NFL 2022 Season

[Phantom255x]

YIKES. Not a good look for Miami. Tua back in concussion protocol, and there's video circulating that seems to show a particular play where Tua might have suffered the concussion yesterday but he played the entire game.

In football terms, it also means he's likely out this weekend against the Patriots.

[Neurotic Guy]

YIKES. Not a good look for Miami. Tua back in concussion protocol, and there's video circulating that seems to show a particular play where Tua might have suffered the concussion yesterday but he played the entire game.

In football terms, it also means he's likely out this weekend against the Patriots.

If this is concussion #3 this season I’d be pretty concerned if I were him or his family.   Susceptibility increases / long-term impact increases. He should strongly consider hanging it up for the season (at least).

[Billz401]

Here we go again with the refs picking and choosing when to enforce rules. Nick Foles qb sneak, hes on top of a pile of bodies clearly not down, reaches the ball over the line to gain and they mark him a yard short. HC Saturday challenges the play they say they blew the play dead forward progress and he cannot challenge it LOL.

Saturday Rhomondre Stevenson runs up the gut, gets wrapped up by 3 defenders and driven back 3 yards, stripped of the ball and fumble called Cincy ball. Where was the forward progress on thay play??

[SparzWizard]

YIKES. Not a good look for Miami. Tua back in concussion protocol, and there's video circulating that seems to show a particular play where Tua might have suffered the concussion yesterday but he played the entire game.

In football terms, it also means he's likely out this weekend against the Patriots.

If this is concussion #3 this season I’d be pretty concerned if I were him or his family.   Susceptibility increases / long-term impact increases. He should strongly consider hanging it up for the season (at least).

He def should, but Miami won't let him hang it up for the season when they still got a "fighting chance" for a playoff spot!

[SparzWizard]

The NFL south divisions are so bad that the Jaguars are 7-8 with potentially a home-playoff game. The Titans dropped 5 straight...I wonder if Mike Vrabel is on the hot seat lol.

Meanwhile, Bucs still leading that division after their win in OT against the Cardinals.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

The NFL south divisions are so bad that the Jaguars are 7-8 with potentially a home-playoff game. The Titans dropped 5 straight...I wonder if Mike Vrabel is on the hot seat lol.

Meanwhile, Bucs still leading that division after their win in OT against the Cardinals.

More proof that division winners shouldn’t get an automatic playoff berth.

[Moranis]

The NFL south divisions are so bad that the Jaguars are 7-8 with potentially a home-playoff game. The Titans dropped 5 straight...I wonder if Mike Vrabel is on the hot seat lol.

Meanwhile, Bucs still leading that division after their win in OT against the Cardinals.

More proof that division winners shouldn’t get an automatic playoff berth.

They absolutely should get an automatic berth, but perhaps they shouldn't automatically host. 

[MarcusSmartFanClub]

The NFL south divisions are so bad that the Jaguars are 7-8 with potentially a home-playoff game. The Titans dropped 5 straight...I wonder if Mike Vrabel is on the hot seat lol.

Meanwhile, Bucs still leading that division after their win in OT against the Cardinals.

More proof that division winners shouldn’t get an automatic playoff berth.

They absolutely should get an automatic berth, but perhaps they shouldn't automatically host.

I disagree. I think the best teams from each conference should go. The NFC south and AFC south are going to send teams to the playoffs this year that don’t deserve it. Both division winners could have losing records.

[Moranis]

The NFL south divisions are so bad that the Jaguars are 7-8 with potentially a home-playoff game. The Titans dropped 5 straight...I wonder if Mike Vrabel is on the hot seat lol.

Meanwhile, Bucs still leading that division after their win in OT against the Cardinals.

More proof that division winners shouldn’t get an automatic playoff berth.

They absolutely should get an automatic berth, but perhaps they shouldn't automatically host.

I disagree. I think the best teams from each conference should go. The NFC south and AFC south are going to send teams to the playoffs this year that don’t deserve it. Both division winners could have losing records.

the schedule is far too unbalanced to not reward the division winners. 

[Phantom255x]

So as things currently stand, the 5 QBs in the AFC Playoffs who have officially clinched are:

- Patrick Mahomes
- Josh Allen
- Justin Herbert
- Joe Burrow
- Lamar Jackson

That's an incredible group of QBs and will sure make for a fun playoffs. Trevor Lawrence, while not elite yet has also looked fantastic in the past few months and he could be part of this group as well when the Jags win the division

What's crazy though, of the 5 I listed above, Mahomes is the oldest of them all. That's insane to me

[W8ting2McHale]

So as things currently stand, the 5 QBs in the AFC Playoffs who have officially clinched are:

- Patrick Mahomes
- Josh Allen
- Justin Herbert
- Joe Burrow
- Lamar Jackson

That's an incredible group of QBs and will sure make for a fun playoffs. Trevor Lawrence, while not elite yet has also looked fantastic in the past few months and he could be part of this group as well when the Jags win the division

What's crazy though, of the 5 I listed above, Mahomes is the oldest of them all. That's insane to me

Not as crazy as the thread claiming that QB talent is at an all time low.

That’s why I take the self-professed “talent evaluations” on this board with a hogshead of salt, whether for it’s NBA or NFL players.

