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Post by Nevadanut on Jan 1, 2017 20:57:21 GMT -8
The following is the schedule for the NFL playoffs on the road to Super Bowl LI, which have been announced by the league They are broken down chronologically by conference. AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Wild Card RoundSat., Jan. 7 - Houston Texans (H) 27, Oakland Raiders 14Sun., Jan. 8 - Pittsburgh Steelers (H) 30, Miami Dolphins 12Divisional Round Sat., Jan. 14 - New England Patriots 34, Houston Texans 16Sun., Jan. 15 - Pittsburgh Steelers 18, Kansas City Chiefs 16Conference ChampionshipSun., Jan. 22 - New England Patriots 36, Pittsburgh Steelers 17 NATIONAL CONFERENCEWild Card RoundSat., Jan. 7 - Seattle Seahawks (H) 26, Detroit Lions 6Sun., Jan. 8 - Green Bay Packers (H) 38, New York Giants 13Divisional Round Sat., Jan. 14 - Atlanta Falcons 36, Seattle Seahawks 20Sun., Jan. 15 - Green Bay Packers 34, Dallas Cowboys 31Conference Championship Sun., Jan. 22 - Atlanta Falcons 44, Green Bay Packers 21
SUPER BOWL LI Sun., Feb 5 - New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons, 3:30 p.m. (FOX)at NRG Stadium; Houston, TexasThe playoff contenders with seedings appear below.American Conference1. New England Patriots (14-2, AFC East champion)2. Kansas City Chiefs (12-4, AFC West champion)3. Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5, AFC North champion)4. Houston Texans (9-7, AFC South champion)5. Oakland Raiders (12-4)6. Miami Dolphins (10-6)National Conference1. Dallas Cowboys (13-3, NFC East champion)2. Atlanta Falcons (11-5, NFC South champion)3. Seattle Seahawks (10-5-1, NFC West champion)4. Green Bay Packers (10-6, NFC North champion)5. New York Giants (11-5)6. Detroit Lions (9-7) PRO BOWLSun., Jan. 29 - Teams TBA, 5 p.m. (ESPN)at Camping World Stadium; Orlando, FloridaTo comment on this thread and others on this forum, please login or register.
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Post by Kasey on Jan 1, 2017 23:48:55 GMT -8
nice breakdown, Heidi. i think Green Bay can beat Dallas. Rodgers is on a roll. the Cowboys inexperience is going to hurt them. they're not invincible and we will see that in round two.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 2, 2017 19:11:48 GMT -8
nice breakdown, Heidi. i think Green Bay can beat Dallas. Rodgers is on a roll. the Cowboys inexperience is going to hurt them. they're not invincible and we will see that in round two. True, but the Cowboys already beat GB in Lambeau. So, even with the hotstreak I think the Cowboys will still win.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 2, 2017 19:12:53 GMT -8
Kinda hoping the Texans lose so O'Brien gets fired. His play-calling is TERRIBLE. He also brought in Brock who sucks, so getting a new coach would be nice.
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Post by Nevadanut on Jan 3, 2017 18:36:58 GMT -8
Even though Oakland is on their third string QB, I think they will beat Houston in the first game.
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Post by David on Jan 4, 2017 1:37:12 GMT -8
Even though Oakland is on their third string QB, I think they will beat Houston in the first game. It'll be tough, especially with a backup/3rd string QB. Houston's been known to win sloppy games, even with the disaster at the QB position. I wouldn't be shocked to see Kansas City run the table and get to the Super Bowl. They're a quiet underdog in this year's playoffs I think.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 4, 2017 10:02:23 GMT -8
Even though Oakland is on their third string QB, I think they will beat Houston in the first game. It'll be tough, especially with a backup/3rd string QB. Houston's been known to win sloppy games, even with the disaster at the QB position. I wouldn't be shocked to see Kansas City run the table and get to the Super Bowl. They're a quiet underdog in this year's playoffs I think. Connor Cook IMO should have been a first round pick. He was really good at Michigan State. The Texans have faced a third stringer early this year Jacoby Brisset. The Texans were blown out 27-0. I remember being like "man the Texans are gonna beat the Pats and be 3-0 and things will be great" nope. The defense is 1 though so if any team should be able to beat the Raiders it would be the Texans. If the Texans do lose O'Brien will get canned www.battleredblog.com/2017/1/4/14165642/houston-texans-rumors-bill-obrien-texans-agreeing-to-part-ways which IMO wouldn't be bad for the Texans as IMO O'Brien is not a good coach. I used to think he was but his play-calling is terrible. On a side note I can see KC making the AFC title game but not SB. The only team that I think has a shot of winning a playoff game in Foxborough is the Steelers and I wouldn't even give them a great shot.
