NFL

[titan_uranus 24,974]

8 SACKS!!!!!

A TD that should have stood, A safety that may have been against us (WTF were you thinking Austin???)

Great defensive game, but wow, 8 sacks!

You're talking Crabtree's, right? Can you explain why that wasn't a TD? That ball definitely crossed the plane...

[Macca 16,922]

The Rams have beaten the niners & the Seahawks ... that's the great bit about the divisions in the NFL - all the teams within those divisions know the games of their rivals so we therefore often get a lot of close divisional matches. Great D today by the Rams.

Arizona is next for St Louis - the Cards had better be on their game for both their encounters.

I fancy the Colts tomorrow but they'll need to jump out of the blocks against the Giants.

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

You're talking Crabtree's, right? Can you explain why that wasn't a TD? That ball definitely crossed the plane...

I thought it was close, but thought the call was right (possibly bias tho)

Lauranutis fumble recovery should never have been blown dead, He was still moving. With all the reviews available they should let the play continue then review it.

It was lucky for the officials there was the fouls on the Austin return cod he wasn't out and they blew him out.

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

The Rams have beaten the niners & the Seahawks ... that's the great bit about the divisions in the NFL - all the teams within those divisions know the games of their rivals so we therefore often get a lot of close divisional matches. Great D today by the Rams.

Arizona is next for St Louis - the Cards had better be on their game for both their encounters.

I fancy the Colts tomorrow but they'll need to jump out of the blocks against the Giants.

I think the cards will beat us confortably. We have 3 rookies in the secondary and it was only the fact the niners oline was poor yesterday that we did not cop more big throws.

With a couple more injuries we will be changing our roster again this week.

[titan_uranus 24,974]

I thought it was close, but thought the call was right (possibly bias tho)

Lauranutis fumble recovery should never have been blown dead, He was still moving. With all the reviews available they should let the play continue then review it.

It was lucky for the officials there was the fouls on the Austin return cod he wasn't out and they blew him out.

The Austin return was perplexing - guess just excitement more than anything but running sideways in the end zone, seriously? Sometimes I wonder if the players are fully aware of the rules around safeties (e.g. last week Luck was convinced it wasn't a safety when he was tackled but it clearly was).

I think the cards will beat us confortably. We have 3 rookies in the secondary and it was only the fact the niners oline was poor yesterday that we did not cop more big throws.

With a couple more injuries we will be changing our roster again this week.

The thing about you is you seem to play much better against the NFC West than anyone else. You played well against us, beat the Seahawks, then had a shocker against KC, then beat us.

[JV7 2,350]

Thoughts on today game ? I've backed the colts -7.5... Hopefully if I don't back a winner today the colts get me some coin

[Macca 16,922]

Dappa Dan has rejoined the leaders whilst I fluked a point in the comp

Points tally ...

3 - JV7, Go the Biff, Georgiou R. R. Martin, Dappa Dan

2 - Macca

1 - cowboy_from_hell, pantaloons, Gorgoroth

0 - others

Week 10 games

[cowboy_from_hell 2,390]

Steelers

Denver

Dallas

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

The Austin return was perplexing - guess just excitement more than anything but running sideways in the end zone, seriously? Sometimes I wonder if the players are fully aware of the rules around safeties (e.g. last week Luck was convinced it wasn't a safety when he was tackled but it clearly was).

The thing about you is you seem to play much better against the NFC West than anyone else. You played well against us, beat the Seahawks, then had a shocker against KC, then beat us.

If only we could play any good against the rest of the comp.

[pantaloons 2,019]

Denver

Pittsburgh

Dallas

Sorry for the unoriginality.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

And Dappa, picking those division winners, Conference match-ups and wild-cards is going to be hard work - I'll have a go in a day or so.

I'm gonna need til Thursday when the hangover wears off. These things take a fresh mind.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Well done Gorgoroth. Impressive win. Popular amongst Iggles fans too.

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

I think the cards will smack us this week.

But lets hope our D stays playing well and the offence can get going a bit this week.

[DeeSpencer 25,463]

Denver

Pittsburgh

Dallas

Sorry for the unoriginality.

It's not who you are tipping that's unoriginal so much as who you are tipping against! Jacksonville, Oakland and the Jets with a combined 1 win and what 20+ losses!

I'll wait a bit longer before tipping but I think that will be a pretty standard 3 this week.

That said the Jags might get a chance against the Cowboys. I just can't believe they'd play Romo off only 2 weeks rest with 2 fractured vertebra even if they are on TP fractures. And Oakland are playing ever so much better since they sacked the coach. I'll stay with P Manning off a loss to seek vengeance but Oakland surely get a win soon.

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

Jags in London, sure fire winners...

[JV7 2,350]

Steelers

Broncos

Cowboys....

Was tempted to tip my boys, but too much of a risk.. Think the bucs will be out for revenge after there humiliating round 3 loss

[pantaloons 2,019]

I'm gonna need til Thursday when the hangover wears off. These things take a fresh mind.

