NFL Week 16 2013 Mayhem

Just when you thought you knew football, you get hit with a weekend of Mayhem. This weekend we had some playoff races go down the drains while some are kept alive when you thought for sure it was over.

 

Cowboys Live Another Day but Lose Romo

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The Dallas Cowboys have been at the butt of many peoples jokes over the past month and a half now, and for good reason, but all that seems to be water on a ducks back for Tony Romo and crew. The Cowboys were able to hang on for a win Sunday against NFC East rival Washington Redskins, who were starting Kirk Cousins at QB for his 2nd start of the season. Dallas was barely able to withstand the Redskins attack, with Romo throwing a late TD to rally the 'Boys past the Redskins and keep their shot at the NFC East title alive. They will be be hosting the Philadelphia Eagles next week for the NFC East title with the winner moving on to the playoffs and the loser getting sent home for the offseason. According to ESPN Romo would suffer a herniated disk in the lumbar region and will need to have season ending back surgery.
Prediction:
DAL over WSH 42-35
Final Score:
DAL over WSH 24-23

Dolphins Playoff Race Takes Major Hit in Buffalo

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The Miami Dolphins were in control of their own playoff destiny before Sunday. The Buffalo Bills would play the Grinch this Christmas season, shutting down the Dolphins for a huge win Sunday over their AFC East rival. The Dolphins had to win out the rest of their games to be able to make the playoffs and now with this loss, must win next week against another AFC East rival, (7-8)New York Jets and the Chargers, and Ravens must both lose as well. The Bills defense was able to hold 2nd year QB Ryan Tannehill to only 82 yards the entire game. Back-up QB Matt Moore made an appearance for the Dolphins when Tannehill went out with an injury and winded up throwing 2 INT's before it was all said and done. The Bills swept the Dolphins this year for the 1st time since 2007.
Prediction:
BUF over MIA  21-20
Final Score:
BUF over MIA 19-0

Detroit Gets Eliminated from Playoff Race

The Detroit Lions were eliminated from playoff contention this year, losing in overtime to the dwindling New York Giants. The Lions were poised for a perfect playoff scenario, the other two elite QB's in your division missed most of the season to injuries (Bears Jay Cutler, Packers Aaron Rodgers) and the Lions were still unable to grab control of the NFC North. This was their 5th loss in 6 games, before all theses losses they were in the lead in the NFC North, and came to a Giants team that is only playing for showmanship at this point. The Lions had a chance at the end to seal the deal but were unable to keep momentum on their side and lost a tough home game in overtime to keep them out of the playoffs and a chance at their first division title since 1993. The Giants, who were playing with nothing to lose, proved it in overtime when they were on a 4th and 7 on the Lions 42-yard line and Eli Manning was able to convert a 15-yard pass to keep their drive alive and set up a game winning field goal to end the Lions post-season before it even had a chance to begin.
Prediction:
DET over NYG 30-20
Final Score:
NYG over DET 23-20 

Arizona Stuns Seattle with Late TD

Check out my recap from this game here!

Prediction:

SEA over ARI 37-16

Final Score:

ARI over SEA 17-10

Those are just some of the bigger headlines to grab my attention from the NFL Week 16 2013 Mayhem.

Here are all the rest of the final scores from Week 16 of the NFL:

Sunday Afternoon Games:

CIN over MIN 42-14
IND over KC 23-7

STL over TB 23-13

NYJ over CLE 24-13

CAR over NO 17-31

TEN over JAX 20-16

DEN over HOU 37-13* Side Note: Peyton Manning has thrown a new NFL-record 51 TD passes in a season with one game still to go!
PIT over GB 38-31
SD over OAK 26-13
NE over BAL 41-7

Sunday Night Football:

PHI over CHI 54-11

Monday Night Football:

ATL @ SF

Final Score:

SF over ATL 34-24

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