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January 12, 2026 at 10:41 am #161125
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Rams fans we want whatever gives us the chance for a home game and that’s for the niners to win! Home game is most importantJanuary 12, 2026 at 10:54 am #161128znModeratorThe 49ers, Rams and Seahawks are all in the divisional round, so how good is the NFC West?
With 3/4 of the NFC West reaching the divisional round, it’s a good time to put into perspective the division’s dominance.
Led by the Seahawks, Rams and 49ers, the NFC West finished the regular season with a +6.7-point margin per game in non-division matchups. That ranks fifth among 192 division seasons since realignment in 2002, behind only the 2013 NFC West (+9.0), the 2024 NFC North (8.7), the 2007 AFC South (+7.4) and the 2004 AFC East (+7.0).
Not that the way the Rams beat an 8-9 Carolina team (34-31) or the 49ers outlasted the Eagles (23-19) signaled dominance. The Rams trailed in the final minute against the Panthers. San Francisco’s victory was impressive more for the state of the 49ers’ roster, which suffered another devastating loss when Kittle suffered a torn Achilles tendon, than for anything else. Coach Kyle Shanahan’s call for a trick-play pass from receiver Jauan Jennings to McCaffrey for a 29-yard touchdown to take the lead in the fourth quarter reflected this team’s incredible resourcefulness during a season marked by attrition.
“Philly looked horrible to me,” an exec from another team said. “They could not move the ball. The offense looked sluggish. They were getting into it on the sideline. Just not good. San Francisco could not run the ball at all. They hit a few passes, but that was really it.”
The NFC West is not exactly storming into the next round, in other words. But only the Bears stand between this division and the Super Bowl at this point
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 am #161129
wvParticipantSeahawks 6.5 point favorites over SF.
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vJanuary 12, 2026 at 12:14 pm #161135
ZooeyModeratorSeahawks 6.5 point favorites over SF.
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vFrom last week’s misery to this week’s giddy triumph, the SF fans now believe this is a team of destiny. They don’t even seem concerned about the loss of Kittle.
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 pm #161145znModeratorColin Cowherd on Kyle Shanahan and Nick Sirianni:
“The NFL playoffs is about the best coaches and the best quarterbacks. And Philly has neither… Kyle Shanahan is using coupons and buying a month full of groceries for 48 bucks. And Nick Sirianni hit the lottery and he’s broke 2… pic.twitter.com/pya56BykNt
— Coach Yac 🗣 (@Coach_Yac) January 12, 2026
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 pm #161183znModeratorJanuary 17, 2026 at 11:05 am #161281znModeratorSeahawks QB Sam Darnold hasn’t thrown a football since he hurt his oblique Thursday. The Seahawks believe, but don’t know, that he will be OK to start tonight’s game vs. the 49ers. Backup QB Drew Lock took the reps the past two days and is ready if needed. pic.twitter.com/ICznfipJJC
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 17, 2026
January 17, 2026 at 11:46 am #161282ZooeyModeratorI’ve reluctantly found myself on the side of the 9ers in this one, only because it gives a home game to the Rams if they beat Chicago. But I realized no matter who wins, if Chicago beats the Rams, I will be hoping they win next week. So go 9ers. I guess.
I think Seattle’s fate largely falls on Darnold, and the 9ers will need a big game from McCaffrey. Though it does seem like every playoff features a Bucky Dent or a Jaquiski Tartt.
I guess I lean Denver because I gather they are more reliably vulnerable than a Buffalo team on a hot streak. IOW, I hear that the Bills have a higher ceiling than the Broncos. Dunno, though. I do not want Houston to advance, nor NE. So Denver it is over there for now.
January 17, 2026 at 6:29 pm #161292znModeratorBroncos shellacking Bills in 3rd quarter, due mostly to 3 lost Buffalo fumbles.
I’ve always argued that if you want to win, you can’t fumble. It hurts you far more than it helps you.
But Denver keeps kicking FGs instead of getting TDs, and since there’s still plenty of time, Buffalo is far from out of it at this point.
In fact as I typed this, Buffalo scored. Denver ahead only 23-17.
January 17, 2026 at 6:54 pm #161293wvParticipantBills have 4 turnovers in three quarters. How are they still in this game?
I think i want Denver to win, because i think they would do better against the Pats.
I do have a soft-spot for the Bills though. That team is cursed.
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vJanuary 17, 2026 at 7:47 pm #161294wvParticipant30-30. Overtime in Denver. Nice way to start the playoffs.
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vJanuary 17, 2026 at 8:28 pm #161295ZooeyModeratorI do have a soft-spot for the Bills though. That team is cursed.
Another gut-wrenching loss for Buffalo. Former Ram Brandin Cooks has the ball taken from him, and then former Ram Tre’Davious White commits a terrible DPI.
January 17, 2026 at 8:30 pm #161296znModeratorThere were 9 fumbles in that game. Buffalo had 5 and lost 3, Denver had 4 and recovered them all. Then add the 2 INTs on Buffalo, and Bills basically lost a 3 point game in OT that was close in spite of 5 turnovers.
