The Steelers/Ravens are almost a 100% lock for the 5th seed...Cleveland and Indy have the remaining two right now.
Miami, Raiders, NE and Chargers...are behind them.
Indy has Ravens, Steelers, Packers and Titans twice..and a H2H with Vegas.
They have a one game lead...two on LA.
Cleveland has a H2H with Vegas this week...tempted to bet on that one. Raiders almost HAVE to win this game to ensure a post-season birth...its an important one.
Chargers look like a potential top seven team with Herbert...and have a pretty easy schedule...Bills, KC and Vegas x2. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BlackOp:
I never underestimate the Chargers ability to blow a game they should win...I think they hold the record in one score losses. It's an art-form with them...or the football god's pissing on Spanos.
If you think they're going to blow games they should win, how are they going to make the playoffs? By upsetting teams they shouldn't?
Originally Posted by BlackOp:
I thought Herbert looked great against KC...and he has continued that. If they ever stay healthy...they are going to be KC's main AFCW rival going forward.
In each of his first 3 starts, he threw terrible INT's that led directly to his team losing. He improved that in the last 2 weeks but they also played the Saints and Jags, two of the worst scoring defenses in the league (Jacksonville's defense is just awful all the way around). [Reply]
Thanks. Didn’t realize that referee info was kept on there. I guess the tricky part would be to see how many of his penalties occurred on big plays or third down conversions. I doubt any of us have the kind of time to look that up. [Reply]
Not to pick on BlackOp (I actually like the dude and he has many good football takes) but one of his big themes was about the opening of So-Fi Stadium and generating excitement for the Rams and Chargers.
It opened this year. The project was announced in January, 2016.
Since that announcement, Blakeman has done 6 Charger games and the Chargers are 4-2 in those games. He's done 5 Rams games and the Rams are 3-2.
There's not really a clear bias towards the LA teams.
However, consider this. 5 of the 7 combined wins in those 11 games? On the road. [Reply]
Does anybody even care about their new stadiums? Neither are accessible to fans. They are just gigantic, empty, caverns. Depressing as hell. I would think the NFL would do better to shine a light on stadiums with actual human beings in the stands rather than cardboard cut-outs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by wazu:
Does anybody even care about their new stadiums? Neither are accessible to fans. They are just gigantic, empty, caverns. Depressing as hell. I would think the NFL would do better to shine a light on stadiums with actual human beings in the stands rather than cardboard cut-outs.
They absolutely cared about it prior to February of last year. I don't think you can take this whole COVID thing and consider it BAU. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
They absolutely cared about it prior to February of last year. I don't think you can take this whole COVID thing and consider it BAU.
Before I learned they wouldn't have fans, I was kind of looking forward to seeing SoFi stadium. It seems like a pretty marvelous venue. I hope it succeeds, at least for the Rams. But every time they show it now it's just blah. Who cares? Might as well play at a high school field. Also, no idea what BAU means or stands for. [Reply]
Originally Posted by wazu:
Before I learned they wouldn't have fans, I was kind of looking forward to seeing SoFi stadium. It seems like a pretty marvelous venue. I hope it succeeds, at least for the Rams. But every time they show it now it's just blah. Who cares? Might as well play at a high school field. Also, no idea what BAU means or stands for.
