And in the consolation side, the Athols have a good shot at an upset with Aaron Rodgers on the bench. Although Darren McFadden is against the Broncos, which means it may not matter.

I had Darth beat, then Michael Vick started going off on the Giants.

Darth walloped me pretty good.

Of the four teams I had in the playoffs today, only one will probably win. That's kind of a bummer.

tkihshbt wrote:

Darth walloped me pretty good.

Of the four teams I had in the playoffs today, only one will probably win. That's kind of a bummer.

I won in my other league because I picked up Michael Bush on Friday and he scored two garbage touchdowns.

alz wrote:

Bring on the Glove!

/flex!!! It was nice to see Peyton Manning have a good game for me for a change!

It's going to be interesting to see how that game plays out. If the Chiefs win at 1 p.m., the Raiders are eliminated from the playoffs and have nothing to play for, which means Manning and the Colts will probably win 41-0. Nobody goes into the tank quicker or better than the Raiders.

Max wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

I had Darth beat, then Michael Vick started going off on the Giants.

FWIW, I thought that punt returner should have gotten a personal foul, unsportsman-like conduct, for not simply running into the end zone for the touch down, but instead turning and running parallel to the end zone and celebrating before finally stepping over the line.  If that isn't taunting the opponent then nothing is.  The NFL is so exciting, why do they have to allow that crap???

He was running out the clock, Max.  It was like MJD taking a knee at the 1-yard line instead of scoring a touchdown last season.

It was DeSean Jackson. You'll know when he's celebrating and that was definitely NOT him celebrating because it didn't involve doing a somersault into the end zone.

windwalker wrote:

Here's what's out of line - the Goats may win the NFC West with an 8-8 record and go to the playoffs.

expanded playoffs MUST be a good idea . . . look what it's done for hockey?  and the NBA?

That's a heck of a turtle race.  People here are following it, too.  My favorite graphic is the "streak" of these two 6-8 teams:

Ram: Lost 2
Mariners: Lost 2

and just for good measure:

49's: Lost 1

In theory, we could still have a 6-10 team win the division, yes?

It comes down to this -- four exciting matchups to conclude our first season.

Smell the Glove vs. Fin Fans for the championship in the inaugural Stag Beer Markie Post Bowl

The Miles Express vs. Hollywood for 3rd place in the Schlitz Beer Roger Cedeno Bowl

The Athols vs. G4B for 5th place in the Albertsons Albuquerque Bowl

Grammas vs. AP for 7th place in the GPC Cigarettes Bowl

Max wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

I had Darth beat, then Michael Vick started going off on the Giants.

FWIW, I thought that punt returner should have gotten a personal foul, unsportsman-like conduct, for not simply running into the end zone for the touch down, but instead turning and running parallel to the end zone and celebrating before finally stepping over the line.  If that isn't taunting the opponent then nothing is.  The NFL is so exciting, why do they have to allow that crap???

There was a defender somewhat close.  It would have been funny if he would have tackled him a the one yardline while he was prnacing around.

APRTW wrote:

Max wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

I had Darth beat, then Michael Vick started going off on the Giants.

FWIW, I thought that punt returner should have gotten a personal foul, unsportsman-like conduct, for not simply running into the end zone for the touch down, but instead turning and running parallel to the end zone and celebrating before finally stepping over the line.  If that isn't taunting the opponent then nothing is.  The NFL is so exciting, why do they have to allow that crap???

There was a defender somewhat close.  It would have been funny if he would have tackled him a the one yardline while he was prnacing around.

I was kind of hoping the ball was going to slip out of his hands and roll out of bounds, because Vick and McCoy could have accumulated more stats in overtime.
It was an odd weekend in the NFL - the Eagles won on a punt return with no time remaining, the Lions won on the road for the first time since Milt Plum was their starting quarterback, the Raiders won a game they were favored to win, two guys from the same team fought each other, the punter of the Minnesota Vikings complained about cold weather in Minnesota in December, and Brett Favre talked about himself in a post-game press conference.