Comments on: NFL carefully plans a compelling Week 17

By: edithpiaf51

edithpiaf51 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:12:56 +0000

I also hate the way the wild card is conducted. My sweet Eli Manning got 5TD passes in one game and the Giants beat the Eagles 42 to 7. Subsequently, they had a record of 9 and 7, the same year the giants won the superboal. Yet this year, they did not make the playoffs because the Lions lost to the Bears. It is so unjust. I think this needs to change. I feel so awful for Eli Manning.

By: Draft America

Draft America — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:22:21 +0000

I hate the all-division thing. For one, it eliminates the possibility of any wild-card play-in games (think Vikings-Giants, for example), takes some of the intrigue out of the final week because it’s same-old same-old with a team you see every year, and lastly you have so many mismatches, like New England facing a patsy like Miami or Buffalo or Pittsburgh playing Cleveland rather than New England playing a team like Denver or Houston (a game for homefield perhaps?). Typical Goodell fixing something that wasn’t broken. He was just crying because the Colts didn’t go for 16-0 and he didn’t get to merchandise the “Perfect Season” memorabilia for more money in his already-bloated wallet.

By: jusford

jusford — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:53:00 +0000

Had there not been replacement refs, the Green Bay Packers would have a 1st round bye and the game vs. the Vikings wouldn’t matter (not that it mattered much for the Packers anyway).

I’m not ready to crown anyone a genius for making games matter the last week by pitting intra-conference games.

By: timebandit24

timebandit24 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:29:46 +0000

You skins fans better get that crow ready, boys fans keep it stores in freezer. Eat it if you blow it

By: axespray

axespray — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:12:42 +0000

Fox still whining after one of the best games of the season ?

Rodgers/Peterson in a slug fest … That was a fun game to watch – hate the result thou (smh at the run defense).

By: edhochuli

edhochuli — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:06:10 +0000

@cromartie, Dal-Was is a win or go home game. How is it any less compelling than GB-Min, seeing as GB had already wrapped up the North.

By: pastabelly

pastabelly — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:01:58 +0000

The league also lucked out when Indy beat Houston, making the Denver and New England games important.

By: trojanwarrior007

trojanwarrior007 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:00:44 +0000

^
good points. But for the NFL it didn’t take much work because they were all division games.

By: sterilizecromartie

sterilizecromartie — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:52:10 +0000

The GB-Minn game should have been the one flexed to prime time anyway. In order for the game to have meant nothing Seattle, SF, Chicago, Dallas, and Chicago, and NYG all would have had to lose. Very unlikely, especially when considering their opponents. You would have most likely had GB playing for the bye, Minn playing for their playoff lives, and Adrian playing for the rushing record. Much more intriguing than just the NFC East title.

But I understand the national “love” for the NFC East.