LorenzoL

WEEK 15
Thursday, December 11, 2014
TEAMS	TIME (ET)	TV	LOCATION
Arizona at St. Louis	8:25 PM	NFL	Edward Jones Dome

Sunday, December 14, 2014
TEAMS	TIME (ET)	TV	LOCATION
Pittsburgh at Atlanta	1:00 PM	CBS	Georgia Dome
Washington at NY Giants	1:00 PM	FOX	MetLife Stadium
Miami at New England	1:00 PM	CBS	Gillette Stadium
Oakland at Kansas City	1:00 PM	CBS	Arrowhead Stadium
Houston at Indianapolis	1:00 PM	CBS	Lucas Oil Stadium
Jacksonville at Baltimore	1:00 PM	CBS	M&T Bank Stadium
Green Bay at Buffalo	1:00 PM	FOX	Ralph Wilson Stadium
Tampa Bay at Carolina	1:00 PM	FOX	Bank of America Stadium
Cincinnati at Cleveland	1:00 PM	CBS	FirstEnergy Stadium
Denver at San Diego	4:05 PM	CBS	Qualcomm Stadium
NY Jets at Tennessee	4:05 PM	CBS	LP Field
Minnesota at Detroit	4:25 PM	FOX	Ford Field
San Francisco at Seattle	4:25 PM	FOX	CenturyLink Field
Dallas at Philadelphia	8:30 PM	NBC	Lincoln Financial Field

Monday, December 15, 2014
TEAMS	TIME (ET)	TV	LOCATION
New Orleans at Chicago	8:30 PM	ESPN	Soldier Field

LorenzoL

Week 15 Broadcast maps:

http://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2014&wk=15

Bill Needle

Cincinnati at Cleveland is on FOX? The broadcast map lists it as a FOX early game. So has the CBS/AFC - FOX/NFC thing been abandoned? I know there were a few puzzlers earlier in the season as well.

Deftones

There is flex scheduling now between CBS/FOX. Games that would've only been on either network before (AFC on CBS) (NFC on FOX) can now be moved to the other network. I don't know the exact details, but it's a new thing for this year.

Bill Needle

Aahh...makes some sense especially when I see how many FOX markets are going to carry this game over the stinkers they had available to them - other than GB/BUF which could be a good game, though it is not exactly a rivalry steeped in tradition or played by teams not from two of the three or four smallest cities to host a professional franchise in major sports.

sleepyhead55

I really hope Tennessee gets blown out early so I can watch one of the better late games on. Otherwise, I'll have to sit through that high quality qb display of Geno Smith vs Jake Locker.

hdnmickey

I would much rather still see GB and BUF. And thankfully that is still the plan in this area. Go Bills!

sleepyhead55

Lucky you, CBS affiliate for my area switched game over to Johnny Football's debut vs the Bengals.

davidh777

I'm expecting the usual epic battle when San Francisco and Kaepernick come up to visit!

chowderhead

HAHA. Kaepernick better start now to avoid the delay of game penalties and blown time outs.

Coral

As I suspected - this Cardinals/Rams game is a total yawner.

Deftones

Jesus christ. Who needs a starting QB? 3rd stringers win all the time, right?

Bill Needle

Another freak QB injury for the Cardinals.

Deftones

This next man up mantra for the cards is fucking bullshit now. Grrrrrr

Artman

Would've been nice to get some help tonight Rams...

But i'm all for AZ making it into the playoffs

hdnmickey

It's not too late. But in reality, the Hawks will make it happen no matter if ARI wins tonight or not. What we really need is a GB opponent to step up.

Really shocking how bad the Cardinals are now. I would give them credit for having lost so many players, but that would be making excuses, right.

Deftones

Yeah, put in your 2nd string and now 3rd string qb and see where you'd be. Exactly where the cards are now.

Artman

Yeah, I'm good with 2nd seed... and I'd be fine in 5th going to Atlanta too, lol! And if AZ can hang on, that means a Detroit or a Dallas might not get in, which would be preferable

Coral

Cardinals win 4 FGs to 2 FGs.

Ugh. Such a shitty game.

Deftones

Nope. Not shitty because it was a Cardinals win!

