ESPN Playoff Machine 2017

[RealSNR]

What are your picks for the playoffs?

Here's mine

[kcxiv]

If the Chiefs arent in it, i dont give a shit. If we are in it, i know we lose out in the first round, its just shit and shit no matter how you look at it! haha

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Always love doing this each year.

[Titty Meat]

What's that thing called that's like a washing machine with a dildo attached to it? That's what the playoff machine reminds me of.

[RealSNR]

And I guess if I'm going to predict a Super Bowl winner....

AFC

Baltimore @ Jacksonville: Jacksonville
Tennessee @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles

Los Angeles @ New England: New England
Jacksonville @ Pittsburgh: Jacksonville (because fuck you, that's why)

Jacksonville @ New England: New England


NFC

Seattle @ Los Angeles: Seattle
New Orleans @ Atlanta: Atlanta

Seattle @ Minnesota: Seattle
Atlanta @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia

Seattle @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia


Super Bowl

New England 34 Philadelphia 28

[displacedinMN]

People around here going apes about the vikes could be playing in the SB in their own stadium.

Some don't want to get too crazy-but the talk is out there. Oh my.

[carcosa]

Chiefs will get in at 6-10

[notorious]

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Chiefs get in at 8-8. They manage to beat the Gay'd and Dolts at home and choke away the other two games.

[lewdog]

People around here going apes about the vikes could be playing in the SB in their own stadium.

Some don't want to get too crazy-but the talk is out there. Oh my.

The Vikings have Chiefed more than the Chiefs have Chiefed over the course of their franchise!!!

[notorious]

The Vikings have Chiefed more than the Chiefs have Chiefed over the course of their franchise!!!

They've won playoff games, though.

[lewdog]

They've won playoff games, though.

And choked in much bigger playoff games (multiple NFC Championships) with loaded teams and being favored to win.

[Best22]

They've won playoff games, though.

Both teams are cursed from playing in the Superbowl.

Chiefs-Colts 95 pales in comparison to 2009 Vikes-Saints:eek: or 1998 Vikings.

[Simply Red]

People around here going apes about the vikes could be playing in the SB in their own stadium.

Some don't want to get too crazy-but the talk is out there. Oh my.

sick defense

[notorious]

And choked in much bigger playoff games (multiple NFC Championships) with loaded teams and being favored to win.

Without a doubt.


Their teams were real teams, too. Not smoke and mirror pieces of shit like the Chiefs.


Viking fans look at Chiefs fans like we are delusional. We had false hope. Their teams were the real-deal.

[notorious]

The Vikings aren't doing shit this year due to QB.

[Best22]

Without a doubt.


Their teams were real teams, though. Not smoke and mirror pieces of shit like the Chiefs.

They are a far better franchise than the Chiefs but they have nothing to show for it except a lot of pain

[notorious]

They are a far better franchise than the Chiefs but they have nothing to show for it except a lot of pain

Probably more than ours.

[displacedinMN]

Had a conversation last year on who had been disappointed more-Chiefs or Vikes.

He talked about 1998, 49-0 (or what ever) play off game. Dallas non push off call.

I countered with not winning a playoff game in 25 years.

I won.

[BlackOp]

These playoff predictors dont account for outcome manipulation. If Greenbay gets Rodger back next week...they are going to make sure he is in the postseason.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

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Wild Card:
Baltimore (10-6) @ Jacksonville (11-5) Winner: Jacksonville
Tennessee (10-6) @ LA Chargers (10-6) Winner: Chargers
Atlanta (10-6) @ LA Rams (12-4) Winner: Rams
Seattle (11-5) @ New Orleans (12-4) Winner: Seahawks

Divisional:
Jacksonville (11-5) @ Pittsburgh (13-3) Winner: Pittsburgh
LA Chargers (10-6) @ New England (14-2) Winner: LA Chargers
LA Rams (12-4) @ Philadelphia (13-3) Winner: Philly
Seattle (11-5) @ Minnesota (13-3) Winner: Minnesota

Conference:
LAC @ PIT Winner: LA Chargers
PHI @ MIN Winner: Minnesota

SB:
LA Chargers vs. Minnesota Winner: Vikings

Honestly, I would never put money on the Chargers going into Foxboro and winning in January, but it is really hard to go back-to-back. I think LA has a better chance of beating the Patriots than Pittsburgh.

