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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 8, 2024 12:11:39 GMT -5
It is finally time to talk about the playoffs! 14 teams will play off-and-on through the next 5 weeks to determine the fifty-eighth professional football champions of the super bowl era.
(All times Eastern.)
Saturday
4:30 PM Cleveland Browns (#5) at Houston Texans (#4) on NBC & Peacock
8:00 PM Miami Dolphins (#6) at Kansas City Chiefs (#3) on Peacock
Sunday
1:00 PM Pittsburgh Steelers (#7) at Buffalo Bills (#2) on CBS & Paramount+
4:30 PM Green Bay Packers (#7) at Dallas Cowboys (#2) on FOX
8:00 PM Los Angeles Rams (#6) at Detroit Lions (#3) on NBC & Peacock
Monday
8:00 PM Philadelphia Eagles (#5) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (#4) on ABC & ESPN
Top teams waiting an extra week to declare as eligible for hitting the playoff gridiron: Baltimore Ravens (#1) San Francisco 49ers (#1)
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 8, 2024 12:55:55 GMT -5
This feels like the first year I can't say "ok that team will win their first round game, easy".
Every one of those games has layers of drama/mystery/matchup issues. The biggest "upset" is probably the Packers winning but would it really surprise anybody if Dallas shit the bed and/or Mike McCarthy did something stupid?
I take a little of that back, Lions over Rams might be the "easiest pick" but it wouldn't be too shocking so see Stafford send the Lions to the off season since a good QB can carve them up.
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Post by XIII on Jan 8, 2024 12:59:39 GMT -5
I feel like this field is wide open. I picked the Ravens because theyโve looked more consistently strong than pretty much anyone else.
Kind of want the Browns to win it all and Flacco to get SB MVP though just as an FU to Watson. ๐
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Post by Mecca on Jan 8, 2024 13:27:59 GMT -5
I feel like this field is wide open. I picked the Ravens because theyโve looked more consistently strong than pretty much anyone else. Kind of want the Browns to win it all and Flacco to get SB MVP though just as an FU to Watson. ๐ It's incredibly wide open you can argue any team, could win.
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Post by The Spelunker! on Jan 8, 2024 14:23:40 GMT -5
Letโs go lions!
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Post by BRV on Jan 8, 2024 14:57:56 GMT -5
This feels like the first year I can't say "ok that team will win their first round game, easy". Every one of those games has layers of drama/mystery/matchup issues. The biggest "upset" is probably the Packers winning but would it really surprise anybody if Dallas shit the bed and/or Mike McCarthy did something stupid? I take a little of that back, Lions over Rams might be the "easiest pick" but it wouldn't be too shocking so see Stafford send the Lions to the post season since a good QB can carve them up. I'd be absolutely stunned if the Steelers win in Buffalo. The Bills might not be world-beaters, but they're peaking at just the right time, and Pittsburgh will likely be without their best player in T.J. Watt. Every other game this weekend, yes, I could be sold on either team winning.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 8, 2024 15:39:26 GMT -5
This feels like the first year I can't say "ok that team will win their first round game, easy". Every one of those games has layers of drama/mystery/matchup issues. The biggest "upset" is probably the Packers winning but would it really surprise anybody if Dallas shit the bed and/or Mike McCarthy did something stupid? I take a little of that back, Lions over Rams might be the "easiest pick" but it wouldn't be too shocking so see Stafford send the Lions to the post season since a good QB can carve them up. I'd be absolutely stunned if the Steelers win in Buffalo. The Bills might not be world-beaters, but they're peaking at just the right time, and Pittsburgh will likely be without their best player in T.J. Watt. Every other game this weekend, yes, I could be sold on either team winning. Main reason I stray from that one is every game I think the Steelers are done for they win, and every game I think Buffalo has it in the bag they piss it away. It's "a stoppable force vs a moveable object" type of game.
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Post by Mecca on Jan 8, 2024 16:08:05 GMT -5
Miami is gonna come into KC on Saturday night when it is expected to be snowing and feel like -16.
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Post by Cyno on Jan 8, 2024 18:23:52 GMT -5
Predictions:
Texans beat Browns Chiefs beat Dolphins
Bills beat Steelers Packers beat Cowboys Lions beat Rams
Eagles beat Bucs
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 8, 2024 19:08:39 GMT -5
They should have all the teams who didn't get in the playoffs have their own tournament, like the NIT.
The winner could win a free sub from Subway.
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Post by bob on Jan 8, 2024 19:09:30 GMT -5
Eagles are toast imo
I didn't expect Green Bay to make it in, we're playing with house money
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Post by XIII on Jan 8, 2024 19:18:14 GMT -5
They should have all the teams who didn't get in the playoffs have their own tournament, like the NIT. The winner could win a free sub from Subway. The four worst have a tournament for the number one pick. THIS TIME THEYโRE GOING TO TRY!!! ๐
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Post by sfvega on Jan 8, 2024 20:36:16 GMT -5
Miami is gonna come into KC on Saturday night when it is expected to be snowing and feel like -16. I want to heavily favor KC in that, but Miami is 6th in the league in rushing yards, 1st in yards/carry, and tied for 1st in rush TDs. Also, 7th in the league in run defense. In gritty game, they should be the favorite. But they're also a warm-weather team and just don't come off as a run team. They're a speed team.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Jan 8, 2024 21:10:20 GMT -5
They should have all the teams who didn't get in the playoffs have their own tournament, like the NIT. The winner could win a free sub from Subway. Providing the Subway they go accepts the coupon...
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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 8, 2024 21:27:49 GMT -5
They should have all the teams who didn't get in the playoffs have their own tournament, like the NIT. The winner could win a free sub from Subway. They can hang a banner of the Subway logo.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jan 8, 2024 21:51:08 GMT -5
taking detroit vs miami as the super bowl but i'd be shocked if baltimore doesn't win it all
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 8, 2024 23:08:34 GMT -5
At this point I'll be happy if the Eagles even make it out of this round, they look as bad as I've ever seen them with this much talent...
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Post by Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000 on Jan 8, 2024 23:40:15 GMT -5
Would I be surprised if they slip up and lose in the divisional round? Nope, but f*** it, I'm going all in on my Ravens in the AFC. 49ers in the NFC. NO MORE BEING A COWARD.
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Post by hรคลกhtรฅ.gdฤlฤรฟ on Jan 9, 2024 0:41:30 GMT -5
49ers ainโt winning shit.
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Post by Heart of fools gold on Jan 9, 2024 1:32:43 GMT -5
I think from a story perspective I'm rooting for a browns/lions superbowl. 2 long time suffering fanbases with a chance at greatness.
But my actual prediction is Ravens/Cowboys
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