**OFFICIAL Week 17 Game Thread

[Darth_Pelican]

NATIONAL BROADCASTS
Sunday Night: Indianapolis @ Tennessee (NBC)


CBS EARLY

█ Anchorage
█ Fairbanks
█ Honolulu

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NY Jets @ New England
Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts

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Jacksonville @ Houston
Andrew Catalon, James Lofton

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Miami @ Buffalo
Beth Mowins, Steve Beuerlein

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CBS LATE

█ Anchorage
█ Fairbanks
█ Honolulu

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Cleveland @ Baltimore
Jim Nantz, Tony Romo

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Oakland @ Kansas City
Greg Gumbel, Trent Green, Bruce Arians

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Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh
Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon

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LA Chargers @ Denver
Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta


​FOX EARLY

█ Anchorage
█ Fairbanks
█ Honolulu

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Dallas @ NY Giants
Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis

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Carolina @ New Orleans
Kenny Albert, Ronde Barber

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Atlanta @ Tampa Bay
Stockton, Mark Schlereth

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Detroit @ Green Bay
Justin Kutcher, Robert Smith, Pat McAfee

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FOX LATE

█ Anchorage
█ Fairbanks
█ Honolulu

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Chicago @ Minnesota
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman

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San Francisco @ LA Rams
Thom Brennaman, Chris Spielman

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Philadelphia @ Washington
Chris Myers, Daryl Johnston

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Arizona @ Seattle
Sam Rosen, Brady Quinn

[Darth_Pelican]

Playoff-clinching scenarios for Week 17 of the 2018 season:

NFC


CLINCHED
New Orleans Saints -- NFC South division le and home-field advantage
Los Angeles Rams -- NFC West division le
Chicago Bears -- NFC North division le
Dallas Cowboys -- NFC East division le
Seattle Seahawks -- playoff berth

LOS ANGELES RAMS (12-3) vs. San Francisco (4-11) -- Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, FOX
Los Angeles clinches a first-round bye with:
1. LAR win or tie OR
2. CHI loss or tie

CHICAGO BEARS (11-4) at Minnesota (8-6-1) -- Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, FOX
Chicago clinches a first-round bye with:
1. CHI win + LAR loss

MINNESOTA VIKINGS (8-6-1) vs. Chicago (11-4) -- Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, FOX
Minnesota clinches a playoff berth with:
1. MIN win or tie OR
2. PHI loss or tie

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8-7) at Washington (7-8) -- Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, FOX
Philadelphia clinches a playoff berth with:
1. PHI win + MIN loss



AFC


CLINCHED
Kansas City Chiefs -- Playoff berth
Los Angeles Chargers -- Playoff berth
New England Patriots - AFC East division le
Houston Texans -- Playoff berth

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (11-4) vs. Oakland (4-11) -- Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, CBS
Kansas City clinches AFC West division le and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
1. KC win OR
2. KC tie + LAC loss or tie OR
3. LAC loss + NE loss or tie + HOU loss or tie OR
4. LAC loss + NE loss or tie + KC clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over HOU
Kansas City clinches AFC West division le and a first-round bye with:
1. LAC loss + NE loss or tie OR
2. LAC loss + HOU loss or tie
3. LAC loss + KC clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over HOU
Kansas City clinches AFC West division le with:
1. LAC loss OR
2. KC tie + LAC tie

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (10-5) vs. New York Jets (4-11) -- Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, CBS
New England clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
1. NE win + KC loss + LAC loss
New England clinches a first-round bye with:
1. NE win OR
2. NE tie + HOU loss or tie OR
3. BAL loss or tie + HOU loss + TEN loss or tie

HOUSTON TEXANS (10-5) vs. Jacksonville (5-10) -- Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, CBS
Houston clinches AFC South division le and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
1. HOU win + NE loss or tie + KC loss + LAC loss + HOU clinches a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over KC
Houston clinches AFC South division le and a first-round bye with:
1. HOU win + NE loss or tie OR
2. HOU win + KC loss + LAC loss + HOU clinches a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over KC OR
3. HOU tie + NE loss OR
4. IND-TEN tie + NE loss + BAL win + HOU clinches a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over BAL
Houston clinches AFC South division le with:
1. HOU win or tie OR
2. IND-TEN tie

BALTIMORE RAVENS (9-6) vs. Cleveland (7-7-1) -- Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, CBS
Baltimore clinches AFC North division le and a first-round bye with:
1. BAL win + NE loss + HOU loss + IND-TEN does not end in a tie OR
2. BAL win + NE loss + HOU loss + BAL clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over HOU
Baltimore clinches AFC North division le with:
1. BAL win OR
2. PIT loss OR
3. BAL tie + PIT tie
Baltimore clinches a playoff berth with:
1. BAL tie + IND-TEN tie

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (11-4) at Denver (6-9) -- Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, CBS
Los Angeles clinches AFC West division le and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
1. LAC win + KC loss or tie OR
2. LAC tie + KC loss

