pm me an unnumbered list of your top TEN teams. if we get at least 10 submissions by thurs afternoon-night i'll do a composite rankings, if not i'll just post the pms i received in the thread

RIP Riverboat Ron Rivera

Here for the 1. Niners

Definitely 1. Niners (out of teams that aren't getting a first round bye).

Gronk being dead sucks. The NFL needs more Gronks.

AFC

Race for #1 seed

NE has tiebreaker due to H2H win

Den(11-2): vs SD, @Hou, @Oak
NE(10-3): @Mia, @Balt, vs Buff


Race for #2 seed

Cincy has tiebreaker due to H2H win

NE(10-3): @Mia, @Balt, vs Buff
Cincy(9-4): @Pit, vs Min, vs balt


Colts pretty much locked into #4 seed.


Chiefs pretty much locked into #5 seed


Race for 6th seed

Balt 7-6(6-4 vs conference): @Det, vs NE, @Cincy

Miami 7-6(6-3 vs conference): vs NE, @Buf, vs NYJ

SD 6-7(3-6 vs conference): @Den, vs Oak, vs KC

NYJ 6-7(3-7 vs conference): @Car, vs Cle, @Mia


head to head tiebreakers:

Balt > Mia
Balt > NYJ
Mia > SD



NFC

Seahawks pretty much locked into #1 seed


Race for #2 seed

NO(10-3, 4-0 div): @StL, @Car, vs TB
Car(9-4, 3-1 div): vs NYJ, vs NO, @Atl

*If NO wins week 16 matchup then they will pretty much lock up #2 seed. If they lose and they finish with the same record then it will come down to tiebreakers.


Race for #3 seed

Philly(8-5, 3-2 div): @Min, vs Chi, @Dal
Dallas(7-5, 4-0 div): @Chi, vs GB, @Wash, vs Phil

Unless Dallas loses in both week 16 and week 17 they should have tiebreaker(either due to H2H or division record).


Race for #4 seed

Det(7-6, 4-1 div): vs Balt, vs NYG, @Min
Chi(6-6, 2-3 div): vs Dal, @Cle, @Phil, vs GB
GB(6-6-1, 2-2-1 div): @Dal, vs Pit, @Chi

Det has H2H tiebreaker over Chicago
If Chicago wins in week 17 they will have H2H tiebreaker over GB
GB/Det split H2H meetings, so Det will win division tiebreaker


Race for #5 and #6 seed

Car(9-4, 7-3 conf): vs NYJ, vs NO, @Atl
SF(9-4, 6-3 conf): @TB, vs ATL, @Ariz
Ariz(8-5, 5-5 conf): @Tenn, @Sea, vs SF
Philly(8-5, 7-2 conf): @Min, vs Chi, @Dal
Dallas(7-5, 6-2 conf): @Chi, vs GB, @Wash, vs Phil

If SF wins in week 17 they will have H2H tiebreaker over Ariz
Ariz has tiebreaker over Det
Philly has tiebreaker over Arizona

Denver
Seattle
NO
SF
NE
Jax

That's all I care about

Gronk injury legit sad. Dudes never gonna stay healthy.

Gronk--it's just bad luck....

1. BASKETBALL

Lol AFC six seed. 9 wins looks like a playoff lock given schedules. 8 might do it.

Jags may honestly be the best team in the AFC South aorn which is amazing.

doesn't jimmy graham line up in the slot or out wide way more than he does at te? guys obviously great but i find it weird that you don't actually have to play te to be the best te in the league.

Whereas 11 might not cut it in the NFC.

He does line up as a te sometimes, but yeah he's absolutely at least a hybrid

TNF gonna be good.

Re: NFC tiebreakers

Philly has to win the division outright, it's impossible for them to finish with the same record as Dallas and win the division due to Dallas' better record in common opponent games.

Lower franchise tag though. But lol if he can't successfully argue he's actually a WR in arbitration.

There is precedent to split the difference between the two positions I believe

SF winning yesterday pretty much locks up the playoffs for them. I don't see how they could lose 2 of the last 3.

Torn LCL and ACL for Mathieu. Damn shame, kid was on track to be an all-time great.

He's still young enough to make a complete recovery. Just keep shanny away from him.

I could see them sleepwalking @ Tampa after a season-saving win against a huge rival. And winning @ Arizona is not easy for anyone. Cards' only home loss was against the Seahawks, and they've knocked off the Panthers and Lions.

Cards last two home games with a now-functioning o-line outscored Colts/Rams 71-21. It's going to be SF -1/PK in Week 17 if the game matters.

sooooooooo.....thoughts on KC@Indy? I'm thinking KC -1 sounds about right, no?

Haven't seen any spread info, but I'd guess KC -2.5/3