New week, new thread, new possibilities. Monday night's Jags vs Texans won't effect next weeks possibilities so I'm going ahead and posting them now:

Potential Clinches
Divisions:
GIANTS can clinch NFC East title by winning AND Dallas losing
CARDINALS can clinch NFC West title by winning AND San Fransisco losing
TITANS can clinch AFC South title by winning AND Indianapolis losing
BRONCOS can clinch AFC West title by winning AND Chargers losing
Conference:
TITANS can clinch Playoff Berth by winning OR New England AND Miami losing
TITANS can clinch first-round bye by winning AND Jets losing
GIANTS can clinch first-round bye by clinching the NFC East title.

Potential Eliminations
49ers, Raiders, Browns, Chargers, Jaguars, Texans

Previously Eliminated
Lions, Bengals, Seahawks, Rams, Chiefs

12/1/2008 3:12:11 AM

If the season ended today, the NFC South gets 3 teams in the playoffs, NFC East only gets 1.

Who's the strongest now!?

12/1/2008 10:14:37 AM

yeah, that's what I want to see.

Who's in, who's out based on today's standings.

SHOW ME!

12/1/2008 10:30:07 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3711069

AFC
Wild-card weekend
6. Baltimore Ravens (8-4) at 3. New York Jets (8-4)
Giants Stadium
5. Indianapolis Colts (8-4) at 4. Denver Broncos (7-5)
Invesco Field at Mile High
Byes: 1. Tennessee Titans (11-1), 2. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3)

NFC

Wild-card weekend
6. Atlanta Falcons (8-4) at 3. Minnesota Vikings (7-5)
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
5. Carolina Panthers (9-3) at 4. Arizona Cardinals (7-5)
University of Phoenix Stadium
Byes: 1. New York Giants (11-1), 2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-3)

12/1/2008 10:45:39 AM

^^^In South vs. South matchups, the home teams are 8-0, which means just about every team is guaranteed one win and one loss. Yet in the east, the Giants are likely to sweep meaning all the other 3 teams will have 2 guaranteed losses and no certainty against each other. This means that the South has a one-game advantage over the East (excluding the Giants), so overall records are not the best judge of supremacy. The best example of this are the 6-5-1 Eagles, who against everyone outside their division are 6-2-1. Take a look at how each division has done against the rest of the league:

East: 24-7
South: 24-8

This makes the case that the two are even, so let's go head-to-head for the tie-breaker:
Redskins def. Saints
Eagles def. Falcons
Cowboys def. Buccs
Giants are yet to play the Panthers, but when they do the playoffs should be locked up so it will be questionable if the game will even be played to full potential (as great of a matchup as it actually is)

Case and point, the East wins.

12/2/2008 3:55:15 AM

P-Riv is on the wire tonight, he has to win and hope KC can beat Denver for his playoff hopes to stay alive.

12/4/2008 1:22:09 AM

^^Yes.

NFC East>NFC South.....anyone should be able to admit that....

12/4/2008 1:44:32 AM

Sagarin ratings aren't able to admit that

12/4/2008 1:47:59 AM

ESPN Power Rankings have the South averaging 9.2 and the East 9.7, pretty damn close. But those rankings are based on overall record and performance, and don't take into account losses from within the division. As I mentioned earlier, the Eagles would seem like an awesome team at 6-2-1, and that victory over the Falcons didn't seem like much at the time but now seems huge. The Saints (also in last place in their division) are 5-3 against the rest of the league, and NO wins against non-South teams with winning records. The Eagles at least had 3 wins against winning teams (Arizona, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta) with a clean sweep of the NFC West.

Eagles beat Rams, Seahawks, 49ers, Cardinals, Steelers, Falcons (combined 32-40, .444)
Saints beat Chargers, Raiders, Chiefs, Packers, 49ers (combined 18-42, .300)

From top to bottom, the East wins again with statistical evidence.

