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Nice start, but I'm not gloating until this game is over - the Packers had a lead in the last matchup, and look how that turned out.

2 turnovers and the Rams only lead by 3 points. The Panthers are actually going to win this thing, aren't they? (Honestly, the 49ers / Eagles game is pretty up in the air too, be rather shocking if the NFC West repeats the NFC North from last season and take 3 slots and then lose embarrassingly.)

Should be some good games this weekend, especially compared to how most wildcard rounds go. I'll go Rams, Bears, 49ers, Jaguars, Patriots, Texans.

Yeah, I assumed the Deathclaw did not kill Coop because he was an American trooper, no reason to expect that immunity to persist. And yes, it is difficult to see how the Vault 31-33 stuff can possibly tie into the Vegas stuff this season. (Even a cartoonish plotline where Hank has a deadman's...

It's the same question as the Packers - is it better / harder to be consistently good but rarely great, regardless of the roster / cap situation you're handed, or to fluctuate wildly between terrible and great? My gut says being consistently good is harder to do, but we also don't reward...

I can hardly say KK being minimized is a bad thing, but 'The future of Star Wars is Ahsoka!' doesn't thrill me. Neg me if you like, but I'd rather have more Starfighters than more Ahsokas.

If you view Fallout's "satire" flag as permission for Hollywood Leftists to build the most nonsensical version of capitalism trumping basic logic, it's not bad, though even this TV budget leads to a lot of tell don't show moments. As a canonical entry in the Fallout universe that is...

On one hand, in the 13 seasons since they won the Super Bowl, they've made it out of the divisional round once, and didn't even make the playoffs nearly half the time. On the other hand, mutually beneficial splits (a la Eagles / Reid) virtually never happen. Maybe the Ravens think they can...

Since their bye (Week 9), the Eagles have scored more than 21 points twice: against the awful #1 draft pick Raiders, and the deeply mediocre #7 draft pick Commanders. Since Week 9, the 49ers have scored less than 22 points only twice - they only scored 20 points against the Panthers, and when...

NFL doesn't actually have brackets, it is strictly seed based. If this weekend #3 Jax, #2 NE, and #5 Hou win (my picks), #1 Den gets the lowest seed remaining (#5 Hou) in the divisional round next weekend. I wrote that line for a reason, unless Stefanski went over Berry's head to get Deshaun...

Note that that number of wins vs quality opponents resulted in Carroll getting canned - https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47513676/raiders-fire-pete-carroll-one-season-gm-john-spytek-remains That said, I'll reiterate that if there ever was a year for a high seed to sneak into the Super Bowl...

God himself apparently demands the 9-8+ Superbowl playoff loss.

Hey, one NFC North team is getting a playoff win this year! (Sadly, it's probably the Bears with how beaten up the Packers are.) Honestly, the Raiders winning as soon as it was 'safe' for them to do so looks more suspicious than them losing out. Eagles / 49ers and Jaguars / Bills the games to...

Winner gets the first seed - a week of rest, and home field advantage in the NFC West meatgrinder are pretty important.

The NFC South winner vs an NFC West wildcard is going to be the Sat Afternoon game for how lopsided its going to be. Edit: Reminder for those not watching the game that if the Falcons win, the Panthers still win the division (2 way tiebreaker rules are different than 3 way rules).

Well yes, all the existing capacity is already accounted for. (And then some, the core issue being that AI orders will account for another 40% of what was already effectively maxed capacity.) The (terrifying?) thing being that none of the big three manufacturers have decided that demand at 140%...

Tons of chatter that AMD and Nvidia are raising prices on their cards to counteract rising RAM costs. (Reminder that neither AMD nor Nvidia make their own chips nowadays.) Possibly as early as start of business Monday, but definitely during their product lineup press releases during CES next...

I think you meant That said, with Villenueve, Nolan, Lord & Miller, and even weird stuff like Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) ⭐ 6.3 | Animation, Action, Adventure, I have a hard time thinking this year will be a complete bust. Plus with Spider-Man and Avengers: There Goes All Our...

Ah, now that could work, as you said the audience hasn't been introduced to designed bioweapons (vs mutated creatures). Hell, let's go full cheese - Coop meets Barb soon afterward (who's just a mid-level Vault-Tec grunt) who says "Vault-Tec doesn't deal with monsters", the invalidation of that...

Well yeah, the set decorators / costumers are the MVPs of this show, from the basically 1:1 vaults from last season to everything this season (including the virtually 1:1 hotels we still haven't seen outside of previews). That said, while the Securitron / Power Armors looked great, they sure as...

