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The Raiders and Cardinals suffer brutal losses in week 16. The Cowboys survive the Eagles who were led by a backup quarterback, the Jaguars get a big road win that has playoff implications, a dome team travels east (the Saints) and gets a win outside in Cleveland.

The Panthers look to stake their claim to the NFC South title with a win against the visiting Detroit Lions and the Titans lose a very important game to a division rival, the Houston Texans.

The Vikings continued to be involved in and continue winning really close games. Which begs the question, does a team only have so many close wins in them or are the Vikings just getting ready for playoff football?

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The Raiders get a huge win against the Patriots in week 15 due to a very uncharacteristic blunder by the New England Patriots. I’m sure some Patriots players got their asses chewed out by their head coach. As a long time Raiders fan I will be the first one to admit I’m not picky about how the Raiders get their wins, as long as they “Just Win Baby!”.

The new Browns beat the original Browns, aka the Ravens, and what a detrimental effect that loss could have on the Ravens playoff chances. The Broncos score over twenty points in a game for the second consecutive week, the Cowboys lose to the Jaguars, the Lions and Jets play a fantastic game and the Bills win a close game in inclement weather against their division rival the Miami Dolphins.

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Oh my goodness! I got home from rideshare driving just to find out the Raiders lost to the Rams by one freaking point and it was the newly acquired, former Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield that pierced my heart with the one point defeat dagger.

Anyone who needs reminding that football is a game of attrition need only look to the San Francisco 49ers. These guys are down to their third string quarterback and lost Samuel on Sunday to an ankle injury. They must be asking themselves what else can go wrong. The only positive thing is they keep finding ways to win these games. That’s very “Patriot like” to me!

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Goodness gracious great balls of fire , the Raiders win their third straight game. I thought I was happy last week when I got to hoist the colors for the second straight week. I am over the moon ecstatic that we get to hoist the colors for a third consecutive week.

I’m feeling really good about the Raiders chances of beating the Rams in week 14 too. I guess we’ll all see how that goes!

The 49ers and Ravens see their quarterbacks get hurt in week 13. How will they rebound? The Rams sign Baker Mayfield after he was released by the Carolina Panthers.

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