Your Sunday Afternoon NFL Football Open Thread

Has the playoff picture become clearer after the noon-ish tilts? I’m guessing that the answer is, if not ‘no’, then ‘kinda’. Well, get thee ready for some more jockeying…

TO THE GAMES!

Rams/Cards:

Of course there are some teams doing other things. Arizona, for example is focusing on giving some of their young talent a little more playing time. They’re also wondering if Old Sure Hands Fitz is heading for that ranch in New Mexico where he can catch more than a break in his second career. Ya see, he’s undecided about another year doing wonderful things in front of tens of appreciative fans. As for the game itself the stats point to a rout. The Cards have allowed the most rushing TD’s in the league and the Rams have run for the second-most. Passing, scoring, points given up and other indicators fall pretty much right in line with the one mentioned above.

Bears/Niners:

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop on the Bears but have come to realize that there’s nary a Manolo Blahnik in sight. Rook San Fran tackle McGlinchey has cut his baby teeth on the likes of Von Miller, Dee Ford, Melvin Ingram and Chandler Jones but now it’s Big Fella time with a Mack trucking into his view.

Steelers/Saints:

Ingram and Kamara are called Boom and Zoom? Did The Wiggles win the naming contest? The Ravens win yesterday means that if Pitt wins out they’re in. If not, it then becomes a matter of dunking for the largest turds (Steelers, Colts, Ravens and Titans) in the septic pit that is the AFC’s second-level teams.

Shitter’s full!