It's fraught with danger picking this so far out, but I'll have a go. Denver, New England and Indy should win their divisions. The AFC North should be a ripping fight to the finish. Cincy leads it at the moment but I have them missing the playoffs by half a game. That said, that changes quickly with one result. I'm usually pessimistic about the Chiefs, but at the moment I've got us scraping in. We were putrid in week 1 and lost three starters for the season that week. Since then, we've been desperately unlucky at Denver, led most of the game at San Fran, and won the rest, most in floggings. The team is playing very well. I'll out my final playoff seedlings below, but there's really only a game at season' end between 5 and 10, so this could look foolish in January.

1. Denver

2. New England

3. Indianapolis

4. Pittsburgh

5. Kansas City

6. Baltimore

As for the NFC, I'll give divisions to Arizona, New Orleans and Green Bay. Seattle has been poor but they're still 5-3 and surely can't play any worse. The East is up in the air with QB health a big issue. Here goes:

1. Arizona

2. Green Bay

3. Philadelphia

4. New Orleans

5. Seattle

6. Detroit

If Seattle can regain some old form, it's teed up for them there.

[Macca 16,922]

NFC Division winners

1 Arizona

2 Philadelphia

3 Green Bay

4 New Orleans

Wild-cards

5 Detroit

6 Seattle

AFC Division winners

1 New England

2 Denver

3 Indianapolis

4 Pittsburgh

Wild-cards

5 Cincinnati

6 Kansas City

Conference Championship games

Arizona vs Philadelphia

New England vs Denver

I fully expect to get a number wrong but I reckon Arizona are now going to be hard to displace from the 1 seed ... Seattle & San Francisco just aren't the same teams from previous years ... Green Bay is a biased pick and I reckon Dallas will drop off the pace unless Romo gets back fully fit. The Eagles should win enough games to get the 2 seed. Sanchez is in the right place at the right time and who would have thought he might be able to lead a team back to the playoffs so soon after being virtually written off?

In the AFC I reckon it's down to the 4 division winners and I've gone the safe way with the Pats & Broncos in the conference championship match-up ... couldn't find a spot for Buffalo, Miami & Chargers but most unlucky was the Ravens.

It's the most wide open for a long time and I don't believe there's one absolute stand-out team.

And Dappa, I'll leave it up to you to figure out all the points winners

[titan_uranus 24,974]

My guess at this point:

AFC

1. New England

2. Denver

3. Indianapolis

4. Pittsburgh

5. Kansas City

6. Cincinnati

NFC

1. Green Bay

2. Arizona

3. Philadelphia

4. New Orleans

5. Detroit

6. Dallas

The season is too even to be picking with any confidence right now. Both Philadelphia and Dallas have soft schedules so either could top the division. Detroit has 4 winnable games (Bears x 2, Bucs and Vikings) which if they bank gives them 10 wins. Not sure Seattle is going to get there, they have a much tougher run and aren't playing well enought to give me confidence. 49ers will get players back on defence but that's not going to help us score points and it'll be too little too late to catch the other contenders for wild cards.

As for the AFC, three divisions are sewn up you'd think (West, East, South). I'll put Pittsburgh in for the win but if Big Ben fades from his current form watch out, they're not flawless (e.g. losing to Tampa) and all three of their division opponents are capable of pushing them not just off the top but off a WC spot too.

AFC Championship game is shaping up for a boring old NE v Denver match-up. In the NFC it's impossible to call. Green Bay for mine is the stand out but Arizona is playing really solid football and both Dallas and Philly can do the job against anyone. New Orleans is good at home but useless on the road, so write them off unless they finish 1st (which they won't).

[Macca 16,922]

Loser goes home tomorrow?

Friday

12.25pm Cleveland at Cincinnati (ESPN)

Monday

5.00am - 11.30am RedZone (ESPN)

5.00am San Francisco at New Orleans (7mate)

8.30am NY Giants at Seattle (7mate)

12.30pm Chicago at Green Bay (7mate & ESPN)

Tuesday

12.30pm Carolina at Philadelphia (ESPN)

All the week 10 games

BS Report

NFL Week 10 Elo Ratings & Playoff Odds

Edited November 7, 2014 by Macca

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

Yeah seems this week is simply

Denver, steelers and even without Romo you have to say the Cowboys.

[Go the Biff 3,414]

Dallas

Pittsburgh

Denver

[pantaloons 2,019]

Whoa. Dalton's stat line today: 10/33, 86 yards, 0 TDs, 3 INTs, and a QBR of 4.3! Huge win for the Browns' playoff chances.

[Macca 16,922]

Dallas

Denver

Pittsburgh

That loss today has got to dent the Bengals overall chances.

The Browns may well be more than nuisance value too ... Cleveland Rocks?

ps ... I've added the Elo ratings to the TV games post (above)

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Oops forgot to put in my 3 guesses. One less game to work with.

Steelers, Broncos Cowboys. Same as everyone else. Can't go past them I spose.