Football Week 13 Rooting Guide (and now "other games thread") - Page 31

**DaFace** · 12:27 PM

I had this brilliant idea to use cdcox's software to put together a guide for who we should be rooting for to best help the Chiefs chances of making the playoffs. I always like stuff like that because it helps to tease out some of the nuances that you probably wouldn't have guessed:

The main one that's interesting to me in that is the Chargers game. Who would have thought that it's actually in our best interests for the Chargers to win today? That's mainly because the Chargers have a BRUTAL schedule to end the season, so it's unlikely they're going to be a threat for the WC spot anyway, so it's better for them to win now and take the Ravens down a notch.

(I should probably add that games not listed have essentially zero impact on our playoff chances.)

I was very proud of the great insight I gleaned from this analysis. That is...until I ran it with the Chiefs/Broncos game in there:

So basically, we can root for other teams all we want, but nothing matters NEAR as much as just taking care of our own business.

**mdchiefsfan** · 11-30-2014, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Currently: 63%
Chiefs Win: 82%
Broncos Win: 49%

JFC

**DaFace** · 11-30-2014, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

You must have the app open from earlier in the day.

I decided to fix a small error in the 3-way head-to-head conference tiebreaker today. I accidentally screwed up one the key files and the app wouldn't display two most critical screens and the app was broke for a couple of hours.

Actually no - those two screens were blank, and I wondered what was going on. I got what I needed out of the tab that shows how far it thinks we'll make it in the playoffs (that now is apparently missing).

**BigMeatballDave** · 11-30-2014, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Ya, the defender was holding the WR down. Baltimore usually gets away with those, especially in their own house.

LOL Did you miss the WRs hand, then forearm on the DBs face?

**cdcox** · 11-30-2014, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Actually no - those two screens were blank, and I wondered what was going on. I got what I needed out of the tab that shows how far it thinks we'll make it in the playoffs (that now is apparently missing).

GRRR.

**Baby Lee** · 11-30-2014, 07:18 PM

JD10367 · 11-30-2014, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Your mom

**cdcox** · 11-30-2014, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

GRRR.

Okay, fixed.

**DaFace** · 11-30-2014, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

Okay, fixed.

Excellent. Thanks for updating this week's games as well.

**cdcox** · 11-30-2014, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Excellent. Thanks for updating this week's games as well.

Yeah, I used to be a lot more diligent about that.

Amnorix · 11-30-2014, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Jones missing + Belichick's penchant for playing it too safe against running QBs = Rodgers having time to make sandwiches back there before he throws.

Yeah, well, the few times he did get out of the pocket, he killed us. That conversion on 2nd or 3rd and 18? Yeah...

Honestly, think the defense more or less did their job. Offense failed to hold up its end.

ILChief · 11-30-2014, 11:09 PM

If we can manage to beat Arizona, next week could be good for us with regards to other WC contenders' matchups

GloryDayz · 12-01-2014, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ILChief

If we can manage to beat Arizona, next week could be good for us with regards to other WC contenders' matchups

LOL.

**cdcox** · 12-01-2014, 01:10 AM

I think we have a good chance to beat Arizona next week, and that will definitely keep us in the thick of things.

ILChief · 12-01-2014, 04:25 PM

Go jets and Geno!

Filet the Phish!

11-30-2014, 11:51 AM
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $-1893101	Week 13 Rooting Guide (and now "other games thread") I had this brilliant idea to use cdcox's software to put together a guide for who we should be rooting for to best help the Chiefs chances of making the playoffs. I always like stuff like that because it helps to tease out some of the nuances that you probably wouldn't have guessed: The main one that's interesting to me in that is the Chargers game. Who would have thought that it's actually in our best interests for the Chargers to win today? That's mainly because the Chargers have a BRUTAL schedule to end the season, so it's unlikely they're going to be a threat for the WC spot anyway, so it's better for them to win now and take the Ravens down a notch. (I should probably add that games not listed have essentially zero impact on our playoff chances.) I was very proud of the great insight I gleaned from this analysis. That is...until I ran it with the Chiefs/Broncos game in there: So basically, we can root for other teams all we want, but nothing matters NEAR as much as just taking care of our own business. Last edited by DaFace; 11-30-2014 at 12:27 PM..
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