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2015 NFL Divisional Weekend Good Gop, Bad Cop Precaps

It’s the NFL Divisional round weekend. The second of two weekends with four NFL playoff games spread across Saturday and Sunday like an octopus with each limb representing a team still alive to make the Super Bowl. Divisional weekend is, in my mind, the best weekend of the NFL season. This year, my friend Brendan and I recorded 10-15 minute preview podcasts of each of the games. I’ve linked to those in the game titles below. But, lucky for you, it’s not just Brendan and me blathering on about the NFL. Fresh of a season of previewing all the NFL games, our favorite police duo bring their good cop, bad cop act into the playoffs and preview all the matchups in the National Football League this weekend.

Divisional Weekend

Saturday, January 10, at 4:35 p.m. ET, on NBC

Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots

Good cop: Forget about Peyton Manning, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s true nemesis is Baltimore’s Joe Flacco! Flacco has sauntered into New England three times in the last five years and won twice! If Brady is known as the golden boy, Flacco should be known as the alchemy boy! During the regular season, he looks like coal, but he transforms into gold during the playoffs! Flacco is 10-4 in the playoffs! Brady is 18-8 but only 9-8 since 2004! Plus, this game has the ultimate skill vs. will matchup between Patriots defensive back Darrelle Revis and Baltimore wide receiver Steve Smith Sr.!!

Bad cop: I’ve never even heard of the defensive backs on the Ravens. They’re not good. Bellichick and Brady have had two weeks to figure out how to exploit them. That’s more than enough.

Saturday, January 10, at 8:15 p.m. ET on Fox

Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks

Good cop: Cam Newton likes to dress up and act like Super Man! He’ll need his cape if the Panthers are going to have any sort of shot at beating the Seahawks! Crazier things have happened though! The only thing Seattle has looked vulnerable to all year has been a powerful running game and that’s exactly how the Panthers are going to attack them!

Bad cop: No chance. The Panthers have no chance. If this were a regular season game, we wouldn’t even bother watching it.

Sunday, January 11, at 1:05 p.m. ET on Fox

Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers

Good cop: This is the big one! The Cowboys and Packers are enormously popular teams with huge fan bases! Quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Tony Romo are two of the biggest stars in the game! The setting is perfect! Lambeau Field in Green Bay is a classic stadium! Frozen tundra!

Bad cop: Tundra is “a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.” A closely groomed football field with a built-in heating system is not frozen tundra. Just like the legend of the frozen tundra, reports of this game’s greatness will prove to have been exaggerated.

Sunday, January 11, at 4:40 p.m. ET on CBS

Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos

Good cop: It’s the Peyton Manning bowl! Peyton goes up against his old team led by his young, prodigal replacement, Andrew Luck! Plus, who can resist a nicely themed football game?! It’s a battle for horse supremacy in the NFL! 

Bad cop: Mmmmm hmmm. Since October, the Colts have only won two games against teams with winning records, and those were games against the Texans (barely winning at 9-7) and last week against the Bengals who predictably turn into pumpkins in the playoffs. They’re pretty fraudulent for an 11-5 playoff team. The only thing that could keep the Broncos from winning would be if the wind or cold picked up and made Manning lose his ability to play football. If you watch this game, you’re pretty much just rooting for or against weather.

NFL Week 10 Good Cop, Bad Cop Precaps

The NFL season has started but how do you know which games to watch and which to skip? Ask our favorite police duo with their good cop, bad cop precaps of all the Week 10 matchups in the National Football League this weekend. To see which games will be televised in your area, check out 506sports.com’s essential NFL maps. If you’re worried about watching too much football or if you’re negotiating for a little break during the weekend, read our weekly feature, Do Not Watch This Game.

Week 10

Sunday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m. ET

Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills

Good cop: This game is for the real football fans out there! The teams may not be glamorous but they’re both 5-3 and playing great football! I can’t wait to see it!

