2016 NFL Season

[Adam]

David Johnson is an absolute beast.

Shame about the rest of the team like.

[Meacon Keaton]

What's happening now is what my main worry was when we hired Kubiak. With his offense, if the ground game is nonexistent, you just don't score points.

[gunnar hendershow]

Stranger things have happened but I have a tough time seeing the Broncos winning out to get in the playoffs, Pats have effectively ended their biggest rivals seasons in back-to-back weeks.

[Your Mom]

 @Meacon what the hell is with TJ Ward? He German Suplexed Edelman and then flexed like a moron as he costs your boys any chance at even trying to win

[Lineker]

 

[Meacon Keaton]

21 minutes ago, damshow said:

Stranger things have happened but I have a tough time seeing the Broncos winning out to get in the playoffs, Pats have effectively ended their biggest rivals seasons in back-to-back weeks.

It's tough playing a Super Bowl champion schedule when you have a pretty much non-existent offense. I think we'll likely lose (perhaps badly) next week at Kansas City, but I think we at least close things out with a win against Oakland. But it doesn't look like 9-7 is going to be playoff-worthy in the AFC this year.

19 minutes ago, Srar Humbug said:

 @Meacon what the hell is with TJ Ward? He German Suplexed Edelman and then flexed like a moron as he costs your boys any chance at even trying to win

The only defense I have of that is that the majority of football players are idiots. TJ Ward has proven before that he falls into that group. There's playing with emotions, but then there's just down right stupidity. Go ahead, TJ, show us your wrestling maneuvers and your muscles. Maybe you can enter the Royal Rumble, because you sure as shit won't be playing any football in January this year. 

[Lint]

 

[DMN in the House]

I'd like to say something that has never been said in the history of EWB...

THE OAKLAND RAIDERS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!

It's weird, because it doesn't seem like 14 years. It's been my entire adult life, but, right now, I can barely remember it, like a bad dream that didn't really happen...

[RoHitman Reigns]

Thanks to Zekes jump into the kettle laat night, the Salvation Army has reported a whopping 61% increase over the previous week to a whopping 184K donated in just 14 hours after he did so.

 

Mind you the NFL has declined to fine him, one of their few smart moves, and Zeke has come out stating he will still donate to them regardless as he would have matched whatever he would have been fined and donated it. Talk about a class act.

[Dan]

Gus Bradley is a really good person but it didn't work out for him as a HC. He did a 40 minute interview for Jaguars.com AFTER he was fired and was almost tearing up. Good guy, bad HC.

[gunnar hendershow]

Bradley's also said he'd vouch for the franchise to any prospective HC. He's going to land on his feet just fine as a DC.

[The Buscher]

The last time the Raiders were in the playoffs, I was at a friend's house watching them get blown out in the Super Bowl...

...I was in my last year of middle school.

Fuck's sake, sports give me weird perspective on the passage of time.

[Alex.]

a redskins loss would be a great early christmas gift

[Maxx]

7 hours ago, RoHitman Reigns said:

Thanks to Zekes jump into the kettle laat night, the Salvation Army has reported a whopping 61% increase over the previous week to a whopping 184K donated in just 14 hours after he did so.

 

Mind you the NFL has declined to fine him, one of their few smart moves, and Zeke has come out stating he will still donate to them regardless as he would have matched whatever he would have been fined and donated it. Talk about a class act.

Its nice, but there's a reason the North Texas Food Bank tries to avoid working with The Salvation Army.

[The Buscher]

With the Washington loss, they now can no longer pass the Giants.  There will be four opportunities for the Giants to clinch in Week 16.  Most obviously, they're in with a win in Philadelphia on Thursday.  Failing that, they'd also be in if the Bucs, Packers, or Lions lose.  Aside from the Packers, any of those three outcomes seem plausible.  Preferably the Giants can just take care of business Thursday and it'll keep their slight division hopes alive going in to Monday.

As best I can tell, the only scenario I can find where the Giants don't make it would be them losing twice, Tampa winning twice, Green Bay winning twice, and Detroit beating Dallas but not Green Bay.  That would get Green Bay the North at 10-6 and the Giants/Bucs/Lions would all be 10-6 as well, in which the Giants get bounced to NFC record tiebreakers.

[DFF]

UK fans - here's the week 16 games that we get aired live:

Fri 0125: Giants at Eagles
Sat 1800: Dolphins at Bills
Sat 2105: Colts at Raiders
Sun 0125: Bengals at Texans
Sun 2130: Ravens at Steelers
Mon 0130: Broncos at Chiefs
Tue 0130: Lions at Cowboys

[Lineker]

Quote

A league-best seven Oakland Raiders have been selected to play in the 2017 Pro Bowl, according to rosters released by the NFL on Tuesday.

Derek Carr, Amari Cooper and Khalil Mack are among the standouts who will be representing the resurgent Raiders in the annual gridiron all-star fest, which takes place Jan. 29 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Teammates Rodney Hudson, Reggie Nelson, Kelechi Osemele and Donald Penn also were named to the AFC roster.

