Tag: nfl playoffs

  • Week 17 NFL Playoff Scenarios

    Week 17 NFL Playoff Scenarios

    Week 17 marks the season finale for the 2015 NFL regular season, with mostly seeding remaining to play for. In the AFC playoff spots are still up for grabs, with the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers battling (separately) for one while the Houston Texans need a lot of things to happen to lose their spot to the Indianapolis Colts. In the NFC, it’s all about seeding, with the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals trying to get the number on seed and home field advantage, while the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers go head to head to try and avoid the Wild Card seeding, and win the NFC North.

  • NFL Rumors – Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings Keeping it Very Simple

    NFL Rumors – Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings Keeping it Very Simple

    Two of the more surprising teams to make the playoffs this season are the Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs, who don’t play the most exciting offensive football on the planet, but their formula to success has been extremely efficient in something of a weird NFL season that’s about to come to an end.

  • NFL Rumors – Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals Still Have Everything to Play For

    NFL Rumors – Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals Still Have Everything to Play For

    With the Carolina Panthers no longer undefeated, the Arizona Cardinals can still leap over them to finish with the number one seed in the NFC and get home field advantage through the NFL playoffs.

  • NFL Rumors – Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts Playoff Race Easy to Figure Out

    NFL Rumors – Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts Playoff Race Easy to Figure Out

    After week 16 and heading into the final week of the season, the Houston Texans are in pole position to finish first in the AFC South and leave the Indianapolis Colts behind. Things can still change on the final day of the season, but it’s going to take a lot more than a simple ‘they lose, we win’ scenario for the Colts to be in the postseason.

  • NFL Playoff Scenarios Heading into Week 16

    NFL Playoff Scenarios Heading into Week 16

    We’re entering the final two weeks of the NFL season. The New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals have their spot clinched, and so do the Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks. Still chasing? Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts and even the Jacksonville Jaguars, with plenty of seeding scenarios open for discussion.

  • 10 Quarterbacks With the Most Postseason Experience Heading Into the Playoffs

    10 Quarterbacks With the Most Postseason Experience Heading Into the Playoffs

    When the playoffs arrive, many consider experience, especially for quarterbacks, as a crucial ingredient, essential for success (although history teaches us otherwise). There are five quarterbacks on teams that will or might make the postseason with more than 10 playoff appearances, and seven with a Super Bowl appearance: Russell Wilson, Matt Hasselbeck, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning and Tom Brady.

  • 2015 NFL Season – Playoff Standings After Week 13

    2015 NFL Season – Playoff Standings After Week 13

    The 2015 NFL Season is heading into its final four weeks, and there are two things we know about the playoffs through the current standings: The Carolina Panthers are NFC South champions and will be there, while the Cleveland Browns are officially out of the race, although they were never in it to begin with.

  • NFL Rumors – Dallas Cowboys Still Think They Can Make the Playoffs

    NFL Rumors – Dallas Cowboys Still Think They Can Make the Playoffs

    At 3-8 and with a quarterback that will struggle to throw the ball further than 10 yards, it’s hard to believe the Dallas Cowboys still believe they can make the playoffs. But they’re keeping Tony Romo available, just in case they do.

  • NFL Teams Making the Playoffs With the Worst Regular Season Record

    NFL Teams Making the Playoffs With the Worst Regular Season Record

    How bad can you be and still make the NFL playoffs? The Dallas Cowboys are hoping to find out as the return of Tony Romo is possibly sparking a comeback from their 2-7 start. There have been only six teams to finish at .500 or worse and still make the postseason since the expansion and […]

  • Longest Active NFL Playoff Droughts

    Longest Active NFL Playoff Droughts

    Heading into the 2015 NFL season, there are eight teams without any postseason action in over half a decade: Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans. Five of them have been out of the picture for a decade or more.