NFL Week 16 Game Thread

[Section15Box113]

It gets rolling in Oakland tomorrow night, as the Chargers face the Raiders on Christmas Eve. Saturday night game this week too.

Here's the full slate. Games with significant playoff implications in bold:

Thu 8:25 ET - SD @ OAK
Sat 8:25 ET - WAS @ PHI - WAS win clinches div
Sun 1:00 ET - NE @ NYJ - NE win clinches home field
Sun 1:00 ET - HOU @ TEN - HOU win + help clinches div
Sun 1:00 ET - CLE @ KC - KC win + help clinches playoff spot
Sun 1:00 ET - IND @ MIA - IND must win unless HOU loses
Sun 1:00 ET - SF @ DET
Sun 1:00 ET - DAL @ BUF
Sun 1:00 ET - CHI @ TB
Sun 1:00 ET - CAR @ ATL - CAR win clinches home field
Sun 1:00 ET - PIT @ BAL - PIT win + help clinches playoff spot
Sun 4:05 ET - JAC @ NO
Sun 4:25 ET - STL @ SEA - SEA battles for WC seeding
Sun 4:25 ET - GB @ ARI - ARI win clinches bye, GB win + help clinches div
Sun 8:30 ET - NYG @ MIN - MIN win or tie clinches playoff spot
Mon 8:30 ET - CIN @ DEN - CIN win clinches div & bye, DEN win + help clinches div

Of course, the list of scenarios above is nowhere near complete. Think of it as a quick-and-dirty viewing guide.

I excluded ways teams can back in and obviously didn't get into what "help" each team needs. I'll leave those details for a future post!

 

[Reggie's Racquet]

Thank you for this...happy holidays.

 

[axx]

The Skins and Texans making the playoffs would be hilarious.

 

[Section15Box113]

506 maps are up.

CBS SINGLE

RED = New England @ NY Jets -- Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts [AK; HI]
BLUE = Pittsburgh @ Baltimore -- Greg Gumbel, Trent Green
GREEN = Cleveland @ Kansas City -- Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon
YELLOW = Houston @ Tennessee -- Spero Dedes, Solomon Wilcots
ORANGE = Jacksonville @ New Orleans (LATE) -- Andrew Catalon, Steve Tasker, Steve Beuerlein

FOX EARLY

RED = Carolina @ Atlanta -- Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch [AK; HI]
BLUE = Dallas @ Buffalo -- Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston
GREEN = San Francisco @ Detroit -- Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis, Tony Siragusa
YELLOW = Indianapolis @ Miami -- Dick Stockton, David Diehl
ORANGE = Chicago @ Tampa Bay -- Sam Rosen, Matt Millen
GREY = NO GAME due to local team at home on CBS

FOX LATE

RED = Green Bay @ Arizona -- Joe Buck, Troy Aikman [HI]
BLUE = St. Louis @ Seattle -- Chris Myers, Ronde Barber [AK]
GREY = NO GAME due to local team at home on CBS

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

Any chance in hell Atlanta can pull off the upset?

Merry Christmas everybody ya'll.

And a Happy Festivus this evening.

I got a lot of problems with you people!!!

 

[Marciano490]

Why the hell is northeast Illinois Jacksonville and not the Pats?

 

[awallstein]

Why the hell is northeast Illinois Jacksonville and not the Pats?

The same reason the Bay Area is: those areas' teams are playing in the early spot on Fox. NFL rules provide that the non-double-header network choose the time-slot which doesn't conflict with that local game.

 

[dynomite]

At the in-laws this Sunday in PA, and out of luck for the Pats.

Sorry to ask this yet again, but can folks remind me where I can find a stream and how reliable it is? The Reddit Pats gamethread has links and you need to not refresh, right?

 

[Stitch01]

Can't think of anything more depressing than watching this Christmas Eve game, but gambling and fantasy will somehow lead me there

 

[bankshot1]

Can't think of anything more depressing than watching this Christmas Eve game, but gambling and fantasy will somehow lead me there

Winner gets LA

 

[awallstein]

At the in-laws this Sunday in PA, and out of luck for the Pats.

Sorry to ask this yet again, but can folks remind me where I can find a stream and how reliable it is? The Reddit Pats gamethread has links and you need to not refresh, right?

I'm in the same boat... Help!

