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On The NFL Today pregame show for PIT-BUF (3:30 PM ET), reporter Evan Washburn of CBS's B-team is reporting live from Tampa Bay for the primetime game later tonight on ESPN/ABC. Normally, he would be an additional reporter for the playoff game with Tracy Wolfson.

Game is streaming on Paramount+ for $5.99 a month.

BTW, I was checking the Norwegian NFL schedule for next week, and I learned the Norwegian term for "playoffs" is "Slutspill", lol. Ok...this is really juvenile, lol, but it did catch my eye when I first read it. I thought maybe they were calling Mahommes a slut. https://www.vg.no/sport/kalender/amerikansk-fotball/6565ba93424ad6f380fb5d28

In the UK, Sky Sports Main Event has finally confirmed they will join in progress Sky Sports NFL showing PIT-BUF at 10 PM GMT, at full time of Derby County vs Burton. Also, the Sky pregame show will begin at 9 PM GMT: Incidentally, Talk Sport is teasing that it will reveal its commentary team for the Super Bowl during its coverage of PIT-BUF. I assume that means they have a notable figure to be the analyst, as it would be a strange thing to tease otherwise. Both the BBC and Talk Sport provide their own commentary of the game.

That's why you use a made-up name on another team's forum like "Marino for life" or whatever. There's a guy there called "BillsFaninPeace". Wonder how he was approved. BTW, in the Cincinnati forum, the rules state only Bengals fans can post on the main forum, but I guess they can post on non-main ones. Also, too bad it doesn't work the same with our forum, lol. I mean we accepted their fan: "Filthy Beast".

Hope it wasn't posted already, but:

You mean the NFC West, but yeah, I thought of Chris Berman too. When he was on the air regularly, he always wanted Buffalo and SF in the SB, which were his favorite two teams ("no team circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills!"). From 1988-1994, there seven SB's, with SF playing in 3 and Buffalo in 4, but never together.

Or they can look here and see the table! I love it. Dream matchup would be us vs. the Liona in the SB. Neither has ever won one before. Runner-up is Detroit vs. Houston, as neither has ever been to a SB (although Houston's old team, the Titans, went before after beating us in the Music City Miracle in 1999).

You are correct. The Jets are at 13 seasons, with the next closest being eight with Denver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_franchise_post-season_droughts

With Detroit's win over Dallas last night, guess which team now has the longest active playoff losing streak (minimum streak of three games)?? Team Streak Years Miami 6 2000-present Washington 5 2005-present Pittsburgh 4 2016-present Las Vegas 3 2002-present Chicago 3 2010-present Seattle 3 2019-present Tennessee 3 2019-present Source: https://champsorchumps.us/records/longest-nfl-losing-streaks-of-playoff-games [with my adjustments to take into account last night's game and reflecting the "Years" in seasons, not actual dates] Also: Pittsburgh's streak is about to become "5" later today.

The original post I replied to was deleted: but here is a better explanation: From the article: Examples where alternate officials helped or were needed in actual playoff games: Field Judge Armen Terzian knocked out after being hit by a bottle thrown from the stands. Alternate referee Jeff Triplette helps separate players in a playoff game. Alternates can’t call penalties, but they can assist the crew in keeping the peace.

What a surprise that he is too ignorant to know referee crews having multiple assignments on field in the playoffs (other than for the SB) is not possible:

So this is the QB we are facing getting on the plane. I never saw him up close. Looks like a spoiled brat rich kid. What the heck is he wearing? I thought he was a girl at first.

Not sure if this was posted this morning in any of the three PIT-BUF game or weather threads (not reading hundreds of pages), but:

Yeah, we'll know by game time (assuming we win vs. Pittsburgh). I can't see an upstart team like Houston going on the road and winning an AFCCG, especially in cold weather. Just like very new expansion team Jacksonville in 1996 who beat Buffalo in the WC (Jim Kelly's last game) and then Denver in the divsionals, but lost to New England and Drew Bledsoe in the AFCCG.

Ahhh...thanks for the warning! I still have lots to learn when to comes to your guys' reporting.

Reminds me of the olden days! The last time I listened to a game on the radio was in the 80's with Van Miller's call when Bills home games were blacked out (an all-too-common happening).

No #3 seed has ever hosted a divisional round game since the advent of the 7-team conference playoffs in 2020. In the previous three years, #2 seeds were 6-0 vs. the #7 seeds in the WC round. That changed today with #2 Dallas's loss to #7 Green Bay, so now #3 Detroit gets to host. Things are popping in the Motor City tonight. Ralph Wilson would be happy.