Monday, January 6, 2025

The 2024 NFL totally Random Playoffs

 The 2024-2025 Totally Random NFL Playoffs

Now that the playoffs are set and about to begin, it is time for the most coveted championship in all of sports, the totally Random Playoffs.  In this tournament, results are determined purely by random number generation.  Home field, injuries, momentum, and talent have nothing to do with predictions.  The tournament is run once.  There are no mulligans.  And here is what happened.

Wild Card Weekend

In the AFC, the Houston Texans once again occupy the oh well, we have to put a game here playoff slot having the early Saturday game.  Houston is faltering while the Chargers have all of the momentum.  But none of that matters because this is totally random.  The football world is stunned, while football betters have to be talked down from the ledge as the Texans smash the Chargers 32-13.  Up until now, the Chargers have had a good year, but after this unexpected debacle, we are no longer sure that is true.

The Steelers and Ravens normally play tough defensive games.  During their last meeting in the regular season, however, the Ravens poured it on.  They have a comfortable 27-18 win in their third meeting with their archrival.  There are calls for Tomlin to be fired as Pittsburgh coach after going one and done yet again.

Everyone knows that the Broncos 38-0 win over the Chiefs was meaningless.  The Broncos are not that good, and the Chiefs did not care about the outcome.  But that was the wrong narrative because the Broncos morphed into a superpower.  This stuns the Bills as the Broncos roll into Buffalo and demolish the home team Bills 43-6.  More betters need to be talked down from the ledge.

If you thought the AFC experience chaos, that is nothing compared to what happened in the NFC.  The Green Bay Packers limit the high-powered Eagles offense to 3 points.  The high-powered Eagles defense gets a safety, and that is it.  Meanwhile, the Packers only score one touchdown but add three field goals to their total making the final outcome a shocking 16-5.  The ledge is getting overcrowded now.

When the Commanders upset the buccaneers 35-26, America is at serious risk of another Great Depression because of huge economic losses.  Elon Musk is toppled from World’s richest Man status as the Vegas books rise above him.

In their finale against the Lions, the Vikings only managed field goals.  This continues against the Rams.  The Vikings can only manage 12 points.  However, their defense stuffs the rams holding them to one touchdown.  The final is 12-7 Vikings.  Chaos has now descended on America.

The Divisional round

A staggering America returns to normal as the Chiefs take care of the Broncos 43-29.  With the Chiefs running out the clock in the 4th quarter, the TV audience is kept interested with many shots of Taylor Swift enjoying the game.

The Texans and Ravens game is nerve wracking affair for both sets of fans.  It looks like Lamar Jackson will once again falter in the playoffs.  But on the last play of the game, Justin Tucker kicks a 59-yard field goal to give the Ravens a 16-15 win over the Texans.  It appears as if the Ravens hit an iceberg but survived.  Surely, the chiefs will finish the sinking.

America’s relaxation is only short-lived as the packers nail the Lions unexpectedly 38-29.  This causes Michigan to go under.  The American auto industry comes to a grinding halt because of mass deep depression in the state and everyone knows the next set of economic data will show that America is in recession.

Making the situation worse is that Lions fans cannot take solace in the Vikings 13-3 win over the Commanders because the NFC Championship game will consist of their two most hated teams:  The Packers and the Vikings.

Conference Championships

The Ravens have been living under a playoff curse.  They look great during the regular season but then die in the playoffs, and the Chiefs have been responsible for much of Ravens Nation agony.  But not this time.  In a thrilling game in which Derrick Henry runs for 178 yards and Lamar Jackson throughs for 327, the Ravens go into the 4th quarter leading 40-10.  But then the Chiefs comeback and scare the daylights out of the Ravens.  But it is too little, too late.  Ravens 40, Chiefs 30. 

In the NFC, as economic darkness sweeps America, the Vikings are once again held without a touchdown.  So are the Packers.  It’s just that the Packers kick six field goals, while the Vikings only kick four.  The Packers win 16-12.

The Super Bowl

America is excited at the prospect of Lamar Jackson against Jordan Love, of Derrick Henry against Josh Jacobs.  We all convince ourselves this will be an all-time super bowl.  It is played in New Orleans so weather will not be a factor.

But neither offense can do much of anything.  Penalties and mistakes turn the game into one of the worst Super Bowls ever, unless you are a Green Bay packers fan, because the Packers emerge with a 6-3 shootout win over the Ravens.  How could that happen?  Football analysts will discuss this for years to come without finding any answers.

But Packers fans do not care.  They were the 7th seed in the NFC and exercised all their 2024 demons by defeating all those who defeated them to become the Totally Random Super Bowl Champions for the 2024 season.  Congratulations to the Packers.  Now, thanks to this tournament, their fans won’t feel bad when the Eagles bounce them in the real wild card weekend.

In the Real World

As for the real world, I want someone who hasn’t won it before and in order of most super bowl pain.  So, my order is as follows.

1.      Buffalo Bills

2.      Minnesota Vikings

3.      Detroit Lions

4.      Los Angeles Chargers

5.      Houston Texans

Let the real playoffs begin!

 

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