NFL Football season is here

[mapuc]

Have a question I keep on forgetting and last time I remembered it, this thread was way back.

Now and then during a Sunday or a Monday game they put up the NFL standings and I see the word "Wild Card"
Under these two words there are 2 to 3 NFL team

What does this "Wild Card" mean ?

Markus

[August]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Have a question I keep on forgetting and last time I remembered it, this thread was way back.

Now and then during a Sunday or a Monday game they put up the NFL standings and I see the word "Wild Card"
Under these two words there are 2 to 3 NFL team

What does this "Wild Card" mean ?

Markus

This should pretty much explain it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_c...ootball_League

The short explanation is it is the game to determine which of the non winning teams gets a chance to play the division champions in the playoffs. We just love underdogs and it's a way to give one a chance to go all the way.

[Aktungbby]

Speaking of wild cards: Five time Super Bowl loser( a record) Minnesota Vikings, may just DO IT!

Still, if I had to pick the most fascinating development in the NFC—and probably the playoffs as a whole—I’d go with the Minnesota Vikings. THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH SHOULD NOT BE READ BY SUPERSTITIOUS VIKINGS FANS, WHO WILL BE FURIOUS THAT I AM JINXING THEIR TEAM AND HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE IF THEY BLOW IT. I really think this could be the year when it actually happens: an NFL team gets to host a home Super Bowl. The Vikings are the two seed; they’ll get at least one home playoff game, and with the Eagles so wobbly, there’s a solid chance that the league title game will wind up in Minneapolis. The Vikings were 7-1 at home this year, quarterback Case Keenum has gone from journeyman to Lost Son of Fran Tarkenton, and the whole city is watched over by the purple spirit of local son Prince...

A fan since the franchise opened in 1960 with Norm Van Brocklin as Head Coach-that's 57 years of undying devotion! and a lotta Hamms! http://www.vikings.com/team/history/timeline.html

[Gargamel]

How does a coach have fewer wins in the last 3 years than there have been Star Wars movies in the same time frame, and still keep his job?

1-31.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

How does a coach have fewer wins in the last 3 years than there have been Star Wars movies in the same time frame, and still keep his job?

1-31.

Jar-Jar?

[nikimcbee]

I got a good snicker out of the Seahawks not making the playoffs. No more lucky wins for you.

[Mr Quatro]

Jaguars beat Buffalo 10-3 to advance in the AFC playoffs ...


Coach Gruden is back

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl...193396369.html

ALAMEDA, CALIF.
The Oakland Raiders have officially hired Jon Gruden as their coach.

The team announced the move Saturday as soon as Gruden finished his final broadcast as an announcer for ESPN. Gruden will be formally introduced at a news conference Tuesday.

Gruden is returning for a second stint as coach of the Raiders after being traded to Tampa Bay following the 2001 season. He led the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl title over Oakland the following season. He has been out of coaching since being fired by Tampa Bay after the 2008 season.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Have a question I keep on forgetting and last time I remembered it, this thread was way back.

Now and then during a Sunday or a Monday game they put up the NFL standings and I see the word "Wild Card"
Under these two words there are 2 to 3 NFL team

What does this "Wild Card" mean ?

Markus

Means they still have another chance to be the top dog in the NFL due to their records behind the top four in each league of the NFL which the NFC and the AFC.

Buffalo was 9-7 and beat out the LA Chargers also 9-7 even though the Chargers beat Buffalo really bad they had won more head to head battles in the AFC and won the right to play in the wild card game.

I predict that Buffalo ... yes Buffalo will go to the Super Bowl against who I do not know, but they have been long overdue for a chance to play in the playoffs much less the Super Bowl.

Now here's a real shocker: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...nts/ar-BBHV0Li

Can Bill Belichick, yes Bill Belichick, be the next coach of the Giants? With a report of turmoil in New England involving him, Tom Brady and Robert Kraft, it certainly seems feasible.

“I’m sure Bill knows this is his last chance to be the Giants coach,” a source close to Belichick said Friday. “Bill sees an opening — an opening to get to the Giants.”vThe source has not spoken to Belichick since the story came out, but is very familiar with The Hoodie’s desire to coach the Giants.

The source also said he’s not certain if the reported friction and tension in New England will prompt Belichick to force his way out, but if he does, he said he is certain, “The Giants are the only place he wants to be.”