Let's chat about the National Football League. This thread will be dedicated to all post-season games, including the Super Bowl. This post will be updated with results and schedules going into February (All times Eastern):
Wildcard matchups:
2025-01-11:
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04:30PM: Los Angeles Chargers vs. Houston Texans
08:00PM: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens
2025-01-12:
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01:00PM: Denver Broncos vs. Buffalo Bills,
04:30PM: Green Bay Packers vs. Philadelphia Eagles
08:00PM: Washington Commanders vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2025-01-13
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08:00PM: Minnesota Vikings vs. Los Angeles Rams
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The Philadelphia Eagles will play the maximum four playoff games this year, and every single one of them has essentially the same analysis going into the game:
The Eagles are better at every positional grouping except QB and Coaching, and maybe some special teams positions. Analytically the Eagles should win, but you hesitate to have faith that the Eagles and Jalen Hurts will execute on gameday.
The Chiefs matchup in the Super Bowl is the mother of all versions of this matchup. The Eagles are better in every other position grouping except maybe D-Line and Tight End where it is a push but you might give the edge to the Chiefs based on playoff experience. But the Chiefs have the edge at Quarterback, and they have all-timers at Head Coach and DC, and they execute.
The Eagles have better Wide Receivers, possibly the greatest running back of all time, the best O-Line in the league, the number one defense in the league behind two DROY candidates in the secondary, a DPOY finalist at linebacker, and a gamewrecker in the middle of their D-Line in Jalen Carter. And it all might not be enough.
If you aren't sure who to root for, here's my rooting guide, pro for the Eagles and Con for the Chiefs:
Why you should root for the Philadelphia Eagles
Pro: No one wants to see the Chiefs win again. Every right-thinking NFL fan wants to see the Chiefs taken down a peg. In the long run, it will even be better for the Chiefs themselves: if they threepeat, there will be no mountain left to climb, we'll just hear about them as inevitable or whining about the refs; while if they lose, Mahomes and Reid will come back with a vengeance next year. While if the Eagles win, or if they lose, they won't win the division next year. Let's see some variety.
Con: We Are All Witnesses. We have the chance to see historic greatness, maybe the best to ever do it, in Pat Mahomes and Andy Reid and Travis Kelce and Jones and all the rest. You only get to see this kind of thing so often.
Pro: The Eagles are incredibly likable. Saquon ran across the field to congratulate his backup on scoring. They fight through injuries for each other. The next man up will always come in and play.
Con: The Chiefs might be annoying because of the incessant advertising, but as the new GOAT, they'd be replacing Tom Brady and Bill Belichek's Pats, who were just ontologically evil. So it's an upgrade in the record books.
Pro: An Eagles win is likely to be a more exciting game. The Chiefs are going to score 24-30 points, it is inevitable. So an Eagles win will likely mean each team scoring five or six times. While a Chiefs win will likely be the same nonsense of Pat Mahomes pulling some nonsense out of his ass and winning by two points. I got so bored of every Chiefs game this season, it felt like one of those Marvel schlockfests where the hero faces down a vast army of enemies, but you know he's going to win so there's no dramatic tension. Let's see something different. The Eagles represent a different way of building a team: where most teams are built from the QB out in recent years, the 2024 Eagles are built around a superstar O-Line and a great running back. Let's see teams pursue more running backs, and fewer teams tanking for QBs.
Con: But people like Marvel movies. People like watching Quarterbacks play hero ball. You're going to see a Chiefs win in which Mahomes does something crazy no human being should be able to do. When Jalen Carter tries to pick him up, Mahomes is going to throw the ball thirty yards for a touchdown to Travis Kelce. Give the people what they want. Then we're going to spend the off-season debating when the play should have been dead.
Pro: If you like Eagles fans, you'll get to watch them go nuts. If you don't like Eagles fans, there will be fewer of them after the celebration.
Con: Chiefs fans are genuinely midwest nice.
Pro: E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES
Con: Huh?
My response is as follows:
Read all of Pslam 17.
Replace God/The Lord, with "Chiefs".
Remember that all Chiefs haters;
They close up their callous hearts,
and their mouths speak with arrogance.
Red Kingdom, Baby.
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