Playoff Chatter?
December 18th, 2020
Bundle up, Bucs.
Is it too dangerous to discuss playoff opponents?
Joe doesn’t want to set off the football gods, who Chucky must be tight with because those gods have been royally p!ssed at the Bucs since Chucky got run out of One Buc Palace.
Well, one guy not worried about the football gods is none other than hot-dog-eating-contest-protesting, mock-draft-scowling, L.L. Bean-wearing, Second Amendment abolitionist, Mike-Florio-arguing, parrot-insensitive, chewing-with-his-mouth-open, soup-gulping, California-train-romancing, anti-football proliferation, outhouse-admiring, airline-napping, steerage-flying, Yogi Berra-worshiping, urinal-picture-taking, video-game-playing, Taylor-Swift-listening, pickpocket-thwarting, Bucs-uniform-frowning, Allie-LaForce-smitten, Big-Ten-Network-hating, pedestrian-bumping, olive oil-lapping, popcorn-munching, coffee-slurping, fried-chicken-eating, oatmeal-loving, circle-jerking, craft-beer-chugging, cricket-watching, scone-loathing, college football-naïve, baseball-box-score-reading, NPR-honk, filthy-hotel-staying, fight-instigating, barista-training, Budweiser-tolerant, baseball scorecard-keeping, pasta-feasting, vomit-dodging scrooge, Kay-Adams-following, social activist and NFL insider Peter King of NBC Sports.
King was talking home field advantage for the NFC playoffs and he thinks if the Packers can keep the No. 1 seed, that is really bad for the rest of the NFC playoff teams.
Why? Well, we know the networks will put the Packers in a primetime spot, in part because the Packers are a popular team and draw eyeballs. The second reason also has to do with optics.
Because games in the snow at night (think the Tuck Rule Game) look so spectacular on TV, networks hope scheduling night games for teams in the far north will mean getting a snow game (and eff the players or the fans who have to play/sit in that weather and get frostbite and hypothermia when it’s about 10 degrees).
King included the Bucs as a team that likely fears a night playoff game in Lambeau Field, as King explained to the one and only Chris “Mad Dog” Russo on SiriusXM MadDog Radio.
“No one likes playing when it is 13 degrees,” King said. “Now, I believe that Tom Brady won’t care if the game is on the moon or the Arctic Circle. But, what about his teammates? What about the warm weather Tampanians?”
Maybe the Bucs luck out if they have to play Washington? In the mid-latitude region of America, there is an annual weather phenomenon called “January Thaw.” It happens almost every January, where for a few days the temperature rises well above average and much higher than freezing, from the 40s-60s, or higher.
That weather is good for football (the Redskins’ defensive line is a different thing and a very bad matchup vs. Tom Brady).
Too bad the January thaw doesn’t quite reach northeastern Wisconsin.
Joe just does not like the idea of the Bucs playing in Green Bay at night where it’s even too cold for polar bears to be outside much less humans.
December 18th, 2020 at 9:33 am
I’d rather have the Bucs play the Packers in Lambeau, regardless of weather, than play the Saints again in NO. No matter what the matchup, it’s going to be tough, unless perhaps we get the NFC east matchup. Even then, advancing in the playoffs is going to require the Bucs to show up in the 1st quarter and not wait until the second half to get things rolling.
December 18th, 2020 at 9:39 am
well, those gods seemed to have p!ssed on Chucky last night too.
December 18th, 2020 at 9:42 am
Oh Joe…… you said Redskins.
I know I should be offended and outraged at you….. but I can’t be…..
Because it’s ridiculous that they caved in to the PC Police.
Redskins Redskins Redskins!
December 18th, 2020 at 9:52 am
Based off my name I’m sure you guys can tell where I’m from. While I don’t live in Green Bay I did just check the weather. On Christmas Eve it’s supposed to be 15 degrees and that’s without the wind chill. It’ll get back into the high 20’s after that night though. Not ideal for football players that play in Tampa. However, anything can happen in the playoffs!!
December 18th, 2020 at 9:54 am
Win on Sunday… that is ALL they need to be concerned about!
BTW Jameis can get a good look at America’s Quarterback this Sunday at 4
December 18th, 2020 at 9:55 am
Also, I don’t know why people are so butt hurt that the Washington Football Team changed their name. It’s a racist name. It would be just like if a team was named the Tampa Bay White Skins or the Green Bay Dark Skins… it’s racist. Get over it, it isn’t your team and get with the times.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:02 am
I’m so focused on the next three games. ATL can’t really run the ball, but they have very good weapons at WR. Our D needs to come to play. ATL on D is pretty tough against the run. Brady and our receivers are going to have to win the two Games vs ATL. I foresee a lot of passing by both teams. If we come to play against the Lions we should win easily. Most important for these last three games will be our pass rush. If we get pressure in all games there is no reason we can’t head into the playoffs with a 4 game win streak.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:09 am
WiscoJoe you have no idea what you are talking about. The name Redskin was selected in collaboration with Native Americans and had their blessing. Redskins also has zero to do with skin color. It referred to a tribe of indians that painted themselves red to differentiate themselves between other tribes in their area. The original term became popularized across the US by a novel published in 1849. Stop being a victim of the progressive social vision infecting this nation. Research more.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:14 am
So nice to see the social justice warriors up and about early today.
