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According to what I've heard and read it's not even a mix of the best officials in all of these games. A lot of the officials for the wildcard and divisional rounds aren't even in the top half of the officials in the league. Thankfully the ones we've seen in the wildcard we're unlikely to see again as the only officials that officiate twice in the postseason are the ones that do the Superbowl. Personally I prefer the idea of taking the top 4 crews and having them officiate the games. For the Championships, use the top 2 ranked crews, and of course for the Superbowl have the top crew. I don't see how using a hybrid of various different officials that don't work together all year is going to be beneficial.

Sad stuff, always enjoyed watching him on ESPN when I was younger. Won't lie, I got teary eyed when Rich Eisen announced it on NFL network.

For some reason I over looked this before. Just signed up.

Mike Evans - The 2nd best rookie WR in one of the best rookie WR classes to come out in a long time, behind ODB of course. ASJ was a disappointment, didn't really see enough of Charles Sims but what we did see wasn't very good outside of a couple runs. No one else we drafted played much if at all.

I would prefer us trade down to get more picks. We need to rebuild our OL, defensive secondary, and we don't have a decent RB in sight. I understand why Buc fans want a QB, because we NEED a QB, but I can' stand the thought of drafting a guy with off the field issues in Winston, nor a QB that's solely played in a read-option offense and is pretty well known for missing wide open receivers in college like Mariota. Honestly if we had a good defense, a decent OL, and a good RB, I'd say draft Mariota. Reason being he's probably going to struggle mightily without those things due to his play style. If we can't manage to build those other positions around him within a couple years, he'll just get benched and traded/dropped like nearly every other 1st round QB drafted in the same conditions. Unless you're sure he's going to be the next Manning or Rodgers it's really a backwards way to go about things. I'd rather struggle more years until this team has a good run game, OL, and a promising defense, then draft some Russel Wilson-like QB after if that's the choice.

1. I'd like to see a run by a 4th string QB and their defense 2. I like Aaron Rodgers, never met a fan I disliked 3. All around fun team to watch 4. Because seeing a team we beat week 4 win the SB is all I have left 5. Same as the Packers, Luck is fun to watch, good fans 6. Ravens are usually fun to watch in the post season 7. Not interested in watching them 8. Boring team outside of the defensive line 9. I like watching this team but they have annoying fans everywhere 10. :Patriots: Another team with a lot of shit talking fans 11. Insufferable fans that will only get worse with another SB win 12. Division rivals

Week 17 Schedule Sunday Cleveland @ Baltimore 1:00 ET Dallas @ Washington 1:00 ET Indianapolis @ Tennessee 1:00 ET New Orleans @ Tampa Bay 1:00 ET Philadelphia @ New York Giants 1:00 ET Buffalo @ New England 1:00 ET Jacksonville @ Houston 1:00 ET San Diego @ Kansas City Chiefs 1:00 ET New York Jets @ Miami 1:00 ET Chicago @ Minnesota 1:00 ET Oakland @ Denver 4:30 ET Arizona @ San Francisco 4:30 ET Detroit @ Green Bay 4:30 ET St. Louis @ Seattle 4:30 ET Carolina @ Atlanta 4:30 ET Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: 43

4 leagues 7-7 record (#4 rank) Won championship 9-4 record (#1 rank) Won championship 9-4 recprd (#2 rank) finished 4th place in playoff 7-7 record (#5 rank) didn't make the playoffs

I'd probably end up choosing Mariota although it's a tough choice. With Winston you have to worry about off the field issues, and when it comes to QB"s that's one thing a lot of the busts have in common. With Mariota you have a guy that's coming from a read option offense, so you have to hope he can learn how to make multiple reads at the speed level of the NFL, and you need to have the coaching staff and offensive play calling to support him at a proper speed.

Week 16 Schedule: Thursday Tennessee @ Jacksonville 8:30 ET Saturday Philadelphia @ Washington 4:30 ET San Diego @ San Francisco 8:30 ET Sunday Minnesota @ Miami 1:00 ET Baltimore @ Houston 1:00 ET Detroit @ Chicago 1:00 ET Cleveland @ Carolina 1:00 ET Atlanta @ New Orleans 1:00 ET Green Bay @ Tampa 1:00 ET Kansas City @ Pittsburgh 1:00 ET New England @ New York Jets 1:00 ET New York Giants @ St. Louis 4:00 ET Buffalo @ Oakland 4:30 ET Indianapolis @ Dallas 4:30 ET Seattle @ Arizona 8:30 ET Monday Denver @ Cincinnati 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: 52

Thursday: Arizona @ St. Louis 8:30 ET Sunday: Pittsburgh @ Atlanta 1:00 ET Jacksonville @ Baltimore 1:00 ET Green Bay @ Buffalo 1:00 ET Tampa @ Carolina 1:00 ET Cincinnati @ Cleveland 1:00 ET Houston @ Indianapolis 1:00 ET Oakland @ Kansas City 1:00 ET Miami @ New England 1:00 ET Washington @ New York Giants 1:00 ET Denver @ San Diego 4:00 ET New York Jets @ Tennessee 4:00 ET Minnesota @ Detroit 4:30 ET San Francisco @ Seattle 4:30 ET Dallas @ Philadelphia 8:30 ET Monday: New Orleans @ Chicago 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: 58

