CanadianChris

Here's what I'm pretty sure I know about the playoff picture: Pittsburgh, Denver, Philadelphia and Atlanta all have clinched first-round byes. Seattle can win the NFC West with a win and a San Francisco loss. Any other result gives the division to San Francisco. New England can clinch the AFC East with a win. NY Jets can clinch with a win and a New England loss. Buffalo can clinch with a win and a NY Jets loss. Baltimore, Carolina and Washington can clinch a wild card with a win. NY Jets need a win and losses by two of Baltimore, Jacksonville and Kansas City to clinch a wild card if they do not win the AFC East.

Tentative standings: AFC EAST New England Patriots (Harley Quinn) 8-7 < PF: 125, PA: 108, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 3-2 > New York Jets (Gert) 8-7 < PF: 110, PA: 104, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 2-3 > Buffalo Bills (Bob Barron) 7-8 < PF: 108, PA: 110, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 3-2 > Miami Dolphins (Spaceman Spiff) 6-9 < PF: 119, PA: 126, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 2-3 > AFC NORTH x-Pittsburgh Steelers (Kahran Ramsus) 10-4-1 < PF: 107, PA: 98, AFC: 7-3-1, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 3-1-1 > Baltimore Ravens (King PK) 8-6-1 < PF: 112, PA: 109, AFC: 6-4-1, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 3-3 > Cleveland Browns (SFA Jack) 6-8-1 < PF: 106, PA: 104, AFC: 6-4-1, NFC: 0-4, DIV: 3-2 > Cincinnati Bengals (Teke) 5-9-1 < PF: 105, PA: 112, AFC: 4-6-1, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 1-4-1 > AFC SOUTH x-Houston Texans (Bored) 9-6 < PF: 110, PA: 110, AFC: 7-5, NFC: 2-1, DIV: 5-1 > Jacksonville Jaguars (Always Pissed Off) 8-7 < PF: 107, PA: 112, AFC: 6-5, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 2-4 > Indianapolis Colts (Alfdogg) 5-10 < PF: 99, PA: 110, AFC: 4-7, NFC: 1-9, DIV: 2-3 > Tennessee Titans (Cuban Linx) 3-10-2 < PF: 110, PA: 116, AFC: 2-7-2, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 2-3 > AFC WEST x-Denver Broncos (Canadian Chris) 10-5 < PF: 105, PA: 97, AFC: 8-3, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 4-1 > Kansas City Chiefs (BX) 8-7 < PF: 114, PA: 109, AFC: 6-5, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 4-2 > San Diego Chargers (909) 6-9 < PF: 96, PA: 104, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 1-4 > Oakland Raiders (Smues) 5-10 < PF: 107, PA: 117, AFC: 5-7, NFC: 0-3, DIV: 2-4 > NFC EAST x-Philadelphia Eagles (Starvenger) 12-3 < PF: 116, PA: 99, AFC: 4-0, NFC: 8-3, DIV: 3-2 > Washington Redskins (Human Fly) 8-7 < PF: 101, PA: 98, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 7-4, DIV: 3-3 > Dallas Cowboys (Hawk) 8-7 < PF: 104, PA: 109, AFC: 3-1, NFC: 5-6, DIV: 1-4 > New York Giants (Cartman) 7-8 < PF: 109, PA: 114, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 5-6, DIV: 4-2 > NFC NORTH x-Minnesota Vikings (Danville Wrestling) 10-5 < PF: 116, PA: 104, AFC: 4-0, NFC: 6-5, DIV: 4-2 > Green Bay Packers (VX) 7-8 < PF: 110, PA: 114, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 6-5, DIV: 3-2 > Detroit Lions (Chazz) 7-8 < PF: 109, PA: 100, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 5-6, DIV: 3-2 > Chicago Bears (Agent of Oblivion) 5-10 < PF: 105, PA: 116, AFC: 2-1, NFC: 3-9, DIV: 1-5 > NFC SOUTH x-Atlanta Falcons (Rocket) 12-3 < PF: 128, PA: 96, AFC: 4-0, NFC: 8-3, DIV: 5-1 > Carolina Panthers (Fazzle) 8-7 < PF: 106, PA: 118, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 6-5, DIV: 3-2 > New Orleans Saints (Brooklyn Zoo) 6-9 < PF: 99, PA: 109, AFC: 3-1, NFC: 3-8, DIV: 1-4 > Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Agent Bond) 6-9 < PF: 100, PA: 105, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 5-7, DIV: 2-4 > NFC WEST San Francisco 49ers (Devo) 9-6 < PF: 107, PA: 102, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 8-3, DIV: 3-3 > Seattle Seahawks (UZI) 8-7 < PF: 113, PA: 107, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 6-5, DIV: 4-1 > St. Louis Rams (Canadian Guitarist) 6-9 < PF: 98, PA: 106, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 5-6, DIV: 3-3 > Arizona Cardinals (Vern Gagne) 6-9 < PF: 112, PA: 122, AFC: 3-1, NFC: 3-8, DIV: 1-4 > x-clinched division title

