Can you smell the finish line? It’s a heady mix of flop sweat, brats and beer burps. We made it! Again. As always. We laughed, we cried, we shook our heads in disgust and we said to ourselves, “never again!”. But we’ll do it again.

To The Games!

Bengals/Browns:

Cincy watched their shot at the #1 seed disappear yesterday afternoon but they certainly have come a long way. They’ve exorcised many ghosts this year on their way to winning the division-an unlikely thought to most that live outside a small area of Ohio. I just worry about the number of hits Burrow takes-best to grab a quality starter (or two) on the o-line via trade, free agency or the draft.

Packers/Lions:

Holy bananas! What would be the point of a Detroit fan showing up for this tilt? I guess Campbell has them playing hard but that talent deficit is going to be hard to overcome. It looks as though the league’s favorite anti-vaxxer will play until this game is put to bed. So half time?

Bears/Vikings:

One team seems to always play down to the competition and the other is always playing down. How low can these two go today? Dalton gets the start because Fields is on The List. I’m guessing the latter gets one more year to prove he’s The One or Not The One.

TEAM/Giants:

A Salute To Futility! should be the name of this game. Double digit losers as far as the eye can see. Afterwards I’m sure that Judge will say that everyone was playing for their job next year or some other empty platitude. He’s his ten year old self’s idea of what a tough guy should be and the cracks in that persona are getting too large to ignore.

Colts/Jags:

Indy needs this to get to the postseason but haven’t won in Jacksonville since 2014.(!) No doubt Taylor gets the ball 25+ times unless Reich wants to get cute again. (he put Hines in during the very first series last week-what a putz)

Steelers/Ravens:

T.J. Watt is going for the sack record vs a team that gives up the most sacks-so pencil his name in over Strahan’s. I’ll point to the fiction that both teams have a shot at the playoffs if several unlikely things occur.

Titans/Texans:

Can Tennessee ‘bye’ another week while Henry continues to heal? Houston have been bizzaro spoilers for the likes of the Titans and Chargers but I’ve too much respect for Vrabel and the way he negotiated this team through a slew of injuries and setbacks.

Have at it.