Bill Needle

Shaun Hill has the worst arm I have seen on an NFL QB in quite a while. How did the Rams win a game with him, let alone beating Denver? It was over when Arizona amassed an insurmountable 9 points.

kenbuzz

The league cross-flexed this weeks' game back in late November. The announcement came at the same time as the Colts-Browns game being moved to FOX last week... the latter move being necessary since all 3 Thanksgiving Day games involved a pair of NFC teams.

kenbuzz

Week 15 Clinching Scenarios
Source: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/standings/playoffrace

DENVER can clinch the AFC West division title with:
1) DEN win

DENVER can clinch a first-round bye with:
1) DEN win + IND loss + CIN loss + PIT loss
2) DEN win + IND loss + CIN loss + DEN clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over PIT

DENVER can clinch a playoff spot:
1) MIA loss + HOU loss + CIN loss + PIT loss
2) MIA loss + HOU loss + BAL loss + CLE loss
3) MIA loss + HOU loss + BAL loss + PIT win

NEW ENGLAND can clinch the AFC East division title with:
1) NEP win

NEW ENGLAND can clinch a first-round bye with:
1) NEP win + IND loss + PIT loss + CIN loss
2) NEP win + IND loss + PIT loss + DEN loss

NEW ENGLAND can clinch a playoff berth with:
1) BUF loss + CIN loss + PIT loss + BAL loss + HOU loss
2) BUF loss + CIN loss + PIT loss + KCC loss + SDC loss
3) BUF loss + HOU loss + KCC loss + SDC loss + BAL loss

INDIANAPOLIS can clinch the AFC South division title with:
1) IND win

ARIZONA can clinch a playoff berth with:
1) DAL/PHI game does not end in a tie
2) DET loss + ARI clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over GB
3) DET loss + GB win

GREEN BAY can clinch a playoff berth with:
1) GBP win + DAL loss + GBP clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over DAL



Eliminated from playoff contention
Week 11: Oakland Raiders
Week 12: Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Tennessee Titans
Week 13: New York Giants, Washington Redskins
Week 14: Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 15: Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams

kenbuzz

kenbuzz

Week 15 Elimination Scenarios:

Minnesota and St Louis were both eliminated with the Rams' loss last night.

MIA is eliminated from AFC East title contention with:
- MIA loss
MIA is eliminated from the playoffs with:
- MIA loss + SDC win + KCC win + HOU win + BAL win + CIN win + PIT win

BUF is eliminated from AFC East title contention with:
- BUF loss
- NEP win
BUF is eliminated from the playoffs with:
- BUF loss + SDC win + HOU win + BAL win
- BUF loss + SDC win + CIN win + PIT win
- BUF loss + CIN win + PIT win + HOU win + BAL win
- BUF loss + CIN win + KCC win + HOU win + BAL win

BAL is eliminated from AFC North title contention with:
- BAL loss + CIN win + PIT win
BAL cannot be eliminated from the playoffs this week.

CLE is eliminated from AFC North title contention with:
- CLE loss
CLE is eliminated from the playoffs with:
- CLE loss + BAL win + HOU win + PIT win
- CLE loss + BAL win + HOU win + SDC win
- CLE loss + BAL win + HOU win + KCC win
- CLE loss + PIT win + SDC win

HOU is eliminated from AFC South title contention with:
- HOU loss
HOU cannot be eliminated from the playoffs this week.

SDC is eliminated from AFC West title contention with:
- SDC loss
SDC cannot be eliminated from the playoffs this week.

CAR is eliminated from NFC South title contention and the playoffs with:
- CAR loss + NOS win + ATL win

SFF is eliminated from the playoffs with:
- SFF loss + PHI/DAL tie
- SFF loss + DET win

Other than those listed above, no other teams who are not already eliminated can be eliminated this week.

Still in contention for division titles:
AFC-E: NEP MIA BUF
AFC-N: CIN PIT BAL CLE
AFC-S: IND HOU
AFC-W: DEN SDC
NFC-E: DAL PHI
NFC-N: GBP DET
NFC-S: ATL NOS CAR
NFC-W: ARI SEA