The franchise financials seem pretty murky at this point. To be clear: A4 and A5 have not been fully greenlit yet. The kids did their performance capture for pre-time jump A4 years ago, and while Disney had scheduled A4 and A5 even pre-Covid, A4 has not actually gone into full production...

So the Chargers will likely be the AFC 7h seed, have to go to NE in the WC, then even if they win have to come back to Denver anyway? Not sure that plan makes much sense unless Herbert needs the rest. So Texans will presumably be 5 seed and get to beat up on whomever wins the AFC North? Maybe...

I'm gonna be pretty pissed if that failed Bills 2-point attempt blocks us from GB-Chi III.

So SNF next week is Ravens / Steelers? Even if Bucs won vs Panthers next week to tie at 8-9, the Panthers still win the division due to Conference Record, yes? Edit: Brainfart, they'd both be 6-6 in the conference, so then its the strength of victory metric, which might actually favor the Bucs...

Packers need a mountain of other games to go the right way to get out of the 7th seed, they have no reason to care, other than players making the case for why Willis should be a starter somewhere next year. Edit: The only game that matters this year for GB is a Chicago 2 Seed / Packers 7 Seed...

There's a lot of chatter that _this_ rebuild may finally be the one where the Raiders let Crosby be traded for a haul, no sense letting him get a serious injury which hurts his trade value in a game the Raiders shouldn't want to win. For those not paying attention: There's only two 2-win teams...

Raiders are taking the Ultra Super Mega Tank Bowl seriously https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47421136/raiders-sit-de-maxx-crosby-game-vs-giants-sources-say (Given that the Giants will lose to the Cowboys next week, the Raiders do need to lose this week and let KC beat them next week.)

Packers in the playoffs (as almost certainly the 7th seed)? Now we just need the Bears to get the 2nd seed to set up the Packers chance to ruin the Bears' season in the wildcard round. Go Seahawks! (Or any other NFC West team that gets the 1st seed, I don't care which.)

FYI, the Biden administration had already mandated LLMs only pull from left-leaning sources. Personally, I am fine with AI everything*, as long as it is disclosed. If the AI product isn't immediately inferior to the human-made product, well, that tells you everything about the humans involved...

Lamar has a $51M salary and a $74M(!) cap hit for next year. The only real way to reduce the second number is by adding years to his contract, and apparently he thinks he's better than he is (or frankly ever was, as he's arguably always been over-glazed by Black commentators). Edit: If you...

Why do we hate Manousos? In a portion of the time Carol's had since the joining, he's developed anti-Joining theory and test applications, using only reference material in a language he doesn't know. Still see nothing to dissuade me that the critical conflict is Carol deciding between letting...

Well, yes, given that the NFC side is really the NFC West Off, not having to deal with one of your divisional rivals for at least one week (since you're on a bye) is a pretty massive swing in your chances to make it out of the NFC. Does anyone really think the NFC South team, Eagles, Bears, or...

Apparently, this was literally death by HDR - the tunnel is supposedly notorious for being very dark, then very bright sunlight once you get out, and his eyes did not adjust in time. Obviously play stupid games, win stupid prizes, etc., but worse he took someone else with him.

I think it is completely legitimate to say that this is the weakest #1 seed, regardless of who it is, seen in the AFC in decades. No one's a clear favorite: NE: Given their great defense and average starting field position, their offense is actually middle of the pack. Bills: Josh Allen is...

Guardian Caps are a newer helmet design that is supposed to be more resistant to concussions. Their contours are different enough that the league started putting those cloth wraps over them for visual consistency. The size differences do invite comparisons to bobbleheads, however.

I didn't like the Packers to win the game with their injuries, but what a collapse to lose the game this way, especially if Willis isn't 100% for next week. Though to be honest, it'd probably be better for the Packers to lose and give the last wildcard slot to the Lions, the Lions might be able...

Kids give each other lice all the time in grade schools, especially in colder climates where kids are wearing (each other's) hats all the time. Speaking of actual football, while the Packers might still squeeze out a win here, they just don't have the Oline to do anything meaningful in the...

IIRC, Kepler 22-b was the first planet found where water is likely to be liquid that isn't also a gas giant. A number of sci-fi entries reference it as a result. It's probably still not habitable by people though, given that its gravity is ~2.5 times that of Earth and is furthermore probably...

Considering that unless the Eagles get their act back together, the only NFC teams I consider contenders are all in the West, I expect some great playoff games on that side of the fence.

Lots of chatter Nvidia is cutting production, in part due to slower sales and in part due to memory costs - https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-might-cut-rtx-50-gpu-supply-by-up-to-40-in-2026-due-to-memory-shortages Specifically, cutting production on the lower end 16GB cards (5060Ti and 5070Ti)...