NFL 2024 NFL - Week 17

[balmainforever]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 @ 5:00 AM
Kansas City at Pittsburgh LIVE

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 @ 8:30 AM
Baltimore at Houston LIVE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27 @ 12:15 PM
Seattle at Chicago LIVE

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 @ 5:00 AM
Los Angeles Chargers at New England

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 @ 8:30 AM
Denver at Cincinnati LIVE

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 @ 12:00 PM
Arizona at Los Angeles Rams LIVE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 @ 5:00 AM
Carolina at Tampa Bay LIVE
Dallas at Philadelphia LIVE
Indianapolis at New York Giants
Las Vegas at New Orleans
New York Jets at Buffalo LIVE
Tennessee at Jacksonville

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23 @ 8:05 AM
Miami at Cleveland LIVE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23 @ 8:25 AM
Green Bay at Minnesota LIVE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23 @ 12:20 PM
Atlanta at Washington LIVE

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 @ 12:15 PM
Detroit at San Francisco LIVE

AUSTRALIAN T.V. GAMES
LIVE ON NETFLIX AT 5.00 AM ON 26/12: Kansas City at Pittsburgh
LIVE ON NETFLIX AT 8.30 AM ON 26/12: Baltimore at Houston
LIVE ON ESPN/KAYO AT 12:15 PM ON 27/12: Seattle at Chicago
LIVE ON ESPN/KAYO AT 8.30 AM ON 29/12: Denver at Cincinnati
LIVE ON ESPN/KAYO AT 12.00 PM ON 29/12: Arizona at Los Angeles Rams
LIVE ON ESPN/KAYO AT 5.00 AM ON 30/12: Dallas at Philadelphia
LIVE ON ESPN2/KAYO AT 5.00 AM ON 30/12: New York Jets at Buffalo
LIVE ON 7MATE AT 5.00 AM ON 30/12: Carolina at Tampa Bay
LIVE ON 7MATE AT 8.05 AM ON 30/12: Miami at Cleveland
LIVE ON ESPN/KAYO AT 8.25 AM ON 30/12: Green Bay at Minnesota
LIVE ON ESPN/KAYO AT 12.20 PM ON 30/12: Atlanta at Washington
LIVE ON ESPN/KAYO AT 12.15 PM ON 31/12: Detroit at San Francisco

LIVE ON watchESPN AT 5:00 AM on 30/12: NFL RedZone

All Games live on TAB app

NB: VIC, NSW, TAS times
less 30 mins SA
less 1 hour QLD
less 1.5 hours NT
less 3 hours WA

 

[pjcrows]

Yeah the NFL already know the Cinci-Pitt game result will be a Cinci win. So that will put pressure on Broncos and Dolphins who will know that result.

It was a smart decision

Pittsburgh are playing to avoid Baltimore. They won't take the foot off the gas.

 

[AmericanCrow]

Yeah the NFL already know the Cinci-Pitt game result will be a Cinci win. So that will put pressure on Broncos and Dolphins who will know that result.

It was a smart decision

Hope that game is a scoreless tie

Screw you both

 

[Exe Gesis]

Pittsburgh are playing to avoid Baltimore. They won't take the foot off the gas.

True but we're cooked anyway

 

[rumply]

I respectfully disagree

Defense is part of game—if you can’t stop ‘em you deserve to lose

But that should apply to both sides. Winning a game off a coin toss is BS.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

True but we're cooked anyway

Youre forgetting you have a lionheart at QB.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

So what is it?

If Broncos win they are in?
If Broncos lose and Bengals win Bengals are in?
If both the Broncos and Bengals lose and Dolphins win they get in?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Broncos opened -8.5 and there has been money for the -8.5... zero respect for Carson.

Chiefs would probably prefer the Bengals dont make it so they will do all they can to lose I reckon.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

So what is it?

If Broncos win they are in?
If Broncos lose and Bengals win Bengals are in?
If both the Broncos and Bengals lose and Dolphins win they get in?

This wrong obviously. Bengals need both the Broncos and Dolphins to lose to make it looking at the playoff %'s

 

[bangbang]

This wrong obviously. Bengals need both the Broncos and Dolphins to lose to make it looking at the playoff %'s

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If broncos lose and Miami win then it’s Miami in.
And yeah what you said about bengals as the third choice if both lost.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

If broncos lose and Miami win then it’s Miami in.
And yeah what you said about bengals as the third choice if both lost.

Bengals are ****ed. 9% feels too high.

 

[LittleG]

They made the second game a joke

After Ratbirds roll over the corpse of Art Modell, Squeelers have no need to play anyone

One spanking of the hapless Browns is definitely needed.

I hope you enjoy trading the first pick for some other equally as useless magic beans.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

 

[samFFC]

So if Falcons win over Commanders do Rams win the NFC West? And Seattle is eliminated from playoffs?

Other way round.
If Commies won, Rams would have the SoV over Seattle, having already had their previous opponents Bengals, Bills, Vikings win.

 

[samFFC]

He was dreadful, but that’s really dreadful.

Some bad play calls, but nothing too egregious. He just sucked.

