Yes, there was a Christmas miracle (outside of the one Denver received on a botched PAT). We have a little clarity as to who is going to be in the NFL playoffs. Huzzah! How'd it happen?
1. Broncos slipped out of their stadium with an all but certain Wild Card spot when the ball slipped through the hands of the Cinci holder. After one of the uglier starts (Two interceptions in the first 3.4 seconds or something) the game picked up speed. The game was played in the weather conditions that only a true football fan could love. Icy winds and snow that turned even Mike Shannahan's hair white. Carson Palmer ran the perfect hurry up offense to seemingly tie the game but special teams are indeed special and Denver won out. With an 8-4 conference record, Denver is certainly in the driver seat for the playoffs.
2. Seattle clinched the NFC West via a San Fran choke job in the desert. After working so hard to put themselves in a position to pull off the heist of the century and steal the NFC West, San Fran fell flat. As such Seattle backs into the playoffs as the first Super Bowl loser in 6 years to make the playoffs the next year. Luckily the Steelers loss means that no pair of Super Bowl combatants have the playoffs the following year in a long long time.
As such the biggest games for the playoffs are tonight. A Jets win over Miami pretty much puts the kaibosh on the plethora of 8 win teams in the AFC. I'm sure the folks at MNF are as shocked as anyone that this game means something. Over in the NFC a Dallas victory gives them the NFC East division, while a Philly win gives them a playoff birth and a shot at the division crown. Things are slowly coming into focus. It's a miracle!
News of Note
Few things are as disappointing when your team obviously has mailed it in at the end of the season. The Browns didn't want to play yesterday and it showed. Crennel should be (and hopefully will be). The other stinker of the day was out in New Jersey where the G-Men are merely collecting their checks. Might as well clear out the locker rooms today boys.......I was really sad to see Yao Ming come down with a case of fractured knee. Yao had become the dominant center that was on the verge of becoming extinct.....On the other hand I've been very happy to see Amare Stoudemaire slowly coming back to all-star form. Not sure if he'll ever have the same explosiveness but he's playing great and right now the Suns are playing the best basketball in the league.....Only a few more shopping days till January 1 Bowl Games. Any bets on which USC/TTUP (that team up north) team will show up? The disappointed ones or the hungry ones?
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