Going for Two: Week Eight Ups and Downs

The Gospel according to JJ: We played a lot better, and it was good. Houston did play a lot better, as expected. The Kitties defeated the Bumblebees to go 7 & 0 for the first time ever. After tonight, they will be one of three teams with that record, I just hope Denver isn't one of them. Tampa Bay somehow defeated Atlanta, but the big story is Oakland.

Oakland is definitely a Wild Card this year, and that doesn't necessarily mean that they will be a Wild Card pick, but that they are wild, and, I guess, they have cards, or something. They came from the bottom of the pack - #31 in my rankings - to defeat Baltimore, Cleveland, and San Diego, and were within one score of winning against Denver since then. But the Jets are really good this year, so I didn't expect them to lose to Oakland, much less by 14 points, but it happened. 

And the new numbers are in, both from the calculation tweaks and this week's wins. If all goes as The Ancient Oracle of Football predicts, the only playoff change is that Carolina is on top of the NFC South again. Of course, if events refuse to line up as the Ancient Oracle predicts, Carolina would, once again, be a Wild Card team, and the locations of playoff games might change up a little bit. Oh yeah, Philly is back in the playoffs, and the Giants are out, no matter how things shake out tonight and tomorrow.

In tonight's game, Denver has more to gain (13 to 16 wins) than Green Bay has to lose (16 to 15 wins), or so the numbers go. Personally, I'm not so sure about that. If Green Bay can just stop Denver's offense, because I really don't want to hear Collinsworth tell me that here's a guy from the Broncos who is really good. Eff the Broncos, Go Pack Go!