2021-2022 NFL Pick Em/Discussion Megathread

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No luck this time for the Ravens

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Lol you can just see olawakandi grasping at straws like a Rams fan, watching Arizona beat them next week will be very fun .

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Lol you can just see olawakandi grasping at straws like a Rams fan, watching Arizona beat them next week will be very fun .

The Chiefs lost the Superbowl and the Chiefs best the Packers without Rodgers do you remember

Yes I do remember, I'm confused how this is relevant, I surely like the Chiefs' chances over the Rams they've actually beaten good teams recently (like Dallas)

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Lol you can just see olawakandi grasping at straws like a Rams fan, watching Arizona beat them next week will be very fun .

The Chiefs lost the Superbowl and the Chiefs best the Packers without Rodgers do you remember

Yes I do remember, I'm confused how this is relevant, I surely like the Chiefs' chances over the Rams they've actually beaten good teams recently (like Dallas)

It's very relevant you just want it to be relevant they played the Broncos Broncos aren't a playoff team

All four of Kansas City's losses came against high quality teams, the Rams lost by 21 to a very mediocre San Francisco team. Anyways, if you want my prediction, I think Arizona will probably win this year, they seem to have a good team and have beaten many, many good teams.

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Patriots' overly conservative game calling nearly cost them the game, they won 14-10 in horrid weather, but surely they could've passed on some of those 3rd+longs? Buffalo had its fair share of mistakes too, namely missing a field goal that would've put the game within 1 and thus they needed all or nothing on that last drive.

Much will be made of the fact that they won while only attempting two pass attempts, but their decision to play what seemed to be a field position game nearly cost them and they got two big breaks near the end. (Not that Buffalo didn't have its fair share of breaks either, if not for the muffed punt in the 1st half, the game probably wouldn't have even been close)


In any case, New England remains atop the standings, though of course Baltimore and Kansas City are knocking on the door. Also if nothing else, this season should show that Bill Belichick himself is truly a quality coach and wasn't just being propped up by a good team.

On the other end of the spectrum, Houston has become the first team to be eliminated from the playoffs, so they can begin officially looking at their draft positioning.

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Pittsburgh for now

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Sunday, Dec. 12

Baltimore Ravens @ Cleveland Browns  1:00 PM  CBS
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans  1:00 PM  CBS
Las Vegas Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs  1:00 PM  CBS
New Orleans Saints @ New York Jets  1:00 PM  CBS
Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Football Team  1:00 PM  Fox
Atlanta Falcons @ Carolina Panthers  1:00 PM  Fox
Seattle Seahawks @ Houston Texans  1:00 PM  Fox
Detroit Lions @ Denver Broncos  4:05 PM  Fox
New York Giants @ Los Angeles Chargers  4:05 PM  Fox
San Francsico 49ers @ Cincinnati Bengals  4:25 PM  CBS
Buffalo Bills @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers  4:25 PM  CBS
Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers  8:20 PM  NBC

Monday, Dec. 13

Los Angeles Rams @ Arizona Cardinals  8:15 PM  ESPN

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You are grasping at straws with your insistence on the LA Rams doing well, they will likely be a wild card and your wishcasting is getting annoying.

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Kansas City for now

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Chiefs come all the way back, perhaps given tonight's other surprising result, it is truly a magical day.

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The NFL has awarded 18 teams International Home Marketing Areas across 8 different nations, such as Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

NewsNation Now:

(NewsNation Now) — The NFL announced Wednesday that 18 teams have been awarded marketing rights across eight different countries, including China, in an effort to draw NFL fans worldwide.

But the move is raising questions from some amid strained U.S.-China relations.

The initiative, known as the International Home Marketing Areas program, grants clubs access to international territories for marketing, fan engagement and commercialization, according to a news release from the NFL.

The goal is to build the league’s global identity and inspire NFL fandom the world over.