[RealSNR]

These playoff predictors dont account for outcome manipulation. If Greenbay gets Rodger back next week...they are going to make sure he is in the postseason.

You're dumb.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

It's a good year in the AFC to be a team who is just getting in the playoffs... I don't think seeding will be overly significant. Pittsburgh just lost the guy who makes their entire defense go, and they will struggle without him I feel. New England is New England but they aren't as talented as in previous years and again it is very hard to go to back-to-back Super Bowls.

I think it's pretty wide open, especially for a team as loaded and healthy as the Chargers.

[RealSNR]

Jacksonville Jaguars, man.

Blake "all he does is win" Bortles

[displacedinMN]

Spoiler for length

With the Minnesota Vikings at 10-2, trembling football fans are biting their knuckles and speaking in those particular phrases of Nordic fatalism such as “Yeah, but,” “Even if” or a humble “Let’s take it one week at a time.”

It’s prudent language, the better to tone down any chatter that Minnesota might not only host the Super Bowl — but compete!

(Shhhhh. Cripes, keep it down.)

It’s been 40 years — 40 years! — since the Vikes’ last trip to the Super Bowl in 1977. Moreover, that was their fourth appearance in seven years, also playing (and losing) in 1970, 1974 and 1975.

Scholarly papers document Scandinavian reserve. Minnesotans can recite such homespun expressions as “If you never expect anything, you’ll never be disappointed.” And “pretty good” is pretty much deemed good enough.

So little wonder that even talking about the home team being in the Game of Games feels like tempting fate.

A postgame tweet last Sunday by Sen. Amy Klobuchar got hundreds of likes: “What a game! Our Vikings are on a roll: They’ve now won the last EIGHT games in a row! Let’s keep it going! Can you say ‘Super Bowl?’ ”

But it also prompted a response from the droll Twitter account known as Indignant Minnesotan: “***OBLIGATORY UNJINX TWEET*** We never win the big games, guys. There’s no way we’re going to the Super Bowl. Just not happening.”

A similar “Whoa, kids” tone was on the Minnesota Vikings Fan Group’s Facebook page:

“This is awesome, but next week is a must win, because if we lose to Carolina, even if we win, we could get knocked down to a 3rd seed if Seattle and New Orleans continue to play the way they have.”

On the “Purple Thoughts” Vikings forum on Scout.com, a post from GoVikes115999 headlined “I don’t think the Vikings taste defeat again” likewise prompted a tap-the-brakes response from cerberus54.

“Let’s take it one week at a time. If they don’t have any brain farts, very possible. … Really, if any fanbase deserves seeing their team [in the] Super Bowl, it would be us with the past torture we have been through.”

One fan at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station even texted home: “Man, how are the Vikings going to break our hearts this season?”

After last Sunday’s win over Atlanta, Star Tribune sportswriter Michael Rand polled his Twitter followers as to whether the Vikings’ win streak has them feeling emboldened or terrified. “Terrified” was winning by a two-to-one margin.

A history of devastation

Superstitions are coming out of the closet. One social media poster, NikeMoss, recounted his realization that his casual donning of an away jersey during a home game and a home jersey during an away game coincided with the Vikings’ two losses.

“Ever since I realized my mistake and made sure to wear the correct color, we are perfect,” he posted.

Want commitment? Before Sunday’s away game, as the family gathered for a holiday photo, his wife wanted everyone in purple. “Obviously, family pictures aren’t worth as much as a Vikings win,” he said, “so I was the only one in my white jersey!”

There may be no more serious fans than the 350 members of the Viking World Order. Vice president David “Diggz” Garza of St. Paul said that members’ reactions differ with their history with the team.

Looking back, he recalled that the 1977 Super Loss was one of his first memories as a young fan. But it doesn’t take a memory of actual Super Bowls to make a Vikes fan wince.

Take 1998, when the team won a phenomenal 15 games led by rookie Randy Moss, only to be upset by the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game when place-kicker Gary Anderson missed a field goal for the first time that season.

