2022 NFL Season

[PatrickRox80]

Took an eternity, but the Bills are moving on.

[mellongraig]

It was a lot closer than we thought it was going to be with all the bizarre reviews, timeouts, and delays in a football game that took almost four hours to play.

So much so that they pushed the next football game back a bit.

[SeaBreeze341]

Division football.  Not a shocker since you get a better version of a team when it's a divisional matchup.  Even more in the postseason.  I was still surprised since Buffalo has been rolling while Miami, short-handed, hasn't been doing well.  It could be the Bills looking ahead to Cincinnati or even Jacksonville being a factor for such a close game.  If the Dolphins were great throughout the year I would've expected a close game for 60 minutes (or 4 hours)
For those wondering,  chances are that the schedule for the Divisional Weekend will be disclosed at the conclusion of SNF.  Maybe before that.  The wait is related to what happens between Bengals/Ravens, though the bigger issue would've been over the result of Giants/Vikings.  Since 2009, the NFL loves to have the top seeds play on Saturday to further pimp their advantage.  However, I don't think  it'll be fair for Tampa Bay or Dallas to travel to Philadelphia for a Saturday game on 4 days rest.  So, I'm guessing that the Eagles game will be on Sunday unless New York wins at US Bank Stadium.  It could still be on Sunday, but if it's Saturday, then it's 5 days rest for the Giants, which is normal. 


For the AFC, it should not matter too much, but IMO, if Baltimore wins at Paycor, then Kansas City should be in the Saturday slot.  I don't think the league is having Buffalo, despite the home team, play off of a short week against Jacksonville, who'll have an extended period of rest.  Of course, if Cincinnati wins, they Chiefs still could be on Saturday (I'd bet on it).  They'd host the Jaguars off of a bye.  Normal rest for the top 4 seeds

[SeaBreeze341]

Downs go the Vikings!  Minnesota is the 22nd team booted from Super Bowl contention and the 1st division champion out of the playoffs.  The NFC North is completely done for the 2022-2023 season.  75% of the NFC East, meanwhile, are still alive in the postseason.  Definitely no less than 50% prior to the next weekend, and there will be at least one team from the NFC East playing in the NFC Title Game.

Looks like Giants at Eagles will be on Saturday, 01/21/2023.  Yet another divisional postseason game.  This one at Lincoln Financial Field.
It's not official, but a Saturday NFC East game is more probable than not as the NFL is not having Tampa Bay or Dallas play on 4 days rest

[SeaBreeze341]

And Sunday's NFL games end with the conclusion of the third & final divisional playoff game, once again in the favor of the home team.  Cincinnati wins it's fourth consecutive AFC postseason game.  This time it's against Baltimore.  Unlike the previous games a year ago, it ends with a typical defensive stop as time expired (plus a turnover on downs) and not a game-ending INT (or one that preceded a game winning FG).  Though that 14-point swing in favor of the Bengals at the expense of the Ravens was the difference

[JayC]

Looks like Giants at Eagles will be on Saturday, 01/21/2023.  Yet another divisional postseason game.  This one at Lincoln Financial Field.
It's not official, but a Saturday NFC East game is more probable than not as the NFL is not having Tampa Bay or Dallas play on 4 days rest

Yes, it'll be Eagles vs Giants Saturday night and Tampa Bay/Dallas vs the 49ers on Sunday. The NFL said they would not have the team winning Monday play the next round on Saturday since it would be an unfair disadvantage.

[SeaBreeze341]

If they ever went off of that, I wouldn't be surprised, to be honest.  Either way, the league still got their Top Seeds playing on Saturday which gives them extra rest against their next opponents in the event they advance.

For the AFC, it's Kansas City hosting Jacksonville on Saturday (4:30 on NBC) and Buffalo hosting Cincinnati on Sunday (3:00 on CBS).  It might be unfair that there wasn't something worked out for the Bengals like there was between KC and the Bills (and for Baltimore had they won their Week 18 game)

[moneygamelover]

It's the time for the young guns. In the AFC we have Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, and Lawernce playing next weekend and on the NFC side we have Hurts, Purdy, and Jones playing next weekend. Think about this: If the Cowboys win tomorrow night, Prescott will be the most experienced quarterback playing next weekend and his rookie year was 2016. That would mean there wouldn't be a single quarterback playing next weekend in his 8th year or later. The NFL is definitely sipping from the fountain of youth right now.

[Ccook]

On the early lines, the Chiefs, Eagles and Bills are favored. We may take as read the 49ers will be favored regardless of who wins Dallas/Tampa Bay tonight. But after the Giants win yesterday, those numbers don't mean squat after the coin toss.

[PatrickRox80]

The Buccaneers make things interesting, but the Cowboys are headed for San Francisco next week. The divisional games are now set.

Russell Gage had to be carted off in the closing minutes with an injury.

Too early to tell, but I don't think that was Tom Brady's last game.

[88JRFAN]

Super Bowl LVII will be the first odd-numbered Super Bowl without Tom Brady since Super Bowl 47 TEN YEARS AGO. We officially will see a Brady-less Super Bowl in Arizona since Super Bowl XXX in Tempe. Big congratulations to Dallas

[mellongraig]

This also marks a few firsts where Dallas wins their first road playoff game in 30 years, their first ever victory over Tom Brady in 8 tries, and they'll head to San Francisco for the divisional round.

Also a first since the current division realignment - the NFC East will send 3 teams to the divisional round. The last time this happened where three teams from the division was back in 1997 where Green Bay, Minnesota, and Tampa Bay from the NFC Central advanced to round 2.

[SeaBreeze341]

Not much to congratulate Dallas for.  I might do that if they're still standing this time in a week.

On a related note, San Francisco opens as a 4-point favorite over Dallas.  The Cowboys are a worse matchup than Tampa, even when you don't factor in the earlier game between the Bucs and the 49ers

[Richie]

My friend who roots for Dallas was NOT happy their kicker missed 4 out of 5 extra point attempts.   Here were her exact words:

"Bro, WTF?!!!!    Maher have a pregame meeting with Zuerline or what?!   GET YOUR (BLEEP!) TOGETHER!!!!"   

My reaction: Damn.

[Ccook]

And then Tampa Bay fails on a two-point conversion. I was thinking Cartoon Network should have been airing this game.