They’re probably getting ready to pack up the Prius and head out to the organic outdoor market to buy some really nice non-GMO extra large cucumbers.
They’re so smart.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:14 am
1823* not 1849
December 18th, 2020 at 10:18 am
@WiscoJoe: YOU and your Fellow Traveler Loyal Comrades are the reason the NFL is leaking millions of eyeballs.
I doubt you care, as long as the the march toward The Glorious Progressive Revolution continues.
Those teams will *always* be the Redskins, Indians, Braves, etc., to me.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:20 am
I don’t know a single person who gives a chit about team names, one way or the other… But some of you love to find things to get your panties in a bunch over.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:21 am
Don’t count out the Giants- they hold the tie breaker over Washington.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:22 am
DoooshLaRue Says:
No doubt their Overlords are pleased with their loyalty.
As a reward for carrying The Better’s rhetorical water, perhaps Wisco should report to The People’s Collective Cooperative and Worker’s Revolutionary Union Hall to queue for a voucher for an extra ration of Free Cheese.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:27 am
Too bad about cold weather home-field advantage.
When you don’t win enough to determine your playoff destiny, you don’t control your destiny.
You can look back at a couple of games that got away, and see why every game matters.
Does this team have the juice to go into a cold environment and play well? Did they play well against the Giants in the semi-cold?
December 18th, 2020 at 10:29 am
WiscoJoe… enough is never enough.. you’ll be kissing their boots and having their way with your wife and daughter… enough is never enough
OK back to football
How long has it been since we weren’t talking the NFL Draft the week before Christmas on JoeBucFan ?
La dolce vita !
December 18th, 2020 at 10:34 am
Wisco,
First, Redskins is not racist. Yes, I am aware of the recent past in which political activists educated the unenlightened neanderthal hillbillies to the real meaning of the teams name and how it is actually racists even if no one knew or even suspected as much.
To credit the activists theIr efforts dedication and crusade to change the world and elevate each and every indigenous person to that of the whitey is truly inspiring and we can collectively thank them. The fact that eliminating that horrible racists name has improved life on the reservation for all indigenous peoples is a testament to their righteousness of the cause. I know that I can sleep better now that it’s the Washington football team and so can all formerly red skinned people.
Unfortunately, there is still teams thru out America that continue to hold in honor their racists Indian mascots and will have to be re-educated so that they refute their legacy of oppression and white supremacists idealogy. I can only dream of the future where no indigenous peoples are held in such high regard as to be recognized and honored by the racists tradition of naming them a mascot of a public school or professional sports team. Then we can hopefully see these people for what they truly are. Alcoholics mostly and casino profiteers. Thanks again white activists for stealing the last bit of dignity from these honored peoples.
December 18th, 2020 at 10:35 am
Hey wisco…why cant i be racist? I pity all the “leftist” and “snowflakes” that wont allow me to spew my racism. They are infringing on my rights to spew hate. I will show them. I wont watch football. Yea, that will teach them. So instead of the nfl making 12 billion dollars, they will only make 11.99999 billion dollars. That teach them for changing the team’s name and allowing all those “thugs” to kneel. God bless all you good christian folk
December 18th, 2020 at 10:41 am
Cold weather games is what playoff football is ….. the one and only time we played Green Bay in the playoffs “97” was a fun game to watch …. regardless teams that what the super bowl will play their best regardless of the weather … cold or hot
December 18th, 2020 at 10:42 am
Hey Webster … I remember a time I knocked out a racist white boy
December 18th, 2020 at 10:55 am
@D1: That’s pretty funny.
Well played!
December 18th, 2020 at 11:01 am
Is it too dangerous to discuss playoff opponents?
nawl…just too early…
GO BUCS!!!!
December 18th, 2020 at 11:09 am
@King … “Tampanians”? I’ve heard us called a lot of things, but never Tampanians. I’ve either led a sheltered life or you should add ‘work-maker-upper’ to Peter King’s descriptors Joe.
D1 … Don’t blame ‘the activists’; they’re powerless without those who all too easily acquiesce to their rants. Personally I prefer to blame those who’ve fallen for revisionist history … rewritten daily. Hmmm, maybe Realist’s ‘sheep’ are breeding more rapidly than I thought.
December 18th, 2020 at 11:18 am
Joe LOL too funny Chucky in with the football playoff gods?? Did you see the game last night? Raiders are toast as far as getting in the playoffs. I like Chucky but he certainly has no playoff gods looking over him at the moment.
December 18th, 2020 at 3:09 pm
“Tampanians”? All this time I thought we were Tampons.
December 19th, 2020 at 12:05 am
@Nick2, Yeah, last night it looked like the football gods treated Chucky like a red headed stepchild but at least he got a look at Mariota who looks like a serviceable backup and perhaps a starter someplace like Foxborough unlike a guy I know who is holding a clipboard in the Big Easy!