I am sure NFL wants NFC East week 17 games to mean something

[Stash]

Because I feel the NFL needs a reason to make the NFC east games watchable. They love those WIN and your IN games in week 17

So you think that someone is going to put the fix in for the Cowboys to lose to Tampa Bay?

 

[Stash]

I do not want to be around here if we lose to the Bucs. This place will meltdown.

Why shouldn't it? The team will have had to have had a meltdown, then why not the fans?

 

[Brax]

So let me get this straight...so the incompetent NFL offices, who can’t even enforce their own rules are somehow competent enough to make a vast league-wide conspiracy to make week 17 more “interesting” work? If anyone believes that, I can’t imagine what other crazy conspiracies they believe.

and it's a "secret" no one knows about but some fans on this site !!!!!! did we really go to the moon?

 

[Little Jr]

So let me get this straight...so the incompetent NFL offices, who can’t even enforce their own rules are somehow competent enough to make a vast league-wide conspiracy to make week 17 more “interesting” work? If anyone believes that, I can’t imagine what other crazy conspiracies they believe.

Trust me, people believe it.

 

[CowboysFanSince88]

So you think that someone is going to put the fix in for the Cowboys to lose to Tampa Bay?

I guess u forgot that those yellow flags changes the momentun of a NFL game. im just saying it would not surprise me to see the division decided in week 17

 

[Stash]

I guess u forgot that those yellow flags changes the momentun of a NFL game. im just saying it would not surprise me to see the division decided in week 17

 

[Hardline]

 

[Hardline]

I do not want to be around here if we lose to the Bucs. This place will meltdown.

If that happens I'll be checking out until the draft talk starts heating up.

 

[Sydla]

I guess u forgot that those yellow flags changes the momentun of a NFL game. im just saying it would not surprise me to see the division decided in week 17

It wouldn't surprise me either. Not because of the officials or the league office purposely throwing games to create outcomes they want to see.

But rather because we aren't a great team and are capable of sucking any given week, like we sucked just two days ago.

If the NFCE games in Week 17 mean something, it's because, true to form, a Garrett led team spit the bit in Week 16.

 

[DenCWBY]

So let me get this straight...so the incompetent NFL offices, who can’t even enforce their own rules are somehow competent enough to make a vast league-wide conspiracy to make week 17 more “interesting” work? If anyone believes that, I can’t imagine what other crazy conspiracies they believe.

This.
A little overboard to think that the refs/NFL have a premeditated control on the winner of all NFL games. If the shield had that control, it won't be ratings related. It would be Vegas related.
I admit the calls are worse now than ever. I have never seen so many off/def holding calls in general in fact after watching a big play, what's the first thing you look for? The yellow box popping up on the bottom right corner of your TV screen. I hate it and hope that they dial it back a little bit on the playoffs and 4th quarter for all teams. Nothing worse than a ticky tacky call in the late forth quarter in a playoff game.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I am sure NFL wants NFC East week 17 games to mean something

True of EVERY division not just the NFCE.

There is a reason the league changed their scheduling for the last 2 weeks of the season to be heavy division games for every team.

 

[DenCWBY]

I guess u forgot that those yellow flags changes the momentun of a NFL game. im just saying it would not surprise me to see the division decided in week 17

Dude, the refs are so discombobulated to begin with. They obviously cannot do their jobs well but they are certainly not organized enough to try to control the game esp. with all the scrutiny and camera angles the game is already under. Now if you see a team of NFL refs immediately quit after the season and retire on a Caribbean island somewhere, you may have something.

 

[Hardline]

I'm sure if there was some grand conspiracy in the NFL for ratings guess what team would be the biggest beneficiary.

The Dallas Cowboys.

 

[viman96]

want these games to mean something so for the ratings.

cowboys/giants and eagles/skins


So with that being said, it wouldnt surprise me to see us losing to the bucs and the eagles beating the texans. I hope im wrong but usually when the eagles are this close to clinching a playoff spot, it comes down to the last week of the season. So we may have to prepare ourselves for the last week of the season

Eagles(8-7) vs Skins(7-8)

Cowboys(9-6) vs Giants

So you are saying the NFL is going to try to make that happen?

 

[Doomsday101]

Cowboys control their own, I'm not worried about the league. If Cowboys go out and play up to their abilities they will win this division this weekend. If not then that is on the Cowboys no one else.

 

[CowboysFanSince88]

So you are saying the NFL is going to try to make that happen?

do u remember 2008?

 

[JayFord]

Im telling you us philly and wash will all be 8-7 week 17

 

[viman96]

do u remember 2008?

So you are saying the NFL is going to make this happen?

 

[CowboysFanSince88]

So you are saying the NFL is going to make this happen?

eagles needed 4 teams to lose at 1pm that day and...