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (9-6) at Tennessee (9-6) -- Sunday night, 8:20 PM ET, NBC
Indianapolis clinches AFC South division le with:
1. IND win + HOU loss
Indianapolis clinches a playoff berth with:
1. IND win OR
2. IND tie + PIT loss or tie OR
3. IND tie + BAL loss

TENNESSEE ANS (9-6) vs. Indianapolis (9-6) -- Sunday night, 8:20 PM ET, NBC
Tennessee clinches AFC South division le and first-round bye with:
1. TEN win + HOU loss + NE loss + BAL loss or tie
Tennessee clinches AFC South division le with:
1. TEN win + HOU loss
Tennessee clinches a playoff berth with:
1. TEN win

PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8-6-1) vs. Cincinnati (6-9) -- Sunday, 4:25 PM ET, CBS
Pittsburgh clinches AFC North division le with:
1. PIT win + BAL loss or tie OR
2. PIT tie + BAL loss
Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth with:
1. PIT win + IND-TEN tie

[Darth_Pelican]

If something like this happens to the Ravens again.....

[Millennial_Messiah]

If something like this happens to the Ravens again.....

Trashed at home by Average Andy,

[benefactor]

Go Jets

[Silver&Black]

Looks like Ron Rivera ain't going anywhere.
SuperCam

[Silver&Black]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...-coach-carolin

Not set in stone though. I'll believe it when hes the coach week 1 next year.

[Silver&Black]

Glorious day. The end of the Jameis Winston era. Praise Jesus.

[Millennial_Messiah]

A bunch of preseason type games today in the early slot. The late afternoon slot is going to be fun as , though.

[RD2191]

Lol cowboys looking like trash per usual

[RD2191]

Solid pick

[SpursforSix]

Glorious day. The end of the Jameis Winston era. Praise Jesus.

Bucs expected to bring back Winston in 2019
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports the Buccaneers are expected to retain Jameis Winston as their starting quarterback in 2019.

Winston has endured plenty of peaks and valleys in 2018—he began the year serving a three-game suspension for violating the league's code of conduct and was benched for Ryan Fitzpatrick following a mid-season slump. However, he's been better recently and at 24 (he turns 25 next month), the Bucs feel Winston's best years are still ahead of him. The former first overall pick will earn $20.922 million in the final year of his rookie deal.

[RD2191]

Lol dak

[Millennial_Messiah]

Could Patriots receivers please catch balls that hit them right in the hands? Accurate throws from Brady are rare enough, then when they happen they get dropped.

relax, the jest are awful

[Will Hunting]

Could Patriots receivers please catch balls that hit them right in the hands? Accurate throws from Brady are rare enough, then when they happen they get dropped.

White should have caught that but it was still a ty throw by Brady. 2 years ago he hits that in perfect stride and White gets yards after catch

[Will Hunting]

Every play New England runs for Burkhead ends horribly.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Third time the Giants have jumped offsides, third time Dak Prescott checks down on the play. WTF. THROW THAT SUCKER DEEP DUMBASS

[Millennial_Messiah]

all my picks look good so far except for the Lions and Packers. I guess Rodgers has just lost it

[Millennial_Messiah]

Brady is just godawful at this point.

*checks scoreboard*

21-3, 3 TDs 0 picks. Such an awful QB huh

[Will Hunting]

*checks scoreboard*

21-3, 3 TDs 0 picks. Such an awful QB huh

He had Hogan wide open in the end zone with literally no Jet within 10 yards of him and he airmailed it.

Most of his throws are still good, but the problem is that the 20% of his passes that suck are enough to kill drives.

[Will Hunting]

Whoever NE plays in the Divisional Round is beating them by 10+. I’ll post a video of me punching myself in the balls if the Patriots win.

I would still be surprised if they lost at home coming off a bye week, but I fully expect a blowout in the AFCCG.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Sounds about right that you aren’t watching the game and talking out of your ass with box score numbers.

He just got bailed out by a terrible roughing call. Before that he didn’t even see a WIDE OPEN Gronk in the end zone, then missed a WIDE OPEN Hogan so badly you’d think Cam threw it.

it’s 21-3 because the Jets are literally not trying.

You're right, I'm not watching that game. These early slot games are boring today so I'm doing some work for one of my jobs and sort of watching the Dallas game. And yes, the Jets are awful so the Patriots have the #2 seed in the bag.

The ending in the AFC is already scripted: the Patriots smash the Colts in the 2nd round, then lose by two scores in KC in the championship game. Pretty much identical to the 2013 season IMO.

[Spurtacular]

Cowboys/Giants and Pats/Jets; NFL giving socal residents the finger I see....

[Millennial_Messiah]

I would still be surprised if they lost at home coming off a bye week, but I fully expect a blowout in the AFCCG.

yeah, NE for all their road troubles has not been seriously threatened at home this year. Plus, their opponent is likely Andrew Cuck, who the Patriots own a le on.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Cowboys/Giants and Pats/Jets; NFL giving socal residents the finger I see....

there aren't really any good choices in the early slot today