Playoffs?! Are You Kidding Me? Playoffs?

 Good late night/early morning everyone once again. Well, the 2024 NFL Regular Season has concluded, which means the march to New Orleans and Super Bowl XLIX is on. First, let's see how I fared for my season predictions at the start of the year versus now...

In the NFC, I got three of the four division winners correct, with only an injury-plagued 49ers missing. The only Wild Card I got right were the Packers; the Cowboys had a terrible season, and the Falcons had one too many weeks of Kirk Cousins under center (which, as a Bucs fan, I DID like) and missed out on a winning record (thanks, Carolina). I don't think anyone could have predicted the Vikings to have the season they had (14-3), and a good job by the Commies and rookie QB Jayden Daniels to not only reach the playoffs but leapfrogging Green Bay into the sixth seed.

In the AFC, I terribly missed on the Dolphins and Jaguars winning their respective divisions as they wound up missing the playoffs altogether; I think the Dolphins' season pretty much was toast when Tyreek Hill got detained before his first regular-season home game. Now he's Audi 5000. The Jags? They just sucked out loud. Trevor Lawrence's injury was their death knell. I got KC correct, and they had an off year. But I didn't expect them to use Taylor Swift voodoo witchcraft to go 15-2. In fact, I got the order of finish in the AFC exactly right. I got all three of the Wild Cards in the AFC wrong, as the Jets came up flat (as usual), Cincinnati had some rotten luck, and Houston won their division. I didn't think Josh Allen would have an MVP-type season in Buffalo's runaway East title, Pittsburgh was good enough to just make it...again, the Chargers did have a great year with QB Justin Herbert and coach Jim Harbaugh, and rookie Bo Nix actually led Denver to a playoff berth.

So, the seedings are as follows:

NFC

1. Detroit Lions
2. Philadelphia Eagles
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
4. Los Angeles Rams
5. Minnesota Vikings
6. Washington Redskins Commanders
7. Green Bay Packers

AFC

1. Kansas City Chiefs
2. Buffalo Bills
3. Baltimore Ravens\
4. Houston Texans
5. Los Angeles Chargers
6. Pittsburgh Steelers
7. Denver Broncos

My Super Bowl pick from earlier this year is still in play, so maybe that will happen. Although, I kind of have my doubts. I think I'll have my picks for next weekend's wild card games around Thursday or Friday. I'll keep y'all posted on my socials, whether it be Facebook or BlueSky. Until then, have a good night!

My favorite moment from Week 18

BonyScribe

2025 Is Off To A Rough Start

 Hello everyone. We're not even 72 hours into 2025 and the following events have taken place:

1. A deranged Army veteran drove from Houston to New Orleans and mowed down revelers on Bourbon Street, killing 14 and injuring 12 more.
2. Mere hours later in Las Vegas, an active-duty Green Beret (who was stationed at the same base as the individual in NOLA) parked a Cyber Truck in front of the Trump hotel and detonated it, killing himself and injuring seven.
3. I-85 in Greenville, SC was shut down for a bomb threat.
4. In Fullerton, CA, a plane crashed into a furniture manufacturing warehouse, killing two on board and injuring 19 inside the building.
5. An individual in Idaho was arrested for attempting to light an IED near a train car.

...and that's just scratching the surface of the start of what appears to be a wild and chaotic year. TO be honest, I think we need former NFL referee Jerome Boger to call a false start on this year and assess a five-yard penalty. 

Seriously though, the first couple of days of 2025 have felt odd, then again it did start on a Wednesday, which means if you're looking on a calendar, it starts with W-T-F. So, maybe afterwards things can try to get back to normal, even though it may be freezing around these parts. I mean take a look at this ice phallus penetrating the Virginias:

Honestly though next week's going to be quite cold. So grab some popcorn and bundle up.

Bony Scribe