NFL Playoffs 2015 season - the other teams

[WMH]

I'd like to see the Broncos take on the Cardinals. Peyton rides off into the sunset with a ring. Pretty cool ending to a historic career.

That's of course if Playoff Peyton doesn't show up.

[HPF Bob]

All 4 teams with the less-experienced QB lost although you can't really blame their losses on McCarron or Bridgewater. There was a time when the Super Bowls were routinely boring and lopsided so the NFL suits have all bus scripted the postseasons ever since. Starting around 2001, it seems the Super Bowls have been close and exciting with one or two exceptions and part of that is the league giving favoritism calls to certain franchises with high merchandize sales so the teams who are the "in" clubs get the favorable calls late in the game.

Look who survived this weekend:
The Packers
The Steelers
The Seahawks
The Chiefs

Look who got beat:
The Redskins
The Vikings
The Bengals
The Texans

Not to say the Texans could have won even with beneficial officiating but my point is that a handful of favored clubs show up in the playoffs every year and it is more than coincidence.

Of those favored clubs, almost all are still alive (Cowboys and Colts the exceptions) and the non-favored clubs are just the Chiefs and the Cardinals. Expect the Chiefs and Cardinals to get screwed next.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

All 4 teams with the less-experienced QB lost although you can't really blame their losses on McCarron or Bridgewater. There was a time when the Super Bowls were routinely boring and lopsided so the NFL suits have all bus scripted the postseasons ever since. Starting around 2001, it seems the Super Bowls have been close and exciting with one or two exceptions and part of that is the league giving favoritism calls to certain franchises with high merchandize sales so the teams who are the "in" clubs get the favorable calls late in the game.

Look who survived this weekend:
The Packers
The Steelers
The Seahawks
The Chiefs

Look who got beat:
The Redskins
The Vikings
The Bengals
The Texans

Not to say the Texans could have won even with beneficial officiating but my point is that a handful of favored clubs show up in the playoffs every year and it is more than coincidence.

Of those favored clubs, almost all are still alive (Cowboys and Colts the exceptions) and the non-favored clubs are just the Chiefs and the Cardinals. Expect the Chiefs and Cardinals to get screwed next.

https://youtu.be/snqFHjpDpes

I couldn't figure out how to embed this.

[chuck]

If you didn't know it before, now you do. Bob is nuts.

[barrett]

Andy Reid showed again why he might be the worst game day coach ever today. They huddled with under 2 minutes to go while trailing by 14. They ran over 5 minutes off the clock to score with just over a minute left. Just brutal clock management. He is like a more extreme version of Kubiak (even better Monday-Saturday, even worse on Sunday, and even stupider looking).

[barrett]

And it's definitely not playoff news, but the Titans decided to keep Mularkey. I guess his 2-7 finish coupled with his 18-37 career record was just too hard for Tennessee to pass up?

We really do have the 3 worst run franchises in football in our division. If we stumble into a competent QB we might go on a 10 year playoff streak without ever getting past the divisional round.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by barrett

We really do have the 3 worst run franchises in football in our division.

Unfortunately, fans of the other 3 AFCS teams probably include us in that list.