Scoreboard watching (aka, who to root for this week)

[Motown Bombers]

2 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Panthers are going to get the ball down 6 with 3 minutes and no timeouts. Does Bryce have it in him?

I trust Bryce more than I trust Cousins these days. 

[MichiganCardinal]

The Eagles defense inspires zero fear in me whatsoever. At least not the team that played Carolina today. Bryce Young may be one of the worst QBs in NFL history and he nearly engineered a 98-yard drive there.

[lordstanley]

Eagles win but were a narrow incompletion away from most likely being down to 3-9 Carolina in the final minute. 

[lordstanley]

4 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

The Eagles defense inspires zero fear in me whatsoever. At least not the team that played Carolina today. Bryce Young may be one of the worst QBs in NFL history and he nearly engineered a 98-yard drive there.

And while Barkley had another good day rushing, Hurts was 14/21 for 108 passing yards. 

[MichiganCardinal]

1 minute ago, lordstanley said:

And while Barkley had another good day rushing, Hurts was 14/21 for 108 passing yards. 

Yes. If we were playing them with the defensive line that went against Green Bay, I would be concerned. If we can get Levi, Paschal, Reader, Alim, and maybe even Hutch back before we see them? We'll contain that run, force Hurts to throw, and be halfway to victory.

[NYLion]

Just gotta keep winning. Can't depend on others for help.

Actually, I believe they can still afford to lose to Buffalo (AFC loss) and still control their destiny for the 1 seed.

Edited December 8, 2024 by NYLion

[Motown Bombers]

I think the Lions can run on this Bills defense. 

[4hzglory]

17 minutes ago, NYLion said:

Just gotta keep winning. Can't depend on others for help.

Actually, I believe they can still afford to lose to Buffalo (AFC loss) and still control their destiny for the 1 seed.

According to everything I’ve read, the Lions have all the tiebreakers, so they can go 3-1 and lose any and still have the #1 seed.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[MichiganCardinal]

46 minutes ago, 4hzglory said:

According to everything I’ve read, the Lions have all the tiebreakers, so they can go 3-1 and lose any and still have the #1 seed.

This is very likely to be correct.

If the Lions go 3-1 and the Eagles go 4-0, they'd both be 15-2, but the Lions would have the one-seed via tiebreaker based on conference record (if the Lions loss is to the Bills), or very likely based on strength of victory (if the Lions loss is to the Bears, 49ers, or Vikings). The Lions are currently at an NFC best 0.510 in that mark, while Philly is at 0.400. I'm not doing the math, but I doubt they can catch up even if we lost to the Vikings (which would improve that mark the most).

If the Lions go 3-1 and the Vikings go 4-0, they'd both be 15-2, but the Lions would have the one-seed and division based on record against common opponents, because the Vikings lost to the Rams.

If the Lions go 3-1 and both the Eagles and Vikings go 4-0, all three would be 15-2, but my understanding (though I am not positive) is that the divisional tie is determined first, then the postseason seeding tie. Which means that the Lions would win the tiebreaker against the Vikings, then win the tiebreaker against the Eagles, and that there would be no three-way tiebreaker to determine the one-seed.

Credit to @lordstanley for doing a lot of this work earlier in the thread.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Jason_R]

Hey this guy Matt Stafford is pretty good. 

And I guess this is what a 10-2 team looks like in the AFC. 

Edited December 8, 2024 by Jason_R

[Sports_Freak]

14 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Hey this guy Matt Stafford is pretty good. 

And I guess this is what a 10-2 team looks like in the AFC. 

They look beatable next week in Detroit. 

[MichiganCardinal]

3 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

They look beatable next week in Detroit. 

They look like they may have been caught looking ahead to Detroit. What a world.

[Jason_R]

3 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

They look like they may have been caught looking ahead to Detroit. What a world.

Yes, but look at Buffalo’s wins:  Arizona, Miami (2x), Jax, Jets, Titans, Seattle, Indy, KC, SF. Detroit has played (and beat) a lot of those teams but the only playoff caliber win on their schedule so far has been (a weak) KC. They got blown out by Baltimore and lost to Houston. AFC is not good this year. If Buffalo was in the NFC  North they’d be fighting GB for third. 

[Jason_R]

Also, the Rams are going to finish with double digit wins. 

Assuming they hold on today, that’s 7. They have SF, NYJ, then Arizona and Seattle both at home. 

[MichiganCardinal]

9 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Also, the Rams are going to finish with double digit wins. 

Assuming they hold on today, that’s 7. They have SF, NYJ, then Arizona and Seattle both at home. 

Might be a bold assumption. Allen is going off.

[Motown Bombers]

Stafford has to use the silent count at home. 

[Motown Bombers]

Why does McVay keep running the jet sweep that they keep stopping? 

[Jason_R]

16 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Might be a bold assumption. Allen is going off.

Stafford is going off too. 

[Motown Bombers]

I agree with Brady here. Surprised Buffalo ran a sneak and risk having to use a timeout. 

[Sports_Freak]

Buffalo/L.A.   1st team to 100 points wins. 🤣🤣

[Jason_R]

Can’t recall seeing a game end on a walk-off punt. 

Were you not entertained? Great game. 

[romad1]

6 minutes ago, Jason_R said:

Can’t recall seeing a game end on a walk-off punt. 

Were you not entertained? Great game. 

that game was nuts.  We have a handful with Josh Allen. 

[lordstanley]

19 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

I agree with Brady here. Surprised Buffalo ran a sneak and risk having to use a timeout. 

Same thing the Lions did in the NFC championship game. Going from 3 timeouts down to 2 timeouts with a minute or so to go has to be one of the most negatively impactful "plays" that can happen. It's the difference between the leading team that recovers an onside kick getting to kneel thrice for a victory, or run 3 plays and have to kick the ball back (albeit with maybe only 20-30 seconds to go) if you don't pick up a 1st down.

Edited December 9, 2024 by lordstanley