With just four weeks to go in the regular season, the NFL has begun publishing the official playoff clinching scenarios. Obviously, Green Bay is not in a position to clinch yet. Only the Atlanta Falcons are so well-positioned in the NFC going into Week 14.
Interestingly, the New England Patriots can clinch a playoff spot this weekend if they beat the Bears. There are other scenarios for them, as well, but I wonder if that extra bit of incentive might help them avoid the letdown game profile.
Meanwhile, Dom Bonvissuto has updated his playoff projections, and he continues to be very bullish on the Packers. He sees Green Bay winning out the remainder of their schedule, while he expects the Bears to drop three of their remaining four games! He also envisions the Falcons dropping considerably in their seeding, and the Eagles missing out altogether. Interesting stuff.
Just as Dom B. figures the Packers to win and the Bears to lose this weekend, so does Peter King. Indeed, he’s very confident about Green Bay’s chances in Detroit.
Don Banks, meanwhile, also continues to be high on the Packers. Going into the final quarter of the season, he figures that the Steelers or Patriots will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl, and that the Packers or Falcons will win the NFC.
The other football future that is being contemplated in the press today is Brett Favre’s. No, it’s not the perennial question about whether he’ll retire or play again. Rather, it’s the matter of his fate with the NFL in the case of Jenn Sterger. According to her representative, Sterger will drop the whole case if Favre is suspended for his alleged actions. (See also ESPN.com's story.)
The investigation is just now reaching the commissioner’s desk. How long will he take to decide? Will his decision be appealed? And how do you suspend a legend who is about to retire for, perhaps, the final game(s) of his career?
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