So Buffalo–5 fumbles, 3 lost, plus 2 INTs for 5 giveaways.
Denver–4 fumbles, all recovered, plus 1 INT, for 1 giveaway.The bounces favored Denver. (Refs too.)
And thus, the football gods have spoken.
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 pm #161297ZooeyModeratorThe bounces favored Denver. (Refs too.)
Yep. That INT was sketchy, though the one angle that might have supported the refs was shown only one time, and I couldn’t tell for sure.
But…yeah… 5 turnovers was the game, certainly.
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 pm #161298ZooeyModeratorMeanwhile, the 49ers haven’t overcome the time zone difference.
January 17, 2026 at 8:44 pm #161299znModeratorMeanwhile, the 49ers haven’t overcome the time zone difference.
Yeah, so far, it’s the 2018 49er team that showed up.
They need a better temporal coordinator.
January 17, 2026 at 8:50 pm #161300wvParticipantAnother gut-wrenching loss for Buffalo. Former Ram Brandin Cooks has the ball taken from him, and then former Ram Tre’Davious White commits a terrible DPI.
Yeah, Cooks aint gonna make many contested catches. I thought it was a good call, based on how the rules are inter-pre-tated theze days.
I watched that play five times though, and it looked to me like Josh underthrew it. It wouldnt have been contested if he had hit Cooks in stride.
I would probably fire the Bills coach, myself. He’s torturing Bills fans. Better to be 7 and 10 and miss the playoffs than go through the playoff-curse-thing every year. They should hire Marv Levy.
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vJanuary 17, 2026 at 9:08 pm #161302wvParticipant49ers down 17-0.
If SF is to lose, I would just as soon they get smoked like a sausage in a refinery conflagration.
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vJanuary 17, 2026 at 9:25 pm #161303wvParticipantWell….it took Jim Plunkett nine years before he won a ring. Ah well.
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 pm #161304znModeratorIf SF is to lose, I would just as soon they get smoked like a sausage in a refinery conflagration.
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vAh but, it’s now 24 to 6. SF has begun its slow but unstoppable comeback of precisely the kind it cannot hope to do against the Rams next week.
January 17, 2026 at 9:52 pm #161305ZooeyModeratorBo Nix is out for the year.
So whoever wins the NE/HOU game tomorrow is going to the Super Bowl.
So… go New England?
January 17, 2026 at 9:57 pm #161306wvParticipantBo Nix is out for the year.
So whoever wins the NE/HOU game tomorrow is going to the Super Bowl.
So… go New England?
Damn.
That sucks. Ruins the AFC championship game. Might even ruin the Super Bowl if Denver manages to win one more.
The media will not like this. If he was gonna get himself injured, he should have had the decency to lose the game.
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vJanuary 17, 2026 at 9:59 pm #161307znModeratorSean Payton announced Bo Nix fractured a bone in his right ankle on the second to last play in OT and is scheduled to have surgery on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/RsZt61Qauh
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) January 18, 2026
January 17, 2026 at 10:02 pm #161308znModeratorHere is the full video.
Sean McDermott is not happy with how the Brandin Cooks play was called or handled @WKBW pic.twitter.com/HVu1rvzQw5
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) January 18, 2026
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 pm #161309
InvaderRamModeratorYeah, Cooks aint gonna make many contested catches. I thought it was a good call, based on how the rules are inter-pre-tated theze days.
didn’t ahkello witherspoon get an int on a similar play?
seahawks look good.
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 pm #161310ZooeyModeratorseahawks look good.
They do, but also the 49ers look like the team they should have been all season. Somehow they were playing for the #1 seed the last week of the season when they had lost Bosa, Warner, Kittle, Purdy, Aiyuk, Pearsall, Bethune, and 1st round draft choice Williams for large chunks if not the entire season, and just kept winning somehow.
This day was bound to come.
I was just hoping it was going to be next week at SoFi.
January 17, 2026 at 10:52 pm #161311InvaderRamModeratorwas just hoping it was going to be next week at SoFi.
yeah.
January 17, 2026 at 10:55 pm #161312znModeratordidn’t ahkello witherspoon get an int on a similar play?
That play is at 2:01 in this vid. The difference is, AW had his hands on the ball too before the receiver fell, so it was a contested catch before AW grabbed control of it when they went down. In the Bills game, Cooks went down with the ball, uncontested, and then it got taken out of his hands.
January 17, 2026 at 11:31 pm #161313ZooeyModeratorThat play is at 2:01 in this vid. The difference is, AW had his hands on the ball too before the receiver fell, so it was a contested catch before AW grabbed control of it when they went down. In the Bills game, Cooks went down with the ball, uncontested, and then it got taken out of his hands.
That’s what it looked like to me, too, except for the one angle they showed only once in which it looked like maybe the ball was slipping around before Cooks hit the turf. I want to see that again, but… it doesn’t much matter now, does it.
January 17, 2026 at 11:40 pm #161314ZooeyModeratorLet me just say that there is no way on god’s green earth that the Broncos can beat Houston with Jarrett Stidham at QB, a guy who hasn’t thrown a pass since 2023.
I hope the Drew Maye magic can last one more game.
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