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[AZOffaly]

NFC Wildcard Chase

5.    Atlanta Falcons    NCS    8    5    0    .615    300    267    33    34    4-2    4-3    2-2    .500    6-4    .600    2-1    1W    3-2
6.    Detroit Lions    NCN    8    5    0    .615    367    305    62    43    4-3    4-2    3-2    .600    6-5    .545    2-0    1W    2-3
7.    Chicago Bears    NCN    7    6    0    .538    301    255    46    32    5-2    2-4    2-2    .500    6-3    .667    1-3    3L    2-3
8.    Dallas Cowboys    NCE    7    6    0    .538    317    281    36    32    5-2    2-4    2-2    .500    5-4    .556    2-2    2L    3-2
9.    Arizona Cardinals    NCW    6    7    0    .462    253    288    -35    31    4-2    2-5    3-2    .600    6-5    .545    0-2    3W    4-1
10.    Seattle Seahawks    NCW    5    7    0    .417    216    246    -30    23    3-3    2-4    2-1    .667    4-4    .500    1-3    1W    3-2
11.    Philadelphia Eagles    NCE    5    8    0    .385    297    292    5    34    1-5    4-3    3-1    .750    4-6    .400    1-2    1W    2-3

Hard to see the Cardinals passing out 3 teams. The Giants lead the NFC East on 7-6 as well. Remaining Fixtures

Falcons - Jacskonville, @ New Orleans, Tampa Bay
Lions - @ Oakland, San Diego, @ Green Bay
Bears - Seattle, @ Green Bay, @ Minnesota
Cowboys - @ Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, @ New York Giants
Cardinals - Cleveland, @ Cincinnati, Seattle
Seahaws - Saint Louis, @ Chicago, San Francisco, @ Arizona
Eagles - New York Jets, @ Dallas, Washington

[heganboy]

Dammit,
my parting gesture in the top flight was almost to pick off the league leader, a little better selection of the starting roster and I would be grinning. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for my crapness in the division this year. Must do better...

[Oraisteach]

AZ, you lucked out. You have us on your schedule.  Put in your reserves against the Browns and you'll be golden.

[Minder]

Haley fired in KC.

[AZOffaly]

Dammit,
my parting gesture in the top flight was almost to pick off the league leader, a little better selection of the starting roster and I would be grinning. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for my crapness in the division this year. Must do better...

did those trophies get lost in transit, or are you keeping them because of your abysmal season?

[ONeill]

Another miracle from Tebow tonight. 10-0 down with 2 minutes to go and wins it in overtime.

Dagger through the heart of the Chargers. Results looked like putting them back into contention.

[Minder]

Sparano also got the road in Miami.

[new devil]

Tebow will win a superbowl....some day!!

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Tebow will win a superbowl....some day!!

as a running back, because it won't happen with him as a QB

[AZOffaly]

Anyone interested in doing a college bowl pick 'em? If you were in the fantasy league the same id will do you, if not, you'll have to register with Yahoo.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/bowl/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=29596&P=goirish

the password is goirish

Anyone heading to the Emerald Isle Classic next September? Notre Dame versus Navy. Tickets on sale tomorrow apparently.

[J70]

Tebow will win a superbowl....some day!!

as a running back, because it won't happen with him as a QB

Sunday will tell when they face a top class offense in Brady, Gronkowski, Welker etc. Denver's defense has played well recently, albeit it against poor or weakened offenses, and have been keeping the Broncos in games until the fourth quarter. If Denver does perform well against the Patriots (who have a poor enough defense), I think their best chance for a playoff run will be this year. Teams still haven't figured their offense out over a 60 min game yet (although Chicago's loss was self-inflicted) and if their defense can keep them in it, I could see them winning a few tight games.

[AZOffaly]

Anyone interested in doing a college bowl pick 'em? If you were in the fantasy league the same id will do you, if not, you'll have to register with Yahoo.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/bowl/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=29596&P=goirish

the password is goirish

Anyone heading to the Emerald Isle Classic next September? Notre Dame versus Navy. Tickets on sale tomorrow apparently.

Tickets got. Roll on.

'Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame'

[Oraisteach]

Go Noles.  Pulverize those French!

[thejuice]

I'll have to wait till Jan to get my tickets, hopefully some left by then.


Great win for the Falcons last night. If the Cowboys Vikings  can shock the Saints on Sunday the NFC South and a chance to skip the wild card round is up for grabs the following week in the Super Dome.

[thejuice]

Kansas City 19
Green Bay 7

4 mins to go,


The Vikings are so terrible, couldn't even make Brees flinch, guess it was too much to hope they could do the Falcons a favour.  Still will be a big game next week on St Stephens Day.

Redskins are destroying the Giants.