NFL Season 2016/2017

[Johno6]

Thanks jimmy.

Nice to finally win something

Cheers to everyone involved in the tipping and fantasy league.
Good fun as per usual

[Spargo]

NFL Playoffs - week 1

Sunday 8:05am
Oakland Raiders (12-4) @ Houston Texans (9-7)
NRG Stadium - forecast is sunny

Sunday 11:45am
Detroit Lions (9-7) @ Seattle Seahawks (10-5-1)
Century Link Field - forecast is rain

Monday 4:35am
Miami Dolphins (10-6) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5)
Heinz Field - forecast is snow

Monday 8:10am
New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers
Lambeau Field - forecast is cloudy

[FlyingHigh]

I reckon Seattle, Pittsburgh, Green Bay and probably Houston, but with no conviction.

Oh and well done to Johnno on winning the tipping

[valleys07]

Congratulations to Johno, winner of the 2016-17 SAFooty NFL tipping comp!

Jimmy and myself rounded out the top 3. @Johno6 @Jimmy_041, please forward me your bank details to deposit your winnings.

Thanks to all who took part again this year.

As for the wildcard round- my picks are Houston, GB, Pittsburgh and Seattle.

Up the Dirty Birds!

[Spargo]

Houston - kissed on the dick. Barely finish above .500 in a crap division then get a home game against the Raiders who went 12-4 and have now lost their QB and any real chance of advancing.
Detroit may give Seattle a scare but won't be able to score enough to win.
I'd like to think my Steelers who hit the playoffs with 7 straight wins will account for the Dolphins (who did win this match up in week 6) but that was in sunny Florida, not the snow of Pittsburgh.
Final game I'm tipping an upset, the Giants to be the only winner on the road in week 1 knocking out the Packers.

[Johno6]

Thanks again for running comp valleys. legend.


Monday is my rdo, so play offs sunday and Monday work perfect for me.

altho the Houston game will probably be shit, just happy to be watching some NFL.

[FOURTH ESTATE]

Hi All,

Have returned to the Land of Oz after 5 1/2 weeks in the USA.

Attended the Raiders - Buffalo Game and got to watch a lot of Raider games on big screens at sports bars while traveling around the USA & Canada.

(Trade off wife got to go shopping at Kate Spade and other outlets and took the kids with her. Me $1400+ out of pocket from her shopping it was worth it to watch the games with out the kids around and watch on big screens and drink beer & eat nachos )

Carr's broken leg is a big deal and has hurt the team badly. The air went out of their game and the Stadium against the Colts when it happened.
McGloin getting beaten up by the Donkeys last week didn't help but did like the look of Cook when he came in.

My Picks for tomorrow

Raiders over Texans (Raiders will rally and win)
Seahawks over the Lions (Seattle to hard to beat at home)
Steelers to beat Miami (This will be closer than most people think)
Giants over Packers (Have a feeling they can do it. They are the only NFC team that could go to Lambeau and win, Cowboys are over rated!!!!)

My final thoughts.

Playoff game locations should be based on final W/L record. Texans just scraped into the playoffs with a 9-7 record but get to host a 12-4 team. Not right. Teams with the better records should get to host the games they earned it by winning more games.

[FlyingHigh]

Disagree FE, it is a circular argument that could be argued both ways based on strengths of divisions, although maybe it could be teams need to at least have a winning record.

[FOURTH ESTATE]

New Orleans a couple of years ago finished 12-4 from memory and went to Seattle for a wild card game and they finished 7-9. some dodgy calling in that game gave Seattle the win but everyone agreed that New Orleans should not have had to go to Seattle to play the Wild card game when they finished 4 games in front of Seattle

[Jim05]

Swings and roundabouts.
Rightly so that a Division winner is treated better than a Wild Card team regardless of win/loss

[Spargo]

Well into the 3rd qtr, Texans lead 20-7
Oakland are 0/9 on third downs & have only 2 pass receives for 17 yds
It is painful watching the Raiders' offense today.

[Jim05]

Well into the 3rd qtr, Texans lead 20-7
Oakland are 0/9 on third downs & have only 2 pass receives for 17 yds
It is painful watching the Raiders' offense today.

It's not painful if you hate the Raiders like most people[emoji3]

[FOURTH ESTATE]

Haters Hate
But the RAIDER NATION is huge!!!!

Just spent 5 weeks in the USA and there are Raider fans every where we went!!!!

[Jimmy_041]

Alabama or Clemson would have beaten Raiders today

[Jim05]

Haters Hate
But the RAIDER NATION is huge!!!!

Just spent 5 weeks in the USA and there are Raider fans every where we went!!!!

The Collingwood of the NFL!

[FOURTH ESTATE]

That's a dumb reply Raider fans are educated unlike Collingwood fans

[FOURTH ESTATE]

Alabama or Clemson would have beaten Raiders today

That's an even dumber comment!!!

[Jim05]

That's a dumb reply Raider fans are educated unlike Collingwood fans

Was more referring to the fact they are the most popular team in the country and you either love them or hate them

[Jimmy_041]

Alabama or Clemson would have beaten Raiders today

That's an even dumber comment!!!

Not as dumb as taking Cook instead of Presscott in the draft
He was terrible. Maybe you could get Johnny Manziel instead

[PatowalongaPirate]

Raiders were awful to watch and Houston would be glad they got them in this form. I think this is as far as the Texans will go.

Detroit looking to win thier first post season road game in 57 years.