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[wheelz1200]

mid-way in the second Q there were more TDs than incomplete passes combined for both teams...that's some crazy stat damn

That is an impressive stat, I hand't realized that.  Damn.

Game of the year so far without a doubt.

Agreed.  Definitely one of the most exciting finishes for the Niners in a long while.  The only game that I can recall to compare is the 2002 NFC Wildcard game when Jeff Garcia and co overcame a 24 point deficit and orchestrated 4th quarter comeback win against the NY Giants.

I hope we get to see a rematch with the Saints in the NFC title game.  The way the NFC looks today, I would say that's the most likely scenario.


GO 49ERS!

Just read this made me twitch.  That game will forever be burned in my head and the reason why I will always hate the 49ers lol.  Dont know which was worse that one or the miracle at the Meadowlands 2, where Jackson returned the punt to end the game....both brutal.  At least the giants suck so bad now that when they lose it's not really a big deal 

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[morvillz7z]

so the game could be closer than the spread.

As much as i want to take the Jets spread here i will pass. They did me wrong twice in a row and those 6 points and poor play in Cincinnati in their last away game is very concerning. Mark Andrews will play, he was also questionable like Lamar, so Ravens ain't giving any freebies to NYJ tonight.

I ended up picking a weird bet, singles on Ravens O 30.5 and Jets O 12.5.
I can see Baltimore score at least 4 TDs + 1 FG, as for the Jets they are avg 17.4 for the year, 21 (last 3) 22 (last 1) and 16 (away from home). Weather forecast: no rain, no wind, no ghosts...so Darnold should be good for 1TD and 2 FGs.

[ralle14]

As much as i want to take the Jets spread here i will pass.

Same, I skipped on the full time spread and took the ravens' first half(-7.5) instead because they're one of the top scorers on the first half while the Jets are close to the bottom.

Also as Heuristic mentioned there could be a possibility that Lamar might sit out if they get a big enough lead so i'm sticking with the first half.

I ended up picking a weird bet, singles on Ravens O 30.5 and Jets O 12.5.

That team total for the jets seems like a value bet as they've failed to score more than 13 pts twice out of their six games on the road.

[bbc.reporter]

@nutildah. Can you change the poll? I suggest polling the wild cards Steelers versus the Buffalo Bills game hehe.

[Hueristic]

@nutildah. Can you change the poll? I suggest polling the wild cards Steelers versus the Buffalo Bills game hehe.

No, me and him have to revel in our glory for a bit.

[nutildah]

@nutildah. Can you change the poll? I suggest polling the wild cards Steelers versus the Buffalo Bills game hehe.

Hah. Funny you should mention that. I chose Steelers/Bills and updated it before reading this comment.

New Poll

321 - Buffalo Bills
322 - Pittsburgh Steelers

The spread is currently -1.5 Steelers. Both teams need this game to get in the playoffs, should be an exciting matchup.

My internet has been fucked for the past 3 days so that's why I was a bit late.. Checked in to a hotel just to use their Wifi for work... ended up spending most of the day looking at Facebook and YouTube. 

[Hueristic]

@nutildah. Can you change the poll? I suggest polling the wild cards Steelers versus the Buffalo Bills game hehe.

Hah. Funny you should mention that. I chose Steelers/Bills and updated it before reading this comment.

New Poll

321 - Buffalo Bills
322 - Pittsburgh Steelers

The spread is currently -1.5 Steelers. Both teams need this game to get in the playoffs, should be an exciting matchup.

My internet has been fucked for the past 3 days so that's why I was a bit late.. Checked in to a hotel just to use their Wifi for work... ended up spending most of the day looking at Facebook and YouTube.  