“Disappointment is not the right word,” Garza said. “Total devastation is a better way to describe it.”

But he said that the loss brought younger members into the fold, seeking solace among those who’d built up some serious scar tissue.

Yet while the collective pain of die-hard Vikings’ fans is real, the situation is not unique. Thirteen teams have yet to win when they’ve competed in a Super Bowl, and four teams have never made it to the game.

And while the Vikings are oh!-and-four in their championship history, the Buffalo Bills, a veritable dynasty in the 1990s, lost in four consecutive Super Bowl appearances.

So maybe we need to relax and just enjoy the ride.

Take it from Garza, whose purple football helmet sprouts Viking horns: “I myself won’t count any chickens until they’re hatched,” he said prudently. Then he confessed: “But I can’t help but feeling a li’l excited.”

[notorious]

They should know not to get their hopes up. Their QB will fail them when it matters.


He is not one of the chosen "Golden Quarterbacks".

[Iconic]

Jacksonville has a pretty good shot of playing against the Steelers and it would be truly fulfilling to watch the Steelers get rammed by them for the second time this season.

Interestingly enough if we somehow fell ass backwards into the playoffs it looks like we'd have to narrowly escape the Titans or Ravens then meet the Pats at Gillette.

[Toad]

If the Jags get to the AFCCG before the Chiefs, I give up

[tk13]

Had a conversation last year on who had been disappointed more-Chiefs or Vikes.

He talked about 1998, 49-0 (or what ever) play off game. Dallas non push off call.

I countered with not winning a playoff game in 25 years.

I won.

We'd all pick the Chiefs, but I imagine a lot of football fans would probably pick the Vikings.

-The 98 team that was one of the best offenses of all time, lost because Gary Anderson missed his only kick of the entire year, cost them a trip to the Super Bowl.

-The Favre NFC title game year where a short pass probably puts them in FG range for a win, instead Favre throws an INT that costs them another Super Bowl trip.

-The Blair Walsh game a couple years ago where he missed a 27 yard FG to win a first round game.

[tk13]

If the Jags get to the AFCCG before the Chiefs, I give up

They did a couple times under Coughlin about 15-20 years ago. Certainly since the last time the Chiefs did it.

[KChiefs1]

People around here going apes about the vikes could be playing in the SB in their own stadium.

Some don't want to get too crazy-but the talk is out there. Oh my.



That would be a huge advantage.

[displacedinMN]

That would be a huge advantage.

I would think it would be bad for hotels. Less out of town money.
Thoughts?

[Bewbies]

That 98 Vikings team would have been a lot more fun in the Super Bowl than the 14-2 Falcons were.

Hard to believe they didn't win it all that year.

[Chiefshrink]

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Wild Card:
Baltimore (10-6) @ Jacksonville (11-5) Winner: Jacksonville
Tennessee (10-6) @ LA Chargers (10-6) Winner: Chargers
Atlanta (10-6) @ LA Rams (12-4) Winner: Rams
Seattle (11-5) @ New Orleans (12-4) Winner: Seahawks

Divisional:
Jacksonville (11-5) @ Pittsburgh (13-3) Winner: Pittsburgh
LA Chargers (10-6) @ New England (14-2) Winner: LA Chargers
LA Rams (12-4) @ Philadelphia (13-3) Winner: Philly
Seattle (11-5) @ Minnesota (13-3) Winner: Minnesota

Conference:
LAC @ PIT Winner: LA Chargers
PHI @ MIN Winner: Minnesota

SB:
LA Chargers vs. Minnesota Winner: Vikings

Honestly, I would never put money on the Chargers going into Foxboro and winning in January, but it is really hard to go back-to-back. I think LA has a better chance of beating the Patriots than Pittsburgh.

Especially without Shazier:hmmm:

[lewdog]

Would the Vikings currently be better with Bradford over Keenum at the helm?

[Bwana]

The reply from the magic 8 ball when asked if the Chiefs were going to make the playoffs.

https://wickershamsconscience.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/polls_ball_20_5435_778546_answer_1_xlarge.gif?w=700 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi7qqC-5f7XAhUL8mMKHXenArsQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwickershamsconscience.wordpress.com%2F2016%2F11%2F30%2Fthe-8th-anniversary-of-wickershams-conscience%2F&psig=AOvVaw0OyXvVpRLvUUXuj1AqK43m&ust=1512972836792916)

[Best22]

Probably more than ours.

