The Student of the GameGoing Beyond the Stats

Week 17 . . . the end of the NFL Season . . . what do the playoffs have to offer? How did we get these teams? The SoTG, Chris, and Weasel preach on.

The Playoff Picture is nearly complete and TheSoTG, Weasel, and Chris tell what we knowm what we don't, and how we got there.

Down a player this week, The SoTG and Chris bring you a whacky and wild Week 15 for the 200th episode!!!

Week 14 was a week where a lot of teams had to face the music. The SoTG, Chris, and Weasel are the headliners as Blake Kachman opens the event musically explaining how Jason Garrett may soon be a Foreigner to the NFL with his actions in Week 13.

The Packers and the Niners already cashed in their ticket to the playoffs, but how does the rest of the NFC stack up? Chris sounds off in the latest Rankin’s Rankings.

There are 4 weeks left in the regular season, but if the playoffs started today, here is who would get in:

1. Packers (12-0)
2. Niners (10-2)
3. Saints (9-3)
4. Cowboys (7-5)
5. Bears (7-5)
6. Falcons (7-5)

Others: Lions (7-5), Giants (6-6), Seahawks (5-7), Cardinals (5-7)

One of the SoTG co-hosts, Chris Rankin, is stepping onto the field delivering his predictions for the AFC:

If the Playoffs started this week, here are the AFC teams that would make the playoffs in order:

1 Patriots (9-3)
2 Texans (9-3)
3 Ravens (9-3)
4 Broncos (7-5)
5 Steelers (9-3)
6 Bengals (7-5)

There are 3 teams with 7-5 record on the outside looking in: Titans, Raiders, Jets. There are 4 games left in the season and anything can happen.

Week 13 wasn't so lucky for a few featured teams this time around. The SoTG, Weasel, and Chris point out the misfortune while acknowledge who the winners and losers are as a result.

Overcoming the food hangover to bring you Thanksgiving action, the SoTG, Chris, and Weasel talk up the present and future of the season.

As Thanksgiving night 2011 approached, I was excited. Don’t get me wrong, the Turkey did its job magnificently as the afternoon focus and the wine the In-Laws offer me is always very tasty. But for me I was most excited about desert. Thursday Night Football featuring the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. What – you expected some speech about Pumpkin Pie?

So it’s the Dallas Cowboys again facing off against some team on Thanksgiving that’s a complete waste of space in a game whose high point is the biggest bully against the inferior opposition they faced being given some festively themed award presented by an overly hyped and under qualified sports personality.