The Falcons have an NFC-leading six players selected to play in the annual all-star game, including offensive stalwarts Matt Ryan, Julio Jones and Devonta Freeman.

High-profile rookies Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, who have helped spearhead the Cowboys' return to top of the conference, are among the five Dallas players honored with selections. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans were the other two teams to have five players selected to the game.

Chiefs kick-return sensation Tyreek Hill was the only rookie outside Dallas to get a Pro Bowl nod.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was selected to his 11th career Pro Bowl -- most among active players -- and Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald made the NFC roster for an eighth time.

This season's Pro Bowl will feature a return to the traditional AFC vs. NFC game format following three years using a revised, "unconferenced" format. The festivities, which have been relocated to Florida from its familiar Hawaiian stomping grounds -- also will feature a Pro Bowl Skills Showdown on Thursday, Jan. 26. The events include dodgeball and passing challenges.

Check out the 44-player, position-by-position rosters below:

AFC PRO BOWL ROSTER

Offense

Wide receiver: Antonio Brown*, Steelers; Amari Cooper*, Raiders; A.J. Green, Bengals; T.Y. Hilton, Colts

Tackle: Joe Thomas*, Browns; Donald Penn*, Raiders; Taylor Lewan, Titans

Guard: Marshal Yanda*, Ravens; Kelechi Osemele*, Raiders; David DeCastro, Steelers

Center: Rodney Hudson*, Raiders; Maurkice Pouncey, Steelers

Tight end: Travis Kelce*, Chiefs; Delanie Walker, Titans

Quarterback: Tom Brady*, Patriots; Derek Carr, Raiders; Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers

Running back: Le'Veon Bell*, Steelers; DeMarco Murray, Titans; LeSean McCoy, Bills

Fullback: Kyle Juszcyzyk*, Ravens

Defense

Defense end: Khalil Mack*, Raiders; Cameron Wake*, Dolphins; Jadeveon Clowney, Texans

Interior linemen: Geno Atkins*, Bengals; Ndamukong Suh*, Dolphins; Jurrell Casey, Titans

Outside linebacker: Von Miller*, Broncos; Lorenzo Alexander*, Bills; Brian Orakpo, Titans

Inside/middle linebacker: Dont'a Hightower*, Patriots; C.J. Mosley, Ravens

Cornerback: Marcus Peters*, Chiefs; Aqib Talib*, Broncos; Casey Hayward, Chargers; Chris Harris; Broncos

Free safety: Devin McCourty*, Patriots; Reggie Nelson, Raiders

Strong safety: Eric Berry*, Chiefs

Special Teams

Punter: Pat McAfee*, Colts

Kicker: Justin Tucker*, Ravens

Return specialist: Tyreek Hill*, Chiefs

Special teamer: Matthew Slater*, Patriots

 

NFC PRO BOWL ROSTER

Offense

Wide receiver: Julio Jones*, Falcons; Odell Beckham*, Giants; Mike Evans, Buccaneers; Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals

Tackle: Tyron Smith*, Cowboys; Trent Williams*, Redskins; Jason Peters, Eagles

Guard: Zack Martin*, Cowboys; Brandon Scherff*, Redskins; T.J. Lang, Packers

Center: Travis Frederick*, Cowboys; Alex Mack, Falcons

Tight end: Greg Olsen*, Panthers; Jordan Reed, Redskins

Quarterback: Matt Ryan*, Falcons; Aaron Rodgers, Packers; Dak Prescott, Cowboys

Running back: Ezekiel Elliott*, Cowboys; David Johnson, Cardinals; Devonta Freeman, Falcons

Fullback: Mike Tolbert*, Panthers

Defense

Defensive end: Everson Griffen*, Vikings; Cliff Avril*, Seahawks; Michael Bennett, Seahawks

Interior linemen: Aaron Donald*, Rams; Gerald McCoy*, Buccaneers; Fletcher Cox, Eagles

Outside linebacker: Vic Beasley*, Falcons; Ryan Kerrigan*, Redskins; Thomas Davis, Panthers

Inside/middle linebacker: Bobby Wagner*, Seahawks; Luke Kuechly, Panthers

Cornerback: Janoris Jenkins*, Giants; Patrick Peterson*, Cardinals; Richard Sherman, Seahawks; Xavier Rhodes, Vikings

Free safety: Harrison Smith*, Vikings; Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Packers

Strong safety: Landon Collins*, Giants

Special teams

Punter: Johnny Hekker*, Rams

Kicker: Matt Bryant*, Falcons

Return specialist: Cordarrelle Patterson*, Vikings

Special teamer: Dwayne Harris*, Giants

 

* Indicates starter

[gunnar hendershow]

The lack of Brandon Williams is absolutely jarring.

I also appreciate Kyle Juszcyzyk getting in on the merit of being the only FB in the entire AFC.

[Lineker]

I really feel for Stafford too. Not that you can really argue against any of the other three QB's in there on the NFC side. 

[Alex.]

do people here watch the pro bowl?