Thursday: Dallas @ Chicago 8:30 ET Sunday: Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati 1:00 ET St. Louis @ Washington 1:00 ET New York Giants @ Tennessee 1:00 ET Carolina @ New Orleans 1:00 ET New York Jets @ Minnesota 1:00 ET Baltimore @ Miami 1:00 ET Indianapolis @ Cleveland 1:00 ET Tampa @ Detroit 1:00 ET Houston @ Jacksonville 1:00 ET Buffalo @ Denver 4:00 ET Kansas City @ Arizona 4:00 ET Seattle @ Philadelphia 4:30 ET San Francisco @ Oakland 4:30 ET New England @ San Diego 8:30 ET Monday: Atlanta @ Green Bay 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: 60

Week 13 Schedule: Thursday: Chicago @ Detroit 12:30 ET Philadelphia @ Dallas 4:30 ET Seattle @ San Francisco 4:30 ET Sunday: Washington @ Indianapolis 1:00 ET Tennessee @ Houston 1:00 ET Cleveland @ Buffalo 1:00 ET San Diego @ Baltimore 1:00 ET New York Giants @ Jacksonville 1:00 ET Cincinnati @ Tampa Bay 1:00 ET Oakland @ St. Louis 1:00 ET New Orleans @ Pittsburgh 1:00 ET Carolina @ Minnesota 1:00 ET Arizona @ Atlanta 4:00 ET New England @ Green Bay 4:30 ET Denver @ Kansas City 8:30 ET Monday: Miami @ New York Jets 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: How many points will be scored on MNF? 50

Sunday: Cleveland @ Atlanta 1:00 ET Tennessee @ Philadelphia 1:00 ET Detroit @ New England 1:00 ET Green Bay @ Minnesota 1:00 ET Jacksonville @ Indianapolis 1:00 ET Cincinnati @ Houston 1:00 ET New York Jets @ Buffalo 1:00 ET Tampa Bay @ Chicago 1:00 ET Arizona @ Seattle 4:00 ET St. Louis @ San Diego 4:00 ET Miami @ Denver 4:20 ET Washington @ San Fran 4:20 ET Dallas @ New York Giants 8:30 ET Monday: Baltimore @ New Orleans 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: 50

Little late Sunday: Minnesota @ Chicago 1:00 ET Houston @ Cleveland 1:00 ET Atlanta @ Carolina 1:00 ET Cincinnati @ New Orleans 1:00 ET Tampa Bay @ Washington 1:00 ET Denver @ St. Louis 1:00 ET San Francisco @ New York Giants 1:00 ET Seattle @ Kansas City 1:00 ET Oakland @ San Diego 4:00 ET Detroit @ Arizona 4:30 ET Philadelphia @ Green Bay 4:30 ET New England @ Indianapolis 8:30 eT Monday: Pittsburgh @ Tennessee 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: 50

Thursday: Cleveland @ Cincinnati 8:30 ET Sunday: Chiefs @ Bills 1:00 ET Dolphins @ Lions 1:00 ET Cowboys @ Jags 1:00 ET 49ers @ Saints 1:00 ET Titans @ Ravens 1:00 ET Steelers @ Jets 1:00 ET Falcons @ Bucs 1:00 ET Broncos @ Raiders 4:00 ET Rams @ Cardinals 4:20 ET Giants @ Seahawks 4:20 ET Bears @ Packers 8:30 ET Monday: Panthers @ Eagles 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: 30

I'd prefer to see Glennon play out the year. He hasn't played well, but we might as well be certain with what we have with Glennon and let him play the final 8 games. If nothing else but to see if he's worth having around as a back-up. McCown offers zero upside to starting. He won't help us win games and we're not going to get any other benefits with a QB of his age and talent.

Sorry I went 9-4, but marked as 8-5. I can't count, apparently.

I changed my Dallas pick to Arizona so I went 9-3 with a 64 point tiebreaker.

Changed from Cowboys to Cardinals with Romo out.

It's pretty overstated how much we're using Tampa-2 this season. Even if you scratch the last 2 years and only consider his play this season, he isn't in the Tampa-2 the vast majority of snaps, and he still eats dick. I didn't like the draft pick over Kuechly when we made it. I still hoped he would work out but I'm not surprised or disappointed to see him go.

Thursday: New Orleans @ Carolina 8:30 ET Sunday: Tampa Bay @ Cleveland 1:00 ET Arizona @ Dallas 1:00 ET Philadelphia @ Houston 1:00 ET New York Jets @ Kansas City 1:00 ET Jacksonville @ Cincinnati 1:00 ET San Diego @ Miami 1:00 ET Washington @ Minnesota 1:00 ET St. Louis @ San Francisco 4:00 ET Denver @ New England 4:30 ET Oakland @ Seattle 4:30 ET Baltimore @ Pittsburgh 8:30 ET Monday: Indianapolis @ New York Giants 8:30 ET Tiebreaker: 64

It's been many years since I've seen the Bucs give a player a big contract that I think will actually earn it. Glad to see we locked him up for several more years as the block to build upon.

Not really on topic, and maybe it's just me, but it feels like shit news like this is taking up almost all football related articles. I remember when analysts focused on the actual football aspects of the NFL and a lot less on the locker room gossip. I don't think it's really the analysts that have changed though, it's the players. They need to worry a little more about doing their job, which is winning games, and a little less on talking to the media about whether or not they think a teammate is black enough. Doing the latter is only going to serve not only hurting the team, but their own careers.