NFL - Random Opinions

If I were the Jags I'd try to lose on purpose next week. You would guarantee to avoid the Ravens and would get either the Titans or Bills. It would be the Titans unless the Bills and Bengals both win. The Jags can use the game to scout them without showing their hand.

 

Aren't the Jags locked in at the 3 seed?

 

They are but the Jags can make it almost certain they would play the Titans again or at least guarantee to avoid the Ravens. The Ravens can only be the 5 seed (or out) if the Titans win and the Titans would be the 6 seed vs the Jags unless the Ravens lose and Bills win, in which case the Bills are #6 and the Titans jump to 5.

 

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But how does losing to the Titans help them "avoid" the Ravens? They want the Ravens as the 5-seed if they are trying to avoid them. And I doubt they want to avoid the Ravens anyway. They match up real well with Baltimore. To beat the Ravens you have to stop the run. Jags are pretty good at that.

 

The Jags probably want the Titans after scouting them. It's a good strategy at least. They'll try, but with their backups and a different gameplan. As for the Ravens, if the Titans win there is no way the Ravens can be the #6 seed. They would either be the #5 seed or out.

 

to me tanking to play someone else is just not a pro thing to do. hell i bitched a kid did it in fantasy football and they penalized him draft picks.

they play to win, not lose and see who they play later, etc. that's just me. im the minority.

 

In fantasy you don't risk injuries or have to give players experience.

In real life the Jags can give the Titans every advantage while resting their players and trying their depth. I'd only challenge them as much as they need to put forth a real gameplan that you can study for a likely rematch.

 

Eagles punter run onto the field ... forgetting to ditch his sweatpants.

 

Was that when he pinned them at the 1?
Good D and special teams. Foles wasn't great on his limited work and the backups weren't that great on O either.

 

Yeah. He nailed that one.

 

Mahommes is struggling. INT/Fumble (self-recover). KC may want to hang on to Alex Smith.

 

Bengals receivers with a case of the dropsies. Goes back to running the ball.

 

Was he supposed to come out and throw 5 tds no turnovers and complete 90% of his passes? He finished around 63% with 284 yards not a bad day and was a good enough game to build on.

 

People were saying the AFC Wild card teams were disappointing, but one of those teams is playing next week, and the other gave the Jags all they could handle, while the NFC so far has produced one two TD win, and the other looks to be on its way to a similar result. Been a pretty good weekend. Looks like the refs had a much bigger presence in the AFC games. Seem to be letting the NFC teams play. It's because it doesn't matter who plays in the Super Bowl, the NFL will make sure they go down to the Pats

 

The refs let the Jags play. Flags stayed in pocket except for a grounding call that was caused by a Jag disrupting a throw that was already being made.

 

Maybe should have said the refs sucked in the AFC games? Missed fairly obvious calls in the Jags game.

 

Only Brady can get a grounding flag picked up after it's ruled he tried to get a pass off to a deeper receiver before his arm got hit and it fell short.

 

seems like the refs were bad in the car-nos game with the intentional grounding call on Newton and the int from jax that hit the ground and the no call on the pass interference on the broken up TD pass in the Rams-Falcons game.

 

Refs had rough weekend. But its on them. #BeTheBest

 

Nathan Peterman's play to end the Bills season guarantees that Buffalo will have a new quarterback in 2018. The ceiling with Tyrod has been hit, and Nathan is not future.