2022 NFC Week 10 Kayfabe and Political Rankings

(I'm not sure anything really changes, vis-a-vis the result of Philadelphia vs. Washington tomorrow night, with the possible exception of low-end wildcard considerations, so I'll check all that.)

Kayfabe:

NFC East:  Philly's the #1 seed and leads the division either way (HTH Week 2 over Minnesota if necessary).  NY Giants are 7-2, Dallas is 6-3, and Washington needs the upset to get to 5-5.

NFC North:  Minnesota is 8-1.

NFC South:  Tampa Bay is 5-5.

NFC West:  Seattle is 6-3.

1.  Philadelphia (NFC East, HTH tiebreaker over Minnesota if Washington wins)

2.  Minnesota (8-1, NFC North, loses HTH tiebreaker with Philly if Washington beats Philly)

3.  Seattle (6-3, NFC West)

4.  Tampa Bay (5-5, NFC South)

5.  New York Giants (7-2)

6.  Dallas (6-3)

7.  San Francisco (5-4, would be the #7 regardless of the result Monday night, so there's no bearing on this order yet)

So no seeding order changes...

Politicals:

1.  Philadelphia

A large loss to Washington MIGHT have some merit in closing the gap.

2.  New York Giants

7-2, not the strongest 7-2, but 7-2 and they have a lot more to bring to the table than at least one of the other teams on this list.

3.  Minnesota

Was going to put Seattle here, and then remembered what happened to them this week.

I get it, Skol...  You're 8-1.  What do you bring to the NFL's political table to get the push to the Super Bowl?  Serious question, if any Vikings fans read this blog, now or in the future.

4.  Dallas

Still a lot more to offer than Minnesota, but the margin for error, especially with being third in the division now, is reduced.

5.  Tampa Bay

Sickest thing:  With that division, they could go 9-8 (or even 8-9!), win the division, and THEN Brady goes on a refball run.  And now that we know Tom Brady HAS lost his marriage over playing this season...

6.  Seattle

That one's gonna hurt come January, probably more than even Dallas' will, because of seeding problems.

DUD OF THE WEEK:

Nominees/lesser medalists:

DALLAS:

What the fuck were you doing in Lambeau today?  WHAT THE UNHOLY FUCK WAS THAT????

This was a Packer team that was basically down and on life support.  You really should've been favored double digits in this game (though there have been several...  interesting...  Vegas lines of late in the NFL!).  And you go out and lay THAT EGG.

And the only reason, especially because I think COVIDIOT-12 and the Packers have won this award at least three (if not more!) times this season, you don't win it is because of that sick display by the officiating in Buffalo.

(Gee, who do you think I have winning it this week???)

LOS ANGELES RAMS:

For several sucky weeks in succession which have nearly, if not completely, discredited last year's Super Bowl win.  I know the injuries have accumulated (Kupp got hurt this week, Stafford went into the concussion protocol), but you really don't get it, do you, LA?

Winners:

THE OFFICIATING CREW OF BUFFALO-MINNESOTA AND THEIR FAILED EFFORT TO FUCK THE VIKES WITHOUT LUBE:

I really hope the NFL does one of it's longer-form videos on the 4th quarter and overtime of that game.  I want the Full Monty on dissecting THAT son of a bitch!

I counted at least 3 major refball decisions for Buffalo in the regulation, and that speaks nothing of the mess the refs made out of overtime.