Bad cop: Not glamorous is an understatement for teams featuring Alex Smith and Kyle Orton as starting quarterbacks. Even the biggest football fans in the world wouldn’t know those guys if they bumped into them in the super market. Unless Orton had his famous neck beard. Neck beard.

Tennessee Titans at Baltimore Ravens

Good cop: The Baltimore Ravens are the best last place team in football! A win this weekend is going to start their run to the playoffs!

Bad cop: The Tennessee Titans are the WORST third place team in the NFL by far. Can you say blowout? 

Dallas Cowboys vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (In London)

Good cop: Will Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo play with two broken bones in his back?!? What a tough guy! That’s a game I want to watch!

Bad cop: The Jaguars always play with at least two broken elements of their team. The Cowboys could beat them without ever even attempting a pass.

Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions

Good cop: Without ever making headlines, these two teams are quietly among the best in the league! They have great defenses! Neither team gave up a point last weekend!

Bad cop: Sure… the Dolphins shut out the Chargers and the Lions… had a bye week. Cheap stat.

San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints

Good cop: Whoooo! This is an exciting game! Both teams have underachieved this year and both teams need to win this game! At 4-4, a loss here could end the playoff chances of either team!

Bad cop: You’re overselling that a little. A loss would be disastrous for the 49ers but the Saints are actually in first place of their division at 4-4, that’s how bad their division is. The Saints can afford a loss here.

Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets

Good cop: Ben Roethlisberger has thrown twelve touchdowns in the last two weeks!

Bad cop: The New York Jets have eight passing touchdowns this whole year. I keep mistakenly typing their name as the Jest and I think I should stick with it.

Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Good cop: If 8-8 might win this division, the 1-7 Buccaneers still have life!

Bad cop: Amazingly, that’s what they’re thinking too. As evidenced by them switching back to unsuccessful veteran quarterback Josh McCown.

SUNDAY, November 9, AT 4:05 and 4:25 P.M. ET

Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders

Good cop: These teams hate each other! The Raiders would love to continue the Broncos losing streak!

Bad cop: One loss creates a losing streak? The Broncos lost last weekend and now they’re mad. You think the Raiders are going to even score in this game? Bah.

New York Giants at Seattle Seahawks

Good cop: This is an unexpectedly important game for the standings! With the Cardinals running out to a two game lead over the Seahawks and the Eagles and Cowboys ahead of the Giants and looking strong, these two teams need to win to stay in the divisional race!

Bad cop: I have no idea what will happen in this game. But I can’t see it being exciting. These teams induce my afternoon football nap more than any other teams in the league.

St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals

Good cop: The Rams may be a losing football team but they love playing within their division! They are 2-1 against divisional opponents and they just beat the 49ers in a close game! Will they make it two in a row?!!?

Bad cop: Rams are sheep. Sheep need water. Arizona is a desert. No, the Rams won’t win.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, AT 8:30 P.M. ET

Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

Good cop: Old time football! Outside! Freezing cold! The forecast says it will be 34 degrees at kickoff!

Bad cop: So it will probably be 65° and sunny. Did you see Patriots quarterback and star curmudgeon, Bill Belichick go off on the weather forecasters this week?

MONDAY, November 10, AT 8:30 P.M. ET

Carolina Panthers at Philadelphia Eagles

Good cop: It’s a classic matchup of star quarterback versus offensive system! The Panthers have the quarterback, Cam Newton, but the Eagles have the system! Even with a new quarterback, Mark Sanchez, coming in, my bet is on the system!

Bad cop: You do know that the offenses don’t actually play against each other, right? There are so many other factors that go into winning a football game, something that, dare I mention it, the Panthers haven’t done since October 5.