That's the thing, they don't.

Better franchise than the Chiefs, but fewer trophies

[notorious]

If the Jags get to the AFCCG before the Chiefs, I give up

Uhhhhhh......they already have.

[displacedinMN]

Would the Vikings currently be better with Bradford over Keenum at the helm?

keenum easily. bradford will have to retire

[Coogs]

Believe it or not, a loss today does not end our chances at winning the West. It does mean that winning next week takes on larger importance, but it is not the kiss of death to lose today.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

We would win the West on a 3 way 9-7 finish.
We would win the West on a 2 way tie with the Chargers at 9-7, even if we lose today.
We do not win a 2 way tie with the Raiders at 9-7 with a loss today.
8-8 finishes to win the West do not favor us.

There is virtually no way the West gets a WC, so it's win or go home.

[Best22]

Believe it or not, a loss today does not end our chances at winning the West. It does mean that winning next week takes on larger importance, but it is not the kiss of death to lose today.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

We would win the West on a 3 way 9-7 finish.
We would win the West on a 2 way tie with the Chargers at 9-7, even if we lose today.
We do not win a 2 way tie with the Raiders at 9-7 with a loss today.
8-8 finishes to win the West do not favor us.

There is virtually no way the West gets a WC, so it's win or go home.

Right, but the thinking is a 6-7 record while being swept by the Raiders would basically be the nail on the coffin.

[Coogs]

Right, but the thinking is a 6-7 record while being swept by the Raiders would basically be the nail on the coffin.

I get the thinking. But the Faid still has to go to the Eagles and the Chargers. Loss today is not the kiss of death. Serious life support? No doubt!!!

[Pablo]

I got the Chiefs winning the SB! This is gonna be fun!

[Coogs]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

With the win today, it sets up next Saturday nights game to be the winner in control of there own destiny in the West, no matter what happens today in LA. Right now it's 10-0 Chargers.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

I picked us to win today and lose next week.... Chargers continue to look good. Gotta hope the atmosphere and familiarity we have with them will help us, cause they are better right now.

[notorious]

I picked us to win today and lose next week.... Chargers continue to look good. Gotta hope the atmosphere and familiarity we have with them will help us, cause they are better right now.

Chiefs will always manufacture false hope when it appears that all is lost.


Look for the Chiefs to beat the Butt-Chargers. That's how we roll.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Chiefs will always manufacture false hope when it appears that all is lost.


Look for the Chiefs to beat the Butt-Chargers. That's how we roll.

If the Chiefs beat them, KC can split between Miami and Denver and still win the West...

Saturday night is for the West championship.

[RealSNR]

If the Chiefs beat San Diego LA, it will be awfully hard for them to not make the playoffs. Even if they lay eggs against Miami and Denver, there are a zillion "help" scenarios in which they will hold tiebreakers.

[notorious]

Oh, we will go to the playoffs, but you all know what happens after that.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Oh, we will go to the playoffs, but you all know what happens after that.

Probably, but I will remain hopeful. You never know these days, the Chiefs have a chance to be the 'hot' team if they reel off another 3 victories...

Hopefully Peters comes back motivated and ready to shut up and do his job. That could help us out even more.

[Coogs]

If the Chiefs beat San Diego LA, it will be awfully hard for them to not make the playoffs. Even if they lay eggs against Miami and Denver, there are a zillion "help" scenarios in which they will hold tiebreakers.

If we win Saturday, we win the West with just one more win even if either the Raiders or Chargers win all their other games.

[notorious]

Probably, but I will remain hopeful. You never know these days, the Chiefs have a chance to be the 'hot' team if they reel off another 3 victories...

Hopefully Peters comes back motivated and ready to shut up and do his job. That could help us out even more.

THERE'S THAT FALSE HOPE.


I love your enthusiasm Pug. I hope I join you soon.

[Coogs]

If we lose Saturday, we have to win them both and have the Raiders beat the Chargers. Doesn't matter what the Chargers do against the Jets in that scenario.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

THERE'S THAT FALSE HOPE.


