2020 NFL playoffs
doubledragon
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How do you think the playoff picture is going to look? Predictions?
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Trying to figure out the NFC East.
Still trying to figure out the NFC East.
I’m going to skip to the second round:
As it stands today Pittsburgh is the #1 seed, plays and loses to Buffalo the 4 seed.
KC beats Tennessee.
New Orleans beats the Rams and the Packers beat beat Seattle.
AFC Championship game
Kansas City over Buffalo
NFC Championship game
Green Bay over New Orleans
Super Bowl Kansas City
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That whole scenario above will change when Buffalo beats Pittsburgh next week and drops Pittsburgh to the 2 seed. Cleveland and Pittsburgh still have a game to play although Cleveland has one win against teams with a winning record.
Pittsburgh has 4 wins over back up QB’s so how strong either of these teams are is yet to be seen.
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Or........as a fan of the Bills, do you think it possible, or even better, if the Bills lose to Pittsburgh now but upset them in the playoffs......
Eventually we have to play Kansas City but yes definitely. As long as they win the division I really don’t care what seed. I highly doubt the Bills move up past a 3 seed so they’ll be on the road game two. But there is still 5 weeks left and anything can happen.
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I have the Giants over the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Unless the Browns upset the Chiefs in the AFC Championship. Then Cleveland wins it all.
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Ralph
New England will not participate for the first time in a long while. If Cam Newton had not gotten Covid, they might have made it, although they would not have lasted beyond the first round. Losses to teams like Denver did them in.
The Philadelphia Eagles have been stuffed and mounted. This year, they are not “The Hummingbirds”; they are the “Turkeys.” And I don’t mean the wild variety which has good survival instincts. I talking about the birds that can drown in a rainstorm.
After much ballyhoo, the Tampa Bay Bucks will be lucky to make the playoffs. Their pass defense is the pits, and Brady is past his prime. This will make it 14 years in a row without a play-off appearance for them.
Kansas City will probably win it all after they eliminate Pittsburgh. They might run up against New Orleans in the big dance. I would like to see the Saints win it after they have been robbed a couple of times by the officiating, but Mahomes will be too much for them. In a couple of years, some fans might come to hate Kansas City as much as New England.
You New York fans are too much. Next you’ll be telling us that the Jets will go to the Super Bowl because the rest of the league as Covid.
If Trevor Lawrence does indeed go to the Jets next year they will be in the Super Bowl trying to prevent the Giants repeat.
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Ralph
Listen to Steve Kornacki break down the playoff scenarios. He's working overtime!
it is a well known NFL saying that "Defense and Running" win Championships, but that is a little turned on its head in the current era where passing dominates. who among us, seriously, could have imagined that the Pittsburgh freakin' Steelers would lose because they were incapable of running the football, that they were unable to score from the one-yard-line?? and it isn't just the Steelers, each Team in that late game failed at the goal line early and turned the ball over on downs.
understanding that, I wonder which playoff bound Teams can effectively run the ball when they need to?? last season Derrick Henry almost single handedly carried the Titans to the Super Bowl and he could do that again this year. for all the hype around the Chiefs, they don't really have a running game that can compliment their passing game or a defense that can carry them, they're one play away from being a .500 Team.
the way football is played in today's NFL is so one-dimensional that if the circumstances align correctly any Team on Kornacki's big board above could win the Super Bowl. I am for the underdog.
A well coach rounded team is more important than any one phase of the game. Every team wants a running game but if a team, Pittsburgh, 49ers etc are great against the run why bash your head against a wall all game long. You must have the personal to go 5 wide to combat not being able to run. Cleveland, Tennessee must run the ball to set up play action because they don’t have the depth to drop back and throw every down. Baltimore absolutely must run or they lose every time. They have one wide out and 3 TE’s. They build the team around Jackson and they have to run or they lose. They’re not built to comeback from 17 down.
It comes down to the organization. This year the best organizations top to bottom are:
Kansas City <—- obviously
New Orleans
Buffalo, young and upcoming. Even with injuries. Wait until John Brown comes back and takes the top off defenses.
Seattle. Shaky, shaky defense and Russ is looking like the gut with Zero MVP votes.
Baltimore. Too many gaping holes in their offense. Defenses have figured out how to beat them.
Tennessee. Run or done.
Cleveland. They are coming. Finally got a coach and a plan.
Tampa Bay. Too loosy goosy. Not designing an offense around Brady’s strong points and way to many mistakes.
I think it comes down to 4 teams as of today. The only team that can beat Kansas City is Buffalo. Similar offensives and a well coached team.
If Rogers is comfortable the could beat NO but that teams is good in a 3 phases.
4 weeks to go and anything can happen but that’s how I see it December 8th, 2020.
And that’s the rest of the story.
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A lot of good stuff here but I'm confused by what you mean with the Chiefs and one play away part.
confused by what you mean with the Chiefs and one play away part.
one play away with Patrick Mahomes going down like Joe Burrow and the picture changes dramatically.
Here's the latest playoff scenarios from Steve Kornacki. Washington now has a 71% chance of making the playoffs.
In this video, Colin Cowherd names his top ten teams in the NFL right now. This is a sandwich video, it's something for your entertainment to watch while your eating a sandwich, or perhaps some cookies!
so I watched that Cowherd video and he mentioned something that almost everyone mentions when they're trying to figure out who's best/better in the NFL --- how many Teams they've beaten that have a winning record. I checked quickly, there are only 14 Teams in the NFL with a winning percentage above .500 which means there's a better than even chance that every week you'll be playing a Team with a losing record.
talk about a meaningless stat.