Nations:
Australia: Los Angeles Rams
Brazil: Miami Dolphins
Canada: Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks
China: Los Angeles Rams
Germany: Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mexico: Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers
Spain: Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins
United Kingdom: Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers

I question the usefulness of this given the broad time zones, it is like 7:30 AM right now in Australia, and this would be pretty close to the 4:25 start time (around an hour from time), it is notable how most of them are in the Western Hemisphere, Great Britain I guess already has a market, but the games there start unusually early for a reason. I just can't see this going too well in an America centered league, where most of the games are watched by Americans and where it's difficult to watch most games if you're not American due to the time zone issues

Chiefs come all the way back, perhaps given tonight's other surprising result, it is truly a magical day.

Please don't tell me you're referring to the f***ing North Shropshire by-election result in an NFL thread.

Anyway, it's chalk, not magical. My upset pick was a good one but a crappy walk-off OT win rewarded everyone who made the predictable choice.

Perhaps, but it's more that I was just annoyed by olawakandi constantly spamming how LA teams are the inevitable Super Bowl teams, and it was nice to see them get put in their place. This thread would've been utterly insufferable had LA won. Of course, the best outcome would be New England winning it all so that the haters more. Also it made a nice punchline.

https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1471937193581154308

Hmmmm so the league is willing to reschedule based on COVID again, anyways, I'm surprised FOX had these both at the same time, especially since I'd imagine FOX would be very happy to distribute NFC East games to a wide audience during a primetime slot, even if it'd be on a Tuesday. And after a quick peek at some blog that keeps track of NFL TV coverage, FOX will indeed be airing one of these two games on Tuesday, I'm imagining they'd be sending Philadelphia-Washington to most of the Country west of the Rockies for sure, and perhaps west of the Sierra Nevada, but we'll see. Also one last note, since Seattle-LA has been "flexed" to Tuesday (idk if that's the right word but it works), Green Bay-Baltimore will be going to all of America.

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I'd be fine with the complete elimination of testing of all asymptomatic players/coaches/staff.  And why in the hell can't a head coach coach from a skybox?

On that note:

https://www.nfl.com/news/saints-hc-sean-payton-tests-positive-for-covid-19-will-not-coach-vs-bucs


I imagine this puts a nail in the coffin in what little hopes New Orleans had on Sunday, feel free to bump this if I'm wrong.

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I'd be fine with the complete elimination of testing of all asymptomatic players/coaches/staff.  And why in the hell can't a head coach coach from a skybox?

On that note:

https://www.nfl.com/news/saints-hc-sean-payton-tests-positive-for-covid-19-will-not-coach-vs-bucs


I imagine this puts a nail in the coffin in what little hopes New Orleans had on Sunday, feel free to bump this if I'm wrong.

Perhaps, but don't forget, Kevin Stefanski did not coach against us in the first round of the playoffs last year and the Steelers had their asses handed to them.  We. Shall. See    But seriously, put the coach in a skybox by himself with a headset.  Zero reason not to.

Admittedly last year's Steelers were a team in freefall, I believe they lost 80% of their last five games (and that one win was a big comeback). This years' New Orleans Saints are a team in total free-fall and have only beat the lowly Jets since beating Tampa Bay earlier this year. I'm honestly mildly surprised the NFL wanted to show this game to a national audience, given their disastrous slide. Teams in free-fall usually tend to not turn around, and I'd still bet on that.

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New England for now

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Sunday, Dec. 19

Carolina Panthers @ Buffalo Bills  1:00 PM  Fox
Arizona Cardinals @ Detroit Lions  1:00 PM  Fox
New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins  1:00 PM  CBS
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants  1:00 PM  Fox
Tennessee Titans @ Pittsburgh Steelers  1:00 PM  CBS
Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars  1:00 PM  CBS
Cincinnati Bengals @ Denver Broncos  4:05 PM  CBS
Atlanta Falcons @ San Francisco 49ers  4:05 PM  CBS
Green Bay Packers @ Baltimore Ravens  4:25 PM  Fox
New Orleans Saints @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8:20 PM NBC

Monday, Dec. 20
Las Vegas Raiders @ Cleveland Browns  5:30 PM  NFL
Minnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears  8:15 PM  ESPN