I love your enthusiasm Pug. I hope I join you soon.

It's natural, and I honestly wish I wasn't this way... but it makes it more fun. It will also make it more painful.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

If we lose Saturday, we have to win them both and have the Raiders beat the Chargers. Doesn't matter what the Chargers do against the Jets in that scenario.

Losing Saturday isn't a viable option if they want to play in the Wild Card round..

[RealSNR]

Probably, but I will remain hopeful. You never know these days, the Chiefs have a chance to be the 'hot' team if they reel off another 3 victories...

Hopefully Peters comes back motivated and ready to shut up and do his job. That could help us out even more.

With the way everybody but our safeties played today, it illuminates even more how tragic that Eric Berry injury is.

I want Parker gone this year. I want his sweet sweet cap space he will leave behind.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

With the way everybody but our safeties played today, it illuminates even more how tragic that Eric Berry injury is.

I want Parker gone this year. I want his sweet sweet cap space he will leave behind.

I'm wondering who sits the pine Saturday at corner? Seemed that Revis, Mitchell, and Nelson all killed it today. Nelson is the slot guy so he will play. I'm sure Revis will start, and Peters will get his spot of course.

[Rausch]

Losing Saturday isn't a viable option if they want to play in the Wild Card round..

After today the Jags and Titans have easy schedules. Neither one will lose a game. Same for Pitt.

That leaves 4 teams fighting for one WC spot...

[pugsnotdrugs19]

After today the Jags and Titans have easy schedules. Neither one will lose a game. Same for Pitt.

That leaves 4 teams fighting for one WC spot...

I'll be rooting for Baltimore to take the 6 seed (assuming KC gets the 4). I think they are tough enough to give teams like PIT and NE a real challenge.

[Coogs]

Losing Saturday isn't a viable option if they want to play in the Wild Card round..

I think winning the West is the only realistic option. I think the Bills can actually get to 10-6, and need help to get in.

[lewdog]

Big hit here. Wentz out for year with ACL.


Are the football God's aligning to get the Viking a Super Bowl?!?!?!?

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000890907/article/eagles-believe-carson-wentz-acl-is-out-for-season

[displacedinMN]

Big hit here. Wentz out for year with ACL.


Are the football God's aligning to get the Viking a Super Bowl?!?!?!?

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000890907/article/eagles-believe-carson-wentz-acl-is-out-for-season

Maybe. Still hoping for -20F or 12 inches of snow that weekend.

[iDeaL]

Big hit here. Wentz out for year with ACL.


Are the football God's aligning to get the Viking a Super Bowl?!?!?!?



I think that will depend on Keenum. The Saints and Panthers SB stock just went way up. If the Packers sneak in with a healthy Rodgers, they will be my favorite to come out of the NFC.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

I think that will depend on Keenum. The Saints and Panthers SB stock just went way up. If the Packers sneak in with a healthy Rodgers, they will be my favorite to come out of the NFC.

Same... the Packers will be red hot if they can get it because that will require 3 straight wins over Carolina, Minnesota, and Detroit.

[RINGLEADER]

I think I got this right:

Chiefs need to win 2 out of the next 3 for any real shot.

Beating the Chargers and Dolphins and we're in and could rest the starters in week 17 (and get Mahomes on the field). Depending on what Jax and Tenn do there may be some hope to get the third seed as the AFC West champs, but doubtful.

If we lose to the Chargers we could still get in by winning the last two against the Dolphins and Broncos and the Chargers lose to the Raiders in week 17 or IF the Ravens also lose one of their last three and Buffalo loses two of their last three (WC) or if the Chargers lose to the Jets in week 16 (WC).

There really isn't much of a way for the Raiders left, unless the Chiefs lose two their last three, the Chargers lose to the Jets, and the Raiders win their last three.

[Marcellus]

Oh, we will go to the playoffs, but you all know what happens after that.

Mahomes in 2018!

This season is just a passing of time as far as I'm concerned. Ill enjoy the wins but next year is what I'm ready for.

[Rausch]

Mahomes in 2018!

I'M READY!

http://moargeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/its-happening.gif