefs wild-card scenarios yet.

 

[John Crichton]

Before we hit the weekend, I wanted to see how many others around here read "The Sports Guy" Bill Simmons on ESPN.com.

For the uninitiated: He does 2-3 columns every week but his best are typically his Friday NFL picks columns. He's more of an everyman than an actual journalist and I find him hilarious, even though he hates just about all my favorite teams in all sports. Some of the picks columns come with commentary on other topics but the occasional all-team rankings columns are great.

Great stuff if you like the NFL, fantasy sports, movies, pop culture, gambling (oop) or just sports in general. Any other Simmons fan out there?

 

[John Crichton]

And it begins. 40 minutes until we get to see if we have 1000 different NFC wildcard scenarios on Sunday or really just one...

*sigh*

Go G-men!!

 

[kenobi65]

Go G-men!!

Go Skins!

- kenobi65, the Packer stock-holder and season-ticket holder.