Really should have lost too: careless by the Seahawks to delay the game and dreadful officiating not calling the obvious pass interference in the endzone on Hollister.

Congrats, you lucky, lucky bastard.

We don't need no stinking VAR!

Absolutely massive pal.

We needed this BYE week desperately given our normal season one was week 4.

Baring the Vikings causing a huge upset in New Orleans, it will either be the Eagles or Seahawks (again) at home in two weeks.

Get Dee Ford and Jaquiski Tartt healthy and suddenly our defence will look a lot different.

Lets go Niners!:lux:

So, looking at wildcard weekend and how games might fall, we could be looking at the following for Divisional Round Weekend...

Texans @ Ravens
Patriots @ Chiefs
Saints @ Packers
Seahawks @ 49ers

I'm sure Bills, Titans, Vikings and Eagles will all have other ideas, but those four match ups are all absolute box office.

And taking my 49er bias hat off for a moment, it would be the four I'd love to see as a neutral.

Eagles limped into the playoffs with no names healthy in offense.
This is the game to take the over on the spread.

Wentz the 1st 4,000 yard passer in history without a 500 yd receiver.
Tannehill the first QB since Montana to complete 70% in a season.

You could hear a pin drop at Foxboro in the last minute :D

Not sure about this one. I'm pretty sure Brees does this every year.

Six times, including the last four years. Of course he only played every game in five of those seasons!

Let me check the Around the NFL Sunday Week 17 Reaction Show podcast, I must have heard wrong.

Agree - though personally I really do not want to see Pats. I also believe that the Cheifs vs Titans could be a 35+ vs 35+. Of course the Pats vs Cheifs has more intrigue on paper, though wouldnt be for me.

Bills vs Texans for me is a coin toss. What Texans turns up who knows. The Bills will be out to stifle and do this better than most.

As a bit of intrigue, what would everyones idea of divisional and superbowl predictions be. I have long fancied the Saints (within this thread even) and that hasnt changed, despite having a tough route.

Personally.

Ravens vs Cheifs
Saints vs 49ers

Superbowl
Saints vs Cheifs

Winner
Saints

I think it will be a Saints Ravens final gonna be a real battle hopefully after last years anti climatic final.

I think saints will win by 3 scores this weekend against vikings.

Texans to beat Bill's.

Ravens win comfortable.

Lastly...I'm gonna take Titans in overtime in New England.

Wild Card Weekend:

Bills @ Texans - Texans
Titans @ Patriots - Patriots
Vikings @ Saints - Saints
Seahawks @ Eagles - Seahawks

Divisional Round Weekend:

Texans @ Ravens - Ravens
Patriots @ Chiefs - Chiefs
Saints @ Packers - Saints
Seahawks @ 49ers - 49ers

Conference Championship Weekend:

Chiefs @ Ravens - Ravens
Saints @ 49ers - Saints (:sob:)

Super Bowl:

Ravens vs. Saints - Ravens

As much as I hate to say it, I think the Pats will out-defense The Chiefs.
Other than that I think results will go as most suspect

so,
Conf games:
Pats v Ravens
49ers v Saints

With Super Bowl
Ravens v Saints

Saints winning.

People really thinking the Saints. I might be biased and remember them getting completely shut down by the Falcons at home, but I don't see it. I'm thinking that the Packers have been completely mysteriously coasting thru the season even though Rodgers hasn't been carrying them and will get thru the NFC.

I guess for me I have little confidence in the Packers partly due to their schedule.

Out of their 16 games, only 4 came against now playoff teams.

They did win 3 out 4 (2 vs Vikings, 1 vs a Matt Moore KC and got slapped by 49ers).

For interest - record versus playoff teams this season (apologies if mistakes!)

Packers (3 and 1)
Ravens - 6 (5 and 1)
49ers - 5 (3:2 - 1 loss in OT)
Saints - 4 (3 and 1)
Pats - 6 (3 and 3)
KC - 6 (3 and 3)
Eagles - 6 (3 and 3)
Titans - 5 (2 and 3)
Texans - 6 (3 and 3)
Bills - 5 (1 and 4) (Worry for the Bills - 71 points scored and the only win coming against a Mariota titans. Defence will need to be unreal to get far in the playoffs).
Vikings - 5 (1 and 4)


Apparently Seahawks had the hardest schedule, with the Pats the easiest this season...

http://powerrankingsguru.com/nfl/str...f-schedule.php

Garrett finally gone. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...16c6aa8b0c.gif

What took so long :D

Haha honestly I've been checking for four days and it was looking more and more likely an extension was incoming.

I think the theory they were looking to move him upstairs make sense and that is why it took time.

I expect he'll end up with the Browns or for the Giants.

Relief hopefully we can be competitive next season now.

Madness when you see Dak, Zeke, Gallup, Cooper having to watch Eagles 2nd and 3rd string at home to a battle tested but limited Seahawks team this weekend

I'm a glutton for punishment what can I say. Palace ruin most my Saturdays and Dallas the Sundays haha!

Worst part is I work for a US firm headquartered in San Fran so I have the 49ers giving shit and then we have an office on the east coast with eagles and giants fans. It's not been a good few weeks [emoji1787]