Steelers are tough at Heinz Field but The bills D has been dominating and i don't think Pittsburg can muster the air game if washington can be contained which shouldn't be too hard with their third string QB out there. Washington started off the year with a ton of dropped balls and I had both him and Moncrief (I remembered he was a drop machine from the colts but figured he might man up, what happened to him?) at draft and watched them close the first few games. juju has been a massive disappointment and cannot fill #1 receiver role. So the key looks to shut down washington for the bills. And the bills are good at just grinding out points even though they don't put alot up they are consistent. So I have to go for the Bills upset and the Steelers will have to figure out if Ben is even worth keeping for next year without Brown. I'm gonna make a prediction Allen scoring a rshing TD will be the difference this game.

Looks like we are split at 2-2 so far in the poll, good choice.

[nutildah]

For the record I went with the Steelers in the poll... Bills have indeed been improving but I think Steelers are the better late season team and know how to win in crunch time. Bills had a playoff drought from 1999 - 2017 when they lost to the Jags. Meanwhile, Steelers have been to the playoffs 11 times during that period.

I do need your guys' opinion on who to start for my QB:

Carson Wentz

or

Jameis Winston

This is for the victory in my fantasy league. Winston is projected to score about 30% higher than Wentz, which is quite significant, and it could make or break my team this week. On one hand, Winston is great for fantasy teams, on the other than, Wentz's team needs a W for the playoffs. Who would you go with?

[DireWolfM14]

I do need your guys' opinion on who to start for my QB:
Carson Wentz or Jameis Winston

I'd take Winston this week.  If you go purely by statistics, the Lion's D is 30th in the league against the passing game, while Washington is 11th.  Conversely, the Bucs rank 2nd in passing yards while the Eagles are 17th.

I agree that the Eagles need a win to extend their season, and I believe they'll get it.  The Bucs are eliminated, but no team wants to finish with a losing record, so I think they'll be hungry as well.  Regardless, my guess is that both teams will win this week's matches, but I expect Winston to put up better numbers than Wentz.

For the record, I also picked the Steelers this week.  Buffalo has been impressive this year, and it's going to be tough, but Pittsburgh seems adept at pulling out a win when they need it the most.  In my opinion these late season games often come down the most experienced coaching staff, and I'll give that edge to the Steelers.  Not that the Bills aren't coached well, but Steelers have been here many times before.

[wheelz1200]

I do need your guys' opinion on who to start for my QB:
Carson Wentz or Jameis Winston

I'd take Winston this week.  If you go purely by statistics, the Lion's D is 30th in the league against the passing game, while Washington is 11th.  Conversely, the Bucs rank 2nd in passing yards while the Eagles are 17th.

I agree that the Eagles need a win to extend their season, and I believe they'll get it.  The Bucs are eliminated, but no team wants to finish with a losing record, so I think they'll be hungry as well.  Regardless, my guess is that both teams will win this week's matches, but I expect Winston to put up better numbers than Wentz.

For the record, I also picked the Steelers this week.  Buffalo has been impressive this year, and it's going to be tough, but Pittsburgh seems adept at pulling out a win when they need it the most.  In my opinion these late season games often come down the most experienced coaching staff, and I'll give that edge to the Steelers.  Not that the Bills aren't coached well, but Steelers have been here many times before.

I'd go with Winston against the lions too.  Carson went barely has anyone to throw to anymore.  If they get any kind of decent lead you are probably going to see a lot of runs.  Winston is always good for big yards and td since the bucs refuse to run it, only downside is his multiple turnover games.  Good luck

[morvillz7z]

321 - Buffalo Bills
322 - Pittsburgh Steelers

Tough matchup to chose from but i think i will go with Buffalo here.
Believe or not Bills have 5-1 record on the road. The only loss came in Cleveland, it was a close game if i'm not mistaken Hauschka missed FG at the end to force overtime. What made me go against Steelers is their anemic offensive game, 31st in Pass Yds/Game and 24th in Rush Yds/Game. I don't think that will be enough against a very good defense.

[Hueristic]

For the record I went with the Steelers in the poll... Bills have indeed been improving but I think Steelers are the better late season team and know how to win in crunch time. Bills had a playoff drought from 1999 - 2017 when they lost to the Jags. Meanwhile, Steelers have been to the playoffs 11 times during that period.