This week's scores: Indianapolis 5-7 Jacksonville Baltimore 6-7 Dallas New Orleans 4-7 Detroit Miami 7-6 Kansas City Atlanta 12-7 Minnesota Carolina 8-8 N.Y. Giants (Car wins by tiebreak) San Francisco 6-6 St. Louis (StL wins by tiebreak) Pittsburgh 8-5 Tennessee Philadelphia 7-8 Washington Buffalo 6-6 Denver (Den wins by tiebreak) Houston 9-8 Oakland N.Y. Jets 9-7 Seattle San Diego 5-5 Tampa Bay (TB wins by tiebreak) Green Bay 8-10 Chicago Game of the week: Arizona 11-9 New England Shame of the week: Cincinnati 4-4 Cleveland (Cin wins by tiebreak)

Alonzo Bodden

Five of the eight division winners have been decided: AFC North - Pittsburgh (1 or 2 seed) AFC West - Denver (1 or 2 seed) NFC East - Philadelphia (1 or 2 seed) NFC North - Minnesota (3 or 4 seed) NFC South - Atlanta (1 or 2 seed) San Francisco can clinch tonight if the Panthers cover against the Giants.

That's what I was going to say about my team.

Looking at it again, I win by tiebreak, which gives me the AFC West and a first-round bye.

Maybe I can make Czech's head asplode for real with yet another pool announcement. Yes, I even interrupted my vacation to set this one up. Rules are simple: Pick one team you think will win its game each week. If it does, you advance to the next week. If it doesn't, you're eliminated. The catch -- you can only pick each team once during the entire season. Last person standing wins. (Except last season, when both BX and 909 were eliminated on the last week, and there was no winner. I think they kept picking after that, but I have no idea what happened there.) Sign up here: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival/20383 Password: tsm Deadline for each week is kickoff of the first game, so this week, it's Thursday night. Good luck.

NBC decides which game they want. The league doesn't assign them a game at the start of the season.

Guess I should have gone with the Saints after all. Congratulations to Kahran Ramsus, champion of the 2008 TSM NFL Survivor Pool. See you all next year.

Looks like Bob has it this week. I can still clinch the division title if Oakland hangs on, though.

WTF was Demps thinking trying to return it? Just take it at the 44.

Note to others: He does not speak for all Ravens fans. I would hope so. That wishful thinking/Cockiness is beyond bad luck. It's the N Fucking L for all things. Anything is possible week in and week out. To think that your team is going to retire Bret Favre in two weeks is stupid and disgusting. Dont take my words in the wrong context, Im not saying they're going to knock him out with an injury or anything..just that he would have played his last game in a loss to the Ravens. No, he took your words exactly right, and that is disgustingly cocky. Didn't you learn anything from the New England game last year?

TOUCHDOWN Bucs. Awesome throw by Garcia.

Bucs are trying to make a game of it. Garcia rushing TD makes it 20-17 Chargers. I will be sick if the Chargers pull this one out.

Ravens could still finish behind New England if they lose next week.

Wow, I never knew that.

Really? Do tell.

Do I just want to copy Bob and win automatically? Yes. Am I going to? Well... Denver - 24 Cincinnati New Orleans Kansas City Minnesota New England Carolina San Francisco Pittsburgh Philadelphia Buffalo Houston NY Jets San Diego Chicago

Casey McCall

LOL @ the heavyweight division. It needs a mercy killing at this point.

Yes, and they hold the tiebreaker. If they're still alive after tomorrow, I may need someone to remove all the sharp objects from my apartment.

Dan Rydell

Yeah, the crowd's really going to be in the mood for a closing ceremony for Texas Stadium. I'd imagine a few of them want to dynamite it right now with the entire team in it.

Holy crap.