Day 248

• World Golf #1 Dustin Johnson won the Masters.
• NFL current standings in kayfabe:

NFC:

1. New Orleans (7-2, 6-1 NFC)
2. Green Bay (7-2, 5-2 NFC)
3. Arizona (6-3, 2-0 NFC West)
4. Philadelphia (3-5-1, vomit)
5. Tampa Bay (7-3)
   
6. LA Rams (6-3, win over Seahawks)
7. Seattle (6-3)

Next is Chicago at 5-4 and to play tonight.

Seattle at Green Bay, Rams at Arizona, Tampa at Philadelphia

AFC:

1. Pittsburgh (9-0)
2. Kansas City (8-1)
3. Buffalo (7-3)
4. Indianapolis (6-3, win over Tennessee)
5. Las Vegas (6-3, see below)
6. Miami (6-3, see below)
   
7. Baltimore (6-3, see below)
   

Then it gets fun after that.  Miami, Baltimore, Cleveland, Tennessee, and Las Vegas are ALL 6-3 and into a 5-into-2 playoff.

So the first thing we have to solve is Baltimore vs. Cleveland.  Baltimore beat Cleveland Week 1 -- so the first tiebreaker now is MIA, BAL, TEN, and LV for the first spot, then Cleveland joins only after Baltimore has been placed.

Miami 3-2 in the conference, Las Vegas 4-2, Baltimore 4-3, Tennessee 4-3.

So Las Vegas is the 5, then, resetting the tiebreaker and getting back to the same spot, Miami is the 6 and then Cleveland is out of the running entirely.

Baltimore and Tennessee play next week, so, for now, it's strength of victory, going to Baltimore.

Baltimore at Kansas City, Miami at Buffalo, Vegas at Indianapolis

• Michigan is going back to a more restrictive tier of coronavirus protocols -- high school sports and in-person classes are off now until at least December 7th.
• By contrast, here's something to show what could've been done had people worked together:  The authorities in Australia, to great joy, have announced that the rubber match of this year's rivalry State of Origin rugby series between players born in New South Wales and players born in Queensland will be contested with a full crowd of over 52,000 at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday.  This will represent the first time since the breakout in March that a full-stadium sporting event is held in the country of Australia.  Because they all were in it together and draconian measures had to be implemented where required.  You hear that, you fucking idiots on the Right??    
• Ah, the perils of Las Vegas betting...  Nick Chubb broke off a 70 yard run against the Texans late in the game.  However, he stopped short of scoring a touchdown which would've put the Browns up 16-7.  Cleveland was favored by 4 1/2 points.  They won, as a result of icing the game, 10-7.  OW.
• Latest NFL positive is a player in Cleveland.
• The NCAA, whenever the basketball championship is held, is actually considering a single-site bubble in Indianapolis. 
• All charges have been dropped against the Giants' DeAndre Baker -- now the question is whether the league will independently discipline him.
• Word has now gotten out that ex-WWE personality Zelina Vega was fired late last week for violating the new social-media policies by opening up a non-nude/cosplay account on OnlyFans -- in violation of making money outside the WWE window (more, getting over without Vince's permission, yada yada yada...).  This COULD lead to a battle of the "independent contractor" status Vince lords over his WWE talent.
• Oh, and look:  He's been back in the league 2-3 weeks -- Antonio Brown now accused, before he joined the Buccaneers, of smashing a security camera where he lives...