 

[Al Zarilla]

Can't think of anything more depressing than watching this Christmas Eve game, but gambling and fantasy will somehow lead me there

On sports talk radio here, it's talked as the (might be) last game in Oakland, and San Diego has already had their (maybe) last home game. That's if one or the other or both move to LA (Carson). Maybe the black hole freaks will put on a special parting show. I'll at least DVR it. Speaking of Carson, it's the latest of many ~ 100,000 population cities in LA county I never heard of unless I took the wrong freeway down there, or now this stadium site. What do they do, manufacture the cities and drop them in there somehow?

 

[Dollar]

Sorry to ask this yet again, but can folks remind me where I can find a stream and how reliable it is? The Reddit Pats gamethread has links and you need to not refresh, right?

That is correct. Refresh the gamethread every now and then to see which streams are voted to the top, but once you get a good stream try not to refresh it unless an actual error message pops up (don't refresh it just because it's buffering for a minute, because you may lose it altogether).

 

[dynomite]

That is correct. Refresh the gamethread every now and then to see which streams are voted to the top, but once you get a good stream try not to refresh it unless an actual error message pops up (don't refresh it just because it's buffering for a minute, because you may lose it altogether).

Got it, thanks Dollar.

Have you done this before? Any idea how reliable those feeds typically are?I'm trying to decide whether to watch likely with no sound at a bar or risk the feed.

 

[Dollar]

You'll have no problem at all getting a stable but mediocre-quality feed. It's impossible to predict which feeds will show up each week, but about half the time there are a few HD-quality feeds as well. Add in the fact that you can easily bring up a Red Zone feed during halftime and I'd choose the feed every time (then again, I hate watching a game with no sound, even if that means being subjected to Dan Fouts.)

 

[shoosh77]

Fast paced game

 

[Section15Box113]

Why does Rivers "always" have to go in a few minutes early at halftime to get an IV?

Weird.

 

[DanoooME]

3 more safeties for an Oakland win.

 

[LogansDad]

Why does Rivers "always" have to go in a few minutes early at halftime to get an IV?

Weird.

If you had 37 kids from the same wife, you'd need alcohol fed to you by IV every couple hours, too.

 

[E5 Yaz]

If you had 37 kids from the same wife ...

Amazingly, that makes Rivers the exact opposite of Shawn Kemp

 

[Section15Box113]

How was that not PI?

 

[Section15Box113]

Whoa. Makeup call?

 

[ernieshore]

Miami Marlins guy is in the front row of the end zone. He really is everywhere.

 

[ethangl]

They made up for it.

 

[Section15Box113]

Three straight plays where the refs have had a major impact.

IMHO, that's a catch.

 

[Section15Box113]

So, the old adage...

Never.
Take.
Points.
Off.
The.
Board.

That said, I would have too. But I thought Gates had the TD. So whatever.

 

[DanoooME]

Really nice throw by Carr

 

[Kramerica Industries]

pretty entertaining game considering the night and the teams

 

[Oppo]

Way to show the guy blocking the play clock and then flip the bird

 

[DanoooME]

And that's why you don't rush 3 in this defense.

 

[soxhop411]

And now a drunk on the field.

 

[DanoooME]

That was a well disguised shift from a Cover 2 to a Cover 1. Mays should have picked that one.

 

[soxhop411]

 

[DanoooME]

Guess that guy is standing for OT.

 

[riboflav]

5,000,000,000,000 flags since I started watching 10 minutes ago.

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

Flag city

 

[soxhop411]

That's not a flag. Terrible.

 

[Section15Box113]

Another terrible call.

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

 

[DanoooME]

That's not a flag. Terrible.

Another terrible call.

Glad I wasn't the only one that thought so. If I'm a receiver I just duck every time I catch a pass because it's going to be a PF.

And fuck you Simms, you are nothing but a shill for the NFL.

 

[Section15Box113]

Simms: "tough call, but the right call."

What does that even mean?

 

[soxhop411]

This game is a mess

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

That was awesome

 

[Section15Box113]

If he'd scored there, it would have been a fitting end.

 

[ethangl]

I think that was Dontrelle Inman in the secondary.

 

[Section15Box113]

Was Woodson looking to throw?

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

Coaching for nostalgia and not the win there.

 

[riboflav]

Coaching for nostalgia and not the win there.

Yes, that was terrible. And the design was bad as the entire defense was moving that way.

 

[DanoooME]

I think that was Dontrelle Inman in the secondary.

It was. They ARE depleted in the secondary.

They should probably throw Woodhead back there too. Because Belichick.

 

[Section15Box113]

I want a FG. And then an answering FG. And then a tie.