First, the scores:
- Second week in a row, lowest-scoring week of the year. And there are probably at least two reasons for it: One, the weather is beginning to turn in a number of locations. (I'll get to the second in a bit.)
- 45.5 points per game this week.
- And, for the first time since Week One, the average per-game for the season at the end of a week is below 50 at 49.776.
- Still, however, that is a field goal a game, with 161 games played, more than the 46.727 which is the record for the average for the most points in a season, and is 2.5 points per game ahead of the all-time per-game average of 47.2.
- That said, the margin, now, between the 161-game total now and what would be 161 games at the most-points season pace is down to just 491 points -- 8,023 points for the 2020 season now.
- And the margin to the highest per-game average is down to just 415.
- As a result, the Over was only 6-8 this week -- for 82-75-4 for the season.
- Home teams were 9-5 this week -- 85-75-1 for the season.
- Interesting statistic: The two lowest-scoring weeks of the year: Home teams were 20-8. Before that, with all the points being scored, home teams for the first nine weeks of the season were two games below .500.
- Vegas won again this week: 6-8 for favorites against the spread, 8-6 straight up. (Season: 68-88-2 against the number, 104-53-1 straight up)
- Team with more penalties was 7-7 for 59-79-1.
- 4 Cliffhangers, 3 of them doubles. (Tennessee-Baltimore OT, Indianapolis-Green Bay OT, Kansas City-Las Vegas -- and that last one had a Last Chance Miss thrown in!) 30 Cliffhangers for the season.
- A season-high 10 games finished within one score. (Week 3 also had 10.) 27 of the last 42 games have finished within one score. 87 now total for the season.
- A season-low 2 non-competitive games this week. 47 for the season.
- 6 Last Chance Misses. 53 of those.
- The second thing which kept the scoring down? A season-high in penalties per game. In the 14 games this week, there were 176 penalties. (12.6 a game) That is the third-highest this season on a raw total, and the only two which beat that were 16-game weeks. The last two weeks have had two of the five highest raw totals of penalties for the season.
- Total penalties for the year: 1,846 (11.466 per game)
And now, the kayfabe standings (I'll do my first Power Rankings at some point in the next 24 hours, barring more RL stupidities (UGH)...
AFC:
- Steelers are 10-0.
- Chiefs are 9-1. Both teams are three games clear in their divisions.
- Buffalo (7-3, see first tiebreaker below)
- Indianapolis (7-3, see first tiebreaker below)
- Tennessee (7-3, see first two tiebreakers below, first for the division, then the wild card)
- Cleveland (7-3, see second tiebreaker below)
- Las Vegas (6-4, see third tiebreaker below)
First tie to break is the 3-4. Indianapolis, Tennessee, and Buffalo at 7-3 (so is Cleveland, but Pittsburgh is in that division).
So, first, break Indy and Tennessee. (Buffalo leads the AFC East, so they can be no worse than the #4 at this point.) Indy beat Tennessee last week. They play again next week in a critical game. (Regular Sunday early window.) So Indianapolis has the lead in the AFC South.
Now, Indianapolis-Buffalo. They do not play this year.
Next is conference record: Buffalo is 5-2, Indianapolis is 3-3. Buffalo #3, Indianapolis #4.
Now the wildcards. Cleveland and Tennessee are both 7-3. Both are in, but for priority, the two play in two weeks. (So Tennessee has two critical playoff-implication games the next two weeks.) As for right now: Cleveland is 4-3 with the AFC, Tennessee is 5-3. Tennessee #5, Cleveland #6.
The final tiebreaker is for the final spot. Miami, Baltimore, and Las Vegas are now 6-4 for one spot. No divisional tiebreakers to take care of first. Miami is 3-3 in the AFC, Baltimore is 4-4, Las Vegas is 4-3. Las Vegas is in, Miami and Baltimore are now out.
First round: Las Vegas at Kansas City, Cleveland at Buffalo, Tennessee at Indianapolis.
Undefeated Watch (hey, why not?): Remaining schedule: Baltimore, Washington, at Buffalo, at Cincinnati, Indianapolis, at Cleveland. Still quite a road to hoe yet.
NFC:
- New Orleans is 8-2 1 1/2 games and a season sweep ahead of Tampa.
- Los Angeles Rams 7-3 (see tiebreaker below)
- Green Bay Packers 7-3 (see tiebreaker below)
- Philadelphia leads that fucking abomination of a division at THREE-SIX-AND ONE. It is probably going to take MAJOR rigging to get anyone in that division to even 7-9!!!!
- Seattle 7-3
- Tampa Bay 7-4
- Arizona 6-4
First tie to break is now the 2-3. The Rams, Seattle, and Green Bay are all 7-3. (Green Bay leads the NFC North, and can, hence, be no worse than the #3 at this point).
Rams-Seattle: Rams beat Seattle last week and play them again in Week 16. So Rams lead the NFC West.
Rams-Packers: Will not play. So then we go conference record. Packers are 5-2, Rams 7-1. Rams #2, Packers #3.
Arizona at Rams, Tampa Bay at Green Bay, Seattle at Philadelphia
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