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Post by Nevadanut on Jan 6, 2017 11:56:13 GMT -8
Kansas City could make things interetesting in the AFC. It would be fun to see their defense go up against New England's offense.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 6, 2017 12:07:55 GMT -8
Kansas City could make things interetesting in the AFC. It would be fun to see their defense go up against New England's offense. As I said AFC title game for KC is realistic, but Andy Reid got that far with the Eagles many times and only made the SB once. 1-4 record in conference title games.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 7, 2017 17:08:29 GMT -8
Well the Texans won, so on to either KC or NE depending on what happens in the Dolphins-Steelers game.
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Post by Nevadanut on Jan 7, 2017 17:20:04 GMT -8
Well the Texans won, so on to either KC or NE depending on what happens in the Dolphins-Steelers game. I'll probably root for Seattle and Kansas City.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 7, 2017 20:23:11 GMT -8
Well the Texans won, so on to either KC or NE depending on what happens in the Dolphins-Steelers game. I'll probably root for Seattle and Kansas City. Seattle just beat Detroit so now they go against Atlanta. Personally, while rooting for the Seahawks I think the Falcons are going to win.
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Post by Nevadanut on Jan 7, 2017 21:22:20 GMT -8
I'll probably root for Seattle and Kansas City. Seattle just beat Detroit so now they go against Atlanta. Personally, while rooting for the Seahawks I think the Falcons are going to win. Really? I think it will be close, but Seattle will win. I'll say 23-17.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 8, 2017 9:54:59 GMT -8
Seattle just beat Detroit so now they go against Atlanta. Personally, while rooting for the Seahawks I think the Falcons are going to win. Really? I think it will be close, but Seattle will win. I'll say 23-17. The thing with the Falcons is last game it was close but the Falcons got ripped off. I think don't think Seahawks will have luck like that this time.
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Post by DiamondThief on Jan 8, 2017 20:48:08 GMT -8
Really? I think it will be close, but Seattle will win. I'll say 23-17. The thing with the Falcons is last game it was close but the Falcons got ripped off. I think don't think Seahawks will have luck like that this time. It's going be a wild weekend. All four games could go down to the final minute.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 8, 2017 22:02:39 GMT -8
The thing with the Falcons is last game it was close but the Falcons got ripped off. I think don't think Seahawks will have luck like that this time. It's going be a wild weekend. All four games could go down to the final minute. Makes sense.
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Post by Nevadanut on Jan 9, 2017 18:03:07 GMT -8
None of the games turned out to be as close as I thought they would. I like the matchups for this week's round though. My predictions are Kansas City over Pittsburgh; Green Bay over Dallas; Seattle over Atlanta; and New England over Houston.
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Post by spiderfan on Jan 10, 2017 5:57:55 GMT -8
None of the games turned out to be as close as I thought they would. I like the matchups for this week's round though. My predictions are Kansas City over Pittsburgh; Green Bay over Dallas; Seattle over Atlanta; and New England over Houston. I'll go Atlanta over Seattle, KC over Pittsburgh, Dallas over GB, and NE over Houston. So that would make the conference title games Atlanta vs Dallas and Pittsburgh vs NE. Those should be some good games.
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Post by DiamondThief on Jan 10, 2017 10:42:07 GMT -8
So, I guess I'll throw out some predictions for the divisional round:
Atlanta over Seattle KC over Pittsburgh Green Bay over Dallas NE over Houston
So that will make it:
Green Bay at Atlanta KC at NE
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Post by Nevadanut on Jan 14, 2017 21:17:59 GMT -8
None of the games turned out to be as close as I thought they would. I like the matchups for this week's round though. My predictions are Kansas City over Pittsburgh; Green Bay over Dallas; Seattle over Atlanta; and New England over Houston. Only two games in and I'm 1-1. Congratulations to Atlanta for proving me wrong!
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