Well, another riggy to keep Oakland fans from rioting on what probably is the final game in Oakland...
Starting with an undowned punt that the Raiders promptly take back end-to-end for the 7-0.
Anyway:
- 45.3125 PPG for the week.
- The 240 games of the season now average 46.817 points a game.
- To reach the 12,083 points necessary for the league to break the all-time points-per-game record of 47.2, Week 17 would need 847 points, an average of about 53 points a game.
- To break the all-time total scoring record (average 46.707), the league needs to beat 11,957. It would need 721 points to tie it, and that would take a week right about equal to this week -- total of 725.
- Home teams 9-7 for the week, 142-91-2 for the year. (.609)
- Over was 6-9-1 for the week, 109-125-6 for the year.
- Another brutal week for the spread: 5-10-1 against the number, and that's now 104-127-4 for the year. Last four weeks, favorites are 25-37-2 against the spread.
- Straight up: 12-4 for 153-84.
- Team with more penalties was 6-8 for the week for 94-112 for the year.
- 235 penalties for the week (14.75), 3250 for the year (13.54)
- The Packers and Jets have tied the most penalties in a game this season with 26. Last time there was a game with more was the day the Raiders broke the all-time one-team record with 27 (vs. Tampa, October 20, 2016).
- Since 2000, there have been 25 NFL games with 26 or more penalties called.
- 4 Cliffhangers for 51 for the year.
- Half the games were decided within 8 points, for 129 total for the year.
- 4 games were non-competitive for 75 total
- And 4 Last Chance Miss games for 62 total.
With one week to go, here's the actual current storyline (Political Rankings to come as holiday week allows):
NFC
1. New Orleans 13-2 AND LOCKED
2. LA Rams 12-3 DIVISION CLINCHED
3. Chicago 11-4 DIVISION CLINCHED
4. Dallas 9-6 AND LOCKED
The Rams clinch the bye with at least a tie.
Chicago needs a win and a Rams loss to get the bye on the basis of head-to-head result. (Week 14)
Wildcards:
Current 5. Seattle 9-6 WILDCARD CLINCHED
This is because they will have a better conference record than Washington should they tie at 9-7.
Current 6. Minnesota 8-6-1
Currently out but still a chance: Philadelphia 8-7 and that's all.
Seattle clinches the #5 with a tie (or win). Tie scenario on head-to-head with Minnesota. (Week 14)
Minnesota clinches a playoff spot with a tie, due to head-to-head win over Philly. (Week 5)
Minnesota needs a win and a Seattle loss to make the #5.
AFC
1. Kansas City 11-4 and a divisional tiebreaker over the Chargers the Chargers cannot surmount without breaking the 11-4 tie. PLAYOFFS CLINCHED
2. New England 10-5 and the win over Houston DIVISION CLINCHED
3. Houston 10-5 PLAYOFFS CLINCHED
Current 4. Baltimore 9-6 -- has clinched nothing.
5. LA Chargers 11-4 and losing same divisional tiebreaker to Kansas City. PLAYOFFS CLINCHED
If Kansas City wins over the Raiders in Arrowhead, the Chiefs are the #1 seed. If they do not, the Chargers are the #1 seed if they defeat Denver.
If both lose, Kansas City wins the AFC West. But New England can then win the #1 seed if they beat the Jets, because of a Week 6 win over the Chiefs (regardless of what Houston does -- if they enter the three-way tie, then the aforementioned Houston win gets New England the HTH sweep).
In short, the AFC #1 seed is:
- Kansas City with a win over the Raiders or a tie and the Chargers doing no better.
- OR Kansas City with a win by the Jets and one by Denver.
- The LA Chargers with a win over the Broncos and a Raider win or tie.
- New England with wins by both Denver and Oakland and a win of their own.
- CORRECTION: Houston: See below.
Houston CANNOT be the #1 seed because they lose any tiebreaker to Kansas City on the common games tiebreaker. Houston cannot be at least the #2 seed without a superior result to New England.
(Correction, at least according to NFL.com: Houston CAN get the #1, but it needs a win, losses by New England, Kansas City, and the Chargers, AND it has to at least tie the strength of victory tiebreaker with Kansas City. Common games apparently never triggered.)
LA Chargers cannot surmount the divisional tiebreaker with Kansas City sans winning the division outright. So in a case where NE, KC, and the Chargers all lose and Houston wins, the Chargers are dropped first, then Houston dropped because of the above.
Current 6. Indianapolis at 9-6
In it: Tennessee at 9-6
And that's the Sunday nighter. Winner is in, loser is out. If they tie, Indy wins the tiebreaker because they beat Tennessee in the first meeting and that tiebreaker must go first. Houston then wins the division in the event of a Sunday night draw.
If that game goes to a winner and Houston loses, Houston split with both teams, but the winner of the Sunday nighter would be 4-2 in the division, Houston 3-3.
In it: Pittsburgh at 8-6-1.
Now must win and Baltimore must lose.
UNLESS the Sunday nighter goes to a tie and Pittsburgh wins -- Indy would win the divisional, but lose the #6 on the basis of the common games tiebreak.
So:
KC is the #1 or #5. KC #1 with a win or a superior result to the Chargers. #5 if the Chargers gain a superior result.
Chargers, same thing, reverse the process.
New England can be the #2 (win or superior result to Houston), #3 (Houston superior result), or the #4 (they lose, Baltimore wins).
Houston can be the #2 (superior result to New England), #3 (as long as they don't lose OR the Sunday nighter ends in a tie), or the #6 (if they lose and the Sunday nighter goes to a winner) or the #1 if a whole bunch of things break right for them.
If the Sunday nighter goes to a winner, the loser is OUT. The winner is the #6 if Houston wins or the #3 or #4 otherwise.
If the Sunday nighter goes to a draw, Houston wins the AFC South regardless. Tennessee is OUT.
Baltimore can be the #2, (win, NE loss, Sunday nighter goes to a result) #3 (win, NE loss, Sunday nighter is a draw -- they lose the tiebreak to Houston), #4 (win, NE at least ties -- OR a Pittsburgh loss), the #6 (a convulted scenario involving both ties in their game and in the Sunday nighter) or OUT.
Pittsburgh is OUT unless they win and Baltimore loses, or they win and the Sunday nighter goes to a draw (#6).