Hey, Remember the Fail Mary? Week 15 SNF Thread

It happened 12 years ago, September 24, 2012, Prime Time. Pack @ C-Hox, a clear interception was ruled as the game winning TD by the replacement refs…

Momentuous occasion, we should’ve had ribs. After the game, Kissing Suzy Kolber almost broke (IIRC) and the NFL caved to the refs out on strike. It was also an innocent time; back then, the market was thriving with cellphones with a screen AND a keyboard (sigh), and NFL fans could sympathize with Aaron Rodgers getting the shaft from the refs. Now only QAron’s dwindling entourage would commiserate, and discreetly in private at that. Quite revealing, this passage of time thing.

Packers (9-4) @ Seahawks (8-5)

The Packers are solid in all areas, from what I’ve seen. Third place in a stackT division is a bit cruel fate, except Green Bay’s franchise QB fortunes disqualify them from sympathy.

The Pack just seems better than Seattle. Green Bat finishes this season hosting the crumbling Saints, going to MinnesoUta on Week 17 (Game of the Year candidate), and end hosting the Bers. With 11 wins, Green Bay gets in as a Wild Card and gets to return to Seattle or go to LA.

Seattle has been streaky: started 3-0, then 3-3 (notably losing to the Jints), 4-5, and then riding a four-game winning streak to tonight. They’ve already lost to Detroit, Buffalo, and RAMMITT!, which is nothing to be ashamed of. But their defense is killer. I read their D was going by “Dead Zone”, out off a comment made by Ernest Brown IV. Brown was RAMMIT’s defensive captain, was traded to TEN this offseason, and in October the Titans traded Brown to Seattle. But SEA’s offense… Save for Zach Charonnet, who’s been on a tear in December, the O has been bleh.

Looking ahead, the C-Hox next host the Vikings, travel to Chicago and end against RAMMITTT in the likely SNF Superflex, NFC West Championship style. But if Seattle loses tonight, I can’t see them outlasting any team after Week 18.

And that’s all I got! Gonna watch the end of BUF @ DET. Circle back to synergize, ya hear?

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