The NFL Thread

[Carrotdude]

Still going well for the Vikings, I fancy us against anyone except the panthers in the nfc and even then we almost beat them but for a few mistakes the other week. The Cam Newton factor is big though, he’s incredible on his day.

I can’t see past the patriots for the super bowl though

 

[Tony Towner]

As the Vikings will be at home for both play off games and then the Super Bowl you have to heavily fancy them. Is probably not practical commercially, but it's a shame there isn't a contingency plan in place to avoid home field advantage in the SB.

 

[Alan]

Newton is shite, he folds against any kind of decent defense. It's Greg Olsen you have to cover.

Shut down Olsen and you shut down Cam.

 

[Carrotdude]

As the Vikings will be at home for both play off games and then the Super Bowl you have to heavily fancy them. Is probably not practical commercially, but it's a shame there isn't a contingency plan in place to avoid home field advantage in the SB.

I guess as it’s literally never happened before it hasn’t been an issue until potentially this year

 

[Alan]

I guess as it’s literally never happened before it hasn’t been an issue until potentially this year

They won't change anything. Having a SB on home turf has been a talking point in years past, but mostly as a "wouldn't it be cool if x team got to play in the Super Bowl in their own stadium" thing. We don't see that possibility as a negative. The odds of it happening just seem too small. Maybe it will be revisited somewhere down the line, but I would be seriously shocked.

 

[The Bear]

Bump for Punts to get his entry in this week.

 

[PPB]

Steelers v Browns, gonna be a cold one. Snowed a lot yesterday and today's temp is something like -17.

I must be :screwy:

 

[Tony Towner]

Foles shocking again

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Steelers v Browns, gonna be a cold one. Snowed a lot yesterday and today's temp is something like -17.

I must be :screwy:

That's almost summer compared to other parts of the US isn't it? Didn't I see Niagara had frozen solid in -60 odd? Probably away at Green Bay would be a smidgeon chilly.

 

[darlowolf64]

Bump for Punts to get his entry in this week.

Bloody typical, I picked Big Ben and he hasn't played!

 

[Johnny75]

Bloody typical, I picked Big Ben and he hasn't played!

I spunked nearly 10% on Bell and he didn't play either. It was a toss up between him and Kanara, ballsed that up,

 

[Tony Towner]

My gamble is Mannion as Rams QB

 

[The Bear]

I'd already read Big Ben, Bell and Brown weren't playing! I had Browns to win that and they still couldn't! I also had them +5.5 so kept my bet alive though.

I also had Kamara until I saw earlier that Gillislee and Burkhead were both out so Lewis was an easy pick.

I'm doing rather well this week so far [emoji41]

 

[Tony Towner]

I had Lewis last week, but couldn't squeeze him and Kamara in. The Cowboys D was a great value pick.

 

[The Bear]

That'll do pig. That'll do!

First decent win on NFL in ages.

 

[Dire Wolf]

Buffalo Bills fans have donated around $60000 to Andy Dalton's charity foundation since he threw the TD that put them in the playoffs on Sunday, mostly in $17 amounts, a dollar for each year of their playoff drought. That is pretty awesome.

 

[Tony Towner]

For those in the FF just a reminder that teams will need to be on Saturday, Bear can you amend the invite?

 

[The Bear]

Yeah I'll sort it.

 

[The Bear]

Wk17 update.

Points:

Tony 1876.05
Bear 1853.44
Johnny 1827.00
Darlo 1820.32
Punts 1721.76
James 1691.14



Rankings:

Tony 61
Bear 60
Johnny 57.5
Punts 54.5
Darlo 53
James 49


Weekly Placings:

Bear 5, 6, 5, 4, 4, 2, 4, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6, 1, 6, 1, 1
Darlo 2, 5, 2, 3, 1, 5, 3, 4, 6, 3, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6, 5
James 6, 2, 4, 6, 2, 1, 2, 5, 4, 6, 6, 2, 6, 2, 2
Johnny 3, 3, 3, 2, 6, 3, (5/6), 6, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 2
Punts 1, 4, 6, 5, 3, 4, (5/6), 3, 5, 4, 1, 1, 5, 1, 5, 4
Tony 4, 1, 1, 1, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 3, 3, 5, 3, 3

 

[PuntsWolf]

Solid spontaneous combustion from the chiefs.