I do need your guys' opinion on who to start for my QB:

Carson Wentz

or

Jameis Winston

This is for the victory in my fantasy league. Winston is projected to score about 30% higher than Wentz, which is quite significant, and it could make or break my team this week. On one hand, Winston is great for fantasy teams, on the other than, Wentz's team needs a W for the playoffs. Who would you go with?

Jameis Winston

Seems Steelers will have no Juju this week.

I'm concerned that the Bills are going to beat my Pats next week.

It will be interesting to see if the Pats can get their shit together this week and the bills/steelers will be a litmus test for that matchup.

[wheelz1200]

For the record I went with the Steelers in the poll... Bills have indeed been improving but I think Steelers are the better late season team and know how to win in crunch time. Bills had a playoff drought from 1999 - 2017 when they lost to the Jags. Meanwhile, Steelers have been to the playoffs 11 times during that period.

I do need your guys' opinion on who to start for my QB:

Carson Wentz

or

Jameis Winston

This is for the victory in my fantasy league. Winston is projected to score about 30% higher than Wentz, which is quite significant, and it could make or break my team this week. On one hand, Winston is great for fantasy teams, on the other than, Wentz's team needs a W for the playoffs. Who would you go with?

Jameis Winston

Seems Steelers will have no Juju this week.

I'm concerned that the Bills are going to beat my Pats next week.

It will be interesting to see if the Pats can get their shit together this week and the bills/steelers will be a litmus test for that matchup.

I like the Bill's in this one.  This was a Bill's team that was so close to beating baltimore.  I dont think they will actually have to much issue with the steelers.  Even though it's on the road I can see the Bill's winning by 7+ points.  Might be worth adding points to the spread and getting really good odds

[vella85]

I went with the Steelers in the poll as they would want to stay in the top 6 which they need to keep winning with the Titans hot on their tail while the Bills can afford to lose this game so that's my way of thinking. Also this week I'm liking the Packers to beat the Bears even though the Bears have been in decent form. I'm still looking for an upset which can add some value into my parlay but right now I have the Steelers and Packers winning.

[Hueristic]

I like the Bill's in this one.  This was a Bill's team that was so close to beating baltimore.  I dont think they will actually have to much issue with the steelers.  Even though it's on the road I can see the Bill's winning by 7+ points.  Might be worth adding points to the spread and getting really good odds

Thats a pretty decent bet IMO, If they win it should be a decent margin.

I went with the Steelers in the poll as they would want to stay in the top 6 which they need to keep winning with the Titans hot on their tail while the Bills can afford to lose this game so that's my way of thinking. Also this week I'm liking the Packers to beat the Bears even though the Bears have been in decent form. I'm still looking for an upset which can add some value into my parlay but right now I have the Steelers and Packers winning.

What they want and what they can accomplish may two different things.
Maybe the Skins for an upset if your a gambler?

[tyKiwanuka]

Voted for the Bills to beat the Steelers too, but this....

I'm concerned that the Bills are going to beat my Pats next week.

....is the reason, why I am not really convinced. I think the Bills players might already be a week ahead with their minds. Pats are vulnerable right now and Bills would love to march out of Foxboro with a W and destroying the Pats hope of somehow still getting that 1st seed in the AFC; it's more important to them than getting that W at the Steelers (not for the record of course, but for their pride). It's a short-ish week for the Bills with playing SNF at Pittsburgh and then going for another road game at the Patriots already on Saturday. Betting-wise I won't touch this one, no need to try to get it right for such a tough one.

I do need your guys' opinion on who to start for my QB:

Carson Wentz

or

Jameis Winston

I would start Winston too for the reasons mentioned above already. Evans is out for season with a harmstring unfortunately, but the Bucs are hot right now. Weather looks ok so far for Sunday in Washington, but you never know and the receiving corps for Wentz is really depleted.

[Hueristic]

Voted for the Bills to beat the Steelers too, but this....

I'm concerned that the Bills are going to beat my Pats next week.

