A little behind, so here's the Score Report for Week 14

• One of the lightest scoring weeks in years (weather may have had a role -- if it did, expect another low-scoring week this week):  39.812 PPG  Only one game went over 50 (Atlanta's finishing off of Jeff Fisher.).
• For the 14 weeks and 208 games:  44.524 PPG
• Home teams were 9-7 this week, but it took the national 4:00 game, the Sunday nighter, and the Monday nighter to get there.  119-84-1 for the year (.586)
• First five afternoon games on the board went under.  Washington and Philly pushed at 49, and the Over finished at 6-9-1 for the week, 103-102-2 with one middle for the year.
• Favorites were 10-6 against the number last week, 11-5 straight up (Detroit was the only favorite to win but not cover -- geez, giving 7 when every game save one has been within one score?  I know The Bears Still Suck, but...).  99-91-7 ATS, 126-70-1 SU.  (Quite a number of Pick Em games this year.)
• Team with more penalties was 4-11 this week, 72-102 for the year. (.391)
• 3 Cliffhangers this week, 40 for the year.  (Washington, Miami, and the Jets)  (19.2% of the games this year are Cliffhangers.)
• 5 Last Chance Misses, including one overlap in the Washington game.
• 4 other games finished within one score (for 10 of the 16 total), and one more was within a score in the 4th.  5 non-competitive games.
• Percentage of competitive games now down to about 74%.

Storyline update:

• New NFC contender:  With the Giants sweeping the Cowboys and giving them their only two losses, looking suspiciously like the year the Giants ended 19-0 for the Patriots.  Looks like a match-up situation, and with Ezekiel Elliot and the drug suspensions, one has had to wonder (with one, until last week, having to wonder if the Super Bowl was pretty much set, for reasons I hope to get into in another post) if maybe the NFL is either telling Jerry Jones to get a leash on some of his players or prepared already to go another direction.
• Dallas still the NFC #1 at 11-2, but they can lose the division if they fall flat down the stretch -- Giants are two back with three to play and have the tiebreak.
• Detroit is now the #2 at 9-4, Seattle #3 at 8-4-1 (before last night's game), and Atlanta #4 at 8-5 (wins tiebreak over Tampa Bay on common games).
• Giants #5 at 9-4, Tampa #6 at 8-5.  Three teams at seven wins, so basically nine teams in the NFC in the running.
• Tampa at Seattle, Giants at Atlanta.

AFC:

• New England #1 at 11-2, Kansas City #2 at 10-3 (tiebreak over Oakland with Head to Head sweep).
• Pittsburgh #3 at 8-5, Houston #4 at 7-6 (all tiebreakers to Houston).
• Oakland #5 at 10-3 (with a better record than all the other playoff teams except the two #1 seeds), and Denver #6 at 8-5 (wins tiebreak with Miami on common games).  Tennessee and Baltimore have seven wins, so, nine AFC teams appear to be in the running.
• Oakland at Pittsburgh, Denver at Houston.