Tuesday

Washington Football Team @ Philadelphia Eagles  7:30 PM  Fox
Seattle Seahawks @ Los Angeles Rams  7:30 PM  Fox

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Saints defense came to play 💪

As did the Buccaneers defense

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Well I guess we've seen just about everything in 2021, New Orleans has the ball and leads 9-0, I can't remember the last time Tom Brady was shut out. Bucs fans, of course, must be very angry, given they'd have ran away with this with a better offense. Arizona and Tampa Bay (likely) losses have obviously benefitted Green Bay's #1 seed chances. Oh, and the Bucs just committed a roughing the kicker penalty, so the game is almost certainly over now.

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San Francisco for now

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Green Bay and Arizona for Saturday

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Sunday, Dec. 26

Detroit Lions @ Atlanta Falcons  1:00 PM  Fox
Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals  1:00 PM  CBS
Los Angeles Rams @ Minnesota Vikings  1:00 PM  Fox
Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots  1:00 PM  CBS
Jacksonville Jaguars @ New York Jets  1:00 PM  CBS
New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles  1:00 PM  Fox
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Carolina Panthers  1:00 PM  Fox
Los Angeles Chargers @ Houston Texans  1:00 PM  CBS
Chicago Bears @ Seattle Seahawks  4:05 PM  Fox
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Kansas City Chiefs  4:25 PM  CBS
Denver Broncos @ Las Vegas Raiders  4:25 PM  CBS
Washington Football Team @ Dallas Cowboys  8:20 PM  NBC

Monday, Dec. 27

Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints  8:15 PM  ESPN

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WEEK 17 SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)

Sunday, Jan. 2

Atlanta Falcons @ Buffalo Bills  1:00 PM  Fox
New York Giants @ Chicago Bears  1:00 PM  CBS
Kansas City Chiefs @ Cincinnati Bengals  1:00 PM  CBS
Miami Dolphins @ Tennessee Titans  1:00 PM  CBS
Los Angeles Rams @ Baltimore Ravens  1:00 PM  Fox
Las Vegas Raiders @ Indianapolis Colts  1:00 PM  Fox
Jacksonville Jaguars @ New England Patriots  1:00 PM  CBS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New York Jets  1:00 PM  Fox
Philadelphia Eagles @ Washington Football Team  1:00 PM  Fox
Denver Broncos @ Los Angeles Chargers  4:05 PM  CBS
Houston Texans @ San Francisco 49ers  4:05 PM  CBS
Arizona Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys  4:25 PM  Fox
Detroit Lions @ Seattle Seahawks  4:25 PM  Fox
Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints  4:25 PM  Fox
Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers  8:20 PM  NBC

Monday, Jan. 3

Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers  8:15 PM  ESPN

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Kansas City and Dallas for now

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Sunday, Jan. 9

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions  1:00 PM  Fox
Indianapolis Colts @ Jacksonville Jaguars  1:00 PM  CBS
Washington Football Team @ New York Giants  1:00 PM  Fox
Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings  1:00 PM  Fox
Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers  1:00 PM  Fox
New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins  1:00 PM  CBS
New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons  1:00 PM  Fox
Tennessee Titans @ Houston Texans  1:00 PM  CBS
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens  1:00 PM  CBS
New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills  1:00 PM CBS
Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns  1:00 PM  CBS
San Francisco 49ers @ Los Angeles Rams  4:25 PM Fox
Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals  4:25 PM Fox
Los Angeles Chargers @ Las Vegas Raiders  8:20 PM  NBC

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WILD CARD SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)

Saturday, Jan. 15

Las Vegas Raiders @ Cincinnati Bengals  4:30 PM  NBC
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills  8:15 PM  CBS

Rest are coming tomorrow

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Sunday, Jan. 16

Philadelphia Eagles @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers  1:00 PM  Fox
San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys  4:30 PM  CBS
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Kansas City Chiefs  8:15 PM  NBC

Monday, Jan. 17

Arizona Cardinals @ Los Angeles Rams  8:15 PM  ESPN / ABC