[Moranis]

So as things currently stand, the 5 QBs in the AFC Playoffs who have officially clinched are:

- Patrick Mahomes
- Josh Allen
- Justin Herbert
- Joe Burrow
- Lamar Jackson

That's an incredible group of QBs and will sure make for a fun playoffs. Trevor Lawrence, while not elite yet has also looked fantastic in the past few months and he could be part of this group as well when the Jags win the division

What's crazy though, of the 5 I listed above, Mahomes is the oldest of them all. That's insane to me

How about the NFC list?

Jalen Hurts
Kirk Cousins
Brock Purdy
Dak Prescott

 A bit different, ha.  Though Hurts looks like he could be legit for awhile, Dak is very good, Kirk is just a nice solid veteran, and then Brock is a rookie, so who knows. 

An interesting stat that I saw from the NFL that over the last 3 seasons the Niners have had 4 players throw TD passes where the ball went over 30 yards, and none of those players are Jimmy Garoppolo.  They are CJ Breathard, Trey Lance, Christian McCaffrey, and Brock Purdy.  How funny is that?  Jimmy G and his 30+ games can't throw the ball deep, while Purdy in his 3 starts is able to and that adds a whole new wrinkle to the Niners passing game.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

The NFL south divisions are so bad that the Jaguars are 7-8 with potentially a home-playoff game. The Titans dropped 5 straight...I wonder if Mike Vrabel is on the hot seat lol.

Meanwhile, Bucs still leading that division after their win in OT against the Cardinals.

More proof that division winners shouldn’t get an automatic playoff berth.

They absolutely should get an automatic berth, but perhaps they shouldn't automatically host.

The two south divisions are going to have thoroughly unimpressive winners—9-8 at best, but quite possibly 8-9 or even 7-10. None of those records, IMO, deserves to get a team into the playoffs, especially now that there's an extra game in the regular season, which means an extra chance to reach double-digit wins.

As far as schedule balancing, most teams these days are mediocre—not great and not terrible—so in that sense the league seems pretty balanced.

[Moranis]

The NFL south divisions are so bad that the Jaguars are 7-8 with potentially a home-playoff game. The Titans dropped 5 straight...I wonder if Mike Vrabel is on the hot seat lol.

Meanwhile, Bucs still leading that division after their win in OT against the Cardinals.

More proof that division winners shouldn’t get an automatic playoff berth.

They absolutely should get an automatic berth, but perhaps they shouldn't automatically host.

The two south divisions are going to have thoroughly unimpressive winners—9-8 at best, but quite possibly 8-9 or even 7-10. None of those records, IMO, deserves to get a team into the playoffs, especially now that there's an extra game in the regular season, which means an extra chance to reach double-digit wins.

As far as schedule balancing, most teams these days are mediocre—not great and not terrible—so in that sense the league seems pretty balanced.

No what I mean is the schedule from division to division is so different it makes it difficult to compare teams in different divisions. 

I mean Baltimore and Jacksonville played each other and literally the only common opponents they share are the Denver Broncos and New York Jets.  Jacksonville beat Baltimore and went 1-1 in the common games, while Baltimore went 2-0 in the common games.  How can you definitively say that 10-5 Baltimore is better than 7-8 Jacksonville, given they played a game 4 weeks ago and Jacksonville won it given how little overlap there is in their schedule?   

Because the schedule has so few games and teams often have such few common opponents, it is very difficult to say who is more deserving than someone else.  That is why division winners absolutely deserve a playoff berth.  There just aren't enough games to not do it that way.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

The NFL south divisions are so bad that the Jaguars are 7-8 with potentially a home-playoff game. The Titans dropped 5 straight...I wonder if Mike Vrabel is on the hot seat lol.

Meanwhile, Bucs still leading that division after their win in OT against the Cardinals.

More proof that division winners shouldn’t get an automatic playoff berth.

They absolutely should get an automatic berth, but perhaps they shouldn't automatically host.

The two south divisions are going to have thoroughly unimpressive winners—9-8 at best, but quite possibly 8-9 or even 7-10. None of those records, IMO, deserves to get a team into the playoffs, especially now that there's an extra game in the regular season, which means an extra chance to reach double-digit wins.

As far as schedule balancing, most teams these days are mediocre—not great and not terrible—so in that sense the league seems pretty balanced.

No what I mean is the schedule from division to division is so different it makes it difficult to compare teams in different divisions. 

I mean Baltimore and Jacksonville played each other and literally the only common opponents they share are the Denver Broncos and New York Jets.  Jacksonville beat Baltimore and went 1-1 in the common games, while Baltimore went 2-0 in the common games.  How can you definitively say that 10-5 Baltimore is better than 7-8 Jacksonville, given they played a game 4 weeks ago and Jacksonville won it given how little overlap there is in their schedule?   

Because the schedule has so few games and teams often have such few common opponents, it is very difficult to say who is more deserving than someone else.  That is why division winners absolutely deserve a playoff berth.  There just aren't enough games to not do it that way.

I see your point, and it's a fair one. I just can't see how it's fair for a team with a losing record, or a barely-winning record, to make the playoffs. I've long seen divisions as being kinda arbitrary anyway, given that the determining factor for the groupings is geography, and nothing to do with talent. And if it just so happens that a particular geographic group (such as both of this year's South divisions) collectively stinks, I don't think one of that group's teams should get to go to the playoffs for no better reason than that they were the least-bad team in a crappy division.