[Tournament] 2008 NFL Season

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Fear not Dope, Chris Simms is going to work out for the Pats on Monday. He's so good, he doesn't need a spleen to kick ass.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by dagget

TB squeezed one out to cap the win (gratz Buc).

Thanks dag.

Biggest comeback ever in franchise history, Chiefs biggest blown lead in franchise history. Took a lot of strong play to overcome 4 turnovers, but with some luck here and there, the Bucs were able to come back against a young team. They way they came back in Chicago, much like today in Kansas City, makes a strong case that this is a good team. A lot of the sports experts kept harping on how this team could very well be 4-5. They would be hypocritical to not mention the fact that they lost their 3 games by a combined 11 points, no less than 4 in any of the contests. A few plays here and there, and it's an even better win-loss record. But anywho.

It's been a pretty interesting season thus far. Who saw a lot of these highly-touted, talent-rich teams down in the standings? A changing in the guard, so to speak, in the AFC with San Diego, Indy, and New England having what is considered to be off years. San Diego and New England are still very much alive in their divisions, but the Titans have almost wrapped things up in the AFC South at the mid-way point. If Indianapolis can hold off the Pats tonight and win, they still have a pretty legit shot at the wildcard in the stretch run.

Originally Posted by SuperSonic

For right now, I see these teams making it to the playoffs.

AFC: Titans, Steelers, Broncos, Jet Favre and the New York Bretts
AFC Wild Card: Patriots (dammit), and either the Bills or the Dolphins

NFC: Giants, Buccaneers, Vikings, Cardinals
NFC Wild Card: Falcons, Cowboys (if Romo starts playing again) or Bears (if Romo continues to stay off the field)

I think because the Jets won in Buffalo today, you can consider that a viable threat to win that division. That poor showing earlier at home against the Pats may end up costing them a lot more than originally thought in the end however. Toss up between all four teams now in the AFC East, take your pick, as even Miami now can be part of that discussion.

As for the AFC Wildcard picture, I think it's way too close to call at this stage of the season, moreso than the NFC Wildcard race. The entire AFC, sans the Raiders, Bengals, and Chiefs, can still make a run at the playoffs. I don't know who to pick at this point.

The NFC is a bit more difinitive. The NFC is more convoluted at the top of the standings. The only sure bet at this point is the Cardinals, since they play in such a terrible division, making them the only team capable of winning West. The East is a tough call, though I think if the Cowboys lose in two weeks against the Redskins, we can just about stick a fork in them. That would put them at 5-5, on the outs in the wildcard, massively down in the division, and limping with a tough schedule left.

As for my beloved Southern division, I can only hope the Buccaneers win it. It'll be tough, but that Carolina win earlier in the year could end up being big going down the last two months of the year. The Buccaneers head into the bye week at 6-3, and with vs. Minnesota, @ Detroit, and vs. New Orleans. 3 winnable games (though so was today), heading into two very tough road division games, then San Diego. Hitting that at 9-3 would be fantastic. That MNF game against the Panthers will probably end up deciding the division.

Predicitions!

AFC Divisional Winners :
Jets (East) - If the Pats win tonight, however, I give them the edge.

Chargers (West) - Denver seems to be coming way back down to Earth, holds only a 1 game lead, and their defense needs to step up.

Titans (South) - Kind of hard to pick against an 8-0 team with a massive divisional lead.

Pittsburgh (North) - Coming into the season, it was the toughest schedule in 20 some-odd years. They have played extremely well, and if they can find a way to protect Roethel-something, then they could be one of the elite.

NFC Divisional Winners :
Buccaneers (South) - Panthers have only 3 home games left. Tough road ahead, but I do think they have just as a legit shot as the Bucs. Going to be a great finish here. Can't see the Falcons winning it, or even getting a wildcard with the way they've played against the rest of the South. New Orleans lost Reggie Bush for a few more weeks and their defense has been suspect all year (except for opening week, of course )

Redskins (East) - Though the Giants are playing tremendous football, the coming game between the two down the line is in Washington, and all remaining divisonal games are all also in the nation's capital for the Skins. Still, it's a 4 team toss up.

Cardinals (West) - Everyone else is terrible. Cardinals finally make it by default, if nothing else.

Packers (North) - As with the Eastern and Southern divisions, the North is a multi-team race. The Packers, Bears, and Vikings all are in contention for the title, but only one wins, and I highly doubt any of them will make it as a wildcard. Tough call, but I went with Arod and the Packers.

TL;DR

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Poor Cardinals. Still a franchise without a superbowl win. At least they'll always have this moment to look back on.

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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.