12/4/2008 3:45:41 AM

I forgot to mention at the start of the post that the Steelers can also clinch a playoff berth if:

Steelers win
AND
Patriots lose
AND
either Dolphins lose OR Jets lose.

12/4/2008 4:05:04 AM

chargers in a must-win tonight

anyone found a stream for the game? at work, definitely no access to nfl network.

12/4/2008 8:10:48 PM

P. Riv lives on for today.

12/5/2008 5:00:13 AM

Eagles kick FG-gets blocked-scoreless Giants return for TD to end 1st half

ridiculousness

12/7/2008 2:31:38 PM

      DIVISION            CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS

   1  (NFC SOUTH)             =  24.65      24.50  (  2)      4
   2  (NFC EAST)              =  24.26      24.66  (  1)      4
   3  (afc south)             =  22.47      22.73  (  3)      4
   4  (afc north)             =  21.63      21.23  (  4)      4
   5  (NFC NORTH)             =  20.20      19.14  (  5)      4
   6  (afc east)              =  19.17      19.12  (  6)      4
   7  (afc west)              =  14.82      14.73  (  7)      4
   8  (NFC WEST)              =  13.36      13.89  (  8)      4

12/7/2008 2:42:39 PM

matt ryan is kind of good

12/7/2008 3:03:47 PM

schaub going for 400 yards today, wowww

12/7/2008 4:10:00 PM

Stupid tuck rule

I hate that rule.

12/7/2008 4:55:42 PM

romo's SO COLD

POOR GUY

HE'S SO COLD

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD

BUT ROMO'S COLD

i bet he's not cold now with all those hot steeler bodies lying on top of him

12/7/2008 5:14:41 PM

This is the sloppiest game I have seen all year.

12/7/2008 5:36:18 PM

my lord

it continues

12/7/2008 5:37:49 PM

Quote :

"Stupid tuck rule I hate that rule."

at least it was an actual tuck rule scenario and not some tom brady not-a-fumble bullshit

12/7/2008 5:39:10 PM

i'm surprised the kicker didn't charlie brown that shit

12/7/2008 5:40:28 PM

Pacman gets raped whenever he touches the ball

12/7/2008 6:09:15 PM

i swear if the Jets lose to the Niners, I do not know what I am going to do. my god fire Bob Sutton right goddamn now. enough with the "no cover 2" and prevent b.s.

have i mentioned i love Leon Washington however?

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 6:19 PM. Reason : present tense]

12/7/2008 6:19:07 PM

lol mitch berger backed up to the punt rusher and sat on him

12/7/2008 6:25:53 PM

DAMMIT STEELERS

12/7/2008 6:29:31 PM

Quote :

"Pacman gets raped whenever he touches the ball"

I'm a born and raised Dallas fan, and this still makes me smile.

12/7/2008 6:30:31 PM

free timeout granted, washington is magically healed! amazing!

12/7/2008 7:18:50 PM

Haha Jets suck, Go Dolphins. 3-way tie for 1st place in the AFC East.

12/7/2008 7:21:30 PM

Eliminated this week:

Raiders
Browns
Jaguars
49ers
Texans

Clinched this week:

Giants - NFC East title AND First round bye
Titans - AFC South title AND First round bye
Cardinals - NFC West title

12/8/2008 2:34:32 AM

not playoff related, but what I thought was the funniest part of week 14...
http://deadspin.com/5103817/fox-broadcasts-some-viking-locker-room-dong

12/8/2008 9:12:07 AM

NFC is finally better than the AFC this year

I need Carolina to win tonight, the Bears to beat NO on thursday, the Vikings to lose to AZ

Bears will lead the division and go to the playoffs

COWBOYS are out hahaha, fucking mexicans

12/8/2008 9:21:47 AM

VINTAGE

TONY

ROMO

12/8/2008 10:43:40 AM

Redskins lost, Giants Lost, Cowboys Lost... if there was only a way the Eagles could have lost too I would have had the best weekend ever. NFC East = burn to the ground

12/8/2008 11:12:02 AM