....is the reason, why I am not really convinced. I think the Bills players might already be a week ahead with their minds. Pats are vulnerable right now and Bills would love to march out of Foxboro with a W and destroying the Pats hope of somehow still getting that 1st seed in the AFC; it's more important to them than getting that W at the Steelers (not for the record of course, but for their pride). It's a short-ish week for the Bills with playing SNF at Pittsburgh and then going for another road game at the Patriots already on Saturday. Betting-wise I won't touch this one, no need to try to get it right for such a tough one.

Thats a good point.

[nutildah]

Yep, I think you guys are right in that Winston is the better pick. Interestingly, he's playing with a broken thumb, but he played through it last week and got his highest fantasy score ever, so, didn't seem to slow him down much. Here is my matchup. Should manage to pull off the V without too many problems, but anything can happen.



For some reason my opponent is keeping Thielen on the bench. Not sure what his reasoning is. Maybe he'll update his lineup before Sunday. I'll definitely be rooting for the Steelers!

[South Park]

For the record I went with the Steelers in the poll... Bills have indeed been improving but I think Steelers are the better late season team and know how to win in crunch time. Bills had a playoff drought from 1999 - 2017 when they lost to the Jags. Meanwhile, Steelers have been to the playoffs 11 times during that period.

I do need your guys' opinion on who to start for my QB:

Carson Wentz

or

Jameis Winston

This is for the victory in my fantasy league. Winston is projected to score about 30% higher than Wentz, which is quite significant, and it could make or break my team this week. On one hand, Winston is great for fantasy teams, on the other than, Wentz's team needs a W for the playoffs. Who would you go with?

Jameis Winston

Seems Steelers will have no Juju this week.

I'm concerned that the Bills are going to beat my Pats next week.

It will be interesting to see if the Pats can get their shit together this week and the bills/steelers will be a litmus test for that matchup.

For what is worth I vote for Winston as well.

For this week match I voted for the Steelers for one simple reason NE needs some room to maneuver, The bills are a good team and will be definitely a difficult team to beat in the postseason, a defeat by Buffalo and a NE win will not clinch the division yet for NE but it will increase their chances dramatically of clinching it and have a good shot at the second seed and if things turn out favorably especially in the Denver@KC game maybe NE could use the last week of the season to rest some starters and get healthy for the postseason.

Edit: nutildah posted his selection as I was making my post.

Edit2:

and if things turn out favorably especially in the Denver@KC game maybe NE could use the last week of the season to rest some starters and get healthy for the postseason.

The bolded would be a miracle and I'll be watching it if its not opposite a major game.

I played Lindsey over Ingram again this week W00ps!!!

Well, Denver gave a good beating to the Texans last week so I can always dream.

[Hueristic]

Yep, I think you guys are right in that Winston is the better pick. Interestingly, he's playing with a broken thumb, but he played through it last week and got his highest fantasy score ever, so, didn't seem to slow him down much. Here is my matchup. Should manage to pull off the V without too many problems, but anything can happen.

For some reason my opponent is keeping Thielen on the bench. Not sure what his reasoning is. Maybe he'll update his lineup before Sunday. I'll definitely be rooting for the Steelers!

Yeah, I if was him Locket would be riding the pine as he is on my team and in most leagues there are a few on the wire this week I'd play over him. Shit I would have had Cohen replaced as well.

I'm glad I kept W00ds all year!

For this week match I voted for the Steelers for one simple reason NE needs some room to maneuver, The bills are a good team and will be definitely a difficult team to beat in the postseason, a defeat by Buffalo and a NE win will not clinch the division yet for NE but it will increase their chances dramatically of clinching it and have a good shot at the second seed and if things turn out favorably especially in the Denver@KC game maybe NE could use the last week of the season to rest some starters and get healthy for the postseason.

Edit: nutildah posted his selection as I was making my post.

The bolded would be a miracle and I'll be watching it if its not opposite a major game.

I played Lindsey over Ingram again this week W00ps!!!