NFL Week 9 Good Cop, Bad Cop Precaps

The NFL season has started but how do you know which games to watch and which to skip? Ask our favorite police duo with their good cop, bad cop precaps of all the Week 9 matchups in the National Football League this weekend. To see which games will be televised in your area, check out 506sports.com’s essential NFL maps. If you’re worried about watching too much football or if you’re negotiating for a little break during the weekend, read our weekly feature, Do Not Watch This Game.

Week 9

Sunday, November 2, at 1:00 p.m. ET

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cleveland Browns

Good cop: I want to see if the Cleveland Browns can keep their winning season going! They’re like the Kansas City Royals of the NFL!

Bad cop: Including this week, over the last three weeks, the Browns will have played two 1-6 teams and one 0-7 team. Yeah, I think they’ll win but that isn’t saying much.

Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals

Good cop: Cats!

Bad cop: Dogs.

Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys

Good cop: These teams have been the most pleasant surprises of the year! They’re both at the top of their divisions and looking good!

Bad cop: You see pleasant surprise, I see two teams about to be exposed as being only okay at football. 

Philadelphia Eagles at Houston Texans

Good cop: This game features two of the most dynamic running games in the league!

Bad cop: Dynamic running games? What is this? 1934?

New York Jets at Kansas City Chiefs

Good cop: This game features a wonderful contrast in quarterbacks! Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith is consistent, plays everything safe, and is extremely accurate! New York Jets quarterback Michael Vick is dynamic, explosive, and crafty!

Bad cop: What? Vick is playing? Isn’t he 48 years old? Man, the Jets are having a terrible season.

San Diego Chargers at Miami Dolphins

Good cop: Powder blue versus teal! I love the teams as much as I love the colors!

Bad cop: Doesn’t it feel like these two teams have played three out of the last four weeks? It’s such an ordinary game, it feels like there are three or four of these every weekend.

Washington Redskins at Minnesota Vikings

Good cop: This is basically a single elimination game! At 3-5, both teams need a win!

Bad cop: And neither team deserves a win.

SUNDAY, November 2, AT 4:05 and 4:25 P.M. ET

St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers

Good cop: True to form, the Rams are 2-5 overall but 1-1 in their division! No matter how bad the Rams are and how good the teams in their division are, they always play them tough!

Bad cop: Maybe. The 49ers beat the Rams 31-17 in St. Louis just three weeks ago though. What makes you think this game will be any closer in San Francisco?

Oakland Raiders at Seattle Seahawks

Good cop: Oh, my! The Seahawks might set a scoring record in this game!

Bad cop: You mean because the Raiders are so horrible? Don’t get too excited, the Seahawks aren’t that good either this year.

Denver Broncos at New England Patriots

Good cop: THIS IS THE BIG ONE! TOM BRADY VS. PEYTON MANNING FOR THE SIXTEENTH TIME! DENVER IS NUMBER 1 THIS YER IN POINTS SCORED PER GAME, NEW ENGLAND IS NUMBER THREE! I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS GAME! 

Bad cop: You know what they say… when you get excited, you make an ass of yourself.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, AT 8:30 P.M. ET

Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

Good cop: What nice balance between the big afternoon game and this one! As many points as will be scored in Patriots vs. Broncos, that’s how many bone-jarring hits there will be in this one! The Steelers and Ravens play OLD-FASHIONED FOOTBALL!

Bad cop: Oops, I think Good Cop fell into a time-machine. Last week, Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw six touchdown passes. Back in Week Six, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco passed for five touchdown in twelve minutes. These are not your grandmother’s Ravens and Steelers. This game is just a cut-rate version of the Broncos v. Patriots game.

MONDAY, November 3, AT 8:30 P.M. ET

Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants

Good cop: What a great way to end the football week! Two classic franchises with good teams going head to head on Monday Night! I love it when football weekends end like this!

Bad cop: You do know that the last game every week is the Monday night game, right? And that Monday isn’t really in the weekend? And that the Colts are going to gobble the Giants up as effortlessly as hundreds of thousands of kids are going to gobble up trillions of pieces of candy tonight?