Happy 2012!
Since the 2006 season, the NFL instituted the
policy of Fox and CBS to both air doubleheaders in Week 17 to maximize coverage
of playoff clinching scenarios. There is one snafu with it… The NFL’s
television rules. If you live in an area where the local team is at home, the
NFL cannot air another game at the same time the home team is playing.
For example, in Houston, the Texans are at home so that means that there will be no Fox early game aired within 75 miles of the Houston area. Meanwhile, in Dallas, there will be doubleheaders on Fox and CBS because the Cowboys are playing on Sunday Night. And even if the Cowboys and Giants were playing a day game, there still would be another game aired at the same time.
For example, in Houston, the Texans are at home so that means that there will be no Fox early game aired within 75 miles of the Houston area. Meanwhile, in Dallas, there will be doubleheaders on Fox and CBS because the Cowboys are playing on Sunday Night. And even if the Cowboys and Giants were playing a day game, there still would be another game aired at the same time.
Got it…? Good!
Now the picks…
ELIMINATED
Colts, Rams, Vikings, Panthers,
Jaguars, Bills, Panthers, Browns, Dolphins, Buccaneers, Redskins, Cardinals,
Bears, Chiefs, Eagles, Chargers, Seahawks
AFC IN THE HUNT
Raiders (8-7), Titans (8-7), Jets
(8-7)
The Patriots clinch HOME-FIELD
ADVANTAGE throughout the AFC playoffs with either:
1.
a win or tie
2.
Ravens
loss/tie AND Steelers loss/tie
The Ravens clinch the AFC NORTH and
a FIRST-ROUND BYE with either:
1.
a win
2.
a tie AND
Steelers loss/tie
3.
Steelers
loss
The Ravens clinch HOME-FIELD
ADVANTAGE throughout the AFC playoffs with a win AND Patriots loss.
The Steelers clinch the AFC NORTH
and a FIRST-ROUND BYE with either:
1.
a win AND
Ravens loss/tie
2.
Steelers tie
AND Ravens loss
The Steelers clinch HOME-FIELD
ADVANTAGE throughout the AFC playoffs with the following: a win, Ravens
loss/tie, AND Patriots loss.
The Broncos clinch the AFC WEST
with either:
1.
a win
2.
a tie and
Raiders loss/tie
3.
Raiders loss
The Raiders clinches the AFC WEST
with either:
1.
a win AND
Broncos loss/tie
2.
a tie AND
Broncos loss
The Raiders clinch a PLAYOFF SPOT
with a win AND one of the following:
1.
a Bengals
loss AND Titans loss/tie
2.
a Bengals
loss AND Jets loss
The Bengals clinch a PLAYOFF SPOT
with either:
1.
a win/tie
2.
Jets
loss/tie AND either a Raiders loss/tie or Broncos loss/tie
The Jets clinch a PLAYOFF SPOT
with the following: a win, Bengals loss, Titans loss/tie, AND either AND either
a Raiders loss/tie or Broncos loss/tie.
The Titans clinch a PLAYOFF SPOT
with a win, a Bengals loss, AND one of following:
1.
Jets win AND
either a Raiders loss/tie or Broncos loss/tie
2.
Jet loss/tie
AND both the Raiders and Broncos win
NFC IN THE HUNT
Cowboys (8-7)
The 49ers clinch a FIRST-ROUND
BYE with either:
1.
a win
2.
a tie AND
Saints loss/tie
3.
Saints loss
The Saints clinch a FIRST-ROUND
BYE with either:
1.
a win AND
49ers loss/tie
2.
a Saints tie
AND 49ers loss
The Giants clinch the NFC EAST
with a win or tie.
The Cowboys clinch the NFC EAST
with a win.
Monica Roberts
has her picks for Week 17 up. We are tied going into the final week of the
regular season so every game matters. Somehow I managed to blow a 4-game lead.
My cat, Tristan, is no longer
allowed to make my picks.
WEEK 16: 8-8
TOTAL: 152-88
BREAKDOWN OF RECORD
|
|
MONICA
|
NOON
|
3PM
|
NIGHT
|
HOME
|
AWAY
|
TV
|
≤ 8 PTS
|
OT
|
|
WK 16
|
12-4
|
6-4
|
0-3
|
2-1
|
7-4
|
1-4
|
3-3
|
3-5
|
0-1
|
|
TOTAL
|
152-88
|
78-53
|
45-22
|
29-13
|
89-43
|
63-45
|
58-30
|
73-50
|
7-5
|
Kickoff Times are Central Time
Picks Indicated in BOLD
Sunday Day Games for the Dallas-Fort Worth Area are indicated with (DFW)
Picks Indicated in BOLD
Sunday Day Games for the Dallas-Fort Worth Area are indicated with (DFW)
NFL 2011 Week 17 TV Distribution
Map
SUNDAY (1/1) DOUBLE
DOUBLEHEADER
NOON FOX
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints (DFW)
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles
San
Francisco 49ers at St.
Louis Rams
NOON CBS
Tennessee Titans at Houston
Texans (DFW)
Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars
New
York Jets at Miami
Dolphins
Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots
3PM FOX
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons (DFW)
Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals
3PM CBS
Kansas
City Chiefs at Denver
Broncos (DFW)
Baltimore
Ravens at
Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh
Steelers at
Cleveland Browns
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders
SUNDAY NIGHT (REGULAR
SEASON FINALE, GAME 256)
Dallas
Cowboys at New York
Giants NBC 7:20 PM
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