Eg

 

[samFFC]

He was dreadful, but that’s really dreadful.

Some bad play calls, but nothing too egregious. He just sucked.

Eg

Oh and he capped off the second interception with a personal foul penalty on the defender that made the pick (Benford).
So add a minus 15 yards

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

One spanking of the hapless Browns is definitely needed.

I hope you enjoy trading the first pick for some other equally as useless magic beans.

The spread for the game is like -18 points or something, don't think I've seen one that big for a while in a divisional matchup.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Maybe it's just cause I like left handed QBs but geez Penix throws a good ball, tight spiral, lots of zip. Hasn't put up any great numbers in his first two games but hasn't done much wrong either, calm in the pocket, you can absolutely see the talent and him becoming a quality NFL QB.

 

[SnakeMan86]

Or how about a professional defense do their job?

If you are unable to prevent the opponent from taking the ball and jamming it down your throat

You lose

This isn’t college
This isn’t high school

Do your damn job

Personally I think it was egregious they allow you to get ball back after fg

But I will allow we are now a participation trophy world, so no going back to how it always was until offended teams started crying losing to a fg “isn’t fair”

I don't mind the FG one now, especially when you can get such free yardage from a kick-off now.

But yeah, if you can't stop a TD drive, then you don't deserve the ball back.

 

[SnakeMan86]

He was dreadful, but that’s really dreadful.

Some bad play calls, but nothing too egregious. He just sucked.

Eg

Excuse me... what's your vaccination status before I listen to your opinion

 

[Ashman23]

I hope Davante Adams is happy.

 

[bangbang]

Or how about a professional defense do their job?

If you are unable to prevent the opponent from taking the ball and jamming it down your throat

You lose

This isn’t college
This isn’t high school

Do your damn job

Personally I think it was egregious they allow you to get ball back after fg

But I will allow we are now a participation trophy world, so no going back to how it always was until offended teams started crying losing to a fg “isn’t fair”

Can’t believe so many people are against the OT rules. If my team didn’t get the ball and can’t defend one possession without a touchdown getting scored then you don’t deserve to win. You had a whole game to beat the other side. Don’t blame it on not getting the ball when the defense wasn’t good enough to make one stop at the end.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Can’t believe so many people are against the OT rules. If my team didn’t get the ball and can’t defend one possession without a touchdown getting scored then you don’t deserve to win. You had a whole game to beat the other side. Don’t blame it on not getting the ball when the defense wasn’t good enough to make one stop at the end.

Yeah but there’s a reason each team gets a possession to start a half.

Every team has strength and weknessess, some stronger on O than D and vice versa. Don’t think it’s fair that one team may get to use their advantage.

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

I hope Davante Adams is happy.

The Jets used void years to lower their cap costs in 2024 - but this created dead cap hits in 2025 for at least six players - TE Conklin ($5.9 million), CB D.J. Reed ($4.6 million), Edge Reddick ($4.3 million), DT Kinlaw ($4.4 million), OL Ty Smith ($3.6 million) and OL Schweitzer ($900,000).

Note they traded both Reddick AND Ty Smith in - neither have really added much except the dead cap hits and the lost picks.

El Jetos also get a further $5.9 million cap hit in 2025 from Mike Williams contract, EVEN THOUGH THEY TRADED HIM AWAY ALREADY this season.

AND IT DOESN'T END THERE!

On top of the 29.6 million already smacking them as dead cap in 2025, Jets management need to decide what to do with
Rodgers ($49 million dead cap hit),
C.J. Mosley ($16.4 million),
Davante Adams ($8.4 million) and
Allen Lazard ($6.6 million).

Up to a further $80.4 million cap hit if all 4 go (yes some of it might be deferred to 2026 if one or two are post-June 1 cuts).

Who would keep all 4?

The Jets' next GM will have to figure out quite the financial hole, key roster moves

If the Jets move on from players such as Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams, they could be left with over $100 million in dead money.

www.espn.com.au

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Can’t believe so many people are against the OT rules. If my team didn’t get the ball and can’t defend one possession without a touchdown getting scored then you don’t deserve to win. You had a whole game to beat the other side. Don’t blame it on not getting the ball when the defense wasn’t good enough to make one stop at the end.

The rules are geared towards offense these days, it is simply ridiculous to have a game come down to a coin flip - if it were fair/even chance for the D to win by making a stop then teams would elect to defer the ball in OT after winning the coin toss at least some of the time. That never happens, for obvious reasons.

 

[hutchy31]

On the OT rules - saying the defense should make a stop is fair enough, except the modern rules are so weighted in favour of offense that it’s now an enormous disadvantage rather than a slight disadvantage for the other team to get the ball first.

And the league know it too, because they’ve been forced to change it for playoffs. So why wouldn’t they change it for regular season games too? That’s potentially cost Atlanta a playoff spot and is a significant sliding door for the NFC with Green Bay possibly in the 7th seed now.

It doesn’t affect me personally either way this season at least, but it’s simply a stupid way of deciding how a pretty important game finishes imo. Plus it’s just unsatisfying as a general fan of the sport.