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Weekly NFL Thread: Week 14

Let's chat about the National Football League. This week's schedule (all times Eastern):

Thu 2024-12-05 8:15PM Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
Sun 2024-12-08 1:00PM Atlanta Falcons @ Minnesota Vikings
Sun 2024-12-08 1:00PM Carolina Panthers @ Philadelphia Eagles
Sun 2024-12-08 1:00PM Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Sun 2024-12-08 1:00PM Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans
Sun 2024-12-08 1:00PM New Orleans Saints @ New York Giants
Sun 2024-12-08 1:00PM New York Jets @ Miami Dolphins
Sun 2024-12-08 1:00PM Las Vegas Raiders @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sun 2024-12-08 4:05PM Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals
Sun 2024-12-08 4:25PM Buffalo Bills @ Los Angeles Rams
Sun 2024-12-08 4:25PM Chicago Bears @ San Francisco 49ers
Sun 2024-12-08 8:20PM Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs
Mon 2024-12-09 8:15PM Cincinnati Bengals @ Dallas Cowboys
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Getting ready to watch the excellent Thursday game this week after my night meeting lets out, I'm realizing that this is such a good football season for me overall at this point. I'm looking at the power rankings, they all tend to cluster together so I'll use the Reddit ELO rankings as a rough guide to how each team's season is going. And I'm realizing that I don't actually hate any of the top teams this year. I might after this year because of games they play against Philly, but as of now I find most of them likable and admirable. My favorite team is the Eagles, but if they don't make it I'd love to see either of the Bills or Lions win a Super Bowl. I always find the Ravens a good team. I don't mind the Chiefs, I'll always have love for Andy Reid, even if I find them kinda boring in an overexposed way. The NFL is just better when the Steelers and the Packers are good. I like the Bo Nix Broncos and the Brian Flores Vikings. The first team I have beef with is the Bucs, who I want the Eagles to get revenge on not just for their recent playoff exits but for the Warren Sapp years, but I do like to see Baker Mayfield playing better than Groper Cleveland.

The first teams I really hate are at 12-14, just hoping to sneak into the playoffs. And I hate, like, half the league. But there just isn't a twelve win Dak Prescott Cowboys team, or a Tom Brady Patriots that you just know is gonna pull out some nonsense, or even a Mark Sanchez Jets team that just won't shut up.

Of course, for most people, this can't be true. Because the Eagles are winning their division, and they have the most annoying players in the entire league according to recent polls.

Weird.

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